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Society & culture: general

paperback. In Southern Mercy, Annette Bickford examines the limits of emancipation, and the exclusions inherent in liberal humanism that distinguish racism in the contemporary "post-race" era. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; JFSL3; JHB; JKVQ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442613980
ISBN
9781442613980
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.28

Paperback. Class does make a difference in the lives and futures of American children. Drawing on observations of black and white middle-class, working-class, and poor families, this title explores this fact, offering a picture of childhood. It focuses on the frenetic families managing their children's hectic schedules of 'leisure' activities. Num Pages: 480 pages, 1 b/w photograph, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSL; JFSP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 30. Weight in Grams: 628. Class, Race, and Family Life. 480 pages, illustrations. Class does make a difference in the lives and futures of American children. Drawing on observations of black and white middle-class, working-class, and poor families, this title explores this fact, offering a picture of childhood. It focuses on the frenetic families managing their children's hectic schedules of 'leisure' activities. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSL; JFSP1. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 30. Weight: 640.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520271425
ISBN
9780520271425
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.92

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 370 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 685.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
370
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691636832
ISBN
9780691636832
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 193.77

Paperback. Winner of the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize: "[A] commanding and important book."-Jill Lepore, The New Yorker Num Pages: 816 pages, 37 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; HBTS; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1044.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
800
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393337761
ISBN
9780393337761
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.63

Paperback. Tests anthropology's traditional assumptions about kinship, economics, power, and gender. Focusing on Oceania societies from Polynesia to Papua New Guinea and including Australian Aborigine groups, this title investigates the category of possessions that must not be given or, if they are circulated, must return finally to the giver. Num Pages: 264 pages, 24 b&w photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1MBF; 1MKLP; 1MKP; JFFK; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 424. The Paradox of Keeping-while-giving. 264 pages, 24 b&w photographs, 1 map. Tests anthropology's traditional assumptions about kinship, economics, power, and gender. Focusing on Oceania societies from Polynesia to Papua New Guinea and including Australian Aborigine groups, this title investigates the category of possessions that must not be given or, if they are circulated, must return finally to the giver. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1MBF; 1MKLP; 1MKP; JFFK; JHM. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 15. Weight: 414.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520076044
ISBN
9780520076044
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.52

Hardback. This book examines a wide range of intellectual, ethical, and religious issues through the lens of the reflections of Charles Peguy, on Bernard-Lazare, who was prominent during the Dreyfus Affair. Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture. Num Pages: 204 pages, 2 half-tones. BIC Classification: BG; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 465.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
204
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804730051
ISBN
9780804730051
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 80.83

Paperback. Using a spectrum of literary, artistic, archaeological and epigraphic evidence, this book uncovers the kaleidoscopic story of some of the most intriguing women in history, and the complex role of the empresses as political players on Rome's great stage. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD1; HBLA; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 136 x 26. Weight in Grams: 316.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099523932
ISBN
9780099523932
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.75

Hardback. Reveals how deaf people in Adamorobe did not live in a social paradise but that they created their own "Deaf Space" by seeking each other out to form a society of their own. Num Pages: 320 pages, 24 photographs, 11 figures, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1HFDH; JFFG; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Gallaudet University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781563686320
ISBN
9781563686320
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.43
€ 60.43

Paperback. Since World War II, the biological and technological have been fusing and merging in new ways, resulting in the loss of a distinction between the two. This title deals with the fusion of biological and technological power and the entanglements of biocultures. Editor(s): Smelik, Anneke; Lykke, Nina. Series: In Vivo S. Num Pages: 240 pages, 17 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFK; PSAD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 179 x 14. Weight in Grams: 468.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295988092
ISBN
9780295988092
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.32

Hardback. In cities and towns across northern Europe in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, a new type of religious woman took up authoritative though solitary positions in medieval society. Mulder-Bakker offers a new history of these women and their roles as counselors, theological innovators, and public recluses. Translator(s): Scholz, Myra Heerspink. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HRCC2; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 164 x 26. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812238525
ISBN
9780812238525
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 82.04

