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Society & culture: general
Paperback. Disabled children who are unable to live at home are doubly needy: in addition to their disability, they are deprived of normal family life. Children who do not grow up in a stable, nurturing environment are unlikely to achieve their potential. Moreover, disabled children often have complex medical problems. Editor(s): Burns, Claire. Series: Practical Guide from the Mac Keith Press. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: JFFG; JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 170 x 7. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Mac Keith Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781898683582
- ISBN
- 9781898683582
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99
€ 34.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 138 pages, colour illus. BIC Classification: JFFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 218 x 8. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Select Books Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 138
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590791240
- ISBN
- 9781590791240
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Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.75
€ 21.99
€ 20.75
Hardback. Disability: a Life Course Approach provides students and teachers with easy access to many of the most important current disability issues and debates. It provides a clearly focused account, and bridges some important gaps in the existing disability literature by including issues relevant to disabled people of all ages. Num Pages: 256 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745625126
- ISBN
- 9780745625126
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.24
€ 72.24
paperback. Argues for change in the meaning society ascribes to disability, seeing it as a useful life experience that affects all of society, rather than a temporary or chronic problem for the individual to overcome. Num Pages: 296 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: JFFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802084378
- ISBN
- 9780802084378
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 41.72
€ 46.99
€ 41.72
Hardback. Covering a diverse range of figures and issues from Jonathan Swift's pornographic poetry to Oscar Wilde's famous cello-shaped coat this book collapses Irish studies into the critical perspective of disability studies: linking 'Irishness' and 'disability' together allows the emergence of a new critical perspective, an Irish disability studies. Num Pages: 197 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSBF; DSBH; HBTB; JFFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 356. Good clean copy in illustrated covers with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAC0004414
- ISBN
- 9780230574656
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 169 pages, tables. BIC Classification: JFFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 12. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 169
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781606922538
- ISBN
- 9781606922538
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Condition: New
€ 54.75€ 39.73
€ 54.75
€ 39.73
Paperback. Images of disability pervade language and literature, yet disability remains an unspoken topic in today's culture. The twenty-five essays in Disability Studies provide perspectives on disabled people and on disability in the humanities, art, the media, medicine, psychology, the academy, and society. Editor(s): Snyder, Sharon L; Brueggemann, Professor Brenda Jo (The Ohio State University The Ohio State University, USA. The Ohio State University, The Ohio State University, The Ohio State University, The Ohio State University, The Ohio State University, The Ohio State University, The Ohio State University,); Garland-Thomson, Professor Rosemarie (Emory University, USA). Num Pages: 386 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Modern Language Association of America United States
- Edition
- Pap/Cdr
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780873529815
- ISBN
- 9780873529815
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.81
€ 57.81
Hardback. Provides an invaluable introduction to the concerns and controversies surrounding disability and disability studies. The arguments presented in this book have important political and policy implications for both disabled and non--disabled people. Contains contributions from established figures, as well as newcomers to the field. Editor(s): Barnes, Colin; Barton, Len; Oliver, Mike. Num Pages: 290 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 597.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745626567
- ISBN
- 9780745626567
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.14
€ 73.14
Paperback. Updated edition of the author's Disability rights and wrongs. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: JFFG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 158 x 15. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415527613
- ISBN
- 9780415527613
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.59
€ 56.59
Paperback. Disability Politics and Community Care encourages health and welfare professionals and policy makers to start working much more closely with disabled people themselves. He presents practical suggestions for the changes necessary for the proposed reorganisation of service provision which will re-define direct work with disabled people. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFG; JKS; MBN; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 158 x 237 x 17. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Pub
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853026522
- ISBN
- 9781853026522
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Condition: New
€ 53.99
€ 53.99
Paperback. Explores the global changes in disability awareness, technology, and policy from the viewpoint of disabled people and their families in a range of local contexts. This book reports on ethnographic research in Brazil, Uganda, Botswana, Somalia, Britain, Israel, China, India, and Japan. It addresses the definition of human rights in local contexts. Editor(s): Ingstad, Benedicte; Whyte, Susan Reynolds. Num Pages: 334 pages, 10 b/w photographs, 4 tables. BIC Classification: JFFG; JHMP; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 334
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520246171
- ISBN
- 9780520246171
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.40
€ 40.99
€ 29.40
Hardcover. Num Pages: 238 pages, tables. BIC Classification: JFFG; VFJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 258 x 184 x 20. Weight in Grams: 700.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781604564129
- ISBN
- 9781604564129
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.65€ 80.51
€ 116.65
€ 80.51
Hardcover. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFG; JKS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812281347
- ISBN
- 9780812281347
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.15
€ 64.15
Hardcover. Disability is often described in a way that suggests it is a permanent, relatively stable state. This volume argues that the relationship between impairment (physical state) and disability is neither fixed nor permanent but is fluid and not easily predicted. Editor(s): Barnartt, Sharon N. Series Editor(s): Altman, Barbara Mandell; Barnartt, Sharon N. Series: Research in Social Science and Disability. Num Pages: 328 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 33. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857243775
- ISBN
- 9780857243775
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 215.78
€ 215.78
Hardback. The British Welfare State initially seemed to promise welfare for all, but excluded millions of disabled people. This book examines attempts in the subsequent three decades to reverse this exclusion. It also provides the first major analysis of the Disablement Income Group and the Thalidomide campaign. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; JFFG; JKSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 172. .
- Publisher
- Policy Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447316428
- ISBN
- 9781447316428
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 167.49
€ 167.49
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Univ College Dublin Pr
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781900621939
- ISBN
- 9781900621939
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.00€ 24.84
€ 25.00
€ 24.84
Hardcover. This book explores the lived realities of people with disabilities from across the developing world and examines how the coping strategies of individuals and families emerge in different contexts. Editor(s): Eide, Arne H.; Ingstad, Benedicte. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFA; JFFG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 180 x 248 x 20. Weight in Grams: 606.
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847428851
- ISBN
- 9781847428851
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 181.73
€ 181.73
Hardback. Why passing is a crucial concept in disability studies Editor(s): Brune, Jeffrey A.; Wilson, Daniel J. Num Pages: 216 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HB; JFFG; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5334 x 3556 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781439909799
- ISBN
- 9781439909799
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.77
€ 94.77
Hardcover. Editor(s): Lewiekci-Wilson, Cynthia; Cellio, Jen. Series: Critical Perspectives on Disability. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 650.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- 1st Ed, 1st Pr 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815632849
- ISBN
- 9780815632849
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.32
€ 53.32
Paperback. Disabled persons' struggles for rights and recognition Num Pages: 318 pages, 11 b&w illus., 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DVUK; 3JJP; JFFG; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 21. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 318
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253222473
- ISBN
- 9780253222473
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.09
€ 26.09