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Society & culture: general

paperback. Provides a theoretical framework which helps the reader make sense of the detail contained in the later case studies. This title shows how choosing a particular concept of quality has significant political and organizational consequences and also discusses how quality may be measured. Editor(s): Pollitt, Christopher; Bouckaert, Geert. Num Pages: 208 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; JFF; KJM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 10. Weight in Grams: 243.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
SAGE Publications Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780803974654
ISBN
9780803974654
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 75.00

Paperback. The authors apply ideas about quality of life to the field of disability to assist front-line professionals, managers and policy-makers in effective service provision. They examine the historical context of the concept of quality of life and discuss the application of quality of life in the daily lives of people who have disabilities. Num Pages: 272 pages, references, index. BIC Classification: JFFG; JKS; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 165 x 16. Weight in Grams: 412.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Pub
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843100058
ISBN
9781843100058
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.25

Hardcover. Num Pages: 175 pages, tables. BIC Classification: JFFH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 264 x 183 x 18. Weight in Grams: 556.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
175
Condition
New
SKU
V9781600214431
ISBN
9781600214431
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 205.57
€ 137.67

Paperback. Why are some contemporary television shows so compelling? This book looks at this category of 'cult' television and the reasons for its emergence. It examines the particular qualities necessary for success and how they relate to issues such as the economics of network scheduling, the growth of the Internet, and debates about television audiences. Editor(s): Jancovich, Mark; Lyons, James. Num Pages: 215 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: APT; JFCA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 402.
Publisher
British Film Institute
Number of pages
215
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780851709413
ISBN
9780851709413
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 38.17

Hardback. With the advent of digital devices and software, self-tracking practices have gained new adherents and have spread into a wide array of social domains. The Quantified Self movement has emerged to promote self knowledge through numbers . Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: GTC; JFD; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509500598
ISBN
9781509500598
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.16

Paperback / so. Editor(s): Hayashi, Chikio; Scheuch, Erwin. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 22. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
VS Verlag f?r Sozialwissenschaften United Kingdom
Condition
New
SKU
V9783810013323
ISBN
9783810013323
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.02

Paperback. A leading feminist theorist rethinks deconstruction and its relevance to nature, embodiment, materialism, and science. Num Pages: 184 pages, frontispiece. BIC Classification: HPCF7; JFFK; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 157 x 11. Weight in Grams: 256.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822350736
ISBN
9780822350736
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.37

Paperback. In examining the role that timing can play in the establishment of theory and explanation, this book argues that the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics was accepted not because it was better than David Bohm's (who supplied an alternative explanation), but because it appeared first. Series: Science & Its Conceptual Foundations S. Num Pages: 328 pages, 13 line drawings, 1 table. BIC Classification: JFCX; PDA; PDX; PHQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 530.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226132044
ISBN
9780226132044
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.48
€ 46.02

Paperback / so. Editor(s): Schnur, Olaf. Series: Quartiersforschung. Num Pages: 386 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, bibliography. BIC Classification: JFSG; RGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 22. Weight in Grams: 517.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Vs Verlag Fur Sozialwissenschaften United States
Edition
2
Number of pages
386
Condition
New
SKU
V9783531199627
ISBN
9783531199627
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 81.11

Hardback. This book examines the under-representation of Quebec women in Quebec's National Assembly and in Canada's House of Commons and Senate from 1791 to the present. Translator(s): Roth, Kathe. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBCQ; JFSJ1; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780774817684
ISBN
9780774817684
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 113.26

Paperback. This book examines the under-representation of Quebec women in Quebec's National Assembly and in Canada's House of Commons and Senate from 1791 to the present. Translator(s): Roth, Kathe. Num Pages: 272 pages, tables and charts. BIC Classification: 1KBCQ; JFSJ1; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780774817691
ISBN
9780774817691
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.10

Hardcover. The Queen Alexander Hosptial Home Num Pages: 144 pages, 61 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBTB; JFFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 256 x 180 x 15. Weight in Grams: 572. Good copy in dustwrapper 4to Illustrated. The History of Nursing and Hospital Histories.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Phillimore
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KEX0304569
ISBN
9781860770555
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 25.00

Detailed study of same-sex desire and military authority in the British Armed Forces between 1939 and 1945 Series Editor(s): Sharpe, Pamela; Summerfield, Penny; Abrams, Lynn; Beattie, Cordelia. Series: Gender in History. Num Pages: 224 pages, Tables, black & white|Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJG; HBTB; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 398.
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719082948
ISBN
9780719082948
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 151.02

Hardback. Considers how femininities are produced, performed, and consumed in the mass-media spectacles of international beauty pageants, on the runways of the Miss Venezuela contest, on the well-traveled Caracas avenue where transgender women project themselves into the urban imaginary, and on the bodies of transformistas and beauty pageant contestants. Series: Perverse Modernities: A Series Edited by Jack Halberstam and Lisa Lowe. Num Pages: 293 pages, 20 photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLSV; JFSJ5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 517.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Duke University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822356110
ISBN
9780822356110
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 110.16

Paperback. This book chronicles the life of Effa Manley: the first woman inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Series: American Sports History Series. Num Pages: 298 pages, 16 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: BGS; JFSJ1; JFSL3; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 137 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
298
Condition
New
SKU
V9781578860012
ISBN
9781578860012
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 33.79

Paperback. Rather than seeing American literature as beginning with the writings of English or Spanish colonists, Brander Rasmussen points to the wide variety of indigenous writing in the Americas prior to colonization. The study looks at writing between 1524 and the mid-19th century work of Herman Melville. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1 map, 10 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSBB; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 13. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822349549
ISBN
9780822349549
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.43

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JFSK; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 440.
Publisher
Beacon Press United States
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807051153
ISBN
9780807051153
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 19.61

Hardback. Leading sexuality scholars explore queer lives and cultures in the first full post-war decade through an array of sources and a range of perspectives. Drawing out the particularities of queer cultures from the Finland and New Zealand to the UK and the USA, this collection rethinks preconceptions of the 1950s and pinpoints some of its legacies. Editor(s): Bauer, Heike; Cook, Matt. Series: Genders and Sexualities in History. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJPG; HBLW; HBTB; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 137 x 217 x 18. Weight in Grams: 384.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
2012th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230300699
ISBN
9780230300699
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 134.68

Paperback. A Story in the Anthropology of Ethics. 280 pages, 9 illustrations. Documents how activism oscillates between the potential for new social arrangements and the questions that arise once the activists' goals have been accomplished. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFSK1; JHMC. Dimension: 230 x 157 x 17. Weight: 416.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822353195
ISBN
9780822353195
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.40

paperback. QUEER AGING comprises scholar Jesus Ramirez-Valles's probing conversations with 11 racially and economically diverse representatives of this pioneering generation of gay men - the gayby boomers. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSK; JFSK2; JFSL3; MBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 142 x 14. Weight in Grams: 284.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Oxford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190276348
ISBN
9780190276348
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 84.67

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