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Hardback. From antebellum slavery to the twenty-first century, African American funeral directors have orchestrated funerals or 'homegoing' ceremonies with dignity and pageantry. This title offers a history of how African American funeral directors have been integral to the fight for freedom. Num Pages: 288 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; JFSL3; JHBZ; RNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674036215
ISBN
9780674036215
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 40.13

Paperback. As the author traces the evolution of Motown from a small record company to an international music industry giant, she looks at cultural politics at the grassroots level and sees the music not as a mere soundtrack for its historical moment but as an active agent in politics of the time. Num Pages: 336 pages, 18 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBNG; AVGQ; JFC; JFSL3; KNTF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 562.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
a
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674005464
ISBN
9780674005464
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.85

Paperback. In The Good Representative, Suzanne Dovi argues that democratic citizens should evaluate their representatives using democratic criteria. In doing so, she provides an account of what it means to represent in a democratic fashion as well as a framework within which citizens can assess the democratic credentials of their representatives. Series: New Directions in Ethics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118360613
ISBN
9781118360613
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.03

Paperback. Series: Ancient Society and History. Num Pages: 296 pages, 20ill. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBTB; JHBK; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate; (XO) Open University set text. Dimension: 213 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 352.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Number of pages
296
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801842009
ISBN
9780801842009
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.42

Paperback. Challenges many assumptions about gender and politics in the French Revolution. This title shows how revolutionary politics and laws brought about a social revolution within households and created space for thousands of French women and men to reimagine their most intimate relationships. Series: Studies on the History of Society & Culture. Num Pages: 474 pages, 16 b/w photographs, 2 maps, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; HBTB; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 503.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
474
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520248168
ISBN
9780520248168
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.27

Paperback. Num Pages: 480 pages, 14 photographs, 4 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBTB; HRKT; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 32. Weight in Grams: 689.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803295247
ISBN
9780803295247
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 38.73

Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 12, 6 black & white halftones, 6 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: DSBB; JFFS; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 484.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801477812
ISBN
9780801477812
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.75

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Policy Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847426772
ISBN
9781847426772
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.73

Paperback. Led by women's life history accounts, this is an engaging and accessible account of how constructions of femininity fundamentally affect women's mental wellbeing through the life course. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHBK; JMG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 172 x 23. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847426765
ISBN
9781847426765
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 36.36

Paperback. This new dictionary covers a wide range of terms used in the field of forensic science, touching on related disciplines such as chemistry, biology, and anthropology. Case examples, figures, and photographs make it the ideal reference for students and practitioners of forensic science, as well as those with an interest in forensic science. Series: Oxford Quick Reference. Num Pages: 320 pages, 50 halftones, 25 line drawings. BIC Classification: GBC; JKVF1; MMQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 197 x 24. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199594009
ISBN
9780199594009
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.98

Paperback. Num Pages: 616 pages, Illustrations (black and white, and colour). BIC Classification: JKVF1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 274 x 216 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1308.
Publisher
Pearson Education Limited
Number of pages
612
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Pearson new international ed of 2nd revised ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781292020440
ISBN
9781292020440
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 94.17

Hardback. Probes breastfeeding politics through the lens of the author's own experiences as well as those of the women she has met through her popular blog, The Fearless Formula Feeder. Incorporating expert opinions, medical literature, and popular media into a pithy, often wry narrative, this title offers a corrective to our infatuation with the breast. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 149 x 21. Weight in Grams: 382. How the Way We Feed Babies Has Come to Define Motherhood, and Why it Shouldn't. 224 pages. Probes breastfeeding politics through the lens of the author's own experiences as well as those of the women she has met through her popular blog, The Fearless Formula Feeder. Incorporating expert opinions, medical literature, and popular media into a pithy, often wry narrative, this title offers a corrective to our infatuation with the breast. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: JHBK. Dimension: 213 x 149 x 21. Weight: 382.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520270237
ISBN
9780520270237
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.92

Paperback. Focuses on Laweyan, a production center of batik textiles that had embraced modernity under Dutch colonial rule, only to fend off the modernizing forces of Indonesia during the twentieth century. This book portrays a merchant enclave clinging to its forms of social life and highlights the power of women in the marketplace and the home. Num Pages: 320 pages, 10 halftones 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FMN; JFC; JFSJ1; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 468.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
301
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691016924
ISBN
9780691016924
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.17
€ 42.32

Hardback. Presents a study grounded in the transnational geography and political economy of the coca-leaf and coca-derived commodities market stretching from Peru and Bolivia into the United States. Series: American Crossroads. Num Pages: 328 pages, 1 map, 12 images. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBT; JKVG; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 229 x 25. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520280779
ISBN
9780520280779
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.52
€ 72.77

Paperback. Presents a study grounded in the transnational geography and political economy of the coca-leaf and coca-derived commodities market stretching from Peru and Bolivia into the United States. Series: American Crossroads. Num Pages: 328 pages, 1 map, 12 images. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBT; JKVG; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 438.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520280786
ISBN
9780520280786
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.92

Hardback. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: BG; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 169 x 248 x 19. Weight in Grams: 506.
Publisher
ibidem-Verlag, Jessica Haunschild u Christian Schon
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2021
Condition
New
SKU
V9783838207322
ISBN
9783838207322
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.87
€ 41.27

Paperback. Series: Intersections. Num Pages: 343 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSK; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
343
Condition
New
SKU
V9781479811939
ISBN
9781479811939
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.40

Hardcover. From the public outing of Ellen DeGeneres to the murder of Matthew Shepard, gay lives and images have moved onto the centre stage of American public life. Combining personal stories with analysis, this book argues that we live in a time where gays are seen, but not necessarily heard. Num Pages: 344 pages, 56 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; JFC; JFSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 160 x 29. Weight in Grams: 710.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Chicago University Press
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226872315
ISBN
9780226872315
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.52
€ 79.10

Hardback. Takes on received wisdom about gay identities and gay rights, arguing that we are not "almost there," but on the contrary have settled for a watered-down goal of tolerance and acceptance rather than a robust claim to full civil rights. Series: Intersections. Num Pages: 343 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; JFC; JFFJ; JFSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 161 x 27. Weight in Grams: 606.
Publisher
New York University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814770573
ISBN
9780814770573
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.52
€ 15.79

Paperback. This practical guide is designed for anyone working with children, adolescents and their families. The guide is split into two sections, aggression and bullying, and encompasses definitions on the different forms of bullying. It also offers useful guidance on tackling the behaviour. Series: Parent, Adolescent & Child Training Skills S. Num Pages: 64 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFFH; JFSP2; JMC; JNHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 173 x 6. Weight in Grams: 148.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
64
Condition
New
SKU
V9781854333513
ISBN
9781854333513
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.46

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