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Hardcover. The experiences of African women in the era before independence remain a woefully understudied facet of African history. This innovative and carefully argued study thus adds tremendously to our understanding of colonial history by focusing on women's education, professionalization, and political mobilization in the East African islands of Zanzibar. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFGT; HBJH; HBTR; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 218 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137465290
- ISBN
- 9781137465290
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.64
€ 127.64
Hardback. Translator(s): MacMichael, Simon. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; JFCX; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 224 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Translation
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691151014
- ISBN
- 9780691151014
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.43
€ 30.99
€ 22.43
This work offers a collection of case studies on ethnic, racial and cultural diversity drawn from 13 countries, each unique in the way it understands, negotiates, and represents its diversity. It shows how, in different nations, identity groups are included, or reviled to the point of genocide. Num Pages: 368 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JFFS; JFSL1; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742508828
- ISBN
- 9780742508828
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 222.57
€ 222.57
Paperback. This collection brings together leading feminist thinkers who examine the struggles for interpretive power which underlies international development. Editor(s): Cornwall, Andrea; Harrison, Elizabeth; Whitehead, Ann. Series: Development and Change Special Issues. Num Pages: 184 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 156 x 10. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405169370
- ISBN
- 9781405169370
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.60
€ 29.60
Hardback. Population ageing is among the most important developments of our time. This book explores the profound challenges faced by an aging world. Leading experts from diverse disciplines describe the fundamental impact demographic aging has on pension systems, on the concepts of retirement and old age, and on the balance of generational justice. Editor(s): Torp, Cornelius. Num Pages: 320 pages, 28. BIC Classification: JFSP31; JHBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 24. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 2015th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137283160
- ISBN
- 9781137283160
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.36
€ 67.36
Paperback. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 323.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Germany
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783531169156
- ISBN
- 9783531169156
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.97
€ 66.97
Hardback. Explores different attitudes and experiences of those women who sought to terminate an unwanted pregnancy and those who helped or hindered them. This study analyzes the dichotomy between medical theory and practice, and questions common assumptions that abortion was "a necessary evil," which needed strict regulation and medical control. Series: Monographs in German History. Num Pages: 298 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; JFMA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 298
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845453893
- ISBN
- 9781845453893
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 163.28
€ 163.28
Hardback. This study analyses the tactics which the German state and its agencies used to regulate the size and balance of population to accord with their social, economic and political beliefs rather than with the views and wishes of individuals. Series: Studies in Gender History. Num Pages: 344 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; JFMA; JHBD; JHBF; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333547717
- ISBN
- 9780333547717
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.92
€ 194.92
Paperback / so. Series: Essentials. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: GTC; JFD; JNU; KJS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 2. Weight in Grams: 45.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer Gabler United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783658057701
- ISBN
- 9783658057701
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.37
€ 23.37
Paperback / so. Series: Geschlecht Und Gesellschaft. Num Pages: 219 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 12. Weight in Grams: 327.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- VS Verlag f?r Sozialwissenschaften United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 219
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783810019035
- ISBN
- 9783810019035
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.66
€ 71.66
Paperback / so. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 8. Weight in Grams: 263.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1912
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789401700481
- ISBN
- 9789401700481
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.39
€ 71.39
Paperback / so. Num Pages: 228 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 12. Weight in Grams: 281.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- VS Verlag f?r Sozialwissenschaften United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783810011503
- ISBN
- 9783810011503
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 77.18
€ 77.18
paperback. Num Pages: 234 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, bibliography. BIC Classification: JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 13. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften United States
- Edition
- 2012th Edition
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783531186597
- ISBN
- 9783531186597
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 77.10
€ 77.10
Paperback / so. Originally presented as the author's thesis. Series: Studien Zur Kommunikationswissenschaft. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Germany
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783531126166
- ISBN
- 9783531126166
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.74
€ 72.74
Paperback. The "Mahapuranas" embody the received tradition of Hindu mythology. This anthology contains fresh translations of these myths. It includes chapters such as: "Origins"; "Seers, Kings and Supernaturals"; "Krsna," "Visnu," and "Siva"; and, "The Goddess" that presents stories of the wives and lovers of the gods, as well as of Kali, the battle goddess. Translator(s): Buitenen, J. A. B. van. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: HRG; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 228 x 24. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1978
- Edition
- CA res. please inc. 7.25% tax
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780877221227
- ISBN
- 9780877221227
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 38.84
€ 42.99
€ 38.84
Paperback. Combines an essential theoretical framework with illustrative stories to show the dynamics of stability and change in America's rural communities. Num Pages: 448 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 714.
- Publisher
- Westview Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 5th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813349718
- ISBN
- 9780813349718
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.76
€ 72.76
Paperback / so. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 15. Weight in Grams: 349.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Vs Verlag Fur Sozialwissenschaften United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783531132570
- ISBN
- 9783531132570
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.94
€ 49.94
Paperback. Explores the social, cultural, and psychological premises and consequences of fan consumption. This book describes the nature and development of whole fan cultures, and focuses on the experience and identity of the individual fan. Num Pages: 206 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 160 x 12. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 206
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745629735
- ISBN
- 9780745629735
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.81
€ 24.81
Hardback. In Fans: The Mirror of Consumption Cornel Sandvoss explores the social, cultural, and psychological premises and consequences of fan consumption. The scope of the book is impressive -- he looks not just at the nature and development of whole fan cultures, but also focuses on the experience and identity of the individual fan. Num Pages: 224 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745629728
- ISBN
- 9780745629728
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.45
€ 73.45
Paperback. From Jules Verne to the Jetsons, from a 500-passenger flying wing to an anti-aircraft flying buzz-saw, the vision of the future as seen through the eyes of the past demonstrates the play of the American imagination on the canvas of the future. Num Pages: 176 pages, 166, 166 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCX; PDR; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 252 x 10. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801853999
- ISBN
- 9780801853999
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.19
€ 48.19
Paperback. This lively, engaging book investigates the relationship between some of our more beloved popular expressions of national identity and the extent to which the interests of the state appeal to the pleasures of citizens, thus shaping our understanding of what it means to be Canadian. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFC; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442613911
- ISBN
- 9781442613911
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.36
€ 37.99
€ 34.36
paperback. Famine remains one of the worst calamities that can befall a society. Mass starvation - whether it is inflicted by drought or engineered by misguided or genocidal economic policies - devastates families, weakens the social fabric, and undermines political stability. This title traces the history of famine from the earliest records to today. Num Pages: 344 pages, 7 halftones. 16 line illus. 11 tables. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFFC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 214 x 138 x 22. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780691147970
- ISBN
- 9780691147970
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 23.98
€ 30.99
€ 23.98
Paperback. The Irish famine peaked in Black '47, but it brought misery and increased mortality to Ireland for several years. This title presents the Great Irish Famine from a variety of perspectives. It concentrates on fresh insights available through interdisciplinary and comparative methods. It highlights several economic and sociological features. Series: The Princeton Economic History of the Western World. Num Pages: 320 pages, 54 tables, 38 line illus. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JFFC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 164 x 10. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- 9780691070155
- ISBN
- 9780691070155
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 45.99€ 36.72
€ 45.99
€ 36.72
paperback. Enlightened Virginity in Eighteenth-Century Literature analyzes the history of the English virgin at the height of her celebrity. In so doing, it presents new arguments about the early English novel and its relationship to science, religion, and feminist theory. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; HRC; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 319.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 247
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2006
- SKU
- V9781349535637
- ISBN
- 9781349535637
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95