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Paperback. Against the backdrop of increasing ambivalence in the federal government commitment to race-based employment policies, this book reveals how African-Americans first broke into professional and managerial jobs in corporations during the sixties and offers in-depth profiles of their subsequent career experiences. Series: Labor & Social Change. Num Pages: 216 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3; JHBL; KJM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5334 x 3556 x 17. Weight in Grams: 268.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566394741
ISBN
9781566394741
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 40.37

Hardcover. Women on the Edge re-envisions women's cinema as contemporary political practices by exploring the works of twelve filmmakers. Moving on from the 1970s feminist adage that the personal is political, Sharon Lin Tay argues that contemporary women's cinema must exceed the personal to be politically relevant and ethically cogent. Num Pages: 222 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: APFB; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 388. 224 pages, 10 b/w photos. Women on the Edge re-envisions women's cinema as contemporary political practices by exploring the works of twelve filmmakers. Moving on from the 1970s feminist adage that the personal is political, Sharon Lin Tay argues that contemporary women's cinema must exceed the personal to be politically relevant and ethically cogent. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: APFB; JFSJ1. Dimension: 225 x 146 x 19. Weight: 388.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230217768
ISBN
9780230217768
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.64

Hardcover. Num Pages: 108 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JMC; JMH; JMU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 218 x 13. Weight in Grams: 278.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137601537
ISBN
9781137601537
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.68

Paperback. Traces how disabled people came to be viewed as biologically deviant. This book explains how disabled people are instrumental to charting the passage from a disciplinary society to one based upon regulation of the self. The author reveals cracks in the social production of human variation as aberrancy. Num Pages: 224 pages, 32 halftones. BIC Classification: JFFG; MB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 226 x 16. Weight in Grams: 420.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226767321
ISBN
9780226767321
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 28.19

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 16 half-tones. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 14. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1983
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804713825
ISBN
9780804713825
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.45

hardcover. This book explores the resulting 'gynecocracy' debate and the larger humanist response to the challenge posed by female sovereignty. Num Pages: 260 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLH; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 503.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
2008th Edition
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230605527
ISBN
9780230605527
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.84

Paperback. In this work, Sharon L. Jansen explores a recurring theme in writing by women: the dream of finding or creating a private and secluded retreat from the world of men. Insightful and accessible, this book places six centuries of texts in conversation with one another, pairing them in ways that reveal the realities of women's choice and agency. Num Pages: 256 pages, 4 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSK; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 220 x 14. Weight in Grams: 324.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
253
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137386229
ISBN
9781137386229
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.91

Paperback. A Companion to Women in the Ancient World is the first interdisciplinary, methodologically-based collection of readings to address the study of women in the ancient world while weaving textual, visual, and archaeological evidence into its approach. Editor(s): James, Sharon Lynn; Dillon, Sheila. Series: Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World. Num Pages: 650 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDA; 3D; HBLA; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 174 x 246 x 33. Weight in Grams: 990.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781119025542
ISBN
9781119025542
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 46.41

Hardback. A Companion to Women in the Ancient World is the first interdisciplinary, methodologically-based collection of readings to address the study of women in the ancient world while weaving textual, visual, and archaeological evidence into its approach. Editor(s): James, Sharon Lynn; Dillon, Sheila. Series: Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World. Num Pages: 650 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1QDA; 3D; HBLA; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 181 x 253 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1136.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
650
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405192842
ISBN
9781405192842
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 205.84

Paperback. Anne of France (1461-1522) composed these lessons - presented as a portrait of an ideal princess - as guidance in negotiating the pitfalls facing a woman in the world of politics. First English translation. Series: Library of Medieval Women. Num Pages: 124 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 2ADF; 3H; DSBB; HBJD; JFM; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 202 x 7. Weight in Grams: 170.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
124
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843842934
ISBN
9781843842934
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.33

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JD; JFSR1; JPH; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 714.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691637655
ISBN
9780691637655
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 187.34

Hardback. The testimonies of individuals who survived the Holocaust as children pose distinct challenges for researchers, requiring them to often follow simultaneous, disparate narratives. This interdisciplinary volume brings together historians, psychologists, and other scholars to explore child survivors' accounts. Editor(s): Fogelman, Eva; Ofer, Dalia. Num Pages: 290 pages. BIC Classification: HBTZ1; JFSP1; JMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785334382
ISBN
9781785334382
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 152.51

Hardback. This book attempts to read the character of Mary in the infancy narratives of Luke and Matthew alongside the lives of experiences of the Indian surrogate mother living a postcolonial India. Reading Mary through these lenses helps us see this mother and her actions in a more ambivalent light, as a mother whose love is both violent and altruistic. Series: The Bible and Cultural Studies. Num Pages: 228 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBTR; HRCA; HRCG; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 224 x 18. Weight in Grams: 416.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st ed. 2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137542526
ISBN
9781137542526
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.87

Paperback. .
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752463339
ISBN
9780752463339
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.29

paperback. Num Pages: 310 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JFSL; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 1994
Number of pages
310
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349234226
ISBN
9781349234226
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 118.79

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: JFFA; JFSJ; JHBL; JKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 204 x 136 x 15. Weight in Grams: 248.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195176018
ISBN
9780195176018
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.95

Hardcover. This book explores the morality of love and sex, and how distortions of these sometimes develop into abuse. Hayes argues that there are strong similarities between different kinds of abusive relationships, and that these similarities arise out of the common narratives surrounding romantic love and the logic of intimate relationships. Num Pages: 162 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFE2; JFFE3; JFSJ; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 222 x 14. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137008800
ISBN
9781137008800
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.92

Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, 74 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSG; JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 180 x 16. Weight in Grams: 578.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816665655
ISBN
9780816665655
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 29.27

Hardback. It has been assumed that the Jewish community in Germany was in decline during the Weimar Republic. This title demonstrates that Weimar Jews sought to rejuvenate and reconfigure their community as a means both of strengthening the German nation and of creating a more expansive and autonomous Jewish entity within the German state. Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; JFSR1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804757119
ISBN
9780804757119
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 87.06

Hardback. Ferment for Good is a guide to discovering the joys of fermentation in its myriad variations - framed through the eyes of Sharon Flynn, a one-time English teacher who has hooked early in her 20s and has since made it her life's work to learn and share all there is to know about this most ancient of practices. Num Pages: 224 pages, Full colour photographs and illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: JFCV; WBH; WBT; WBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 190. .
Publisher
Hardie Grant Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781743792094
ISBN
9781743792094
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 20.68

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