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Society & culture: general
Paperback. Examines Mexican immigration - from 1924 when immigration acts drastically reduced immigration to the US to 1965 when many quotas were abolished - to understand how broad themes of race and citizenship are constructed. Series: American Crossroads. Num Pages: 232 pages, 4 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 17. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 213
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520280083
- ISBN
- 9780520280083
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 23.55
€ 32.99
€ 23.55
Paperback. Editor(s): Aleksiun, Natalia; Horowitz, Brian J.; Polonsky, Antony. Num Pages: 500 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVP; HBJD; JFSR1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 160 x 234 x 42. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Publisher
- Littman Library Of Jewish Civilization
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906764487
- ISBN
- 9781906764487
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.30
€ 58.30
Paperback. On the afternoon of December 30, 1903, during a sold out matinee performance, a fire broke out in Chicago's Iroquois Theatre. This work provides a chronicle of this event to assess the titanic tragedy of the fire itself and also the municipal corruption that kindled the flames beforehand and the political cover-ups hidden in the smoke. Num Pages: 240 pages, 48 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JJC; BT; HBTB; JFFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publisher
- Southern Illinois University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780809327218
- ISBN
- 9780809327218
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.93
€ 36.93
Paperback. Editor(s): Rabbat, Nasser O. Num Pages: 290 pages. BIC Classification: AMVD; AMX; HBG; JFSL4; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 244 x 172. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138246850
- ISBN
- 9781138246850
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.83
€ 70.83
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd South Africa
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781770093140
- ISBN
- 9781770093140
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.00€ 25.54
€ 26.00
€ 25.54
Hardcover. This is the spiritual autobiography of Nasir al-Din al-Tusi, the 13th-century Shi'i philosopher and scholar. It appears in English translation together with the Persian text. The author contributed to different fields of learning, including astronomy, theology and philosophy. Translator(s): Badakhchani, Seyyed Jalal Hosseini. Num Pages: 140 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; HRAB; HRH; JFSR2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 144 x 16. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Publisher
- I. B. Tauris in Association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies
- Number of pages
- 140
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781850439080
- ISBN
- 9781850439080
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.19€ 48.87
€ 53.19
€ 48.87
Paperback. Combining scholarship from a range of disciplines, this title presents a collection of essays that offer comprehensive examination of the role of women in Iranian society and culture, from pre-Islamic times to 1800. It includes essays that show that women have had significant influence in almost every area of Iranian life. Editor(s): Nashat, Guity; Beck, Lois. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBN; HBJF1; JFSJ1; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780252071218
- ISBN
- 9780252071218
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.51
€ 27.51
Paperback. A bilingual compilation of the dichos (sayings), adivinanzas (riddles), stories, love quatrains, letters, ballads, and songs from Spanish New Mexico. Num Pages: 187 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Museum of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 187
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780890133231
- ISBN
- 9780890133231
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.12
€ 18.99
€ 15.12
Hardback. A vivid overview of the scope of the problem of gender-based violence worldwide, and a sense of the important work now underway to eradicate it. Num Pages: 272 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JFFE; JFSJ1; JKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742524996
- ISBN
- 9780742524996
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.73
€ 161.73
Paperback. A considerable amount of feminist thinking today works across borders in ways that unsettle familiar philosophical and political frameworks. This work also crosses regional, national, and continental boundaries, as feminists find they must think globally, act locally, as the popular slogan has it. Editor(s): Narayan, Uma; Harding, Sandra. Series: A Hypatia Book. Num Pages: 352 pages, 1 index. BIC Classification: HPCF; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253213846
- ISBN
- 9780253213846
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.74
€ 23.99
€ 21.74
Hardback. This study, based primarily on vernacular sources, explores the transition of Sarada's life of missed motherhood to a career of holy motherhood. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: BG; HRG; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 157 x 8. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781575910734
- ISBN
- 9781575910734
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.62
€ 109.62
Hardback. The Life of Sharatchandra Chatopadhyay presents a historical critical assessment of the novelist's upbringing and the experiences that informed his work. The author exposes Sharatchandra's innate conservative worldview and his romantic platonic concept of human sexuality that informs all his love stories. Num Pages: 180 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 2BM; BGL; DSB; HBJF; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 162 x 17. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611475074
