Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Paperback. A refreshingly original look at the Politics of Race in Britain over the last 50 years, offering a valuable historical perspective on black political organisation. Num Pages: 160 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 3JJP; JFF; JFSL1; JFSL3; JPQB; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 135. Weight in Grams: 223.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745314600
- ISBN
- 9780745314600
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 24.82
€ 37.99
€ 24.82
Paperback. The terms 'global' and 'civil society' have both become part of the contemporary political lexicon. In this important new book, Mary Kaldor argues that this is no coincidence and that the reinvention of civil society has to be understood in the context of globalization. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745627588
- ISBN
- 9780745627588
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.62
€ 24.62
Hardback. The terms a globala and a civil societya have both become part of the contemporary political lexicon. In this important new book, Mary Kaldor argues that this is no coincidence and that the reinvention of civil society has to be understood in the context of globalization. Num Pages: 204 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745627571
- ISBN
- 9780745627571
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.15
€ 71.15
paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, 14 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMP; JFFS; KNGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816667574
- ISBN
- 9780816667574
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 29.27
€ 30.99
€ 29.27
Hardback. Gulson and Webb show how school choice can represent and manifest the hopes and fears, contestations and settlements of contemporary racial biopolitics and ethnic politics of education in multicultural cities. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBCO; JFSL3; JNFR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Policy Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447320074
- ISBN
- 9781447320074
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.99
€ 95.99
Paperback. Offers an analysis of the crimes, prosecution, and incarceration of black women in Philadelphia at the turn of the twentieth century. This book reconstructs black women's crimes and their representations in popular press accounts and within the discourses of urban and penal reform. Series: Politics, History, & Culture. Num Pages: 280 pages, 19 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1K; GTB; JFSJ1; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822337997
- ISBN
- 9780822337997
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 29.27
€ 30.99
€ 29.27
The narrative of the discovery of a hacked up body outside of Philadelphia leads to a police investigation and trial of a woman and man, which sheds like on post-Reconstruction America, the history of African Americans, illicit sex, and domestic violence. Num Pages: 224 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190241216
- ISBN
- 9780190241216
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.98
€ 25.98
hardcover. Using hitherto unexplored archival sources, memoirs, interviews, and materials from the vibrant interwar Jewish and Polish presses, Kalman Weiser investigates the rise and fall of Yiddishism and of Prylucki's political party in the post-World War I era. Num Pages: 416 pages, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJPG; HBTB; JFSR1; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 747.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802099907
- ISBN
- 9780802099907
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 89.42
€ 89.42
Paperback. Series: Posthumanities. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 b&w photo. BIC Classification: HPCB; JFFJ; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 217 x 20. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816677894
- ISBN
- 9780816677894
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.17
€ 30.99
€ 27.17
Hardcover. Num Pages: 210 pages, colour photos. BIC Classification: JFSG; KFFR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 266 x 270 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Urban Land Institute,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874201611
- ISBN
- 9780874201611
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 102.62
€ 102.62
Paperback. This ethnography analyzes the popularity of Hindu nationalism in contemporary India through examining the everyday acts of women activists, finding that women's ability to recruit individuals from a variety of backgrounds and the movement's willingness to accommodate a multiplicity of positions are central to understanding its expansionary power. Series: The Ethnography of Political Violence Series. Num Pages: 232 pages, 4 illus. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFSJ1; JHM; JPFN. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812222340
- ISBN
- 9780812222340
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.76
€ 33.99
€ 33.76
Hardback. Organized by region, boasting an international roster of contributors, and including summaries of selected creative and critical works and a guide to selected terms and figures, Salhi's volume is an ideal introduction to French studies beyond the canon. Editor(s): Salhi, Kamal. Series: After the Empire: The Francophone World & Postcolonial France. Num Pages: 448 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; CF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 264 x 180 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1012.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739105672
- ISBN
- 9780739105672
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 179.17
€ 179.17
Hardback. This volume explores the connections between the global economy and sex work, focusing on the experiences and views of women, men, and children who sell sex. Editor(s): Kempadoo, Kamala. Num Pages: 368 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1KJ; JFMP; JFMX; KNSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847695164
- ISBN
- 9780847695164
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 207.06
€ 207.06
