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Society & culture: general
Paperback. Presents a patchwork of Philadelphia's political and economic changes dating back to 1683. This book explores a range of issues impacting upon the city's post-industrial economy trends in housing and homelessness, the business community, job distribution, a disintegrating political structure, and increased racial, class, and neighborhood conflict. Series: Comparative American Cities. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566390781
- ISBN
- 9781566390781
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Paperback. Against the backdrop of increasing ambivalence in the federal government commitment to race-based employment policies, this book reveals how African-Americans first broke into professional and managerial jobs in corporations during the sixties and offers in-depth profiles of their subsequent career experiences. Series: Labor & Social Change. Num Pages: 216 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3; JHBL; KJM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5334 x 3556 x 17. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566394741
- ISBN
- 9781566394741
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.59
€ 40.99
€ 36.59
Paperback. For many black Americans, the prominence and success of black Cubans in early efforts for independence and abolition highlighted a sense of racial identity and pride. This book traces the relations between Cubans and African-Americans from the abolitionist era to the Cuban Revolution of 1959. Editor(s): Fuertes, Digna Castaneda. Num Pages: 328 pages, 26 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KJC; JFSL3; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566395878
- ISBN
- 9781566395878
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 43.30
€ 47.99
€ 43.30
paperback. Series: The William G. Bowen Memorial Series in Higher Education. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 236 x 42. Weight in Grams: 812.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780691168586
- ISBN
- 9780691168586
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 20.34
€ 29.99
€ 20.34
paperback. Num Pages: 175 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJF; JFD; JPVN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 9. Weight in Grams: 138.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- IG PUBLISHING
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780970312594
- ISBN
- 9780970312594
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 13.87
€ 19.99
€ 13.87
Paperback. In the two decades after World War II, New York was shaken by struggles over urban renewal. Manhattan Projects offers a fresh look at the history of those conflicts, showing how the idea of urban renewal was made and unmade as the state of the art technique for remaking cities. Num Pages: 496 pages, 76 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJP; HBJK; HBTB; JFSG; RPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 694.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199874057
- ISBN
- 9780199874057
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.81
€ 61.81
Paperback. Uncovering a substantial variety of books by women about the diverse West Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 5SL; DSBF; DSBH; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 164 x 22. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252078842
- ISBN
- 9780252078842
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.25
€ 36.99
€ 33.25
hardcover. Examines and compares women in local government and features case studies on the US, UK, France, Germany, Spain, Finland, Uganda, China, Australia and New Zealand. Editor(s): Pini, Barbara. Series: Routledge Research in Comparative Politics. Num Pages: 232 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, 24 black & white tables, 8 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JPR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 165 x 20. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415559348
- ISBN
- 9780415559348
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 187.92
€ 187.92
Perspectives on Embodiment: The Intersections of Nature and Culture
. Ed(S): Haber, Honi Fern; Weiss, Gail
hardcover. This collection of essays defy arbitrary distinctions between nature and culture and reveal the complex ways in which nature and culture interact to produce embodied subjects. Editor(s): Haber, Honi Fern; Weiss, Gail. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1 port. BIC Classification: HP; JFC; PS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415915854
- ISBN
- 9780415915854
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 200.66
€ 200.66
Paperback. Explores the key relationship between domestic ideology and formulations of the self in 19th-century America. Arguing that domesticity not only presumes but institutes distinctions of gender, class and race, Brown reveals how these distinctions in turn inform identity. Series: The New Historicism: Studies in Cultural Poetics. Num Pages: 284 pages, 6 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; JFSJ; JMS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 63.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520080997
- ISBN
- 9780520080997
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.00
€ 33.99
€ 25.00
Paperback. Since the 1960s, Martin Luther King, Jr, has personified black leadership with his use of direct action protests against white authority. Booker T Washington pursued a different strategy to lift his people. This biography reveals how conditions in the segregated South led Washington to call for a less contentious path to freedom and equality. Num Pages: 528 pages, 54 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; JFSL3; JN; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 155 x 36. Weight in Grams: 840.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 528
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674060371
- ISBN
- 9780674060371
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 31.06
€ 36.99
€ 31.06
Paperback. A collection of essays showcasing intersections of mothering, the media, and popular culture. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFSJ1; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 621.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen's University Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780773539808
- ISBN
- 9780773539808
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 38.84
€ 43.99
€ 38.84
Paperback. Editor(s): Turner, Sarah. Num Pages: 308 pages. BIC Classification: JFSL; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- UBC Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774824941
- ISBN
- 9780774824941
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.59
€ 40.99
€ 36.59
Paperback. Sylvia Walby offers an innovative new theoretical framework for explaining social inequalities around the world. A highly anticipated new book from a major name in the social sciences. Num Pages: 520 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, maps, figures. BIC Classification: JFFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 169 x 29. Weight in Grams: 860.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 520
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803985186
- ISBN
- 9780803985186
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.24
€ 73.24
Hardcover. 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): Metzl, Jonathan M.; Kirkland, Anna. Series: Biopolitics. Num Pages: 226 pages, Illustrations 1 map. BIC Classification: JFFH; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814795927
- ISBN
- 9780814795927
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 85.77
€ 85.77
Paperback. During the tumultuous 1990s, as Russia struggled to shed the trappings of the Soviet empire, television viewing emerged as an enormous influence on Russian life. This title describes the knowing ways in which ordinary Russians watch the news, sceptically analyse information, and develop strategies for dealing with news bias. Num Pages: 408 pages, 33 b&w photographs, 8 tables. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; APT; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 31. Weight in Grams: 694.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822324638
- ISBN
- 9780822324638
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Paperback. Argues that sixteenth century Nahua sexuality cannot be fully understood only through colonial sensibilities and sources. This book examines legal documents, clerical texts, pictorial manuscripts, images and glyphs of Nahua gods and goddesses and descriptions of fertility rituals to show the complexity of Nahua sexuality. Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 384 pages, 43 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JFC; JHBK5; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822351511
- ISBN
- 9780822351511
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
hardcover. "The Book of Sports" was the royal declaration which sanctioned popular participation in traditional pastimes after church attendance on Sunday. This book takes a fresh look at the events surrounding the re-publication of the "Book of Sports" in 1633 and reassesses the role of Charles I himself in the controversy. Num Pages: 248 pages, 8 black & white plates. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB; HBWE; JFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 164 x 21. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859898560
- ISBN
- 9780859898560
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 142.68
€ 142.68
Paperback. Like it or not, all of us who live in modern society are organization men and women. We tend to be caught in the traditional patterns of dominance and subordination. This book shows how pervasive patterns of relationship are in our work lives and personal lives, and how deep they run - into the language of the organization and of ordinary life. Series: Women in the Political Economy. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780877224006
- ISBN
- 9780877224006
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 42.18
€ 46.99
€ 42.18
paperback. Editor(s): Bayer, Gerd. Series: Ashgate Popular and Folk Music Series. Num Pages: 214 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; AVGT; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138249387
- ISBN
- 9781138249387
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.40
€ 69.40