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Society & culture: general

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Edition
1St Edition
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822321217
ISBN
9780822321217
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 31.10

Paperback. Some sources rank Mexican Americans as one of the most poorly educated ethnic groups in the United States. This title offers a comprehensive look at this community's long-standing legal struggle for better schools and educational equality. Series: Critical America. Num Pages: 508 pages, 13 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; JFC; JHMP; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 36. Weight in Grams: 778.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
508
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814788301
ISBN
9780814788301
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.95

Paperback. Dynamic stories from Chicana Movement participants living in the Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago Series: Latinos in Chicago and Midwest. Num Pages: 272 pages, 22 black and white photographs, 7 line drawings, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; JFSJ1; JFSL4; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252078125
ISBN
9780252078125
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.79

Hardback. Chicanas in Charge offers profiles, in the form of oral histories, of the careers of female community and political leaders from the Chicano community in Texas. Num Pages: 290 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; JFSJ1; JP. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
290
Condition
New
SKU
V9780759105607
ISBN
9780759105607
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 160.89

paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; JFSJ1; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 424.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1981
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Revised ed.
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226531601
ISBN
9780226531601
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.92

Paperback. An anthology focusing specifically on the topic of Chicana expressive culture. This book features the work of native scholars. Blending narratives of personal experience with more formal, scholarly discussions, it tells the insider story of a professional woman mariachi performer. Editor(s): Cantu, Norma E.; Najera-Ramirez, Olga. Num Pages: 280 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252070129
ISBN
9780252070129
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.67

paperback. Compares the self-representations of the US Mexicanas with the representations of academic-affiliated, intellectual Chicana writers and visual artists. This work looks at how the Chicana professional intellectuals and the US Mexicana women refigure demeaning constructions of female gender roles and racial, ethnic, and sexual identities. Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 296 pages, 15 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADS; AC; DSBH; HBTD; JFSJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822343103
ISBN
9780822343103
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.67

Paperback. Num Pages: 149 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; JFSL4. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 11. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Arizona Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816522057
ISBN
9780816522057
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.40

Paperback. As early-twentieth-century Chicago swelled with an influx of at least 250,000 new black urban migrants, the city became a center of consumer capitalism. This work argues that this mass consumer marketplace generated a vibrant intellectual life and planted seeds of political dissent against the dehumanizing effects of white capitalism. Num Pages: 384 pages, 27 illustrations, 2 maps, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JJC; HBTB; JFSL3. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 535.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807857991
ISBN
9780807857991
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.04

Paperback. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 312 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226385853
ISBN
9780226385853
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 28.00

Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVA; JFCA; JFSG; JFSL3; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 304.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816692293
ISBN
9780816692293
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.60

Paperback. On the afternoon of December 30, 1903, during a sold out matinee performance, a fire broke out in Chicago's Iroquois Theatre. This work provides a chronicle of this event to assess the titanic tragedy of the fire itself and also the municipal corruption that kindled the flames beforehand and the political cover-ups hidden in the smoke. Num Pages: 240 pages, 48 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JJC; BT; HBTB; JFFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
Southern Illinois University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780809327218
ISBN
9780809327218
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.59

Paperback. A reconstruction of the 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago. Farber tells the story of the protests from the perspectives of the major protagonists--the Yippies, the National Mobilization to End the War, and Mayor Richard J. Daley and his police. Num Pages: 334 pages, 28ill.1M. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3; JFC; JPHV; JPWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 528.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226238012
ISBN
9780226238012
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 21.32

Paperback. The author was the long-time editor of "Field and Stream" magazine and helped to establish both the Yellowstone and Glacier National Parks. This title takes his classic work on the Cheyenne Indians and condenses it into 240 fully-illustrated pages of his writings. Editor(s): Fitzgerald, Joseph A. Num Pages: 240 pages, full colour and black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 204 x 19. Weight in Grams: 856.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
World Wisdom Books United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781933316604
ISBN
9781933316604
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 32.04

Paperback.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752465135
ISBN
9780752465135
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.51

Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages, 67 colour & 19 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; BM; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 254 x 10. Weight in Grams: 320.
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764347016
ISBN
9780764347016
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 21.47

Paperback. .
Publisher
Trolley Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904563587
ISBN
9781904563587
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.91

Paperback. Explore astonishing developments of a China village which is center of China's export industry, where more than 50,000 workers labor in modern factories, ruled by the village government. This title illuminates, in microcosm, the history of rural China. Num Pages: 416 pages, 48 b/w photographs, 2 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFSF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 209 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 482.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Third
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520259317
ISBN
9780520259317
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.36

Hardback. This book is an essential guide and support to understanding of the science and policy, procedure and practice that underpins the REACH risk assessments required for the use and placing on the market of chemicals in the European Union. Num Pages: 418 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QFE; JFFU; LNTJ; TDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 176 x 26. Weight in Grams: 804.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Number of pages
418
Condition
New
SKU
V9781119953685
ISBN
9781119953685
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.21

Hardcover. Editor(s): Plasencia, Franco Pedreschi. Num Pages: 227 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCV; KNDF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 258 x 179 x 18. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
GAZELLE BOOK SERVICES
Condition
New
SKU
V9781629483399
ISBN
9781629483399
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 231.97
€ 158.44

Paperback. Follows the controversial trade in inexpensive fatty cuts of lamb or mutton, called 'flaps', from the farms of New Zealand and Australia to their primary markets in the Pacific islands of Papua New Guinea, Tonga, and Fiji. This title addresses the evolution of the meat trade itself along with the changing practices of exchange in Papua New Guinea. Num Pages: 224 pages, 12 b/w photographs, 1 line illustration, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1MK; JFCV; JFSC; KNAC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 49.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520260931
ISBN
9780520260931
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.74

Paperback. What did young, independent women do for fun and how did they pay their way into New York City's turn-of-the-century pleasure places? This title offers a discussion of young working women whose meager wages often fell short of bare subsistence and rarely allowed for entertainment expenses. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 210 x 20. Weight in Grams: 306.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780877225003
ISBN
9780877225003
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.83

Hardback. This title examines what is currently at stake culturally, politically, and educationally in contemporary global capitalist society. The book evaluates the message of Che Guevara and Paulo Freire for politics in general and education. Series: Culture & Education Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFE; JNA; JPF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847695324
ISBN
9780847695324
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 193.66

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 12 b&w. BIC Classification: 1KLSV; APT; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 196 x 14. Weight in Grams: 264. A Case Study of Politics and the Media. 192 pages, 12 b&w. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KLSV; APT; JFD. Dimension: 150 x 196 x 14. Weight: 264.
Publisher
Wallflower Press
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Pap/DVD
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905674749
ISBN
9781905674749
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.68

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