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Society & culture: general
Hardback. Drawing on popular media and medical works as well as archival records and oral histories, this book examines how notions of femininity and womanhood were reshaped in Denmark, a small, largely agrarian country that remained neutral during the war. It explores changes in the female body and personality and the redefinition of female respectability. Num Pages: 264 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DND; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691049274
- ISBN
- 9780691049274
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 100.56€ 77.19
€ 100.56
€ 77.19
Becoming Multicultural: Immigration and the Politics of Membership in ...
Triadafilos Triadafilopoulos
Paperback. This book demonstrates how global human rights norms intersected with domestic political identities and institutions to transform Canada and Germany into diverse multicultural societies in the second half of the twentieth century. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1KBC; JFFN; JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774815673
- ISBN
- 9780774815673
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.15
€ 37.99
€ 34.15
Hardback. Num Pages: 312 pages, 27, 18 black & white halftones, 3 tables, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 243 x 26. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801452314
- ISBN
- 9780801452314
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.71
€ 67.71
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781786490322
- ISBN
- 9781786490322
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.05
€ 17.99
€ 13.05
Paperback. The sexualization of girls has captured the attention of the media, advocacy groups and politicians in recent years. This prolific discourse sets alarm bells ringing: sexualization is said to lead to depression, promiscuity and compassion deficit disorder, and rob young girls of their childhood. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JFSP1; JHBK5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745650739
- ISBN
- 9780745650739
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.66
€ 24.66
Paperback. Talya Fishman explores the impact of the textualization process in medieval Europe on the Babylonian Talmud's roles within Jewish culture. Series: Jewish Culture & Contexts. Num Pages: 424 pages, 2 illus. BIC Classification: HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812222876
- ISBN
- 9780812222876
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.49
€ 41.99
€ 37.49
Paperback. BIC Classification: HRCG; HRCV4; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Fleming H. Revell Company
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Repackaged ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780800728359
- ISBN
- 9780800728359
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.68
€ 19.68
Paperback. The Tsimshian people of coastal British Columbia use a system of hereditary name-titles in which names are treated as objects of inheritable wealth. This book examines the way in which names link members of a lineage to a past and to the places where that past unfolded. Series: Donald R. Ellegood International Publications. Num Pages: 296 pages, 1 maps,. BIC Classification: 1KB; 1KBC; JFSL9; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 409.
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295988078
- ISBN
- 9780295988078
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.46
€ 37.46
Paperback. Proposes that Darwin's writings are a rich resource for developing a more politicized, radical, and far-reaching feminist understanding of matter, nature, biology, time, and becoming Num Pages: 280 pages, 1 illustration. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; PSAD; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 235 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386. Darwinian Reflections on Life, Politics, and Art. 280 pages, 1 illustration. Proposes that Darwin's writings are a rich resource for developing a more politicized, radical, and far-reaching feminist understanding of matter, nature, biology, time, and becoming. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; PSAD; PSAJ. Dimension: 158 x 235 x 17. Weight: 386.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 280
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822350712
- ISBN
- 9780822350712
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.40
€ 30.99
€ 27.40
Hardback. Disputes the widespread stereotypes about Muslim women prevalent in the West, providing an account of young women in contemporary Iran. This book presents the experiences of these young women who wield a key if indirect political influence on the seemingly male dominated politics of this society, as they achieve a fresh visibility. Series: International Library of Iranian Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages, fifteen b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FBN; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 134 x 23. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845118785
- ISBN
- 9781845118785
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.96€ 126.76
€ 141.96
€ 126.76
Hardback. Proud, happy, grateful gay youth describe their lives in terms that would have seemed surprising a generation ago. Yet many adults, including parents, are skeptical of this sea change coming out is supposed to involve struggle. This is the kind of thinking, say the honest, humorous young men in Ritch Savin-Williams's new book, that needs to change. Num Pages: 296 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSK; JMC; JMU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 279 x 30. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674971592
- ISBN
- 9780674971592
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 40.13
€ 47.99
€ 40.13
Paperback. Becoming Women offers a thoughtful examination of the search for identity in an image-oriented world. That search is told through the experiences of a group of women who came of age in the wake of second and third wave feminism, featuring voices from marginalized and misrepresented groups. Num Pages: 408 pages, 25. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHM; JHMP; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 606.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442610057
- ISBN
- 9781442610057
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.31
€ 40.99
€ 36.31
Hardback. Explores the notion of yellowness and shows that this label originated not in early travel texts or objective descriptions, but in the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century scientific discourses on race. This title weaves together multiple narratives to tell the complex history of a problematic term. Num Pages: 240 pages, 7 color illus. 16 halftones. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFC; JFSL; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691140315
- ISBN
- 9780691140315
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.07€ 51.06
€ 65.07
€ 51.06
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 30 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESD; JFHF; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 13. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750962230
- ISBN
- 9780750962230
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.39
€ 13.99
€ 13.39
Paperback. Informative, and truly entertaining, this book illustrates the finer points of beer advertising in over 500 color photographs of many sharp or pointed objects associated with beer advertising. Information about the breweries and brands advertised, the makers, a price guide, and a detailed index make it a sharp beer reference. Series: Schiffer Book for Collectors. Num Pages: 176 pages, 520 color photos. BIC Classification: JFCA; WC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 279 x 220 x 14. Weight in Grams: 886.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764311680
- ISBN
- 9780764311680
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 25.30
€ 37.99
€ 25.30
paperback. Beginning where stories of colonial liquor control and exploitation leave off, this title looks at the commerce of beer, it's valorising of male sociability and sports, and the corporate culture of South African Breweries, the world's most successful brewing company. Series: African Systems of Thought. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; JFCV; JFSJ2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253221803
- ISBN
- 9780253221803
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.20
€ 26.99
€ 25.20
Hardback. Informative and highly entertaining, Beer explores a legion of brews from Mexico to Milwaukee, Beijing to Bruges, in this superb study of the origins and contemporary consumption habits of one of the world's most popular drinks. Series: Edible. Num Pages: 128 pages, 60, 40 in colour. BIC Classification: JFCV; WBXD2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- New ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780232607
- ISBN
- 9781780232607
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.29
€ 17.99
€ 14.29
hardcover. Seeks to understand the composer as he exists in the American imagination and explores how Beethoven became a cultural icon Num Pages: 418 pages, 61 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGC4; AVH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 237 x 36. Weight in Grams: 722.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 418
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253357045
- ISBN
- 9780253357045
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.25
€ 47.25
Paperback. This is an interdisciplinary study of romantic pianism in relation to gender and sexuality. Confronting problems posed by keyboard players the author underscores the extent to which the piano resonates with intimations of both homosexuality and mortality. Num Pages: 212 pages, 1 half-tone. BIC Classification: AVA; AVRG; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 212
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804725989
- ISBN
- 9780804725989
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.40
€ 30.99
€ 27.40
Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 246 x 27. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Publisher
- HAU
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780986132537
- ISBN
- 9780986132537
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 28.11
€ 35.99
€ 28.11