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Society & social sciences
Hardback. Shows how shared cultural understandings and interpersonal relations shape everyday economic activities. This book offers a distinctive vision of economic activity that brings out the hidden meanings and social actions behind the supposedly impersonal worlds of production, consumption, and asset transfer. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: JFFT; JHB; KCA; KCK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 834.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691139364
- ISBN
- 9780691139364
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.00€ 42.58
€ 53.00
€ 42.58
Paperback. Having established laws removing many children from the marketplace, turn-of-the-century America was discovering new, sentimental criteria to determine a child's monetary worth. This book traces the emergence of the modern child, at once economically 'useless' and emotionally 'priceless,' from the late 1800s to the 1930s. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JFSP1; JFSP2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 209 x 139 x 15. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 294
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691034591
- ISBN
- 9780691034591
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.81
€ 46.99
€ 33.81
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691176031
- ISBN
- 9780691176031
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.99
€ 29.99
€ 26.99
Paperback. Series: Legacy Editions. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JHB; KFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231183352
- ISBN
- 9780231183352
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 27.68
€ 36.99
€ 27.68
Paperback. Editor(s): Sobchack, Vivian. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 151 x 229 x 17. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816633197
- ISBN
- 9780816633197
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.56
€ 27.99
€ 26.56
Paperback. Num Pages: 340 pages. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476. Embodiment and Moving Image Culture. 340 pages. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: JHMC. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 23. Weight: 480.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 340
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520241299
- ISBN
- 9780520241299
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.36
€ 40.99
€ 29.36
hardcover. Despite years of dominating journalism school classrooms across North America, women remain vastly underrepresented at the highest levels of newspaper leadership. Why do so many female journalists leave the industry and so few reach the top? Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KB; JFSJ1; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442650015
- ISBN
- 9781442650015
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.60
€ 65.60
Paperback. In the American imagination, Asian Americans are considered an immigrant success story. Vivian Louie challenges the idea that race and class do not matter. Though most Chinese immigrants see higher education as a safeguard against racial discrimination, Louie finds that class differences do indeed shape the students' different paths to college. Num Pages: 268 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804749855
- ISBN
- 9780804749855
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.67
€ 29.99
€ 27.67
Hardback. Taking as its point of departure the three recurrent themes of nostalgia, memory and local histories, this book is an attempt to map out a new poetics - the 'post-nostalgic imagination' - in Hong Kong cinema in the first decade of Chinese rule. Num Pages: 261 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFA; JFCA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 224 x 142 x 21. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 261
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230221437
- ISBN
- 9780230221437
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.16
€ 67.16
paperback. Considers how we remember historical instances of suffering and atrocity, framing its central questions to show larger cultural shifts in how we position ourselves in relation to history, performance, and memory. Series: Unnatural Acts: Theorizing the Performative. Num Pages: 176 pages, 1 bibliog., 1 index. BIC Classification: AN; APFA; DSG; HBJD; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 12. Weight in Grams: 1062.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253212924
- ISBN
- 9780253212924
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.49
€ 16.99
€ 16.49
Hardcover. Editor(s): Haywood, Vivian. Num Pages: 93 pages. BIC Classification: JPQ; KCFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 162 x 13. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Nova Science Pub Inc
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781634821223
- ISBN
- 9781634821223
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 193.13€ 146.81
€ 193.13
€ 146.81
Paperback. In Boys and Girls, the author took readers inside a kindergarten classroom to show them how boys and girls play. In this edition, the author goes deeper into the mystery of play as she follows a group of children through the kindergarten year. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: JMC; JNLA; JNLB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 14. Weight in Grams: 202.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Enlarged
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226130101
- ISBN
- 9780226130101
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.45
€ 20.99
€ 18.45
Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 208 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674945937
- ISBN
- 9780674945937
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 30.03
€ 34.99
€ 30.03
Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: JMC; JNLA; JNLB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 134 x 10. Weight in Grams: 150.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226644967
- ISBN
- 9780226644967
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.58
€ 17.99
€ 15.58
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JMC; JNA; JNLA; JNLB; JNLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 203 x 11. Weight in Grams: 176.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 0002-
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226644943
- ISBN
- 9780226644943
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.54
€ 18.99
€ 16.54
Paperback. What can the richly imagined, impressively adaptable fantasy world of children tell us about childhood, development, education, and even life itself? This book explores the imagery, language, and lore of young children, asking the questions they ask of themselves. Num Pages: 104 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JNLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 207 x 8. Weight in Grams: 134.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226150956
- ISBN
- 9780226150956
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.54
€ 18.99
€ 16.54
Paperback. A personal story of a mentor and a child, embracing themes of race, identity, gender, and human needs to create and to belong. The child, Reeny, meets a writer of books and story-teller, is introduced to his fictional characters, and debates, with other children, their virtues and weaknesses. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: JNLB; YFB. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 154 x 227 x 8. Weight in Grams: 138.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674354425
- ISBN
- 9780674354425
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.85
€ 27.99
€ 24.85
Paperback. Recounting stories of kindness by children, Vivian Paley's journey takes the reader into the different worlds of urban London, Chicago, Oakland and New York, and to a close-knit small town in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Her own story connects those of children from nursery school to high school. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JFSP2; JMC; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 185 x 120 x 10. Weight in Grams: 154.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674003903
- ISBN
- 9780674003903
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 31.06
€ 35.99
€ 31.06
Paperback. In this text, Vivian Paley presents a personal account of her experiences teaching kindergarten in an integrated school within a predominantly white, middle-class neighbourhood. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; JFSC; JFSL; JNLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 208 x 153 x 10. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 2 ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674002739
- ISBN
- 9780674002739
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 26.92
€ 31.99
€ 26.92
Paperback. In A Child's Work, innovative and widely respected educator Vivian Gussin Paley offers a manifesto against the decline of children's creative time, making the case for the critical role of fantasy play in the psychological, intellectual, and social development of young children. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: JMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 204 x 135 x 8. Weight in Grams: 160.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226644899
- ISBN
- 9780226644899
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.45
€ 18.45