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Society & culture: general

Paperback. A collection of classic texts and new black feminist scholarship. Exploring postmodernist themes of gendered and racialized exclusion, "black" identity and social and cultural difference, this volume provides an overview of black feminism in Britain as it has developed since the mid 1970s. Editor(s): Mirza, Heidi Safia. Num Pages: 320 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; JFFK; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 502.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415152891
ISBN
9780415152891
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.43

Paperback. This work examines the emergence of the ethnic hero within popular culture. It looks at the dynamic rise of African-American pop icons, the social and historical contexts in which they flourished, and their powerful impact on the African-American community. Num Pages: 304 pages, 30 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; JFCA; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 600.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226847177
ISBN
9780226847177
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.73

Paperback. This fascinating collection investigates the origins of our most intriguing superstitions still observed today, and sets them in their historical and social context. Num Pages: 192 pages, Chapter decorations. BIC Classification: JFHF; WZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 14. Weight in Grams: 166.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Michael O´Mara Books Ltd
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782434863
ISBN
9781782434863
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.09

Paperback. A title that shows how popular films reflected the massive social changes that resulted from the Great Migration of African Americans from the rural South to cities in the North, West, and Mid-West during the first three decades of the twentieth century. It offers a unique map of Black representations in film. Series: Culture & the Moving Image S. Num Pages: 280 pages, 17 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; APFA; HBJK; HBLW; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Temple University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781592130030
ISBN
9781592130030
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 29.51

Paperback. The authoritative introduction to the history of black civil rights in the USA, providing a clear and useful guide to the political, social and cultural history of black Americans and their pursuit of equality from 1865 to the present day. Series: Introductions to History. Num Pages: 144 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBT; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 134 x 9. Weight in Grams: 184.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415238885
ISBN
9780415238885
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.03

Hardback. Based on a comprehensive review of professional literature and an analysis of the management skills of contemporary black college leaders, this study compares the culture of black colleges and universities. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3; JNM; JNSV. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 163 x 18. Weight in Grams: 345.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742546165
ISBN
9780742546165
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 135.63

Paperback. Num Pages: 186 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 135 x 11. Weight in Grams: 246.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
African American Images United States
Edition
1st
Number of pages
186
Condition
New
SKU
V9780913543238
ISBN
9780913543238
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.32

Hardback. The first collective biography of Black American conductors of instrumental ensembles from the early 19th century to the present. Num Pages: 570 pages, form,ports. BIC Classification: AVGC9; AVS; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 148 x 31. Weight in Grams: 812.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
570
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810829305
ISBN
9780810829305
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.35

paperback. Michael L. Ondaatje examines the ideas and arguments of prominent black conservative thinkers during the past three decades, charting the evolution of black conservative thought in relation to key debates on affirmative action, welfare, and education. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3; JPFM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812222043
ISBN
9780812222043
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.82

Paperback. Against the backdrop of increasing ambivalence in the federal government commitment to race-based employment policies, this book reveals how African-Americans first broke into professional and managerial jobs in corporations during the sixties and offers in-depth profiles of their subsequent career experiences. Series: Labor & Social Change. Num Pages: 216 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3; JHBL; KJM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5334 x 3556 x 17. Weight in Grams: 268.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566394741
ISBN
9781566394741
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 40.65

Paperback. Through readings of slave narratives, fiction, poetry, nonfiction, newspaper editorials, and government documents including texts by Frederick Douglass and freed West Indian slave Mary Prince, Ifeoma Kiddoe Nwankwo explicates the growing interrelatedness of people of African descent through the Americas in the nineteenth century. Series: Rethinking the Americas. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSBH5; JFS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 417.
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812223231
ISBN
9780812223231
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 33.91

Paperback. Num Pages: 298 pages, 4 maps, 8 figures, 18 halftones. BIC Classification: 1H; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 452.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
298
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226023434
ISBN
9780226023434
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.41

Paperback.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Number of pages
556
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
30th anniversary
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195305685
ISBN
9780195305685
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 23.86

paperback. Editor(s): Conyers, James L., Jr. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HB; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780830415748
ISBN
9780830415748
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 74.15

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Princeton Book Company United States
Edition
Second Edition, Second edition
Number of pages
397
Condition
New
SKU
V9780916622633
ISBN
9780916622633
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.88

Paperback. Research has identified resilience as a key element to success in school. The author searches out ways to develop, reinforce, and alter the factors that encourage resilience in African American deaf and hard of hearing students. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1 figure, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFG; JFSL3; JNSC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Gallaudet University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781563685941
ISBN
9781563685941
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.66

paperback. Hollywood film directors are some of the world's most powerful storytellers, shaping the fantasies and aspirations of people around the globe. Discussing 67 individuals and over 135 films, this work explores how black directors' storytelling skills and film techniques have widened both the thematic focus and visual style of American cinema. Num Pages: 389 pages, 57 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 554.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
389
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780292701793
ISBN
9780292701793
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.12

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3; KC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 10. Weight in Grams: 224.
Publisher
African American Images United States
Number of pages
171
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
Second Edition, Second edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780913543825
ISBN
9780913543825
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.38

paperback. Tells the story of the Oglala Lakota visionary and healer Nicholas Black Elk (1863-1950) and his people during momentous twilight years of the nineteenth century, offers readers much more than a precious glimpse of a vanished time. Num Pages: 424 pages, 10 photographs, 6 illustrations, 31 colour plates, 3 maps. BIC Classification: BG; HRAX; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 228 x 29. Weight in Grams: 708.
Publisher
Combined Academic Publ.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Complete ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803283916
ISBN
9780803283916
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.82

Paperback. Explores the writings of Marcus Garvey, Claude McKay and C.L.R. James and argues that these black transnationals articulated a novel conception of black identity that reconfigures the meaning of American nationality Series: New Americanists. Num Pages: 384 pages, 5 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KBB; GTB; JFC; JFSJ; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5983 x 3971 x 28. Weight in Grams: 608.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822335887
ISBN
9780822335887
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

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