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Paperback. In the mid-1960s, Winberg Chai, a young academic and the son of Chinese immigrants, married an Irish-American artist. This book offers a depiction of the racism suffered by them in rural South Dakota. Num Pages: 232 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBNS; 3JJPN; BM; HBTB; JFFJ; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5334 x 3556 x 15. Weight in Grams: 249.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781592136162
- ISBN
- 9781592136162
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.56
€ 27.99
€ 26.56
Hardcover. Introducing radical counter-visions of race and slavery, this title focuses on Chinese labourers who worked side by side with African slaves in Cuba. This title presents an examination of writings by Chinese coolies that raises theoretical and methodological questions regarding freedom, race, diaspora, trans-nationalism, and globalization. Series: Asian American History and Culture Series. Num Pages: 336 pages, 6 tables, 2 illustrations, 2 figures. BIC Classification: 1KJC; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 161 x 31. Weight in Grams: 618.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781592135813
- ISBN
- 9781592135813
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Condition: New
€ 68.15
€ 68.15
Paperback. Explores a complex issue - integration of Blacks into White America - from multiple perspectives: within the United States, globally, and in the context of movements for social justice. This book explains how racial troubles in the US are symptomatic of the troubled relationship between the white and dark worlds globally. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592135738
- ISBN
- 9781592135738
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 32.13
€ 34.99
€ 32.13
Hardcover. Explores a complex issue - integration of Blacks into White America - from multiple perspectives: within the United States, globally, and in the context of movements for social justice. This book explains how racial troubles in the US are symptomatic of the troubled relationship between the white and dark worlds globally. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 661. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592135721
- ISBN
- 9781592135721
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Condition: New
€ 94.89
€ 94.89
Paperback. Offering a different approach to the study of ethnicity in the neoliberal market, this work focuses on the Arabs in Brazil. It examines how Brazilians of Syrian-Lebanese descent have gained greater visibility and prominence as the country has embraced its globalizing economy, particularly its relations with Arab Gulf nations. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 230 x 16. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592135400
- ISBN
- 9781592135400
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.94
€ 33.99
€ 30.94
Paperback. The face of television broadcasting is changing in ways that are both profound and subtle. This work uncovers the particular processes by which the international circulation of culture takes place, while addressing larger cultural issues such as identity formation. It explores the ways these international co-productions create a global culture. Series: Emerging Media: History, Theory, Narrative. Num Pages: 224 pages, 8 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: APT; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5346 x 3564 x 407. Weight in Grams: 268.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781592135042
- ISBN
- 9781592135042
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Hardcover. Melvin Juette has said that becoming paralyzed in a gang-related shooting was 'both the worst and best thing that happened' to him. The incident, he believes, surely spared the then sixteen-year-old African American from prison and/or an early death. It transformed him in other ways, too. This title re-constructs the defining moments of his life. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: BGSA; JFFG; WSJM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5346 x 3564 x 458. Weight in Grams: 327.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781592134748
- ISBN
- 9781592134748
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Condition: New
€ 67.97
€ 67.97
Paperback. At St John's Bread and Life, a soup kitchen in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, over a thousand people line up for food five days a week. This title takes the reader through the years before and after welfare reform to show how poverty has become "ordinary," a fact of life to millions of Americans and to the thousands of social workers. Series: Labor in Crisis. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFA; JHBA; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 407. Weight in Grams: 313.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592134588
- ISBN
- 9781592134588
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.79
€ 31.99
€ 28.79
Paperback. Provides a social history of the comic book over the years. This title analyzes the cultural production, reception, and consumption of American comic books throughout history. It charts the rise of superheroes, the proliferation of serials, and the emergence of graphic novels. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AKLC; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 458. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592134434
- ISBN
- 9781592134434
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 32.05
€ 34.99
€ 32.05
Hardback. How is it that comic books - the once reviled form of lowbrow popular culture - are now the rage for Hollywood blockbusters, the basis for bestselling video games, and the inspiration for literary graphic novels? This title provides a social history of the comic book over the years. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AKLC; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 585. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592134427
- ISBN
- 9781592134427
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.43
€ 83.43
paperback. A groundbreaking effort to find the "common language" between two of the most important philosophical thinkers of the twentieth century, Forms in the Abyss promises to be one of the most significant contribution to our critical understanding of western thought in recent memory. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HPC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 585. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592134403
- ISBN
- 9781592134403
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 32.13
€ 34.99
€ 32.13
