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Society & culture: general

Hardback. Editor(s): North, Liisa L.; Clark, Timothy D. Series: Latin American Political Economy. Num Pages: 19 black & white illustrations, 2 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFF; JPB; JPHV; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st ed. 2018
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319532547
ISBN
9783319532547
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 156.12

Paperback. Featuring a wealth of case-study material and insights from leading experts in the field, this highly original volume forces an important re-think in a contentious area of African politics and development. Editor(s): Laakso, Liisa; Hautaniemi, Petri. Series: Africa Now. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFG; GTB; GTJ; JFFN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 155 x 233 x 14. Weight in Grams: 390.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783600977
ISBN
9781783600977
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 30.69

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
ECW Press
Number of pages
196
Condition
New
SKU
V9781770411470
ISBN
9781770411470
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.72

Paperback. During the late 1970s and early 1980s, the author lived with a community of Bedouins in the Western Desert of Egypt for nearly two years, studying gender relations, morality, and the oral lyric poetry through which women and young men express personal feelings. In this book, the poems are haunting, and the evocation of emotional life vivid. Num Pages: 384 pages, 19 b/w images, 1 map. BIC Classification: JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 321 x 24. Weight in Grams: 530.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
First Edition, Reissue, 30th Anniversary Edition,
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520292499
ISBN
9780520292499
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.45

Paperback. Draws on anthropological and feminist insights to construct a critical ethnography of a small Awlad 'Ali Bedouin community in Egypt. This work explores how the telling of stories of everyday life challenges the power of anthropological theory to render adequately the lives of others and the way feminist theory appropriates Third World women. Num Pages: 306 pages, 8 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 474.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
312
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520256514
ISBN
9780520256514
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.74

Paperback. "Do Muslim Women Need Saving?" is an indictment of a mindset that has justified all manner of foreign interference, including military invasion, in the name of rescuing women from Islam. It offers a detailed, moving portrait of the actual experiences of ordinary Muslim women, and of the contingencies with which they live. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JFSR2; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 210 x 32. Weight in Grams: 440.
Edition
Reprint
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674088269
ISBN
9780674088269
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.74

Paperback. Num Pages: 324 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBE; JFD; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 506.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
324
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226001975
ISBN
9780226001975
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.41

Paperback. Series: Classics in California Anthropology S. Num Pages: 184 pages, 126 photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AFTB; AFW; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 509.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
PA Hearst Museum of Anthropology United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780936127040
ISBN
9780936127040
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.34

Paperback. "Darkroom: A Memoir in Black and White" is an arresting and moving personal story about childhood, race, and identity in the American South, rendered in stunning illustrations by the author, Lila Quintero Weaver. Num Pages: 264 pages, chiefly Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFK; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 159 x 22. Weight in Grams: 468.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Alabama Press
Edition
2nd ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817357146
ISBN
9780817357146
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 24.53

Hardback. This book presents a new perspective on attempts by the contemporary Chinese government to transform the diverse conditions found in countless rural villages into what the state's social welfare program deems 'socialist new villages'. Series: China's Environment and Welfare. Num Pages: 248 pages, 59 full color. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFSF; JKS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Amsterdam University Press Netherlands
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9789089648464
ISBN
9789089648464
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.86

Hardcover. As African American populations grew and white communities declined throughout the 1960s and '70s, Mexicans and Puerto Ricans migrated to the city, adding a complex layer to local racial dynamics, this book provides history to examine the migration and settlement of Mexicans and Puerto Ricans in the postwar era. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 384 pages, 18 halftones, 9 maps, 13 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; HBTB; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226244259
ISBN
9780226244259
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.07
€ 78.49

Paperback. Examines the migration and settlement of Mexicans and Puerto Ricans in postwar Chicago. The author reveals how the two populations arrived in Chicago in the midst of social and economic change and, in spite of declining industrial employment and massive urban renewal projects, managed to carve out a geographic and racial place in Chicago. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 392 pages, 18 halftones, 9 maps, 13 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226212845
ISBN
9780226212845
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.85

Paperback / so. BIC Classification: HRCV4; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 183 x 11. Weight in Grams: 154.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Vida Publishers United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9780829747201
ISBN
9780829747201
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 13.97

Hardcover. This collection of 28 tales are arranged by subjects and themes, such as: Bouki and Malice; stepmothers; animals; kings and princes; ghost, zonbi and tonton makout; and love and courtship. Liliane Nerette Louis includes a variety of traditional recipes and some historical background information. Series: World Folklore Series. Num Pages: 188 pages, colour and b&w photographs, line drawings. BIC Classification: DNF; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 258 x 185 x 17. Weight in Grams: 610.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Libraries Unlimited
Condition
New
SKU
V9781563085796
ISBN
9781563085796
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.42

Paperback. WINNER of the 2015 ICA Outstanding Book Award This path-breaking book explores how solidarity towards vulnerable others is performed in our media environment. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFD; JKSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 390.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
248
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745642116
ISBN
9780745642116
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.74

Paperback. Addresses the topic of the political, cultural and moral effects of other people's mediated suffering. This work offers a theoretical perspective on the role of media in global civil society, and looks at how we might begin to analyse the ways in which distant suffering is portrayed, reproduced and consumed. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
SAGE Publications Inc United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761970408
ISBN
9780761970408
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 68.66

Paperback. Freemasonry has long been one of the most romanticized secret societies in the world. But a simple fact escapes most depictions of this elite brotherhood: there are women Freemasons, too. The author takes you inside Masonic lodges in contemporary Italy, where she observes the many ritualistic and fraternal bonds forged among women initiates. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; JFSJ1; JFSV1; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226095868
ISBN
9780226095868
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.52

Paperback. Reviews the research on and empirical evidence of how climate change and climate variability in Less Developed Countries (LDCs) affects two main drivers of migration identified by migration models in the economic literature. Num Pages: 37 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: GTF; JFFN; KCM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 166 x 4. Weight in Grams: 100.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Rockwool Foundation Research Unit Denmark
Number of pages
37
Condition
New
SKU
V9788790199623
ISBN
9788790199623
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 9.66

Hardback. Focuses on migration not as a single event but as a dynamic process that responds to and is shaped by broader economic, cultural, and social forces. This work considers issues of international and internal migration; of transnational and multilocal networks through which remittances and other flows take place; and of migrants as active agents. Editor(s): Trager, Lillian. Series: Society for Economic Anthropology Monograph Series. Num Pages: 344 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 167 x 28. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780759107748
ISBN
9780759107748
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 148.99

This updated and expanded edition of the classic hatpin reference is enhanced with hundreds of new color photographs depicting a wide array of collectors' treasures. Victorian hatpins and the holders used to store them are shown in close-up views with extensive text to interpret their use and place them among popular historical fashion accessories. Num Pages: 204 pages, 566 photos. BIC Classification: AKTA; JFCK; WC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 287 x 223 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1220.
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
204
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764304859
ISBN
9780764304859
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 32.18

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