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Society & culture: general
Paperback. The Blackwell Guide to Feminist Philosophy is a definitive introduction to the field, consisting of 15 newly-contributed essays that apply philosophical methods and approaches to feminist concerns. * Offers a key view of the project of centering women's experience. Editor(s): Kittay, Eva Feder; Alcoff, Linda Martin. Series: Blackwell Philosophy Guides. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 173 x 16. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631224280
- ISBN
- 9780631224280
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.42
€ 51.42
Paperback. Drawing on the ambiguous meaning of the notion of vulnerability, the book offers an innovative approach to the topic of the female body in relation to women's rights; going beyond the age-old dichotomy of casting women as either passive victims or conscious agents. Num Pages: 199 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JFFK; JFSJ; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 199
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349440573
- ISBN
- 9781349440573
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Condition: New
€ 65.69
€ 65.69
Hardcover. Drawing on the ambiguous meaning of the notion of vulnerability, the book offers an innovative approach to the topic of the female body in relation to women's rights; going beyond the age-old dichotomy of casting women as either passive victims or conscious agents. Num Pages: 199 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JFFK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 217 x 16. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137030719
- ISBN
- 9781137030719
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.50
€ 66.50
paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 19 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFD; JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 150 x 11. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816646050
- ISBN
- 9780816646050
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.38
€ 26.99
€ 25.38
Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages, 4 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFD; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 13. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479893577
- ISBN
- 9781479893577
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.02
€ 33.99
€ 31.02
Hardcover. Num Pages: 232 pages, 4 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFD; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479880911
- ISBN
- 9781479880911
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.45
€ 97.45
Paperback. Offers an illustrated history of sexual politics in ancient Athens. This work examines the ideology and practices that underlay the reign of the phallus. It demonstrates that classical Athens was more sexually polarized and repressive of women than any other culture in Western history. Num Pages: 477 pages, 345 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; JFSJ; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 774. Sexual Politics in Ancient Athens. 477 pages, 345 b&w illustrations. Offers an illustrated history of sexual politics in ancient Athens. This work examines the ideology and practices that underlay the reign of the phallus. It demonstrates that classical Athens was more sexually polarized and repressive of women than any other culture in Western history. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; JFSJ; JHM. Dimension: 229 x 160 x 20. Weight: 774.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 477
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520079298
- ISBN
- 9780520079298
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.81
€ 46.99
€ 33.81
Hardback. The first comprehensive study of the history, function and significance of ornament in Islamic art. Num Pages: 256 pages, 149 illustrations, bibliography, glossary. BIC Classification: 1QFM; 3F; 3H; 3J; JFSR2; WF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 197 x 18. Weight in Grams: 718.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748609864
- ISBN
- 9780748609864
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.41€ 114.65
€ 123.41
€ 114.65
Paperback. "More than 800,000 Soviet women fought against Hitler's onslaught during the 'Great Patriotic War,' 1941-45. Female participation in military conflict on such a scale is historically unique. This is the first comprehensive study of the hitherto largely hidden history of the crucial role women played in the defeat of fascism on the Eastern Front" Num Pages: 305 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJ; HBJD; HBL; HBWQ; JFSJ; MMJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 423.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 305
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349368167
- ISBN
- 9781349368167
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Condition: New
€ 149.87
€ 149.87
Hardback. Taking disability theory out of a Western context, Eunjung Kim questions the assumptions that treating disabilities with cure represents a universal good by examining the manifestations of violence that accompany medical and nonmedical cures in twentieth- and early twenty-first-century Korea. Num Pages: 312 pages, 8 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPK; HBJF; JFFE; JFFG; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822362777
- ISBN
- 9780822362777
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.56
€ 116.56
Paperback. Taking disability theory out of a Western context, Eunjung Kim questions the assumptions that treating disabilities with cure represents a universal good by examining the manifestations of violence that accompany medical and nonmedical cures in twentieth- and early twenty-first-century Korea. Num Pages: 312 pages, 8 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPK; HBJF; JFFE; JFFG; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822362883
- ISBN
- 9780822362883
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.79
€ 36.99
€ 28.79
