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Society & culture: general
Paperback. An innovative historical and ethnographic examination of Dominican identity formation in the Dominican Republic and the United States. Num Pages: 360 pages, 37 b&w photos, 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1KJD; 3JH; 3JJ; JFSL3; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5830 x 3971 x 21. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822340379
- ISBN
- 9780822340379
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.82
€ 32.99
€ 29.82
Hardback. Editor(s): Pittman, Gina. Num Pages: 100 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; JFC; RN; TV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 163 x 239 x 14. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781634844086
- ISBN
- 9781634844086
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Condition: New
€ 168.73€ 126.19
€ 168.73
€ 126.19
Paperback. Illustrates how despite the hyper-visibility of Latinos in recent political debates, the daily lives of America's new "majority minority" remain largely invisible and mischaracterized Editor(s): Perez, Gina M. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; JFC; JFSL4. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814791295
- ISBN
- 9780814791295
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.71
€ 33.99
€ 30.71
Paperback. Providing insight into the reason why some adults are resilient enough to have overcome devastating childhood trauma, the author outlines how victims can recognize their resilient traits and appreciate the good in their lives. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFE1; JMC; MMJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 151 x 25. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780787902537
- ISBN
- 9780787902537
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Condition: New
€ 58.34
€ 58.34
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Visible Ink Press United States
- Edition
- Second Edition, Second edition
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781578593750
- ISBN
- 9781578593750
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.71
€ 32.99
€ 29.71
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
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.73
€ 36.99
€ 26.73
Paperback. Series: Social Transformations in American Anthropology. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFN; TTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- New York University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479807802
- ISBN
- 9781479807802
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.70
€ 33.99
€ 30.70
Hardback. This book examines how the Security Council has approached issues of gender equality since 2000. Written by academics, activists and practitioners the book challenges the reader to consider how women's participation, gender equality, sexual violence and the prevalence of economic disadvantages might be addressed in post-conflict communities. Editor(s): Heathcote, Gina; Otto, Dianne. Series: Thinking Gender in Transnational Times. Num Pages: 344 pages, 2 figures. BIC Classification: GTJ; JFSJ1; JWLP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 224 x 24. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137400208
- ISBN
- 9781137400208
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Condition: New
€ 124.52
€ 124.52
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
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Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 45.96
€ 54.99
€ 45.96
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
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.52
€ 37.99
€ 29.52
Paperback. A collection of critical essays on black women's writing from Afro-American, African, South African, British and Caribbean novelists, poets, short story writers and a dramatist. Editor(s): Wisker, Gina. Series: Insights. Num Pages: 199 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 261.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 199
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333522530
- ISBN
- 9780333522530
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Condition: New
€ 184.24
€ 184.24
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
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Condition: New
€ 139.69
€ 139.69
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
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.48
€ 27.99
€ 26.48
Paperback. Questioning whether anti-Semitism is a transitory phenomenon, appearing randomly in Western history, or whether it reflects a deepseated tradition, this volume traces the image of the Jew and the attitudes toward the Jew from the Roman Empire to the reunification of Germany. Editor(s): Gilman, Sander L.; Katz, Steven T. Num Pages: 412 pages, 23 photographs, 9 black and white drawings. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 26. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 412
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780814730560
- ISBN
- 9780814730560
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.71
€ 33.99
€ 30.71
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
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Condition: New
€ 78.30
€ 78.30
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
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.78
€ 15.99
€ 11.78
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
€ 115.80
€ 115.80
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
€ 32.99€ 29.60
€ 32.99
€ 29.60
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
€ 66.32
€ 66.32
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
€ 48.99€ 47.19
€ 48.99
€ 47.19