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In Afghanistan Remembers, Parin Dossa examines how violence is remembered by Afghan women through memories and food practices in their homeland and its diaspora. Num Pages: 192 pages, 8. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHBK; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 17. Weight in Grams: 420.
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442647244
ISBN
9781442647244
Condition: New

€ 65.60

Paperback. Editor(s): Yeros, Paris. Num Pages: 155 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSL; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 9. Weight in Grams: 212.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
155
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349271573
ISBN
9781349271573
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 126.15

Paperback. A definitive ethnological study of the Iroquois' subsistence, religious traditions, laws, and customs. Illustrator(s): Fenton, William Nelson. Num Pages: 158 pages, illustrations, maps, port. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBJK; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 146 x 25. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1981
Publisher
Syracuse University Press United States
Number of pages
158
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815601159
ISBN
9780815601159
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 27.56

Paperback. After the first phase of industrialization in Britain, the child emerged as both a victim of and a threat to capitalism. This book explores the changing relationship between the child and capitalist society in the works of some of the most important writers of children's and young-adult texts in the Victorian and Edwardian periods. Series: Critical Approaches to Children's Literature. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBF; DSBH; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349349272
ISBN
9781349349272
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Hardcover. Editor(s): Parks, Larry V. Num Pages: 163 pages. BIC Classification: JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 159 x 16. Weight in Grams: 416.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
163
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590333976
ISBN
9781590333976
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 78.74
€ 61.84

Paperback / so. Series: Duv Sozialwissenschaft. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JFS; RGC; TQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 513.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Deutscher Universit?tsverlag United Kingdom
Condition
New
SKU
V9783824440986
ISBN
9783824440986
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 73.20

Paperback. This text focuses on the importance of considering the experiences of children in responding to child sexual abuse. The contributors address these concerns whilst drawing on research, and legislative and policy developments since 1989. Editor(s): Parton, Nigel; Wattam, Corinne. Series: Wiley Child Protection & Policy Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFE1; JFFE2; MJW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 396.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780471983347
ISBN
9780471983347
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 80.83

Hardcover. Although there has emerged a huge interest in the Muslim communities in Britain since 9/11 and 7/7, few academic studies have focused on the political processes within Muslim communities and the impacts these have on civic engagement. This book examines the political biographies and religious identities of British Muslims of Pakistani descent. Series: Palgrave Politics of Identity and Citizenship Series. Num Pages: 215 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFN; JFSL; JFSL1; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137275158
ISBN
9781137275158
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.71

Paperback. In a challenging and authoritative analysis, Parvin Paidar considers how Iranian women have been affected, and their position redefined, by the political transformations of twentieth-century Iran. Editor(s): Tripp, Charles. Series Editor(s): Clancy-Smith, Julia A.; Gershoni, Israel; Owen, Roger; Sayigh, Yezid; Tucker, Judith E. Series: Cambridge Middle East Studies. Num Pages: 424 pages, 7 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1FBN; HBJF1; HBLW; JFFK; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521595728
ISBN
9780521595728
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.29

Paperback. In 2002, after an altercation between Muslim vendors and Hindu travelers at a railway station in the Indian state of Gujarat, fifty-nine Hindu pilgrims were burned to death. This title provides a riveting ethnographic account of this collective violence. Num Pages: 320 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HRG; HRH; JFSR; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691151779
ISBN
9780691151779
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

Hardback. Parviz Tanavoli, the prominent Iranian artist and sculptor, here brings together a definitive collection of print media from 19th century Persia featuring unique images of European women on paper and postcards. Num Pages: 248 pages, Colour throughout. BIC Classification: 1FBN; ACB; AGH; HBJF1; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 265 x 228. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
248
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784535070
ISBN
9781784535070
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 141.04
€ 127.06

