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Paperback. Spanning more than two hundred years of history, from the eighteenth century to the twenty-first, Sisters or Strangers? explores the complex lives of immigrant, ethnic, and racialized women in Canada. Editor(s): Epp, Marlene; Iacovetta, Franca. Series: Studies in Gender and History. Num Pages: 528 pages, 20. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442629134
ISBN
9781442629134
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 47.76

hardcover. Spanning more than two hundred years of history, from the eighteenth century to the twenty-first, Sisters or Strangers? explores the complex lives of immigrant, ethnic, and racialized women in Canada. Editor(s): Epp, Marlene; Iacovetta, Franca. Series: Studies in Gender and History. Num Pages: 624 pages, 20. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK; JFSJ1; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 160 x 37. Weight in Grams: 940.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
624
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442631106
ISBN
9781442631106
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.74

Hardcover. Contains an assessment of the women's movement in Ireland. This book tells the story of one woman's search for personal fulfillment. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 165 x 29. Weight in Grams: 604.
Publisher
Attic Press Dublin
Number of pages
320
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781855942110
ISBN
9781855942110
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.00
€ 24.54

Hardcover. The way we sit simultaneously defines privileges, social status, power, and taboos. Parallel to the presentation of China as the guest of honour at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2009, the Museum fur Angewandte Kunst in Frankfurt presents a panorama of Chinese sitting culture through a period of five centuries. Num Pages: 96 pages, 185 colour & b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1FPC; AKR; JFCD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 309 x 253 x 12. Weight in Grams: 808.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Edition Axel Menges Germany
Edition
Bilingual
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9783936681369
ISBN
9783936681369
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 34.69

Paperback. Examines how African American artists and intellectuals turn to the subject of slavery to understand and challenge the ongoing exclusion of African Americans from the founding narratives of the United States Num Pages: 248 pages, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTS; JFFN; JHMC; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 15. Weight in Grams: 372. Citizenship and Racial Democracy in the Post-Civil Rights Imagination. 240 pages, 5 illustrations. Examines how African American artists and intellectuals turn to the subject of slavery to understand and challenge the ongoing exclusion of African Americans from the founding narratives of the United States. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTS; JFFN; JHMC; JPVH1. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 15. Weight: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822352617
ISBN
9780822352617
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.56

Paperback. The act of translation is a political action. This title draws on Benjamin, Derrida, and de Man to show that translation has long been a site for perpetuating the unequal power relations among people, races, and languages. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 2AB; CFP; CJ; DSA; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 144 x 216 x 13. Weight in Grams: 298.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520074514
ISBN
9780520074514
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.81

Paperback. "Situating Sadness" draws on research in the US and around the world to look at depression through the eyes of women, exploring what being depressed is like in diverse social and cultural circumstances. Editor(s): Stoppard, Janet M.; McMullen, Linda M. Series: Qualitative Studies in Psychology. Num Pages: 228 pages, tables. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; MMJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 227 x 15. Weight in Grams: 330.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814798010
ISBN
9780814798010
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Paperback. Focusing on contemporary debates in moral and political theory, Situating the Self argues that a non--relative ethics, binding on us in virtue of out humanity, is still a philosophically viable project. Num Pages: 280 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPQ; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 382.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745610597
ISBN
9780745610597
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.43

Paperback. Num Pages: 143 pages. BIC Classification: HRCV; JFSJ2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 209 x 11. Weight in Grams: 188.
Publisher
Tyndale Momentum
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781414338989
ISBN
9781414338989
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.56

hardcover. Series: Exploring Jewish Arts and Culture. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 236 x 28. Weight in Grams: 574.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9781477307342
ISBN
9781477307342
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 28.56

Paperback. Series: Studies in Sports Media. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; HBLW; JFD; WSBB; WSBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 20. Weight in Grams: 422.
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252082214
ISBN
9780252082214
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.44

