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Society & culture: general
Hardcover. Considering Baltimore and Philadelphia as part of the Mid-Atlantic borderland, Diemer shows that the antebellum effort to secure the rights of American citizenship was central to black politics as it exploited the ambiguities of citizenship and negotiated the complex national, state, and local politics in which that concept was determined. Series: Race in the Atlantic World 1700-1900. Num Pages: 312 pages, 9 black & white images. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820349374
- ISBN
- 9780820349374
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.44
€ 66.44
Hardcover. A collection of new essays and columns published in the wake of the 2015 Charleston, SC massacre, along with excerpts from key scholarly books. It draws from a variety of disciplines history, sociology, urban studies, law, critical race theory and includes discussion questions and a selected and annotated bibliography for further reading." Editor(s): Williams, Chad; Williams, Kidada; Blain, Keisha. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBFS; 3JMG; JFSL3; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820349565
- ISBN
- 9780820349565
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.89
€ 162.89
Urban Poverty and Violence in Jamaica (World Bank Latin American and C...
Moser, Caroline O. N., Holland, Jeremy
Paperback. Series: World Bank Latin American & Caribbean Studies. Viewpoints. Num Pages: 48 pages, tables. BIC Classification: JFF; JKV; KCS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 280. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- World Bank
- Number of pages
- 48
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780821338704
- ISBN
- 9780821338704
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.09
€ 27.09
Paperback. The idea of chaos figures prominently in mathematics. It arose in the work of one of the greatest mathematicians of the late 19th century, Henri Poincare, on a problem in celestial mechanics: the three body problem. This title opens with a discussion of the development of the three body problem itself and Poincare's related earlier work. Series: History of Mathematics. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: JFCX; PBB; PBWS; PDX; PG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 252 x 178 x 17. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- American Mathematical Society
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780821803677
- ISBN
- 9780821803677
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 147.88
€ 147.88
Hardcover. Editor(s): Brown, Nicholas; Kanouse, Sarah E. Series: Culture, Politics and the Built Environment. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AJ; HBJK; JFSL9; RG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 885.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Pittsburgh Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822944379
- ISBN
- 9780822944379
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.66
€ 51.66
Hardcover. From its humble "straw mat" origins to its paradoxical status as a national treasure, "p'ansori" has survived centuries of change and remains the primary source of Korean narrative and poetic consciousness. Chan Park celebrates "p'ansori" as a living tradition, adapting to an ever-shifting context. Series: Hawaii Studies on Korea. Num Pages: 392 pages, 19 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPK; 2GK; AVGE; DSB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 621.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Hawaii Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780824825119
- ISBN
- 9780824825119
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.19
€ 75.19
Paperback. Since the late 1960s the Indonesian island of Batam has been transformed from a sleepy fishing village to a booming frontier town, where foreign investment, mostly from neighboring Singapore, converges with inexpensive land and labor. This book explores the experiences of migrants and tourists who pass through Batam. Series: Southeast Asia: Politics, Meaning and Memory. Num Pages: 216 pages, 15 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMN; JFFN; JHM; KNSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Hawaii Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780824833152
- ISBN
- 9780824833152
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.81
€ 33.81
Paperback. This title provides ways of working with teenagers to help them regain confidence and feel positive about their future and to make their therapeutic journey a stimulating yet emotionally stabilising time. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFFE2; MMJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 275 x 190 x 15. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- ACER Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780864317445
- ISBN
- 9780864317445
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.24
€ 52.24
Paperback. Showcases Australia's leading historians writing about cultural history, both in theory and practice. Editor(s): Hsu-Ming Teo; White, Richard. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1MBF; HBTB; JFC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of New South Wales Press
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780868405896
- ISBN
- 9780868405896
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.09
€ 32.09
Paperback. When it comes to the work/life balance, modern women continually find themselves in a no-win situation where they are criticised regardless of the path they choose. This book argues that the pervasive idea that women will never be able to effectively combine work or interests outside the home with marriage, a social life and parenting is a furphy. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of New South Wales Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780868408231
- ISBN
- 9780868408231
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.15
€ 22.15
Paperback. This important book recovers the long tradition of indigenous transnationalism - contact with external people, institutions, ideas - throughout Australia's history from before white settlement to the present. Num Pages: 254 pages. BIC Classification: 1MBF; JFSL9; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of New South Wales Press
- Edition
- annotated edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780868409542
- ISBN
- 9780868409542
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.83
€ 30.83
Paperback. Argues that the skyrocketing increase in obesity levels is not caused by individuals moral weakness, but is due to modern society lacking the virtues necessary for people to adopt and maintain healthy behaviours. This book proceeds to identify a set of seven social and environmental sins that characterise our contemporary world. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; MBNH3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of New South Wales Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780868409559
- ISBN
- 9780868409559
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.14
€ 32.14
Paperback. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: 1MBF; HBJM; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 40. Weight in Grams: 696.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of New South Wales Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780868409979
- ISBN
- 9780868409979
