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Society & culture: general
Paperback. Written by women from all stations of life and from drastically different backgrounds, these stories reconstruct not only the world of the Gulag but also its meaning for society at large. It covers the entire span of the Gulag's existence, from the 1920s to the 1980s. Num Pages: 364 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD; HBLW3; HBWQ; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 146 x 23. Weight in Grams: 603.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 364
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742511460
- ISBN
- 9780742511460
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 83.19
€ 83.19
Paperback. These stories introduce an emerging generation of women writers, including Chen Ran, Bikwan Wong and Chen Xue. By presenting fiction from the PRC, Hong Kong and Taiwan, the collection deliberately maps the literary contours of same-sex intimacy in cultural rather than purely political terms. Series: Asian Voices. Num Pages: 224 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1F; DSBH; GTB; JFSJ1; JFSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 149 x 12. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742511385
- ISBN
- 9780742511385
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.57
€ 59.57
Paperback. In this volume, a distinguished Shakespeare scholar and literary critic proves that pop culture can be every bit as complex, meaningful, and provocative as the most celebrated works of literature - and a lot more fun. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 149 x 228 x 22. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742507791
- ISBN
- 9780742507791
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.09
€ 33.09
Paperback. Series: Pacific Formations: Global Relations in Asian & Pacific Perspectives. Num Pages: 360 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742500945
- ISBN
- 9780742500945
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 83.47
€ 83.47
Num Pages: 178 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JFFS; JFS; RGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 178
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739165577
- ISBN
- 9780739165577
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 136.67
€ 136.67
Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages, 2 graphs, 1 diagrames. BIC Classification: JFFN; JFSJ; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719099458
- ISBN
- 9780719099458
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.91
€ 149.91
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719088759
- ISBN
- 9780719088759
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.22
€ 161.22
This book examines the phenomenon of infanticide in Ireland from 1850 to 1900. It is based on a large sample of 4,645 individual cases of infant murder, attempted infanticide and concealment of birth. Through a variety of sources, attitudes towards the crime of infanticide and women accused of the offence are revealed. Num Pages: 304 pages, Halftones, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; HBTB; JFSP1; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 146 x 28. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719088209
- ISBN
- 9780719088209
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 151.48
€ 151.48
Examines contemporary literary representations of Muslims by British writers of South Asian Muslim descent, including Salman Rushdie, Hanif Kureishi, Monica Ali and Nadeem Aslam Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH5; HRH; JFC; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 223 x 25. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719087400
- ISBN
- 9780719087400
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 151.31
€ 151.31
Explores Franco-Maghrebi crossings in contemporary art, giving particular attention to performance, video, photography and installation. It is the first book to focus on postcolonial approaches to art in France and the wider French-speaking world. Series Editor(s): Jones, Amelia; Meskimmon, Marsha. Series: Rethinking Art's Histories. Num Pages: 256 pages, Halftones, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DDF; AFK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719087103
- ISBN
- 9780719087103
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 151.63
€ 151.63
Framing the moron details the variety of dehumanizing and fear-inducing rhetoric employed by the American eugenic movement during the early twentieth century, which led to tens of thousands of innocent people being involuntarily sterilized, forced into institutions, and otherwise maltreated. Series Editor(s): Anderson, Julie; Schalick, Walton. Series: Disability History. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFFG; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 139 x 22. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719087097
- ISBN
- 9780719087097
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.87
€ 150.87
This groundbreaking analysis of nineteenth-century European clinical case histories of hermaphrodites shows how sex changed from an outward appearance inscribed in a social body to something to be found deep inside body and self. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrations, black & white|Tables. BIC Classification: JFSJ5. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 160 x 239 x 28. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719086908
- ISBN
- 9780719086908
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 152.33
€ 152.33
This book explores the Papal Inquisition in Modena and the status of Jews in an early modern Italian duchy. Its purpose is to deepen existing insights into the role of the former and thus lead to a better understanding of how the tribunal assumed jurisdiction over a practicing Jewish community in the seventeenth century. Series: Studies in Early Modern European History. Num Pages: 336 pages, 6 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBLH; HBTB; JFFP; JFSR1. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 236 x 164 x 28. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719085192
- ISBN
- 9780719085192
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 152.06
€ 152.06
Marks a major new contribution to the emerging field of comic studies and the growing literature on superheroes. Using a range of critical theorists the book examines superheroes as sovereigns, addressing amongst other things the complex treatment of law and violence, legitimacy and authority. Num Pages: 208 pages. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719085048
- ISBN
- 9780719085048
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 151.51
€ 151.51
Examines the networks that linked academics across the British settler world in the age of 'Victorian' globalization. Drawing on extensive archival research, remaps the intellectual geographies of Britain and its empire in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Series Editor(s): Thompson, Andrew; MacKenzie, John. Series: Studies in Imperialism. Num Pages: 256 pages, Tables, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1QDB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTQ; JFCX; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 235 x 25. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719085024
- ISBN
- 9780719085024
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 151.94
€ 151.94
Presents a study which is a major appraisal of the contributions of German-speaking emigres to British cinema from the late 1920s to the end of World War II. Through a series of film analyses and case studies, this title challenges notions of a self-sufficient British national cinema. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DFG; 3JJG; 3JJH; APF; JFSL. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 225 x 145 x 26. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719083099
- ISBN
- 9780719083099
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 151.19
€ 151.19
Lectures and research students in cultural history, medieval and early modern studies and literary studies Num Pages: 224 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, 5 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; DSBD; JFCA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 145 x 224 x 27. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719077999
- ISBN
- 9780719077999
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 151.98
€ 151.98
Paperback. The first comprehensive treatment of Louise Erdrich's writing in all its diversity. This book offers searching analysis of the common themes and contexts across Erdrich's poetry, prose, memoirs, and children's fiction. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JFSJ1; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 219 x 14. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 225
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719074271
- ISBN
- 9780719074271
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.03
€ 38.03
This is an accessible and readable synthesis of all available knowledge about refugee women in Britain and France, which offers a unique comparative perspective. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DDF; JFFD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 164 x 243 x 22. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719071225
- ISBN
- 9780719071225
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 151.42
€ 151.42
Paperback. Designed to accompany the OU course "From Enlightenment to Romanticism", this anthology provides primary and secondary sources on the death of the Old Regime, the Napoleonic phenomenon, slavery, religion and reform. Introductory sections explain the context and importance of the sources. Editor(s): Lavin, Carmen (Open Unviersity); Donnachie, Ian. Num Pages: 328 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLL; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719066719
- ISBN
- 9780719066719
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.04
€ 39.04
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Thomas Nelson Publishers United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 558
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780718019488
- ISBN
- 9780718019488
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 14.04
€ 14.99
€ 14.04
Paperback. Series: Fabric Folios. 88 pages, 100 colour illustrations, maps, further reading, index. This text explores the rich and diverse range of silk and textiles from Africa. Focusing on over 30 pieces from the British Museum's collection, it brings together traditions of silk weaving and embroidery from throughout the African continent. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 1H; 3D; AFW; JFC. Dimension: 226 x 225 x 9. Weight: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- British Museum Press
- Number of pages
- 88
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714125633
- ISBN
- 9780714125633
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.89
€ 17.89
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 194 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3H; 3JB; HBLC1; JFSC; KCZ; RGCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 194
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691630076
- ISBN
- 9780691630076
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.20
€ 106.20
Hardback. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: JF. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 709.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691155685
- ISBN
- 9780691155685
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.82
€ 59.82