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Society & culture: general

Hardback. Explores the meanings ascribed to sexual difference within early 19th-century French socialism, and the implications of such definitions for women. The author attempts to illustrate how gender distinctions provided a tool of social criticism and an image of the idealized future. Num Pages: 258 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; JFSJ1; JPFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
258
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333525302
ISBN
9780333525302
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.96

Hardback. Offering a review and a feminist critique of mother-daughter literature, this text explores, among other things, the barriers erected by patriarchal, racist, classist and homophobic knowledge between mothers and daughters. Editor(s): Campling, Jo. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; JFFK; VFV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 495.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333525289
ISBN
9780333525289
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.03

Hardback. This study deals with the debates about new poverty which are taking place in the countries of the Community, the availability of statistics on the new poor, and the measures taken recently by governments in direct response to the problem of new poverty. Num Pages: 147 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFE; JFFA. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 344.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
147
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333522950
ISBN
9780333522950
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.04

Paperback. A collection of critical essays on black women's writing from Afro-American, African, South African, British and Caribbean novelists, poets, short story writers and a dramatist. Editor(s): Wisker, Gina. Series: Insights. Num Pages: 199 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 261.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
199
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333522530
ISBN
9780333522530
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 192.82

hardcover. A collection of critical essays on Black women's writing from Afro-American, African, South African, British and Caribbean novelists, poets, short story writers and a dramatist. Editor(s): Wisker, Gina. Series: Insights Series. Num Pages: 199 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 405.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
199
Condition
New
Edition
1993rd Edition
SKU
V9780333522523
ISBN
9780333522523
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 193.75

Paperback. Children's literature came into existence in printed form in the 18th century. This book charts its development by examining concurrent developments in society such as the spread of education, the developments in printing techniques and changes in the definition of childhood. Editor(s): Butts, Dennis. Series: Insights Series. Num Pages: 143 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSBF; DSY; HBTB; JFC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 215.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
143
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333522479
ISBN
9780333522479
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.36

Hardback. Anthropologist Michel Laguerre, author of several books including "Urban Life in the Caribbean" and "American Odyssey - Haitians in New York and Voodoo and Politics in Haiti", focuses on Martinique as a social laboratory to investigate the process of reproduction of urban poverty in the Caribbean. Num Pages: 195 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QSC; JFFA; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 405.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
195
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333521724
ISBN
9780333521724
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.42

Paperback. World War I brought to women the death of loved ones and the revolutionary knowledge that they could be munitions workers, ambulance drivers, police and spies. During this time they wrote - letters, poetry, novels, short stories and memoirs. This volume looks at women's writing during the period. Editor(s): Goldman, Dorothy. Series: Insights Series. Num Pages: 211 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJF; DSBH; HBG; HBWN; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 293.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
211
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333513101
ISBN
9780333513101
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 127.76

Hardback. World War I brought to women the death of loved ones and the revolutionary knowledge that they could be munitions workers, ambulance drivers, police and spies. During this time they wrote - letters, poetry, novels, short stories and memoirs. This volume looks at women's writing during the period. Editor(s): Goldman, Dorothy. Series: Insights Series. Num Pages: 225 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJF; DSBH; HBG; HBWN; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 40. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
225
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333513095
ISBN
9780333513095
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.66

Hardback. Focusing on the mass media and a range of popular cultural forms, this work examines French culture since 1945. As well as looking at radio, television and popular song, this volume highlights how the French themselves have responded to the growing importance of mass media in postwar France. Editor(s): Rigby, Brian; Hewitt, Nicholas. Series: Warwick studies in the European humanities. Num Pages: 249 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJPG; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
249
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333512814
ISBN
9780333512814
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.88

Hardback. This book shows the impact of the current economic reform on the income development of peasant households in China. The research is based on information from book-keeping records of some households of a few regions in central China, the national statistical network, local statistics and chronicles. Series: Studies on the Chinese Economy. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFSF; JHBC; JPQB; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
218
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333497432
ISBN
9780333497432
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 193.93

Hardback. The author gives the background to the 15-year-long saga of Hong Kong and the asylum seekers from Vietnam. The principal themes cover screening and repatriation, the violence in the detention centres, the plight of children and the urgent need for generousity from the international community. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPCH; JFF; JFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 495.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
267
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333496947
ISBN
9780333496947
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.03

Hardcover. Compiled by urban planners and social scientists, this volume illustrates how to improve the quality of life in our cities by neighbourhood programmes. Policy issues, housing programmes and job development plans, along with innovations aimed at redistribution of power, are described and evaluated. Editor(s): Carmon, Naomi. Series: Policy Studies Organization Series. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSG; JKSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 462.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333495162
ISBN
9780333495162
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 194.38

hardcover. Part of a series which aims to foster a distinctively "European" perspective upon American culture, this book looks at the American unconscious. Series: New directions in American studies. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
1991st Edition
SKU
V9780333492949
ISBN
9780333492949
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.96

Hardback. Victorian traveller, Mary Kingsley, has been portrayed as a victim of 19th-century attitudes towards women, a brave and daring explorer, an anti-imperialist agitator and even a feminist heroine. In this biography the author examines and then confronts all these portraits. Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: BG; JFFK; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 465.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
239
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333489208
ISBN
9780333489208
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.84

Paperback. An examination of the impact of the industrial society on women and their expectations, values, personalities and achievements in the labour force. It explores the changes that have occurred in Western industrial societies and attempts to explain their reasons and effects on women and society. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 335.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
255
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333488690
ISBN
9780333488690
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.64

paperback. The stories in this collection portray Soviet women of different ages and educational backgrounds at home and at work, in cities and villages. Their themes reflect the social changes in Soviet life in the past 20 years, and are aimed to stimulate inquiry into social and feminist issues. Editor(s): McLaughlin, Sigrid. Translator(s): McLaughlin, Sigrid. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
247
Condition
New
Edition
1989th Edition
SKU
V9780333487235
ISBN
9780333487235
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.47

Paperback. Part of a series, this collection contains essays delivered as papers, which focus on 18th-century British culture. Other titles in the series, by various authors, include "The Crisis in Historical Materialism", "The Freudian Subject" and "Alice Doesn't: Feminism, Semiotics and Cinema". Series: Language, Discourse, Society. Num Pages: 280 pages, 43 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; DSBD; JFC; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 364.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333482889
ISBN
9780333482889
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 72.48

hardcover. The author examines a selection of early 20th century novels, written by women, in an attempt to examine the development of female images of "self". The writers quoted include Antonia White, Dorothy Richardson and May Sinclair. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 495.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
Edition
1992nd Edition
SKU
V9780333482032
ISBN
9780333482032
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.03

Paperback. A personal interpretation of the impact of the Chernobyl disaster both in the Soviet Union and the West, examining the environmental consequences, Soviet media coverage, reconstruction of life in the disaster zone (including the city built for Chernobyl workers) and safety changes in the industry. Num Pages: 313 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVU; JFFC; RNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 434.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333481981
ISBN
9780333481981
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.82

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