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Society & culture: general
Paperback. One child in five in America is the child of immigrants, and their numbers increase each year. Very few will return to the country they barely remember. Who are they, and what America do they know? This book provides an account of the lives, dreams, and frustrations of these youngest immigrants. Num Pages: 440 pages, 14 line illustrations, 13 tables. BIC Classification: JFFN; JFSP1; JNA; JNKS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 28. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674045804
- ISBN
- 9780674045804
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 26.79
€ 31.99
€ 26.79
Paperback. Reveals a productive aspect of Walter Benjamin's thought by focusing on a little-discussed stylistic trait in his formulation of concepts. This book explains that nouns formed with this suffix refer to a possibility or potentiality, to a capacity rather than an existing reality. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; DSB; HPC; HPN; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 150 x 24. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674046061
- ISBN
- 9780674046061
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 30.75
€ 36.99
€ 30.75
Hardback. Tells the story in which public schools forced a draconian Americanization on the great waves of immigration. Ranging from the 1890s through the World War-II years, this title argues that Americanization was a far more nuanced and negotiated process from the start, much shaped by immigrants themselves. Num Pages: 378 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; JNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 34. Weight in Grams: 703.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 378
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674046382
- ISBN
- 9780674046382
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.92€ 57.38
€ 62.92
€ 57.38
Paperback. Tells the story about the tangle of race, talk, and identity in the life of Martin Luther King Jr. This title delves into the intricacies of his sermons, speeches, storytelling, exhortations, jokes, jeremiads, taunts, repartee, eulogies, confessions, lamentation, and gallows humor. It explores his performances. Num Pages: 408 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; CFG; HBJK; HBLW; JFSL3; JPH; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 146 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674046986
- ISBN
- 9780674046986
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 30.66
€ 36.99
€ 30.66
Paperback. Will the United States have an educational caste system in 2030? Drawing on both demographic data and case studies, this book reveals the depths of the educational crisis looming for Latino students, the nation's largest and most rapidly growing minority group. Num Pages: 432 pages, 6 line illustrations, 39 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL4; JNFR; JNSV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674047051
- ISBN
- 9780674047051
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.63
€ 34.99
€ 29.63
Hardback. The American fixation with marriage owes much of its intensity to a small group of reformers who introduced Americans to marriage counseling in the 1930s. This book tells the American story of a culture gripped with the hope that, with enough effort and the right guidance, more perfect marital unions are within our reach. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HRLM5; JFSJ; JHBK; JKS; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 165 x 26. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674047969
- ISBN
- 9780674047969
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 39.84
€ 47.99
€ 39.84
Hardback. If you're going to have an organ transplant, or a joint replacement, here's the key to getting the very best medical care: be a white, straight, middle-class male. This book takes on one of the few topics that haven't figured in the heated debate over health care reform - the largely hidden yet massive injustice of bias in medical treatment. Num Pages: 352 pages, 19 halftones. BIC Classification: JFFJ; MBP; MBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 694.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674049055
- ISBN
- 9780674049055
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.57
€ 47.57
Hardback. Tracing commercial imagery across different products and media, this title shows how and why the 'African native' had emerged by 1900 to become a familiar figure in the German landscape, selling everything from soap to shirts to coffee. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 462 pages, 29 color illustrations, 106 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; AKL; HBTB; JFDV; JFSL3. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 34. Weight in Grams: 870.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 462
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674050068
- ISBN
- 9780674050068
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.43€ 65.34
€ 72.43
€ 65.34
Paperback. Anne Bradstreet was one of our earliest feminists and the first true poet in the American colonies. This collection of her extant poetry and prose includes an introduction that sketches the poet's life. Editor(s): Hensley, Jeannine. Series: The John Harvard Library. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JD; DCF; DN; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674050273
- ISBN
- 9780674050273
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.62
€ 27.99
€ 24.62
Hardback. The noted cultural critic Gerald Early explores the intersection of race and sports, and our deeper, often contradictory attitudes toward the athletes we glorify. What desires and anxieties are encoded in our worship of (or disdain for) high-performance athletes? What other, invisible contests unfold when we watch a sporting event? Series: Alain Locke Lecture Series. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCA; JFSL3; WS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 185 x 124 x 28. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674050983
- ISBN
- 9780674050983
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 40.16
