Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFE2; VFX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Manor House Publishing Inc Canada
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781897453063
- ISBN
- 9781897453063
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.70
€ 26.99
€ 18.70
Paperback. A unique approach to understanding the changing face of youth transitions, addressing the question of how gender identities are constituted in late modern culture. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JFSP2; JHBK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 239 x 175 x 12. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847429025
- ISBN
- 9781847429025
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 37.95
€ 40.99
€ 37.95
hardcover. A unique approach to understanding the changing face of youth transitions, addressing the question of how gender identities are constituted in late modern culture. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: JFF; JFSJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 172. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847420510
- ISBN
- 9781847420510
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Condition: New
€ 95.99
€ 95.99
Paperback. The primacy of words over images has deep roots in Western culture. But what if the two are inextricably linked in meaning-making? In this experiment in visual thinking, drawn in comics, Nick Sousanis defies conventional discourse to offer readers a stunning work of graphic art and a serious inquiry into the ways humans construct knowledge. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FXZ; HPK; JFC; JNA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 261 x 24. Weight in Grams: 804.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674744431
- ISBN
- 9780674744431
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.45
€ 29.99
€ 25.45
Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, 7 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSV; 3JJ; JFSJ1; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780271020242
- ISBN
- 9780271020242
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Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 38.34
€ 49.99
€ 38.34
Paperback. Presents the social and cultural history of courtesans in South India who are generally called devadasis, focusing on their encounters with colonial modernity in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This title charts the historical fissures that lie beneath cultural modernity in South India. Series: South Asia Across the Disciplines. Num Pages: 312 pages, 48 halftones, 6 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226768106
- ISBN
- 9780226768106
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.38
€ 36.99
€ 29.38
Paperback. A compelling clarion call for a cultural shift that will enable us all to live more balanced lives Shortlisted for the FT McKinsey Business Book of the Year 2015 Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: JFFK; JHBK; JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 31. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Publisher
- Oneworld Publications
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780748702
- ISBN
- 9781780748702
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.91
€ 17.99
€ 13.91
Paperback. Unfinished Business illuminates the challenges in overcoming the current inequities in public education. Fifty years after Brown v. Editor(s): Noguera, Pedro A.; Wing, Jean Yonemura. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: JFSL; JNL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470384442
- ISBN
- 9780470384442
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.05
€ 19.99
€ 17.05
Paperback. Shaw, Pennsylvania Department of Education; Sheila Slaughter, University of Georgia; Frances K. Stage, New York University; Aimee LaPointe Terosky, Teachers College, Columbia University; Caroline Sotello Viernes Turner, Arizona State University; Kelly Ward, Washington State University; Lisa Wolf-Wendel, University of Kansas Editor(s): Glazer-Raymo, Judith. Num Pages: 320 pages, ill. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801888632
- ISBN
- 9780801888632
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 28.82
€ 29.99
€ 28.82
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- North Atlantic Books,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781583947227
- ISBN
- 9781583947227
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Condition: New
€ 19.18
€ 19.18
Paperback. Editor(s): Royal, Derek. Series: Shofar Supplements in Jewish Studies. Num Pages: 330 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJP; DSBH; DSK; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 330
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557535849
- ISBN
- 9781557535849
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Condition: New
€ 60.27
€ 60.27
Paperback. Telling the personal stories of Australians in Japan and Japanese in Australia, this book explores issues of race, identity and ambition in times of war and peace. These essays illuminate a variety of fascinating lives and individual achievements, from trade to literature and the arts, the media and the justice system. Editor(s): Ackland, Michael; Oliver, Pamela. Num Pages: 236 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 150 x 210 x 16. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Monash Asia Institute
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781876924508
- ISBN
- 9781876924508
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 23.57
€ 32.99
€ 23.57
Paperback. Num Pages: 341 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; HBJK; JFFA; JPQB; KCM; RPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813142463
- ISBN
- 9780813142463
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Condition: New
€ 32.36
€ 32.36
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
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Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 36.86
€ 47.99
€ 36.86
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
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.45
€ 32.99
€ 31.45
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
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.44
€ 32.99
€ 25.44
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
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 29.79
€ 31.99
€ 29.79
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
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 37.95
€ 40.99
€ 37.95
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
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 32.28
€ 38.99
€ 32.28
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
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 29.23
€ 29.99
€ 29.23
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
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 29.27
€ 29.99
€ 29.27
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
€ 34.09
€ 34.09
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
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Condition: New
€ 52.92€ 41.40
€ 52.92
€ 41.40
Hardback. The volume explores the nature and extent of ethnic inequalities in education in ten major western countries. The focus is on differences between ethnic groups and between receiving countries. Are some minorities more successful, and if so why? Why might some countries be more favourable environments for educational progress than others? Editor(s): Heath, Anthony; Brinbaum, Yael. Series: Proceedings of the British Academy. Num Pages: 245 pages, 20 graphs. BIC Classification: JFSL1; JNFR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 167 x 26. Weight in Grams: 638.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780197265741
- ISBN
- 9780197265741
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.53
€ 94.53