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Hardback. Examines the ways in which the Melungeon ethnic identity has been socially constructed over time by various regional and national media, plays, and other forms of popular culture. Schrift explores how the social construction of this legend evolved into a fervent movement of a self-identified ethnicity in the 1990s. Num Pages: 232 pages, 2 appendixes. BIC Classification: JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Edition
0th edition
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803271548
ISBN
9780803271548
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 43.45

Paperback. Twentieth century Los Angeles has been the focus of one of the most profound and complex interactions between distinct cultures in U.S. history. In this pioneering study, Sanchez explores how Mexican immigrants "Americanized" themselves in order to fit in, thereby losing part of their own culture. Num Pages: 400 pages, 30 halftones & line illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJK; JFFN; JFSL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 570.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195096484
ISBN
9780195096484
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.47

Hardback. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813552835
ISBN
9780813552835
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 159.38

Paperback. Presenting an examination of women writers and prewar ideology, this book investigates love as a critical aspect of Japanese culture during the early-mid-twentieth century. It focuses on same-sex love, love marriage, and maternal love. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJ; DSB; HBJF; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 165 x 13. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804761987
ISBN
9780804761987
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.21

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

€ 101.01
€ 77.19

Paperback. Are you tired of just going through the motions of the Christian life? Do you feel a tug at your heart to live completely for God---but don't know what the next step is? Lysa TerKeurst invites you to uncover the spiritually exciting life you long for. Fulfillment is closer than you ever thought possible. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HRCV4; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 14. Weight in Grams: 199.
Publisher
Zondervan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780310338802
ISBN
9780310338802
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.68

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
€ 33.91

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

€ 67.19

Num Pages: 134 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AMVD; JFSF; RNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 321.
Publication date
1994
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
134
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813118468
ISBN
9780813118468
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.70

Paperback. .
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781786490322
ISBN
9781786490322
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 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

€ 24.49

Paperback. Becoming the Gentleman explains why British citizens in the long eighteenth century were haunted by the question of what it meant to be a gentleman. Supplementing recent work on femininity, Solinger identifies a corpus of texts that address masculinity and challenges the notion of a masculine figure that has been regarded as unchanging. Series: Global Masculinities. Num Pages: 203 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBD; JFC; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 266.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
203
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349351763
ISBN
9781349351763
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.07

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
€ 37.34

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

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

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

Offers psychological perspectives on bisexual and queer identities and the cultural and mental health issues facing bisexual, lesbian, gay, queer, and questioning individuals and their partners. This book addresses the therapeutic needs of bisexuals at various stages of the life cycle. Num Pages: 472 pages, 0 halftones, 0 color illus., 1 line drawings, 3 tables. BIC Classification: JFSK; JKSN2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 231 x 33. Weight in Grams: 771.
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
472
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231137249
ISBN
9780231137249
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 102.23

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

€ 142.60
€ 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

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

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

€ 65.36
€ 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

paperback. Editor(s): Hellmich, Frank; Hoya, Fabian; Forster, Sabrina. Series: Jahrbuch Grundschulforschung. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, black & white tables, bibliography. BIC Classification: JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 15. Weight in Grams: 349.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Vs Verlag Fur Sozialwissenschaften United States
Edition
2012th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9783531186085
ISBN
9783531186085
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 74.91

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBSK; HBJK; JFFJ; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 517.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Tennessee Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781621901549
ISBN
9781621901549
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.66

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