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Society & culture: general

paperback. This volume explores how children's rights has influenced research with children and how research can in turn shape policies and practices to enhance children's rights. The book examines the impact children's rights and Childhood Studies has had on how children are constructed and regulated internationally. Editor(s): Smith, A. Series: Studies in Childhood and Youth. Num Pages: 365 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFSP; JHBK; JKSN; JNLA; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
365
Condition
New
Edition
1st ed. 2015
SKU
V9781349481460
ISBN
9781349481460
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.04

paperback. This book offers the first sustained assessment of the ways in which recent contemporary philosophy and cultural theory - including the work of Giorgio Agamben, Alain Badiou, Eric Santner, Slavoj Zizek, and Alenka Zupancic - can illuminate Early Modern literature and culture. Num Pages: 226 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; DSC; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2007
Number of pages
226
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349537303
ISBN
9781349537303
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.90

Hardcover. Num Pages: 226 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBD; HPCF; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 415.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403976697
ISBN
9781403976697
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.68

Hardcover. It is well known that much of our modern vocabulary of sex emerged within nineteenth-century German sexology. But how were the 'German ideas' translated and transmitted into English culture? This study provides an examination of the formation of sexual theory between the 1860s and 1930s and its migration across national and disciplinary boundaries. Series: Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture. Num Pages: 227 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSBH; HBTB; JFCX; JHBK5; JMU. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 18. Weight in Grams: 394.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230221635
ISBN
9780230221635
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; DSBH5; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 353.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349386857
ISBN
9781349386857
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Hardcover. Leading scholars in the field examine the role played by the English language in contemporary Japanese society. Their various chapters cover the nature, status, and function of English in Japan, focusing on the ways in which globalization is influencing language practices in the country. Editor(s): Seargeant, Philip. Num Pages: 220 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2AB; CFB; JFFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 416.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230237667
ISBN
9780230237667
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.04

Paperback. Leading scholars in the field examine the role played by the English language in contemporary Japanese society. Their various chapters cover the nature, status, and function of English in Japan, focusing on the ways in which globalization is influencing language practices in the country. Editor(s): Seargeant, Philip. Num Pages: 218 pages, 1 black & white line drawings, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; CFB; CJA; JFFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 138 x 12. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
2011th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137439147
ISBN
9781137439147
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.84

Paperback. This text looks at examples of the changing nature of 20th-century British identity (including people such as Townshend and Westwood), and identifies the problems facing modernizers hampered by traditional nationalism, which fails to engage with the complexities of contemporary culture. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; JFC; JHM; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 143 x 17. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Lawrence & Wishart Ltd London
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780853158684
ISBN
9780853158684
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.72

Paperback. This is a comparative study of the role of English and French towns in feudal society in the middle ages. Series Editor(s): Roper, Lyndal. Series: Past and Present Publications. Num Pages: 188 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD; HBLC; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 11. Weight in Grams: 250.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
188
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521484565
ISBN
9780521484565
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.57

Paperback. This volume examines the complex interaction between the English language and the construction of ethnicity in the global English-speaking world. The essays demonstrate that the constructs of both "English" and "ethnicity" are contested sites of identity formation. Editor(s): Brutt-Griffler, J; Davies, C Evans; Evans Davies, Catherine. Series: Signs of Race. Num Pages: 319 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; JFSL; JFSR; JHM; JHMC; RBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 411.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2006
Number of pages
319
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349388233
ISBN
9781349388233
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. Series: Signs of Race. Num Pages: 308 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; JFSL; JFSR; JHM; JHMC; RBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 413.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312296001
ISBN
9780312296001
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.68

Paperback. Many events of the divided society from Elizabeth I to Charles I were taken as an unmistakable sign that the world was entering its last days. This text shows how pervasive was this pessimistic mood and how powerfully it affected English writing from Shakespeare to Milton. Num Pages: 398 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; HBJD; HBJD1; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
398
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349097722
ISBN
9781349097722
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.31

Hardcover. Explaining crime by reference to abnormalities of the brain is just one example of how the human and social sciences have influenced the approach to social problems in Western societies since 1880. Focusing on applications such as penal policy, therapy, and marketing, this volume examines how these sciences have become embedded in society. Editor(s): Ziemann, Benjamin; Schumann, Dirk. Num Pages: 330 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; JFF; JM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 236 x 24. Weight in Grams: 642.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230279070
ISBN
9780230279070
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.09

Paperback. Presents an ethnography of the engineering division of a large American high-tech corporation. This book offers a critical analysis of an American company's well-known and widely emulated "corporate culture." Num Pages: 320 pages, 2 Tables, 5 Figures. BIC Classification: JFC; JHBL; KJM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 149 x 227 x 20. Weight in Grams: 436.
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9781592135462
ISBN
9781592135462
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 35.48

Paperback. Num Pages: 32 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: HRJP; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 257 x 221 x 3. Weight in Grams: 136.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Kar-Ben Copies Ltd United States
Number of pages
32
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822586500
ISBN
9780822586500
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.37

paperback. Editor(s): Kahlert, Heike; Schafer, Sabine. Num Pages: 140 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVU; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 170. Weight in Grams: 312.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Verlag Barbara Budrich
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9783866494220
ISBN
9783866494220
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 25.84

hardcover. The development of the modern social security state in Canada saw an ideological shift away from the mother and welfare entitlements based on family reproduction, and toward state policies that promoted men's paid labour in the workplace. Num Pages: 480 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJ; HBTB; JFSJ; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 38. Weight in Grams: 819.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802047687
ISBN
9780802047687
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.36

Paperback. For Prespa Albanians, both at home in Macedonia and in the diaspora, the most significant events of any year are wedding ceremonies. This account of Prespa weddings combines photographs, song texts and recordings of the wedding music, demonstrating the importance of singing within Prespa society. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 360 pages, 20 halftones, 9 line drawings, 23 musical examples, compact disk with 25 tracks. BIC Classification: 1DVWA; AVGH; HBTB; JFSL; JHBT; JHM; WJW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 724.
Publication date
1997
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
2
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
Format
Paperback
SKU
V9780226779737
ISBN
9780226779737
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 41.31

Paperback. This book examines the debates around modernity and postmodernity from the viewpoint of feminist theory. The author assesses classical social theory, theories of the Enlightenment and the more recent modernity/postmodernity debates arguing that at each stage, social theory has failed to give enough attention to questions of gender. Num Pages: 208 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745609287
ISBN
9780745609287
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.81

paperback. Engendering Migrant Health brings together researchers from across Canada to address the intersections of gender, immigration, and health in the lives of new Canadians. Num Pages: 312 pages, 4 Figures. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFFN; MBP. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802095626
ISBN
9780802095626
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.50

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