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Paperback. Family Problems: Stress, Risk, and Resilience presents an interdisciplinary collection of original essays that push the boundaries of family science to reflect the increasingly diverse complexity of family concerns in the modern world. Editor(s): Arditti, Joyce A. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: JFF; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 189 x 247 x 17. Weight in Grams: 688.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118348284
- ISBN
- 9781118348284
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 78.03
€ 78.03
Paperback. Now in paperback, this timeless treasure distills traditional wisdom for a new generation of black families. Joyce Ladner chronicles the roots and relevance of specific, African-American values and offers 100 practical recommendations for renewing their meaning in today's families, communities, and churches. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSL3; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471399582
- ISBN
- 9780471399582
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.38
€ 20.99
€ 18.38
Hardback. Looks at the emotional and organizational dynamics between individuals, couples, and families who provide care, and yet who are also committed to a full time career as a human service professional. This book provides an insight into negotiating social service agencies and other institutions. Editor(s): Beckett, Joyce. Num Pages: 384 pages, 3 illus.; 11 tables. BIC Classification: JFSP31; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 374 x 23. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231140607
- ISBN
- 9780231140607
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.43€ 89.47
€ 118.43
€ 89.47
Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages, Charts: 2,, Figures: 2,. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 237 x 24. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231162609
- ISBN
- 9780231162609
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.42€ 56.67
€ 73.42
€ 56.67
Paperback. Enlivened with profiles and vignettes of some of the remarkable people whose histories inform this study, Stepping Lively in Place shows how single, free women navigated life in a busy slave-encrusted river-port town before, during, and after the Civil War. It examines how single women coped with life unencumbered, or unprotected, by husbands. Num Pages: 368 pages, 17 black & white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBSM; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820349725
- ISBN
- 9780820349725
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.88
€ 46.88
Paperback. Argues that within the festival of the goddess Gangamma ultimate reality is imagined as female Num Pages: 336 pages, 20 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HRGC; JFSJ1; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 228 x 20. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253009562
- ISBN
- 9780253009562
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.21
€ 27.99
€ 26.21
Paperback. Ethnographic study of a charismatic Muslim woman healer whose practice crosses gender and religious boundaries Num Pages: 22 b&w photos, 1 figures, 1 index. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253218377
- ISBN
- 9780253218377
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.53
€ 32.53
Paperback. From its earliest days under English rule, New York City had an unusually diverse ethnic makeup, with substantial numbers of Dutch, English, Scottish, Irish, French, German, and Jewish immigrants, as well as a large African-American population. This title paints a portrait of this society, exploring the meaning of ethnicity in early America. Num Pages: 320 pages, 18 halftones 31 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JD; 3JF; HBTB; JFSL; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691037875
- ISBN
- 9780691037875
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.14€ 50.79
€ 65.14
€ 50.79
Paperback. Genius as a historical concept, rather than as a presumed trans-historical fact, is surprisingly underexamined, even as millions of daily decisions-personal, institutional, and governmental-are made according to unexamined assumptions about it. The essays in this book show that the origins and uses of concepts of genius warrant careful examination. Editor(s): Chaplin, Joyce E.; McMahon, Darrin M. Series: Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History. Num Pages: 208 pages, 12 graphs. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137497642
- ISBN
- 9781137497642
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.19
€ 37.19
Hardback. Editor(s): Fuller, Joyce. Num Pages: 133 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFE2; JFFJ; JFSJ1; LNDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 260 x 180. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Number of pages
- 133
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781634834506
- ISBN
- 9781634834506
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.21€ 145.26
€ 194.21
€ 145.26
Paperback. Features research on the roles of women in Japan and Korea. Editor(s): Gelb, Joyce; Palley, Marian Lief. Series: Women in the Political Economy. Num Pages: 320 pages, 30 tables, 8 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1FPK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566392242
- ISBN
- 9781566392242
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.82
€ 34.99
€ 31.82
Paperback. This work explores the similarities and differences in gender-related policy making and outcomes in Japan and the United States, focusing on the role of women's movements and other factors in determining policy. Policies examined are equal employment, domestic violence, and reproductive rights. Num Pages: 192 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; JFSJ1; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 281.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- St Martin's Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312293567
- ISBN
- 9780312293567
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.41
€ 54.41
Paperback. Why are dragons recognised in almost all cultures on Earth? Could dragons be a folk memory of something which once hunted us long ago? This book tells the story of these extraordinary animals through examples drawn from all over the world. It is illustrated, and includes appendices of noteable dragon sites around the United Kingdom. Num Pages: 64 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 5AQ; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 128 x 7. Weight in Grams: 80.
- Publisher
- Wooden Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 64
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904263487
- ISBN
- 9781904263487
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.34
€ 9.34
Paperback. Joyce Fletcher's research shows that emotional intelligence and relational behavior are often viewed as inappropriate because they collide with powerful, gender-linked images. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; KJU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 10. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- MIT Press Ltd United States
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780262561402
- ISBN
- 9780262561402
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.15
€ 37.15
Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, 4 line illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBT; JFFE; JWM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 141 x 212 x 20. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674016088
- ISBN
- 9780674016088
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 31.85
€ 37.99
€ 31.85
Paperback. * A comprehensive anthology of the long and bloody history of women's struggle to get the vote. Here is the story in the voices of the women themselves. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBTB; JFSJ1; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 21. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Virago
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780349007748
- ISBN
- 9780349007748
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.32
€ 10.32
Paperback. Num Pages: 328 pages, 195 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 111 x 17. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231147613
- ISBN
- 9780231147613
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.30
€ 20.99
€ 19.30
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- FaithWords
- Edition
- Revised, Expanded ed.
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780446692595
- ISBN
- 9780446692595
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.00€ 16.39
€ 17.00
€ 16.39
Hardback. Political Wives, Veiled Lives presents the startling and often unsettling views of political wives, who share a difficult position and tenuous status in the world of politics. In this warm and humorous account we see the private side of what it's like to be a political wife and -whether one wins or loses-life is never quite the same. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780819180681
- ISBN
- 9780819180681
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.46
€ 26.99
€ 23.46
Paperback. The first to systematically compare Caucasians, African Americans, and Asian Americans in engineering, this study of the career attainment and mobility of engineers in the United States tells how these three groups fare in the American engineering labor market and what they can look forward to in the future. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL1; JHBL; TBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 15. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847694655
- ISBN
- 9780847694655
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.48
€ 60.48