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Society & culture: general
Paperback. Unfinished Business illuminates the challenges in overcoming the current inequities in public education. Fifty years after Brown v. Editor(s): Noguera, Pedro A.; Wing, Jean Yonemura. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: JFSL; JNL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470384442
- ISBN
- 9780470384442
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.30
€ 19.99
€ 17.30
Paperback. A compelling clarion call for a cultural shift that will enable us all to live more balanced lives Shortlisted for the FT McKinsey Business Book of the Year 2015 Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: JFFK; JHBK; JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 31. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Publisher
- Oneworld Publications
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780748702
- ISBN
- 9781780748702
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.08
€ 17.99
€ 14.08
Paperback. Presents the social and cultural history of courtesans in South India who are generally called devadasis, focusing on their encounters with colonial modernity in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This title charts the historical fissures that lie beneath cultural modernity in South India. Series: South Asia Across the Disciplines. Num Pages: 312 pages, 48 halftones, 6 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226768106
- ISBN
- 9780226768106
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.77
€ 37.99
€ 29.77
Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, 7 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSV; 3JJ; JFSJ1; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780271020242
- ISBN
- 9780271020242
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Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 39.02
€ 50.99
€ 39.02
Paperback. The primacy of words over images has deep roots in Western culture. But what if the two are inextricably linked in meaning-making? In this experiment in visual thinking, drawn in comics, Nick Sousanis defies conventional discourse to offer readers a stunning work of graphic art and a serious inquiry into the ways humans construct knowledge. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FXZ; HPK; JFC; JNA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 261 x 24. Weight in Grams: 804.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674744431
- ISBN
- 9780674744431
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 27.57
€ 31.99
€ 27.57
hardcover. A unique approach to understanding the changing face of youth transitions, addressing the question of how gender identities are constituted in late modern culture. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: JFF; JFSJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 172. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847420510
- ISBN
- 9781847420510
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.30
€ 97.30
Paperback. A unique approach to understanding the changing face of youth transitions, addressing the question of how gender identities are constituted in late modern culture. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JFSP2; JHBK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 239 x 175 x 12. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847429025
- ISBN
- 9781847429025
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 38.45
€ 40.99
€ 38.45
Hardback. This study offers a fresh perspective on the 'comfort women' debates. It argues that the system can be understood as the mechanism of the intersectional oppression of gender, race, class and colonialism, while illuminating the importance of testimonies of victim-survivors as the site where women recover and gain their voices and agencies. Series: Genders and Sexualities in History. Num Pages: 296 pages, 2 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJH; HBJF; HBWQ; JFFJ; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 224 x 21. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137392497
- ISBN
- 9781137392497
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.56
€ 135.56
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFE2; VFX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Manor House Publishing Inc Canada
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781897453063
- ISBN
- 9781897453063
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.90
€ 26.99
€ 18.90
Hardcover. As life expectancy increases in India, the number of people living with dementia will also rise. Yet little is known about how people in India cope with dementia, how relationships and identities change through illness and loss. Series: Life Course, Culture and Aging: Global Transformations. Num Pages: 236 pages, 11 ills. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFFH; MJND. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782383543
- ISBN
- 9781782383543
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.57
€ 135.57
Paperback. Editor(s): Choudry, Aziz; Smith, Adrian A. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFFN; JHBL; KCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Publisher
- PM Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781629631493
- ISBN
- 9781629631493
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Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.97
€ 20.99
€ 18.97
Paperback / so. Series: Frankreich-Forum. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- VS Verlag f?r Sozialwissenschaften United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783810034762
- ISBN
- 9783810034762
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Condition: New
€ 69.84
€ 69.84
