Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Hardback. Investigates the often controversial relationship between gender, equality and education from international and comparative perspectives. This volume also investigates whether gender equality in education is really being achieved in schools around the world or not. Editor(s): Baker, David; Wiseman, Alexander W. Series Editor(s): Wiseman, Alexander W. Series: International Perspectives on Education and Society. Num Pages: 456 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFS; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 163 x 39. Weight in Grams: 790.
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848550940
- ISBN
- 9781848550940
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.33
€ 154.33
Paperback. Childhood today is big business. It is impossible for any child growing up to avoid intense marketing and research shows that these commercial pressures affect children's health and wellbeing. Featuring high profile contributors with hard-hitting views, this book argues that these corporate and commercial pressures are new forms of child abuse. Editor(s): Wild, Jim. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white line drawings, figures. BIC Classification: JFFE1; JKSB1; JKSN; JMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 228 x 12. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849053686
- ISBN
- 9781849053686
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.01
€ 34.01
Paperback. This volume is concerned with the UK's postwar, music-centred, white working-class subcultures, from teddy boys to mods and rockers to skinheads to punks. Series: New Accents. Num Pages: 208 pages, references, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFC; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 186 x 125 x 12. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1979
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415039499
- ISBN
- 9780415039499
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.48
€ 34.48
Paperback. Scotland's ballads represent one of the high-water marks of Scottish literature and are famous as superb expressions of oral culture, reflecting a world of magic, deep passion and history transformed into legend. This selection includes more than eighty of the finest ballads, together with an introduction, notes and glosses. Editor(s): Lyle, Emily. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; AVGH; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780862414771
- ISBN
- 9780862414771
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.18
€ 16.99
€ 12.18
Paperback. Wide-ranging look at mysterious and misunderstood aspects of northern regions from antiquity to present day. Editor(s): Barraclough, Eleanor Rosamund; Cudmore, Danielle Marie; Donecker, Stefan. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1DN; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Publisher
- University of Alberta Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781772122671
- ISBN
- 9781772122671
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 25.26
€ 34.99
€ 25.26
Hardback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 1. BIC Classification: HBW; JFSL; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- SKU
- KTJ0008943
- ISBN
- 9780801441332
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 29.99€ 4.99
€ 29.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. Ferment for Good is a guide to discovering the joys of fermentation in its myriad variations - framed through the eyes of Sharon Flynn, a one-time English teacher who has hooked early in her 20s and has since made it her life's work to learn and share all there is to know about this most ancient of practices. Num Pages: 224 pages, Full colour photographs and illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: JFCV; WBH; WBT; WBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 190. .
- Publisher
- Hardie Grant Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781743792094
- ISBN
- 9781743792094
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 20.68
€ 29.99
€ 20.68
Paperback. Monsters, ghosts, fantastic beings, and supernatural phenomena of all sorts haunt the folklore and popular culture of Japan. Drawing on years of research in Japan, this book unpacks the history and cultural context of yokai, tracing their roots, interpreting their meanings, and introducing people who have hunted them through the ages. Illustrator(s): Kijin, Shinonome. Num Pages: 336 pages, 30 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 161 x 19. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520271029
- ISBN
- 9780520271029
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.38
€ 33.99
€ 24.38
Paperback. One World Now seamlessly integrates major developments of the past decade into Peter Singer's classic text on the ethics of globalization Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; JFFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 210 x 29. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300196054
- ISBN
- 9780300196054
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.31
€ 17.99
€ 14.31
Paperback. Num Pages: 328 pages, 8. BIC Classification: HBJF1; HRH; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231161473
- ISBN
- 9780231161473
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.98
€ 40.99
€ 28.98
Hardcover. The Country of First Boys is Amartya Sen's intellectual journey through the past and present to seek an understanding of India's history and the demands of its future. In this collection, Sen examines justice, identity, deprivation, inequalities, gender politics, education, the media, and the importance of getting your priorities right. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: JFF; JKS; JPV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 204 x 26. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198738183
- ISBN
- 9780198738183
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 21.48
€ 21.99
€ 21.48
Paperback. Num Pages: 220 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 172 x 22. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Publisher
- South African History Online
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780795701351
- ISBN
- 9780795701351
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.20
€ 24.99
€ 21.20
Paperback. Explores the fashioning and refashioning of modern Chinese subjectivity as it relates to the literal and figurative body of the nation. This book contains essays that reveal the particular temporality of the modern Chinese nation-state. Series: Body, Commodity, Text. Num Pages: 240 pages, 6 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFC; JHM; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822319696
