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paperback. Argues that animal cruelty must be understood in terms of social relationships, as actively used by social groups to achieve sought-after identities. The author situates cruelty in situations where groups of people decide, on their own terms, what constitutes the wrongful harm of animals and how best to communicate their understanding to others. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: JFFZ; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 14. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Temple University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9781592134724
ISBN
9781592134724
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.07

Paperback. The two-sided traditions of multiple births in Africa Editor(s): Peek, Philip M. Num Pages: 376 pages, 36 b&w illus., 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1H; JFC; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 228 x 21. Weight in Grams: 518.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253223074
ISBN
9780253223074
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.47

Paperback. Global goods, class, and identity in urban Egypt Series: Public Cultures of the Middle East and North Africa. Num Pages: 288 pages, 7 b&w illus. BIC Classification: JFHF; JFSG; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 438.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253223111
ISBN
9780253223111
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.25

paperback. Discusses the role the media play in cultivating, shaping, and directing the collective emotional response toward crime Num Pages: 222 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFD; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 341.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
222
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253223395
ISBN
9780253223395
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.25

Paperback. This work highlights the existence of non-violent and anti-violent societies, combining theory and case studies of particular groups, to look at how they deal with conflict with a view to distilling lessons about peacemaking in a global context. Editor(s): Fry, Douglas P.; Kemp, Graham. Num Pages: 252 pages, 10 pictures, 2 bar graphs, and 10 tables. BIC Classification: GTJ; JFC; JFFE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 230 x 14. Weight in Grams: 366.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United States
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415947626
ISBN
9780415947626
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.22

Paperback. By demonstrating the great flexibility of the Dakota in adapting to the trying economic circumstances of their environment, "The Dakota of the Canadian Northwest" has given us a significant example of the cultural tenacity and economic ingenuity of one aboriginal group. Num Pages: 262 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 484.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Regina Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780889771352
ISBN
9780889771352
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 26.25

Paperback. First published in 1980 by the Canadian Museum of Civilization, this study presents narratives from different genres of Rock Cree oral literature in northwestern Manitoba together with interpretive and comparative commentary. Num Pages: 185 pages. BIC Classification: JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 151 x 12. Weight in Grams: 330.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Regina Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780889771956
ISBN
9780889771956
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 26.20

Paperback. Bestselling author Chuck Klosterman returns with his fascinating and often hilarious musings on pop culture and sport Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DNF; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 141 x 19. Weight in Grams: 268.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Scribner
Edition
1 Reprint
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781416544210
ISBN
9781416544210
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.33

paperback. Offers a critique of the history film and its reduction of women to figures of ambivalence or absence. This book offers readings of films such as "Midnight Clear", "The Thin Red Line", "Nixon", "Lone Star", and "Limbo". It demonstrates that the 'uncanny' is not only a source of anxiety but also a force for eroding ideals of nation and gender. Num Pages: 207 pages, 6 b&w illus. BIC Classification: APF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 508. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
207
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292702691
ISBN
9780292702691
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.83

paperback. Explores how youth identities have been constructed through dominant and often competing discourses about youth, sexuality, and gender, and how queer youth in Alberta negotiated the contradictions of these discourses. Series: Sexuality Studies. Num Pages: 200 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFSJ; JHBK5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 14. Weight in Grams: 281.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774812467
ISBN
9780774812467
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.09

paperback. Ethical Issues in Community-Based Research with Children and Youth is a collection of essays that describe the uniqueness of community-based research, outlining several of the ethical concerns that it engenders. Editor(s): Leadbeater, Bonnie; Banister, Elizabeth; Benoit, Cecilia M.; Jansson, Mikael; Marshall, Anne; Riecken, Ted. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 figure. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JHBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780802048820
ISBN
9780802048820
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.86

Paperback. A facsimile reprint of the very first "Boy Scout Handbook", complete with the advertisements that accompanied the original 1911 edition. Num Pages: 448 pages, full colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJC; HBTB; JFSV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 15 x 128. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9781616081980
ISBN
9781616081980
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.53

paperback. A comprehensive, illustrated history of African Americans from 1502 to 1880. Through Chapter 5 of To Make Our World Anew single-volume edition. Num Pages: 320 pages, 48 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 235 x 27. Weight in Grams: 528.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Oxford University Press, U.S.A. United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195181340
ISBN
9780195181340
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 22.46

paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages, 40 halftones & line illus. BIC Classification: HRA; HRG; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 662.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Oxford University Press, U.S.A. United States
Edition
Annotated
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195332612
ISBN
9780195332612
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.17

Paperback. This text is a groundbreaking work by archaeologist Lynn Meskell that examines the conflicts inherent in natural vs. cultural heritage. The author brings archaeological and ethnographic evidence to bear on a holistic understanding of one nation's self-identification by developing its protected areas and cultural heritage sites. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; HDD; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 172 x 15. Weight in Grams: 486.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780470670712
ISBN
9780470670712
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.16

paperback. In an age of fractured identities and a world that is moving toward a global community, this book offers a way of imagining the world where community and individual identity may not only coexist, but also depend upon the other to the benefit of both. Num Pages: 248 pages, 2 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5334 x 3556 x 16. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9781592130054
ISBN
9781592130054
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 30.78

paperback. Compelling analysis of the persistent inability of the United States to meet the housing needs of a large portion of its people. Editor(s): Hartman, Chester; Bratt, Rachel G.; Stone, Michael. Num Pages: 448 pages, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSG; JKSB; JPQB; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 6466 x 4531 x 712. Weight in Grams: 771.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9781592134328
ISBN
9781592134328
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 46.28

paperback. Drawing from evolutionary biology, neuroscience, and sociology, this truly interdisciplinary study explores how the drive to find social connection has shaped the size, structure, and organization of human communities from the Stone Age to the post-industrial present. Series: Contemporary Societies Series. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: JFSG; JP; WZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 143 x 23. Weight in Grams: 438.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780393927276
ISBN
9780393927276
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.13

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Irish Academic Press Ltd
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780716529668
ISBN
9780716529668
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 90.90

paperback. Series: Routledge Library Editions: Women's History. Num Pages: 384 pages, 12 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 236 x 21. Weight in Grams: 582.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415752534
ISBN
9780415752534
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.72

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