Paperback. Offers an alternative to the Euro-American warrior/patriarch model of masculinity and recovers the Jewish ideal of the gentle, receptive male. Analyzing ancient and modern texts, this book reveals early rabbis - studious, family-oriented - as exemplars of manhood and the prime objects of female desire in traditional Jewish society. Series: Contraversions: Critical Studies in Jewish Literature, Culture & Society. Num Pages: 433 pages, 16. BIC Classification: JFCX; JFSJ; JFSR1; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 433
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520210509
- ISBN
- 9780520210509
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.19
€ 38.99
€ 28.19
Paperback. In this text, John L. Esposito clearly and carefully explains the teachings of Islam - the Quran, the example of the Prophet, Islamic law - about jihad or holy war, the use of violence and terrorism. He chronicles the rise of extremist groups and examines their frightening worldview and tactics. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRH; JFSR2; JPS; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 10. Weight in Grams: 171.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195168860
- ISBN
- 9780195168860
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.86
€ 24.99
€ 21.86
Hardback. One of the world's leading authorities on the Islamic world answers the many troubling questions raised in the wake of the September 11 attack Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QFM; HRAM9; HRH; JFSR2; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 161 x 19. Weight in Grams: 478. Clean copy in quarter cloth over card boards. Covers showing some light shelf wear. Lacking dust wrapper but remains a very good copy
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0008110
- ISBN
- 9780195154351
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. Offers a historical reconstruction of the evolutionary synthesis of the 1930s and 1940s. This book argues that the evolutionary synthesis was part of a larger process of unifying the biological sciences. It suggests that the drive to unify the sciences of evolution and biology was part of a global philosophical movement toward unifying knowledge. Num Pages: 256 pages, 2 halftones. BIC Classification: JFCX; PDA; PDX; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691033433
- ISBN
- 9780691033433
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.35€ 83.04
€ 109.35
€ 83.04
Paperback. Using a mixed-method approach, Unintended Consequences of Human Actions documents a wide range of unintended and unanticipated consequences of human actions. The major message is the urgent need to review a range of possible outcomes of human actions. During these fragile times "looking down the road" has become imperative. Num Pages: 100 pages. BIC Classification: JFF; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 155 x 6. Weight in Grams: 167.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 100
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761854456
- ISBN
- 9780761854456
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.74
€ 49.74
Paperback. Examines "masked" lesbian representation in Hollywood cinema Series: Theories of Representation and Difference. Num Pages: 396 pages, 46 b&w photos. BIC Classification: APF; JFSK1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 159 x 235 x 16. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 396
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780253213457
- ISBN
- 9780253213457
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.26
€ 25.99
€ 24.26
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 40. BIC Classification: HBT; JFSJ; KNXB2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 5. Weight in Grams: 408. Good copy with some minor shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- SKU
- KIN0035165
- ISBN
- 9780801489266
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. Cosmopolitanism is often discussed in a critical and disapproving manner: as a concept complicit with the interests of the powerful, or as a notion related to Western political supremacy, the ills of globalization, inequality, and capitalist economic penetration.. Editor(s): Theodossopoulos, Dimitrios; Kirtsoglou, Elisabeth. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFS; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845456306
- ISBN
- 9781845456306
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.74
€ 154.74
Paperback. Num Pages: 236 pages, 6, black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801477591
- ISBN
- 9780801477591
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.91
€ 37.99
€ 33.91
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBJK; JF; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1975
- Publisher
- Monthly Review Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780853453888
- ISBN
- 9780853453888
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.43
€ 13.99
€ 13.43
Paperback. Editor(s): Castillo, Geraldo. Num Pages: 85 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 7. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 85
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781626180406
- ISBN
- 9781626180406
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 101.02€ 70.33
€ 101.02
€ 70.33
Paperback. A guide to the sounds, sights, tastes, and colorful characters that populate the United States of America. It covers topics such as the rise and evolution of alt-country music and the Americana genre and the legends of country, blues, gospel and folk, and prohibition and pre-prohibition era cocktails and the speakeasy renaissance. Illustrator(s): Bagley, Aaron. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780061946493
- ISBN
- 9780061946493
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.92
€ 16.99
€ 14.92