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Society & culture: general
Paperback. In September 19, 1985, a powerful earthquake hit Mexico City in the early morning hours. Written by a Mexican journalist, this book chronicles the disintegration of the city's physical and social structure, the widespread grassroots organizing against government corruption and incompetence, and the reliency of the human spirit. Series: Voices of Latin American Life Series. Num Pages: 384 pages, 24 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; JFFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 30. Weight in Grams: 584.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566393454
- ISBN
- 9781566393454
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.43
€ 38.99
€ 35.43
Paperback. The 8th Deaf History International Conference featured 27 presentations from members of Deaf communities hailing from 12 different countries around the world who related their own autobiographies as well as the biographies of historical Deaf individuals. This book brings together the best of these stories. Editor(s): Snoddon, Kristin. Num Pages: 264 pages, 34 photographs, 13 figures, 5 tables. BIC Classification: BM; JFFG; VFJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Gallaudet University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781563686191
- ISBN
- 9781563686191
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 28.46
€ 35.99
€ 28.46
Paperback. Traces the intertwining of Protestant religion and the development of the deaf community from the nineteenth to twenty-first century. The author highlights the role of missionary movements in the spread of sign language; and shows how film and stage productions drew on religious themes in their portrayal of the deaf community and its struggles. Num Pages: 144 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: CFZ; HBTB; JFFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 277.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Gallaudet University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781563686016
- ISBN
- 9781563686016
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Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 35.60
€ 45.99
€ 35.60
Paperback. Familiar sounds and shared songs are an integral part of how we build our identities and a sense of place. But for deaf individuals, this missing piece can create a feeling of distance, fueling a desire to seek out community in different ways. The author profiles ten deaf Norwegians and their search for identity. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDN; JFFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 60 x 90 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Gallaudet University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781563685903
- ISBN
- 9781563685903
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 38.57
€ 49.99
€ 38.57
Hardcover. Conventional wisdom dictates that individuals who learn American Sign Language (ASL) at a young age possess a higher level of proficiency than those who acquire ASL later, the author shows how diversity in the deaf community belies such generalization. Series: Sociolinguistics in Deaf Communities. Num Pages: 224 pages, 12 halftones, 25 tables, 45 figures. BIC Classification: CFB; JFFG; JNSC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Gallaudet University Press,U.S. United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781563685453
- ISBN
- 9781563685453
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Condition: New
€ 71.43€ 60.45
€ 71.43
€ 60.45
Paperback. Provides a striking profile of the views and attitudes of well-educated Chinese parents with preschool-age deaf children. This book includes a survey of 122 English mothers of deaf children that reveals the differences between Western and Chinese parents. It also reveals that many issues cross cultures and contexts. Editor(s): Callaway, Alison. Num Pages: 256 pages, 22 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFSL3; JFSP1; JNSC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 230 x 19. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Gallaudet University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781563683398
- ISBN
- 9781563683398
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Condition: New
€ 62.50€ 53.26
€ 62.50
€ 53.26
Paperback. An account of the author's growing up as the hearing daughter of deaf Jewish parents during the 1930s and 1940s, revealing the challenges deaf people faced during the Depression and afterward. She portrays her family with honesty, and her account provides a living narrative of the Deaf experience in pre- and post-World War II America. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; JFFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Gallaudet University Press,U.S. United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781563682872
- ISBN
- 9781563682872
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 24.65
€ 30.99
€ 24.65
Paperback. Suggests ways a sociological perspective can contribute to imaging a queer studies that preserves the critical spirit of queer theory while being attentive to the deeply institutional and structural dynamics in the formation of the sexual self and social order. This book points towards a different sociological queer studies. Editor(s): Seidman, Steven. Series: Twentieth-century Social Theory S. Num Pages: 464 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 738.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557867407
- ISBN
- 9781557867407
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.67
€ 61.67
Paperback. Shows how to create a comprehensive, community-wide prevention program to effectively confront the serious drug and alcohol problems threatening our youth. Shows how to employ community mobilization, educational strategies, volunteerism, and mass media to achieve significant reductions in adolescent drug use. Series: Joint Publication of the Jossey-Bass Social & Behavioral Science S. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFH1; JKSN1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 260 x 130 x 60. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781555424718
- ISBN
- 9781555424718
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.26
€ 50.26
Hardcover. Presents model programs used to redesign jobs, create opportunities for part-time work, and keep workers age fifty and over productively on the job. Provides a career planning model for assessing the interests and skills of older employees and facilitating successful career changes.E Num Pages: 175 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSP31; KCFM; KJMV2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 459.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 175
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781555422844
- ISBN
- 9781555422844
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.08
€ 42.08
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: JFFE. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 17. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Univ Of Minnesota Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781517900557
- ISBN
- 9781517900557
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.43
€ 32.99
€ 29.43
Paperback. Editor(s): Capshaw, Katharine; Duane, Anna Mae. Num Pages: 400 pages, 52. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 254 x 51. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Univ Of Minnesota Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781517900274
- ISBN
- 9781517900274
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.87
€ 32.99
€ 29.87
Paperback. In this important new book Rein Raud develops an original theory of culture understood as a loose and internally contradictory system of texts and practices that are shared by intermittent groups of people and used by them to make sense of their life-worlds. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 16. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509511259
- ISBN
- 9781509511259
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.05
€ 26.05
Hardback. How are political decisions influencing the future direction of internet communication? As the interests of powerful businesses become more embedded in the online world, so these corporations seek greater exemption from liability. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: GTC; JFD; UB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 150. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509506880
- ISBN
- 9781509506880
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Condition: New
€ 66.12
€ 66.12
Hardback. In the wake of the attack on the offices of Charlie Hebdo in Paris on 7 January 2015, millions took to the streets to demonstrate their revulsion, expressing a desire to reaffirm the ideals of the French Republic: liberte, egalite, fraternite. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JMG; HRAM; JFSC; JHBD; JPWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 222 x 24. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509505777
- ISBN
- 9781509505777
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 19.37
€ 23.99
€ 19.37
Hardback. Information overload, the shallows, weapons of mass distraction, the googlization of minds: countless commentators condemn the flood of images and information that dooms us to a pathological attention deficit. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: GTC; JFCA; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 23. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509503728
- ISBN
- 9781509503728
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Condition: New
€ 73.14
€ 73.14
Hardback. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: HRH; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 27. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509500338
- ISBN
- 9781509500338
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.14
€ 73.14
Paperback. "Originally published in French in 2012 under the title Les coptes d'Egypte." Series: Stanford Studies in Middle Eastern and I. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBE; HBTB; JFSL1; JPFN; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 228 x 16. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Edition
- Tra
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781503600782
- ISBN
- 9781503600782
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.86
€ 32.99
€ 29.86
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 4, 4 charts. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFFK; KCF; KNXB2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 22. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781501703058
- ISBN
- 9781501703058
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.43
€ 38.99
€ 35.43
Hardback. Num Pages: 296 pages, 13, 12 black & white tables, 1 charts. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFFJ; JFSJ1; KCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 513.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781501702488
- ISBN
- 9781501702488
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.37
€ 59.37