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Society & culture: general
Hardcover. Presents a series of papers focused on the complex dynamics of coalitions and the interorganizational relations within social movements. This volume includes a section, which focuses on strategic decision making in social movements, including with regard to strategic alliances. Editor(s): Coy, Patrick G. Series: Research in Social Movements, Conflicts and Change. Num Pages: 372 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFF; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 698.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 372
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781846638923
- ISBN
- 9781846638923
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.85
€ 112.85
Hardcover. At least 50 million people worldwide have epilepsy. Thsi book seeks to understand the epileptic body as a literary or figurative device intelligible beyond a medical framework. It is suitable for cultural disability studies scholars and for those seeking greater understanding of this common condition. Series: Representations: Health, Disability, Culture and Society. Num Pages: 296 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSB; JFC; JFFG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 245 x 165 x 23. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846312373
- ISBN
- 9781846312373
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.40
€ 140.40
Hardcover. Explores the relation between poststructuralist thought and postcoloniality, and identifies in that interaction the expression of a particular anxiety concerning the form of theoretical writing. This book argues that this anxiety betrays an unprecedented lucidity concerning the particular challenges of writing about ourselves and others. Series: Postcolonialism Across the Disciplines. Num Pages: 207 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSBH5; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 163 x 20. Weight in Grams: 465.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 207
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846312304
- ISBN
- 9781846312304
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.50
€ 138.50
Hardback. This book presents a novel study of children's compulsory productive educational labour in modern and modernizing societies under globalization, and the implications for such matters as children's everyday lives, relationships and rights, international legal instruments, relevant analytical notions (including 'slavery'), and sociological analysis. Series: Sociological Studies of Children and Youth. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: JFSP1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 162 x 235 x 25. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783507795
- ISBN
- 9781783507795
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.50
€ 132.50
Hardback. Deals with important social-science issues of law and legal control pertaining to disasters and hazards in a variety of contexts. This title includes: legal controls pertaining to disaster prevention, response, and mitigation; regulations and policies concerning hazardous conditions; and crime and the control thereof in post-disaster situations. Editor(s): Deflem, Mathieu. Series Editor(s): Deflem, Mathieu. Series: Sociology of Crime, Law & Deviance. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: JFFC; JKS; LNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780529141
- ISBN
- 9781780529141
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.36
€ 133.36
Hardback. Intends to identify both successes and challenges faced by Black female students accessing and matriculating through institutions of higher education. This volume is aimed toward garnering an understanding of the educational trajectories and experiences of Black females, independent of and in comparison to their peers. Editor(s): Chambers, Crystal Renee; Sharpe, Rhonda V. Series Editor(s): Frierson, Henry T. Series: Diversity in Higher Education. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3; JNKS; JNMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 236 x 24. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781780525020
- ISBN
- 9781780525020
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.07
€ 126.07
Hardback. Examines the mesodomain of welfare reform through re-negotiating the order of economic inequality, provides a grounded fractal analysis into the medicalization of homelessness and the sociology of the self, and looks at the labeling of immigrant men as criminals. This title deals with issues of gender, ethnicity, illness and the urban situation. Editor(s): Denzin, Norman K. Series Editor(s): Denzin, Norman K. Series: Studies in Symbolic Interaction. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFP; JMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 237 x 27. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780521565
- ISBN
- 9781780521565
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.61
€ 140.61
paperback. Through the lens of children's literature, explores the largely untold story of secular Yiddish schools in America Num Pages: 296 pages, 32 illus. (11 colour). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; JFSP1; JFSR1; JNB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Brandeis University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781611689877
- ISBN
- 9781611689877
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 33.95
€ 43.99
€ 33.95
Paperback. The definitive book on The Station nightclub fire on the 10th anniversary of the disaster Num Pages: 324 pages. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Press of New England United States
- Number of pages
- 324
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9781611688535
- ISBN
- 9781611688535
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 21.91
€ 26.99
€ 21.91
