Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Paperback. Series: Quadrant Book. Num Pages: 296 pages, 22 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFW; JFS; RGC; TQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816666003
- ISBN
- 9780816666003
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.59
€ 30.99
€ 27.59
Paperback. While in the West it is said that women can never be too thin, semi-nomadic Arabs in Niger cherish a feminine ideal of extreme fatness. Feeding Desire analyses this beauty ideal in the context of Islam, conceptions of health, and notions of desire Num Pages: 256 pages, 8 b&w photographs and 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1HFDR; JFSJ1; VFMD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415280969
- ISBN
- 9780415280969
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.02
€ 69.02
Hardback. Uses the work of contemporary American artist Kara Walker to investigate a range of storytelling traditions with roots in the nineteenth century and ramifications in the present. This book also explores a significant yet neglected aspect of Walker's production: her commitment to examining narrative depictions of race, gender, power, and desire. Num Pages: 216 pages, 24 color photographs, 28 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACXJ; AGB; JFSL3. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 188 x 263 x 19. Weight in Grams: 750.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520288928
- ISBN
- 9780520288928
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.41
€ 54.99
€ 39.41
paperback. Series: Studies in United States Culture. Num Pages: 272 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSP1; JNLB; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 379.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781469629476
- ISBN
- 9781469629476
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.25
€ 41.25
Hardback. Explores the modern recategorization of religious practices and people and examines how state power affected the religious lives and physical order of local communities. This book looks at how politicians conceived of their own ritual role in an era when authority was meant to derive from popular sovereignty. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 450 pages, 11 illustrations, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; HRA; JFSR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 162 x 33. Weight in Grams: 868.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 450
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674035997
- ISBN
- 9780674035997
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 46.12
€ 54.99
€ 46.12
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFC; JFD; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813936260
- ISBN
- 9780813936260
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.60
€ 41.60
Hardcover. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFC; JFD; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813936253
- ISBN
- 9780813936253
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.09
€ 87.09
Paperback. Num Pages: 180 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, 12 black & white tables, 5 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: JFFG; JNSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 176 x 247 x 10. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408279069
- ISBN
- 9781408279069
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.56
€ 53.56
Paperback. Female and male brains are different, thanks to hormones coursing through the brain before birth. This title argues passionately that the analysis of gender differences deserves far more rigorous, biologically sophisticated science. Num Pages: 408 pages, 15 line illustrations, 3 tables. BIC Classification: JFSJ; PD; PSC; PSX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 235 x 26. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674063518
- ISBN
- 9780674063518
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 30.66
€ 36.99
€ 30.66
Paperback. Series: Biopolitics. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479852819
- ISBN
- 9781479852819
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.59
€ 30.99
€ 27.59
Paperback. Offers a comprehensive analysis of an economic trend that has been reshaping the United States over the years: rapidly rising income inequality. This title provides an overview of how and why the level and distribution of income and wealth has changed since 1979, and investigates the forces that are driving it. Series: Wildavsky Forum Series. Num Pages: 240 pages, 34 line illustrations, 13 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFA; KCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520266933
- ISBN
- 9780520266933
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.74
€ 33.99
€ 24.74
Paperback. Provides an antidote to scapegoating, guesswork, and outright misinformation of welfare debates. Demonstrating that government aid has been far more effective, this book explains that even private support for the poor depends extensively on public funds. It states that it takes a nation to fight a problem as pervasive and subtle as modern poverty. Num Pages: 368 pages, 34 line drawings 11 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFA; JKSB; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 372
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691004013
- ISBN
- 9780691004013
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 48.13
€ 54.99
€ 48.13
Hardback. The American fixation with marriage owes much of its intensity to a small group of reformers who introduced Americans to marriage counseling in the 1930s. This book tells the American story of a culture gripped with the hope that, with enough effort and the right guidance, more perfect marital unions are within our reach. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HRLM5; JFSJ; JHBK; JKS; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 165 x 26. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674047969
- ISBN
- 9780674047969
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 39.84
€ 47.99
€ 39.84
Paperback. Bialystok and its migrant communities Series: The Modern Jewish Experience. Num Pages: 380 pages, 38 b&w illus., 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1DV; 1DVP; JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 141 x 29. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 380
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780253221766
- ISBN
- 9780253221766
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.31
€ 30.99
€ 27.31
paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, 6 halftones, 10 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ASZP; JFCA; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 149 x 16. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816647903
- ISBN
- 9780816647903
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 23.15
€ 24.99
€ 23.15
Paperback. Series: Costume Society of America. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; AKT; BGB; JFCK; KNSX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 9. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Texas Tech Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780896729247
- ISBN
- 9780896729247
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 33.19
€ 41.99
€ 33.19
Paperback. Pervasive and fashionable throughout westward expansion in the United States, the sunbonnet endures as work dress in some regions and as icon just about everywhere - on quilts, dolls, and children's clothing. This study focuses on why this particular working-dress accessory persisted long after it passed out of nineteenth-century fashion. Num Pages: 240 pages, 24 b&w & 30 colour photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCA; JFCD; WFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 203 x 21. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Texas Tech Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780896726659
- ISBN
- 9780896726659
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 27.64
€ 32.99
€ 27.64
Hardback. This fascinating analysis of the controversial Symes case of the 1990s examines how class and gender interests clashed over the tax treatment of childcare. Series: Law and Society. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFSC; JFSJ; JHBK; LAB; LNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774809566
- ISBN
- 9780774809566
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.65
€ 113.65
Hardcover. Exploring such topics as maternal caregiving, childbirth, and women's political roles, this title deals with the groups that challenged older ideals of motherhood, including male critics who railed against female moral authority, psychological experts who hoped to expand their influence, and women who wished to be more than wives and mothers. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBTB; JFSJ1; JHBK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226670201
- ISBN
- 9780226670201
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.07€ 78.75
€ 95.07
€ 78.75
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- ABC-CLIO United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846450075
- ISBN
- 9781846450075
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.24
€ 62.24