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Society & culture: general

Hardcover. Jessie Fauset's and Nella Larsen's novels raise important questions about gender and race. This book looks at Fauset's "Plum Bun" and "Comedy: American Style" and Larsen's "Quicksand" and "Passing", finding them revisionary and subversive. It looks at their work rather than at their lives. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK; JFF; JFSJ; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 481.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813915531
ISBN
9780813915531
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.42

Paperback. Studies the place of the feminine in Nietzsche's work, bringing together scholars in philosophy, feminism, comparative literature and German studies. Without dismissing his misogyny, the work argues that Nietzsche's many statements about women are ambivalent and cannot be labelled simply. Editor(s): Burgard, Peter J. Series: Feminist Issues: Practice, Politics, Theory S. Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; DSBF; HPC; JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 621.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813914954
ISBN
9780813914954
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.56

Hardcover. Series: Techniques of the Moving Image. Num Pages: 224 pages, 26 photographs. BIC Classification: APFX; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 825.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813572543
ISBN
9780813572543
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 159.45

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APT; JFCA; KNTD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 349.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813562698
ISBN
9780813562698
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 38.54

Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: APT; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813550053
ISBN
9780813550053
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.93

Paperback. Editor(s): Dimaggio, Paul; Fernandez-Kelly, Patricia. Series: Rutgers Series: The Public Life of the Arts. Num Pages: 320 pages, 10 photographs & 12 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AB; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 513.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813547589
ISBN
9780813547589
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.31

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: GTC; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Southern Illinois University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780809332946
ISBN
9780809332946
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.46

Paperback. Num Pages: 344 pages, 79 illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSR1; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 21. Weight in Grams: 626.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Edition
1St Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807871232
ISBN
9780807871232
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.53

Paperback. Removable Type: Histories of the Book in Indian Country, 1663-1880 Num Pages: 272 pages, 38 illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807871201
ISBN
9780807871201
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.24

Paperback. The US has been described as a nation of immigrants, but it is also a nation of religions in which Muslims and Methodists, Buddhists and Baptists live and work side by side. This book explores that nation of religions, focusing on how four arrived religious communities - Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus, and Sikhs - are being shaped by American values. Editor(s): Prothero, Stephen R. Num Pages: 328 pages, 12 tables, notes, bibl., index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807857700
ISBN
9780807857700
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.46

Paperback. Chicken - both the bird and the food - has played multiple roles in the lives of African American women since the slavery era. This book examines the complexity of black women's legacies using food as a form of cultural work. It focuses on the ways black women have forged their own self-definitions and relationships to the "gospel bird". Num Pages: 312 pages, 41 illustrations, notes, bibl., index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Edition
1st New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807856864
ISBN
9780807856864
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.61

Paperback. This contribution to the theory and conceptualization of the field of women's history, sensitive to the differences of class, ethnicity, race, and culture among women, was published in 1979. This edition includes a foreword by Linda K. Kerber. Num Pages: 216 pages, 8tabs. BIC Classification: JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press Chapel Hill
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807856062
ISBN
9780807856062
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.01

Paperback. Jonathan Daniel Wells contests the popular idea that the Old South was a region of essentially two classes (planters and slaves) until after the Civil War. He argues that, in fact, the region had a burgeoning white middle class that had a profound impact on southern culture, the debate over slavery, and the coming of the Civil War. Num Pages: 320 pages, 15 illustrations, 9 tables, notes. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; 3JH; HBTB; JFSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 503.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Edition
1st New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807855539
ISBN
9780807855539
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.44

Paperback. This guidebook offers a journey into the lands and culture of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians in the mountains of North Carolina, Tennessee and Georgia. Introducing the vibrant world of Cherokee heritage, it is organized around seven geographical hubs of the original Cherokee homeland. Num Pages: 432 pages, 144 colour photographs, 11 maps, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBFG; 1KBBFN; 1KBBSN; JFSL9; WTH; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 821.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807854570
ISBN
9780807854570
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 30.43

Paperback. In 1932, Atlanta had the South's largest population of educated African Americans. However, Jim Crow's dictates meant they were almost entirely excluded from public life. Ferguson shows how Roosevelt's New Deal opened up oppportunities for black Atlantans struggling to acheive full citizenship. Series: John Hope Franklin Series in African American History and Culture. Num Pages: 336 pages, 16 illustrations, 4 tables, 2 maps, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBFG; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Edition
1st New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807853702
ISBN
9780807853702
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.64

Paperback. Tracing the rise of the California teen as a national icon in the 1950s and 60s, Kirse May shows how idealized images of a suburban youth culture soothed America's post-war nerves while denying racial and urban realities. Num Pages: 272 pages, 12 illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 367.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Edition
1st New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807853627
ISBN
9780807853627
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.06

Paperback. The origins of racism and slavery in British North America from the perspective of gender are examined in this book. The author argues that gender was both a basic social relationship and a model for other social hierarchies, and assesses its role in the construction of racism in Virginia. Num Pages: 584 pages, 10 illustrations, 2 maps, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLH; HBTS; JFFJ; JFSJ; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 32. Weight in Grams: 771.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Edition
1st New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807846230
ISBN
9780807846230
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.75

Paperback. Presents the foundations and present influence of intellectual antisemitism in Russia Series: Studies in Antisemitism. Num Pages: 319 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; GTB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 504.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
319
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803246942
ISBN
9780803246942
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.03

Paperback. Challenges simple understanding of cultural "authenticity" even as it celebrates the dynamic role of performance in the American Indian pursuit of self-determination Editor(s): Bellin, Joshua David; Mielke, Laura L. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 1KB; 3J; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 143 x 22. Weight in Grams: 412.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803226326
ISBN
9780803226326
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.79

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: JFFP; JP; KJN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Berrett-Koehler Publishers United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9781523082711
ISBN
9781523082711
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 19.09

Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFK; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 464.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801499715
ISBN
9780801499715
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 42.06

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801497988
ISBN
9780801497988
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.27

paperback. Series: Indigenous Americas. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1KBB; GTB; HBTR; JFSL9; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Univ Of Minnesota Press United Kingdom
Condition
New
Edition
3rd ed.
SKU
V9781517901424
ISBN
9781517901424
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 22.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 5 halftones, 1 table. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801488771
ISBN
9780801488771
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 38.60

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