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Hardcover. It is an institution that seems almost hopelessly out of date, a social relic of bygone times. The very word "debutante" evokes images of prim, poised beauty, expensive gowns, and sumptuous balls, all of which seem anachronistic in these post-women's liberation times. This work reveals, debdom in America is alive and well and ever evolving. Series: CultureAmerica. Num Pages: 224 pages, 61 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 490.
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700613175
ISBN
9780700613175
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.42

Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: JFFU; JPV; KNSS1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226285917
ISBN
9780226285917
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 31.90

Paperback. .
Publisher
SAGE Publications Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844450756
ISBN
9781844450756
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 44.02

Paperback. In White Innocence Gloria Wekker explores a central paradox of Dutch life-the passionate denial of racial discrimination and colonial violence coexisting alongside aggressive racism and xenophobia-to show how the narrative of Dutch racial exceptionalism elides the Netherland's colonial past and safeguards white privilege. Num Pages: 240 pages, 2 photographs. BIC Classification: 1DD; HBJD1; JFSL1; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 364.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822360759
ISBN
9780822360759
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.08

Hardcover. Num Pages: 245 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBJK; JFFH1; L. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 629. As new. hardcover, with dustjacket.
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
University of Arizona Press Arizona
Number of pages
245
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Edition
First Edition
SKU
KRF0027191
ISBN
9780816514458
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Hardcover. Num Pages: 245 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBJK; JFFH1; L. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 629. Clean copy in dustwrapper
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
University of Arizona Press Arizona
Number of pages
245
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Edition
First Edition
SKU
KEX0237083
ISBN
9780816514458
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardback. Koreans and Burakumin, two of the largest minority groups in modern Japan, share a history of discrimination that spans the decades of Japan's modernization and imperial expansion. Bayliss explores the historical processes that cast them as "others" on the margins of the Japanese empire and that also influenced their views of themselves. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 350 pages, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 162 x 34. Weight in Grams: 798.
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center
Number of pages
350
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674066687
ISBN
9780674066687
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 41.33

Paperback. Exploring culinary evolution and eating habits in a cornucopia of cultures from ancient Mesopotamia to modern America and from the Byzantine Empire to Jewish Mediterranean culture in the Middle Ages, Food: A Culinary History is a rich banquet for readers. Culinary customs, the writers reveal, offer great insight into societies past and present. Editor(s): Flandrin, Jean-Louis; Montanari, Massimo. Translator(s): Sonnenfeld, Albert. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 624 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 248 x 172 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1090.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
624
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231111553
ISBN
9780231111553
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.16

Paperback. In this compelling volume in the What Everyone Needs to Know(r) series, Paul Waldau expertly navigates the many heated debates surrounding the complex and controversial animal rights movement. Series: What Everyone Needs to Know. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 274.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199739967
ISBN
9780199739967
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.06

Paperback. A revised edition of an insightful text which highlights the ability of all practitioners to undertake healing work to promote the future wellbeing of abused children. Offering a wide range of resources including personal accounts and supportive pedagogy, it provides a practical blueprint for sensitive and effective work in this challenging field Series: Practical Social Work Series. Num Pages: 304 pages, 6 figures, 1 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFFE1; JKSB1; JKSN. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 214 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 378.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Fourth Edition, Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230297944
ISBN
9780230297944
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 37.67

Hardback. An indispensable introduction to the evolution and implementation of Sharia law within the Muslim world. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JFSR2; LAFS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. .
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849048170
ISBN
9781849048170
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.28

Paperback. Num Pages: 344 pages, 5 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBAH; HBTB; JFCA; JFD. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
344
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138905320
ISBN
9781138905320
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.79

Paperback. A fascinating and surprising history, revealing the peaceful tradition that has existed between Islam and the West Num Pages: 352 pages, 16 pp b/w. BIC Classification: HBG; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 254.
Publisher
John Murray General Publishing Division United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719567551
ISBN
9780719567551
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.64

Paperback. Explains how the poor find solutions to their everyday financial problems by conducting year-long interviews with impoverished villagers and slum dwellers in Bangladesh, India, and South Africa - records that track penny by penny how specific households manage their money. Num Pages: 296 pages, 9 line illus. 36 tables. BIC Classification: JFFA; KCM; KCR; KCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 164 x 21. Weight in Grams: 418.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
296
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
unknown
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691148199
ISBN
9780691148199
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 27.21

Hardback. The British Welfare State initially seemed to promise welfare for all, but excluded millions of disabled people. This book examines attempts in the subsequent three decades to reverse this exclusion. It also provides the first major analysis of the Disablement Income Group and the Thalidomide campaign. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; JFFG; JKSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 172. .
Publisher
Policy Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447316428
ISBN
9781447316428
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.99

Paperback. A major new work by Pierre Bourdieu and his associates: Bourdieu is one of the leading sociologists in the world today. This book documents the accounts of ordinary people as they struggle to survive and to make ends meet, describing the forms of social suffering, hopelessness and despair which are pervasive features of life on the margins. Num Pages: 656 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFFA; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 173 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1186.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
656
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745615936
ISBN
9780745615936
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.21

Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: JFCA; VXA; WHC; WHP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 184 x 21. Weight in Grams: 442.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing
Publication date
2015
Edition
2nd ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781629147826
ISBN
9781629147826
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.21

Paperback. This work aims to dispel the myth that "abuse does not happen in 'my' church". It uses stories of abuse and survival to help the reader examine the connections among abuse, religious beliefs, and the church and to remind them that abuse is not confined to any singular group of people. Num Pages: 168 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HRC; JFFE1; JFFE2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 150 x 9. Weight in Grams: 231.
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
168
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761819059
ISBN
9780761819059
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 75.94

Paperback. .
Publisher
Transcript Verlag
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9783837629903
ISBN
9783837629903
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 9.27

Paperback. What does it mean to be queer and Asian-American at the turn of the century? This title considers how Asian-American racial identity and queer sexuality interconnect in mutually shaping and complicating ways. It gathers an array of voices and experiences that represent the communities of a queer Asian-America. Editor(s): Eng, David L.; Hom, Alice Y. Series: Asian American History and Culture Series. Num Pages: 445 pages, 13 b&w photographs, 7 cartoons. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JFSK1; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 25. Weight in Grams: 794.
Publisher
Temple University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566396400
ISBN
9781566396400
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 47.57

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