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Society & culture: general

Hardcover. This work tells the story - the response of ordinary people around the world to the "irreversible" juggernaut of the global economy. Readers are shown attempts to create alternatives by those for whom globalization has no need. Editor(s): Feffer, John. Num Pages: 192 pages, photographs, notes, index. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 310. Library label to spine, with usual markings inside. However, remains good to very good.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Zed Books Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
KRS0020277
ISBN
9781842771525
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. In Paris in 1954, Andre Baudry founded Arcadie, an organization for 'homophiles'. Yet despite its huge importance, Arcadie has largely disappeared from the historical record. This title uncovers Arcadie's pioneering efforts to educate the European public about homosexuality in an era of renewed repression. Num Pages: 304 pages, 25 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJP; JFSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226389257
ISBN
9780226389257
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.00
€ 46.05

Paperback. Num Pages: 342 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 222 x 25. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Gefen Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9789652298546
ISBN
9789652298546
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.28

Paperback. A study of Black feminist activism and organizations that challenges the prevailing academic and popular assumption that Black women have avoided feminist political ideology as irrelevant to their lives and the liberation of Black communities. Num Pages: 240 pages, 5 figures. BIC Classification: JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 358.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822334934
ISBN
9780822334934
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.56

Paperback. Frantz Fanon has influenced generations of activists and scholars. His life's work continues to be debated and discussed around the world. This book is an event: an international, interdisciplinary collection of debates and interventions by leading scholars and intellectuals from Africa, Europe and the United States. Editor(s): Fanon, Frantz; Gibson, Nigel. Series: Contemporary Black History. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 234 x 14. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
266
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230114975
ISBN
9780230114975
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.68

Hardcover. Frantz Fanon has influenced generations of activists and scholars. His life's work continues to be debated and discussed around the world. This book is an event: an international, interdisciplinary collection of debates and interventions by leading scholars and intellectuals from Africa, Europe and the United States. Editor(s): Fanon, Frantz; Gibson, Nigel. Series: Contemporary Black History. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 20. Weight in Grams: 556.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
266
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230114968
ISBN
9780230114968
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.49

Paperback. What does it mean to be a compassionate, caring person in Russia? This book explores how, following the retreat of the Russian state from social welfare services, Russians' efforts to "do the right thing" for their communities have forged new modes of social justice and civic engagement.and secular. Num Pages: 280 pages, 12 b/w. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; JFF; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 153 x 277 x 18. Weight in Grams: 396.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520285842
ISBN
9780520285842
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.36

Paperback. Scholars have made urban mothers living in poverty a focus of their research for decades. Offering an analysis of how faith both motivates and at times constrains poor mothers' actions, this book reveals the ways it serves as a lens through which many view and interpret their worlds. Series: Morality and Society Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HR; JFFA; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 413.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226781617
ISBN
9780226781617
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 29.91

Paperback. The highly acclaimed, controversial and much needed look at our highly sexualised culture, reissued with a new introduction. 'A must-read' Viv Groskop, Guardian Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: JFFK; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
Virago
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844087099
ISBN
9781844087099
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.92

paperback. A consideration of the impact of racism and questions of sovereignty on genetic research, which details the exploitative history of research on Taiwanese Aborigines. Num Pages: 584 pages. BIC Classification: JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
584
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774826600
ISBN
9780774826600
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.59

Hardback. A consideration of the impact of racism and questions of sovereignty on genetic research, which details the exploitative history of research on Taiwanese Aborigines. Num Pages: 260 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPCW; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774826594
ISBN
9780774826594
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.64

Publisher
United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781439900048
ISBN
9781439900048
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.40

Paperback. Investigates the social history of skin color from prehistory to the present, showing how our body's most visible feature influences our social interactions in profound and complex ways. This book explains why skin color has become a biological trait with great social meaning - a product of evolution perceived differently by different cultures. Num Pages: 280 pages, 10 color illustrations, 49 b/w photographs, 1 line illustration, 2 tables. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFSL; JHMC; JHMP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 151 x 227 x 19. Weight in Grams: 460.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520283862
ISBN
9780520283862
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 25.06

Hardback. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813583921
ISBN
9780813583921
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 161.16

Paperback. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813583914
ISBN
9780813583914
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 38.84

Paperback. BIC Classification: 1DBK; AC; DSB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816697168
ISBN
9780816697168
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.98

Paperback. Shows what politically progressive creative writers were feeling in the wake of George W Bush's re-election. This book presents the work of essayists who look beyond the passions of the moment - the war in Iraq, the rallying of the Right around social issues, the Democrats' failure in 2004 - to the need for unity. Editor(s): Starkey, David. Num Pages: 416 pages, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 20. Weight in Grams: 478. 416 pages, 3 maps. Editor(s): Starkey, David. Shows what politically progressive creative writers were feeling in the wake of George W Bush's re-election. This book presents the work of essayists who look beyond the passions of the moment - the war in Iraq, the rallying of the Right around social issues, the Democrats' failure in 2004 - to the need for unity. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 20. Weight: 478.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Edition
Softcover Ed
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803260085
ISBN
9780803260085
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99

In this volume examines the situation and discrimination of the Roma ethnic minority in Slovakia from the perspective of environmental conditions and injustice. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations, charts, maps. BIC Classification: 1DVKS; JFF; JFSL1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 522.
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Central European University Press Hungary
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9786155225130
ISBN
9786155225130
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 94.77

Hardback. Num Pages: 143 pages. BIC Classification: GBC; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 167 x 13. Weight in Grams: 381.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Delaware Press United States
Number of pages
143
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611491296
ISBN
9781611491296
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 120.25

Hardcover. A unique record of South African apartheid by photographer Ian Berry. Num Pages: 256 pages, 200 duotone photographs, chronology. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JJP; AJC; JFF; JFSL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 297 x 258 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1937.
Publisher
Phaidon Press Ltd London
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714835235
ISBN
9780714835235
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.14

Hardcover. Exploring the growing global trend of solo living, this highly original study addresses core debates about contemporary social change in the context of globalization, including individualization and connection, the future of family formation, consumption and identities, belonging and 'community', living arrangements and sustainability. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life. Num Pages: 320 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFS; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 524.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230271920
ISBN
9780230271920
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 139.55

Paperback. Exploring the growing global trend of solo living, this highly original study addresses core debates about contemporary social change in the context of globalization, including individualization and connection, the future of family formation, consumption and identities, belonging and 'community', living arrangements and sustainability. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life. Num Pages: 305 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHB; JHBK; JPA; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 413.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
305
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349322916
ISBN
9781349322916
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 138.30

Hardback. Showing how feminist theory is generated from everyday life and the ordinary experiences of being a feminist, Sara Ahmed highlights the ties between feminist theory and living a life that sustains it by building on legacies of feminist of color scholarship and discussing the figure of the feminist killjoy. Num Pages: 312 pages, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFFK; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822363040
ISBN
9780822363040
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.56

Paperback. .
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822363194
ISBN
9780822363194
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 31.02

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