Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Hardcover. This handbook offers the first global study of women's employment in news using survey data. It comprises chapters on 29 nations from all regions of the world, authored by local researchers who have a depth of knowledge about their nations' culture, history, gender relations and journalism. Editor(s): Byerly, Carolyn M.; International Women's Media Foundation. Num Pages: 477 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFD; JFSJ1; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 156 x 33. Weight in Grams: 904.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137273239
- ISBN
- 9781137273239
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.41
€ 70.41
Paperback. Editor(s): Uglow, Jennifer; Hendry, Maggy. Num Pages: 688 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GBCB; HB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 163 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1032.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 690
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 4th
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403934482
- ISBN
- 9781403934482
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.36
€ 68.36
Hardcover. Martin Luther King, Jr's ideas - his call for racial equality, his faith in the ultimate triumph of justice, his insistence on the power of nonviolence to bring about a major transformation of American society - are as vital and timely as ever. This book chronicles the Montgomery bus boycott of 1956. Editor(s): Carson, Clayborne; Burns, Stewart; Carson, Susan; Holloran, Peter. Series: Martin Luther King Papers. Num Pages: 598 pages, 49 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; BG; DNF; JFSL3; JPVH; JPWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 258 x 190 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1306.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 598
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520079526
- ISBN
- 9780520079526
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.95€ 58.34
€ 74.95
€ 58.34
Hardback. Chronicles one of the twentieth century's most dynamic personalities and one of the nation's greatest social struggles. This title conveys Martin Luther King, Jr's call for racial justice and his faith in the power of nonviolence to engender a major transformation of American society. Editor(s): Carson, Clayborne; Carson, Susan; Clay, Adrienne; Shadron, Virginia; Taylor, Kieran. Series: Martin Luther King Papers. Num Pages: 670 pages, 31 b/w photographs, 15 facsimiles. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLW3; JFSL1; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1402.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 670
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780520222311
- ISBN
- 9780520222311
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.95€ 58.23
€ 74.95
€ 58.23
Hardback. Provides a glimpse into Martin Luther King's early relationship with President John F Kennedy and his efforts to remain relevant in a protest movement growing increasingly massive and militant. Editor(s): Carson, Clayborne; Armstrong, Tenisha Hart. Series: Martin Luther King Papers. Num Pages: 752 pages, 20 facsimiles, 21 black and white images. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; HBJK; HBLX; HBTB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 263 x 178 x 54. Weight in Grams: 1734.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520282698
- ISBN
- 9780520282698
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.95€ 58.34
€ 74.95
€ 58.34
Paperback. Since its independence in the nineteenth century, the South American state of Colombia has been shaped by decades of bloody political violence. This book draws on interviews with paramilitary death squads and drug lords to provide a cultural interpretation of the country's history of violence and state control. Num Pages: 264 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSC; JFFE; JHMC; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520288522
- ISBN
- 9780520288522
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.06
€ 33.99
€ 25.06
Paperback. "Originally published in Hebrew in 1973 under the title Hamashal vehanimshal, having appeared as one of several stories in the volume Ir u-meloah." Translator(s): Diamond, James. Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: DS; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 13. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804788724
- ISBN
- 9780804788724
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.33
€ 25.99
€ 24.33
Paperback. A uniquely diverse collection of essays on the global reach of American power, institutions and culture from the 19th century to the present day. Editor(s): Mazlish, Bruce; Chanda, Nayan; Weisbrode, Kenneth. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFS; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804751568
- ISBN
- 9780804751568
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.56
€ 27.99
€ 26.56
Paperback. Authenticity in our globalized world is a paradox. This collection examines how authenticity relates to cultural products, looking closely at how a particular "ethnic" food, or genre of popular music, or indigenous religious belief attains its aura of originality, when all traditional cultural products are invented in a certain time and place. Editor(s): Cobb, R. Num Pages: 298 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSR; JHB; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2014
- Number of pages
- 298
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349469789
- ISBN
- 9781349469789
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.26
€ 66.26
Hardcover. Authenticity in our globalized world is a paradox. This collection examines how authenticity relates to cultural products, looking closely at how a particular "ethnic" food, or genre of popular music, or indigenous religious belief attains its aura of originality, when all traditional cultural products are invented in a certain time and place. Editor(s): Cobb, Russell. Num Pages: 298 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFS; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 150 x 21. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137353825
- ISBN
- 9781137353825
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. A challenge to conventional notions about American women's collective engagement in public policy-making Series: The Cawp Series in Gender and American Politics. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Michigan Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472035618
- ISBN
- 9780472035618
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Condition: New
€ 47.11
€ 47.11
Paperback. Focuses on a group of African American families in a multicultural urban environment, many of them poor and all of them with children who have been diagnosed with serious chronic medical conditions. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 398. Journeys Through a Clinical Borderland. 288 pages. Focuses on a group of African American families in a multicultural urban environment, many of them poor and all of them with children who have been diagnosed with serious chronic medical conditions. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL; MBP. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 18. Weight: 396.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520267350
- ISBN
- 9780520267350
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
€ 40.99
€ 29.44
Hardback. Focuses on a group of African American families in a multicultural urban environment, many of them poor and all of them with children who have been diagnosed with serious chronic medical conditions. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520267343
- ISBN
- 9780520267343
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.17€ 73.24
€ 95.17
€ 73.24
Paperback. Offers an analysis of rigorous, empirical evidence that exposes the central paradox of racial representation. Using data on representatives elected to Congress between 1972 and 1994, this work examines the link between the racial composition of a congressional district and its representative's race as well as ideology. Num Pages: 176 pages, 28 line illus. 15 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSL1; JPH; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 257.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691010106
- ISBN
- 9780691010106
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 38.20
€ 52.99
€ 38.20
The Paradox of Urban Space. Inequality and Transformation in Marginali...
