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Society & culture: general
Paperback. In "People of the Plains" (first published in 1909), Amelia McLean Paget records her observations of the customs, beliefs, and lifestyles of the Plains Cree and Saulteaux among whom she lived. Num Pages: 78 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: HBJK; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 175 x 8. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Regina Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780889771598
- ISBN
- 9780889771598
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.40
€ 16.99
€ 15.40
Paperback. Living in a time when it was scandalous even to show a bit of ankle, a small number of courageous women covered their bodies in tattoos and traveled the country, performing nearly nude on carnival stages. The Tattooed Lady uncovers the true stories behind these women, bringing them out of the sideshow realm and into their working class realities. Num Pages: 160 pages, 110 black & white halftones, 48 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; AFY; ASZW; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 254 x 9. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Taylor Trade Publishing
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781589799967
- ISBN
- 9781589799967
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.71
€ 20.99
€ 20.71
Hardback. This book offers a critical reassessment of the histories of colonialism, immigration, gender, the Algerian War, and the welfare state, by examining a network of services targeting Algerian migrants that brought together two of France's long-standing social engineering projects--the civilizing mission and the welfare state. Num Pages: 344 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804784214
- ISBN
- 9780804784214
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.58
€ 86.58
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 412
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719096426
- ISBN
- 9780719096426
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.73
€ 26.99
€ 26.73
Paperback. Feminism is one of the most important perspectives from which visual culture has been theorized and historicized. Challenging the notion of feminism as a unified discourse, this title assembles a wide array of writings that address art, film, architecture, popular culture, new media and other visual fields from a feminist perspective. Editor(s): Jones, Amelia. Series: In Sight: Visual Culture. Num Pages: 736 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 175 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1278.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 736
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415543705
- ISBN
- 9780415543705
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.11
€ 62.11
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press USA
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781850659402
- ISBN
- 9781850659402
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.42
€ 31.99
€ 28.42
Paperback. Widespread confusion over the use of the terms Islamism or Political Islam often obscures the fact that these are not new phenomena and can be traced back more than a century. Through research in to the trajectories of Islamists, this book seeks to understand what has become of political Islam. Editor(s): Boubekeur, Amel; Roy, Olivier. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JFSR2; JPF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 136 x 21. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781850659419
- ISBN
- 9781850659419
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 47.21
€ 52.99
€ 47.21
Hardcover. Creates a resource where women can find a role model, someone with whom they can relate. Profiling women with a wide diversity of experiences and career opportunities allows the reader to find a common connection. This series of book highlights both the pleasant and unpleasant career experiences which these women underwent. Editor(s): Hinkle, Amber S.; Kocsis, Jody A. Series: ACS Symposium Series. Num Pages: 216 pages, 28 halftones, 5 line illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; KNDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 16. Weight in Grams: 394. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- OUP USA
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAC0004189
- ISBN
- 9780841239128
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; BK; HBJK; HBTB; JFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Publisher
- Nightwood
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780889713291
- ISBN
- 9780889713291
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.30
€ 20.99
€ 19.30
Paperback. Explores the concept of labelling and the associated issues of categories such as butch or femme, transgender, bisexual, top or bottom, drag queen, b-girl, or drag king. This volume includes conversations with other writers, such as Deirdre English, Gayle Rubin, Jewelle Gomez, and Cherrie Moraga. Series: Series Q. Num Pages: 304 pages, 41 photographs. BIC Classification: JFSK1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 218 x 20. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822326199
- ISBN
- 9780822326199
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.72
€ 33.99
€ 28.72
Hardcover. Written in an accessible tone but grounded in years of research, this book charts the nautical influence on fashion over five chapters, each of which considers a particular maritime profession: The Officer, The Sailor, The Fisherman, The Sportsman and The Pirate. Num Pages: 224 pages, 210 illustrations, 141 in colour. BIC Classification: AKTH; JFCK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 290 x 238 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Thames and Hudson Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780500517802
- ISBN
- 9780500517802
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 25.00
€ 27.99
€ 25.00
Hardback. Editor(s): Hutchins, Amber; Tindall, Natalie T. J. Series: Routledge New Directions in Public Relations & Communication Research. Num Pages: 266 pages, 7 black & white illustrations, 5 black & white tables, 7 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: GTC; JFD; KJSP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 165 x 241 x 20. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781138787728
- ISBN
- 9781138787728
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 206.85
