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Paperback. Examines the post-Revolutionary creative endeavors of Afro-Cuban women. Taking on the question of how African diaspora cultures practice remembrance, this book reveals the ways in which these artists restage the confrontations between modernity and tradition. It shows how their accomplishments were silenced in official Cuban history and culture. Series: New World Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages, 7 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJC; 2ADS; AB; DSB; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813925264
- ISBN
- 9780813925264
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.12
€ 41.12
Hardback. Editor(s): Murphy, Elliot T. Num Pages: 98 pages. BIC Classification: JFFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 9. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781629486857
- ISBN
- 9781629486857
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.60€ 58.82
€ 83.60
€ 58.82
paperback. Every December 12th, thousands of Mexican immigrants gather for the mass at New York City's St Patrick's Cathedral in honour of Our Lady of Guadalupe's feast day. They kiss images of the Virgin, wait for a bishop's blessing - and they also carry signs asking for immigration reform. This book examines this juxtaposition of religion and politics. Num Pages: 256 pages, 26 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; JFFN; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814732151
- ISBN
- 9780814732151
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.86
€ 32.99
€ 29.86
Hardcover. Editor(s): Roy, Kartic C.; Chatterjee, Srikanta. Num Pages: 221 pages, tables & charts. BIC Classification: GTF; JFFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 262 x 187 x 19. Weight in Grams: 670.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 221
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781594549311
- ISBN
- 9781594549311
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 206.63€ 140.73
€ 206.63
€ 140.73
Paperback. Num Pages: 300 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Lantern Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590563960
- ISBN
- 9781590563960
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.48
€ 21.99
€ 20.48
Paperback. Growing Up with Disability encompasses a wide range of perspectives on childhood impairment and its social implications. The book adopts a child-centred approach, stressing the importance of communicating with disabled children, and includes interviews and pieces of their own writing. The book explores how such children can best be protected. Editor(s): Robinson, Carol; Stalker, Kirsten. Series: Research Highlights in Social Work. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFG; JKSB1; VFJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 164 x 13. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Pub
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853025686
- ISBN
- 9781853025686
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.92
€ 34.92
Hardback. The contributors to this volume focus on adverse social conditions that confront young people in postmodernity, such as the relentless pressure to consume, social dis-investment in education, harsh responses to youth crime, and the continuing climate of intolerance. Editor(s): Strickland, Ronald. Series: Culture and Politics Series. Num Pages: 272 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JFC; JFF; JFSP2; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 162 x 19. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742516502
- ISBN
- 9780742516502
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 182.79
€ 182.79
Paperback. The contributors to this volume focus on adverse social conditions that confront young people in postmodernity, such as the relentless pressure to consume, social dis-investment in education, harsh responses to youth crime, and the continuing climate of intolerance. Editor(s): Strickland, Ronald. Series: Culture and Politics Series. Num Pages: 272 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JFC; JFF; JFSP2; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 355.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742516519
- ISBN
- 9780742516519
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 74.35
€ 74.35
paperback. The place occupied by Japanese Americans within the annals of US history has consisted mainly of a cameo appearance as victims of incarceration after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. This work examines how the second generation - the Nisei - has shaped its identity and negotiated its place within American society. Editor(s): Daniels, Roger. Series: The Asian American Experience. Num Pages: 264 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; GTB; JFC; JFFN; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780252068225
- ISBN
- 9780252068225
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.52
€ 30.99
€ 27.52
Hardback. Editor(s): Garrod, Andrew; Kilkenny, Robert. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801452529
- ISBN
- 9780801452529
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.68
€ 140.68
Paperback. Explores relationships between public and private and between segregation, racial etiquette, and racial violence. The author sheds light on tradition and change in the South and the meanings of segregation within southern culture. She asks how children learned the racial "etiquette," which was sustained by coercion and the threat of violence. Num Pages: 328 pages, 11 illustrations, notes, bibl., index. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; 1KBBS; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807856840
- ISBN
- 9780807856840
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 36.78
€ 36.99
€ 36.78
Paperback. Presents a fresh view of the upbringing of English children in upper and professional class families over three centuries. Drawing on direct testimony from contemporary diaries and letters, this book revises previous understandings of parenting and what it was like to grow up in the period between 1600 and 1914. Num Pages: 456 pages, 16 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD1; HBTB; JFSP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 159 x 35. Weight in Grams: 736.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300163964
- ISBN
- 9780300163964
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.64
€ 25.99
€ 19.64
Hardcover. Surprisingly little research has been carried out about how Australian Aboriginal children and teenagers experience life, shape their social world, and imagine the future. This volume presents recent and original studies of life experiences outside the institutional settings of childcare and education.. Editor(s): Eickelkamp, Ute. Num Pages: 312 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MBF; JFSL9; JFSP1; JFSP2; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857450821
- ISBN
- 9780857450821
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 137.10
€ 137.10
Hardback. Investigates how race and ethnicity influence the experiences of teens in four key social institutions-family, peer groups, school, and religious communities. Num Pages: 216 pages, 26 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL1; JFSP2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804760515
- ISBN
- 9780804760515
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.12
€ 109.12
Hardback. A semiprojective, parapolitical story-telling method was used to determine how children define and evaluate political situations and to imagine how behavior would occur in certain political situations. The recorded interviews were analyzed by applying qualitative and quantitative methodological techniques. Num Pages: 228 pages. BIC Classification: JFFE; JFSP1; JFSP2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780838636558
- ISBN
- 9780838636558
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.23
€ 122.23
Paperback. Offers an account of child-rearing practices in the high Peruvian Andes. This book traces children's lives from birth to adulthood and features strategies of child rearing, as well as ways of living that allow teenagers to enjoy the adolescent stage of their lives while contributing to the welfare of their families and the community. Num Pages: 240 pages, 2 line drawings, 43 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; JFC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292712980
- ISBN
- 9780292712980
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 23.15
€ 24.99
€ 23.15
Paperback. Finally, Stevick contemplates the potential of electronic media to significantly alter traditional Amish practices, culture, and staying power. Series: Young Center Books in Anabaptist and Pietist Studies. Num Pages: 400 pages, 12, 12 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRCC99; HRCV; JFSP2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 25. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- second edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421413716
- ISBN
- 9781421413716
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 26.43
€ 30.99
€ 26.43
Paperback. Covering contemplative youth ministry, this title presents the work of the project, as well as giving voice to the scholars, youth workers, pastors, and youth who shared in its work. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HRCX4; JFSP2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 196 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Publisher
- SPCK Publishing
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780281059379
- ISBN
- 9780281059379
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.40
€ 15.99
€ 14.40
Paperback / so. A full-color how-to guide to growing pot for pleasure or medicinal.. Num Pages: colour illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: GBC; JFCA; WM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 183 x 15. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Skyhorse Publishing United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781616080938
- ISBN
- 9781616080938
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.79
€ 19.99
€ 19.79
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442629042
- ISBN
- 9781442629042
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 38.52
€ 43.99
€ 38.52