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Society & culture: general
Paperback. How do people become activists for causes they care deeply about? Many people with similar backgrounds, for instance, fervently believe that abortion should be illegal, but only some of them join the pro-life movement. Delving into the lives and beliefs of activists and nonactivists alike, this book examines the differences between them. Series: Morality and Society Series. Num Pages: 240 pages, 7 halftones, 3 line drawings, 8 tables. BIC Classification: JFMA; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226551203
- ISBN
- 9780226551203
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.88
€ 36.99
€ 28.88
Paperback. The story of how the feminist classic Our Bodies, Ourselves has been adapted and reworked by women of different cultures around the world. Editor(s): Davis, Kathy. Series: Next Wave: New Directions in Women's Studies. Num Pages: 296 pages, 38 illustrations, 3 tables, 3 maps. BIC Classification: JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 16. Weight in Grams: 413.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822340669
- ISBN
- 9780822340669
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.56
€ 30.99
€ 27.56
Paperback. Examines the folklore of Mary Ellen Pleasant's real and imagined powers. Addressing the lack of a historical record of black women's lives, this book argues that the silences and mysteries of Pleasant's past, whether never recorded or intentionally omitted, reveal as much about her life as what has been documented. Series: Women in American History. Num Pages: 224 pages, 14 photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780252075278
- ISBN
- 9780252075278
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Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 23.15
€ 24.99
€ 23.15
Hardback. Whether you're a devoted Janeite or simply Jane-curious, The Making of Jane Austen will have you thinking about how a literary icon is made, transformed, and handed down from generation to generation. Num Pages: 304 pages, 23, 23 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: DS; DSA; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. .
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421422824
- ISBN
- 9781421422824
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.36
€ 33.99
€ 28.36
Phatak, Sueli Schiffer Klaus Segbers, Zhongxin Sun, Richard Tomlinson, Krister Volkmann, Jorge Wilheim, Fulong Wu, and Weiping Wu. Editor(s): Segbers, Klaus. Series: Johns Hopkins Studies in Globalization. Num Pages: 384 pages, 17, 10 black & white halftones, 7 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: JFFS; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801885150
- ISBN
- 9780801885150
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Condition: New
€ 73.04
€ 73.04
Paperback. A groundbreaking account of America's role in global capitalism. Num Pages: 464 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFS; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 143 x 35. Weight in Grams: 604.
- Publisher
- Verso
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781681367
- ISBN
- 9781781681367
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Condition: New
€ 38.44
€ 38.44
Paperback. An eloquent and provocative autobiography of an activist in the 1960s civil rights movement Num Pages: 608 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGHA; JFSL3; JPVH1; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 156 x 35. Weight in Grams: 834.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 608
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295976594
- ISBN
- 9780295976594
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Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 38.72
€ 43.99
€ 38.72
Paperback. Asian Americans are widely believed to be passive and compliant participants in the US political process if they participate at all. This book maps the actions and strategies of Asian Americans as they negotiate a space in the American political arena. It shows how race, ethnicity, and trans nationalism led to a complex American electorate. Num Pages: 296 pages, 21 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566398954
- ISBN
- 9781566398954
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 34.12
€ 34.99
€ 34.12
Hardback. Exploration of the formation of a distinctive working class identity among low-paid manual workers in Botswana Series: Anthropology, Culture and Society. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white). BIC Classification: 1HFMB; JFSC; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 25. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780745334967
- ISBN
- 9780745334967
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Condition: New
€ 101.01€ 83.51
€ 101.01
€ 83.51
Paperback. Exploration of the formation of a distinctive working class identity among low-paid manual workers in Botswana Series: Anthropology, Culture and Society. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMB; JFSC; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 232 x 17. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Publisher
- Pluto Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745334950
- ISBN
- 9780745334950
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.82
€ 37.99
€ 29.82
Paperback. Much more than a sports memoir, The Making of a Man reveals how faith, family, honor, and integrity have everything to do with true manhood and a life well-lived. These pages will both challenge and inspire you to become the man you've always known you could be. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HRCV; JFSJ2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 212 x 19. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Thomas Nelson
