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Society & culture: general

Paperback. Connecting the cultural domains of religion, sex, and work, this book encompasses aspects of feminist theory, post-structuralist materialisms, Victorian thought, and two prominent 19th-century women's novels (Charlotte Bronte's Villette and George Eliot's Middlemarch)--to understand desire between women as a form of "spiritual materialism." Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804723442
ISBN
9780804723442
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.29

Hardback. Connecting the cultural domains of religion, sex, and work, this book encompasses aspects of feminist theory, post-structuralist materialisms, Victorian thought, and two prominent 19th-century women's novels (Charlotte Bronte's Villette and George Eliot's Middlemarch)--to understand desire between women as a form of "spiritual materialism." Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 606.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804723121
ISBN
9780804723121
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 126.74

Paperback. Examines children's strangeness, even some children's subliminal 'gayness', in the twentieth century. Series: Series Q. Num Pages: 312 pages, 44 illustrations. BIC Classification: 5SG; JFSK; JFSP1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 215 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 498. Series: Series Q. 312 pages, 44 illustrations. Examines children's strangeness, even some children's subliminal 'gayness', in the twentieth century. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 5SG; JFSK; JFSP1. Dimension: 215 x 156 x 24. Weight: 510.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Duke University Press
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822343868
ISBN
9780822343868
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.30

Paperback / so. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, black & white tables, bibliography. BIC Classification: CBWJ; JFD; KNTX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Springer vs United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9783658093051
ISBN
9783658093051
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.95

hardcover. Drawing on newly available archival case records, this book demonstrates that Chinese women's rights to property changed substantially from the Song through the Qing dynasties, and even more dramatically under the Republican Civil Code of 1929-30. Series: Law, Society & Culture in China. Num Pages: 256 pages, references, index. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3H; 3J; HBJF; HBTB; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 535.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804735261
ISBN
9780804735261
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 135.48

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Harvard University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
SKU
V9780932885289
ISBN
9780932885289
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.19

Hardcover. G is for Genes summariezes the latest research and explores, in a scientific and non-political way, what genetic research means for schools, and for the choices parents have to make about their children's education. Series: Understanding Children's Worlds. Num Pages: 210 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFMG; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 165 x 16. Weight in Grams: 416.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Number of pages
210
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781118482780
ISBN
9781118482780
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 93.18
€ 76.46

paperback. Num Pages: 218 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; JFFH2; JHMC; VFDW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 13. Weight in Grams: 282.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
218
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253021434
ISBN
9780253021434
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.26

hardcover. Num Pages: 218 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; JFFH2; JHMC; VFDW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
218
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253021311
ISBN
9780253021311
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.31

Hardback. This new collection of essays explores questions of subjectification, selfhood and identity in the contemporary Asia Pacific, examining the way that migrant lives express the complex interplay of local and global processes in the post-Cold War era, and collectively questioning the novelty of the 'global age' in this region. Editor(s): Robinson, Kathryn. Num Pages: 257 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1F; 1QRP; JFC; JFFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 455.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
257
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230013308
ISBN
9780230013308
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.13

Paperback / so. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JF; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
VS Verlag f?r Sozialwissenschaften United Kingdom
Condition
New
SKU
V9783810018045
ISBN
9783810018045
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.24

Paperback. .
Publisher
Transcript Verlag
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2021
Condition
New
SKU
V9783837629040
ISBN
9783837629040
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 9.27

Paperback / so. Series: Studien Zur Mobilitats- Und Verkehrsforschung. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; RGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 22. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Springer vs United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9783658112813
ISBN
9783658112813
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 68.23

Hardback. This much-needed volume, part of the Ageing and the Lifecourse series, combines insights from different disciplines and real-life experiences to argue that the lifecourse perspective helps us understand causes and effects of population ageing. Editor(s): Komp, Kathrin; Johansson, Stina. Series: Ageing and the Lifecourse Series. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: JFSP31; JHBD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 180 x 247 x 19. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Bristol University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447310716
ISBN
9781447310716
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.87

Paperback / so. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, black & white tables, bibliography. BIC Classification: GTC; JFD; JFSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 13. Weight in Grams: 304.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Vs Verlag Fur Sozialwissenschaften Germany
Condition
New
SKU
V9783531159911
ISBN
9783531159911
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.40

Hardback. In what ways have social movements attracted the attention of the mass media since the sixties? How have activists influenced public attention via visual symbols, images, and protest performances in that period? And how do mass media cover and frame specific protest issues? Editor(s): Fahlenbrach, Kathrin; Sivertsen, Erling; Werenskjold, Rolf. Series: Protest, Culture and Society. Num Pages: 384 pages, 32 ills, 15 tables. BIC Classification: JFD; JPW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 31. Weight in Grams: 822.
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857459985
ISBN
9780857459985
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 163.88

Paperback. Race Policy and Multiracial Americans looks at the impact of multiracial people on race policies-where they lag behind the growing numbers of multiracial people in the USA and how they can be used to promote racial justice. This much-needed book is essential reading for anyone interested in race relations and social justice. Num Pages: 226 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL; JPP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
226
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447316503
ISBN
9781447316503
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 33.32

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
544
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253212368
ISBN
9780253212368
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.17

Paperback. Reflections on how Americans are constrained by cultural scripts for age-, race-, and gender-proper emotional behavior and how our increasingly media-saturated culture impoverishes our interior lives. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: DS; JFD; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822343776
ISBN
9780822343776
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 30.35

Paperback. This book examines the struggle over public education in mid-twentieth century America through the lens of a joint biography of these two extraordinary women, Heffernan, the California Commissioner of Rural and Elementary Education between 1926 and 1965, and Seeds, the Director of the University Elementary school at UCLA between 1925 and 1957. Series: Historical Studies in Education. Num Pages: 304 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJK; JFSJ; JNB; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349341269
ISBN
9781349341269
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 44.22

hardcover. Focusing on the lives and work of women teachers in two rural California counties from 1850 to 1950, Country Schoolwomen explores the social context of teaching, seeking to understand what teaching meant to women teachers, what it provided them, and how it shaped their categories of experience. Num Pages: 356 pages, 19 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JFSJ1; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 26. Weight in Grams: 685.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
356
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804730044
ISBN
9780804730044
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.00

Paperback. In towns like Amigo, Red Jacket, Helen, Odd, Viper, Decoy, and Twilight, men and women track a dense social imaginary through stories of traumas, apparitions, encounters, and eccentricities. This book explores how this storytelling imbues everyday life in the hills and forms a cultural poetics. Num Pages: 264 pages, 36 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFSG; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691011035
ISBN
9780691011035
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.24

Paperback. Presents an argument for attention to various dimensions of everyday life and the potential that animates the ordinary. This book shows how ordinary impacts create the subject as a capacity to affect and be affected. It relates the intensities and banalities of common experiences and encounters, and the lingering resonance of passing events. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: JFCA; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 154 x 12. Weight in Grams: 252.
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822341079
ISBN
9780822341079
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.02

Hardcover. Like Charon navigating the River of Wailing, Mythology 101 will guide you through the most glorious (and completely terrifying) tales the ancient world has to offer. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HRKP3; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 400.
Publisher
Adams Media Corporation United States
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781440573323
ISBN
9781440573323
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.26

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