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Society & culture: general

Paperback. Presents a critique of urban poverty and violence and challenges much of what we think we know about the "culture of poverty". In this title, the author provides a portrait of everyday life among the women of the favelas, or urban shantytowns in Rio de Janeiro, who cope with unbearable suffering, violence and social abandonment. Series: California Series in Public Anthropology. Num Pages: 400 pages, 15 b/w photographs, 5 maps, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL1; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 550.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
367
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
First Edition, with a New Pref ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520276048
ISBN
9780520276048
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.27

Paperback. LGBT activism is often imagined as a self-contained struggle, inspired by but set apart from other social movements. This book recounts a far different story: a history of queer radicals who understood their sexual liberation as intertwined with solidarity against imperialism, war, and racism. Series: American Crossroads. Num Pages: 336 pages, 20 b/w images. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JFSK; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 185 x 259 x 22. Weight in Grams: 470.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520279063
ISBN
9780520279063
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.98

hardcover. LGBT activism is often imagined as a self-contained struggle, inspired by but set apart from other social movements. This book recounts a far different story: a history of queer radicals who understood their sexual liberation as intertwined with solidarity against imperialism, war, and racism. Series: American Crossroads. Num Pages: 336 pages, 20 b/w images. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JFSK; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 626.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
California University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520279056
ISBN
9780520279056
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.52
€ 89.23

Paperback. What's going on with the rise of tv law programs - both fictional and documentary, and how does that affect our lives and real court rooms. Num Pages: 309 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APT; JFD; LNAA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 442.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
309
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814775615
ISBN
9780814775615
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.83

Hardback. .
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813568713
ISBN
9780813568713
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.66

hardcover. Shows that early rabbinic jurisprudence is characterized by fundamental uncertainty. This book argues that while the Hebrew Bible created a sense of confidence and transparency before the law, the rabbis complicated paths to knowledge and undermined the stability of personal status and ownership, and notions of guilt or innocence. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCM; HRJS; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 162 x 51. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253354112
ISBN
9780253354112
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.70

Paperback. Num Pages: 430 pages, 11 tables. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HBLH; JFSJ1; JHBK; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 588.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New
Number of pages
430
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226457642
ISBN
9780226457642
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.74

Paperback. This study strives to illustrate the lingering second-class status of women under the current legal system in the United States, and questions whether a "one-size-fits-all" vision of individual rights will ever improve the situation. Num Pages: 580 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; JPVH; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 794.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
580
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780814735091
ISBN
9780814735091
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.82

Paperback. This comprehensive volume assesses the relationship between legal rights and disability and the effect of law, legal process and third party professional intervention on the lives of people with disabilities. The contributors, who are all either academics or other professional experts in their field, write in a jargon free accessible style. Editor(s): Cooper, Jeremy. Num Pages: 320 pages, references, index. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DBKW; JFFG; LBBR; LNA; LNDA; LNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853028366
ISBN
9781853028366
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.25

Paperback. Combining ethnography, film criticism and an extensive knowledge of the Middle East, this text presents an examination of the classic film, "Lawrence of Arabia". The result is a many-prismed book that poses questions of ethnographic representation and the discourse of power. Num Pages: 316 pages, 25 b/w illustrations, 1 line figure. BIC Classification: 1FB; APFA; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 180 x 230 x 26. Weight in Grams: 498.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
316
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520210837
ISBN
9780520210837
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.48

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, b/w photos & illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBFG; 2ABM; BTC; HBTS; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 384.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Chicago Review Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781556524479
ISBN
9781556524479
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.51

Paperback. Num Pages: 344 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3; JFHC; JPWL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 516.
Publisher
Adventures Unlimited Press United States
Number of pages
344
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781935487180
ISBN
9781935487180
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.11

Paperback. After years of researching Johnson and the JFK assassination, the author shows that LBJ had an active role in JFK's assassination, and he includes newly-uncovered photographic evidence proving that Johnson knew when and where Kennedy's assassination would take place. Num Pages: 656 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3; JFHC; JPWL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 152 x 34. Weight in Grams: 866.
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing United States
Number of pages
656
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781620876107
ISBN
9781620876107
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.42

Hardback. How the public debate on jazz shaped French identity Num Pages: 312 pages, 23 black & white photographs. BIC Classification: 1DDF; AVGJ; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252035166
ISBN
9780252035166
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.53

Paperback. How the public debate on jazz shaped French identity Num Pages: 312 pages, 23 black & white photographs. BIC Classification: 1DDF; AVGJ; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 434.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780252077067
ISBN
9780252077067
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.40

Paperback. Num Pages: 155 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; HRH; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 149 x 13. Weight in Grams: 216.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
The Light Inc United States
Number of pages
155
Condition
New
SKU
V9781597840033
ISBN
9781597840033
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Hardback. Twitchell embarks on an insightful, fearless, and funny exploration of two of the central themes of modern American culture -- materialism and consumerism -- and counters the notion of the "used and abused consumer" with an unflinching look at commercial culture, starting from the observation that "we are powerfully attracted to the world of goods (after all, we don't call them 'bads')." Num Pages: 310 pages, 36 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFFT; KNTY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 226 x 28. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
310
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231115186
ISBN
9780231115186
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 108.70
€ 83.22

Hardback. Editor(s): Shek, Daniel T. L.; Wu, Florence K. Y.; Merrick, Professor Joav, MD, MMedSci, DMSc. Num Pages: 137 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFSP2; JMC; JMRL; JNMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155. .
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
137
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781634833400
ISBN
9781634833400
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 241.58
€ 179.91

Paperback. What kind of leaders will the world need over the next thirty-five years? How will our knowledge of leadership, leadership development, and leadership education change? Leadership 2050 examines the issues, drivers, and contexts that will most likely influence leaders in the coming decades. Series: Building Leadership Bridges. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: JFFR; KJMB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 436.
Publisher
Emerald Publishing Limited
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
4th
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785603495
ISBN
9781785603495
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.13

Paperback. Num Pages: 173 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CBX; CFB; CFGR; GTC; JFSJ; KJSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
173
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349300013
ISBN
9781349300013
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.19

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