Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, 11 black & white halftones, 4 maps, 1 tables, 1 charts. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AMVD; JFFK; JFSG; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 371.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781501703201
- ISBN
- 9781501703201
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.66
€ 32.99
€ 29.66
Hardback. Editor(s): Simmons, Daphne. Num Pages: 170 pages. BIC Classification: JFCV; TDCT. Dimension: 230 x 155. .
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781634840781
- ISBN
- 9781634840781
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 242.85€ 180.27
€ 242.85
€ 180.27
Hardback. This volume brings together for the first time more than two dozen of Daphne PataiOs serious and sometimes satirical essays dealing with the academic and intellectual orthodoxies of our time. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 161 x 27. Weight in Grams: 617.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742522268
- ISBN
- 9780742522268
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 158.38
€ 158.38
Paperback. This collection covers a variety of issues facing elder caregivers: community health, aging, HIV services, child welfare, education, public policy, and mental health. Editor(s): Joslin, Daphne. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: JFFH2; MQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- KT00002203
- ISBN
- 9780231119375
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, 17 color illus. 5 halftones. 12 line illus. 7 tables. BIC Classification: JFSJ; PDZ; PSAJ; PSAK; PSV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 146 x 227 x 20. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691169781
- ISBN
- 9780691169781
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.65
€ 26.99
€ 20.65
Paperback. A contribution to the history of the blues and of Afro-American culture in general. Writing from a black/feminist standpoint, Harrison shows the joys, trials, heartbreaks and enduring influence of such singers as Victoria Spivey and Alberta Hunter. Num Pages: 314 pages, photographs, discography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; AVGJ; AVGK; JFFK; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813512808
- ISBN
- 9780813512808
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 42.15
€ 46.99
€ 42.15
Paperback. Taking a contemporary look at the religiosity of black women, this work explores what is behind black women's intense loyalty to the church. It illuminates the spiritual sustenance the church provides black women, uncovers their critical assessment of the church's ministry, and interprets the consequences of their limited collective activism. Series: Religion, Race, & Ethnicity. Num Pages: 230 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRCV; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814794098
- ISBN
- 9780814794098
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.33
€ 38.33
Paperback. Explores the issues of borders and borderland identities that have accompanied the many transitions since 1990. This book combines an ethnographic account of everyday life under socialist rule and after German reunification with an investigation of the paradoxical human condition of a borderland. Num Pages: 307 pages, 30 b/w photographs, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DFG; JFC; JHM; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 307
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520214774
- ISBN
- 9780520214774
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 25.92
€ 34.99
€ 25.92
Paperback. Pathbreaking studies of the postsocialist transition Editor(s): Bunzl, Matti. Series: New Anthropologies of Europe. Num Pages: 192 pages, 1 b&w illus. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 128 x 17. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253221704
- ISBN
- 9780253221704
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.41
€ 26.99
€ 25.41
Hardcover. The prohibition against pigs is one of the most powerful symbols of Jewish culture. This title explores how the historical sensitivity of Jews to the pig prohibition was incorporated into Israeli law and culture. It offers a decade-by-decade discussion of the relationship between law and culture since the inception of the Israeli nation-state. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; JFSR1; LAQ; LAZ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299221607
- ISBN
- 9780299221607
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 50.50
€ 50.99
€ 50.50
paperback. Argues that from the mid-nineteenth century to the early twentieth, black transatlantic entertainers often transformed the alienating conditions of social and political marginalization into modes of self-actualization through performance Num Pages: 488 pages, 23 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1K; AN; GTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 154 x 29. Weight in Grams: 654.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 488
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822337225
- ISBN
- 9780822337225
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.67
€ 41.99
€ 37.67
Paperback. Drawing on Michel Foucault's concept of 'power/knowledge,' Lacombe reveals how the process to criminalize pornography inaugurated a controversial politics that produced collective identities and transformed power relations. She shows law reform as a strategy that both constrains and enables action. Num Pages: 229 pages. BIC Classification: JFMP; LNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 16. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802073525
- ISBN
- 9780802073525
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.99
€ 37.99
€ 33.99
Paperback. This work is termed a "roman temoignage" (testimonial-novel) bridging documentary and fiction. Spanning six decades of Leonara's life, the book indirectly explores the economic, social and cultural life of Guadeloupe's peasants and working class, especially black women. Translator(s): Leskes, Andrea. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJWVG; 2ADF; DNF; DSK; JFC; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813915180
- ISBN
- 9780813915180
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.83
€ 43.83
Paperback. From the ideological bias of the press, to the role of headlines in newspaper articles and ways in which newspapers relate to their audience, the book provides a comprehensive analysis of newspaper language. Series: Intertext. Num Pages: 144 pages, 28 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFG; JFD; KNTJ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 175 x 8. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 136
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415278058
- ISBN
- 9780415278058
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 30.30
€ 31.99
€ 30.30
Paperback. This is an account of the life and times of Te Whiti o Rongomai set against the politics and Crown policies of the nineteenth century. It traces the forces that shaped his life's journey from Ngamotu, where he was born, to his settling at Parihaka and his evolving sense of the injustices and disempowerment Maori experienced and his response. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 1MBN; 3JH; BGH; HBJM; JFSL9; JPWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Huia Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781775501954
- ISBN
- 9781775501954
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 30.47
€ 46.99
€ 30.47
Hardcover. Follows selected stories of friendship ranging over early childhood, school, the workplace, and some unique war experiences. This book explores the symbolism of friendship in rituals for the fallen soldiers, the commemoration of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, and the national infatuation with recovering bodies of missing soldiers. Num Pages: 190 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ2; JMH; JWD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 176 x 16. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 190
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845451929
- ISBN
- 9781845451929
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 160.77
€ 160.77
This book shows conclusively that inequalities in health are the scandal of our times in the most unequal of rich nations and calls for immediate action to reduce these inequalities in the near future. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFFH; JFFJ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 182 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1004.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447305149
- ISBN
- 9781447305149
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.46
€ 105.46
Paperback. Greater economic equality is beneficial to all people in all societies, both for the rich, the poor and the rest. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; JFSC; KCP; RGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- New Internationalist Publications Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780263908
- ISBN
- 9781780263908
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.25
€ 18.99
€ 18.25
Paperback. We are living in the most remarkable and dangerous times. Globally, the richest 1% have never held a greater share of world wealth, while the share of most of the other 99% has collapsed in the last five years. In this fully rewritten and updated edition of Injustice, Dorling offers hope of a more equal society. Num Pages: 484 pages. BIC Classification: JFFA; JFFJ; JFFM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 215 x 30. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Publisher
- Bristol University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 2nd Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447320753
- ISBN
- 9781447320753
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.51
€ 16.99
€ 16.51
Paperback. Looks at the UK's dangerous relationship with housing - and how it's all going to come crashing down. In this book, this book argues that housing is the defining issue of our times. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: JFFA; JFFB; JFFJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 131 x 199 x 25. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141978192
- ISBN
- 9780141978192
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.89
€ 21.99
€ 16.89