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Society & culture: general
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JKS; JKSN; JNF; JNKP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231160957
- ISBN
- 9780231160957
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.77
€ 46.99
€ 33.77
Hardback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JKSN; JNF; JNKP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231160940
- ISBN
- 9780231160940
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.97€ 102.33
€ 133.97
€ 102.33
Paperback. As common schooling emerged in the 1830s, providing white children of all classes and ethnicities with the opportunity to become full-fledged citizens, it redefined citizenship as synonymous with whiteness. This title shows why opposition erupted where it did across the United States in antebellum America. Num Pages: 296 pages, 13 halftones, 2 maps, 4 line drawings, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBTB; JFSL3; JNFR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226102986
- ISBN
- 9780226102986
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 27.01
€ 33.99
€ 27.01
Hardback. While white residents of antebellum Boston and New Haven forcefully opposed the education of black residents, their counterparts in slaveholding Baltimore did little to resist the establishment of African American schools. Such discrepancies, the author argues, suggest that white opposition to black education was not a foregone conclusion. Num Pages: 256 pages, 13 halftones, 2 maps, 4 line drawings, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBTB; JFSL3; JNFR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 553.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226542492
- ISBN
- 9780226542492
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.84€ 78.93
€ 94.84
€ 78.93
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 356 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBTB; JFSJ1; JNB. 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
- 356
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691634975
- ISBN
- 9780691634975
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 186.69
€ 186.69
Paperback. Often overlooked in the infamous history of US internment during World War II is the plight of internee children. Drawn from personal interviews and multiple primary source materials, "Schools behind Barbed Wire" uncovers this chapter in American history. Num Pages: 208 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBWQ; JFSL; JNK; JWXR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 148 x 14. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742501713
- ISBN
- 9780742501713
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.63
€ 62.63
Hardback. Schools are places where various cultures and identities must be recognized. Drawing on the writings of Charles Taylor, Martin Buber, Judith Butler, and Jessica Benjamin, this book offers a picture of how recognition is negotiated in education. Num Pages: 176 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JFSL1; JNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742501959
- ISBN
- 9780742501959
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 170.74
€ 170.74
Hardback. Based on a lecture given to celebrate the centenary of the British Academy's Schweich Lectures, the volume provides both a glimpse into Jewish philanthropy in England in the Edwardian era, and a critical assessment of the changing relationship between archaeology and biblical studies. Series: Schweich Lectures on Biblical Archaeology. Num Pages: 100 pages, 9 illustrations. BIC Classification: HDDH; JFCX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 168 x 17. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 100
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780197264874
- ISBN
- 9780197264874
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.59
€ 48.59
Paperback. Your guide to drawing sci-fi characters! Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: AGH; JFCA; WFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 275 x 19. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Publisher
- IMPACT
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781440349027
- ISBN
- 9781440349027
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 20.71
€ 30.99
€ 20.71
Paperback. This work, written by the foremost authority on the subject, includes an in-depth survey of the individual Islamic sciences from cosmology, philosophy, theology to alchemy, physics, mathematics, astronomy and medicine, concluding with a chapter on the gnostic tradition. Num Pages: 404 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publisher
- The Islamic Texts Society United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 404
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- Paperback ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903682401
- ISBN
- 9781903682401
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.78
€ 23.99
€ 17.78
Paperback. Makes the argument that the philosophy and practices of Western science, contrary to its enlightenment mission, work to insure that more science will only worsen the gaps between the best and worst off around the world. Series: Race and Gender in Science Studies S. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; PDA; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 13. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252073045
- ISBN
- 9780252073045
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 23.18
€ 24.99
€ 23.18
Paperback. Presents the unifying world-concept long sought by scientists, mystics, and sages: an Integral Theory of Everything. Num Pages: 208 pages, 1 black and white ill. BIC Classification: JFH; PDZ; VXA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 290. An Integral Theory of Everything. 240 pages, 1 black and white ill. Mystics and sages have maintained that there exists an interconnecting cosmic field at the roots of reality that conserves and conveys information, a field known as the Akashic record. This book explains how modern science has rediscovered the Akashic Field of perennial philosophy and includes case studies and a section on animal telepathy. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: JFH; PDZ; VXA. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 13. Weight: 286.
