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Paperback. Editor(s): Turner, Sarah. Num Pages: 308 pages. BIC Classification: JFSL; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
UBC Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774824941
ISBN
9780774824941
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.59

Paperback. Sylvia Walby offers an innovative new theoretical framework for explaining social inequalities around the world. A highly anticipated new book from a major name in the social sciences. Num Pages: 520 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, maps, figures. BIC Classification: JFFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 169 x 29. Weight in Grams: 860.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
SAGE Publications Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
520
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803985186
ISBN
9780803985186
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 73.24

Hardcover. Argues that health is a concept, a norm, and a set of bodily practices whose ideological work is often rendered invisible by the assumption that it is a monolithic, universal good Editor(s): Metzl, Jonathan M.; Kirkland, Anna. Series: Biopolitics. Num Pages: 226 pages, Illustrations 1 map. BIC Classification: JFFH; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 417.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
NYU Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814795927
ISBN
9780814795927
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 85.77

Paperback. During the tumultuous 1990s, as Russia struggled to shed the trappings of the Soviet empire, television viewing emerged as an enormous influence on Russian life. This title describes the knowing ways in which ordinary Russians watch the news, sceptically analyse information, and develop strategies for dealing with news bias. Num Pages: 408 pages, 33 b&w photographs, 8 tables. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; APT; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 31. Weight in Grams: 694.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Edition
Rev ed
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822324638
ISBN
9780822324638
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Paperback. Argues that sixteenth century Nahua sexuality cannot be fully understood only through colonial sensibilities and sources. This book examines legal documents, clerical texts, pictorial manuscripts, images and glyphs of Nahua gods and goddesses and descriptions of fertility rituals to show the complexity of Nahua sexuality. Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 384 pages, 43 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JFC; JHBK5; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822351511
ISBN
9780822351511
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

hardcover. "The Book of Sports" was the royal declaration which sanctioned popular participation in traditional pastimes after church attendance on Sunday. This book takes a fresh look at the events surrounding the re-publication of the "Book of Sports" in 1633 and reassesses the role of Charles I himself in the controversy. Num Pages: 248 pages, 8 black & white plates. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB; HBWE; JFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 164 x 21. Weight in Grams: 594.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859898560
ISBN
9780859898560
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 142.68

Paperback. Like it or not, all of us who live in modern society are organization men and women. We tend to be caught in the traditional patterns of dominance and subordination. This book shows how pervasive patterns of relationship are in our work lives and personal lives, and how deep they run - into the language of the organization and of ordinary life. Series: Women in the Political Economy. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780877224006
ISBN
9780877224006
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 42.18

paperback. Editor(s): Bayer, Gerd. Series: Ashgate Popular and Folk Music Series. Num Pages: 214 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; AVGT; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 394.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
214
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138249387
ISBN
9781138249387
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 69.40

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 95 black & white illustrations, 95 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1F; APF; JFD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 155 x 233 x 17. Weight in Grams: 438.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138815780
ISBN
9781138815780
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.58

hardcover. Series: Exploring Jewish Arts and Culture. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 236 x 28. Weight in Grams: 574.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9781477307342
ISBN
9781477307342
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 28.63

paperback. In Taiwan, small-scale subcontracting factories are found in rice fields and urban areas, front yards and living rooms, mostly employing married women in line with the government slogan that promotes work in the home "Living Rooms as Factories". The author studies the experiences of the married women who work in this satellite system of factories. Num Pages: 200 pages, 14 illustrations, 25 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPCW; JFSJ; JHM; KCF; KND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566393904
ISBN
9781566393904
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.47

paperback. Anthologizes the author's movie reviews, cultural criticism, and political essays, published in "The Village Voice", "Artforum", and elsewhere during the period bracketed by the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of the World Trade Towers. Series: Culture & the Moving Image. Num Pages: 264 pages, 8 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJPR; APFA; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 18. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Temple University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566399968
ISBN
9781566399968
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.73

