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Society & culture: general

Paperback. Violence and injustice are two major political problems facing the world today. Offering a fresh, innovative analysis of the concept of violence, this book presents an original insight into the nature of injustice. Addressing three key questions, it forces us to rethink the scope and aims of a theory of social justice. Num Pages: 229 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF5; HPS; JFF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 137 x 14. Weight in Grams: 292. 232 pages, illustrations. Violence and injustice are two major political problems facing the world today. Offering a fresh, innovative analysis of the concept of violence, this book presents an original insight into the nature of injustice. Addressing three key questions, it forces us to rethink the scope and aims of a theory of social justice. Cateogry: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: HPCF5; HPS; JFF. Dimension: 216 x 137 x 14. Weight: 292.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230552968
ISBN
9780230552968
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.93

Paperback. In this original, accessible book, Vittorio Longhi uses a global perspective to highlight the 'immigrant war and struggle for human rights, citizenship and equality', despite a policy vacuum towards immigration among governments of developed states. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: JFFN; JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 10. Weight in Grams: 188.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Bristol University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447305897
ISBN
9781447305897
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.40

hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
152
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447305880
ISBN
9781447305880
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 22.42

Paperback. Nineteenth-century Muslim peddlers arrived at Ellis Island, bags heavy with silks from their villages in Bengal. Demand for "Oriental goods" took these migrants on a curious path, from New Jersey's boardwalks to the segregated South. Bald's history reveals cross-racial affinities below the surface of early twentieth-century America. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBLW; JFFN; JFSL; JFSL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 236 x 26. Weight in Grams: 366.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674503854
ISBN
9780674503854
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 26.92

Paperback. These essays reveal how the South Asian diaspora has been shaped by the contours of U.S. imperialism Editor(s): Bald, Vivek; Chatterji, Miabi; Reddy, Sujani; Vimalassery, Manu. Series: NYU Series in Social & Cultural Analysis. Num Pages: 405 pages, 18 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FM; 1KBB; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
405
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814786444
ISBN
9780814786444
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.02

Hardcover. These essays reveal how the South Asian diaspora has been shaped by the contours of U.S. imperialism Editor(s): Bald, Vivek; Chatterji, Miabi; Reddy, Sujani; Vimalassery, Manu. Series: NYU Series in Social & Cultural Analysis. Num Pages: 392 pages, 18 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FM; 1KBB; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 735.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814786437
ISBN
9780814786437
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.36

Paperback. In this look at the moral dimensions of the classroom, MacArthur Prize-winning educator Vivian Paley introduces a new rule - "You can't say you can't play" - to her kindergarten students. Paley uses this rule to explore how to keep children from being ignored by their classmates. Num Pages: 144 pages, 5 line illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JFSP2; JNC; JNLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 10. Weight in Grams: 168.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674965904
ISBN
9780674965904
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.85

Paperback. In this text, Vivian Paley presents a personal account of her experiences teaching kindergarten in an integrated school within a predominantly white, middle-class neighbourhood. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; JFSC; JFSL; JNLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 208 x 153 x 10. Weight in Grams: 190.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
2 ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674002739
ISBN
9780674002739
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 26.92

Paperback. Recounting stories of kindness by children, Vivian Paley's journey takes the reader into the different worlds of urban London, Chicago, Oakland and New York, and to a close-knit small town in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Her own story connects those of children from nursery school to high school. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JFSP2; JMC; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 185 x 120 x 10. Weight in Grams: 154.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674003903
ISBN
9780674003903
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 31.06

paperback. Considers how we remember historical instances of suffering and atrocity, framing its central questions to show larger cultural shifts in how we position ourselves in relation to history, performance, and memory. Series: Unnatural Acts: Theorizing the Performative. Num Pages: 176 pages, 1 bibliog., 1 index. BIC Classification: AN; APFA; DSG; HBJD; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 12. Weight in Grams: 1062.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253212924
ISBN
9780253212924
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.49

Hardback. Taking as its point of departure the three recurrent themes of nostalgia, memory and local histories, this book is an attempt to map out a new poetics - the 'post-nostalgic imagination' - in Hong Kong cinema in the first decade of Chinese rule. Num Pages: 261 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFA; JFCA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 224 x 142 x 21. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
261
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230221437
ISBN
9780230221437
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.16

Paperback. In the American imagination, Asian Americans are considered an immigrant success story. Vivian Louie challenges the idea that race and class do not matter. Though most Chinese immigrants see higher education as a safeguard against racial discrimination, Louie finds that class differences do indeed shape the students' different paths to college. Num Pages: 268 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 358.
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804749855
ISBN
9780804749855
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.67

hardcover. Despite years of dominating journalism school classrooms across North America, women remain vastly underrepresented at the highest levels of newspaper leadership. Why do so many female journalists leave the industry and so few reach the top? Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KB; JFSJ1; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 530.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442650015
ISBN
9781442650015
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.60

Paperback. Editor(s): Sobchack, Vivian. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 151 x 229 x 17. Weight in Grams: 432.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816633197
ISBN
9780816633197
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.56

Paperback. Having established laws removing many children from the marketplace, turn-of-the-century America was discovering new, sentimental criteria to determine a child's monetary worth. This book traces the emergence of the modern child, at once economically 'useless' and emotionally 'priceless,' from the late 1800s to the 1930s. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JFSP1; JFSP2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 209 x 139 x 15. Weight in Grams: 354.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
294
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691034591
ISBN
9780691034591
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.81

Hardback. Shows how shared cultural understandings and interpersonal relations shape everyday economic activities. This book offers a distinctive vision of economic activity that brings out the hidden meanings and social actions behind the supposedly impersonal worlds of production, consumption, and asset transfer. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: JFFT; JHB; KCA; KCK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 834.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691139364
ISBN
9780691139364
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.89
€ 42.58

Paperback. Through combined theoretical and empirical study, this work argues that transgendered people are not so much "produced" by medicine or psychiatry as they are "erased", or made invisible, in a variety of institutional and cultural settings. Num Pages: 354 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: JFSJ5; JFSK; JMU; MMJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
354
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226568102
ISBN
9780226568102
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.82

Paperback. Editor(s): Cree, Viviene. Series: Moral Panics in Theory and Practice. Num Pages: 88 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHBK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 129 x 199 x 11. Weight in Grams: 108.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Bristol University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447321910
ISBN
9781447321910
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.29

Paperback. Addresses moralising within discourses of childhood and youth and asks how we might do things differently. Editor(s): Clapton, Gary. Series: Moral Panics in Theory and Practice. Num Pages: 88 pages. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JFSP2; JHB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 130 x 196 x 14. Weight in Grams: 98.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Bristol University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447321941
ISBN
9781447321941
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.29

How the Chinese community became an indispensable part of multicultural Canada. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJP; 3JM; HBTB; JFFN; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 165 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
Publication date
2013
Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press Canada
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780773541498
ISBN
9780773541498
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.03

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