. Ed(S): Sutton, S.; Kemp, S.
Paperback. As racially-based inequalities and spatial segregation deepen, further strained by emergent problems associated with climate change, ever-widening differences between wealth and poverty, and the economic crisis, this book issues a timely call for just, sustainable development. Editor(s): Sutton, S.; Kemp, S. Num Pages: 295 pages, 17 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JFSL; JHB; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2011
- Number of pages
- 295
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349288373
- ISBN
- 9781349288373
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
The Paradox of Urban Space. Inequality and Transformation in Marginali...
. Ed(S): Sutton, Sharon E.; Kemp, Susan P.
Hardback. As racially-based inequalities and spatial segregation deepen, further strained by emergent problems associated with climate change, ever-widening differences between wealth and poverty, and the economic crisis, this book issues a timely call for just, sustainable development. Editor(s): Sutton, Sharon E.; Kemp, Susan P. Num Pages: 281 pages, 17 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 144 x 19. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 281
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230103917
- ISBN
- 9780230103917
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.25
€ 67.25
Paperback. The United States is rapidly changing from a country monochromatically divided between black and white into a multiethnic society. This title helps us to understand America's racial future by revealing the complex relationships among integration, racial attitudes, and neighborhood life. Num Pages: 216 pages, 2 maps, 43 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226626635
- ISBN
- 9780226626635
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 26.09
€ 32.99
€ 26.09
paperback. Weaving together a social history of the American beef industry with her own account of growing up in the shadow of her grandfather's cattle business, Halley juxtaposes the two worlds and creates a link between the meat industry and her own experience of the formation of gender and sexuality through family violence. Series: Critical Studies in Gender, Sexuality, and Culture. Num Pages: 199 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSJ; JFSR; JHB; JHBL; TVB. 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
- 199
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2012
- SKU
- V9781349296514
- ISBN
- 9781349296514
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 116.70
€ 116.70
Hardcover. Weaving together a social history of the American beef industry with her own account of growing up in the shadow of her grandfather's cattle business, Halley juxtaposes the two worlds and creates a link between the meat industry and her own experience of the formation of gender and sexuality through family violence. Series: Critical Studies in Gender, Sexuality, and Culture. Num Pages: 199 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFE; JFSJ1; KNAC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 202
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230115187
- ISBN
- 9780230115187
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.30
€ 127.30
Hardback. Provides a fresh take on present day issues such as Israel and the "new Anti-Semitism" Editor(s): Landes, Richard. Series: Elie Wiesel Center for Judaic Studies Series. Num Pages: 264 pages, 5 figures, 3 tables. BIC Classification: HRAX; HRJ; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 160 x 22. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- New York University Press
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814748923
- ISBN
- 9780814748923
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.76
€ 47.76
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Pari Publishing Italy
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788890196058
- ISBN
- 9788890196058
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.48
€ 13.99
€ 13.48
Hardback. Series: Cultures of History. Num Pages: 416 pages, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HRGP; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 234 x 30. Weight in Grams: 728.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231163064
- ISBN
- 9780231163064
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.76€ 57.47
€ 73.76
€ 57.47
hardcover. Looks at the surge of Bretons who left their homes in Western France in the latter half of the nineteenth century to live and work in Paris. Num Pages: 272 pages, 5 illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; HBJD; JFFN; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822351696
- ISBN
- 9780822351696
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.46
€ 111.46
Paperback. Looks at the surge of Bretons who left their homes in Western France in the latter half of the nineteenth century to live and work in Paris. Num Pages: 272 pages, 5 illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBJD; JFFN; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 233 x 16. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822351832
- ISBN
- 9780822351832
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.67
€ 37.99
€ 27.67