Hardcover. In different but complementary ways, the chapters in this collection provide a deeper understanding of socio-cultural processes in various parts of the African continent. They do so in the context of contemporary mediated processes of globalization, and emphasize the agency of Africans. Editor(s): Sahle, Eunice N. Series: Contemporary African Political Economy. Num Pages: 300 pages, 1 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1H; JFC; JFFS; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 224 x 23. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137552211
- ISBN
- 9781137552211
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.14
€ 150.14
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ACV; AFC; BG; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 209 x 139 x 11. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Edition
- 58461st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801486098
- ISBN
- 9780801486098
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Condition: New
€ 22.10
€ 22.10
Paperback. This title uses the Asian concept of yin and yang to explain how American virtues and vices are opposite sides of the same coin. Unlike the dualism characteristic of the West, in much of Asia the forces of yin and yang are seen to co-exist in everything, and complete each other in cosmic harmony. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KBB; JFC; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Nicholas Brealey Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781877864858
- ISBN
- 9781877864858
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 19.08
€ 26.99
€ 19.08
Hardcover. This book explores how public cultures shape women's military participation within the European Union. It analyzes the way in which different policy options have been elaborated in the United Kingdom, France and Germany and examines patterns of women's military participation across societies. Num Pages: 184 pages, 5 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1D; JFSJ1; JWT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 143 x 15. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230206892
- ISBN
- 9780230206892
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.32
€ 66.32
Hardback. Series: Middle East Today. Num Pages: 316 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSR2; JPHL; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 23. Weight in Grams: 539.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137586230
- ISBN
- 9781137586230
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.05
€ 128.05
Hardback. Cultural Diversity and Global Media explores the relationship between the media and multiculturalism. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFD; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 251 x 177 x 19. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405180474
- ISBN
- 9781405180474
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.85
€ 108.85
Paperback. Cultural Diversity and Global Media explores the relationship between the media and multiculturalism. Num Pages: 228 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFD; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 172 x 14. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405180467
- ISBN
- 9781405180467
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.25
€ 50.25
Hardback. Num Pages: 132 pages. BIC Classification: JFFS; JH. Dimension: 237 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781631176081
- ISBN
- 9781631176081
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 145.73€ 101.89
€ 145.73
€ 101.89
Paperback. "This book shows how domestic political institutions and the lack of time pressure have an impact on negotiations at the WTO. It provides detailed information on WTO ministerial meetings as well as on the political economy of trade policy in the EU, U.S., Brazil, and Australia"-- Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 293 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFFS; JPA; JPS; JPSD; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 293
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349324057
- ISBN
- 9781349324057
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.99
€ 66.99
Hardcover. This book examines the struggles that unfolded in Latin America over the memory of the pasts of political violence experienced by the countries of the continent in the second half of the twentieth century: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, the United States, Guatemala, El Salvador, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay. Editor(s): Montano, Eugenia Allier; Crenzel, Emilio A. Series: Memory Politics and Transitional Justice. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KL; JFFE; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 147 x 23. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137514486
- ISBN
- 9781137514486
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 160.98
€ 160.98
Hardback. From the mid-17th to the mid-19th Century, millions of Korean men trained in the arts of war to prepare not for actual combat but to sit for the state military examination (mukwa). This book provides a comprehensive socio-political history of the mukwa system. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 275 pages, 2 maps, 7 line illustrations, 5 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPK; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBTB; JFSC; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 237 x 26. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 275
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674025028
- ISBN
- 9780674025028
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 38.42
€ 44.99
€ 38.42
Paperback. Series: Psychoanalysis and Social Theory. Num Pages: 192 pages, 22 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 285.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780801473531
- ISBN
- 9780801473531
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 5.70
€ 5.70
Hardcover. A probing study that demystifies the common portrayal of Leo Strauss as the inspiration for American neo-conservativism by tracing his philosophy to its German Jewish roots. Num Pages: 188 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JFSR1; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 445.
- Publisher
- University Press of New England United States
- Number of pages
- 188
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781584656005
- ISBN
- 9781584656005
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 41.51
€ 52.99
€ 41.51