- ISBN
- 9781611475074
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.29
€ 119.29
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442225879
- ISBN
- 9781442225879
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.83€ 18.52
€ 115.83
€ 18.52
Paperback. Documents the central texts and arguments in African American literary theory from the 1920s to now Editor(s): Napier, Winston. Num Pages: 576 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSA; DSBH; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 253 x 179 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1260.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814758106
- ISBN
- 9780814758106
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 42.15
€ 42.99
€ 42.15
Naomi Zack brings us an indispensable work in the ethics of race through an inquiry into the history of moral philosophy. The Ethics and Mores of Race: Equality after the History of Philosophy enters into a web of ideas, ethics, and morals that untangle our evolving ideas of racial equality straight into the twenty-first century. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: HPC; HPQ; JFSL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 167 x 19. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442211254
- ISBN
- 9781442211254
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 116.47
€ 116.47
Paperback. Takes the reader through a tour of the lives, times, and writings of such key bachelors of Science as Bacon, Descartes, Newton, and Gassendi. This book situates these empiricist philosophers and their canonical reputations within the larger framework of the de facto 'masculinization of science' and 'scientizing of masculinity' in the 17th century. Series: Themes in the History of Philosophy S. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 3JD; HPC; JFCX; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 407. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566394369
- ISBN
- 9781566394369
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 40.12
€ 45.99
€ 40.12
paperback. Tracing social and historical problems related to racial identity, this title discusses why race is a matter of such importance in America and examines the treatment of mixed race in law, society, and literature. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFF; JFSL1; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566392655
- ISBN
- 9781566392655
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 40.32
€ 45.99
€ 40.32
Hardback. This ground-breaking study of the baby boomer generation reflects the intersection of time, ageing, body and identity to give a nuanced and enlightened understanding of the ageing process. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFSP31; JHB; JKSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Policy Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447318774
- ISBN
- 9781447318774
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.87
€ 95.87
Paperback. In the struggle for women's equality, there is one subject still shrouded in silence - women's compulsive pursuit of beauty. The myth of female beauty challenges every woman, every day of her life. This book exposes the tyranny of the beauty myth through the ages and its oppressive function in the home and at work, in literature and more. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: JFFK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 202 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 252. Good copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0011436
- ISBN
- 9780099595748
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Explores and celebrates the phenomenon of female sexuality - empirically, imaginatively, anatomically and personally. Following a group of four girls (including her younger self) as they come of age in the 70s, Wolfe shows how our culture tries to shape and confine women's desire. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; VFVC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099205913
- ISBN
- 9780099205913
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.17
€ 17.99
€ 13.17
Paperback. Every day, women around the world are confronted with a dilemma - how to look. In a society embroiled in a cult of female beauty and youthfulness, pressure on women to conform physically is constant and all-pervading. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 110 x 11. Weight in Grams: 72.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Vintage Feminism Short Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784870416
- ISBN
- 9781784870416
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.99€ 7.79
€ 8.99
€ 7.79
Paperback. In the struggle for women's equality, there is one subject still shrouded in silence - women's compulsive pursuit of beauty. This title exposes the tyranny of the beauty myth through the ages and its oppressive function today, in the home and at work, in literature and the media, in relationships between men and women, between women and women. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099861904
- ISBN
- 9780099861904
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.40
€ 16.99
€ 12.40
Paperback. The book that got everyone talking. Num Pages: 512 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 126 x 196 x 32. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Virago
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844086894
- ISBN
- 9781844086894
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.86
€ 13.99
€ 10.86
Paperback. Editor(s): Sykes, Naomi. Series: Food and Drink in Archaeology. Num Pages: 176 pages, 50 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: HD; JFCV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 248 x 174 x 17. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Publisher
- Prospect Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909248359
- ISBN
- 9781909248359
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.44
€ 40.99
€ 33.44