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Society & culture: general

Paperback. Explores Filipino American religious institutions as essential locations for empowerment Num Pages: 224 pages, 8 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMP; 1KBB; HRA; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814731970
ISBN
9780814731970
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.45

paperback. Joao Jose Reis draws on hundreds of police and trial records in which Africans, despite obvious intimidation, spoke out about their cultural, social, economic, religious, and domestic lives in Salvador. Translator(s): Brakel, Arthur. Series: Johns Hopkins Studies in Atlantic History and Culture. Num Pages: 304 pages, 21, 21 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JH; HBTS; HBTV; JFSR2; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801852503
ISBN
9780801852503
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 30.93

Hardcover. Num Pages: 240 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KL; JFFS; JP; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 257 x 181 x 21. Weight in Grams: 620.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781607418689
ISBN
9781607418689
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 170.18
€ 114.40

Paperback. Num Pages: 212 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1MBFQ; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJM; JFSL9; JPVH; JPVR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 149 x 18. Weight in Grams: 464.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Aboriginal Studies Press Australia
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780855757038
ISBN
9780855757038
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 23.67

Paperback. This is the study of a small group of Tibetan Buddhists called the Nyishangba who have maintained an egalitarian culture, where women own land and have equal rights, including in social and religious institutions, and where the usual subordination of women does not appear to occur. Num Pages: 408 pages, 28 photos, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKAH; 1FKN; 1FPCT; HRE; JFSJ1; JHM; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 21. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231102155
ISBN
9780231102155
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 30.53

Paperback. In 1987 Joanne Tompkins travelled to the Baffin Island community of Anurapaqtuq to take on the job of principal at the local school. This is the story of the four years she spent there and the many challenges she faced. Num Pages: 176 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1QFM; BG; JFSL9; JNL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 11. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802080301
ISBN
9780802080301
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 33.75

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFE2; JFFJ; JNHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 190 x 133 x 11. Weight in Grams: 164.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The Feminist Press at CUNY
Edition
58794th
Condition
New
SKU
V9781558616691
ISBN
9781558616691
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.53

Paperback. Focusing on the period of colonization in the Andean region, this title argues that the European cultural literacy that the authors imposed on the indigenous population was not just a tool for oppression and control but was used by the local people as a means to assert their own cultural identity. Series: Narrating Native Histories. Num Pages: 392 pages, 58 b&w illustrations, 2 charts, 9 color plates. BIC Classification: 1KLSX; JFC; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822351283
ISBN
9780822351283
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 32.53

Paperback. Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 280 pages, 21 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBAH; HBJK; JFC; JFHF; JFSL9; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 486.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822319726
ISBN
9780822319726
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.23

Paperback. Looking at what it meant to be mestizo (of mixed parentage) in early colonial Spanish America, Joanne Rappaport finds fluid identification processes rooted in an epistemology entirely distinct from modern racial discourses. Num Pages: 368 pages, 6 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBG; HBLL; JFC; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 20. Weight in Grams: 492.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822356363
ISBN
9780822356363
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.26

Hardback. Series: Princeton Studies in Culture and Technology. Num Pages: 192 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FBL; JFF; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780691168968
ISBN
9780691168968
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.92
€ 73.29

Paperback. Series: Princeton Studies in Culture and Technology. Num Pages: 192 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FBL; JFF; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 272 x 15. Weight in Grams: 310.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691168975
ISBN
9780691168975
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.93

Paperback. Series: Dover Fashion and Costumes. Num Pages: 144 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFCK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 302 x 227 x 6. Weight in Grams: 556.
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc. United States
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486286280
ISBN
9780486286280
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.13

Hardback. Much has been written on homosexuality and the Gay Liberation Movement, but much of the focus has been on male homosexuals. This reference focuses on the youngest of the liberation movements, the lesbian movement, covering its successes, problems, and controversies, and its future directions. Series: Historical Dictionaries of Religions, Philosophies, and Movements Series. Num Pages: 360 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: JFSK1; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 148 x 31. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810845060
ISBN
9780810845060
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 168.84

Paperback. This is a social, cultural, and medical history of transsexuality in the US. It tells a human story about people who had a deep and unshakeable desire to transform their bodily sex. Num Pages: 400 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBT; JFSJ5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 28. Weight in Grams: 578.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674013797
ISBN
9780674013797
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 32.56

Paperback. Presents the attacks on the United States in historical perspective. This volume comments on the dangers of seeing the events of September 11 as splitting the nation's history into "before" and "after." It argues eloquently that no useful understanding of the present is possible without an unobstructed view of the past. Editor(s): Rosenzweig, Roy. Series: Critical Perspectives on the Past Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, 19 b&w illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; GTB; HBJK; HBLX; JFSR2; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781592132034
ISBN
9781592132034
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.35

Paperback. Series: Women in Culture and Society Series. Num Pages: 248 pages, xxiv, 224 p., 8 halftones, 15 tables. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSJ1; JHBD; KCFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 396.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226521985
ISBN
9780226521985
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.01

Paperback. "The masterclass for the faster pass" - written by a leading expert and practising university teacher, this book gives you all the key knowledge and information you need to succeed quickly and easily. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 23. Weight in Grams: 278.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473618985
ISBN
9781473618985
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.86

Paperback. A look at how the modern woman was envisioned in postrevolutionary Mexican popular culture and how she figured in contestations over Mexican national identity. Num Pages: 216 pages, 68 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 228 x 18. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822342380
ISBN
9780822342380
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 24.98

Hardback. This important reference takes an in-depth journey in the phenomenal ascent of costume jewelry through the 20th century. The costume jewelry designers are discussed individually and their work is displayed in hundreds of magnificent photographs, along with significant unsigned masterpieces. Num Pages: 208 pages, 540+ color photos. BIC Classification: JFCK; WCP; WCR; WFJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 285 x 223 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1248.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2022
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780887409004
ISBN
9780887409004
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 43.98

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