- ISBN
- 9780822319696
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.15
€ 28.15
Paperback. Argues that health is a concept, a norm, and a set of bodily practices whose ideological work is often rendered invisible by the assumption that it is a monolithic, universal good Editor(s): Kirkland, Anna Rutherford; Metzl, Jonathan M. Series: Biopolitics. Num Pages: 226 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFH; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Number of pages
- 226
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814795934
- ISBN
- 9780814795934
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 29.12
€ 29.99
€ 29.12
Hardback. Over 1,240 images of museum quality hats show millinery history from the 1790s to the 1970s and include ascots, bourrelets, bigonnets, chapeaux rouges, nurses' hats, Pamelas, pillboxes, toreodors, turbans, and wedding hats. Materials including felts, furs (real and imitation), and feathers are adorned with beads, flowers, and sequins. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1190 color & 58 b/w photos. BIC Classification: AKTA; JFCK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 288 x 227 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1550.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764324031
- ISBN
- 9780764324031
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 32.06
€ 48.99
€ 32.06
Paperback. A work on the history of black dandyism. It examines the pivotal role that style has played in the politics and aesthetics of African diasporic identity formation. Num Pages: 408 pages, 42 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; JFCK; JFSL3. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 26. Weight in Grams: 632. Black Dandyism and the Styling of Black Diasporic Identity. 408 pages, 42 illustrations. A work on the history of black dandyism. It examines the pivotal role that style has played in the politics and aesthetics of African diasporic identity formation. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1H; JFCK; JFSL3. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 26. Weight: 642.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 408
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822346036
- ISBN
- 9780822346036
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 32.76
€ 32.99
€ 32.76
Paperback. Editor(s): Bamford, Christopher. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JNA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- Rudolf Steiner Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780880104944
- ISBN
- 9780880104944
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 25.76
€ 25.99
€ 25.76
Paperback. In The Migrant Image T. J. Demos examines the ways contemporary artists have reinvented documentary practices in their representations of mobile lives: refugees, migrants, the stateless, and the politically dispossessed. Num Pages: 368 pages, 93 illustrations, including 17 in colour. BIC Classification: APFR; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 235 x 21. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822353409
- ISBN
- 9780822353409
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.39
€ 32.99
€ 29.39
Hardback. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: HRAB; JFCX; JFSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 166 x 246 x 34. Weight in Grams: 746.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691165196
- ISBN
- 9780691165196
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.63€ 46.13
€ 58.63
€ 46.13
Hardback. Aims to unpack the complex meanings of 'Chineseness' in post-1998 Indonesia, including the ways in which the policy of multiculturalism enabled such a 'resurgence', the forces that shaped it and the possibilities for 'resinicisation'. This book examines ethnic Chinese self-identify. Num Pages: 230 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMN; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 169 x 19. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 230
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845192686
- ISBN
- 9781845192686
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.76
€ 126.76
Paperback. In Ghostly Desires Arnika Fuhrmann examines post-1997 Thai cinema and video art to show how vernacular Buddhist values, stories, and images combine with sexual politics in figuring in current struggles over gender, sexuality, personhood, and collective life. Num Pages: 272 pages, 29 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMT; APFA; HBJF; JFSK2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822361558
- ISBN
- 9780822361558
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 29.07
€ 29.99
€ 29.07
Paperback. The Iranian Talmud reexamines the Babylonian Talmud-one of Judaism's most central texts-in the light of Persian literature and culture, providing an unprecedented and accessible overview to the vibrant world of pre-Islamic Iran that shaped the Bavli. Series: Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient Religion. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAM; 3D; HBJF; HBLA; JFSR1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 146 x 223 x 16. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812223736
- ISBN
- 9780812223736
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.76
€ 36.99
€ 33.76
Paperback. Focusing on the pragmatic aspects of social work with gay and lesbian persons, this book offers a knowledge base of practice that enables prepare students and practitioners for working more competently and effectively with lesbians and gay men. It teaches you how to develop practice approaches that are sensitive to issues of sexual orientation. Editor(s): Lofstrom, Jan. Num Pages: 322 pages. BIC Classification: 1DN; JFSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 322
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781560231011
- ISBN
- 9781560231011
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.45€ 37.70
€ 57.45
€ 37.70
Paperback. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 148 x 23. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Publisher
- Feminist Press at The City University of New York United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- English-Language Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558618374
- ISBN
- 9781558618374
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 24.29
€ 29.99
€ 24.29