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Society & culture: general

Paperback. This work is an account of the human tendency to deny or minimize biology. It considers a wide variety of anti-biological systems and their relation to larger issues, particularly gender studies, and discusses a variety of expressions of the antithesis between human beings and natural processes. Num Pages: 254 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JFSJ; PDA; PS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 136 x 14. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
254
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761803218
ISBN
9780761803218
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 94.71

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: GB; JFH; WDKX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 190 x 15. Weight in Grams: 650.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
William Morrow Paperbacks
Edition
Original
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062060853
ISBN
9780062060853
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.62

Paperback. Features many of the major Supreme Court decisions on abortion - as well as many majority, dissenting, and plurality opinions. This book sets these cases in political, historical, and philosophical context, and gives the reader a sense of what the issues in the constitutional law of abortion are likely to be in the future. Editor(s): Shapiro, Ian. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: JFMA; L. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 398.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co.
Edition
Third Edition,3
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872209039
ISBN
9780872209039
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.69

Paperback. Passage to Manhood is a groundbreaking and beautifully written ethnography that addresses the intersection of modernity, heroin use, and AIDS as they intersect in a new "rite-of-passage" among young ethnic-minority males in contemporary China. Series: Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute. Num Pages: 248 pages, 1 table, 3 figures, 3 illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFFH2; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804770255
ISBN
9780804770255
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 27.09

Paperback. Series: American Politics & Political Economy S. Num Pages: 206 pages, 22 figures, 19 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APT; JFD; JPA; JPVK; JPVL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 13. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
206
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226388557
ISBN
9780226388557
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.44

Paperback. Backed by careful analysis of public opinion surveys, the authors show how, despite changing American politics, those issues that receive extended coverage in the national news become more important to viewers, while those that are ignored lose credibility. Series: Chicago Studies in American Politics. Num Pages: 216 pages, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFD; JPA; JPVK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 295.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
216
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Updated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226388588
ISBN
9780226388588
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 24.84

Hardcover. Universities are increasingly criticised for their limited relevance to a globalized and unequal world. Drawing on research from over 27 countries, this book outlines new directions for universities and the need to rethink the education that they provide based on the experiences of schools of international development studies. Series: Frontiers of Globalization. Num Pages: 297 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JNF; JNK; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 165 x 21. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137358943
ISBN
9781137358943
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.41

paperback. Presents an elegant analysis of the mechanisms of political mobilization under systemic racism that draws on case studies, interviews, and a detailed understanding of the racialized legal and sociocultural histories of the United States and Canada. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBC; JFSG; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 12. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
UBC Press Canada
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774813464
ISBN
9780774813464
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 36.90

Hardback. Presents an elegant analysis of the mechanisms of political mobilization under systemic racism that draws on case studies, interviews, and a detailed understanding of the racialized legal and sociocultural histories of the United States and Canada. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; 1KBC; JFFN; JFSL1; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Edition
Annotated
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774813457
ISBN
9780774813457
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.94

Hardcover. International students are often engaged not just in education, but in high stakes towards gaining permanent migration status. This book unpacks the consequences of this education-migration nexus, analyzing migration policies and providing a vivid picture of student-migrants' lived experiences. Series: Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship. Num Pages: 211 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFM; JFFN; JFFS; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 147 x 17. Weight in Grams: 378.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137267078
ISBN
9781137267078
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.71

Hardback. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 495.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
267
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312221836
ISBN
9780312221836
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.38

paperback. Based on extensive fieldwork, this book explores the Lahu society in Southwest China where practical gender equality has become the byproduct of a potent ideology of gender unity, vividly expressed by the proverb, "chopsticks only work in pairs." Num Pages: 256 pages, 15 figs. & 1 chart. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFSJ; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 173 x 14. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780231119573
ISBN
9780231119573
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 30.35

Paperback. This book offers new essays and interviews addressing Wilson's work, ranging from examinations of the presence of Wilson's politics in his plays to the limitations of these politics on contemporary interpretations of Black aesthetics. Also includes an updated introduction assessing Wilson's legacy since his death in 2005. Num Pages: 229 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ANB; DD; DSG; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 378.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
229
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230113015
ISBN
9780230113015
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 44.11

Paperback. Examines contemporary categories of difference - sexuality, race, gender, class, and nationality - and how they operate within the politics of domination. Drawing on the work of Georges Bataille, Michel Foucault, and others, the author engages feminist theory, race theory, and queer theory. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 index. BIC Classification: JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 14. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253218308
ISBN
9780253218308
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 23.79

Hardcover. An exciting new work on how black and Asian racial structures were woven together within US theatrical practices in the run up to the Second World War, Steen uses this history to model how we might use performance histories to more carefully assess how racial formation occurs on the boundaries between racial groups in an international context. Series: Studies in International Performance. Num Pages: 223 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AN; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 164 x 18. Weight in Grams: 384.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230221932
ISBN
9780230221932
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.13

Paperback. An anthropological examination of the globalized discourse of human rights and the local production of cultural identities and forms of resistance in indigenous communities of Chiapas, Mexico. Num Pages: 264 pages, 10 illustrations, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JFSL9; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 458. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804757348
ISBN
9780804757348
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.08

Hardback. Using extensive evidence from archival documents from both the ecclesiastical court system and the records of city and royal government, as well as advice manuals, chronicles, moral tales, and liturgical texts, McSheffrey examines how marital and sexual relationships were woven into the fabric of late medieval London. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBJD1; HBLC; JFC; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 596.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812239386
ISBN
9780812239386
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.43

Paperback. .
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816698516
ISBN
9780816698516
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00

Paperback. Series: Culture, Labor, History. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9781479889082
ISBN
9781479889082
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 33.63

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 6, 2 tables, 4 charts. BIC Classification: JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 399.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801478147
ISBN
9780801478147
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 33.45

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