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Hardback. The Oxford Companion to Cheese answers a clear call for the kind of subject-defining reference work that The Oxford Companion to Wine achieved. It is the first truly comprehensive cheese book, containing 855 A-Z scholarly, yet accessible entries on the history, culture, and science of cheese making and cheese enjoyment, worldwide. Editor(s): Donnelly, Dr Catherine. Series: Oxford Companions. Num Pages: 888 pages, Approx. 150 images, three 8-page colour inserts. BIC Classification: GBC; JFCV; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 261 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1546.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199330881
ISBN
9780199330881
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.09
€ 44.79

Paperback. Using an array of personal and public writings, The Overflowing of Friendship will transform our understanding of early American manhood as well as challenge us to reconsider the ways we think about gender in this period. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 384.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421413839
ISBN
9781421413839
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 33.09

Paperback. Develops a theory of prejudice integrating personality, realistic conflict, and social identity approaches. This book focuses on Italy partly because it has experienced two different waves of immigration, from Northern Africa and Eastern Europe, and considers to what extent the color of immigrants' skin imposes a special burden of prejudice. Num Pages: 232 pages, 19 line illus., 29 tables. BIC Classification: 1DST; JFFJ; JFSL; JPVK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 314.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780691094977
ISBN
9780691094977
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.61

Paperback. Retrieves the forgotten feminism of the working women, illuminating the ideas that inspired them and the reforms they secured from employers and the state. This book contains stories of labor reformers who wanted equality and "special benefits," and who argued that gender differences must be accommodated. Series: Politics and Society in Modern America. Num Pages: 336 pages, 26 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 235 x 24. Weight in Grams: 548.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691123684
ISBN
9780691123684
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 30.98

paperback. Focusing on the close relationship between complex cultural shifts and the development of the neoliberal nation-state, this title argues that the modern Latin American nation was built upon the idea of 'the people', a citizenry with common interests transcending demographic and cultural differences. Num Pages: 392 pages, 13 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KL; JFC; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 25. Weight in Grams: 617.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822329411
ISBN
9780822329411
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.82

Hardcover. This work highlights the high rates of delinquency and academic failure among new Asian Americans, and reveals shortcomings in the way schools educate "language minority" students. The author offers suggestions for ways in which schools might do a better job of educating all students. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JNA; JNK; JNSV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 518.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Edition
1st
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780787901226
ISBN
9780787901226
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.41

Hardcover. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD1; JFSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 470.
Publisher
The History Press
Number of pages
192
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752471211
ISBN
9780752471211
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.65

Paperback. Num Pages: 530 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 28. Weight in Grams: 704.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823233625
ISBN
9780823233625
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 46.16

Paperback. This text explores the ways Jews have defined other groups and themselves. Topics include: the construction of gender; the gentile as Other; the Palestinian as Other; blacks as Other in American Jewish literature; the Jewish body image as symbol of Otherness; and women as Other in Israeli cinema. Editor(s): Silberstein, Laurence J.; Cohn, Robert L. Series: New Perspectives on Jewish Studies. Num Pages: 480 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 29. Weight in Grams: 771.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814779903
ISBN
9780814779903
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.83

Paperback. Offers a vision of Henry James as a social critic whose later works can be read as rich with homo-erotic suggestiveness. Drawing from work in queer and feminist theory, this book argues that the most fruitful approach to James is one that ignores the elitist portrait of the formalist master. Series: New Americanists. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBF; DSK; JFFK; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 413.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822321477
ISBN
9780822321477
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.35

Paperback. Editor(s): Foreman, Joel. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 27. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252065743
ISBN
9780252065743
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.43

Hardback. Num Pages: 416 pages, 23 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCC7; HRCR; HRCV4; HRCX6; JFSJ1; JFSR; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231166768
ISBN
9780231166768
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.92

Hardback. Num Pages: 368 pages, 28 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; JFC; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 154 x 27. Weight in Grams: 654.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231152709
ISBN
9780231152709
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.36
€ 42.46

Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, 28 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; HBJK; HBLW3; JFC; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231152716
ISBN
9780231152716
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.30

Paperback. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Number of pages
324
Condition
New
Edition
None ed.
SKU
V9780813519111
ISBN
9780813519111
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 39.70

Paperback. Illustrator(s): Cook, Robin. Num Pages: 368 pages, b&w illustrations, b&w halftones. BIC Classification: 1HBE; HDD; JFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 180 x 115 x 23. Weight in Grams: 212.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Arrow
Condition
New
SKU
9780099429272
ISBN
9780099429272
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 11.14

Paperback. Why are people nice to each other? What are the reasons for altruism? This book explains how the human mind has evolved a special instinct for social exchange, offering a lucid and persuasive argument about the paradox of human benevolence. Num Pages: 304 pages, 13 b&w line drawings. BIC Classification: JF; JMA; PSAN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 228.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd England
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140244045
ISBN
9780140244045
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. Once America's "arsenal of democracy," Detroit is now the symbol of the American urban crisis. In this reappraisal of America's racial and economic inequalities, the author asks why Detroit and other industrial cities have become the sites of persistent racialized poverty. Series: Princeton Classics. Num Pages: 432 pages, 29 halftones. 17 tables. 10 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBNG; 3JJP; JFSG; JFSL1; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 217 x 147 x 29. Weight in Grams: 392.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Updated edition with a New Preface
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691162553
ISBN
9780691162553
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.78

Paperback. This book is a major reassessment of the place of racism in pre-modern European thought. Editor(s): Eliav-Feldon, Miriam; Isaac, Benjamin H.; Ziegler, Joseph. Num Pages: 348 pages, 42 b/w illus. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 498.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
348
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107687264
ISBN
9781107687264
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.68

Paperback. Focuses on a talented, brave, but tiny minority of whites - liberals, radicals, communists, Trotskyists, humanists, Christians, idealists - who rejected the growing racism of post-war South Africa and worked to breach the dividing line between black and white. Num Pages: 240 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JJP; HBJH; HBLW3; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 516.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Wits University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781868145003
ISBN
9781868145003
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.12

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