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Consuming Habits: Global and Historical Perspectives on How Cultures D...
. Ed(S): Goodman, Jordan; Lovejoy, Paul E.; S...
paperback. Covering a wide range of substances, including opium, cocaine, coffee, tobacco, and kola, since prehistory, this edition explores the analytical category of psychoactive substances from challenging historical and anthropological perspectives. It is a companion for those interested in how different cultures have defined drugs across the ages. Editor(s): Goodman, Jordan; Lovejoy, Paul E.; Sherratt, Andrew. Num Pages: 304 pages, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFFH; JHBT. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415425827
- ISBN
- 9780415425827
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.21
€ 66.21
The Just War Tradition: Applying Old Ethics to New Problems: Applying ...
. Ed(S): Brown, Davis; Syse, Henrik
hardcover. Editor(s): Brown, Davis; Syse, Henrik. Num Pages: 228 pages. BIC Classification: HBW; JFM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 253 x 183 x 19. Weight in Grams: 564.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415737111
- ISBN
- 9780415737111
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 175.17
€ 175.17
Paperback. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1HB; JFFN; JPA; JPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138289512
- ISBN
- 9781138289512
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Condition: New
€ 51.57
€ 51.57
hardcover. The term 'homonormativity' describes contemporary assumptions about lesbian identity. This concept, however, marginalizes subgroups within the greater lesbian population. Presenting multidisciplinary discussion about what is a definable lesbian identity, this text explores issues about gender policing and the viewpoints in lesbian communities. Num Pages: 278 pages. BIC Classification: JFSK1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 589.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Routledge United States
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781560236443
- ISBN
- 9781560236443
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 196.67
€ 196.67
Paperback. In Paths to Post-Nationalism, Monica Heller shows how hegemonic discourses of language, identity, and the nation-State are destabilized under new political and economic conditions. Series: Oxford Studies in Sociolinguistics. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFB; CFDM; EBAL; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199746859
- ISBN
- 9780199746859
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Condition: New
€ 64.94
€ 64.94
Paperback. In a valuable addition to the debate on the nature of contemporary working-class culture, Thomas Dunk shows that the function and meaning of gender, ethnicity, popular leisure activities, and common-sense knowledge are intimately linked with the way an individual's experience is structured by class. Num Pages: 224 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1KBCO; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 227 x 15. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen´s University Press Canada
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780773524835
- ISBN
- 9780773524835
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.36
€ 37.99
€ 34.36
Paperback. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 136.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Beacon Press United States
- Number of pages
- 120
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807043233
- ISBN
- 9780807043233
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Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.20
€ 18.99
€ 15.20
Hardcover. China has the largest child population in the world. This book provides answers to various questions and draws conclusions about Chinese children as a market and its implications for advertisers and marketers, parents, policy makers and social groups. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFD; JFSP1; KJSA; KNTY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- The Chinese University Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789629961428
- ISBN
- 9789629961428
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.77
€ 38.77
paperback. When Reece arrives at Cathy's door aged 7 years old, he has already passed through the hands of four different carers in four weeks. As the details of his short life emerge, it becomes clear that to help him, Cathy will face her biggest challenge yet.The latest title from the author of Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller Damaged. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: BM; JFFE1; JKSF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 113 x 28. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- HarperElement
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780007362967
- ISBN
- 9780007362967
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Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.80
€ 11.99
€ 9.80
Paperback. Examines the mutually influential interactions of gender and the state in Latin America from the late colonial period to the end of the twentieth century. This book locates watershed moments in the processes of gender construction by the organised power of the ruling classes and in the processes by which gender has conditioned state-making. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; GTB; JFSJ; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 29. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822324690
- ISBN
- 9780822324690
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
hardcover. An ethnographic analysis of organ transplantation in Turkey, based on the stories of kidney-transplant patients and physicians in Istanbul. Series: Experimental Futures. Num Pages: 264 pages, 11 photographs. BIC Classification: 1DVG; GTB; JFFH; JHMP; MJRD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5893 x 3963 x 25. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822348894
- ISBN
- 9780822348894
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.46
€ 111.46
hardcover. Ann Cvetkovich combines memoir and cultural critique in search of ways of writing about depression as a public cultural and political phenomenon rather than as a personal medical pathology. Num Pages: 296 pages, 38 illustrations, including 14 in color. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 162 x 27. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press Books United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822352235
- ISBN
- 9780822352235
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Condition: New
€ 111.46
€ 111.46
