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Society & culture: general
Paperback. Presenting the biography of Matsuo Taseko, a peasant woman of the Tokugawa period, honoured and then adopted as a patron saint by rightist nationalists, this text gives perspectives on the practices and intellectual concerns of rural entrepreneurs and their role in the Meiji Restoration. Series: Women in Culture and Society Series. Num Pages: 424 pages, 20 halftones, 2 maps, 5 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; BGH; HBJF; HBLL; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 154 x 30. Weight in Grams: 670.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226872377
- ISBN
- 9780226872377
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 33.80
€ 43.99
€ 33.80
Paperback. Combining translations of five peasant narratives with critical commentary on their provenance and implications for historical study, this book illuminates the life of the peasantry in Tokugawa Japan. Editor(s): Walthall, Anne. Num Pages: 276 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; HBLL; JFS; JPWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 339.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226872346
- ISBN
- 9780226872346
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.24
€ 36.99
€ 29.24
Hardback. A collection of short biographies of ordinary Japanese men and women, most of them unknown outside their family and locality, whose lives collectively span the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Series: The Human Tradition Around the World Series. Num Pages: 241 pages, bibliographical references, index. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; BGH; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 241
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842029117
- ISBN
- 9780842029117
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 159.70
€ 159.70
hardcover. In a vivid account of every stage of the migration process, this topical book presents new research that looks in-depth at Polish migration to the UK, in particular the lives of working-class Polish families in the West of England. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVP; JFFN; JHBK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 246 x 179 x 19. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9781847428202
- ISBN
- 9781847428202
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 102.90
€ 102.90
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: JFFK; JFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 136 x 12. Weight in Grams: 180.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- HarperSanFrancisco
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062507709
- ISBN
- 9780062507709
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.35
€ 18.99
€ 17.35
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 4, 4 charts. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFFK; KCF; KNXB2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 22. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781501703058
- ISBN
- 9781501703058
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 37.94
€ 38.99
€ 37.94
Hardback. Exploring the practices of squatting and illegal settlement on the outskirts of Cape Town during and immediately following the end of apartheid, Anne-Maria Makhulu how these squatters engaged in an important form of resistance that helped to end apartheid. Num Pages: 256 pages, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822359470
- ISBN
- 9780822359470
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.62
€ 117.62
Paperback. The volumes in this series illustrate how social organization and private, emotional experience are different phases of the social process. They show the steps by which emotional experience is shaped by social structural, macro-level processes and how these processes are changed by experience. Editor(s): Ambert, Anne-Marie; Mandell, Nancy. Series: Sociological Studies of Children and Youth. Num Pages: 284 pages. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 16. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784413149
- ISBN
- 9781784413149
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.26
€ 62.26
Paperback. A compelling clarion call for a cultural shift that will enable us all to live more balanced lives Shortlisted for the FT McKinsey Business Book of the Year 2015 Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: JFFK; JHBK; JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 31. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Publisher
- Oneworld Publications
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780748702
- ISBN
- 9781780748702
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.91
€ 17.99
€ 13.91
Paperback. Describes a world in which government officials - police investigators, financial regulators, even judges and legislators - exchange information and coordinate activity across national borders to tackle crime, terrorism, and the routine daily grind of international interactions. Num Pages: 368 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPS; LB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 50245th
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691123974
- ISBN
- 9780691123974
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.23
€ 46.99
€ 33.23
Hardback. In cities and towns across northern Europe in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, a new type of religious woman took up authoritative though solitary positions in medieval society. Mulder-Bakker offers a new history of these women and their roles as counselors, theological innovators, and public recluses. Translator(s): Scholz, Myra Heerspink. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HRCC2; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 164 x 26. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812238525
- ISBN
- 9780812238525
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.40
€ 86.40
Paperback. Since World War II, the biological and technological have been fusing and merging in new ways, resulting in the loss of a distinction between the two. This title deals with the fusion of biological and technological power and the entanglements of biocultures. Editor(s): Smelik, Anneke; Lykke, Nina. Series: In Vivo S. Num Pages: 240 pages, 17 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFK; PSAD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 179 x 14. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295988092
- ISBN
- 9780295988092
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 35.75
€ 36.99
€ 35.75
Paperback. The complete, contemporary, colourful companion to Dutch Fashion Editor(s): Smelik, Anneke. Series: Dress Cultures Series. Num Pages: 400 pages, 86 colour and black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDN; AKTH; HBTB; JFCK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 246 x 189 x 25. .
