Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 8. Weight in Grams: 136.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Carnegie-Mellon University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780887485541
- ISBN
- 9780887485541
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.21
€ 18.99
€ 16.21
Hardcover. Historians have long speculated on the role played by the Enlightenment in the rise of nationalism in Eastern Europe and the Balkans. This book offers a fresh perspective on this subject through an examination of the Greek Enlightenment, its aspirations, and its relationship to the larger European Republic of Letters. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVG; 3JD; 3JF; HBJD; HBLH; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 544.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- East European Monographs United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780880335812
- ISBN
- 9780880335812
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.05
€ 46.99
€ 33.05
Hardback. Specialists focus on Hungary's outstanding achievments in various fields, notably technology, literature and the arts, and sport. The volume includes a biographical dictionary, map, and illustrations. Editor(s): Somlyody, Laszlo; Somlyody, Nora. Num Pages: 720 pages, Illustrations, 1 map, ports. BIC Classification: 1DVH; 3JH; 3JJ; AC; JFC; PDX; TBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 148. Weight in Grams: 1089.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- East European Monographs United States
- Number of pages
- 720
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780880335331
- ISBN
- 9780880335331
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.12€ 50.14
€ 65.12
€ 50.14
Paperback. Explodes the myth that self-hatred is the dominant theme in Black identity. This book, using a thorough review of social scientific literature on Negro identity conducted between 1936 and 1967, demonstrates that important themes of mental health and adaptive strength have been frequently overlooked by scholars, both Black and White. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 426.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780877229490
- ISBN
- 9780877229490
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 34.71
€ 35.99
€ 34.71
Paperback. What did young, independent women do for fun and how did they pay their way into New York City's turn-of-the-century pleasure places? This title offers a discussion of young working women whose meager wages often fell short of bare subsistence and rarely allowed for entertainment expenses. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 210 x 20. Weight in Grams: 306.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780877225003
- ISBN
- 9780877225003
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.35
€ 32.99
€ 29.35
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: GT; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 230 x 24. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875807270
- ISBN
- 9780875807270
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.41
€ 32.99
€ 31.41
Paperback. Examines the female-dominated practice of herbalism in the seminomadic Muslim communities of Tuareg. This book takes the reader into this world of medicine women through interviews, guided conversations, life histories, illustrative case studies, and the words of the healers and their patients. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFDM; 1HFDR; JFSL9; MX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press United States
- Edition
- Annotated
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875806105
- ISBN
- 9780875806105
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.08
€ 27.99
€ 26.08
Hardcover. In an era when minorities were struggling for recognition, LaDonna Harris and Wilma Mankiller utilized their gender and ethnicity to further the interests of Native Americans and forge a place for women in politics. This title examines the public identity these women created for themselves and how their identities shaped their political fortunes. Num Pages: 242 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSL9; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 250 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Annotated
- SKU
- V9780875803722
- ISBN
- 9780875803722
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.44
€ 35.44
Hardcover. Exploring the ways in which 19th-century women transformed American society, this book sheds light on a gender ideology that fostered public participation and action - even violence - in the name of women's redemptive moral power. Num Pages: 306 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 158 x 28. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 306
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875803180
- ISBN
- 9780875803180
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.55
€ 61.55
Paperback. Across America, stadiums and sports centres have become an increasingly important aspect of urban redevelopment action. This study looks at examples in Chicago and the effects on the community there, and suggests ways of involving communities for more successful modernization. Num Pages: 220 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AMGC; JFS; RPC; WSBV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875803050
- ISBN
- 9780875803050
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 32.49
€ 33.99
€ 32.49
Hardcover. This work examines the lives and fiction of five modernist women writers whose lovers were also literary figures. Focusing on Anais Nin, Rebecca West, Zelda Fitzgerald, Radclyffe Hall, and HD, it investigates the ways these female authors made use of their relationships in their fiction. Num Pages: 225 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK; JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 225
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780875803012
- ISBN
- 9780875803012
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.61
€ 51.61
Hardcover. For more than a century, Alsace was the most contested region in western Europe, This analysis of working-class politics and nationality explains the successive attempts of French and German authorities to impose one national identity on the region and shows how workers responded. Num Pages: 261 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 261
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875802718
- ISBN
- 9780875802718
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.58
€ 56.58
hardcover. These 15 essays engage topics from architecture to politics and from fast food to film, aiming to reveal the problems and potential of postmodern cultural criticism. It looks at the value and limits of postmodernist approaches to present-day society and culture. Editor(s): Carmichael, Thomas; Lee, Alison. Num Pages: 250 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 161 x 24. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780875802510
