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Paperback. A unique approach to understanding the changing face of youth transitions, addressing the question of how gender identities are constituted in late modern culture. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JFSP2; JHBK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 239 x 175 x 12. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847429025
ISBN
9781847429025
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 38.45

hardcover. A unique approach to understanding the changing face of youth transitions, addressing the question of how gender identities are constituted in late modern culture. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: JFF; JFSJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 172. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847420510
ISBN
9781847420510
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.30

Hardback. Among both male and female young urban professionals in Nairobi, sexuality is a key to achieving a "modern" identity. These young men and women see themselves as the avant garde of a new Africa, while they also express the recurring worry of how to combine an "African" identity with the new lifestyles with which they are experimenting. Num Pages: 324 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; JFSC; JFSJ; JHBK5; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 603.
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Number of pages
324
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857454782
ISBN
9780857454782
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.83

Paperback. Goes behind the scenes in two urban luxury hotels to give a picture of the workers who care for and cater to wealthy guests. This work offers an analysis of what the luxury service consists of, how managers organize its production, and how workers and guests negotiate the inequality between them. Num Pages: 373 pages, 2 line illustrations, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; JFFT; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 159 x 22. Weight in Grams: 510. Service and Inequality in Luxury Hotels. 373 pages, 2 line illustrations, 5 tables. Goes behind the scenes in two urban luxury hotels to give a picture of the workers who care for and cater to wealthy guests. This work offers an analysis of what the luxury service consists of, how managers organize its production, and how workers and guests negotiate the inequality between them. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; JFFT; JHM. Dimension: 230 x 159 x 22. Weight: 510.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
373
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520247826
ISBN
9780520247826
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.35

Paperback. Based on Islamist writings, political tracts, and interviews with Islamists, this book examines Muslim-Christian relations in Egypt from the perspective of Islamic conceptions of citizenship, and provides non-Muslim responses to those views. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBE; HRAM2; HRH; JFSR2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804769068
ISBN
9780804769068
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.40

Paperback. The growing scale of international migration has reshaped the debate on the social rights and social protection available to people outside their countries of origin. This book uses conceptual frameworks, policy analysis and empirical studies of migrants to explore international migrants' needs for and access to social protection across the world. Series: Rethinking International Development Series. Num Pages: 310 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFFN; JHB; JPB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 399.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st ed. 2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349319152
ISBN
9781349319152
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 124.23

Paperback. An original account of neo-liberalism's intellectual foundations, development and conceptual configuration as an ideology. Newly available in paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HBLW3; JFCX; JPFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 398. History, Concepts and Policies. 256 pages. An original account of neo-liberalism's intellectual foundations, development and conceptual configuration as an ideology. Newly available in paperback. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: HBLW3; JFCX; JPFK. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 16. Weight: 398.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748642991
ISBN
9780748642991
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.71

Paperback. This book examines how labor migration is changing the countryside in post-Mao China. Series: Cambridge Modern China Series. Num Pages: 306 pages, 28 b/w illus. 2 maps 8 tables. BIC Classification: 1FM; 1FPC; GTB; JFFN; JP; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 435.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
306
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521005302
ISBN
9780521005302
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.25

Paperback. A beautifully written combination of memoir and a 'dissection' of prostitution - heart-breaking, courageous and redemptive. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: BT; JFMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 132 x 24. Weight in Grams: 306.
Publisher
Gill & Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780717160327
ISBN
9780717160327
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 11.92

Paperback. Looks at the relationship between American immigrants and the popular culture industry in the 20th century. Using case studies, this book shows how specific trends in popular culture have their roots in the complex socio-political nature of immigration in America. It offers an introduction to the major approaches to the study of popular culture. Series: Nation of Nations. Num Pages: 302 pages, 23 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCA; JFFN. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 19. Weight in Grams: 402.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
302
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814775530
ISBN
9780814775530
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.71

Hardback.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
460
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520266452
ISBN
9780520266452
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.14
€ 50.63