Paperback. Describes a world in which government officials - police investigators, financial regulators, even judges and legislators - exchange information and coordinate activity across national borders to tackle crime, terrorism, and the routine daily grind of international interactions. Num Pages: 368 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPS; LB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 518.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
50245th
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691123974
ISBN
9780691123974
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.21

Paperback. A compelling clarion call for a cultural shift that will enable us all to live more balanced lives Shortlisted for the FT McKinsey Business Book of the Year 2015 Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: JFFK; JHBK; JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 31. Weight in Grams: 326.
Publisher
Oneworld Publications
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780748702
ISBN
9781780748702
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.91

Hardback. Exploring the practices of squatting and illegal settlement on the outskirts of Cape Town during and immediately following the end of apartheid, Anne-Maria Makhulu how these squatters engaged in an important form of resistance that helped to end apartheid. Num Pages: 256 pages, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822359470
ISBN
9780822359470
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 111.15

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 4, 4 charts. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFFK; KCF; KNXB2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 22. Weight in Grams: 362.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781501703058
ISBN
9781501703058
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.43

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: JFFK; JFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 136 x 12. Weight in Grams: 180.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
HarperSanFrancisco
Edition
3rd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062507709
ISBN
9780062507709
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.61

hardcover. In a vivid account of every stage of the migration process, this topical book presents new research that looks in-depth at Polish migration to the UK, in particular the lives of working-class Polish families in the West of England. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVP; JFFN; JHBK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 246 x 179 x 19. Weight in Grams: 620.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9781847428202
ISBN
9781847428202
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.74

Paperback. Social policy shapes the daily lives of every Canadian citizen and should reflect the beliefs of a majority of Canadians on just approaches to the promotion of health, safety, and well-being. This title argues that service deliverers have discretion in how policies are implemented and this exercise of discretion is how citizens experience policy. Editor(s): Westhues, Anne; Wharf, Brian. Num Pages: 456 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFF; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 227 x 27. Weight in Grams: 666.
Publisher
Wilfrid Laurier University Press Canada
Number of pages
494
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
5th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781554583591
ISBN
9781554583591
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 70.37

Hardback. A collection of short biographies of ordinary Japanese men and women, most of them unknown outside their family and locality, whose lives collectively span the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Series: The Human Tradition Around the World Series. Num Pages: 241 pages, bibliographical references, index. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; BGH; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
Number of pages
241
Condition
New
SKU
V9780842029117
ISBN
9780842029117
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 168.32

Paperback. Combining translations of five peasant narratives with critical commentary on their provenance and implications for historical study, this book illuminates the life of the peasantry in Tokugawa Japan. Editor(s): Walthall, Anne. Num Pages: 276 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; HBLL; JFS; JPWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 339.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226872346
ISBN
9780226872346
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.89

Paperback. Presenting the biography of Matsuo Taseko, a peasant woman of the Tokugawa period, honoured and then adopted as a patron saint by rightist nationalists, this text gives perspectives on the practices and intellectual concerns of rural entrepreneurs and their role in the Meiji Restoration. Series: Women in Culture and Society Series. Num Pages: 424 pages, 20 halftones, 2 maps, 5 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; BGH; HBJF; HBLL; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 154 x 30. Weight in Grams: 670.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
424
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226872377
ISBN
9780226872377
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 34.31

Paperback. Num Pages: 152 pages, fig: 3, b&w, table: 4, b&w. BIC Classification: JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 140 x 9. Weight in Grams: 206.
Publisher
ibidem-Verlag, Jessica Haunschild u Christian Schon
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2021
Condition
New
SKU
V9783838203867
ISBN
9783838203867
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.39

Hardback. Num Pages: 232 pages, 6ill. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JNMT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 510.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874135459
ISBN
9780874135459
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.04

Paperback. In 2012, Anne Summers gave two landmark speeches about women in Australia, attracting more than 120,000 visits to her website. Within weeks of their delivery Prime Minister Julia Gillard's own speech about misogyny and sexism went viral and was celebrated around the world. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: JFFK; JFSJ1; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 135 x 18. Weight in Grams: 200.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of New South Wales Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781742233840
ISBN
9781742233840
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.06

Paperback. .
Publisher
NewSouth Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781742234908
ISBN
9781742234908
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.00

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