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Society & culture: general

Paperback. Uses English language education for women in India between 1850 and 1940 as a way to explore how and why the English language became a powerful tool in struggles over caste hierarchy. This book shows how elite men linked ideas of matrimony, chastity, and heteronormativity with modernity in order to claim power on a national level. Series: Next Wave: New Directions in Women's Studies. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1QDB; 2AB; CFB; JFS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822352273
ISBN
9780822352273
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.31

paperback. This volume provides an ethnographic account of courtship, marriage and family life among the people of the Trobriand Islands. Num Pages: 654 pages. BIC Classification: GBC; JF; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 138. Weight in Grams: 848.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Number of pages
654
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780415606523
ISBN
9780415606523
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.35

Paperback. Series: Bloomsbury Revelations. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFK; JFFZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 265 x 21. Weight in Grams: 546.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Anniversary
Condition
New
SKU
V9781501312830
ISBN
9781501312830
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.61

Paperback. The Sexual Trauma Workbook for Teen Girls offers healing, real-life stories from survivors and powerful, evidence based tools to help you reclaim your life after sexual abuse or trauma. Series: Teen Instant Help. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFE2; JFSJ1; JFSP2; VFJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 256 x 204 x 16. Weight in Grams: 418.
Publisher
New Harbinger Publications
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Csm Wkb
Condition
New
SKU
V9781626253995
ISBN
9781626253995
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 23.95

Hardcover. The period of reform, revolution, and reaction that characterized seventeenth - and eighteenth-century Europe also witnessed an intensified interest in lesbians. The author demonstrates how intimacies between women became harbingers of the modern, bringing the sapphic into the mainstream of some of the most significant events in Western Europe. Num Pages: 344 pages, 9 halftones, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1D; 3J; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL; JFSK1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 267 x 26. Weight in Grams: 618.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780226187563
ISBN
9780226187563
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.39
€ 80.93

Paperback. The period of reform, revolution, and reaction that characterized seventeenth - and eighteenth-century Europe also witnessed an intensified interest in lesbians. The author demonstrates how intimacies between women became harbingers of the modern, bringing the sapphic into the mainstream of some of the most significant events in Western Europe. Num Pages: 344 pages, 9 halftones, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1D; 3J; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL; JFSK1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226187730
ISBN
9780226187730
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 29.59

Paperback. Discusses the significant connections between sexuality and Mexican immigrant men Editor(s): Naples, Nancy A.; Vidal-Ortiz, Salvador. Series: Intersections. Num Pages: 265 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; JFFN; JFSK2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 164 x 13. Weight in Grams: 372.
Publisher
New York University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814758496
ISBN
9780814758496
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.70

Paperback. Num Pages: 86 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FP; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 6. Weight in Grams: 172.
Publisher
Greenery Press
Number of pages
86
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781890159115
ISBN
9781890159115
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.96

Paperback. Though thought of as rivals, Ralph Ellison, James Baldwin, and Amiri Baraka shared a range of interests. Jazz, in particular, was a decisive influence on their thinking. This title connects their writings on jazz to the philosophical tradition of pragmatism, particularly its support for more freedom for individuals and more democratic societies. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: AVGJ; JFC; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226554242
ISBN
9780226554242
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.76

Paperback. Dismissing oversimplified and politically-charged views of the politics of Shi'ite Islam, Said Amir Arjomand offers a richly researched sociological and historical study of Shi'ism and the political order of premodern Iran that exposes the roots of what became Khomeini's theocracy. Series: Publications of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies. Num Pages: 368 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: 1FBN; HBJF1; HRAM2; JFSR2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 566.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226027845
ISBN
9780226027845
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.52

Paperback. This is first major study of the history of singleness in England to include both women and men. The book explores the lives of people who never married between 1914 and 1960, drawing upon a wide range of sources, and offers valuable insights into the significance of marital status for historians and social scientists. Series Editor(s): Sharpe, Pamela; Summerfield, Penny; Abrams, Lynn; Beattie, Cordelia. Num Pages: 257 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBTB; JFSJ1; VFV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 332.
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
257
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719068935
ISBN
9780719068935
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.85

Paperback. Num Pages: 56 pages. BIC Classification: DD; JFSP31; JHBK; VFVX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 132 x 8. Weight in Grams: 78.
Publisher
Theatre Communications Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781559364829
ISBN
9781559364829
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 13.53

Hardcover. Situating Shakespeare's representations of marriage firmly within the ideologies and practices of Renaissance culture, Lisa Hopkins argues that Shakespeare anatomizes marriage much as he does kingship, and finds it similarly indispensable to the underpinning of society. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 445.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KSS0000234
ISBN
9780333647325
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Hardback. Comprehensive study of one of the world's great indigenous arts explores issues surrounding dreams and visions, ranging from what shamanic vision is to how artists use vision and how they perceive the soul in relation to their art Num Pages: 311 pages, 43 b&w, 24 color illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACBK; AFW; HRLK; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 161 x 25. Weight in Grams: 660.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
292
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292728769
ISBN
9780292728769
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.25

Paperback. This important volume provides the foundation for a shift in policy learning on a global scale and demonstrates the need to take account of the psychological consequences of poverty for policy to be effective. Editor(s): Gubrium, Erika K.; Pellissery, Sony; Lodemel, Ivar. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JFFA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 384.
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447308706
ISBN
9781447308706
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 38.45

Hardback. The Shame of Poverty challenges thinking about the nature and causes of poverty in both the Global North and Global South. It invites the reader to question their understanding of poverty by bringing into close relief the day-to-day experiences of low-income families across the globe. Num Pages: 248 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 510.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199684823
ISBN
9780199684823
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 77.21

Hardback. The Shape of Revelation highlights the image of form-creation, sheer presence, lyric pathos, rhythmic repetition, open spatial dynamism, and erotic pulse unique in the work of Martin Buber, Franz Rosenzweig, and German Expressionism in order to explore the overlap between revelation and aesthetic shape from the perspective of Judaism. Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture. Num Pages: 352 pages, 29 illustrations. BIC Classification: HPN; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 617.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780804753210
ISBN
9780804753210
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.63

Paperback. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: JFCX; JPA; JPF; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 236 x 36. Weight in Grams: 732.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691173191
ISBN
9780691173191
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.68

Paperback. Offers information on how race-sensitive admissions policies work and defines the effects they have had on over 45,000 students of different races. This book reveals demonstrates what effect the termination of these policies would have on the number of minority students at different kinds of selective institutions. Series: The William G. Bowen Memorial Series in Higher Education. Num Pages: 544 pages, 103 line illus. 93 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; JFFJ; JFSL; JNMF; JNMN; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 35. Weight in Grams: 799.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
Revised
Number of pages
544
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691050195
ISBN
9780691050195
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 30.86

Paperback. Speaking to behavioral scientists and industry experts, yo-yo dieters and people who have gone under the knife, the author builds a picture of an obesogenic society - one where we're constantly bombarded by the twin evils of big budget food marketing and the diet industry. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: JFCV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 24. Weight in Grams: 348.
Publisher
Guardian Faber Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783350384
ISBN
9781783350384
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.95

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