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Society & culture: general

Paperback. At the turn of the twentieth century, two distinct, yet at times overlapping, male same-sex sexual subcultures had emerged in the Pacific Northwest. This title draws on police logs, court records, and newspaper accounts to create a picture of the lives of these men and youths - their sexual practices, cultural networks, and more. Num Pages: 335 pages, 15 b/w photographs, 2 maps, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBT; JFSK2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
335
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520240483
ISBN
9780520240483
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.35

Paperback. Explains why gay rights advocates have achieved dramatically different levels of success from one policy area to another. This book compares results across a wide range of gay rights struggles. It explores debates over laws governing military service, homosexual conduct, adoption, marriage and partner recognition, hate crimes, and civil rights. Series: Chicago Studies in American Politics. Num Pages: 352 pages, 8 line drawings, 41 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSK; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 530.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226544090
ISBN
9780226544090
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.77

Hardback. Are gay rights "equal rights" or "special rights?" Is homosexuality immoral? While contributors to Same Sex, including the late John Boswell, David Halperin, and George Chauncey, often clash in opinion, they share a fundamental commitment to careful, rational discussion. Series: Studies in Social, Political and Legal Philosophy. Num Pages: 422 pages. BIC Classification: HRA; JFSJ; JFSK; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 163 x 27. Weight in Grams: 750.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
422
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847684823
ISBN
9780847684823
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.57

Paperback. A lesson in critical thinking and a warning to look more deeply into data before believing the latest hot story about the battle of the sexes. -Boston Globe Num Pages: 304 pages, b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 20. Weight in Grams: 371.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Basic Books
Edition
60699th
Condition
New
SKU
V9780465006137
ISBN
9780465006137
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.71

Paperback. This collection of essays on the sexual culture of the Sambia of Papua New Guinea examines: fetish and fantasy; ritual nose-bleeding; the role of homoerotic insemination; the role of the father and mother in the process of identity formation; and the creation of a "third sex" in nature and culture. Series: Worlds of Desire S. Num Pages: 334 pages, 21 halftones, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; JFC; JFSJ; JHM; JMU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
334
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226327525
ISBN
9780226327525
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.74

Hardcover. Editor(s): Khosravi, Samaneh. Num Pages: 108 pages, illustrated throughout. BIC Classification: AJB; AJCR; JFCK; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 204 x 14. Weight in Grams: 642.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Kerber Verlag
Condition
New
SKU
V9783735601209
ISBN
9783735601209
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.37

Paperback. Challenging the legacy of slavery, colonization, and ongoing racism that portrays African-American people as unable to love, the author of 'All About Love' explores how the ethic of love has become the foundation of hope and survival. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCA; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 201 x 16. Weight in Grams: 226.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Harper Perennial
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780060959494
ISBN
9780060959494
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.45

Hardback. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCA; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814723883
ISBN
9780814723883
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.68

Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, 9, 6 black & white halftones, 2 black & white line drawings, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1FMC; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781501703034
ISBN
9781501703034
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.28

Paperback. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813564616
ISBN
9780813564616
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.49

Paperback. A discussion of the probability (shown by DNA tests) that Thomas Jefferson was the father of his slave Sally Hemings's children. The essays reflect the deeper questions the relationship between Jefferson and Hemings has raised about American history and national culture. Editor(s): Lewis, Jan; Onuf, Peter S. Series: Jeffersonian America. Num Pages: 325 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
325
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813919195
ISBN
9780813919195
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.16

Hardback. Leading experts analyse the critical role played by Salafism across the Middle East in the wake of the Arab Spring. Editor(s): Cavatorta, Francesco; Merone, Fabio. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: HRH; JFSR2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 138. Weight in Grams: 768.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849044868
ISBN
9781849044868
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 47.53

Hardback. Series: Anthem South Asian Studies. Num Pages: 355 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRH; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 748.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Anthem Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
355
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843310099
ISBN
9781843310099
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.83

Paperback. Originally published: New Delhi: Kali for Women, 1999. Num Pages: 296 pages, 6. BIC Classification: 2BBA; DSB; DSG; HRGS; JFFK; JFHF; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 216 x 23. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231156554
ISBN
9780231156554
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.52

Paperback. This title posits strength as a frequently contradictory and damaging trait for black women characters in several literary works of the 20th century. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 268.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
St Martin's Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312293031
ISBN
9780312293031
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.70

Num Pages: 159 pages, colour photos. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 218 x 17. Weight in Grams: 570.
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Tapir Academic Press Norway
Number of pages
159
Condition
New
SKU
V9788251924832
ISBN
9788251924832
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.00
€ 36.08

Paperback. This study was first published in 1983. It traces the social disintegration of "Ballybran", a small village on the Dingle Peninsula in Ireland, exploring the symptoms of the communities decline: from emigration to schizophrenia. This edition contains a new preface and epilogue. Num Pages: 417 pages, 23 b/w illustrations, 29 tables. BIC Classification: 1DBR; JFFH; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 582.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780520224803
ISBN
9780520224803
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 25.52

paperback. Series: Religion and Postmodernism. Num Pages: 326 pages, 9 halftones. BIC Classification: HPQ; HRAB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 452.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780226920436
ISBN
9780226920436
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 22.90

Hardback. Examines and displays the influence of Edith Wyschogrod's work in essays that take up the thematics of influence in a variety of contexts: Christian theology, the saintly behavior of the villagers of Le Chambon sur Lignon, the texts of the medieval Jewish mystic Abraham Abulafia, the philosophies of Levinas, Derrida, and Benjamin. Editor(s): Boynton, Eric. Series: Perspectives in Continental Philosophy. Num Pages: 228 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HRAB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 28. Weight in Grams: 585.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823230877
ISBN
9780823230877
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 111.61

Paperback. Presents lives of eighteen Frankish women of the sixth and seventh centuries, all of whom became saints. This title covers the period from the fall of the Roman Empire and the conversion of the invading Franks to the rise of Charlemagne's family. Editor(s): McNamara, Jo Ann; Halborg, John E.; Whatley, E.Gordon. Num Pages: 369 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; HBG; HBJD; HBLC; HRCM; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 149 x 234 x 20. Weight in Grams: 504.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822312161
ISBN
9780822312161
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.82

Paperback. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: JFHF. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. .
Publisher
St Vladimir´s Seminary Press,U.S.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780881413731
ISBN
9780881413731
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.53

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 13 b&w illustrations, 1 map, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1FMV; JFFP; JFSF; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 217 x 18. Weight in Grams: 374.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816656066
ISBN
9780816656066
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.40

Hardback. Starting with the Neolithic rock images of Iheren, Algeria, this work analysis the eiconography of Saharan rock art. It examines the various strands of evidence - icons, ideas, motifs, colors, and sizes - and weaves them together into a story that offers a window on the pastoralist worldview through the semiotics of their art. Series: African Archaeology Series. Num Pages: 176 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1HBX; ACBK; G; HDD; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 385.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780759106048
ISBN
9780759106048
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 164.72

Paperback. The history of Algerian Jews has thus far been viewed from the perspective of communities on the northern coast, who became, to some extent, beneficiaries of colonialism. Drawing on materials from thirty archives across six countries, this book tells the story of colonial imposition on a desert community. Num Pages: 272 pages, 27 halftones. BIC Classification: 1HBA; HBJH; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 390.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226123745
ISBN
9780226123745
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.92

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