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Society & culture: general
Paperback. Focusing upon Hollywood's portrayal of Asian races, this study describes how social taboos concerning Orientals helped to perpetuate social and racial inequality in the USA. The author's discussion covers early silent films, later classics such as "Shanghai Express" and the recurring geisha movies. Num Pages: 272 pages, 30 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KBB; APFA; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780520084957
- ISBN
- 9780520084957
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.52
€ 36.99
€ 26.52
Hardcover. The first full-length biography of a premodern Japanese nun, The Princess Nun is the story of Bunchi (1619-1697), daughter of Emperor Go-Mizunoo and founder of Enshoji. The study incorporates issues of gender and social status into its discussion of Bunchi's ascetic practice to rewrite the history of Buddhist reform and Tokugawa religion. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 350 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JD; BGX; HBJF; HRE; JFSC; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 622.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Harvard University Asia Center
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674491977
- ISBN
- 9780674491977
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.11€ 46.56
€ 50.11
€ 46.56
Paperback. The Caribbean "market woman" is ingrained in the popular imagination as the archetype of black womanhood in the region. Challenging this stereotype, this work offers a complex picture by documenting the history of international traders who travel abroad to import and export consumer goods sold in the public markets of Kingston, Jamaica. Series: Women in Culture and Society Series. Num Pages: 304 pages, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KJWJ; JFSJ1; KCLT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 162 x 19. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226841229
- ISBN
- 9780226841229
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.90
€ 37.99
€ 29.90
Hardcover. Illuminating the Jewish art exhibition at the Fifth Zionist Congress in Basel, Switzerland, in 1901, this study looks at its contributions to art and Jewish history and culture. Cultural Zionism was for the first time included into the official agenda, an important step for the politics of Zionism. Series: Judaic Traditions in Literature, Music and Art. Num Pages: 296 pages, 41 illustrations, glossary, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: ACX; JFC; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815630302
- ISBN
- 9780815630302
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 55.48
€ 55.48
Hardback. Succeeding as a Female Superintendent provides a comprehensive look at the journey that several women superintendents of schools took in their pursuit of the top school leadership position. Real life stories relate what these women encountered and how they dealt with a wide variety of issues. Num Pages: 178 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JNKH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 160 x 17. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 178
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781578869251
- ISBN
- 9781578869251
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 146.88
€ 146.88
paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages, 18 halftones. BIC Classification: JFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 150 x 24. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780816647231
- ISBN
- 9780816647231
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.53
€ 29.99
€ 26.53
Paperback. Gilly Sharpe explores young women's accounts of their pathways into crime and the impact of youth justice intervention on their everyday lives. He also analyses professionals' accounts of young female offenders. Num Pages: 224 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, 12 black & white tables, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: JFSJ; LNFB; YQJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 13. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415870498
- ISBN
- 9780415870498
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.29
€ 66.29
Paperback. Gillis J. Harp places Brooks's religious thought in historical, cultural and ecclesiastical contexts while clarifying the sources of Brook's inspiration, thus making this a rich portrait of this figure and a transitional era in American protestantism. Series: American Intellectual Culture. Num Pages: 256 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BG; HRCC2; HRCC9; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 149 x 14. Weight in Grams: 335.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847699612
- ISBN
- 9780847699612
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 82.17
€ 82.17
Paperback. * Inside the financial crisis as the bankers themseves rode the boom and fell with the crash, from the first UK journalist to predict it * Updated for this edition Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BT; JFFX; KFFK; KFFL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 25. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Publisher
- Abacus
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349121895
- ISBN
- 9780349121895
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Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.90
€ 15.99
€ 11.90
Hardback. Placing the body at the center of critical improvisation studies, the contributors to Negotiated Moments explore the challenges of negotiating subjectivity through improvisation in various forms-from jazz, Japanese taiko drumming, and Iranian classical music to sound walking and political street theater. Editor(s): Siddall, Gillian; Waterman, Ellen. Series: Improvisation, Community, and Social Practice. Num Pages: 376 pages, 11 illustrations. BIC Classification: AVC; AVGJ; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 238 x 26. Weight in Grams: 682.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822360827
- ISBN
- 9780822360827
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 170.87
€ 170.87
Paperback. Placing the body at the center of critical improvisation studies, the contributors to Negotiated Moments explore the challenges of negotiating subjectivity through improvisation in various forms-from jazz, Japanese taiko drumming, and Iranian classical music to sound walking and political street theater. Editor(s): Siddall, Gillian; Waterman, Ellen. Series: Improvisation, Community, and Social Practice. Num Pages: 376 pages, 11 illustrations. BIC Classification: AVC; AVGJ; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822360964
- ISBN
- 9780822360964
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 37.63
€ 42.99
€ 37.63
Hardback. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745608181
- ISBN
- 9780745608181
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.77
€ 66.77
Paperback. The Broken Middle offers a startlingly original rethinking of the modern philosophical tradition and fundamentally rejects the anti--philosophy and anti--theory of post--modernity. Num Pages: 372 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HPCF; JFC; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 0. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 372
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631182214
- ISBN
- 9780631182214
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 48.07
€ 49.99
€ 48.07
Paperback. Geography is a subject which throughout its history has been dominated by men; men have undertaken the heroic explorations which form the mythology of its foundation, men have written most of its texts and, as many feminist geographers have remarked, mena s interests have structured what counts as legitimate geographical knowledge. Num Pages: 216 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFFK; RG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 12. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745611563
- ISBN
- 9780745611563
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.17
€ 25.17
Hardback. From farming, cooking and feasting scenes depicted in the Middle Ages in books of hours to the fish and fruit of ancient frescoes and mosaics, Food in Art gives fresh insights into how food items were cultivated, hunted, trapped, stored, traded, prepared and served throughout the ages. Num Pages: 288 pages, 170 colour, 10 black & white. BIC Classification: AC; AGN; JFCV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 203 x 259 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1234.
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780233628
- ISBN
- 9781780233628
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.05
€ 54.05
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847426642
- ISBN
- 9781847426642
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 35.35
€ 36.99
€ 35.35
Paperback. Understanding of welfare states has been much enriched by comparative work on welfare regimes and gender. This book uses these debates to illuminate the changing gender regimes in countries of Central and Eastern Europe. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1DF; 1DV; JFS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847424204
- ISBN
- 9781847424204
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 38.96
€ 40.99
€ 38.96
Paperback. Num Pages: 112 pages, 400 line drawings. BIC Classification: AKT; JFCK; WFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 277 x 220 x 11. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Publisher
- Batsford Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849942737
- ISBN
- 9781849942737
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 18.84
€ 25.99
€ 18.84
Paperback. An account of relations between the sexes and the role of myth in the transition between unconscious fantasy and cultural forms, based on studies of the mythologies of the Gimi, from the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea. Num Pages: 416 pages, 24 halftones, 1 map, 12 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; HBJM; JFHF; JFSL; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226293813
- ISBN
- 9780226293813
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 41.36
€ 52.99
€ 41.36
Paperback. Series Editor(s): Harrell, Stevan. Series: Studies on Ethnic Groups in China. Num Pages: 176 pages, 19 black & white illustrations, 2 recorded music items, 3 maps, 19 b&w illus., 3 maps, 2. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; HBJF; HREX; JFSC; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 267 x 14. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295999487
- ISBN
- 9780295999487
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.32
€ 37.99
€ 34.32