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Society & culture: general

Hardcover. Women Directors analyzes the Italian law on gender quotas in boards as a vital opportunity for the country and a key international case. It provides a broad perspective of the new Italian experience, which has the potential of influencing the way of addressing gender issues worldwide. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DST; JFSJ1; KJRD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 217 x 18. Weight in Grams: 432.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137427465
ISBN
9781137427465
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.58

paperback. * A thorough and comprehensive collection of current thought on progressive politics * Includes an introduction that lays out the different debates clearly and concisely * Incorporates pieces by many leading international commentators on third way politics. Editor(s): Tam, Henry. Num Pages: 304 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFFS; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Polity
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745625799
ISBN
9780745625799
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.63

Paperback. Editor(s): Huff, Mickey. Num Pages: 352 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 3JMG; GBCY; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 23. Weight in Grams: 528.
Publisher
Seven Stories Press,U.S.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
2017 ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781609807153
ISBN
9781609807153
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.86

Paperback / so. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
VS Verlag f?r Sozialwissenschaften United Kingdom
Condition
New
SKU
V9783810014610
ISBN
9783810014610
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 79.10

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFF; JKS; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 10. Weight in Grams: 204.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
PM Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781604865301
ISBN
9781604865301
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.43

Paperback. A fact can be a slippery thing. Shorn of context, it can lend undeserved authority to a shoddy opinion; artfully combined with other facts, it can crowd out dissent. And it is not always clear that we do respect the things. This book aims to amuse and astound, and sometimes even to change the way you see the world. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 15. Weight in Grams: 190. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Preface Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
SKU
KI20003289
ISBN
9781848090033
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardback. Num Pages: 181 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFK; JHB; JMS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Edition
1st ed. 2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319536811
ISBN
9783319536811
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 149.51

Paperback. Keepin' It Real refutes the common wisdom about teenage behavior and racial difference, and shows how intercultural communication, rather than assimilation, can help close the black-white achievement gap. Series: Transgressing Boundaries. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSL1; JFSL3; JFSP2; JNL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 344.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195325232
ISBN
9780195325232
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.13

Paperback. Throughout Europe, standardised approaches to social policy and practice are being radically questioned and modified. Beginning from the narrative detail of individual lives, this book re-thinks welfare predicaments, emphasising gender, generation, ethnic and class implications of economic and social deregulation. Editor(s): Chamberlayne, Prue; Rustin, Michael; Wengraf, Tom. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; JFFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 528.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781861343093
ISBN
9781861343093
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 38.98

Paperback. Chicken - both the bird and the food - has played multiple roles in the lives of African American women since the slavery era. This book examines the complexity of black women's legacies using food as a form of cultural work. It focuses on the ways black women have forged their own self-definitions and relationships to the "gospel bird". Num Pages: 312 pages, 41 illustrations, notes, bibl., index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Edition
1st New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807856864
ISBN
9780807856864
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.61

Paperback. An ethnography of an electronics factory in southern China, showing how rural girls are made into compliant factory workers. Num Pages: 240 pages, 6 photos, 5 tables, 2 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFSJ1; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 354.
Publisher
Duke University Press Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9781932643008
ISBN
9781932643008
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.56

Paperback. Editor(s): Mandal, Purnendu. Num Pages: 668 pages, 175 black & white illustrations, 25 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFSL3; JHBL; KCM; KJMV6. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 34. Weight in Grams: 998.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer Verlag, Singapore Singapore
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2013
Number of pages
668
Condition
New
SKU
V9789811013478
ISBN
9789811013478
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 252.55

Paperback. With a focus on the responses of upwardly-mobile, yet lower-to-middle class urban women to state-sponsored entertainment serials, this title demonstrates how television in India has profoundly shaped women's place in the family, community, and nation, and the crucial role it has played in the realignment of class, caste, religion, and politics. Num Pages: 448 pages, 28 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFSJ1; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 33. Weight in Grams: 752.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822323907
ISBN
9780822323907
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.04

