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Society & culture: general
Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFFZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231129046
- ISBN
- 9780231129046
Condition: New
€ 129.45
€ 129.45
Since the late 1980's, Brazilians of Japanese descent have been 'return' migrating to Japan as unskilled foreign workers. This book illuminates how cultural encounters caused by transnational migration can reinforce local ethnic identities and nationalist discourses. Num Pages: 432 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KLSB; JFFN; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 236 x 36. Weight in Grams: 724.
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231128384
- ISBN
- 9780231128384
Condition: New
€ 166.82
€ 166.82
Focusing on the electronic media - television, radio, and the Internet - this work provides an integrated framework for understanding the various businesses involved in generating and selling audiences to advertisers. Num Pages: 256 pages, 2 figures. BIC Classification: JFD; KC; KNTD; KNTY; UDB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231126526
- ISBN
- 9780231126526
Condition: New
€ 147.53
€ 147.53
Presents the story in the years following the Civil War, when reformers - emboldened by the egalitarian rhetoric of the post-Civil War era - pressed New York City's oldest institution of higher learning to admit women in the 1870s. This book addresses the rise of modern feminism which furthered the cause of political reform. Num Pages: 400 pages, 51 black and white. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JH; HBT; JFSJ1; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 817.
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231126441
- ISBN
- 9780231126441
Condition: New
€ 66.41
€ 66.41
Presents the literary works on the subject of female homosexuality. This book explores the emergence and transformation of the "idea of lesbianism": its conceptual origins and how it has been transmitted, and transformed. Editor(s): Castle, Terry. Num Pages: 1110 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 5SL; DQ; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 264 x 187 x 70. Weight in Grams: 2315.
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 1110
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231125109
- ISBN
- 9780231125109
Condition: New
€ 183.58
€ 183.58
Shows how our perception of skin has changed from the eighteenth century onwards. This title examines the changing significance of skin through brilliant analyses of literature, art, philosophy, and anatomical drawings and writings. Translator(s): Dunlop, Thomas; Dunlap, Thomas. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 256 pages, 41 illus. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 160 x 19. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231125024
- ISBN
- 9780231125024
Condition: New
€ 130.40
€ 130.40
Paperback. Updated to reflect changes in the composition of New York City's immigrant population, this volume aims to show how new immigrants are transforming the city - and how New York, in turn, has affected the newcomers' lives. Editor(s): Foner, Nancy. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; HBTB; JFFN; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- Completely revised and updated ed
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231124157
- ISBN
- 9780231124157
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.83
€ 54.83
In its early phase, Subaltern Studies dealt extensively with the issue of community and violence in the context of peasant uprisings. The present volume concentrates on gender and national politics and introduces a wide range of new issues raised by the relations between community, gender and violence. Editor(s): Chatterjee, Partha; Jeganathan, Pradeep. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FC; 1FK; 1FM; GTB; JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231123143
- ISBN
- 9780231123143
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 136.56
€ 136.56
Beginning with a chapter on Jewish beliefs, festivals and life-cycle events, both traditional and non-traditional, this text goes on to explain the enormous variation in practice. It then covers Jewish history in America, from the arrival of the first Jews about 350 years ago to the present. Series: Columbia Contemporary American Religion Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, 30 photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231120609
- ISBN
- 9780231120609
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 130.15
€ 130.15
This book offers a view of the development of male and female sexual orientation. The authors integrate research in genetics, psychoendocrinology, psychological development and sexology with psychoanalytical theory to formulate paradigms of male and female development. Num Pages: 363 pages, 2 figures. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JMAF; VFVC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 29. Weight in Grams: 700.
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 363
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231120562
- ISBN
- 9780231120562
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 137.11
€ 137.11
Hardback. All historians would agree that America is a nation of nations. But what does that mean in terms of the issues that have moved and shaped us as a people? This book illuminates the myriad ways in which immigration, racial, and ethnic histories have shaped the contours of contemporary American society. Editor(s): Bayor, Ronald H. Num Pages: 1104 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL1; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 179 x 58. Weight in Grams: 1634.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 1104
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231119948
- ISBN
- 9780231119948
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 146.77
€ 146.77
Paperback. This book focuses on the externally driven difficulties of service workers and agencies in shaping services-such as the consequences of recent conservative social policies on agency life and the way in which the present political environment influences services through privatization. Num Pages: 289 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; GTB; JFSG; JKSB; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 173 x 21. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 289
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231119313
- ISBN
- 9780231119313
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.84
€ 52.84
In the late twelfth century, Japanese people called the transitional period in which they were living the "age of warriors." This book provides an account of the religious, intellectual, and literary practices of medieval Japan in order to reveal the era's own cultural creativity and enormous economic potential. Translator(s): Roth, Kathe. Series: Asia Perspectives: History, Society and Culture. Num Pages: 336 pages, 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3H; 3J; HBJF; HBLC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 178 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231118422
- ISBN
- 9780231118422
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 129.05
€ 129.05
Here at last is a study that treats music video as a distinct multimedia artistic genre, different from film, television, and indeed from songs themselves. Carol Vernallis describes how musical, visual and verbal codes work together in music video and reveals modes of representing race, class, gender, and sexuality that characterize the music video form. Num Pages: 480 pages, 3 figs.; 62 halftones. BIC Classification: AVG; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 19. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231117982
- ISBN
- 9780231117982
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 149.71
€ 149.71
Hardback. Illuminates a pivotal period of change, resistance, progress, and backlash for American women. The author chronicles an exciting and tumultuous history, beginning with World War II and its profound impact on women's short- and long-term employment prospects. Editor(s): Sigerman, Harriet. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 167 x 52. Weight in Grams: 1271.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 640
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231116985
- ISBN
- 9780231116985
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 167.45
€ 167.45
The first book about lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender families that connects issues of gender, sexuality, and the family with the broader issues of social movements, politics, and law. Editor(s): Bernstein, Mary; Reimann, Renate. Series: Between Men - Between Women: Lesbian & Gay Studies. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFSK; JHBK; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 162 x 30. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231116909
- ISBN
- 9780231116909
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.35
€ 149.35
Paperback. Twitchell embarks on an insightful, fearless, and funny exploration of two of the central themes of modern American culture -- materialism and consumerism -- and counters the notion of the "used and abused consumer" with an unflinching look at commercial culture, starting from the observation that "we are powerfully attracted to the world of goods (after all, we don't call them 'bads')." Num Pages: 310 pages, 36 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFFT; KNTY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 226 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231115193
- ISBN
- 9780231115193
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.25
€ 45.25
Paperback. An examination of the conceptual underpinnings of revolutions, nations and empires and the conditions that make them possible. The text argues that how concepts are defined and delimited strongly influences the theoretical claims that can be made about them. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFE; JPA; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231114318
- ISBN
- 9780231114318
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.87
€ 44.87
The Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation. Street Politics and the Tran...
Brotherton, David C.; Barrios, Luis
How a notorious street gang became a social organization providing leadership to New York City's Latino/a youths. Num Pages: 464 pages, 10 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; JFSP2; JKVM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 165 x 25. Weight in Grams: 817.
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231114189
- ISBN
- 9780231114189
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 148.89
€ 148.89
Rosenzweig and Thelen analyze results from a unique and comprehensive survey in which they polled 1,500 Americans about their connection to the past and its continuing influence on their present as well as their hopes for the future. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 30. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231111485
- ISBN
- 9780231111485
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 136.64
€ 136.64