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780718037475
- ISBN
- 9780718037475
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.17
€ 17.99
€ 16.17
Hardback. In this oral history, gay Asian Americans talk frankly about their struggle for self-determination and independence. These pioneers in the Los Angeles movement discuss the gay scene in Southern California and the development of a distinctly Asian-American identity. Series: Pacific Formations: Global Relations in Asian & Pacific Perspectives. Num Pages: 224 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KBBWF; GTB; JFSK2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742511095
- ISBN
- 9780742511095
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Condition: New
€ 174.00
€ 174.00
Paperback. Discusses such matters as the generation gap, the student uproar, the New Left, the beats and hippies, the psychedelic movement, rock music, the revival of occultism and mysticism, the protest against our involvement in Vietnam, and the seemingly odd reluctance of the young to buy the affluent technological society, with constructive criticism. Num Pages: 310 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 209 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 416. Reflections on the Technocratic Society and Its Youthful Opposition. 310 pages. Discusses such matters as the generation gap, the student uproar, the New Left, the beats and hippies, the psychedelic movement, rock music, the revival of occultism and mysticism, the protest against our involvement in Vietnam, and the seemingly odd reluctance of the young to buy the affluent technological society, with constructive criticism. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Dimension: 209 x 140 x 21. Weight: 422.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 310
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- 1st California Pbk. Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520201224
- ISBN
- 9780520201224
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.73
€ 36.99
€ 26.73
Paperback. Intervenes in debates about both reality television and audience research, offering the concept of the reflexive self to move these debates forward Series: Critical Cultural Communication. Num Pages: 259 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APT; JFDT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814740705
- ISBN
- 9780814740705
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.51
€ 32.99
€ 29.51
Paperback. This contribution to the theory and conceptualization of the field of women's history, sensitive to the differences of class, ethnicity, race, and culture among women, was published in 1979. This edition includes a foreword by Linda K. Kerber. Num Pages: 216 pages, 8tabs. BIC Classification: JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press Chapel Hill
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807856062
- ISBN
- 9780807856062
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Condition: New
€ 55.01
€ 55.01
Paperback. Shows how mythologies of meritocracy, the land of opportunity, and the American dream remain firmly in place while simultaneously erasing injustices and the struggles of the working poor Num Pages: 277 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLC; BG; JFC; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 277
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479814664
- ISBN
- 9781479814664
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.51
€ 32.99
€ 29.51
Paperback. Translator(s): Buitenen, J. A. B. van. Num Pages: 582 pages, x, 572 p. BIC Classification: 1F; HRG; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 159 x 234 x 31. Weight in Grams: 858.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1978
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 582
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226846651
- ISBN
- 9780226846651
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Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 41.16
€ 52.99
€ 41.16
Paperback. Gertrude Tennant's life was remarkable for its length (1819-1918), but even more so for the influence she achieved as an unsurpassed London hostess. This title presents her life, placing her not only at the heart of a multi-generational, matriarchal family epic but also at centre of European social and literary life for the best part of a century. Num Pages: 308 pages, 40 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JH; HBTB; JFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 150 x 24. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300168976
- ISBN
- 9780300168976
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Condition: New
€ 19.00€ 16.95
€ 19.00
€ 16.95
Paperback. Since the Pikes Peak gold rush in the mid-nineteenth century, women have gone into the mountains of Colorado to hike, climb, ski, homestead, botanize, act as guides, practice medicine, and meet a variety of other challenges, whether for sport or for livelihood. This book recounts their exploits. Num Pages: 276 pages, 2 maps, 65 photographs, chronology, glossary, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBWC; HBJK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803289956
- ISBN
- 9780803289956
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.42
€ 17.99
€ 17.42
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Mandrake
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906958640
- ISBN
- 9781906958640
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.98
€ 19.99
€ 14.98