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Society & culture: general

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

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

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

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

Paperback. Immigration has long shaped US society in fundamental ways. With Latinos recently surpassing African Americans as the largest minority group in the US, attention has been focused on the important implications of immigration for the character and role of race in US life, including patterns of racial inequality and racial identity. Series: Immigration and Society. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: JFFN; JFSL1; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 208 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 296.
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745647920
ISBN
9780745647920
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.38

Hardback. Immigration has long shaped US society in fundamental ways. With Latinos recently surpassing African Americans as the largest minority group in the US, attention has been focused on the important implications of immigration for the character and role of race in US life, including patterns of racial inequality and racial identity. Series: Immigration and Society. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: JFFN; JFSL1; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 146 x 21. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745647913
ISBN
9780745647913
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.17

Paperback. Highlighting the importance of a 'safe place' as the foundation of the healing process for those affected by child sexual abuse, this practical book details the factors that contribute to a secure therapeutic climate where recovery can take place. Num Pages: 176 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFFE1; JKSB1; JMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 263.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Pub
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843100096
ISBN
9781843100096
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.27

Marks a major new contribution to the emerging field of comic studies and the growing literature on superheroes. Using a range of critical theorists the book examines superheroes as sovereigns, addressing amongst other things the complex treatment of law and violence, legitimacy and authority. Num Pages: 208 pages. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719085048
ISBN
9780719085048
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 151.51

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
282
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566397025
ISBN
9781566397025
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.81

Hardback. This volume contains a further selection of the best papers presented at the Seventh Emonet conference (Montreal, Canada, August 2010), following on from Volume 7 and is augmented with invited chapters by leading scholars in the field. It focuses on the experience, dynamics and regulation of emotion and the emotionally intelligent organization. Editor(s): Ashkanasy, Neal M.; Hartel, Professor Charmine E. J.; Zerbe, Wilfred J. Series Editor(s): Ashkanasy, Neal M. Series: Research on Emotion in Organizations. Num Pages: 420 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFP; KJU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 230 x 38. Weight in Grams: 736.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
420
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780526768
ISBN
9781780526768
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 164.55

Hardback. The federal government is deeply entrenched in American public education and virtually dictates what can be taught to students. Why? At what cost? And what are the benefits to public school students? To public schools? The author challenges the constitutionality of the feds in the classroom. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFX; JN; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 159 x 21. Weight in Grams: 435.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742548589
ISBN
9780742548589
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 141.88

Paperback. The federal government is deeply entrenched in American public education and virtually dictates what can be taught to students. Why? At what cost? And what are the benefits to public school students? To public schools? The author challenges the constitutionality of the feds in the classroom. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFX; JNK; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 317.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742548596
ISBN
9780742548596
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.25

Paperback. In this definitive collection of Stephenson's writings, journalism and meditations, the great American polymath puts the 20th Century - mathematics, cryptography, philosophy, currency, and the history of science and technology- under his eclectic and unflinching gaze. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: DSK; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848878563
ISBN
9781848878563
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.74

Paperback. Ranging across Utah, Nevada, New Mexico, Colorado, and eastern California, this title places Native peoples squarely at the center of a story that chronicles two centuries of Indian and imperial history. Num Pages: 384 pages, 18 halftones, 2 maps, 1 graph. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 155 x 42. Weight in Grams: 434.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674027206
ISBN
9780674027206
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.87

Paperback. We all need help in achieving cultural fluency. We are baffled when problems arise and insist on resolving conflicts according to our cultural norms. When this behaviour kicks in important deals fall through, opportunities are missed and good will is squandered. This title provides tools for making practical adjustments. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JFC; KJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 474.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857883428
ISBN
9781857883428
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.96

Hardcover. Comparing the liberal Jewish ethics of the German-Jewish philosophers Ernst Cassirer and Hannah Arendt, this book argues that both espoused a diasporic, worldly conception of Jewish identity that was anchored in a pluralist and politically engaged interpretation of Jewish history and an abiding interest in the complex lived reality of modern Jews. Num Pages: 244 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HP; JFCX; JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782380078
ISBN
9781782380078
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.20

Paperback. Series: Difference Incorporated. Num Pages: 280 pages, 10 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTR; JFFJ; JFSL; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
280
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816680948
ISBN
9780816680948
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.40

hardcover. Num Pages: 280 pages, Plans transparencies :Includes index. BIC Classification: JFCX; PDA; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 140. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
Spokesman Books United Kingdom
Edition
Revised
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780851244297
ISBN
9780851244297
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.57

Paperback. In Bioinsecurities Neel Ahuja shows how twentieth-century U.S. imperial expansion was dependent on controlling the spread of disease through the transformation of humans, animals, bacteria, and viruses into living theaters of warfare and securitization. Series: Animal. Num Pages: 288 pages, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; HBTB; JFSL4; PDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 409.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822360636
ISBN
9780822360636
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.40

Hardback. In Bioinsecurities Neel Ahuja shows how twentieth-century U.S. imperial expansion was dependent on controlling the spread of disease through the transformation of humans, animals, bacteria, and viruses into living theaters of warfare and securitization. Series: Animal. Num Pages: 288 pages, 19 illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; HBTB; JFSL4; PDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 545.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822360483
ISBN
9780822360483
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 110.74

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