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Hardback. Some of the most divisive contests shaping the quest for marriage equality occurred not on the culture-war front lines but within the ranks of LGBTQ advocates. Nathaniel Frank tells the dramatic story of how an idea that once seemed unfathomable and for many gays and lesbians undesirable became a legal and moral right in just half a century. Num Pages: 456 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 23 x 15. .
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674737228
- ISBN
- 9780674737228
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Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 39.84
€ 47.99
€ 39.84
Editor(s): Marquis, Nathaniel P. Num Pages: 91 pages, charts. BIC Classification: JFFH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 162 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 91
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781606925881
- ISBN
- 9781606925881
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 101.00€ 70.11
€ 101.00
€ 70.11
Paperback. Offers a unique view into the conceptual and moral world of slum-bound Dalits ("untouchables") in the South Indian city of Chennai. Focusing on the decision by many women to embrace locally specific forms of Pentecostal Christianity, the author challenges dominant anthropological understandings of religion as a matter of culture and identity. Series: The Anthropology of Christianity. Num Pages: 312 pages, 14 b/w halftones, 1 line art. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HRC; JFSC; JFSR; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 152 x 228 x 21. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520288829
- ISBN
- 9780520288829
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.74
€ 33.99
€ 24.74
Paperback. Few virtues are as celebrated in contemporary culture as openness. But what does openness mean, and what would a political theory of openness look like? The author uses Wikipedia, the most prominent product of open organization, to analyze the theory and politics of openness in practice - and to break its spell. Num Pages: 232 pages, 5 halftones, 4 line drawings. BIC Classification: JFD; JPVH2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226192307
- ISBN
- 9780226192307
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.84
€ 32.99
€ 25.84
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226192277
- ISBN
- 9780226192277
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.07€ 78.69
€ 95.07
€ 78.69
Hardback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 400 colour photographs, 21 maps. BIC Classification: AJC; JFSG; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 307 x 34. Weight in Grams: 2152.
- Publisher
- National Geographic Society
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781426213786
- ISBN
- 9781426213786
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.78
€ 46.78
Paperback. Illustrator(s): Reeves, Jeni. Series: On My Own Folklore. Num Pages: 48 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: JFHF. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 211 x 145 x 5. Weight in Grams: 113.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- National Geographic School Pub United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 48
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822567455
- ISBN
- 9780822567455
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.55
€ 10.55
Paperback. Culled from the records of the National Register of Historic Places, a roster of all types of significant properties across the United States, African American Historic Places includes over 800 places in 42 states and two U.S. territories that have played a role in black American history. Editor(s): Savage, Beth L. Num Pages: 624 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFF; JFSL3; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 255 x 179 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1043.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 624
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471143451
- ISBN
- 9780471143451
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Condition: New
€ 62.79
€ 62.79
Hardcover. Drawing on historical perspectives and data, this book examines the many years of change and continuity in the status of black Americans. By studying and comparing black and white age cohorts, it charts the status of blacks in areas, such as education, housing, employment, political participation and family life. Editor(s): Jaynes, Gerald David; Williams, Robin M., Jr. Num Pages: 624 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 167 x 240 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1200. Clean copy fine in dust jacket. DJ has minor wear but remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0000410
- ISBN
- 9780309039987
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: HRH; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 24. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509500345
- ISBN
- 9781509500345
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Condition: New
€ 27.00
€ 27.00
Paperback. By foot, in buses, prison vans and trains, a steady stream of refugees traveled from the Greek island of Lesbos into Europe. In the autumn of 2015, award-winning writer Navid Kermani decided to accompany them on the "Balkan route. Translator(s): Crawford, Tony. Num Pages: 100 pages. BIC Classification: 3JMG; JFFD; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 135. .