- ISBN
- 9780875802510
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.61
€ 51.61
Hardcover. This is the account of one person's experience among the Inupiat, who live in a treeless land far north of the Arctic Circle. It records occurrences of healing, spirit manifestation, and premonition in her narrative in a year in the life of an Eskimo community. Num Pages: 289 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWK; HRQM2; JFSL9; MX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 289
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875802121
- ISBN
- 9780875802121
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 147.26
€ 147.26
Paperback. Today's poets provide a new spin on Greek myths. Editor(s): DeNicola, Deborah. Num Pages: 354 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2ABM; DCQ; DSC; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 531.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University Press of New England United States
- Number of pages
- 354
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874519181
- ISBN
- 9780874519181
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.52
€ 32.99
€ 25.52
Paperback. New perspectives on three centuries of Indian presence in New England Series: Re-encounters with Colonialism: New Perspectives on the Americas. Num Pages: 278 pages, 6 tables. 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University Press of New England United States
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874518191
- ISBN
- 9780874518191
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.52
€ 32.99
€ 25.52
Paperback. A moving first-person account of the struggle between the Old Order Amish of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and the surrounding society that threatens to drive them out. "An affecting mourning for the impending destruction of the Amish community. . . ".--Kirkus Reviews. Illustrator(s): Riehl, Susie. Num Pages: 204 pages, 20 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- University Press of New England United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874516470
- ISBN
- 9780874516470
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 20.87
€ 25.99
€ 20.87
Paperback. This book offers an expanded generic model of the study of female development as seen through 19th and 20th century novels and psychoanalytic research. Editor(s): Abel, Elizabeth; etc. Num Pages: 374 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 144 x 218 x 32. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Publisher
- University Press of New England United States
- Number of pages
- 374
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780874512519
- ISBN
- 9780874512519
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.24
€ 37.99
€ 29.24
Paperback. A collection of Sivanandan's work charting the history of post war black struggles against British racism Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; JFF; JFSL1. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 139 x 216 x 18. Weight in Grams: 244.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Pluto Press London
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780861043712
- ISBN
- 9780861043712
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 24.05
€ 35.99
€ 24.05
Hardcover. Examines an array of issues related to disability and community. This title also examines a range of social institutions and practices such as education, employment, and cultural venues and the extent to which and how they include people with disabilities in the workings of these institutions. Editor(s): Scotch, Richard K.; Carey, Allison C. Series Editor(s): Barnartt, Sharon N.; Altman, Barbara Mandell. Series: Research in Social Science and Disability. Num Pages: 305 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 29. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 305
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780857247995
- ISBN
- 9780857247995
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.87
€ 149.87
Hardcover. Publishes theoretical analyses, reviews, and theory based empirical chapters on group phenomena. This title examines topics such as: graded status characteristics and expectation states; standardizing open interaction coding for status processes; creating community through language among San Pedro Longshoremen; and, more. Editor(s): Thye, Shane R.; Lawler, Edward. Series Editor(s): Lawler, Edward. Series: Advances in Group Processes. Num Pages: 350 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFFP; JFS; JMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780857247735
- ISBN
- 9780857247735
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.61
€ 140.61
Hardback. Part of the "Research in Social Movements, Conflicts and Change" series, this title contains three sections of data-driven articles that address topics central to scholarship on social movements and conflict resolution. It also showcases research on a variety of movements, organizations and conflicts in ways that contribute to theory-building. Editor(s): Coy, Patrick G. Series Editor(s): Coy, Patrick G. Series: Research in Social Movements, Conflicts and Change. Num Pages: 344 pages, ill. BIC Classification: JFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 158 x 28. Weight in Grams: 662.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857246097
- ISBN
- 9780857246097
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.61
€ 140.61
Hardcover. This vibrant volume is a creative mix of contributions, including seminal essays and interpretive works, from researchers and writers in the area of popular music and major players in the bright future of symbolic interaction. Genres discussed range from country, jazz and the virtuoso to latino, grindcore and extreme metal. Editor(s): Denzin, Norman K. Series Editor(s): Denzin, Norman K. Series: Studies in Symbolic Interaction. Num Pages: 376 pages, ill. BIC Classification: JFFP; JMH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 159 x 237 x 32. Weight in Grams: 690.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857243614
- ISBN
- 9780857243614
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.93
€ 141.93
hardcover. Focuses on the challenges facing women who seek to create innovative entrepreneurial ventures, whilst also celebrating their scientific activities and contribution to technological advancement, society and economic development as a whole. This book investigates and demonstrates the innovative and inventive achievements of women. Editor(s): Marlow, Susan; Wynarczyk, Pooran. Series Editor(s): Henry, Colette; Marlow, Susan. Series: Contemporary Issues in Entrepreneurship Research. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; KJD; KJH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857243355
- ISBN
- 9780857243355
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.82
€ 116.82