Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Paperback. Genius as a historical concept, rather than as a presumed trans-historical fact, is surprisingly underexamined, even as millions of daily decisions-personal, institutional, and governmental-are made according to unexamined assumptions about it. The essays in this book show that the origins and uses of concepts of genius warrant careful examination. Editor(s): Chaplin, Joyce E.; McMahon, Darrin M. Series: Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History. Num Pages: 208 pages, 12 graphs. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137497642
- ISBN
- 9781137497642
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Condition: New
€ 35.76
€ 35.76
Paperback. Genealogical Fictions examines how the state, church, Inquisition, and other institutions in colonial Mexico used the Spanish notion of limpieza de sangre (purity of blood) over time and how the concept's enduring religious, genealogical, and gendered meanings came to shape the region's patriotic and racial ideologies. Num Pages: 424 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: JFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804776615
- ISBN
- 9780804776615
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 35.59
€ 37.99
€ 35.59
hardcover. Genealogical Fictions examines how the state, church, Inquisition, and other institutions in colonial Mexico used the Spanish notion of limpieza de sangre (purity of blood) over time and how the concept's enduring religious, genealogical, and gendered meanings came to shape the region's patriotic and racial ideologies. Num Pages: 424 pages, 13 illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 703.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804756488
- ISBN
- 9780804756488
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 147.96
€ 147.96
A genealogical chart of virtually all named figures of Greek mythology that can be shown to be related. The text includes a 72-page chart that links 3673 named figures into a single "family tree", and an 80-page index that provides a citation to an ancient source for each relationship. Editor(s): Newman, Harold; Newman, Jon O. Num Pages: 252 pages, index, charts. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; GBC; HRKP; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 415 x 275 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1751.
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press United States
- Edition
- 1 New ed
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807827901
- ISBN
- 9780807827901
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 165.30
€ 165.30
Paperback. Even in a realm that would seem to be as far removed from issues of gender as natural resource management, gender bias is pernicious and persistent, in India. This book looks at the reasons for this bias, including the socialization of attitudes, the shaping of community ideologies, and the construction of disciplines and research methodologies. Editor(s): Krishna, Sumi. Num Pages: 476 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFSJ; RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 216 x 29. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Zubaan Books
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789383074754
- ISBN
- 9789383074754
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 27.88
€ 35.99
€ 27.88
Paperback. Editor(s): Pinnelli, Antonella; Racioppi, Filomena; Rettaroli, Rosella. Series: The Springer Series on Demographic Methods and Population Analysis. Num Pages: 329 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 1st ed. Softcover of orig. ed. 2007
- Number of pages
- 329
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048174980
- ISBN
- 9789048174980
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 181.37
€ 181.37
Hardback. Presents a treatment of the topic of gender and demographic behaviour. This title covers the age at first intercourse, through union formation and dissolution, to subjects such as fertility, migration, and ageing. It examines excess male mortality and provides a comparison of gender-specific behaviour and its determinants. Editor(s): Pinnelli, Antonella; Racioppi, Filomena; Rettaroli, Rosella. Series: The Springer Series on Demographic Methods and Population Analysis. Num Pages: 329 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 664.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 329
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402060014
- ISBN
- 9781402060014
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 187.13
€ 187.13
Paperback. By questioning accounts of Thailand as a place where gender is fluid and sexuality is free, this book unravels the complex processes by which Thai men and women understand themselves, appealing to both general readers and scholars of Thai society. Editor(s): Jackson, Professor Peter; Cook, Nerida. Num Pages: 302 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMT; JFSJ; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Silkworm Books / Trasvin Publications LP
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789747551075
- ISBN
- 9789747551075
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.59
€ 33.99
€ 33.59
Paperback. The epidemic of mass rape in the former Yugoslavia has illustrated once again, and in particularly brutal fashion, the inextricable relationship between national politics, and body politics. This book turns its attention to the Second World, specifically to such subjects as the birth of the sex media and porn industry in Russia and more. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814712481
- ISBN
- 9780814712481
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.63
€ 33.99
€ 33.63
Paperback / so. Editor(s): Kruger, Dorothea. Series: Kultur Und Gesellschaftliche Praxis. Num Pages: 260 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, bibliography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 14. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Germany
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783531175089
- ISBN
- 9783531175089
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.65
€ 46.65
Paperback / so. Series: Integrative Modelle in Psychotherapie, Supervision Und Berat. Num Pages: 342 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JKSN2; JMJ; JMU; MMJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Germany
- Number of pages
- 342
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783531167541
- ISBN
- 9783531167541
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 88.53
€ 88.53
Hardback. Tickner focuses her distinctively feminist approach on new issues of the international relations agenda since the end of the Cold War, such as ethnic conflict and other new security issues, globalizations, democratization, and human rights. Num Pages: 262 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JPSL; JPSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 236 x 17. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231113663
- ISBN
- 9780231113663
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.19€ 78.05
€ 104.19
€ 78.05
Paperback. Tickner focuses her distinctively feminist approach on new issues of the international relations agenda since the end of the Cold War, such as ethnic conflict and other new security issues, globalizations, democratization, and human rights. Num Pages: 262 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JPSL; JPSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 262
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231113670
- ISBN
- 9780231113670
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.21
€ 37.99
€ 27.21
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Policy Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847426772
- ISBN
- 9781847426772
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 91.53
€ 91.53
Paperback. Led by women's life history accounts, this is an engaging and accessible account of how constructions of femininity fundamentally affect women's mental wellbeing through the life course. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHBK; JMG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 172 x 23. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847426765
- ISBN
- 9781847426765
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 35.64
€ 37.99
€ 35.64
Hardback. Editor(s): Cooke, Miriam G.; Woollacott, Angela. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: GTJ; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 657.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691633374
- ISBN
- 9780691633374
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 175.89
€ 175.89
Paperback. Editor(s): Cooke, Miriam G.; Woollacott, Angela. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691604206
- ISBN
- 9780691604206
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.20€ 45.72
€ 59.20
€ 45.72
Gendering Urban Space in the Middle East, South Asia, and Africa
. Ed(S): Rieker, Martina; Ali, Kamran Asdar
Hardback. Editor(s): Rieker, Martina; Ali, Kamran Asdar. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSG; JFSJ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403975232
- ISBN
- 9781403975232
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.46
€ 62.46
Paperback. The essays in this book critically examine the ways in which gendered subjects negotiate their life-worlds in Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African urban landscapes. They raise issues surrounding the city as a representative site of personal autonomy and political possibilities for women and/or men. Editor(s): Rieker, Martina; Ali, K. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHB; JPA; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 319.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2008
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349535866
- ISBN
- 9781349535866
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.54
€ 62.54
Hardback. Gendering the World Bank provides an unusual, wide-ranging and accessible account of the constitution and effects of discourses of neoliberal governance. Paying particular attention to how gender matters in and to contemporary global governance, the author focuses in particular on the development discourse of the World Bank. Num Pages: 259 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; KCP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 519.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 259
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230218277
- ISBN
- 9780230218277
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.92
€ 62.92