Paperback. This volume offers a collection of ten key essays selected from contemporary historical scholarship with coverage ranging from the the colonial period to the modern day. The essays add up to an exploration of major technological themes in American history. Editor(s): Pursell, Carroll W. Series: Blackwell Readers in American Social and Cultural History. Num Pages: 376 pages, 7. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFC; TBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631219972
ISBN
9780631219972
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.44

Multiple-component retail product. Num Pages: 84 pages, 66 illus. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 176 x 15. Weight in Grams: 490.
Publisher
Grantha Corporation
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Har/Com/Dv
Condition
New
SKU
V9781935677246
ISBN
9781935677246
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 32.49

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HBLW; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 430.
Publisher
Monash University Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781922235121
ISBN
9781922235121
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.88

Hardback. Investigates the differences and similarities between the immigrant groups from the earlier classical period of immigration into the US and from the post-1965 contemporary period. This book analyzes trends in anti-immigrant attitudes and actions, changes in settlement patterns, entrepreneurship and business patterns, and ethnic diversity. Editor(s): Min, Pyong Gap. Num Pages: 336 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 160 x 26. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780759102316
ISBN
9780759102316
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 160.16

Paperback. Investigates the differences and similarities between the immigrant groups from the earlier classical period of immigration into the US and from the post-1965 contemporary period. This book analyzes trends in anti-immigrant attitudes and actions, changes in settlement patterns, entrepreneurship and business patterns, and ethnic diversity. Editor(s): Min, Pyong Gap. Num Pages: 336 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780759102323
ISBN
9780759102323
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.78

Hardcover. Explores the factors that may lead to greater success in ethnic preservation. This title compares Indian Americans and Korean Americans, two of the most significant ethnic groups in New York, and examines the different ways in which they preserve their ethnicity through their faith. Num Pages: 280 pages, 6 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRA; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814795859
ISBN
9780814795859
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.36

Paperback. Explores the factors that may lead to greater success in ethnic preservation. This title compares Indian Americans and Korean Americans, two of the most significant ethnic groups in New York, and examines the different ways in which they preserve their ethnicity through their faith. Num Pages: 280 pages, 6 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRA; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780814795866
ISBN
9780814795866
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.02

Hardback. An anthology of empirical studies of Asian Americans' ethnic or pan-ethnic identities, examining ethnic attachments among second-generation Filipino, Vietnamese, Indian, Korean Americans, Chinese and Japanese Americans. Series: Critical Perspectives on Asian Pacific Americans. Num Pages: 280 pages, references, index. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB; JFSL; JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780759101753
ISBN
9780759101753
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 159.49

Paperback. This book examines the impact of Black Power on the British colony of Bermuda, where the 1972-73 assassinations of its British Police Commissioner and Governor reflected the Movement's denouncement of British imperialism and the island's racist and oligarchic society. Series: Contemporary Black History. Num Pages: 262 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1MTANB; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTR; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
262
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
2009th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230109582
ISBN
9780230109582
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 105.62

Hardback. Over the past four decades in China, economic reforms have resulted in widening social-gender gaps, leading to severe gender inequalities. Using empirical data and in-depth theoretical analysis to critique China's growth-focused development path, this collection of essays closes the gap on what has been an under-discussed issue in Chinese culture. Editor(s): Sorensen, Bo Aerenlund. Series: Comparative Feminist Studies. Num Pages: 232 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFC; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 440.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137520500
ISBN
9781137520500
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.85

Hardcover. Showcasing an evolving personal mode of narrating memory, documenting reality, and inscribing subjectivity, this book presents a provocative portrait of the independent filmmakers as a peculiarly pained yet active group of historical subjects of the transitional, post-socialist era. Num Pages: 256 pages, 36 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 161 x 237 x 20. Weight in Grams: 546.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748692330
ISBN
9780748692330
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.02
€ 103.50

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