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Society & culture: general

Hardcover. Transformations in Kalanga and Ndebele Societies, 1860-1990. Series: Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora. 320 pages, 8, 8 black and white. A comparative study of identity shifts in two large ethnic groups in Matabeleland, Zimbabwe. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1HFMW; 3JH; JFC; JHMC. Dimension: 162 x 236 x 31. Weight: 654.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Rochester Press
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580464185
ISBN
9781580464185
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.37

Hardcover. Explores the diversity of thought and action in women's involvement in 19th-century reform movements. Editor(s): Ridarsky, Christine L.; Huth, Mary M. Series: Gender and Race in American History. Num Pages: 256 pages, 3, 3 black and white. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 161 x 26. Weight in Grams: 576. Series: Gender and Race in American History. 256 pages, 3, 3 black and white. Editor(s): Ridarsky, Christine L.; Huth, Mary M. Explores the diversity of thought and action in women's involvement in 19th-century reform movements. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; JFSJ1. Dimension: 240 x 161 x 26. Weight: 556.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Rochester Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580464253
ISBN
9781580464253
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.32

Paperback. Gender, Race, and the Progressive Era Literacy Test Debate. Series: Gender and Race in American History. 214 pages, black & white illustrations. Examines the gendered dimension of Progressive-Era debates about literacy and immigration in late-nineteenth and early-twentieth-century America. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 12. Weight: 298.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Rochester Press
Number of pages
214
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580464413
ISBN
9781580464413
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 36.10

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580464727
ISBN
9781580464727
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.30
€ 64.37

Hardcover. Examines Mendelssohn's relationship to the past, shedding light on the construction of historical legacies that, in some cases, served to assert German cultural supremacy only two decades after the composer's death. Editor(s): Thym, Jurgen. Series: Eastman Studies in Music. Num Pages: 350 pages, 11 black & white illustrations, 31 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; AVGC5; AVH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 237 x 26. Weight in Grams: 720.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Rochester Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580464741
ISBN
9781580464741
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.28

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Rochester Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580464895
ISBN
9781580464895
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 36.10

Hardcover. Reveals the history of the individuals who worked to make psychiatry more available to Harlem's black community in the early Civil Rights Era. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJ; JFSL3; MBX; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 161 x 26. Weight in Grams: 582.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Rochester Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580464925
ISBN
9781580464925
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.85

Hardcover. Demonstrates that the intersection between race, gender, and class formed the backbone of Progressive-Era debates over sex education, the policing of sexuality, and the prevention of venereal disease. Series: Gender and Race in American History. Num Pages: 228 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; HBTB; JFSJ; JFSL; JNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 241 x 19. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Rochester Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580465359
ISBN
9781580465359
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.32

Hardcover. This final volume of Bernth Lindfors's definitive biography records the remarkable achievements and experiences of Ira Aldridge in the last years of his life, when he performed at theaters throughout Europe. Series: Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora. Num Pages: 364 pages, 20 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; 3JH; ANB; BGF; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 166 x 35. Weight in Grams: 722.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Rochester Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580465380
ISBN
9781580465380
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.30
€ 64.37

Paperback. A revealing look at the lives and perspectives of transgender and gender variant people, based on 150 personal interviews Num Pages: 208 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 15. Weight in Grams: 360.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
UPNE
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781584656838
ISBN
9781584656838
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 21.99

Paperback. A study of the iconic Brillo box through the theories of design, aesthetics, and art Num Pages: 144 pages, 34 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ABA; AK; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 203 x 203 x 12. Weight in Grams: 572.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Dartmouth
Condition
New
SKU
V9781584657019
ISBN
9781584657019
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 21.99

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University Press of New England United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9781584657958
ISBN
9781584657958
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.29
€ 44.59

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University Press of New England United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781584659051
ISBN
9781584659051
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 39.36

Paperback. A title that shows how popular films reflected the massive social changes that resulted from the Great Migration of African Americans from the rural South to cities in the North, West, and Mid-West during the first three decades of the twentieth century. It offers a unique map of Black representations in film. Series: Culture & the Moving Image S. Num Pages: 280 pages, 17 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; APFA; HBJK; HBLW; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Temple University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781592130030
ISBN
9781592130030
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 29.51

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9781592130313
ISBN
9781592130313
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.68

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9781592131358
ISBN
9781592131358
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 32.04

Paperback. Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972 reflects America's aspirational belief that girls and boys, women and men, both deserve equal educational opportunities in athletics. This book shows how this ideal has been both implemented and thwarted over the years via actions in the legislature, executive and judicial branches of government. Editor(s): Hogshead-Makar, Nancy; Zimbalist, Andrew. Num Pages: 328 pages, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JNU; YNW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 180 x 21. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Temple University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781592133802
ISBN
9781592133802
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 44.90

Paperback. Melvin Juette has said that becoming paralyzed in a gang-related shooting was 'both the worst and best thing that happened' to him. The incident, he believes, surely spared the then sixteen-year-old African American from prison and/or an early death. It transformed him in other ways, too. This title tells Juette's story. Num Pages: 192 pages, 10 Halftones. BIC Classification: BGSA; JFFG; WSJM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 210 x 16. Weight in Grams: 248.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9781592134755
ISBN
9781592134755
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.31

Paperback. Explores the history of scrapbook-making, its origins, uses, forms and purposes, as well as the human agents behind the books themselves. Scrapbooks bring pleasure in both the making and consuming. This volume considers the makers, their artefacts, and the viewers within the context of American culture. Editor(s): Tucker, Susan; Ott, Katherine. Num Pages: 320 pages, 65 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1K; GTB; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 182 x 22. Weight in Grams: 614.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Temple University Press
Edition
First Softcover
Condition
New
SKU
V9781592134786
ISBN
9781592134786
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Paperback. What does it mean to be a "citizen" today, in an age of unbridled consumerism, terrorism, militarism, and multinationalism? This book provides the answer to this question. It looks at media coverage of September 11th and the Iraq invasion as well as "infotainment" to see how US TV is serving its citizens as part of "the global commodity chain". Num Pages: 248 pages, 2 Tables, 1 Figure, 1 b&w photo. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD; JHBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 338.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781592135615
ISBN
9781592135615
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.15

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