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.53
€ 34.53
Hardcover. Argues that Marx's work, from his doctoral dissertation to "Capital", resounds with characteristic concerns of Jewish thought, identifying three key elements that Marx's theory shares with Judaism - its ontology, its use of texts, and its conception of liberation as a return from exile. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: JFCX; JFSR1; JPFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 146 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780870237461
- ISBN
- 9780870237461
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.35
€ 33.35
Paperback. These essays set out to explore the connections between autobiography and postmodernism. They examine the response of various writers to the culturally specific pressures of genre; how these constraints are negotiated; and what self-representation reveals about the politics of identity. Editor(s): Ashley, Kathleen M.; Gilmore, Leigh; Peters, Gerald (all Professors of English, University of Southern Maine, USA). Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780870239007
- ISBN
- 9780870239007
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.08
€ 42.08
Paperback. For twenty-five years, Studies in Outdoor Recreation has been a standard text in courses on parks and outdoor recreation and serves as an invaluable reference for park and recreation managers. This third edition is completely revised to reflect current research and new concerns in the field. Num Pages: 468 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JFCA; JHBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 754.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Oregon State University United States
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Number of pages
- 468
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780870715907
- ISBN
- 9780870715907
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.18
€ 42.18
Hardcover. Reverdy Cassius Ransom spent his life as a pastor, editor, politician, writer, civil rights leader, and bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. This work offers Ransom as a symbol of an era and a larger movement and recalls him to be a man of deep faith and conviction. Num Pages: 320 pages, 15 photographs, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBTB; HRCC95; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Kent State Univ Pr
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780873387484
- ISBN
- 9780873387484
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.18
€ 42.18
Brainwashing: The Fictions of Mind Control: A Study of Novels and Film...
Professor Of English David Seed
Hardcover. This study of literary and cinematic representations of brainwashing during the Cold War era reviews science fiction, Korean War fiction, and The Manchurian Candidate film. It explores how views on brainwashing changed from an external threat to American values to an internal threat against individual American liberties by the US government. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 744.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Kent State University Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780873388139
- ISBN
- 9780873388139
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.19
€ 61.19
Hardcover. Arising out of the Cleveland Artists Foundation's Dialogue Series, a 22-hour-long collection of forums held in cultural institutions and broadcast on National Public Radio, "Creative Essence" examines regional culture through an exploration of the distinguished contributions Cleveland has made to the visual arts and architecture. Num Pages: 320 pages, 212 colour photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBNH; AC; HBJK; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 279 x 216 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1107.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Kent State Univ Pr
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780873388191
- ISBN
- 9780873388191
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.34
€ 36.34
Paperback. A reflection on the amusements and anxieties of growing older. It examines a variety of lifelong obsessions and frustrates various expectations that life's fogs dissipate as we age. It embodies midlife retrospection suitable for middle-aged population. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: JFSP3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 277.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Kent State University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780873389464
- ISBN
- 9780873389464
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.42
€ 23.42
Paperback. Editor(s): Foley, John Miles (University of Missouri, Columbia University University of Missouri, Columbia University of Missouri, Columbia University of Missouri, Columbia University of Missouri, Columbia University of Missouri, Columbia University of Missouri, Columbia). Series: Options for Teaching (Paperback). Num Pages: 548 pages. BIC Classification: JFHF; JNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 153 x 29. Weight in Grams: 739.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- The Modern Language Association of America
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780873523714
- ISBN
- 9780873523714
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.85
€ 45.85
Paperback. Images of disability pervade language and literature, yet disability remains an unspoken topic in today's culture. The twenty-five essays in Disability Studies provide perspectives on disabled people and on disability in the humanities, art, the media, medicine, psychology, the academy, and society. Editor(s): Snyder, Sharon L; Brueggemann, Professor Brenda Jo (The Ohio State University The Ohio State University, USA. The Ohio State University, The Ohio State University, The Ohio State University, The Ohio State University, The Ohio State University, The Ohio State University, The Ohio State University,); Garland-Thomson, Professor Rosemarie (Emory University, USA). Num Pages: 386 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Modern Language Association of America United States
- Edition
- Pap/Cdr
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780873529815
- ISBN
- 9780873529815
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.81
€ 57.81
Paperback. Corbin Harney's long life encompassed remarkable changes in the lives of Native Americans and in the technological and political development of the world. As an adult, Harney found his calling as a traditional healer and spiritual leader. This book presents a compendium of Cobin Harney's experience and wisdom. Editor(s): Purbrick, Alex. Num Pages: 136 pages, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 133 x 9. Weight in Grams: 168.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Nevada Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874177886
- ISBN
- 9780874177886
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.27
€ 23.27
Bibliography of Metropolitan Milwaukee (Urban Life)
Ann M. Graf, Amanda I. Seligman, Margo Anders...
Hardcover. Editor(s): Graf, Ann M.; Seligman, Amanda I.; Anderson, Margo. Series: Urban life. Num Pages: 345 pages. BIC Classification: GBA; HBJK; JFC; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Marquette Univ Pr
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874620849
- ISBN
- 9780874620849
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.83
€ 30.83