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Society & culture: general
Hardcover. After Reconstruction, African Americans found themselves largely excluded from politics, higher education, and the professions. Martin Kilson explores how a modern African American intelligentsia developed amid institutionalized racism. He argues passionately for an ongoing commitment to communitarian leadership in the tradition of Du Bois. Series: W. E. B. Du Bois Lectures. Num Pages: 210 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 241 x 166 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674283541
- ISBN
- 9780674283541
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 39.84
€ 47.99
€ 39.84
Paperback. In the 1960s and 1970s, analogies between sex discrimination and racial injustice became potent weapons in the battle for women s rights, as feminists borrowed rhetoric and legal arguments from the civil rights movement. Serena Mayeri s "Reasoning from Race" is the first history of this key strategy and its consequences for American law. Num Pages: 382 pages. BIC Classification: JFFK; LAQG; LAZ; LNDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 26. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674284302
- ISBN
- 9780674284302
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 30.87
€ 36.99
€ 30.87
Hardcover. Exploring the morally entangled territory of language and race in 18th- and 19th-century America, Sean Harvey shows that whites' theories of an "Indian mind" inexorably shaped by Indian languages played a crucial role in the subjugation of Native peoples and informed the U.S. government's efforts to extinguish Native languages for years to come. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 330 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; CFF; HBJK; HBTB; JFFJ; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 245 x 165 x 32. Weight in Grams: 632.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674289932
- ISBN
- 9780674289932
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 45.09
€ 53.99
€ 45.09
Hardcover. This text examines black (and white) literary modernism, interracial literary relations and 20th-century cultural nationalism in the United States. The author seeks to expose the oversimplifications and misrepresentations of popular readings of the "Harlem Renaissance". Num Pages: 560 pages, epilogue, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; JFC; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 172 x 34. Weight in Grams: 946.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 560
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674372627
- ISBN
- 9780674372627
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.75€ 72.66
€ 80.75
€ 72.66
Paperback. "A History of the Jewish People" presents a total vision of Jewish experiences and achievements--religious, political, social, and economic--in both the land of Israel and the diaspora throughout the ages. It has been acclaimed as the most comprehensive and penetrating work yet to have appeared in its field. Editor(s): Ben-Sasson, Haim Hillel. Num Pages: 1232 pages, 47 halftones, 17 maps. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 52. Weight in Grams: 1520.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 1232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674397316
- ISBN
- 9780674397316
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.60€ 50.21
€ 54.60
€ 50.21
Paperback. This text examines the problem of homelessness in America, exploring questions such as how widespread is it, how did it happen and what can be done about it? Factors discussed include the de-institutionalization of the mentally ill, declining marriage rates and cuts in welfare benefits. Num Pages: 176 pages, 5 line illustrations, 18 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 141 x 12. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674405967
- ISBN
- 9780674405967
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 33.04
€ 38.99
€ 33.04
Hardcover. This book assesses the effects of spatially concentrated programs for housing and neighborhood improvement. These programs provide direct assistance to low-income property owners in an attempt to arrest neighborhood decline and encourage revitalization. Series: Harvard Economic Studies. Num Pages: 304 pages, 25 line-art, 59 tables. BIC Classification: AMVD; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 248 x 165 x 27. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674409309
- ISBN
- 9780674409309
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 46.45
€ 54.99
€ 46.45
Hardcover. The first full-length biography of a premodern Japanese nun, The Princess Nun is the story of Bunchi (1619-1697), daughter of Emperor Go-Mizunoo and founder of Enshoji. The study incorporates issues of gender and social status into its discussion of Bunchi's ascetic practice to rewrite the history of Buddhist reform and Tokugawa religion. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 350 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JD; BGX; HBJF; HRE; JFSC; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 622.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Harvard University Asia Center
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674491977
- ISBN
- 9780674491977
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 45.96
€ 54.99
€ 45.96
Hardcover. Rise of a Japanese Chinatown focuses on a Chinese immigrant community in the Japanese port city of Yokohama from the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 to the normalization of Sino-Japanese ties in 1972 and beyond. It tells the story of how Chinese immigrants found an enduring place within a monoethnic state during periods of war and peace. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 270 pages, Illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white). BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBJF; HBTB; JFFN; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 568.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Harvard University Asia Center
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674491984
- ISBN
- 9780674491984
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 37.79
€ 45.99
€ 37.79
