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Society & culture: general
paperback. In this carefully researched, thought-provoking book, Geoffrey Hughes examines the trajectory of political correctness and its impact on public life. Focusing on the historical, semantic, and cultural aspects of political correctness, it will intrigue anyone interested in this ongoing debate. Series: Language Library. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: CFG; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781405152792
- ISBN
- 9781405152792
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 44.80
€ 47.99
€ 44.80
paperback. The Irish famine peaked in Black '47, but it brought misery and increased mortality to Ireland for several years. This title presents the Great Irish Famine from a variety of perspectives. It concentrates on fresh insights available through interdisciplinary and comparative methods. It highlights several economic and sociological features. Series: The Princeton Economic History of the Western World. Num Pages: 320 pages, 54 tables, 38 line illus. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JFFC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 164 x 10. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- 1st paperback edition.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KJH0000448
- ISBN
- 9780691070155
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.34
€ 8.34
paperback. This is a commentary on Aeschines' "Against Timarchos", the prosecution speech in the politically crucial trial of 346/5BC. It is a rhetorical masterpiece of misrepresentation, which persuaded the jury to convict Timarchos despite the fact that Aeschines had virtually no evidence of his misdeeds. Series: Clarendon Ancient History Series. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DNF; JFSK2; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 141 x 28. Weight in Grams: 568.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199241569
- ISBN
- 9780199241569
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 136.19
€ 136.19
Hardback. This study deals with problems and policy options facing Third-World mega-cities. It examines the major sources of urban population growth and spatial concentration, and analyzes the conflict between economic efficiency and decentralization. The analysis is based on a large data set. Series: The ILO Studies Series. Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFG; GTF; JFSG; JHBD; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 239
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333594391
- ISBN
- 9780333594391
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 195.76
€ 195.76
paperback. This lively and critical account of the impact of social change on the experience of health and illness also examines the different sociological perspectives that have been used to analyse health matters and highlights those in need of revision. Num Pages: 244 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFF; JHM; JKS; MBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 143 x 216 x 16. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415115155
- ISBN
- 9780415115155
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.70
€ 69.70
Hardcover. This book develops a general, comprehensive model for preventing crime: one that can be applied to prevent a wide range of crimes from domestic burglaries, criminal youth gangs and driving under the influence to organized crime and terrorism. This book assesses nine 'prevention mechanisms' and shows how they reduce future acts of crime. Series: Crime Prevention and Security Management. Num Pages: 319 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFE; JKSW1; JKVC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 233 x 23. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137560476
- ISBN
- 9781137560476
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.92
€ 67.92
paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 30 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKX; JFHF; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The History Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780750965880
- ISBN
- 9780750965880
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 13.02
€ 15.99
€ 13.02
hardcover. Paper is older than the printing press, and even in its unprinted state it was the great network medium behind the emergence of modern civilization. In the shape of bills, banknotes and accounting books it was indispensible to the economy. As forms and files it was essential to bureaucracy. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCD; JFD; TDJP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 30. Weight in Grams: 638.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KJH0000522
- ISBN
- 9780745672533
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 8.04
€ 8.04
paperback. The Indian subdistrict of Shahabad, located in the southeastern tip of Rajasthan, is an area of extreme poverty. It is the home of the Sahariyas, classified as Rajasthan's only "primitive tribe." The author organizes his study around two themes: power and ethics, through which he explores a complex terrain of material and spiritual forces. Num Pages: 328 pages, 4 halftones, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFSL3; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 30. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KJH0000529
- ISBN
- 9780226194547
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.04
€ 8.04
Paperback. Harold Rosenberg was undoubtedly the most important American art critic of the twentieth century. It was he who first coined the term "Action Painters" to refer to the American Abstract Expressionists Num Pages: 285 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ABA; ACXD1; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- INGRAM PUBLISHER SERVICES US
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306805967
- ISBN
- 9780306805967
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.54
€ 25.99
€ 22.54
