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Society & culture: general
Hardback. An history of war brides in 20th-century American history. It uses relationships between American male soldiers and foreign women as a lens to view larger issues of sexuality, race, and gender in United States foreign relations. It traces how war and post-war anxieties about power and national identity have long been projected onto war brides. Num Pages: 312 pages, 8 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBG; HBLW3; JFC; JFSJ1; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 235 x 24. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814797174
- ISBN
- 9780814797174
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.64
€ 62.64
Hardback. American women who have participated in politics, the Civil Rights movement, environmental protection, religious tolerance, and many other issues here express their convictions. The contributors range from Abigail Adams and Elizabeth Cady Stanton to Alice Walker and Betty Friedan. Num Pages: 664 pages, 16. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFFK; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 162 x 43. Weight in Grams: 998.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Cooper Square Publishers Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 664
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815411857
- ISBN
- 9780815411857
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.86
€ 38.99
€ 35.86
Paperback. A timely work which highlights the far-reaching implications of the creation of Islamic States for both Muslims and the international community. Num Pages: 321 pages. BIC Classification: JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1981
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 321
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780819114273
- ISBN
- 9780819114273
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.16
€ 68.16
paperback. Originally published by Alfred A. Knopf in 1975, this volume is directed toward students of history, sociology and minority studies who wish to gain a fuller understanding of the experience of Africans in the New World and of the contributions they have made to Latin American culture. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 137 x 14. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1981
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780819118264
- ISBN
- 9780819118264
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.55
€ 63.55
Paperback. The stirring story of the economic and cultural struggles of the eastern European immigrants to the United States in the early 1900's, as witnessed through the lives and contributions of eleven different men. Series: Brown Classics in Judaica Series. Num Pages: 386 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; G; HBTB; JFSR1; JHBD; JPFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 183 x 23. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 386
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780819154934
- ISBN
- 9780819154934
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 86.30
€ 86.30
Accreditation of Historically and Predominantly Black Colleges and Uni...
Roscoe, Wilma J.. Ed(S): Roscoe, Wilma J.
Hardback. Editor(s): Roscoe, Wilma J. Num Pages: 68 pages. BIC Classification: 1KB; G; JFSL; JNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 143 x 12. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 68
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780819172884
- ISBN
- 9780819172884
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.25
€ 78.25
Paperback. Puts to rest the unfounded allegations surrounding Jefferson and Sally Hemings. Num Pages: 176 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JFM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 132 x 10. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780819178213
- ISBN
- 9780819178213
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.26
€ 17.99
€ 16.26
Paperback. Num Pages: 188 pages. BIC Classification: G; HRC; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 144 x 10. Weight in Grams: 213.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 188
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780819178558
- ISBN
- 9780819178558
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 77.98
€ 77.98
Hardback. This volume contains papers presented at the 1986, 1987 and 1988 annual meetings of the Academy for Jewish Philosophy. The articles reveal the views of Jewish philosphers on issues in Jewish religious thought such as the topics of hermeneutics, God-talk and idolatry. Series: Studies in Judaism. Num Pages: 426 pages. BIC Classification: HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 426
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780819179258
- ISBN
- 9780819179258
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 145.43
€ 145.43
Hardback. This work documents the Chicano movement as it developed within the Mexican American community of East Los Angeles during the late 1960s and early 1970s. The author offers a unique comparative and diachronic analysis of several component organizations of this mass movement. Series: Class, Ethnicity and Gender and the Democratic Nation State Series. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780819179623
- ISBN
- 9780819179623
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.52
€ 135.52
Paperback. What happens in a conversation between a committed Atheist and a committed Christian? While agreeing to disagree on almost every detail, Kai Nielsen, Chair of the Department of Philosophy, University of Calgary, and Hendrik Hart, Senior Member in Philosophy at the graduate Institute for Christian Studies, Toronto, agree that it is not fruitless. Num Pages: 254 pages. BIC Classification: JFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 149 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780819179906
- ISBN
- 9780819179906
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 76.60
€ 76.60
Hardback. _<'Parents and teachers..will find Mullin's witty, humane advice gently instructive._>' -- Num Pages: 125 pages. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JFSP2; JNK; JNLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 145 x 18. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 125
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780819180629