Hardcover. Wai-yee Li examines the discursive space of women in seventeenth-century China. Using texts written by women or by men writing in a feminine voice, as well as writings that turn women into signifiers of lamentation or nostalgia, Li probes the emotional and psychological turmoil of the Ming-Qing transition and subsequent moments of national trauma. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 625 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSB; HBJF; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 55. Weight in Grams: 1342.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Harvard University Asia Center
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674492042
- ISBN
- 9780674492042
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.05€ 63.83
€ 70.05
€ 63.83
Hardcover. Through an exploration of contemporary Chinese popular religion from its cultural, social, and material perspectives, Wei-Ping Lin paints a broad picture of the dynamics of popular religion in Taiwan. Analyzing these aspects of religious practice in a unified framework, she traces their transformation as adherents move from villages to cities. Num Pages: 217 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HRA; JFC; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 161 x 23. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Harvard University Asia Center
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674504363
- ISBN
- 9780674504363
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 37.79
€ 45.99
€ 37.79
Paperback. Blending political, cultural and economic perspectives, this text traces the evolution of Asian countries in the 20th century. Its aim is to determine the mix of culture, experience, scale, timing, leadership and policy that shapes individual developing nations. Series: The Edwin O.Reischauer Lectures. Num Pages: 150 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; 3JJ; GTF; HBJF; JFC; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 150
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674687585
- ISBN
- 9780674687585
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 34.74
€ 41.99
€ 34.74
Hardcover. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: JFFN; JHBC; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 37. Weight in Grams: 908.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Number of pages
- 592
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674687608
- ISBN
- 9780674687608
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.89€ 94.92
€ 106.89
€ 94.92
Paperback. This volume presents the history of Pompeii. It explores Pompeii's public buildings, its streets and gathering places, the impact of religious changes, the renovation of theatres and expansion of athletic facilities and the influence of elite families on the city's appearance. Translator(s): Schneider, Deborah Lucas. Series: Revealing Antiquity. Num Pages: 286 pages, 113 line illustrations, 15 color illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA; HDDK; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674689671
- ISBN
- 9780674689671
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 37.79
€ 45.99
€ 37.79
Hardback. Through stories of a dozen white adopters, adopted Indian children, and their biological parents in early America, Dawn Peterson shows the role adoption and assimilation played in efforts to subdue Native peoples. As adults, adoptees used their education to thwart U.S. claims to their homelands, setting the stage for the Indian Removal Act of 1830. Num Pages: 346 pages, maps. BIC Classification: JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 23 x 15. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674737556
- ISBN
- 9780674737556
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 43.35
€ 51.99
€ 43.35
Hardback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: JFFN; JHMP; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674831858
- ISBN
- 9780674831858
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 102.14€ 90.83
€ 102.14
€ 90.83
Hardback. Though Massachusetts banned slavery in 1780, prior to the Civil War a law prohibiting marriage between whites and blacks reinforced the state's racial caste system. Amber Moulton recreates an unlikely collaboration of reformers who sought to rectify what they saw as an indefensible injustice, leading to the legalization of interracial marriage. Num Pages: 280 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; 3JH; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 243 x 28. Weight in Grams: 602.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674967625
- ISBN
- 9780674967625
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.60€ 50.03
€ 54.60
€ 50.03
Hardback. Rebecca Doran offers a new understanding of major female figures of the Tang era including Wu Zhao, Empress Wei, and Shangguan Wan'er within their literary-historical contexts, and delves into critical questions about the relationship between Chinese historiography, reception-history, and the process of image-making and cultural construction. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 290 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBAH; HBJF; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 236 x 25. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674970588
- ISBN
- 9780674970588
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 37.91
€ 45.99
€ 37.91
Paperback. Courtesans, Concubines, and the Cult of Female Fidelity traces changing gender relations in China from the tenth to fourteenth centuries. By taking women and men's relationships with women seriously, this book makes a case for the centrality of gender relations in the social, political, and intellectual life of the Song and Yuan dynasties. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 480 pages, 15 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLC; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 33. Weight in Grams: 682.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674970649
- ISBN
- 9780674970649
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.63
€ 34.99
€ 29.63
Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; HBJK; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Belknap Press: An Imprint of Harvard University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674975354
- ISBN
- 9780674975354
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.78
€ 27.99
€ 24.78