paperback. Gender and Archaeology is the first volume to critically review the development of this now key topic internationally, across a range of periods and material culture. Num Pages: 208 pages, 17 line figures, 17 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: HD; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780415216005
- ISBN
- 9780415216005
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Condition: New
€ 56.18
€ 56.18
paperback. Num Pages: 220 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; JFSL; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 317.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780415546218
- ISBN
- 9780415546218
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Condition: New
€ 71.95
€ 71.95
Paperback. Gender Articulated forges new connections between language-related field and feminist theory. The essays presented here examine a range of cultures, languages and settings explicitly connecting feminist theory to language research. Editor(s): Hall, Kira; Bucholtz, Mary. Num Pages: 524 pages, facsimiles. BIC Classification: CFB; CFF; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 32. Weight in Grams: 814.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 524
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415913997
- ISBN
- 9780415913997
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Condition: New
€ 69.08
€ 69.08
Makes use of archival sources to reexamine the Roman Catholic Church's policy, from the sixteenth to nineteenth centuries, of coercing the Jews of Rome into converting to Christianity. This title documents the regularity with which Jews were abducted from the Roman ghetto and pressured to accept baptism. Translator(s): Cochrane, Lydia G. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HRCC7; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 235 x 26. Weight in Grams: 588.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520254510
- ISBN
- 9780520254510
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 84.42€ 80.05
€ 84.42
€ 80.05
- Edition
- New edition
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747547990
- ISBN
- 9780747547990
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.06
€ 19.99
€ 16.06
Paperback. Explains the history of British occupational dress from around 1750 to 1950, a period that saw the decline of many traditional forms of employment, the emergence of new types of job and the alteration of various existing roles to meet the changing demands of the workplace. This guide demonstrates the adaptation of regular clothes for manual tasks. Series: Shire Library. Num Pages: 64 pages, 70 b/w; 41 col. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; AKTH; JFCK; WQN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 153 x 5. Weight in Grams: 146.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Shire
- Number of pages
- 64
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747811978
- ISBN
- 9780747811978
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.46
€ 12.46
Paperback. Considers the devastating impact of family violence on children, examines children's views of violence, and proposes strategies for intervention and prevention. The authors provide case studies and empirical research to portray the scope of the problem. Series: Developmental Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry. Num Pages: 136 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFE; JFSP1; JFSP2; JMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 142 x 9. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803933842
- ISBN
- 9780803933842
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 142.04
€ 142.04
paperback. Written by an Englishwoman, living in Paris at the beginning of the twentieth century, this work includes 137 household recipes. It also contains menus with recipes from the best Paris chefs and restaurants. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: JFCV; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138974654
- ISBN
- 9781138974654
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Condition: New
€ 40.09
€ 40.09
Paperback. Although climate change affects everybody it is not gender neutral. It has significant social impacts and magnifies existing inequalities such as the disparity between women and men in their vulnerability and ability to cope with this global phenomenon. This title provides an introduction to gender aspects of climate change. Num Pages: 312 pages, Diagrams, tables, graphs, index. BIC Classification: JFSJ; RNPG; RNT. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844078653
- ISBN
- 9781844078653
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Condition: New
€ 50.29
€ 50.29
Paperback. This book uses postcolonial theory to examine the implications of race, class and gender relations for the structuring of world politics. The implications of these themes are discussed using a wide range of postcolonial readings and critiques. Editor(s): Chowdhry, Geeta; Nair, Sheila. Series: Routledge Advances in International Relations and Global Politics. Num Pages: 340 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFS; JFSC; JFSJ; JFSL1; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 165 x 19. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 340
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415329361
- ISBN
- 9780415329361
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.21
€ 66.21
paperback. Famine remains one of the worst calamities that can befall a society. Mass starvation - whether it is inflicted by drought or engineered by misguided or genocidal economic policies - devastates families, weakens the social fabric, and undermines political stability. This title traces the history of famine from the earliest records to today. Num Pages: 344 pages, 7 halftones. 16 line illus. 11 tables. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFFC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 214 x 138 x 22. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780691147970
- ISBN
- 9780691147970
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 23.98
€ 30.99
€ 23.98
The spread of Islam across maritime Southeast Asia was one of the great transformations that shaped today's world. Links with the Middle East were crucial, but ties with the Ottoman empire have received little attention from historians. This book uses original archival research to focus on the relationship, from the 16th century to the present day. Editor(s): Peacock, Andrew; Gallop, Annabel Teh. Series: Proceedings of the British Academy. Num Pages: 300 pages, 22 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FM; 1QDT; HBJF; JFSR2; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 164 x 23. Weight in Grams: 816.
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780197265819
- ISBN
- 9780197265819
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 117.83
€ 117.83