Paperback. Provides an irreverent but fact-filled look at Ireland and the Irish, leaving no stone - Blarney or otherwise - unturned in bringing her gifts to you. With a bushel full of top-ten lists on all things Irish, Thomsen takes you on a journey through the greenest of lands and provides tales and anecdotes on everything. Series: Most Wanted. Num Pages: 304 pages, 10 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1DBR; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 126 x 20. Weight in Grams: 259.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Brassey's US
Condition
New
SKU
V9781574887273
ISBN
9781574887273
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.32

hardcover. Terrorist organizations have been able to market mass murder under hysteria's banner of alleged martyrdom. But when it comes to understanding Islamic suicide terrorism in particular, there is much more to it than martyrdom. Num Pages: 192 pages, 15 b&w photos, figures. BIC Classification: JFSR2; JM; JPWL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Potomac Books, Inc. United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9781597975049
ISBN
9781597975049
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 28.63

paperback. "Hunger and Work in a Savage Tribe" examines the cultural aspects of food and eating among the Southern Bantu, taking as its starting point the bold statement "nutrition is a biological process more fundamental than sex". Series: Routledge Classic Ethnographies. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFGS; JFC; JHBT; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415320115
ISBN
9780415320115
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.21

Paperback. Editor(s): Mirza, Heidi Safia; Joseph, Cynthia. Num Pages: 150 pages. BIC Classification: JFFK; JFSL3; JNFR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 177 x 246 x 19. Weight in Grams: 300.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
150
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415633956
ISBN
9780415633956
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.21

hardcover. Based on fieldwork in Calcutta, this book provides the ethnography of how middle-class women in India understand and experience economic change through transformations of family life. It explores their ideas, practices and experiences of marriage, childbirth, reproductive change and their children's education. Series Editor(s): Pardo, Italo; Prato, Dr. Giuliana B. Series: Urban Anthropology. Num Pages: 230 pages, includes 1 map & 4 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFSJ1; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 165 x 19. Weight in Grams: 560.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
230
Condition
New
SKU
V9780754649427
ISBN
9780754649427
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 187.92

Paperback. Includes documents that proves that we've been duped into wars we shouldn't be fighting, lied to about intelligence, fed hogwash about terrorism, and tricked into losing more and more of our civil liberties. Today, pretty much everything the government does is presumed secret. This title reveals the truth to: The CIA's guide to assassination. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFHC; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 394.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781616085711
ISBN
9781616085711
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 19.49

hardcover. Drawing on interviews and analysis of primary documents, including two Royal Commissions, this work demonstrates how Canadian women's calls for family-friendly employment policies have translated into inaction or inappropriate action on the part of successive federal governments. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFFJ; JFSJ1; JHBL; JPQB; KCFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 649.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
UBC Press Canada
Edition
New
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774808200
ISBN
9780774808200
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 113.72

paperback. Series: The Working Class in American History. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJK; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 661. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252066900
ISBN
9780252066900
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.02

hardcover. Thousands of pregnant women pass through our nation's jails every year. What happens to them as they gestate their pregnancies in a space of punishment? In this book, the author explores how, in this time when public safety is in disarray and when incarceration has become a central strategy for managing the poor, jail has become a safety net. Num Pages: 328 pages, 5 halftones, scattered. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JFSJ1; JHMC; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
California University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520288669
ISBN
9780520288669
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.12
€ 89.80

Hardcover. This handbook offers the first global study of women's employment in news using survey data. It comprises chapters on 29 nations from all regions of the world, authored by local researchers who have a depth of knowledge about their nations' culture, history, gender relations and journalism. Editor(s): Byerly, Carolyn M.; International Women's Media Foundation. Num Pages: 477 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFD; JFSJ1; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 156 x 33. Weight in Grams: 904.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137273239
ISBN
9781137273239
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.39

hardcover. The Huaorani of Ecuador lived as hunters and gatherers in the Amazonian rainforest for hundred of years, largely undisturbed by western civilization. This book provides description of Huaorani society and culture according to modern standards of ethnographic writing. Series: Historical Ecology Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, Color Illus.: 12,. BIC Classification: 1KLSE; HBTB; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780231118446
ISBN
9780231118446
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 134.36
€ 102.15

Paperback. A study of 'community unionism' that examines the tenacity of union loyalty and communal values within the confines of a one-industry town: Anaconda, Montana, home to the world's largest copper smelter and the namesake of the Anaconda Copper Mining Company. It depicts the vibrant life of the smelter city at full steam. Series: The Working Class in American History. Num Pages: 328 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWM; HBJK; HBTB; JFSC; KN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 585. Weight in Grams: 545.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252069888
ISBN
9780252069888
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.02

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