Paperback. Gilly Sharpe explores young women's accounts of their pathways into crime and the impact of youth justice intervention on their everyday lives. He also analyses professionals' accounts of young female offenders. Num Pages: 224 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, 12 black & white tables, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: JFSJ; LNFB; YQJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 13. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415870498
- ISBN
- 9780415870498
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.96
€ 65.96
Paperback. The explosion of transnational information flows, made possible by new technologies and institutional changes (economic, political and legal) have profoundly affected the study of global media. This collection of essays aims to stimulate a debate about the imperatives for internationalizing media studies by broadening its remit. Editor(s): Thussu, Daya Kishan. Series: Internationalizing Media Studies. Num Pages: 336 pages, 1 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415455305
- ISBN
- 9780415455305
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.57
€ 71.57
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFC; 3JJ; BGH; JFFA; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 299.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The Perseus Books Group United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465055883
- ISBN
- 9780465055883
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.09
€ 31.09
paperback. BIC Classification: JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 25. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Beacon Press United States
- Edition
- 3rd ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807041536
- ISBN
- 9780807041536
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99
€ 34.99
Paperback. Continues to be the most comprehensive and authoritative geographical study of the Middle East Num Pages: 728 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, maps, figures, charts. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; JF; JPB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1255.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Westview Press
- Edition
- Sixth Edition, Sixth Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813348773
- ISBN
- 9780813348773
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 100.16
€ 100.16
Paperback. Num Pages: 376 pages, tables. BIC Classification: JFFA; JFFS; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Global Research, Centre for Research on Globalization Canada
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780973714708
- ISBN
- 9780973714708
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.77
€ 37.77
paperback. Num Pages: 282 pages. BIC Classification: JFFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 453.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780977825363
- ISBN
- 9780977825363
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.55
€ 62.55
paperback. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFS; JFSJ; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Wadsworth Publishing United States
- Edition
- 4th edition
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781337109680
- ISBN
- 9781337109680
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 134.75
€ 134.75
Paperback. Num Pages: 340 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBCB; HBTB; JFC; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 256 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Whitecap Books Ltd.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781770502161
- ISBN
- 9781770502161
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.16
€ 45.16
Paperback. This volume studies language acquisition among cultural migrants. The chapters investigate different aspects of their linguistic knowledge and production and make an important contribution to our understanding of the possibilities and limits of L2 ultimate attainment. Editor(s): Lundell, Fanny Forsberg; Bartning, Inge. Series: Second Language Acquisition. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: CFDC; JFFN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 158 x 234 x 14. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Channel View Publications Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783094028
- ISBN
- 9781783094028
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.54
€ 52.54
Paperback. Num Pages: 217 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPCH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- The Chinese University Press Hong Kong
- Number of pages
- 217
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789622014312
- ISBN
- 9789622014312
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.32
€ 14.32
paperback. In her new top ten bestseller Jasvinder Sanghera tells the harrowing and moving stories of women trapped in forced marriages. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BT; JFFE3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Hodder Paperbacks
- Edition
- Digital original
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780340962077
- ISBN
- 9780340962077
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.20
€ 13.99
€ 11.20
paperback. Examines how Muslim women came to represented as invisible, backward, and victimized in the written history of late colonial Bengal. This title argues that their near-invisibility, except as victims, in normative histories of India was central to the consolidation of national identity in the colonial period and beyond. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; GTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3963 x 21. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822342342
- ISBN
- 9780822342342
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 36.99
€ 41.99
€ 36.99
Spiritual Mestizaje: Religion, Gender, Race, and Nation in Contemporar...
Delgadillo, Theresa; Mignolo, Walter D.; Silv...
paperback. Demonstrates the centrality of Gloria Anzaldua s concept of spiritual mestizaje to the queer feminist Chicana theorist s life and thought, and its utility as a framework for interpreting contemporary Chicana narratives. Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 296 pages, 18 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JFSL4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822350460
- ISBN
- 9780822350460
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.71
€ 36.99
€ 33.71