- ISBN
- 9780819180629
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.38
€ 19.38
Hardback. Political Wives, Veiled Lives presents the startling and often unsettling views of political wives, who share a difficult position and tenuous status in the world of politics. In this warm and humorous account we see the private side of what it's like to be a political wife and -whether one wins or loses-life is never quite the same. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780819180681
- ISBN
- 9780819180681
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 23.29
€ 25.99
€ 23.29
Hardback. Do you consider yourself a member of the middle class? Eighty percent of Americans describe themselves in those terms; working-class citizens who are neither rich nor poor. Num Pages: 442 pages. BIC Classification: JF. Dimension: 235 x 150 x 31. Weight in Grams: 804.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Madison Books
- Number of pages
- 442
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780819184597
- ISBN
- 9780819184597
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 24.98
€ 24.99
€ 24.98
Paperback. This work examines major psychological issues from a Judaic perspective. It concentrates on major Judaic themes that are essential to Jewish life, and on how these themes relate to mental health, guilt, the self, the nature of the person, marriage, and the pain and suffering prior to death. Num Pages: 162 pages. BIC Classification: JFSR1; JM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 135 x 8. Weight in Grams: 195.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 162
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780819184771
- ISBN
- 9780819184771
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 77.87
€ 77.87
Hardback. This work assumes the importance of the biblical mythology of 'Adam' for both Judaism and Christianity and provides a comparative reference point for examining that mythology as an expression of the human situation. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCM; HRJ; HRLB; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780819184979
- ISBN
- 9780819184979
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.76
€ 109.76
Hardback. Analyzes the strengths and weaknesses of the female protagonists in Shakespeare's plays with regard to their impact, not only on the plot of the plays, but also on the male protagonists, through providing easy-to-follow play synopses. Num Pages: 220 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS; JFSJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780819188250
- ISBN
- 9780819188250
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 110.39
€ 110.39
Hardback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780819189615
- ISBN
- 9780819189615
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.50
€ 132.50
Paperback. These essays include descriptive, empirical and theoretical discussions of a new interdisciplinary field of study in the social sciences - life course and generational politics. They illustrate a number of different approaches and identify the conceptual and methodological issues involved. Num Pages: 218 pages. BIC Classification: JFSP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 11. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780819190062
- ISBN
- 9780819190062
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.27
€ 62.27
Paperback. The objective of this collection is to look at Afro-American young men within their full social and community context. The book consists of 19 chapters in four sections focusing on the structural conditions, parenting, education and social identity of young black men. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFF; JFSL1; JFSL3; JFSP1; JFSP2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 149 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780819191151
- ISBN
- 9780819191151
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 80.59
€ 80.59
Hardback. Overwhelming life experiences, such as physical and sexual abuse during childhood, have the potential to obliterate internal representations of a loving God. This work explores the inter-relationship between severity of childhood traumatisation and mental representations of God. Num Pages: 186 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HRA; HRCM; JFFE1; JFFE2; JM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 186
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780819191205
- ISBN
- 9780819191205
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.56
€ 109.56
Hardback. With over seventeen million refugees inhabiting the globe today, this book addresses this dramatic 20th century phenomenon and several of the issues it raises. Gorman examines how refugee situations arise and the way in which they are addressed by the various global actors: governments, U.N. agencies, and private voluntary organizations. Num Pages: 362 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; GTF; JFFN; JKSN1; JKSR; JPQB; JPSN1; JPVH1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 362
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780819191755
- ISBN
- 9780819191755
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 137.87
€ 137.87
Hardback. Once a Soviet scientist, Tarnopolsky became a refusnik activist arguing the right to emigrate. As a result, he spent the year of 1984 in a Siberian labour camp. Scenes of camp life are interspersed with essays on topics such as the Russian mentality, moral choices, and modern Jewish problems. Num Pages: 252 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJPN; BGA; JFSR1; JPVH; JPVR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780819191977
- ISBN
- 9780819191977
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.24
€ 116.24
Paperback. This text focuses on some of the main ethical and spiritual problems raised by the Holocaust. It addresses the views and moral dilemmas of prominent Jewish thinkers and leaders, then presents the author's own reflections on the problem of "justification of religion" and faith after Auschwitz. Num Pages: 185 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTZ1; HPQ; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 185
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780819193599
- ISBN
- 9780819193599
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.82
€ 70.82