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Society & culture: general
Paperback. An examination of why acceptance into America's most prestigious colleges remains beyond the reach of most students except those from high-income professional families. Num Pages: 256 pages, 13 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFF; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 14. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804756389
- ISBN
- 9780804756389
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.08
€ 27.99
€ 26.08
Paperback. The disparity between rich and poor countries is the most serious, intractable problem facing the world. The author in this book draws on extensive microeconomic studies of thirteen nations - conducted over twelve years by the Institute itself - to counter virtually all prevailing wisdom about how best to ameliorate economic disparity. Num Pages: 368 pages, 37line drawings. BIC Classification: 1QFG; 1QFH; JFFA; KCM; KJF; KN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 173 x 24. Weight in Grams: 588.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226476988
- ISBN
- 9780226476988
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Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.00
€ 20.99
€ 18.00
Paperback. Discusses the legacies of the treaties with Native American groups in the Pacific Northwest and their relevance as they define our relationship to one another and to the land and its resources. Editor(s): Harmon, Alexandra. Series: Emil and Kathleen Sick Lecture - Book Series in Western History and Biography. Num Pages: 384 pages, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBJK; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 150 x 30. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295988399
- ISBN
- 9780295988399
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 35.75
€ 36.99
€ 35.75
Paperback. The Power of Race in Cuba analyzes racial ideologies that negate the existence of racism and their effect on racial progress, racial attitudes and activism through the lens of Cuba. This work gives a nuanced portrait of black identity and draws from the many black spaces, both formal and informal to highlight black consciousness on the island. Series: Transgressing Boundaries: Studies in Black Politics and Black Communities. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJC; JFFJ; JFSL3; JPA; JPF; JPFN; JPHL. Dimension: 235 x 156. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190632304
- ISBN
- 9780190632304
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.41
€ 58.41
hardcover. Traces the links between the development of modern Egyptian identity and the burgeoning Islamic modernist movement from the mid-1870s until the 1910s. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 3JH; 3JJC; HBTB; JFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 169 x 22. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804758888
- ISBN
- 9780804758888
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.57
€ 70.57
Paperback. Explores the power of Bible stories, fairy tales, and the Odysseus, Parsifal and Oedipus stories, considering how that power can be used to help children's healthy development. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JFHF; JMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Publisher
- Floris Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780863156595
- ISBN
- 9780863156595
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.34
€ 21.99
€ 17.34
paperback. Drawing upon interviews with adults married to a partner of a different class background, The Power of the Past reveals the intimate connections between love and class and how enduring class attributes shape who they love and how their marriage unfolds. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSC; JHB; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 141 x 19. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199364435
- ISBN
- 9780199364435
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Condition: New
€ 51.17
€ 51.17
Hardback. Noenoe K. Silva creates a model indigenous intellectual history of a culture where-using Western standards-none is presumed to exist by examining the work of two lesser-known Hawaiian language writers from the nineteenth-century whose prolific output across many genres created a record of Native Hawaiian cultural history and thought. Num Pages: 288 pages, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL9; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822363521
- ISBN
- 9780822363521
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.62
€ 117.62
Paperback. Noenoe K. Silva creates a model indigenous intellectual history of a culture where-using Western standards-none is presumed to exist by examining the work of two lesser-known Hawaiian language writers from the nineteenth-century whose prolific output across many genres created a record of Native Hawaiian cultural history and thought. Num Pages: 288 pages, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL9; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822363682
- ISBN
- 9780822363682
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 29.27
€ 29.99
€ 29.27
Hardcover. This book addresses the growing need for businesses to handle public inquiries, concerns or conflicts on environmental issues. Num Pages: 342 pages, Illustrations, forms. BIC Classification: JFF; JFSL1; KJM; KNV; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 342
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471163886
- ISBN
- 9780471163886
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 167.09
€ 167.09
Paperback. Drawing on the work of Foucault and Bourdieu, this book sets out to illuminate the practical imagination as it was exhibited in the transformation of the political and social sciences during 19th-century Germany. Using information from many sources, it examines the learned disciplines of the time. Num Pages: 392 pages, 15 line drawings, 15 tables. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; JFC; JH; JPH; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 21. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press Chicago and London
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226482422
- ISBN
- 9780226482422
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 32.82
€ 42.99
€ 32.82
Paperback. This book reconstructs and extends sociological approaches to the understanding of food consumption. It identifies new ways to approach the explanation of food choice and it develops new concepts which will help reshape and reorient common understandings. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: JFCV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 220
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745691718
- ISBN
- 9780745691718
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.47
€ 23.47
Hardcover. This book reconstructs and extends sociological approaches to the understanding of food consumption. It identifies new ways to approach the explanation of food choice and it develops new concepts which will help reshape and reorient common understandings. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: JFCV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745691701
- ISBN
- 9780745691701
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.28
€ 65.28
Paperback. Considers the uses to which social representation and modes of social behavior are put by individuals and groups, describing the tactics available to the common man for reclaiming his own autonomy from the all-pervasive forces of commerce, politics, and culture. Translator(s): Rendall, Steven F. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JF; JH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 374. 256 pages. Considers the uses to which social representation and modes of social behavior are put by individuals and groups, describing the tactics available to the common man for reclaiming his own autonomy from the all-pervasive forces of commerce, politics, and culture. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: JF; JH. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 15. Weight: 348.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520271456
- ISBN
- 9780520271456
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.38
€ 33.99
€ 24.38
Hardback. The first comprehensive examination of execution as a social institution in Canada. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK; HBTB; JFMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774817530
- ISBN
- 9780774817530
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.75
€ 111.75
Paperback. Re-reads Freud and articulates a fresh model of "perverse" desire. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSK1; JMU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253208781
- ISBN
- 9780253208781
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.55
€ 19.99
€ 19.55
Paperback. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813541815
- ISBN
- 9780813541815
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.03
€ 63.03
Paperback. This book examines the historical development of global ethics in practice since WWII, looking at its philosophical and historical significance, and the contemporary challenges it faces. Num Pages: 322 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 322
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474407052
- ISBN
- 9781474407052
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 34.86
€ 38.99
€ 34.86
Hardcover. Presents research regarding substance and other behavioral addictions. This book features topics that range from drug addiction among male, female, teen and aging populations, using alcohol, cocaine, methamphetamine, khat, and/or other lesser known drugs, to behavioral addictions including online gambling, excessive buying, and eating disorders. Editor(s): Browne-Miller, Angela, PhD. Series: Abnormal Psychology. Num Pages: 1609 pages, 82 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFH1; JM; MMH; MMZR; VF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 140. Weight in Grams: 3152.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- ABC-CLIO United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 1609
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780275996055
- ISBN
- 9780275996055
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 205.81€ 187.97
€ 205.81
€ 187.97
The Preacher and the Politician: Jeremiah Wright, Barack Obama, and Ra...
Walker, Clarence E.; Smithers, Gregory D.
hardcover. Barack Obama's inauguration as the first African American president of the US has caused many commentators to conclude that America has entered a postracial age. This title argues otherwise, reminding us that, far from inevitable, Obama's nomination was nearly derailed by his relationship with Jeremiah Wright. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JMC; JFSL3; JPHF; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813928869
- ISBN
- 9780813928869
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.63
€ 23.99
€ 21.63