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Paperback. Calypso music is an integral part of Trinidad's national identity. But in a nation as diverse as Trinidad, why is it that calypso has emerged as the emblematic music? This book examines conditions that have enabled calypso to be valorized, contested, and targeted as a field of cultural politics in Trinidad. Num Pages: 352 pages, 25 halftones, 8 musical examples. BIC Classification: 1KJWWT; AV; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 524.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226310602
- ISBN
- 9780226310602
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.74
€ 40.99
€ 31.74
Paperback. Same-sex marriage emerged in 2004 as one of the hottest issues of the campaign season. This work explores various facets of this issue, including the ideologies and strategies on both sides of the argument, the public's response, and how same-sex marriage fits into the context of policy cycles and windows of political opportunity. Editor(s): Rimmerman, Craig A.; Wilcox, Clyde. Num Pages: 368 pages, 7 line drawings, 4 tables. BIC Classification: JFSK; JPVH; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 26. Weight in Grams: 544.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226720012
- ISBN
- 9780226720012
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.84
€ 34.99
€ 27.84
Paperback. Drawing on the resources of a DVD version of Lincoln's legal papers, this work scans a range of family woes that antebellum Americans took to the law. It also highlights the legal status of women and children in Illinois and their experiences with the law in action. Editor(s): Stowell, Daniel W. Num Pages: 256 pages, 8 photographs; 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JFSJ1; LNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 349.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252073397
- ISBN
- 9780252073397
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.88
€ 23.99
€ 21.88
Paperback. Editor(s): Katz, Ethan B.; Leff, Lisa Moses; Mandel, Maud S. Series: The Modern Jewish Experience. Num Pages: 370 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBTQ; JFFN; JFSR1; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 230 x 28. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 370
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253024572
- ISBN
- 9780253024572
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 38.60
€ 42.99
€ 38.60
Paperback. A considerable amount of feminist thinking today works across borders in ways that unsettle familiar philosophical and political frameworks. This work also crosses regional, national, and continental boundaries, as feminists find they must think globally, act locally, as the popular slogan has it. Editor(s): Narayan, Uma; Harding, Sandra. Series: A Hypatia Book. Num Pages: 352 pages, 1 index. BIC Classification: HPCF; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253213846
- ISBN
- 9780253213846
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.90
€ 23.99
€ 21.90
Paperback. Focuses on the enslavement, middle passage, American experience, and return to Africa of a single cultural group, the Yoruba. Moving beyond descriptions of generic African experiences, this anthology allows students to trace the experiences of one cultural group throughout the cycle of the slave experience in the Americas. Editor(s): Falola, Toyin; Childs, Matt D. Series: Blacks in the Diaspora. Num Pages: 472 pages, 10 b&w photos, 8 figures, 1 maps, 1 bibliog., 1 index. BIC Classification: 1HFD; 1K; GTB; HBTS; JFSL3; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 163 x 25. Weight in Grams: 650.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 472
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253217165
- ISBN
- 9780253217165
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.73
€ 32.99
€ 29.73
Paperback. By featuring the life histories of eight senior men, this work explores the changing meaning of becoming a man in modern Africa. It concentrates on the ideals and expectations that formed around men who were prominent in their communities when Ghana became an independent nation. Num Pages: 360 pages, 23 b&w photos, 1 maps, 1 bibliog., 1 index. BIC Classification: 1HFDH; GTB; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 143 x 27. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253217868
- ISBN
- 9780253217868
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.29
€ 27.99
€ 26.29
Paperback. This series of essays examines why Americans have a penchant for going to extremes in their arts, popular culture, politics, social movements and other aspects of life. The author considers historical examples but concentrates on comtemporary subjects, such as the media coverage of O.J. Simpson. Num Pages: 156 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCA; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 11. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268031572
- ISBN
- 9780268031572
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Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.83
€ 20.99
€ 20.83
Hardcover. The Handbook of Media and Mass Communication Theory presents a comprehensive collection of original essays that focus on all aspects of current and classic theories and practices relating to media and mass communication. Editor(s): Fortner, Robert S.; Fackler, P. Mark. Series: Handbooks in Communication and Media. Num Pages: 1008 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 180 x 58. Weight in Grams: 1877.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 1008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470675052
- ISBN
- 9780470675052
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Condition: New
€ 451.15
€ 451.15
Paperback. Are you writing about physical pain or mental pain? This is a book about the meanings we make out of pain. Num Pages: 354 pages, 31 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 150 x 228 x 22. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 354
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520082762
- ISBN
- 9780520082762
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.48
€ 38.99
€ 28.48
Paperback. Countless attempts have been made to appropriate the ideas of Friedrich Nietzsche for diverse cultural and political ends, but nowhere have these efforts been more sustained and of greater consequence than in Germany. This title offers a magisterial chronicle of the philosopher's presence in German life and politics. Series: Weimar & Now: German Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 337 pages, 20 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; 3JJ; HPC; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 230 x 26. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 337
