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Paperback. Leading the Parade traces the evolution of the gay and lesbian liberation through the personal profiles and stories of nearly 40 individuals whose daring efforts changed gay and straight America and their attitudes toward homosexuality during the twentieth century. Num Pages: 448 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 135 x 24. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810859135
ISBN
9780810859135
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.97

Paperback. Essayists reinterpret treaty making, rights, title, and land claims in Canada from Aboriginal perspectives. Editor(s): DePasquale, Paul W. Num Pages: 160 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 11. Weight in Grams: 230.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Alberta Press Canada
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
119
Condition
New
SKU
V9780888644626
ISBN
9780888644626
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 32.61

Hardback. Editor(s): Hans Bots; E. Bots-Estourgie. Series: Archives Internationales D'histoire Des Idees./International Archives of the History of Ideas. Num Pages: 564 pages. BIC Classification: JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 33. Weight in Grams: 964.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1974
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers Group Netherlands
Number of pages
564
Condition
New
SKU
V9789024716005
ISBN
9789024716005
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 251.41

Paperback. A stunning, beautifully illustrated exploration of urban underground spaces, bringing together a collection of 80 subterranean sites from around the world. Num Pages: 320 pages, 80 illustrations, 60 in colour. BIC Classification: AM; JFSG; RGC; RPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 170 x 20. Weight in Grams: 762.
Publisher
Reaktion Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780235769
ISBN
9781780235769
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 21.80

paperback. A long-awaited second edition of this classic cultural studies textbook. A seminal text brought right up to date for a new generation of students and teachers. Series: Culture, Media and Identities Series. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: JFCA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 189 x 233 x 15. Weight in Grams: 382.
Publisher
SAGE Publications Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849205504
ISBN
9781849205504
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 50.10

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: JFCA; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 144 x 217 x 19. Weight in Grams: 360.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Edition
Updated edition with a New Preface
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691163697
ISBN
9780691163697
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.74

Hardback. Editor(s): Peterson, Paul E. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 436 pages, 39 tables, 2 maps, 19 line drawings. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JHB; JPHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 771.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
436
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691631356
ISBN
9780691631356
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 220.81

Paperback. Num Pages: 210 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFP; JMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 144 x 14. Weight in Grams: 274.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
210
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442206496
ISBN
9781442206496
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.43

Hardback. Focuses upon the activities of a group of Midland intellectuals that included the evolutionist and physician Erasmus Darwin, Rev Thomas Gisborne the evangelical philosopher and poet, Robert Bage the novelist, and Charles Sylvester the chemist and engineer. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DBKEMD; 3JF; 3JH; JFCX; PDX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 163 x 29. Weight in Grams: 648.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719079221
ISBN
9780719079221
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.60

Paperback. A scholarly portrayal of Shona musicians and the African Musical tradition. l Berliner provides the complete cultural context for the music and an intimate, precise account of the meaning of the instrument and its music. Num Pages: 334 pages, , black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMW; AVGH; JFSL; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
334
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226043791
ISBN
9780226043791
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 22.20

Paperback. "Pathologies of Power" uses harrowing stories of life and death to argue thatthe promotion of social and economic rights of the poor is the most importanthuman rights struggle of our times. Series: California Series in Public Anthropology. Num Pages: 438 pages. BIC Classification: JFFA; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 606. Health, Human Rights and the New War on the Poor. With a New Preface by the Author. Series: California Series in Public Anthropology. 438 pages. "Pathologies of Power" uses harrowing stories of life and death to argue thatthe promotion of social and economic rights of the poor is the most importanthuman rights struggle of our times. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: JFFA; JHMC. Dimension: 226 x 155 x 30. Weight: 606.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
438
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520243262
ISBN
9780520243262
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.74

Paperback. Does the scientific "theory" that HIV came to North America from Haiti stem from underlying attitudes of racism and ethnocentrism in the United States rather than from hard evidence? Addressing the question, this is an ethnographic study of AIDS in a poor society. Num Pages: 372 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJH; JFFH2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 514.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
372
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
Updated with a New Preface
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520248397
ISBN
9780520248397
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.74

Hardback. Suitable for graduates, students, and everyone seeking to help bend the arc of history toward justice, this title challenges readers to counter failures of imagination that keep billions of people without access to health care, safe drinking water, decent schools, and other basic human rights. Editor(s): Weigel, Jonathan L. Series: California Series in Public Anthropology. Num Pages: 294 pages, 15 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: JFFJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 147 x 27. Weight in Grams: 510.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
294
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520275973
ISBN
9780520275973
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 23.15

