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Society & culture: general

Hardback. .
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719087318
ISBN
9780719087318
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.03

Paperback. Examines the life of 'A'isha bint Abi Bakr, Muhammad's most beloved and controversial wife, and a central figure in Islamic cultural history. Instead of employing the traditional chronological technique of the biographer, however, Spellberg uses 'A'isha as a lens through which to examine the place of women in Islamic societies. Num Pages: 243 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HRH; JFSJ1; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
243
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231079990
ISBN
9780231079990
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.06

Hardback. An oral-history-based biography of a seminal Asian-American activist. The book traces Embrey's life from her youth in the Little Tokyo section of Los Angeles, to her harrowing experiences in the Japanese internment camps, to her many decades of passionate advocacy on behalf of her fellow internees. Series: Palgrave Studies in Oral History. Num Pages: 206 pages, 13 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBL; HBTD; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 236 x 23. Weight in Grams: 464.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Edition
2007th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230600676
ISBN
9780230600676
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.33

Paperback. Num Pages: 199 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFN; JHB; JHBL; JPS; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
199
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349523863
ISBN
9781349523863
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 120.97

Hardback. Postdigital Aesthetics is a contribution to questions raised by our newly computational everyday lives and the aesthetics which reflect both the postdigital nature of this age, but also critical perspectives of a post-internet world. Editor(s): Berry, David M.; Dieter, Michael. Num Pages: 344 pages, 17 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN; JFD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 225 x 145 x 25. Weight in Grams: 538.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
2015th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137437198
ISBN
9781137437198
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.67

Hardcover. In this study, David Brauner explores the representation of Jewishness in a number of works by postwar British and American Jewish writers, identifying a transatlantic sensibility characterized by an insistent compulsion to explain themselves and their Jewishness in ambivalent terms. Num Pages: 233 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 487.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
240
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333740354
ISBN
9780333740354
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 130.71
€ 81.13

Hardback. Num Pages: 212 pages, black & white illustrations, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JFSK2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 158 x 20. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442215566
ISBN
9781442215566
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.14

Hardback. This book examines parenting in an unequal society and questions whether it is a key mechanism through which poverty translates into underachievement and reduced life chances in children. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFFA; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 428.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
2014th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230354951
ISBN
9780230354951
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.30

Paperback. This oral history collection brings together extended interviews with fifteen women, illuminating the part that gender roles play in ensnaring women in cycles of domestic abuse and homelessness and highlighting the physical stresses. It also challenges liberal myths about homeless people, and homeless women in particular. Editor(s): Hellegers, Desiree. Series: Palgrave Studies in Oral History. Num Pages: 236 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPR; 3JMC; HBTD; JFFB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 336.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
236
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
2011th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230116580
ISBN
9780230116580
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 69.91

Paperback. Num Pages: 230 pages. BIC Classification: HRCM; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 19. Weight in Grams: 366.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Orbis Books (USA) United States
Number of pages
230
Condition
New
SKU
V9780883448489
ISBN
9780883448489
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 26.04

Paperback. Thinking through Digital Media: Transnational Environments and Locative Places speculates on animation, documentary, experimental, interactive, and narrative media that probe human-machine performances, virtual migrations, global warming, structural inequality, and critical cartographies across Brazil, Canada, China, India, USA, and elsewhere. Num Pages: 300 pages, 17 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 21. Weight in Grams: 374.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
2015th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137433626
ISBN
9781137433626
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 134.93

Hardback. This book explores the lived, embodied experiences of aging men as a counterpoint to the weary stereotypes often imposed on them. Conventionally, in Western cultures, they are seen as inevitably in decline. The book challenges these distorted images through a detailed analysis of aging men's life stories. Num Pages: 201 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFH; JFSJ2; JFSP31; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 405.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137527561
ISBN
9781137527561
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.05

Hardcover. This text brings together three discrete areas of interest pertaining to refugees. Asylum is explored through studies on the evolution of legal instruments in Europe, the harmonization process of European policies, and the broader spectrum of factors underpinning decisions on asylum. Series: Migration, Minorities & Citizenship. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; JFFD; JFFN; JPQB; JPVH1; JPVR; LNDA; LNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 445.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Edition
1996th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333643044
ISBN
9780333643044
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.16

Paperback. Yiddish and Power surveys the social, linguistic and intellectual history of the Yiddish language within the traditional civilisation of Jewish Ashkenaz in central, and then in eastern Europe, and its interaction with the surrounding non-Jewish culture. It explores the various ways in which Yiddish has empowered masses and served political agendas. Series: Palgrave Studies in Minority Languages and Communities. Num Pages: 340 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CBX; CFB; CFGR; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
340
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349355211
ISBN
9781349355211
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.98

Paperback. This book recounts the rise of Kim Dae Jung from an oppressed region of Korea, beginning with his schooldays, his activities in the Korean War and his entry into politics and concluding with discussion of his Sunshine policy, his summit with North Korea's Kim Jong Il and his drive for the Nobel. Num Pages: 263 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJF; HBL; JFC; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
263
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349382859
ISBN
9781349382859
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.07

Hardback. Adopting a multidisciplinary approach, this book examines the intersection of race and ethnic relations and the life course. Editor(s): Mitra, Diditi; Weil, Joyce. Num Pages: 272 pages, 5 black & white tables, 4 figures. BIC Classification: JFSL; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 144 x 21. Weight in Grams: 452.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
2014th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137379160
ISBN
9781137379160
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.21

Hardback. Leading family sociologist David Morgan revisits his highly influential 'family practices' approach in this new book. Exploring its impact, and how it has been critiqued, Morgan shows the continued relevance of the approach with reference to time and space, the body, emotions, ethics and work/life balance. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life. Num Pages: 197 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFP; JFSJ; JHBK; VFV; YX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 149 x 16. Weight in Grams: 354.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Edition
2011th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230527232
ISBN
9780230527232
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.57

hardcover. She combines one-on-one interviews with detailed observations of how song provides a window into Amish cultural beliefs, values, and norms. Series: Young Center Books in Anabaptist and Pietist Studies. Num Pages: 216 pages, 48, 47 black & white line drawings, 1 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: HRCR; JFSR; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781421414652
ISBN
9781421414652
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.35

Hardback. This book provides an ethnographic investigation of the white, upper-middle classes in Britain. It follows the Jack Wills brand to demonstrate how the internal economies of the brand forge a distinctive, elite social network made up of former public-school and Russell Group university students. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFCA; JFSC; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 141. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137509604
ISBN
9781137509604
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.28

Paperback. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138789029
ISBN
9781138789029
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.52

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