€ 206.85
Paperback. Editor(s): Handy, Amber; O Conchubhair, Brian. Num Pages: 290 pages, 2 colour artworks. BIC Classification: 2AF; JFSJ; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 22. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Arlen House
- Condition
- New
- Format
- Paperback
- SKU
- V9781851320752
- ISBN
- 9781851320752
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.54
€ 26.99
€ 24.54
Hardcover. Editor(s): Handy, Amber; O Conchubhair, Brian. Num Pages: 290 pages, 2 colour artworks. BIC Classification: 2AF; JFSJ; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 148 x 31. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Publisher
- Arlen House
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781851320288
- ISBN
- 9781851320288
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.67€ 50.00
€ 68.67
€ 50.00
Hardcover. Why do some issues go viral and then just as quickly fall off the radar? How is it that the media can sustain public interest for months in a complex story like negotiations over Obamacare while ignoring other important issues in favor of stories on "balloon boy"? This title deals with these questions. Num Pages: 240 pages, 32 line drawings, 14 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFD; JPV; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226065434
- ISBN
- 9780226065434
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.24
€ 129.24
Paperback. Why do some issues go viral and then just as quickly fall off the radar? How is it that the media can sustain public interest for months in a complex story like negotiations over Obamacare while ignoring other important issues in favor of stories on "balloon boy"? This title deals with these questions. Num Pages: 240 pages, 32 line drawings, 14 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFD; JPV; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226065571
- ISBN
- 9780226065571
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.62
€ 42.62
Hardback. Though Massachusetts banned slavery in 1780, prior to the Civil War a law prohibiting marriage between whites and blacks reinforced the state's racial caste system. Amber Moulton recreates an unlikely collaboration of reformers who sought to rectify what they saw as an indefensible injustice, leading to the legalization of interracial marriage. Num Pages: 280 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; 3JH; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 243 x 28. Weight in Grams: 602.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674967625
- ISBN
- 9780674967625
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.40€ 50.10
€ 54.40
€ 50.10
Hardback. Sources include open source material but internal secret files and highly classified audiotapes of Saddam Hussein that were made available to researchers at the Conflict Records Research Center at National Defense University and some documents at the Hoover Institution. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 3JJ; JFSR2; JHB; JPA; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 229 x 33. Weight in Grams: 806.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421415826
- ISBN
- 9781421415826
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.46
€ 73.46
paperback. India is an immensely diverse country with many distinct pursuits, vastly different convictions, widely divergent customs and a veritable feast of viewpoints. This title brings together an illuminating selection of writings on contemporary India. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; HBLW3; JFC; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141012117
- ISBN
- 9780141012117
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 11.14
€ 12.99
€ 11.14
Hardcover. The Country of First Boys is Amartya Sen's intellectual journey through the past and present to seek an understanding of India's history and the demands of its future. In this collection, Sen examines justice, identity, deprivation, inequalities, gender politics, education, the media, and the importance of getting your priorities right. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: JFF; JKS; JPV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 204 x 26. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198738183
- ISBN
- 9780198738183
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.83
€ 23.99
€ 21.83
paperback. "One of the few world intellectuals on whom we may rely to make sense out of our existential confusion."-Nadine Gordimer Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JFFE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 139 x 15. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company United States
- Edition
- Abridged
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393329292
- ISBN
- 9780393329292
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.69
€ 17.99
€ 16.69
Hardcover. Amartya Sen is the most respected and well-known economist of his time. Offering an overview of the development process, this book is a synthesis of his thought, viewing economic development as a means to extending freedoms rather than an end in itself. Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QFG; GTF; JFFA; JHBA; JPVH; KC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 166 x 26. Weight in Grams: 724.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 382
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198297581
- ISBN
- 9780198297581
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.05
€ 46.99
€ 33.05
Paperback. The author was a young writer living in Miami when Levi's hired her to travel through Latin American, befriending teenagers and reporting back with details of their ideas, hopes, fears and aspirations. This book is a humane portrait of this elusive continent in crisis - riddled with paradox, complexity, beauty and brutality. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; GTB; JFFS; KJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 22. Weight in Grams: 240. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Ebury Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0005914
- ISBN
- 9780091900847
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: JFSL3; JNKS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 218 x 11. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- African American Images United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781934155806
- ISBN
- 9781934155806
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.01
€ 17.99
€ 17.01