- Publisher
- I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784531973
- ISBN
- 9781784531973
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.22
€ 33.99
€ 28.22
Hardback. Reveals how deaf people in Adamorobe did not live in a social paradise but that they created their own "Deaf Space" by seeking each other out to form a society of their own. Num Pages: 320 pages, 24 photographs, 11 figures, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1HFDH; JFFG; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Gallaudet University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781563686320
- ISBN
- 9781563686320
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.56€ 48.15
€ 70.56
€ 48.15
Paperback. Using a spectrum of literary, artistic, archaeological and epigraphic evidence, this book uncovers the kaleidoscopic story of some of the most intriguing women in history, and the complex role of the empresses as political players on Rome's great stage. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD1; HBLA; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 136 x 26. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099523932
- ISBN
- 9780099523932
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.46
€ 21.99
€ 16.46
Paperback. Tests anthropology's traditional assumptions about kinship, economics, power, and gender. Focusing on Oceania societies from Polynesia to Papua New Guinea and including Australian Aborigine groups, this title investigates the category of possessions that must not be given or, if they are circulated, must return finally to the giver. Num Pages: 264 pages, 24 b&w photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1MBF; 1MKLP; 1MKP; JFFK; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 424. The Paradox of Keeping-while-giving. 264 pages, 24 b&w photographs, 1 map. Tests anthropology's traditional assumptions about kinship, economics, power, and gender. Focusing on Oceania societies from Polynesia to Papua New Guinea and including Australian Aborigine groups, this title investigates the category of possessions that must not be given or, if they are circulated, must return finally to the giver. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1MBF; 1MKLP; 1MKP; JFFK; JHM. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 15. Weight: 414.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520076044
- ISBN
- 9780520076044
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 27.80
€ 38.99
€ 27.80
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844453474
- ISBN
- 9781844453474
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 42.79
€ 47.99
€ 42.79
Paperback. Winner of the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize: "[A] commanding and important book."-Jill Lepore, The New Yorker Num Pages: 816 pages, 37 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; HBTS; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1044.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 800
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393337761
- ISBN
- 9780393337761
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.41
€ 21.99
€ 20.41
Paperback. Class does make a difference in the lives and futures of American children. Drawing on observations of black and white middle-class, working-class, and poor families, this title explores this fact, offering a picture of childhood. It focuses on the frenetic families managing their children's hectic schedules of 'leisure' activities. Num Pages: 480 pages, 1 b/w photograph, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSL; JFSP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 30. Weight in Grams: 628. Class, Race, and Family Life. 480 pages, illustrations. Class does make a difference in the lives and futures of American children. Drawing on observations of black and white middle-class, working-class, and poor families, this title explores this fact, offering a picture of childhood. It focuses on the frenetic families managing their children's hectic schedules of 'leisure' activities. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSL; JFSP1. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 30. Weight: 640.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520271425
- ISBN
- 9780520271425
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.09
€ 34.09
paperback. In Southern Mercy, Annette Bickford examines the limits of emancipation, and the exclusions inherent in liberal humanism that distinguish racism in the contemporary "post-race" era. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; JFSL3; JHB; JKVQ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442613980
- ISBN
- 9781442613980
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 36.69
€ 38.99
€ 36.69
Paperback.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847886286
- ISBN
- 9781847886286
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 41.74
€ 49.99
€ 41.74
Hardback. Cultural Dynamics of Tourism. 352 pages, 37, 32 black and white, 5 line drawing. Editor(s): Van Beek, Walter. Africa is a 'theme park' for Western tourists to experience untouched wilderness, untamed nature, and truly 'authentic' cultures, where the hosts, too, are part of a discourse about the 'other' and ourselves, about wildness, danger and roots. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1H; GTB; JFFP; KNSG. Dimension: 263 x 184 x 28. Weight: 936.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- James Currey
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847010490
- ISBN
- 9781847010490
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.41
€ 113.41
Hardback. A shocking and moving investigation into the hidden abuses perpetrated by Colonel Gaddafi, Gaddafi's Harem reveals the appalling private life of one of the twentieth century's most malevolent dictators. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBL; 3JM; HBJH; HBLX; JFFE2; JPHX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 537.
- Publisher
- Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611856101
- ISBN
- 9781611856101
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 15.78
€ 21.99
€ 15.78
Hardcover. Once a major metropolis in North America, Montreal now finds itself increasingly marginal to the continental economy while remaining the heartland of the province of Quebec; it is facing a major identity crisis. This book discusses the city's economic decline due to the shift of corporate and financial leadership from Montreal to Toronto. Series: World Cities S. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; GTB; JFSG; JHBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 163 x 25. Weight in Grams: 614.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471949077
- ISBN
- 9780471949077
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.60
€ 130.60