€ 47.99
€ 40.16
Hardback. The phrase 'Harlem in the 1920s' evokes images of the Harlem Renaissance, or of Marcus Garvey and soapbox orators haranguing crowds about politics and race. This title reveals a different dimension of African American culture that made not only Harlem but New York City itself the vibrant and energizing metropolis it was. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJG; JFC; JFSL3; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 150 x 28. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition (US) First Printing
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674051072
- ISBN
- 9780674051072
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 40.27
€ 47.99
€ 40.27
Hardback. Examines the making of a new child's world in Japan between 1890 and 1930 and focuses on the institutions, groups, and individuals that reshaped both the idea of childhood and the daily life of children. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 275 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; HBLL; HBTB; JFSP1; JPF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 36. Weight in Grams: 739.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 275
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674053342
- ISBN
- 9780674053342
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 41.87
€ 50.99
€ 41.87
Paperback. A study of Homeric myth-making in the first and longest dialogue of Penelope and Odysseus ("Odyssey 19"). It makes a case for seeing virtuoso myth-making as an essential part of this conversation, a register of communication important for the interaction between the two speakers. Series: Hellenic Studies. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674053359
- ISBN
- 9780674053359
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.45
€ 23.99
€ 20.45
Hardback. In a world of giddy celebrants and dire detractors, Milad Doueihi speaks with measured authority about what the rise of digital culture means. He ranges from literacy, citizenship, digital subjectivity, and social networks to texts, archiving, storage, and copyright--offering a rare view of the emerging digital space. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: JFD; PDR; UB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 163 x 20. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674055247
- ISBN
- 9780674055247
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 25.32
€ 27.99
€ 25.32
Paperback. Latin America's widespread poverty and multi-dimensioned inequalities have long perplexed and provoked observers. This title brings together some of the most important results of this work to measure and explain changes in Latin American living standards as far back as the colonial era. Editor(s): Salvatore, Ricardo; Coatsworth, John H.; Challu, Amilcar E. Series: Series on Latin American Studies. Num Pages: 350 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBJK; JFSC; KCB; KCM; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University, The David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies United States
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674055858
- ISBN
- 9780674055858
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.91
€ 33.99
€ 28.91
Hardback. Addresses how gender became a defining category in the political and social modernization of Japan. This book shows how 'a woman's place' in late-nineteenth-century Japan was characterized by contradictions and unexpected consequences, by new opportunities and new constraints. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 266 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; HBTB; JFSJ1; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674056053
- ISBN
- 9780674056053
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 37.79
€ 45.99
€ 37.79
Hardback. Traces the emergence and evolution of sports celebrity in Japan from the seventeenth through the twenty-first centuries. This title explores how various constituencies have repeatedly molded and deployed representations of individual athletes, revealing that sports stars are socially constructed phenomena. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 352 pages, 37 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFCA; JFSL3; WS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674056107
- ISBN
- 9780674056107
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 37.79
€ 45.99
€ 37.79
Paperback. There is no society without right and wrong. There is no society without sin. But every culture has its own favorite list of trespasses. Perhaps the most influential of these was drawn up by the Church in late antiquity: the Seven Deadly Sins. This title guides the reader through Jewish, Christian, and Greco-Roman thoughts on sin. Translator(s): Emanuel, Susan. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HRLM; JFSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 128 x 14. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- Tra
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674057326
- ISBN
- 9780674057326
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.58
€ 26.99
€ 23.58
Hardback. Free-market capitalism, hegemony, Western culture, peace, and democracy - the ideas that shaped world politics in the twentieth century and underpinned American foreign policy - have lost a good deal of their strength. The authors argue that the US must take a different stance toward the rest of the world in this, the twenty-first century. Num Pages: 224 pages, no illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPB; JPF; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674058187
- ISBN
- 9780674058187
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 39.13
€ 46.99
€ 39.13
Paperback. Eye-opening even for experienced faculty and administrators, this title reveals how the traditional college culture can actually pose obstacles to students' success, and suggests strategies for effectively explaining academic expectations. Num Pages: 216 pages, 2 line illustrations, 1 table. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFSC; JNM; JNP; JNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674060166
- ISBN
- 9780674060166
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.78
€ 27.99
€ 24.78