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509518685
- ISBN
- 9781509518685
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.02
€ 18.02
Hardback. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: HRH; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 27. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509500338
- ISBN
- 9781509500338
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.21
€ 72.21
Hardback. By foot, in buses, prison vans and trains, a steady stream of refugees traveled from the Greek island of Lesbos into Europe. In the autumn of 2015, award-winning writer Navid Kermani decided to accompany them on the "Balkan route. Translator(s): Crawford, Tony. Num Pages: 100 pages. BIC Classification: 3JMG; JFFD; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 135. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 100
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781509518678
- ISBN
- 9781509518678
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Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 52.52
€ 52.99
€ 52.52
Paperback. With a precise and hypnotic intensity, Nawal El Saadawi pursues the conflicts of sex, class, gender and military violence deep into the psyche. Num Pages: 104 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 196 x 8. Weight in Grams: 126.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 112
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848132269
- ISBN
- 9781848132269
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Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.44
€ 25.99
€ 19.44
Paperback. The dissident voice of the author has stayed as consistent in its critique of the neo-imperialist international politics as it has of the oppression of women both in her native Egypt and in the world beyond. From fiction to essays on politics, culture, religion and sex, this book is suitable for those wishing to gain a sense of the author's work. Editor(s): Horst, Adele Newson. Series: Zed's Essential Feminists. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: DN; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 21. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Publisher
- Zed Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848133358
- ISBN
- 9781848133358
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 23.57
€ 32.99
€ 23.57
Hardcover. Dates is an informative and enjoyable account of the date and the date palm, following its journey from ancient Mesopotamia to the places where it is cultivated today. Dates is interwoven with stories, anecdotes and humour, and explores date etymology, history, culture, religion, myth and legend. Series: Edible. Num Pages: 176 pages, 40 black & white illustrations, 15 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: HBT; JFCV; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 102 x 16. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861897961
- ISBN
- 9781861897961
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.58
€ 19.99
€ 18.58
Paperback. Examining late 20th-century autobiographical writing by Arab women novelists, poets, and artists, this work explores the ways in which Arab women have portrayed and created their identities within differing social environments. It explores the many routes Arab women writers have taken to speak to each other, to their readers, and to the world. Editor(s): Golley, Nawar Al-Hassan. Series: Gender, Culture, and Politics in the Middle East. Num Pages: 256 pages, 3 illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 3JJ; JFSJ1; JFSL3; JFSR2. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815631477
- ISBN
- 9780815631477
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.93
€ 33.93
Paperback. Discusses how the writers or editors of Arab women's autobiographies have written, documented, presented, and organized their texts. Num Pages: 254 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HB; 2CSR; DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 150 x 14. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780292705456
- ISBN
- 9780292705456
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.20
€ 26.99
€ 25.20
Hardcover. Examining late 20th-century autobiographical writing by Arab women novelists, poets, and artists, this work explores the ways in which Arab women have portrayed and created their identities within differing social environments. It explores the many routes Arab women writers have taken to speak to each other, to their readers, and to the world. Editor(s): Golley, Nawar Al-Hassan. Num Pages: 256 pages, 3 illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 3JJP; JFSJ1; JFSL3; JFSR2. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 549.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815631224
- ISBN
- 9780815631224
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.40
€ 62.40
Paperback. Since humans migrated from Africa and dispersed throughout the world, they have found countless ways and reasons to reconnect with each other. This book follows the exploits of traders, preachers, adventurers, and warriors throughout history as they have shaped and reshaped the world. It also discusses how we can and should embrace a global world. Num Pages: 416 pages, 10 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; JFFS; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 28. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300136234
- ISBN
- 9780300136234
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.66
€ 30.99
€ 22.66
Paperback. Exploring an array of intimacies between global migrants, this title illuminates a transient world of heterogeneous social relations - dignified, collaborative, and illicit. It reveals the intersections between capitalism, the state's treatment of immigrants, sexual citizenship, and racism in the first half of the twentieth century. Series: American Crossroads. Num Pages: 358 pages, 15 b/w photographs and 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; JFSL; JHBK5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 230 x 23. Weight in Grams: 520. Contesting Race, Sexuality and the Law in the North American West. Series: American Crossroads. 358 pages, illustrations. Exploring an array of intimacies between global migrants, this title illuminates a transient world of heterogeneous social relations - dignified, collaborative, and illicit. It reveals the intersections between capitalism, the state's treatment of immigrants, sexual citizenship, and racism in the first half of the twentieth century. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; JFSL; JHBK5. Dimension: 156 x 230 x 23. Weight: 498.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 358
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520270879
- ISBN
- 9780520270879
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.15
€ 40.99
€ 29.15
Paperback. In this ethnography of sexual violence during the 1971 Bangladesh War for Independence, Nayanika Mookherjee shows how the public celebration of the hundreds of thousands of rape victims-called "birangonas" by the state-works to homogenize and silence the experiences of these women. Num Pages: 352 pages, 42 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FK; HBJF; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 230 x 29. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822359685
- ISBN
- 9780822359685
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
€ 32.99
€ 29.60
Hardcover. Series: Gender, Culture, and Politics in the Middle East. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDT; JFFA; JFSP1; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815633181
- ISBN
- 9780815633181
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.91
€ 54.91
Hardcover. Drawing on diverse theoretical backgrounds and a variety of source materials, the contributors to the volume reconstruct the lives of women within the urban sphere. With a fairly wide geographical span, from Aleppo to Sofia, from Jeddah to Istanbul, the chapters offer a wide panorama of the Ottoman urban geography. Editor(s): Maksudyan, Nazan. Num Pages: 216 pages, 5 illus. BIC Classification: 1QDT; JFSG; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782384113
- ISBN
- 9781782384113
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.88
€ 154.88