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520085558
- ISBN
- 9780520085558
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.42
€ 38.99
€ 28.42
Paperback. Charting the cultural imagination of Haiti, this text argues for the recognition of both vodou rituals and narrative fictions as repositories of history. The book gives human dimensions to the 18th-century French colony and provides a template for understanding the Haiti of today. Num Pages: 362 pages, 34 b&w photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KJH; HBJK; HBTB; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 362
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520213685
- ISBN
- 9780520213685
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.61
€ 35.99
€ 26.61
Paperback. The makers of obi, the elegant and costly sash worn over kimono in Japan, belong to an endangered species. Tamara Hareven integrates historical research with intensive life history interviews to reveal the relationships among family, work, and community in this highly specialized occupation. Num Pages: 371 pages, 30 b/w photographs, 4 maps, 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFS; JHBK; JHBL; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of California Press Berkeley
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 371
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520228184
- ISBN
- 9780520228184
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.42
€ 38.99
€ 28.42
Paperback. Described by others as quaint and exotic, or as depraved and threatening, and as successful and exemplary, the Chinese in America have rarely been asked to describe themselves in their own words. This title provides an intimate and textured history of the Chinese in America from their arrival during the California Gold Rush to the present. Editor(s): Yung, Judy; Chang, Gordon G.; Lai, Him Mark. Num Pages: 486 pages, 52 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First Printing
- Number of pages
- 486
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520243101
- ISBN
- 9780520243101
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.28
€ 40.99
€ 29.28
Paperback. At the outset of the twentieth century, the Nivkhi of Sakhalin Island were a small population of fishermen under Russian dominion and an Asian cultural sway. This book draws upon Nivkh interviews, archives, and translated Soviet ethnographic texts to examine the effects of this remarkable state venture in the construction of identity. Num Pages: 248 pages, 14 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVU; JFSF; JHMP; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 371.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691044323
- ISBN
- 9780691044323
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Condition: New
€ 53.29€ 42.35
€ 53.29
€ 42.35
Paperback. Describes the urban bachelor life that took shape in the late nineteenth century, when a significant population of single men migrated to American cities. This book also describe a complex subculture that continues to affect the larger meanings of manhood and manliness in American society. Num Pages: 352 pages, 24 halftones, 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFC; JFSG; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691070551
- ISBN
- 9780691070551
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Condition: New
€ 56.85€ 44.83
€ 56.85
€ 44.83
Hardback. 'A timely account and analysis of the lived reality .. of West Indians who now tenant the Caribbean Diaspora in Britain.' Professor Rex Nettleford, University W Indies Num Pages: 256 pages, 3 figures. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; JFC; JFSL3; JHBA; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745317632
- ISBN
- 9780745317632
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Condition: New
€ 100.66€ 83.91
€ 100.66
€ 83.91
Hardback. Focuses attention on the dual themes of theory and methodology that must form a basis for studies of impairment and disability. This work addresses issues that include: critiques of current concepts of disability; the fit between sociological role theory and the concept of disability; and, the operationalization of many definitions of disability. Editor(s): Barnartt, Sharon N.; Altman, Barbara Mandell. Series: Research in Social Science and Disability. Num Pages: 292 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 242 x 23. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United States
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762307739
- ISBN
- 9780762307739
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Condition: New
€ 133.86
€ 133.86
Paperback. Goes beyond the dichotomies of "pro" and "anti" environmentalism to tell the stories of the women who seek to maintain resource use in rural places. Num Pages: 296 pages, 10 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBCB; JFSJ1; RNA; RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774810180
- ISBN
- 9780774810180
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.39
€ 40.99
€ 36.39
Hardback. Series: Psychoanalysis and Social Theory. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801437854
- ISBN
- 9780801437854
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.61
€ 92.61
Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801456664
- ISBN
- 9780801456664
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.28
€ 38.99
€ 35.28
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 12, 6 black & white halftones, 6 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: DSBB; JFFS; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801477812
- ISBN
- 9780801477812
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.75
€ 32.99
€ 29.75
Paperback. Series: The Anthropology of Contemporary Issues. Num Pages: 240 pages, 24. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801486852
- ISBN
- 9780801486852
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 33.05
€ 35.99
€ 33.05
Paperback. This work reveals the existence of a previously unknown stratum of literate women among the urban gentry in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century China. Num Pages: 416 pages, 3 line diagrams 18 half-tones 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JD; HBTB; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804723596
- ISBN
- 9780804723596
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.17
€ 37.99
€ 34.17