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Society & culture: general

Paperback. Asserting that the organization of sexual difference is a social, not natural, phenomenon, Poovey shows how representations of gender took the form of a binary opposition in mid-Victorian culture. Series: Women in Culture & Society S. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 424.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Edition
2nd ed.
SKU
V9780226675305
ISBN
9780226675305
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 37.37

paperback. Editor(s): Foster, Michael Dylan; Gilman, Lisa. Series: Encounters: Explorations in Folklore and Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 188 pages, 16 b&w illus. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 10. Weight in Grams: 241.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
188
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253019400
ISBN
9780253019400
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.73

Paperback. Race is a factor in government efforts to control dangerous drugs, but the precise ways that race affects drug laws remain difficult to pinpoint. Illuminating this relationship, this book lays out how decades of racism helped shape a punitive US drug policy whose onerous impact on racial minorities has been ignored by Congress and the courts. Num Pages: 216 pages, 16 line drawings, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSL; JKVG; LNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226684628
ISBN
9780226684628
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.94

Paperback. Users of social and health care services play an increasingly significant part within systems of local governance. This report examines the strategies user groups adopt to seek their objectives, and explores issues relating to notions of consumerism and citizenship. It should be read by anyone involved in health and social care policy and practice. Num Pages: 120 pages, 2tabs. BIC Classification: JFFG; JPR; JPWD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 204.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
120
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861340566
ISBN
9781861340566
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 30.53

Paperback. This book shows conclusively that inequalities in health are the scandal of our times in the most unequal of rich nations and calls for immediate action to reduce these inequalities in the near future. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white tables, maps, figures. BIC Classification: JFFH; JFFJ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 174 x 242 x 24. Weight in Grams: 866.
Publisher
Bristol University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447305132
ISBN
9781447305132
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 38.74

Paperback. The inequalities that persist in America have deep historical roots. Evelyn Nakano Glenn untangles this complex history in a comparative regional study from the end of Reconstruction to the eve of World War II. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFSL; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 444.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674013728
ISBN
9780674013728
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 32.93

paperback. First systematic medical history of Bolivia for the 20th century, viewing political change from the perspective of public health. Num Pages: 264 pages, 12 b&w photos, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLS; JFC; JFSJ; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Edition
Annotated
SKU
V9780822339168
ISBN
9780822339168
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.51

Paperback. Crime in most urban areas has been falling since 1991. This title presents a structural and theoretical analysis of the various factors that affect the crime decline, and offers insights into which trends have declined and why. It considers the indicators such as employment, labour market opportunities, skill levels, and housing. Num Pages: 180 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1H; JFSG; JKV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 258.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
180
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814767856
ISBN
9780814767856
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.51

Paperback. Class does make a difference in the lives and futures of American children. Drawing on observations of black and white middle-class, working-class, and poor families, this title explores this fact, offering a picture of childhood. It focuses on the frenetic families managing their children's hectic schedules of 'leisure' activities. Num Pages: 480 pages, 1 b/w photograph, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSL; JFSP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 30. Weight in Grams: 628. Class, Race, and Family Life. 480 pages, illustrations. Class does make a difference in the lives and futures of American children. Drawing on observations of black and white middle-class, working-class, and poor families, this title explores this fact, offering a picture of childhood. It focuses on the frenetic families managing their children's hectic schedules of 'leisure' activities. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSL; JFSP1. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 30. Weight: 640.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520271425
ISBN
9780520271425
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.65

Paperback. Is the United States "the land of equal opportunity" or is the playing field tilted in favor of those whose parents are wealthy, well educated, and white? If family background is important in getting ahead, why? This title provides answers to these questions by leading economists, sociologists, biologists, behavioral geneticists, and philosophers. Editor(s): Bowles, Samuel; Gintis, Herbert; Osborne-Groves, Melissa. Num Pages: 304 pages, 18 line illus. 64 tables. BIC Classification: JFSC; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 28.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691136202
ISBN
9780691136202
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.24
€ 42.46

paperback. Drawing on a range of contemporary evidence, Stephen Constantine studies the nature and causes of unemployment in Britain during the 1920s and 1930s, and analyzes the failure of successive inter-war governments to make a constructive response. Series: Seminar Studies in History. Num Pages: 128 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJG; HBJD1; HBLW; JFFA. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 215 x 144 x 8. Weight in Grams: 174.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1980
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780582352322
ISBN
9780582352322
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 47.27

Hardback. Num Pages: 132 pages. BIC Classification: JFFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 382.
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781629483481
ISBN
9781629483481
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 189.27
€ 130.16

Paperback. A number of studies investigate the extent to which levels of welfare benefits reduce crime among the unemployed. This title expands this literature by testing whether the intensity of other welfare programs aimed at the unemployed affects their criminal activity. Num Pages: 26 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: JFFA; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 235 x 3. Weight in Grams: 76.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Rockwool Foundation Research Unit Denmark
Number of pages
26
Condition
New
SKU
V9788790199647
ISBN
9788790199647
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.99
€ 7.96

Paperback. Addressing the high rate of unemployment among people with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), this vital guide offers advice on how you can overcome negative emotions, maintain your confidence and process unemployment in an emotionally healthy way. Num Pages: 160 pages, no. BIC Classification: JFFA; MJNA; VFJB; VSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849057295
ISBN
9781849057295
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.74

Paperback. Aims to cover the important elements of the political press, and to paint a picture of the way in which Danish newspapers has discussed the subject of the unemployed over a period of 150 years. Num Pages: 94 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DND; JFFA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 168 x 8. Weight in Grams: 204.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Rockwool Foundation Research Unit Denmark
Number of pages
94
Condition
New
SKU
V9788790199159
ISBN
9788790199159
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.84

Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; JFMX; JPRB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226345574
ISBN
9780226345574
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.74

paperback. Series: Anthropology of Contemporary Issues. Num Pages: 264 pages, 3, 3 tables. BIC Classification: JF; MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801494901
ISBN
9780801494901
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.83

Paperback. Challenges how we think about the relationship between race, political parties, and American democracy. This book shows that not all groups are treated equally, and that politicians spend most of their time and resources on white swing voters - to the detriment of the African American community. Series: Princeton Studies in American Politics: Historical, International and Comparative Perspectives. Num Pages: 248 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL1; JPH; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 158 x 16. Weight in Grams: 384.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691148014
ISBN
9780691148014
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 31.03

Paperback. Folksongs of North India. 320 pages, 30 photographs, 2 maps. Analyzes the folk songs from the Bhojpuri-speaking regions of North India to explore how ideas of gender, caste, and class are socially constructed, transmitted, questioned, and reaffirmed through their performance. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FKA; AVGH; JFSJ. Dimension: 155 x 231 x 19. Weight: 448.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822351306
ISBN
9780822351306
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.50

Paperback. Editor(s): Toft, Lise; Verstraete-Hansen, Lisbeth. Num Pages: 185 pages, 15 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 2ADF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 362.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
Number of pages
185
Condition
New
SKU
V9788763507837
ISBN
9788763507837
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 23.17

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