Paperback. Presents a fresh sociological understanding of the relationship between social exclusion and mental disability. This book examines the way insanity became synonymous with other afflictions: homelessness, drug addiction, and alcoholism. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: JFS; JM; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 14. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592134045
- ISBN
- 9781592134045
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Paperback. Observations of animals playing, solving problems, and behaving fairly toward each other reveal a range of animal behaviors and show that the ethical treatment of animals is a significant issue. Series: Animals, Culture, & Society. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFFZ; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 534. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592133482
- ISBN
- 9781592133482
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.25
€ 36.99
€ 33.25
Paperback. Presents the attacks on the United States in historical perspective. This volume comments on the dangers of seeing the events of September 11 as splitting the nation's history into "before" and "after." It argues eloquently that no useful understanding of the present is possible without an unobstructed view of the past. Editor(s): Rosenzweig, Roy. Series: Critical Perspectives on the Past Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, 19 b&w illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; GTB; HBJK; HBLX; JFSR2; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781592132034
- ISBN
- 9781592132034
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.79
€ 31.99
€ 28.79
Paperback. The Manhattan Project was a sprawling research and industrial enterprise. It also included women in every capacity. Although women participated in all aspects of the Manhattan Project, their contributions are either omitted or only mentioned briefly in most histories of the project. This title presents this hidden story. Series: Labor & Social Change. Num Pages: 264 pages, 44 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; HBT; JFSJ1; JWMN; PHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781592131921
- ISBN
- 9781592131921
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
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Paperback. This volume tells the story of the development and impact of sexology in the United States. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ; JHBK5; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- REV
- SKU
- V9781592131518
- ISBN
- 9781592131518
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 32.13
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€ 32.13
Paperback. The male body in the study of gender, health, and medicalization largely has been ignored. This book presents research into the definition and regulation of masculinity by medicine. The introduction traces sociological work on medicalisation, masculinities, and the body. Editor(s): Rosenfeld, Dana; Faircloth, Christopher A. Num Pages: 272 pages, 7 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHBK; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 336 x 252 x 22. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Annotated
- SKU
- V9781592130986
- ISBN
- 9781592130986
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.02
€ 33.99
€ 31.02
Paperback. Traces how the military historically constructed definitions of homosexual identity relying upon religious, medical, and psychological discourses that defined homosexuals as evil, degenerate, and unstable, making their risk to national security obvious, and mandating their exclusion from the Armed Services. Series: Queer Politics, Queer Theories. Num Pages: 280 pages, 1 b&w illustrations,1 table, 5 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSK; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5334 x 3556 x 16. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781592130351
- ISBN
- 9781592130351
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.67
€ 30.99
€ 27.67
Paperback. Interrogates issues of gender, national identity, race, ethnicity, and class to show the impossibility of projecting a singular Hispanic or Latina Lesbian. Examining the works of a range of lesbian writers and performance artists, this title creates a picture of the contributions of Latina and Hispanic lesbians to literature and culture. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; JFC; JFSK1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 19. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592130078
- ISBN
- 9781592130078
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.25
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€ 33.25
Paperback. The first book to examine religious feminist activists in Israel, the U.S., and Kuwait Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HRAM; HRH; HRJ; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University Press of New England United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781584659730
- ISBN
- 9781584659730
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 26.09
€ 32.99
€ 26.09
Paperback. A provocative look at the centrality of desire for "the Land" among early settlers in pre-state Israel Num Pages: 264 pages, 29 illus. BIC Classification: 1FBH; HBJF1; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University Press of New England United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781584659686
- ISBN
- 9781584659686
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.91
€ 37.99
€ 29.91
Paperback. A unique comparative study of immigrant and diaspora literatures in America Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University Press of New England United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781584658467
- ISBN
- 9781584658467
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 33.73
€ 42.99
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Paperback. A history of the complex relationship between a school and a people Num Pages: 280 pages, 28 illus. 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBEH; HBJK; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Press of New England United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781584658443
- ISBN
- 9781584658443
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 26.09
€ 32.99
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Paperback. Rich ethnographies of Jewish supplementary schools drawn from every region in the U.S. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSR1; JNL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University Press of New England United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781584657705
- ISBN
- 9781584657705
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 33.73
€ 42.99
€ 33.73