Paperback. The result of an exhaustive analysis of the beliefs and attitudes among three generations of the Sikh community ? and having conducted over 100 interviews ? Nayar highlights differences and tensions with regards to the role of familial relations, child rearing, and religion. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBCB; HRKS; JFSL; JFSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802086310
- ISBN
- 9780802086310
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 40.35
€ 42.99
€ 40.35
hardcover. The result of an exhaustive analysis of the beliefs and attitudes among three generations of the Sikh community ? and having conducted over 100 interviews ? Nayar highlights differences and tensions with regards to the role of familial relations, child rearing, and religion. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBCB; HRKS; JFSL; JFSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 27. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802089472
- ISBN
- 9780802089472
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.55
€ 78.55
Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: GTF; JFSJ1; JKSR; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 163 x 8. Weight in Grams: 195. Library markings to spine, with usual markings inside. However, remains in a good to very good condition
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- International Books
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- SKU
- KLJ0006622
- ISBN
- 9789062249725
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. A theoretical argument that anthropology has developed a concept of culture that reproduces some of the essentialisms of racism while making it difficult for the field to adequately address race. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: JFSL; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 150 x 22. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822346357
- ISBN
- 9780822346357
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.41
€ 32.99
€ 31.41
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFFK; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 12. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816623372
- ISBN
- 9780816623372
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.98
€ 26.99
€ 24.98
Hardcover. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 150. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Zubaan Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789384757830
- ISBN
- 9789384757830
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 30.99
€ 40.99
€ 30.99
Hardback. Using personal accounts, Romance with Voluptuousness examines the ways in which black women with heritage in the English-speaking Caribbean participate in, perpetuate, and struggle with the voluptuous beauty standard of the black Caribbean while living in the hegemony of thinness cultivated in the United States. Series: Expanding Frontiers: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality. Num Pages: 210 pages, 0 ilustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803290808
- ISBN
- 9780803290808
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.85
€ 52.85
Paperback. The phenomenal growth of the countries of the Persian Gulf over the last two decades has been made possible through the labour of hundreds of thousands of migrant workers of all stripes and backgrounds from all over the world. Migrant Labour in the Persian Gulf is a multi disciplinary examination of the causes and consequences of this process. Editor(s): Kamrava, Mehran; Babar, Zahra. Num Pages: 276 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBX; JFFN; KCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 139 x 23. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Number of pages
- 276
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849042109
- ISBN
- 9781849042109
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.24
€ 36.99
€ 33.24
Paperback. Why has the West developed and modernized, while the Muslim world has lagged behind? Why has democracy not found a hospitable home in much of the Muslim world? And why have the opponents of innovation found their message so resonant with ordinary Muslims? This volume offers analyses of the history, causes, and consequences to innovation in Islam. Editor(s): Kamrava, Mehran. Num Pages: 264 pages, 14 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1QFM; HBJF1; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520266957
- ISBN
- 9780520266957
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.70
€ 40.99
€ 28.70
Paperback. Examining Iraqi history in a search for clues to understanding contemporary political affairs, this title illustrates how the quality of Ba'thi pan-Arabism as an ideology, the centrality of the first experience of pan-Arabism in Iraq, and the interaction between the Ba'th and communist parties in Iraq from 1958 to 1968. Num Pages: 346 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 3JJP; JFC; JPA; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 492. The Politics of Modern Iraq. 346 pages. Examining Iraqi history in a search for clues to understanding contemporary political affairs, this title illustrates how the quality of Ba'thi pan-Arabism as an ideology, the centrality of the first experience of pan-Arabism in Iraq, and the interaction between the Ba'th and communist parties in Iraq from 1958 to 1968. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 3JJP; JFC; JPA; JPF. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 24. Weight: 492.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 346
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- Updated ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520214392
- ISBN
- 9780520214392
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.13
€ 35.99
€ 26.13
Paperback. Argues for re framing Asian American studies as a study defined not by its subjects and objects, but by its critique. This book examines Asian American literature and US legal discourse for the normative claims about race, gender, and sexuality. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3963 x 14. Weight in Grams: 327.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822331407
- ISBN
- 9780822331407
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.04
€ 28.04