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Society & culture: general

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

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 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

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Paperback. The Welfare Reform Act of 1996 drastically changed the delivery of social services in the US. This title uses Catholic social teaching as a lens through which to view contemporary American welfare policies, citing the tradition's emphasis on serving the needy - including a preferential option for the poor - and the common good. Series: Moral Traditions Series. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HRCC7; JFM; JKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Georgetown University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781589011564
ISBN
9781589011564
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.00

Paperback. Presents a study of Greek mythology. This book takes you from the Trojan War to the voyage of Odysseus, from the story of Dionysus to the destiny of Oedipus and to Perseus' confrontation with the Gorgons. Translator(s): Asher, Linda. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 160.
Publisher
Profile Books
Number of pages
244
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861973993
ISBN
9781861973993
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.85

Paperback / so. Editor(s): Neusel, Ayla; Poppenhusen, Margot. Series: Schriftenreihe Der Internationalen Frauenuniversitat "Techni. Num Pages: 331 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 659.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
VS Verlag f?r Sozialwissenschaften United Kingdom
Number of pages
331
Condition
New
SKU
V9783810034434
ISBN
9783810034434
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.83

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