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Hardback. Through a case study of one imperial institution, the community school, this book examines the primary sources we use to study it, the role it has played in debates over history and politics, and the nature of the Ming state. Num Pages: 312 pages, 13 tables, 6 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3H; 3JB; 3JD; HBTB; JNL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 549.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804751742
ISBN
9780804751742
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.34

Paperback. A commoner's presentation to the emperor of a lucky omen from his garden, the repercussions for his family, and several retellings of the incident provide the background for an introduction to Ming society, culture, and politics, including discussions of the founding of the Ming dynasty. Num Pages: 176 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBTB; JHMC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 35. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
141
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872208247
ISBN
9780872208247
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.28

Hardback. Num Pages: 264 pages, 8, 4 black & white tables, 4 charts. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DDF; 1KBB; JPWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 492.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801450730
ISBN
9780801450730
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.65

Hardcover. Tracking the emergence of a new and distinctive way of thinking about sex represented by the unalterable, simple, and visually compelling binary of the X and Y chromosomes, this title examines the interaction between cultural gender norms and genetic theories of sex from the beginning of the twentieth century to the present, postgenomic age. Num Pages: 312 pages, 21 halftones, 11 line drawings. BIC Classification: JFSJ; PDX; PSAK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 574.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
312
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226084688
ISBN
9780226084688
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.34
€ 78.49

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ; PDX; PSAK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 24. Weight in Grams: 502.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226325613
ISBN
9780226325613
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.68

Paperback. A narrative of the family odyssey across the America and of their early years in California. It presents the portrait of a remarkable woman. Num Pages: 144 pages, Map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3404 x 10. Weight in Grams: 182.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1977
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803258563
ISBN
9780803258563
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.64

Hardcover. A rare first-person account of life in the twentieth-century South, "He Included Me" weaves together the story of a black family eight children reared in rural Alabama, their mother a schoolteacher, their father a minister and the emerging self-portrait of a woman determined, like her parents, to look ahead." Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; HBTB; JFSL3; JHBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 20. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820311418
ISBN
9780820311418
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.69

Hardback. A new industrial revolution. The age of making. From bits to atoms. Many people are excited by the possibilities offered by new fabrication technologies like 3D printers, and the way in which they are being used in hacker and makerspaces. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 236 x 20. Weight in Grams: 420.
Publisher
Polity Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509501168
ISBN
9781509501168
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.21

Paperback. A new industrial revolution. The age of making. From bits to atoms. Many people are excited by the possibilities offered by new fabrication technologies like 3D printers, and the way in which they are being used in hacker and makerspaces. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509501175
ISBN
9781509501175
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.57

Paperback. In "Watching Rape", Sarah Projansky undermines the complacent view - that equality for women has already been achieved - in her analysis of depictions of rape in US film, televsion, and independent video. This study addresses the relationship between rape and postfeminism. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APF; APT; JFC; JFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814766903
ISBN
9780814766903
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Paperback. Based on the author's dissertation at the University of Chicago. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white tables, maps, figures. BIC Classification: JFSC; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820344164
ISBN
9780820344164
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.79

Hardback. .
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442251298
ISBN
9781442251298
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.95
€ 65.65

Hardback. Follows the daily lives of rural women in the Sitapur district of Uttar Pradesh, an agricultural region with high rates of infant mortality, where maternal health services are poor while family planning efforts are intensive, from a range of castes and communities. This book develops an approach to access to care that focuses on various aspects. Series: Fertility, Reproduction & Sexuality. Num Pages: bibliog., index. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFSJ1; JHBF; JHBZ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 24. Weight in Grams: 604.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845453107
ISBN
9781845453107
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 163.67

Hardback. Academics across the globe are being urged by universities and research councils to do research that impacts the world beyond academia. The contributions to this collection advance our understanding of the ethics, values, opportunities and challenges that emerge in making of engaged and interdisciplinary scholarship. Editor(s): Pink, Sarah; Fors, Vaike; O'Dell, Tom. Series: Studies in Public and Applied Anthropology. Num Pages: 244 pages, 1 illustration, 1 table. BIC Classification: JHBC; JNM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785334160
ISBN
9781785334160
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 166.87

Hardcover. Contemporary anthropologists' engagement with social & digital media simultaneously offers opportunities to disseminate work in new ways, while challenging scholars to move into unfamiliar collaborative domains & expose their research to new forms of scrutiny. This volume's contributors question whether a fresh public anthropology is emerging. Editor(s): Pink, Sarah; Abram, Simone. Series: Studies in Public and Applied Anthropology. Num Pages: 232 pages, 7 illustrations, 4 tables. BIC Classification: JFD; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782388463
ISBN
9781782388463
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 152.18

Paperback. Diaspora studies have tended to privilege urban landscapes over rural ones, wanting to avoid the racial homogeneity, conservatism, and xenophobia usually associated with the latter. This book examines the work of various writers to show how it expresses the appeal that rural and wilderness spaces can hold for the diasporic imagination. Series: New World Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages, 11 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1K; DSBH; JFFN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 345.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813926391
ISBN
9780813926391
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.94

Hardback. Series: Literature Now. Num Pages: 352 pages, 11 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 2AB; DSBH; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231174404
ISBN
9780231174404
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.86
€ 50.63

Paperback. Shows that outrages such as the normalisation of torture are challenging the purpose and standing of the Geneva Conventions. Editor(s): Perrigo, Sarah; Whitman, Jim. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: JPVH; LBBS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 136 x 15. Weight in Grams: 324.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745329130
ISBN
9780745329130
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.40

Paperback. Against the commonly held opinion that ancient Judaism was an artless culture, this sumptuously illustrated book offers new ways of looking at art in Jewish antiquity. Leading experts, under the editorship of Sarah Pearce, skilfully explore different functions of images in relation to their prohibition by the Second of the Ten Commandments. Editor(s): Pearce, Sarah. Num Pages: 288 pages, 50 illustrations. BIC Classification: HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 248 x 188 x 21. Weight in Grams: 910.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Journal of Jewish Studies
Condition
New
SKU
V9780957522800
ISBN
9780957522800
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.41

Hardback. A memoir of Sarah Palin - the first female Republican Vice Presidential candidate. It recounts her political experiences, her time as Mayor of Wasilla and as the first female governor of Alaska, as well as her rapid rise on the national stage during the 2008 campaign. It includes her insights into the personal challenges she's faced. Num Pages: 432 pages, 16-Page Colour Insert. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BM; HBJK; HBLX; JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 163 x 40. Weight in Grams: 652. In good to very good condition. A fine reading copy
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
1st Edition
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
SKU
KRS0014083
ISBN
9780061939891
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

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