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Hardback. Aimed at students, parents, faculty members, university leaders, service providers, and lawmakers, Campus Sexual Assault seeks to put an end to the silence around sexual trauma by giving voice to those closest to it and providing tools for others to hear-and to act. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: JFFE2; JFSJ; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. .
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421419053
ISBN
9781421419053
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.51

Hardback. In this comprehensive analysis of the TV series Mad Men, scholars explore the groundbreaking drama in relation to fashion, history, architecture, civil rights, feminism, consumerism, art, cinema, and the serial format. Editor(s): Goodlad, Lauren M. E.; Kaganovsky, Lilya; Rushing, Robert A. Num Pages: 432 pages, 97 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJPK; APT; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 165 x 30. Weight in Grams: 762.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822354024
ISBN
9780822354024
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.89

Paperback. Detailing the relationship of three women filmmakers' lives and films to the institutions of the post-World War II era, this title presents the social history of North American avant-garde cinema. It argues that avant-garde cinema, open to women because of its marginal status in the art world, included women as filmmakers, organizers, and critics. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: ANH; APF; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 435.
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
2Rev Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252071249
ISBN
9780252071249
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 22.00

Paperback. Editor(s): Rickels, Laurence A. Num Pages: 216 pages, 1 Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 149 x 13. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816633210
ISBN
9780816633210
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.21

Paperback. Illustrates the relation between myth, culture and literature with discussions of poetry, fiction, film and popular song; explores uses made of the term 'myth' within the fields of literary criticism, anthropology, cultural studies, feminism, Marxism and psychoanalysis. Series: The New Critical Idiom. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; JFHF. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 268.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415442848
ISBN
9780415442848
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.93

Paperback. In this, the first sustained account of pedlars and peddling, Laurence Fontaine argues that pedlars and the networks they built up played a crucial role in the birth of the modern European economy. Num Pages: 288 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; JFSC; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 228 x 19. Weight in Grams: 432.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745617411
ISBN
9780745617411
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.15

Hardcover. Whereas in English-speaking countries comics are for children or adults who should know better,A" in France and Belgium the form is recognized as the ninth artA" and follows in the path of poetry, architecture, painting, and cinema. The bande dessinee [comic strip] has its own national institutions and regularly obtains front-page coverage. Series: Polygons: Cultural Diversities & Intersections. Num Pages: 320 pages, 40 ills. BIC Classification: 1DDF; AKLC; JFCA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 606.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845455880
ISBN
9781845455880
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 166.94

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBSB; 3JJPN; BTC; JFFJ; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 20. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062458360
ISBN
9780062458360
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.74

Paperback. A book about reading women's poems, rather than forming theories about them. Beginning with Katherine Philips, the first Englishwoman to achieve fame as a poet, it covers three centuries to the work of Marianne Moore and Stevie Smith, but does not include the many living women poets who deserve a volume to themselves. Num Pages: 194 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSC; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 12. Weight in Grams: 316.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
194
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845193348
ISBN
9781845193348
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.78

Hardback. There exists a tendency to explain away much of Shiite politics in the Middle East as inextricably linked to Iranian foreign policy. Laurence Louer challenges this view, arguing that, in the end, local political imperatives have been the crucial factor determining the direction of Shiite states in the Middle East. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; HRAM2; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Number of pages
176
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849042024
ISBN
9781849042024
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.98

Paperback. Series: The Iroquois and Their Neighbours. Num Pages: 232 pages, 31 black & white illustrations, 4 maps, 1 chart. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; HBJK; JFSL9; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 327.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Syracuse University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815610793
ISBN
9780815610793
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.57

Hardcover. Drawing on extensive federal, state, and tribal archival research, Hauptman explores the political background of the Kinzua dam while also providing a detailed, at times very personal account of the devastating impact the dam has had on the Seneca Nation and the resilience the tribe has shown in the face of this crisis. Num Pages: 424 pages, illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 776.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Syracuse Univ Pr (Sd)
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815633280
ISBN
9780815633280
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 57.66

Hardback. .
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442629615
ISBN
9781442629615
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 57.77

Paperback. Num Pages: 512 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 154 x 27. Weight in Grams: 650.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1978
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226854588
ISBN
9780226854588
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.29
€ 45.53

Paperback. Num Pages: 392 pages, 1 b&w illustration. BIC Classification: HRQX9; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780816650521
ISBN
9780816650521
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.20

Paperback. An exploration of Jewish identities, contesting conventional approaches. The contributors argue that Jewish identity should be conceptualized as an ongoing dynamic process of "becoming" in response to changing cultural and social conditions rather than as a stable defining body of traits. Editor(s): Silberstein, Laurence J. Series: New Perspectives on Jewish Studies. Num Pages: 378 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 518.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
378
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814797693
ISBN
9780814797693
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.71

Paperback. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813543475
ISBN
9780813543475
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.75

Paperback. Between 1492 and 1820, about two-thirds of the people who crossed the Atlantic to the Americas were Africans. Over the years, however, huge strides have been made in the study of the history of slavery and emancipation in the Atlantic world. This collection brings together some of the key contributions to this growing body of scholarship. Editor(s): Dubois, Laurent; Scott, Julius S. Series: Rewriting Histories. Num Pages: 424 pages, 10 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTS; JFSL3. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 652.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Routledge
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415994460
ISBN
9780415994460
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 70.39

Hardback. American slaves drew on memories of African musical traditions to construct instruments from carved-out gourds covered with animal skin. Providing a sense of rootedness, solidarity, and consolation, banjo picking became an essential part of black plantation life, and its unmistakable sound remains versatile and enduring today, Laurent Dubois shows. Num Pages: 342 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVRL; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674047846
ISBN
9780674047846
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.97

Hardback. More than 150 million Muslims live in India, the largest minority, yet they are losing power. The contributors consider the regional differences, the role of self-segregation, and the future of Muslims in India. Editor(s): Gayer, Laurent; Jaffrelot, Christophe. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFSG; JFSL1; JFSR2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 144 x 220 x 18. Weight in Grams: 622.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Number of pages
320
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849041768
ISBN
9781849041768
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.43

Paperback / so. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, bibliography. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JKSN; JNLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 170 x 13. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Vs Verlag Fur Sozialwissenschaften United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9783531156507
ISBN
9783531156507
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 75.31

Hardcover. Analyzes different patterns of community organization, develops a theoretical explanation for the contrasting patterns and empirically addresses when and how social bonds are a source of economic success and political integration. Num Pages: 219 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: JFFN; JFS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Susquehanna University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781575911113
ISBN
9781575911113
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.08

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295992280
ISBN
9780295992280
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.67

Paperback. Num Pages: 286 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1FBP; 1QFM; HBG; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 127 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
286
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231067232
ISBN
9780231067232
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.63

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