- Publisher
- Inner Traditions Bear and Company
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 2Rev Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781594771811
- ISBN
- 9781594771811
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.04
€ 17.99
€ 13.04
Paperback. The scientific evidence for life after death. Num Pages: 320 pages, 4 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: JFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 151 x 20. Weight in Grams: 500. How Consciousness Survives Death. 320 pages, 4 b&w Illustrations. Materialistic thinking suggests that perceptions of life after death are a creation of the brain. Armed with evidence from scientific studies, Carter shows that consciousness does not depend on the brain, and that near-death experiences may truly provide a glimpse of an awaiting afterlife. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: JFH. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 20. Weight: 500.
- Publisher
- Inner Traditions Bear and Company
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Original ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781594773563
- ISBN
- 9781594773563
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.10
€ 23.99
€ 16.10
Paperback. By explaining how to sire multicolored horses, produce nuts without shells, and create an egg the size of a human head, this title conveys a fascination with tricks and illusions that makes it a work difficult for historians of science to take seriously. Num Pages: 512 pages, 12 halftones. 3 tables. BIC Classification: JFCX; PDA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 237 x 31. Weight in Grams: 742.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 510
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691026022
- ISBN
- 9780691026022
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.13€ 55.56
€ 71.13
€ 55.56
Paperback. Examining theories of human evolution and of prenatal hormonal determination of "gender-role" behavior, of sex differences in cognition, and of sexual orientation, the author shows how assumptions laden with social values affect the description, presentation, and interpretation of data. Num Pages: 280 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 158 x 16. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- F First Paperback Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691020518
- ISBN
- 9780691020518
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.91
€ 54.99
€ 39.91
Paperback. Explores the science fiction community and its relationships with the industries that sustain it, including the publishing, computer, and hotel/convention industries, and explores the issue of power in those relationships: Who seems to have it? Who does have it? How do they use it? What are the results of that use? Series: Feminist Cultural Studies, the Media, & Political Culture. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: FL; JFCA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 545.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812215304
- ISBN
- 9780812215304
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.41
€ 37.99
€ 34.41
Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ; YQM. Category: (EJ) Primary; (ES) Secondary. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 24. Weight in Grams: 441.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- The Perseus Books Group United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465072590
- ISBN
- 9780465072590
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.34
€ 32.34
Hardback. This work uses cross-national and longitudinal empirical research to explain the rise, nature, and impact of science as an authoritative worldwide institution. The authors analyze the ever-increasing investment in science, the diffusion of scientific discourse, and the hegemony of scientific organizations. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HP; JFFS; JH; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 27. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804744911
- ISBN
- 9780804744911
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 179.74
€ 179.74
hardcover. University science is now entangled with entrepreneurship, and researchers with a commercial interest are caught in an ethical quandary. Science in the Private Interest investigates the trends and effects of modern, commercialized academic science. Num Pages: 272 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JFF; PDK; PDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 19. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- American First
- SKU
- V9780742514799
- ISBN
- 9780742514799
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.19
€ 76.19
Paperback. Num Pages: 62 pages. BIC Classification: JFHF; PDZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 178 x 115 x 5. Weight in Grams: 78.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Prickly Paradigm Press, LLC United States
- Number of pages
- 62
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780996635509
- ISBN
- 9780996635509
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 11.66
€ 11.99
€ 11.66
Hardback. A critical assay of the rhetorical and cultural obstacles faced by women scientists Num Pages: 184 pages, 2 photographs; 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; JFSJ1; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780252034701
- ISBN
- 9780252034701
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.95
€ 118.95
Paperback. "An accessible, passionate indictment of the ignorance, opportunism and social indifference that enriched lawyers and a few plaintiffs, though the available scientific evidence was against them." -New York Times Book Review, Notable Books of 1996 Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; LAY; LNTJ; MBQ; MNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 211 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393316728
- ISBN
- 9780393316728
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 22.30
€ 24.99
€ 22.30
Paperback. Science occupies an ambiguous space in contemporary society. Scientific research is championed in relation to tackling environmental issues and diseases such as cancer and dementia, and science has made important contributions to today s knowledge economies and knowledge societies. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; PD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 231 x 23. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745662251
- ISBN
- 9780745662251
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.05
€ 26.05
Hardback. This book offers a new account of the British Empire's greatest failure and its most disturbing legacy. Using a wide range of published and archival sources, this study of racial discourse from 1870 to 1914 argues that race, then as now, was a contested territory within the metropolitan culture. Series Editor(s): Thompson, Andrew; Mackenzie, John. Series: Studies in Imperialism. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLL; HBTB; HBTQ; JFFJ; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 162 x 33. Weight in Grams: 698.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780719033575
- ISBN
- 9780719033575
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 6.76
€ 29.99
€ 6.76