Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Paperback. Now reissued in new covers, Arthur Cotterell's fascinating book sets out clearly the chief myths of the world and explains why different mythologies arose in different lands, from the powerful gods of Greece, Rome, and Scandinavia to the mystical deities of Buddhist and Hindu India. Series: Oxford Quick Reference. Num Pages: 328 pages, 12 halftones, 7 maps. BIC Classification: GBC; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Number of pages
- 328
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192177476
- ISBN
- 9780192177476
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.86
€ 19.99
€ 15.86
Paperback. A collection of Sivanandan's work charting the history of post war black struggles against British racism Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; JFF; JFSL1. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 139 x 216 x 18. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Pluto Press London
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780861043712
- ISBN
- 9780861043712
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.69
€ 45.69
Paperback. "A deeply researched study into the nature of political violence."-- Series: The Ethnography of Political Violence Series. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBW; JFFE; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812216219
- ISBN
- 9780812216219
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.55
€ 32.99
€ 29.55
Paperback. Num Pages: 376 pages, 15 illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGC8; AVGW; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 236 x 20. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199354559
- ISBN
- 9780199354559
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.48
€ 63.48
Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 38, 31 black & white halftones, 2 tables, 2 charts, 2 maps, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFFH; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Format
- Hardback
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780801451928
- ISBN
- 9780801451928
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 101.23
€ 101.23
Paperback. Investigates broad questions about ethnicity, the nature of diasporic identity, and Brazilian culture. This title analyzes how Nikkei (Japanese migrants) both resisted and conformed to others' perceptions of their identity as they struggled to define and claim their own ethnicity within Sao Paulo during the dictatorship. Num Pages: 256 pages, 29 illus., 8 tables, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KLS; GTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5983 x 3971 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822340812
- ISBN
- 9780822340812
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.27
€ 47.27
Hardback. A collection of letters describing the day-to-day work and experiences of a doctor at the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota during the mid-1950s. Editor(s): Collins, Cary C.; Mutschler, Charles V. Num Pages: 448 pages, 13 b&w photos, 5 maps, 4 figures, appendix. BIC Classification: 1KBBNS; 3JJP; BJ; JFSL9; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 38. Weight in Grams: 794.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803226258
- ISBN
- 9780803226258
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.25
€ 52.25
Hardback. In this volume, Heather Munro Prescott shows how the mid-20th-century emergence of adolescent medicine resulted from a combination of social changes that reached far beyond the field of medicine - changes that placed teenagers themselves at the centre of the national agenda. Num Pages: 256 pages, 7 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; JFSP1; JFSP2; MJW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 535.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674214613
- ISBN
- 9780674214613
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.73€ 69.50
€ 76.73
€ 69.50
Paperback. Looks at how the biological facts of motherhood give rise to life-altering emotional and psychological changes. Series: River Teeth Literary Nonfiction Prize. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; JFSJ1; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 16. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803235083
- ISBN
- 9780803235083
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.45
€ 17.99
€ 17.45
Paperback. Young minority men are often portrayed in popular media as victims of poverty and discrimination. This book delves deeper, investigating the social and cultural implications of the "American dream" narrative for young minority men in the juvenile justice systems in Boston and Chicago. Num Pages: 184 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; 1KBBNC; JFFJ; JFSL; JKVQ2; LNFQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520290457
- ISBN
- 9780520290457
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.43
€ 50.43
Hardcover. American Jews Reflect on Why Israel Matters to Them. 252 pages, illustrations. Editor(s): Salkin, Jeffrey K. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: JFSR1. Dimension: 237 x 161 x 26. Weight: 588.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Jewish Lights Publishing
- Edition
- illustrated edition
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781580233408
- ISBN
- 9781580233408
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 30.51
€ 34.99
€ 30.51
paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 5SG; DNF; JFSK; VFV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 299. *
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- TouchWood Editions
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781771510547
- ISBN
- 9781771510547
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.99€ 18.67
€ 22.99
€ 18.67
Hardcover. The impact of absent fathers on sons in the black community has been a subject for cultural critics and sociologists who often deal in anonymous data. This book examines the impact of fatherlessness on racial and gender identity formation as seen in black men's autobiographies and in other constructions of black fatherhood in fiction. Num Pages: 200 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ2; JFSL3. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Missouri
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826218216
- ISBN
- 9780826218216
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.30
€ 58.30
Hardback. Collects material from mid-1970s through 2010 to trace the evolution of ethnomusicological thinking about women, gender, and music, offering a perspective of how questions emerged and changed in those years, as well as Koskoff's reassessment of the early years and development of the field. Series: New Perspectives on Gender in Music. Num Pages: 256 pages, 3 charts, 4 musical examples. BIC Classification: AVGH; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 151 x 20. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252038495
- ISBN
- 9780252038495
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.60
€ 122.60
Paperback. The idea that gender equality in education has been achieved is now a staple of public debate. As a result, educational policies and practices often do not deal explicitly with gender issues, such as sexual abuse, harassment or violence. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: JFFK; JNAM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 140 x 216 x 18. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509504275
- ISBN
- 9781509504275
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.21
€ 23.21
Hardback. The idea that gender equality in education has been achieved is now a staple of public debate. As a result, educational policies and practices often do not deal explicitly with gender issues, such as sexual abuse, harassment or violence. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: JFFK; JNAM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 142 x 22. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781509504268
- ISBN
- 9781509504268
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.01
€ 66.01
Paperback. Uses the writings of 16th and 17th century women to construct a feminist perspective on drama by Shakespeare, Marlowe, Jonson, Middleton, Ford, and their contemporaries. This book includes plays such as: "Doctor Faustus", "Measure for Measure", "The Spanish Tragedy", "The Revenger's Tragedy" and "The Maid's Tragedy". Num Pages: 216 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSG; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631205098
- ISBN
- 9780631205098
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.87
€ 50.87
paperback. Marks a new era of feminist film scholarship. This title collects twenty essays that demonstrate how feminist historiographies at once alter and enrich ongoing debates over visuality and identification, authorship, stardom, and nationalist ideologies in cinema and media studies. Editor(s): Bean, Jennifer M.; Negra, Diane. Series: A Camera Obscura Book. Num Pages: 592 pages, 62 illus. BIC Classification: APFA; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 38. Weight in Grams: 840.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 592
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822329992
- ISBN
- 9780822329992
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 38.36
€ 42.99
€ 38.36
Paperback. Solnit's revelatory modern classic exploring philosophy, history, art and metaphysics Series: Canons. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Canongate Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781786890511
- ISBN
- 9781786890511
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.73
€ 13.99
€ 10.73
Hardcover. Illustrator(s): Whitson, Andrew. Series: Little Irish bookshelf. Num Pages: 80 pages, colour and b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- Appletree Press Ltd
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780862816346
- ISBN
- 9780862816346
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.71
€ 13.99
€ 11.71