Paperback. Addresses the effect of mobile communications technologies on individuals' habits and how they are regulated Num Pages: 208 pages, 10 illus. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Dartmouth College Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611685220
- ISBN
- 9781611685220
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 36.75
€ 47.99
€ 36.75
paperback. The long-awaited sequel to the classic Hebrew language textbook, this book is intended for intermediate and advanced students Num Pages: 396 pages, 144 illus., 2 maps,. BIC Classification: JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 279 x 22. Weight in Grams: 932.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Brandeis University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 396
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611684476
- ISBN
- 9781611684476
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.21€ 51.68
€ 61.21
€ 51.68
Paperback. Now available in English, a provocative new biography of the founder of Hasidism Num Pages: 350 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGXA; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 230 x 33. Weight in Grams: 564.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Brandeis University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611683080
- ISBN
- 9781611683080
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 33.16
€ 42.99
€ 33.16
Paperback. With record prices established on a regular basis, the market for original comic art has never been more compelling. This book offers the terminology that you need to know along with the expertise of seasoned collectors and dealers who will help you get to know what to look for and how to look for it. Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; JFCA. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 259 x 175 x 6. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Gemstone Publishing
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781603601535
- ISBN
- 9781603601535
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.88
€ 16.99
€ 12.88
Paperback. Public toilets provide an opportunity for interrogating how conventional assumptions about the body, sexuality, privacy, and technology are formed in public spaces and inscribed through design across cultures. This collection also explores the cultural meanings, histories, and ideologies of public toilets as gendered spaces. Editor(s): Gershenson, Olga; Penner, Barbara. Num Pages: 262 pages, 33 Halftones. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHBK5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 458. Weight in Grams: 349.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781592139408
- ISBN
- 9781592139408
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 34.71
€ 38.99
€ 34.71
Hardcover. Public toilets provide an opportunity for interrogating how conventional assumptions about the body, sexuality, privacy, and technology are formed in public spaces and inscribed through design across cultures. This collection also explores the cultural meanings, histories, and ideologies of public toilets as gendered spaces. Editor(s): Gershenson, Olga; Penner, Barbara. Num Pages: 262 pages, 33 Halftones. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHBK5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 534. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781592139392
- ISBN
- 9781592139392
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.82
€ 98.82
Hardback. It used to be that raves were grassroots organized, anti-establishment, unlicensed all-night drug-fueled dance parties held in abandoned warehouses or an open field. This book explores the dance music, drug use and social deviance that are part of the pulsing dynamics of this collective. Num Pages: 242 pages, 7 Tables, 19 Halftones, 2 Figures. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; AVGV; JFCA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 661. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592139330
- ISBN
- 9781592139330
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.95
€ 98.95
Hardcover. When disasters strike, people are not the only victims. Hurricane Katrina raised public attention about how disasters affect dogs, cats, and other animals considered members of the human family. The author argues that humans cause most of the risks faced by animals and urges for better decisions about the treatment of animals in disasters. Series: Animals and Ethics. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: JFFZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592138340
- ISBN
- 9781592138340
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.98
€ 36.98
Paperback. A pioneering study of women's movements in two developing-world revolutions and post-revolutionary transitions to neo-liberal democracies Num Pages: 306 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMQ; 1KLCN; JFFK; JFSJ1; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 306
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592138296
- ISBN
- 9781592138296
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 34.53
€ 38.99
€ 34.53
Paperback. The history of civil rights for people with intellectual disabilities in 20th century America Num Pages: 286 pages, 30 illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: HBJK; JFFG; JHBA; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592136988
- ISBN
- 9781592136988
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.76
€ 36.99
€ 33.76
Paperback. How humans think and feel about their work handling food animals Series Editor(s): Arluke, Arnold; Sanders, Clinton R. Series: Animals, Culture, & Society. Num Pages: 248 pages, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFZ; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781592136490
- ISBN
- 9781592136490
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 34.76
€ 38.99
€ 34.76