Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Paperback. This book examines literature by African, Native, and Jewish American novelists at the beginning of the twentieth century, a period of radical dislocation from homelands for these three ethnic groups as well as the period when such voices established themselves as central figures in the American literary canon. Num Pages: 240 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; HBJK; HBL; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349538003
- ISBN
- 9781349538003
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.49
€ 67.49
Hardback. Editor(s): Gaspar de Alba, Alicia. Series: New Directions in Latino American Cultures. Num Pages: 355 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JFSL; JHBT; JHMC; VFVC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 168 x 25. Weight in Grams: 617.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 355
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403960962
- ISBN
- 9781403960962
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.68€ 48.92
€ 53.68
€ 48.92
Paperback. Bringing together diverse perspectives, including feminism, Marxism, critical race theory, semiotics, and textual analysis, this is the first anthology to focus exclusively on the murders of more than five hundred women and girls in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico Editor(s): Gaspar de Alba, Alicia; Guzman, Georgina. Series: Chicana Matters Series. Num Pages: 328 pages, 40 b&w photos, 1 figure, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JFSJ1; JFSL4; JKV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780292723177
- ISBN
- 9780292723177
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 32.05
€ 34.99
€ 32.05
Paperback. An anthology of vibrant responses to Alma Lopez's controversial print Our Lady, exploring critical issues of censorship, religion, and the female body. Editor(s): Gaspar de Alba, Alicia; Lopez, Alma. Series: Chicana Matters Series. Num Pages: 344 pages, 12 color and 34 b&w illus. BIC Classification: AGR; JFC; JFSJ1; JFSL4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 146 x 23. Weight in Grams: 584.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Edition
- Pap/DVD
- Number of pages
- 348
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292726420
- ISBN
- 9780292726420
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Hardback. Miracles occupied a unique place in medieval and Byzantine life and thought. This volume makes available three collections of miracle tales never before translated into English. They deepen our understanding of attitudes toward miracles and display the remarkable range of registers in which Greek could be written during the Byzantine period. Translator(s): Talbot, Alice-Mary; Johnson, Dr. Scott Fitzgerald. Series: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAZ; 3F; 3H; DSBB; HRCC2; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 210 x 28. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674059030
- ISBN
- 9780674059030
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.80
€ 40.99
€ 33.80
Hardback. This book explores how the politics of memory and history affected representations of the internment of 120,000 Japanese Americans during World War II and the passage of redress legislation in 1988. Series: Asian America. Num Pages: 608 pages, 2 figures, 22 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBWQ; JFFJ; JFSL; JWXR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 992. Weight in Grams: 948.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 608
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804745345
- ISBN
- 9780804745345
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.25
€ 87.25
Paperback. A true story about the impact of sexual abuse and rise of internet pornography. As a doctor, as well as a wife and mother, Alice Wells tackles her complex feelings of bereavement - mourning the death of a man she loves, while struggling with the unfolding knowledge of his hidden life as a paedophile and his abuse of their daughter. Num Pages: 284 pages. BIC Classification: BTC; JFFE1; JFFE2; VFJX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 24. Weight in Grams: 202.
- Publisher
- Mirror Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781907324611
- ISBN
- 9781907324611
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 7.28
€ 10.99
€ 7.28
Paperback. Num Pages: 370 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DNF; DQ; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- New Press, The
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781595589866
- ISBN
- 9781595589866
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.69
€ 19.99
€ 19.69
Paperback. Num Pages: 118 pages. BIC Classification: HRC; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 183 x 118 x 9. Weight in Grams: 136.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The Catholic University of America Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780970610676
- ISBN
- 9780970610676
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.52
€ 26.52
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1 b&w photo. BIC Classification: 1M; HBJM; JFFN; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816677573
- ISBN
- 9780816677573
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.17
€ 26.99
€ 25.17
Hardback. In her eagerly-awaited new book, Alice Taylor salutes the women whose energy and generosity made such a valuable contribution to all our lives. Num Pages: 208 pages, 45 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; BM; HBJD1; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 224 x 20. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Publisher
- O´Brien Press Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847177889
- ISBN
- 9781847177889
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.51
€ 16.99
€ 14.51
Paperback. A collection of 14 essays on sexual behaviour, from adolescence to old age, and covering such groups as singles, married couples, homosexuals and African-American men and women. This volume also looks at topics such as the effects of chronic disease and medication on sexual functioning. Editor(s): Rossi, Alice S. Series: John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Series on Mental Health and Development. Num Pages: 435 pages, 11 line drawings, 31 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ; JMU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 435
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226728704
- ISBN
- 9780226728704
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.48
€ 40.99
€ 31.48
Hardcover. Dreamt up by a group of publishers as an alternative to stuffy gentleman's clubs who wanted somewhere to meet and relax, they approached Anthony Mackintosh owner of 'The Zanzibar' - a members bar in Covent Garden. Tony and his partners got to work and the Groucho Club was created. This book deals with the history of Groucho Club. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; JFSV; KNTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 297 x 300 x 31. Weight in Grams: 2030.
- Publisher
- Preface Publishing
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848094703
- ISBN
- 9781848094703
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.00€ 33.94
€ 41.00
€ 33.94
Hardback. An insightful map of the landscape of social meals, this book argues that the ways in which we eat together play a central role in social life. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JFCV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252037634
- ISBN
- 9780252037634
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.11
€ 119.11
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Wooden Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904263784
- ISBN
- 9781904263784
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.27
€ 9.27
Paperback. In the 1990s, policy specialists made "dependency" the issue and crafted incentives to get people off welfare. This work gives an account of the thinking behind these very different views of "the poverty problem," in a century-spanning inquiry into the politics, institutions, ideologies, and social science that shaped poverty research and policy. Series: Politics and Society in Modern America. Num Pages: 392 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFCX; JFFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780691102559
- ISBN
- 9780691102559
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.29
€ 46.99
€ 33.29
Hardback. At the turn of the 20th century, Jewish families scattered by migration could stay in touch only through letters. Jews in the Russian Empire and America wrote business letters, romantic letters, and emotionally intense family letters. This book deals with this topic. Num Pages: 248 pages, 6 b&w illus. BIC Classification: DSB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253011992
- ISBN
- 9780253011992
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.78
€ 75.78
Paperback. Psychohistorical analyses of such tyrants as Hitler, Stalin and Ceausescu have shown the links between the horrors of their childhoods and that which they inflict on the world. In this text, Miller pleads for awareness of society's role in child abuse and for recognition of the victim. Translator(s): Worrall, Simon. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: JFFE1; JMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 12. Weight in Grams: 136.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- 2Rev Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781860493478
- ISBN
- 9781860493478
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.94
€ 14.99
€ 11.94
Paperback. An examination of childhood trauma and its surreptitious, debilitating effects by one of the world's leading psychoanalysts. Translator(s): Jenkins, Andrew. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFFE1; JMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Edition
- New Ed
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393328639
- ISBN
- 9780393328639
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.43
€ 17.99
€ 16.43
Paperback. Miller believes that violence and crime in society have their roots in conventional child rearing and in education which can create a childhood prison. Miller describes how her discoveries can create freedom from this prison. This edition has been revised since her renunciation of psychoanalysis. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: JFFE1; JMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 125 x 12. Weight in Grams: 140.
- Edition
- Revised
- Publisher
- Virago
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781860491016
- ISBN
- 9781860491016
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.14
€ 13.99
€ 11.14