Paperback. The respective authors are some of the leading developmental scholars of this time, and are also major proponents of the theoretical traditions they address. An excellent text for senior undergraduates and graduate students and a worthwhile addition to the library shelf of any serious student of developmental psychology. Editor(s): Vasta, Ross. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JMC; MJW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Pub
Edition
New edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853021374
ISBN
9781853021374
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.86

Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBNT; 3JH; BM; HBJK; HBLL; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 153 x 5. Weight in Grams: 136.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Globe Pequot Press United States
Edition
New
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9781493023165
ISBN
9781493023165
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.49

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 145 x 25. Weight in Grams: 548.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816642533
ISBN
9780816642533
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.56

Hardback. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: JFD; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 237 x 35. Weight in Grams: 588.
Publisher
Prometheus Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781633881655
ISBN
9781633881655
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 24.98

Hardback. Editor(s): Epstein, Marc Michael. Num Pages: 288 pages, 278 color illus. 11 halftones. BIC Classification: DSB; HRJS; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 289 x 232 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1556.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691165240
ISBN
9780691165240
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.22
€ 64.47

Paperback. Most labor and migration studies classify migrants with limited formal education or credentials as unskilled. This book uncovers these migrants' lifelong human capital and identifies mobility pathways associated with the acquisition and transfer of skills across the migratory circuit, including reskilling, job jumping, and entrepreneurship. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; JFFN; JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 372.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520283732
ISBN
9780520283732
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 25.06

Hardback. Most labor and migration studies classify migrants with limited formal education or credentials as unskilled. This book uncovers these migrants' lifelong human capital and identifies mobility pathways associated with the acquisition and transfer of skills across the migratory circuit, including reskilling, job jumping, and entrepreneurship. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; JFFN; JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 146 x 26. Weight in Grams: 464.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780520283725
ISBN
9780520283725
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.11
€ 73.24

Paperback. Features a collection of essays questioning the truth of American's color-blind society from outside and inside communities of color. This work addresses such issues as the relationship between skin tone and self esteem, marital patterns, interracial relationships, socioeconomic attainment, and family racial identity and composition. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 355.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781929011261
ISBN
9781929011261
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.44

Hardback. Seeking to understand these transformations in the capacities of Native communities to resist cultural, economic, and political domination, this book offers an ethnographic analysis of aboriginal Canadians' changing experiences of historical violence. Series: Narrating Native Histories. Num Pages: 312 pages, 18 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 545.
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Format
Hardback
SKU
V9780822355212
ISBN
9780822355212
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.56

Paperback. Seeking to understand these transformations in the capacities of Native communities to resist cultural, economic, and political domination, this book offers an ethnographic analysis of aboriginal Canadians' changing experiences of historical violence. Series: Narrating Native Histories. Num Pages: 312 pages, 18 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Duke University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822355366
ISBN
9780822355366
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.79

Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages, 6 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: APF; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 164 x 231 x 17. Weight in Grams: 378.
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822316633
ISBN
9780822316633
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.79

Paperback. Shows how our perception of skin has changed from the eighteenth century onwards. This title examines the changing significance of skin through brilliant analyses of literature, art, philosophy, and anatomical drawings and writings. Translator(s): Dunlap, Thomas. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 256 pages, ill. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 430. On the Cultural Border Between Self and World. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. 256 pages, ill. Shows how our perception of skin has changed from the eighteenth century onwards. This title examines the changing significance of skin through brilliant analyses of literature, art, philosophy, and anatomical drawings and writings. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 16. Weight: 430. Translator(s): Dunlap, Thomas.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231125031
ISBN
9780231125031
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 33.48

Paperback. Contemplates modern history from the perspective of Tibetan women. This book uncovers stories of Tibetan women's courage, resourcefulness, and spiritual strength in the face of the loss and hardship since the Chinese occupation of Tibet in 1950. Num Pages: 278 pages, 30 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; 3JJ; 3JMC; HBTD; JFSJ1; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 412.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
278
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295989532
ISBN
9780295989532
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.54

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