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Paperback. * Highly original account of poverty and its prime sources* Draws on a wide range of examples from diverse countries* Develops a novel theory of poverty and social exclusion which will become a key reference point in all subsequent discussions. . Num Pages: 286 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFA; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 230 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
286
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745616940
ISBN
9780745616940
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.35

Hardback. A Theory of Shopping offers a highly original perspective on one of our most basic everyday activities -- shopping. We commonly assume that shopping is primarily concerned with individuals and materialism. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM; KNPR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 429.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745619453
ISBN
9780745619453
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.86

Paperback. Editor(s): Ray, Dee C. Num Pages: 220 pages, 9 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JKSN2; JNC; JNLA; MMJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 216. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
220
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138828971
ISBN
9781138828971
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 73.48

Paperback. A young mother began to behave in a decidedly aberrant, perhaps suicidal manner, and opinion in her village was sharply divided over the reason. Was she becoming a shaman, posessed by a god? Was she deranged, in need of physical restraint, drugs, and hospitalization? Num Pages: 164 pages, index. BIC Classification: JFFK; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5499 x 3564 x 10. Weight in Grams: 209.
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
164
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804719803
ISBN
9780804719803
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.39

Paperback. Provides an examination of the production, consumption, and circulation of tea. This book reveals how the female tea-pluckers seen in advertisements came to symbolise the heart of colonialism in India. It exposes how this image has distracted from working conditions, low wages, and coercive labour practices enforced by the patronage system. Series: A John Hope Franklin Center Book. Num Pages: 440 pages, 27 b&w photos, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; HBTQ; HBTR; JFSJ1; JFSL; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 29. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822326748
ISBN
9780822326748
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.02

Hardback. Shows how the evolution of the greeting card reveals the fundamental power of economic organization to enable and constrain experiences of longing, status, desire, social connectedness, and love and to structure and determine the most private, internal, and intimate of feelings. This book covers the development of the greeting card industry. Series: Popular Cultures, Everyday Lives. Num Pages: 368 pages, 85 photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; JFC; KNTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 681.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231118781
ISBN
9780231118781
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 109.39
€ 83.75

Paperback. This volume presents an exploration of the origins of nationalism and cultural identity in China, tracing the ways in which a large, early modern empire of Eurasia, the Qing, incorporated neighbouring, but disparate, political traditions into a new style of emperorship. Num Pages: 417 pages, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLL; JFC; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 626.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
417
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520234246
ISBN
9780520234246
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

Hardback. The perfect gift for anyone interested in Irish folklore. These lrish tales are reprinted from nineteenth-century sources, but they date back to a centuries-old oral tradition of storytelling that had yet to be committed to the printed page. They were passed down through the ages virtually unaltered and feature a wide variety of fantastic beings. Series: Barnes & Noble Leatherbound Classic Collection. Num Pages: 704 pages, black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 159. .
Publisher
Barnes & Noble Inc United States
Number of pages
704
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781435161368
ISBN
9781435161368
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.02

paperback. A collection of instructive stories about both prominent and relatively unknown Jewish personalities from biblical times onwards. Arranged alphabetically by personality, it includes Moses, Job, Rabbi Akiva, Hillel, and Maimonides, as well as Sholom Aleichem, Theodor Herzl, and even Harpo Marx. Num Pages: 282 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Jason Aronson, Inc. United States
Number of pages
282
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9781568215136
ISBN
9781568215136
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 85.06

Hardback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; KJW; VSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 646.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062641816
ISBN
9780062641816
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 25.30

Paperback. Lawyer, educator, novelist, radio and television scriptwriter, film director and screenwriter, wartime intelligence operative, and full-time radical romantic, Abraham Lincoln Polonsky was blacklisted in Hollywood for refusing to be an informer. This biography helps us understand the relationship between art and politics in American culture. Num Pages: 285 pages, 18 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF; BGF; HBJK; HBLW3; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
285
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520236721
ISBN
9780520236721
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

Paperback. Num Pages: 394 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFK; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 29. Weight in Grams: 614.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
394
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226734910
ISBN
9780226734910
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.82

Paperback. First published in 1792, Wollstonecraft's book attacked the prevailing view of docile, decorative femininity and laid out the principles of emancipation - an equal education for girls and boys, an end to prejudice, and for women to become defined by their profession, not their partner. Editor(s): Brody, Miriam. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 262.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141441252
ISBN
9780141441252
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.10

Paperback. Arguably the most original book of the eighteenth century, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman is a pioneering feminist work. Editor(s): Lynch, Deidre Shauna. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 132 x 23. Weight in Grams: 404.
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
412
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Third
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393929744
ISBN
9780393929744
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99

Paperback. A treatise of proto-feminism, that was written before the concept of equality between the sexes was even conceived. It argues for the rational education of women and for an increased female contribution to society. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: JFFK; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 201 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 250.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780099595823
ISBN
9780099595823
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.33

Paperback. Argues for the education of women and for an increased female contribution to society. This work made the first ripples of what would later become the tidal wave of the women's rights movement. Rationalist but revolutionary, it changed the world for women. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 110 x 10. Weight in Grams: 68.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Brief
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784870393
ISBN
9781784870393
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 7.92

Paperback. Editor(s): Barnard, Philip; Shapiro, Stephen. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 12. Weight in Grams: 200.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
162
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Abridged
Condition
New
SKU
V9781603849388
ISBN
9781603849388
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.76

Hardcover. Editor(s): Barnard, Philip; Shapiro, Stephen. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 148 x 13. Weight in Grams: 290.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
162
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Abridged
Condition
New
SKU
V9781603849395
ISBN
9781603849395
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.55

Hardback. How can we explain this striking paradox? Why do we often underestimate the virtue of moderation? Seeking to answer these questions, this book examines moderation in modern French political thought and focuses on the French Revolution and its legacy. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBJD; HPS; JFCX; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 164 x 28. Weight in Grams: 640.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
360
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691146768
ISBN
9780691146768
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.34
€ 55.72

Hardcover. Num Pages: 196 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; WBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 260 x 286 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1082.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Avery
Condition
New
SKU
V9781592409303
ISBN
9781592409303
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.14

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