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Paperback. Deane Curtin puts todays most important social and environmental ethical issues into their historical, political and philosophical contexts, and offers deep insights into the nature of our freedom and its relation to justice in our globalized, commercialized culture. Series: Nature's Meaning. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 150 x 13. Weight in Grams: 331.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742525795
ISBN
9780742525795
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.80

Paperback. Editor(s): Hornidge, Anna-Katharina; Antweiler, Christoph. Num Pages: 284 pages, 43 b/w illus. BIC Classification: AMCR; JFFS; JPQB; RND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 150 x 21. Weight in Grams: 452.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Transcript Verlag Germany
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
SKU
V9783837619591
ISBN
9783837619591
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 35.46

hardcover. Envisioning America is a revealing ethnographic portrait of how naturalized Chinese in Southern California have pursued the democratic ideals of participation through political empowerment and community recognition despite impediments to their full inclusion as American citizens. Series: Asian America. Num Pages: 256 pages, 12 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804762410
ISBN
9780804762410
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 108.57

hardcover. This is the first book devoted to the emotions of rivalry in the classical world taken as a whole. Editor(s): Konstan, David; Rutter, Keith. Series: Edinburgh Leventis Studies. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HBG; HPM; JFC; JMM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 164 x 25. Weight in Grams: 686.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780748616039
ISBN
9780748616039
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 211.56

Hardback. Outlines the history of drug abuse and redefines its phenomena to reflect our knowledge. This book discusses the state and future of the field, balancing the practical concerns involved in gathering drug abuse data with the ethics of using the information. Editor(s): Sloboda, Zili. Num Pages: 240 pages, 5 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JFFH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 1190.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780387244150
ISBN
9780387244150
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 126.77

Paperback. Pop culture meets cutting-edge science in this one-volume introduction to the history of science and modern biology. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JFCA; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 371.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Bellevue Literary Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781934137390
ISBN
9781934137390
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.65

Paperback. Jan Carew's memoirs, compiled, edited and expanded by Joy Gleason Carew offer an unparalleled insight into the life and work of this pioneering global, multifaceted man and his multiple lives as a novelist, activist, shaper of Black Studies, actor, playwright, painter, agricultural evangelist, advisor to Heads of State and much more. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA; BM; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 234. .
Publisher
Peepal Tree Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
300
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845232450
ISBN
9781845232450
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.21

Paperback. Num Pages: 292 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFF; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 234 x 20. Weight in Grams: 452.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781612055459
ISBN
9781612055459
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.52

paperback. Since the late 1980s, queer studies and theory have become vital to the intellectual and political life of the United States. Working from texts of European and American writers, this work analyzes a turn-of-the-century historical moment in which sexual orientation became as important a demarcation of personhood as gender had been for centuries. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: JFSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 402. 280 pages. Since the late 1980s, queer studies and theory have become vital to the intellectual and political life of the United States. Working from texts of European and American writers, this work analyzes a turn-of-the-century historical moment in which sexual orientation became as important a demarcation of personhood as gender had been for centuries. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: JFSK. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 17. Weight: 388.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
280
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
2Rev Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520254060
ISBN
9780520254060
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.15

Paperback. Num Pages: 156 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 210 x 14. Weight in Grams: 208.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
New Press, The
Condition
New
SKU
V9781620970393
ISBN
9781620970393
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.55

Paperback. Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972 reflects America's aspirational belief that girls and boys, women and men, both deserve equal educational opportunities in athletics. This book shows how this ideal has been both implemented and thwarted over the years via actions in the legislature, executive and judicial branches of government. Editor(s): Hogshead-Makar, Nancy; Zimbalist, Andrew. Num Pages: 328 pages, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JNU; YNW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 180 x 21. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Temple University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781592133802
ISBN
9781592133802
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 44.90

Hardback. Both the Prophet Joseph Smith and his Book of Mormon have been characterized as ardently, indeed evangelically, antimasonic. Yet in this sweeping social, cultural, and religious history of nineteenth-century Mormonism and its milieu, Forsberg argues that masonry, like evangelical Christianity, was an essential component of Smith's vision. Series: Religion & American Culture S. Num Pages: 352 pages, 39 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRCC2; HRCC99; JFC; JFSJ; JFSV1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 166 x 25. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231126403
ISBN
9780231126403
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.14
€ 50.63

Hardback. Details the televising of the revolution in American civil rights Series: The History of Communication. Num Pages: 280 pages, 38 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFD; JFF; JPWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 243 x 17. Weight in Grams: 620.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252036682
ISBN
9780252036682
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.40

Paperback. Looks at the issue of equal pay for equal value with regards the race, class and gender of employees. Chapters examine such topics as comparable worth and its impact on black women, gender and class in comparable worth, equal worth in British banking and comparable worth in US nursing. Num Pages: 300 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; JFSJ; JHBL; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 389.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333475072
ISBN
9780333475072
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 121.72

Hardback. This important book explores the values of equality and diversity as promoted across liberal societies, drawing on various traditions of political and social philosophy, and applying them to policy and practice debates. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: JFF; JFS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 251 x 183 x 16. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847426079
ISBN
9781847426079
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.30

Hardback. This is a study of social mobility under Hungary's communist regime. The regime that took power after World War II had the proclaimed goal of eliminating the abusive inequalities of the old regime and creating an egalitarian society. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations, facsims.,forms. BIC Classification: 1DVH; HBJD; HBLW3; JFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5182 x 3226 x 21. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804731072
ISBN
9780804731072
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 77.87

Hardback. A history of human rights law in Canada, with a focus on sex discrimination in British Columbia. Series: Law and Society. Num Pages: 288 pages, , black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBCB; JFSJ1; JPVH; LAQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 58. Weight in Grams: 1179.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774827492
ISBN
9780774827492
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.10

Paperback. During the past three decades nations all over the world have been debating whether to allow same-sex couples to marry, or at least grant them the rights associated with marriage. This work presents a comparative study and survey of the status of same-sex couples in Europe. Num Pages: 408 pages, 4 tables. BIC Classification: JFSK; LA; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 554.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226520322
ISBN
9780226520322
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 37.45

Paperback. Merry argues that most voluntary separation experiments in education are not driven by a sense of racial, cultural or religious superiority. Rather, they are driven among other things by a desire for quality education, not to mention community membership and self respect. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSL1; JHBD; JNKC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 217 x 13. Weight in Grams: 282.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
2013th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137469717
ISBN
9781137469717
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.65

Paperback. How can egalitarian ideals be put into action? This book sets out a fresh interdisciplinary model for equality studies. Integrating normative questions about the ideal of equality with empirical issues about the nature of inequality, it applies a fresh framework to a range of contemporary inequalities. Num Pages: 340 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; JFFJ; JHBA; JPA; JPF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 214 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 416.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
344
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Second Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230227163
ISBN
9780230227163
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 177.80

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