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Paperback. A collection of personal narratives - essays, letters, and poems - from refugees fleeing Bosnia and Croatia. Taking us behind the barrage of media coverage, it includes stories that tell of perseverance, brutality, forced departure, exile, and courage. Num Pages: 267 pages, 20 photos. BIC Classification: 1DVWYB; 1DVWYC; BG; HBW; JFFD; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 228 x 17. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520206342
ISBN
9780520206342
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.81

Paperback. A study of moral education in American universities that examines the consequences of the 19th-century debates over the purpose and pursuit of higher education, and the modernization efforts of the academic reformers of that era. Num Pages: 374 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFCX; JNA; JNMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
374
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226710204
ISBN
9780226710204
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 34.69

Paperback. Underscores the impossible mission that the U.S. public attempts to impose on students in schools: to contain the anger and rage that they feel toward society. Num Pages: 232 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFE; JNA; JNSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 146 x 13. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742519848
ISBN
9780742519848
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 74.64

Hardback. Julie A. Wilson and Emily Chivers Yochim explore how working- and middle-class mothers of young children negotiate difficulties of holding a family together during difficulties such as job loss, health scares, and weakening social services through their everyday engagement with digital media. Num Pages: 232 pages, 11 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFD; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822363361
ISBN
9780822363361
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 111.46

Paperback. Julie A. Wilson and Emily Chivers Yochim explore how working- and middle-class mothers of young children negotiate difficulties of holding a family together during difficulties such as job loss, health scares, and weakening social services through their everyday engagement with digital media. Num Pages: 232 pages, 11 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFD; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822363477
ISBN
9780822363477
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.56

Hardback. Num Pages: 344 pages, 63 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSG; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 667.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780816638185
ISBN
9780816638185
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.72

Paperback. A comprehensive social worker's guide to working with children with disabilities. Series: Critical Skills for Social Work. Num Pages: 264 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFG; JKSB1; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 263 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 400.
Publisher
Critical Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910391945
ISBN
9781910391945
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 34.20

Paperback. In this unique collection, the social capital - relationships and networks - of children and young people, and in one case parents and teachers, is explored in a wide range of formal and informal settings. Editor(s): Allan, Julie; Catts, Ralph. Num Pages: 248 pages, figures. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JFSP2; JKSB1; JNF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 13. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847429278
ISBN
9781847429278
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 37.78

Paperback. .
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784993498
ISBN
9781784993498
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.04

Paperback. Beauty shops are places where women can enjoy the company of other women and exchange information or secrets. This work traces the development of the American beauty shop, from its largely separate racial origins, through white recognition of the "ethnic market", to the end of the 20th century. Num Pages: 262 pages, 18 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFSJ1; JFSL1; KCCD; KNSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
262
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780814793589
ISBN
9780814793589
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.02

Paperback. This collection of essays explores the social and cultural aspects of steampunk, examining the various manifestations of this multi-faceted genre, in order to better understand the steampunk sub-culture and its effect on-and interrelationship with-popular culture and the wider society. Editor(s): Taddeo, Professor Julie Anne; Miller, Cynthia J. Num Pages: 360 pages, 48 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: AS; DSK; FZG; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 163 x 27. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810893153
ISBN
9780810893153
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.02

Paperback. Presents an examination of Mexican-American and white girls coming of age in California's Central Valley. Investigating the cultural politics of how inequalities are both reproduced and challenged, this book examines the discursive formations that provide a context for the complex identity performances of contemporary girls. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; JFSJ1; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 162 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
259
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520280014
ISBN
9780520280014
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 25.06

Hardcover.
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Virgin Books
Number of pages
208
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Edition
illustrated edition
SKU
KNW0009105
ISBN
9781852273958
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 5.49

Hardback. In the early 1970s, few women participated in organized athletics, but in Catholic Philadelphia women's basketball was already a well-established tradition, sponsored by the Philadelphia Archdiocese far in advance of public schools. This volume explores the unusual lives of these young women. Series: Religion & American Culture S. Num Pages: 312 pages, 21 photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; JFSJ1; WSJM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 164 x 21. Weight in Grams: 681.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231127486
ISBN
9780231127486
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.64
€ 80.25

Hardback. Num Pages: 416 pages, 23 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCC7; HRCR; HRCV4; HRCX6; JFSJ1; JFSR; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231166768
ISBN
9780231166768
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 25.06

Paperback. This book presents a compelling and innovative new theory and framework for examining the variation in Islamist mobilization strategies in Muslim Asia and the Middle East. Num Pages: 235 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRAM2; HRH; JFSR2; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 139 x 9. Weight in Grams: 332.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
235
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230120709
ISBN
9780230120709
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.13

Hardback. In Peaceful Islamist Mobilization in the Muslim World: What Went Right, Julie Chernov Hwang presents a compelling and innovative new theory and framework for examining the variation in Islamist mobilization strategies in Muslim Asia and the Middle East. Num Pages: 253 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRAM2; HRH; JFSR2; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
253
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230617674
ISBN
9780230617674
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.90

paperback. Of Athapaskan and Tlingit ancestry, Angela Sidney, Kitty Smith, and Annie Ned lived in the southern Yukon Territory for nearly a century. They collaborated with Julie Cruikshank, an assistant professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia, to produce this unique autobiography. Series: American Indian Lives Series. Num Pages: 404 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: 1KB; BGH; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 230 x 30. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
404
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780803263529
ISBN
9780803263529
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.63

Paperback. Num Pages: 201 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Utah Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781607813279
ISBN
9781607813279
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.76

Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Feminist Press at The City University of New York United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9781558616134
ISBN
9781558616134
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.17

Paperback. An accessible, engaging examination of Lillian Gilbreth, whose research in efficiency and human factors changed the way factories are run, how domestic tasks are completed, and how consumers are "sold" on a product Series: Lives of American Women. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLW; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 199.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Westview Press
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813347639
ISBN
9780813347639
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.57

Paperback. * A major anthology geared towards course use, which covers key concepts in film studies through analysis of important films from American, Asian, European and African cinema. * Features innovative use of four topics - genre, gender, race, and world cinema - to introduce concepts and encourage critical discussion. Editor(s): Codell, Professor Julie F. Num Pages: 496 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA; GTC; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 170 x 28. Weight in Grams: 832.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405132336
ISBN
9781405132336
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.07

Paperback. Editor(s): Greene, Samuel; Fedor, Julie; Portnov, Andriy; Hartel, Andre; Umland, Andreas; Makarychev, Andrey. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVU; JFSJ1; JPVH1; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 347 x 16. Weight in Grams: 388.
Publisher
ibidem-Verlag, Jessica Haunschild u Christian Schon
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2019
Condition
New
SKU
V9783838208862
ISBN
9783838208862
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.55

Paperback. Contributes to international agendas in social work with Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans (LGBT) people. This book examines how practitioners and student social workers can provide appropriate care across the lifespan (including work with children and families and older people) and considers key challenges in social work practice. Series: Social Work in Practice Series. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: JFSK; JKSN. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 173 x 12. Weight in Grams: 374.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847428035
ISBN
9781847428035
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.81

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