Paperback. The work of French Philosopher Luce Irigaray has exerted a profound influence on feminist thinking of recent decades and provides a far-reaching challenge to western philosophy's entrenched patriarchal norms. This book guides the reader through Irigaray's critical and creative transformation of western thought. Series: Key Contemporary Thinkers. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745651057
ISBN
9780745651057
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.74

Hardback. The work of French Philosopher Luce Irigaray has exerted a profound influence on feminist thinking of recent decades and provides a far-reaching challenge to western philosophy's entrenched patriarchal norms. This book guides the reader through Irigaray's critical and creative transformation of western thought. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 159 x 26. Weight in Grams: 570.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745651040
ISBN
9780745651040
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.45

Paperback. Examines the ways in which questions of immigrant rights engage broader issues of identity, including gender, race, and sexuality Series: Nation of Nations. Num Pages: 448 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 228 x 22. Weight in Grams: 608.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814799925
ISBN
9780814799925
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.71

Paperback. Num Pages: 528 pages, 1 x 16 page B&W plate. BIC Classification: BGH; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 199 x 36. Weight in Grams: 386.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408852897
ISBN
9781408852897
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.25

Paperback. Set in a New Jersey suburb outside New York City, the author takes us into people's homes; their community meetings, where they debate security gates and school redistricting; and even their cars, to offer an intimate view of the tensions and uncertainties of being middle class at that time. Series: California Series in Public Anthropology. Num Pages: 312 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSG; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 440.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520277755
ISBN
9780520277755
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.98

Paperback. Series: Legends of America. Num Pages: 208 pages, 14 black & white halftones, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBFS; HBJK; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 151 x 11. Weight in Grams: 18.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781493015719
ISBN
9781493015719
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.47

Paperback. Gender in Chinese Music draws together contributions from ethnomusicologists, anthropologists, and literary scholars to explore how music is implicated in changing notions of masculinity, femininity, and genders "in between" in Chinese culture. Editor(s): Harris, Rachel; Pease, Rowan; Tan, Shzr Ee. Series: Eastman/Rochester Studies: Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 316 pages, 26 black & white illustrations, 8 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1FPC; AV; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 467.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
Number of pages
316
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580465441
ISBN
9781580465441
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 41.99

Hardback. Assembling an archive of images and texts since the eighteenth century, this book offers history of the 'wanted' poster, examining its uses, patterns of circulation, and formal development as an iconic print genre. It covers a wide range of images: runaway slave notices, private detective posters, FBI posters, and artists' approximations. Series: Cultural Frames, Framing Culture. Num Pages: 192 pages, 26 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AB; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813928555
ISBN
9780813928555
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.44

Paperback. Assembling an archive of images and texts since the eighteenth century, this book offers history of the 'wanted' poster, examining its uses, patterns of circulation, and formal development as an iconic print genre. It covers a wide range of images: runaway slave notices, private detective posters, FBI posters, and artists' approximations. Series: Cultural Frames, Framing Culture. Num Pages: 192 pages, 26 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AB; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813928562
ISBN
9780813928562
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.34

Paperback. A witty and touching account of ten inspirational figures that makes us reconsider conventional ideas of the fifties woman. Num Pages: 384 pages, Section: 8, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 3JJPG; HBLW3; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 25. Weight in Grams: 270. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Virago
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSS0006192
ISBN
9781844087419
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Focusing on paternity as a category of family history, Contested Paternity emphasizes the importance of fatherhood, the family, and the law within the greater context of changing attitudes toward parental responsibility. Num Pages: 368 pages, 14, 14 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; JFSJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 235 x 19. Weight in Grams: 548.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801898334
ISBN
9780801898334
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 37.13

Paperback. During the nineteenth-century, European women experienced dramatic and enduring changes in their familial, working and political lives. Breaking away from traditional categories, the authors of this book provide a sense of the variety and complexity of women's lives across national and regional boundaries. Series: Gender and History. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 313.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333676066
ISBN
9780333676066
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.75

Paperback. Num Pages: 287 pages, black & white illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: BGA; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 132 x 22. Weight in Grams: 234.
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
287
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780385343374
ISBN
9780385343374
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.99

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