Paperback. The medieval clergy, aristocracy, and commercial classes tended to regard peasants as objects of contempt and derision, yet, at the same time, they were not viewed like other condemned groups. This text examines these conflicting images from the post-Carolingian period to the German Peasants' War. Series: Figurae: Reading Medieval Culture. Num Pages: 484 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLC; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 27. Weight in Grams: 685.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
484
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804733731
ISBN
9780804733731
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 38.45

Hardback. The medieval clergy, aristocracy, and commercial classes tended to regard peasants as objects of contempt and derision, yet, at the same time, they were not viewed like other condemned groups. This text examines these conflicting images from the post-Carolingian period to the German Peasants' War. Series: Figurae: Reading Medieval Culture. Num Pages: 484 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JB; HBJD; HBLC; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 34. Weight in Grams: 840.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
484
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804733724
ISBN
9780804733724
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 169.52

Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages, 17 halftones, 6 genealogies, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JFSL; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 154 x 10. Weight in Grams: 254.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1977
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226264813
ISBN
9780226264813
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 25.01

Paperback. In the 1930s, fewer than one in one hundred US labor union members were African American. By 1980, the figure was more than one in five. This book explores the politics and history that led to this integration of organized labor. It also tells the story about how the Democratic Party unintentionally sowed the seeds of labor's decline. Series: Princeton Studies in American Politics: Historical, International and Comparative Perspectives. Num Pages: 224 pages, 4 halftones. 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3; JPL; KNXB2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 314.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691134659
ISBN
9780691134659
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.48
€ 42.00

Paperback. Challenges how we think about the relationship between race, political parties, and American democracy. This book shows that not all groups are treated equally, and that politicians spend most of their time and resources on white swing voters - to the detriment of the African American community. Series: Princeton Studies in American Politics: Historical, International and Comparative Perspectives. Num Pages: 248 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL1; JPH; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 158 x 16. Weight in Grams: 384.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691148014
ISBN
9780691148014
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 31.03

Paperback. Looking at inter-ethnic relations, racial prejudice, gender equality, the development of ethnic identity, bilingualism, the practice of home religion and scholastic achievement and adjustment for South Asian and Chinese adolescents living in the UK. Aimed at teachers, educational and counselling psychologists, social workers and researchers. Num Pages: 146 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFSL; JFSP1; JFSP2; JMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 163 x 10. Weight in Grams: 294.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
146
Condition
New
SKU
V9781854332844
ISBN
9781854332844
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.34

Paperback. Is African Christianity a religious marketplace now dominated by only two big players, the Catholic Church and Pentecostals? Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; GTF; HRC; JFSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 142 x 16. Weight in Grams: 274.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849044776
ISBN
9781849044776
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.20

Paperback. This classic book is a powerful indictment of contemporary attitudes to race, in which the author accuses British intellectuals and politicians on both sides of the political divide of refusing to take race seriously. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 416 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 199 x 129 x 31. Weight in Grams: 464.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415289818
ISBN
9780415289818
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.96

Paperback. People of African and Caribbean descent have inhabited Great Britain for centuries. Professor Paul Gilroy has assembled a living visual history of their social life in the modern British Isles. Published in association with Getty Images,this volume faeture 321 b&w photographs, commentary by Paul Gilroy and a preface from Professor Stuart Hall. Num Pages: 320 pages, 321 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1DB; AJC; HBTB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 267 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1336.
Publisher
Saqi Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780863565403
ISBN
9780863565403
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.79

Paperback. Award-winning author Paul Goble examines the construction, art, and significance of the tipi to the Plains Indians in his newest book, entitled Tipi: Home of the Nomadic Buffalo Hunters. Through a re-telling of the old-timer's stories, Goble shows how the tipi was more than just a home, but an expression of spiritual beliefs. Num Pages: 120 pages, 150 color ills. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 254 x 12. Weight in Grams: 534.
Publisher
World Wisdom Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781933316376
ISBN
9781933316376
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.95

Hardback. This critical examination of racial equality takes a new approach to breaking down racial barriers by proposing a system of equal opportunity through shared labor and contributive justice. A discussion board for ideas and comments relating to the book can be found at: http://howtomakeopportunityequal. blogspot. com/. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 256 x 181 x 16. Weight in Grams: 516.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405160810
ISBN
9781405160810
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.30

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