Hardcover. For most of history, people trusted mythology or religion to provide an answer to the pressing question of the earth's age. This title tells the fascinating story of how scientists and philosophers examined those clues and from them built a chronological scale that has made it possible to reconstruct the history of nature itself. Translator(s): Venerella, John. Num Pages: 481 pages, 12 halftones, 27 line drawings, 3 tables. BIC Classification: JFCX; RBGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 60 x 90 x 32. Weight in Grams: 796.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
481
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226712871
ISBN
9780226712871
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 27.05

Hardback. Case studies from North America, Latin America, and Southeast Asia explore the challenges and benefits of building transnational ties among feminists and women's groups. Editor(s): Dufour, Pascale; Masson, Dominique; Caouette, Dominique. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JPW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774817950
ISBN
9780774817950
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 114.01

Hardback. Series: Studies in European Culture and History. Num Pages: 157 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK; HBJD; HBWQ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 409.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
157
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403966575
ISBN
9781403966575
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.65

Paperback. Locates the inefficiencies of the traditional public enterprise model within its management and contextual factors. The former include overprotection from consumer liability, statutory power to commit wrongs with impunity, and legal limitations on their liability for negligence. Series: Institute of Social Studies, the Hague. Num Pages: 187 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; KCM; KFFD; KJM; KN; L. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 251.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
187
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349131921
ISBN
9781349131921
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.13

Paperback. Series: Gender, Development and Social Change. Num Pages: 186 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFC; JFSJ; JHM; JPA; RGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
186
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349457847
ISBN
9781349457847
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.72

Paperback. 'I consider this book a remarkable achievement. Sophisticated in its use of sociological, anthropological and critical theory, [it] also successfully conveys the direct tangible experience of corporality and the senses. Falk's original, insightful book sets the study of the body onto a new plane' - Roy Porter, The Wellcome Institute Series: Published in Association with Theory, Culture & Society. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 233 x 18. Weight in Grams: 398.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
SAGE Publications Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803989740
ISBN
9780803989740
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 83.43

Paperback. In What Makes us Human? some of the world's most brilliant thinkers offer their answers to this perennial puzzle, shedding new light on how and why our ancestors produced such clever, talented, and unlikely progeny. Editor(s): Pasternak, Charles. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM; JMR; PSAJ; PSX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 23. Weight in Grams: 265.
Publisher
Oneworld Publications
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851685196
ISBN
9781851685196
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.57

Paperback. Series: Routledge Studies in Environmental Communication and Media. Num Pages: 256 pages, 5 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFD; RNA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 400.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415747288
ISBN
9780415747288
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 80.48

Paperback. An analysis of the penal control of women at the end of the twentieth century based on research completed in 1997. The author uses interviews conducted with inmates and staff at women's prisons to present a case for a quantitative and qualitative reduction in the imprisonment of women. Num Pages: 193 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JKVP1; L. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 257.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
193
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333746066
ISBN
9780333746066
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.19

Paperback. BIC Classification: APB; BGA; BGFA; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781501108235
ISBN
9781501108235
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.40

Paperback. Freedoms Flowers is a book about the effects of domestic abuse on children. It is composed of firsthand accounts from these children and their mothers. Some of the children write as adults from memory and some are male. The youngest contributor is eight years old. Num Pages: 120 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFE3; JKSB1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 147 x 10. Weight in Grams: 266.
Publisher
Freedom Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780955882746
ISBN
9780955882746
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.51

Paperback. Illustrator(s): Fleming, Jacky. Num Pages: 42 cartoon: line drawn. BIC Classification: JFFE3; VFV; VS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 7. Weight in Grams: 256.
Publisher
Freedom Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9780955882708
ISBN
9780955882708
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 14.54

Paperback. This exciting book challenges many common stereotypes about the nature of family involvement as people age. The book explores diversity and change in the family relationships older people maintain, looking at how family relationships are constructed and organised in later life. Series: Ageing and the Lifecourse Series. Num Pages: 136 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFF; JHBK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 171 x 9. Weight in Grams: 250.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
136
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847420527
ISBN
9781847420527
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 38.98

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