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Paperback. Series: Social Transformations in American Anthropology. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFN; TTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
New York University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781479807802
ISBN
9781479807802
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.02

Paperback. This book explores how the cultural process of making any disease a "plague" results in discrimination against certain groups, as it has for those with AIDS in America. Gina M. Bright here captures the discrimination produced by plague-making in her analysis and her portraits of the people she has cared for with AIDS over the past quarter-century. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJK; HBL; JHB; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 285.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
207
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349343362
ISBN
9781349343362
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Hardcover. Captures the social, political, and medical discrimination experienced by people with AIDS in the US, which has resulted from our culture's construction of the disease as a plague. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFH2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230340718
ISBN
9780230340718
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.62

Hardback. The first major study of the profound impact of international communist politics and culture on Spanish letters Series: Hispanisms. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 2ADS; DSB; JPA; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252034695
ISBN
9780252034695
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.18

Hardback. This book examines how the Security Council has approached issues of gender equality since 2000. Written by academics, activists and practitioners the book challenges the reader to consider how women's participation, gender equality, sexual violence and the prevalence of economic disadvantages might be addressed in post-conflict communities. Editor(s): Heathcote, Gina; Otto, Dianne. Series: Thinking Gender in Transnational Times. Num Pages: 344 pages, 2 figures. BIC Classification: GTJ; JFSJ1; JWLP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 224 x 24. Weight in Grams: 530.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137400208
ISBN
9781137400208
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.05

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
€ 46.60

Hardcover. Editor(s): Abbott, Gina. Num Pages: 233 pages. BIC Classification: JNF; JNK; JNL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 263 x 184 x 19. Weight in Grams: 594.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Nova Science Pub Inc
Condition
New
SKU
V9781634823654
ISBN
9781634823654
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 290.26
€ 216.89

Paperback. The Caribbean "market woman" is ingrained in the popular imagination as the archetype of black womanhood in the region. Challenging this stereotype, this work offers a complex picture by documenting the history of international traders who travel abroad to import and export consumer goods sold in the public markets of Kingston, Jamaica. Series: Women in Culture and Society Series. Num Pages: 304 pages, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KJWJ; JFSJ1; KCLT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 162 x 19. Weight in Grams: 462.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226841229
ISBN
9780226841229
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.91

Paperback. Deaf students in mainstream schools face many challenges, but one particularly difficult situation is relatively little studied: being the only deaf student in the entire school. This book offers a qualitative study of the experiences of deaf and hard of hearing students in that situation. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: JNF; JNSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 362.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Gallaudet University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781563685996
ISBN
9781563685996
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 24.66

Paperback. A collection of critical essays on black women's writing from Afro-American, African, South African, British and Caribbean novelists, poets, short story writers and a dramatist. Editor(s): Wisker, Gina. Series: Insights. Num Pages: 199 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 261.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
199
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333522530
ISBN
9780333522530
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 192.82

hardcover. A collection of critical essays on Black women's writing from Afro-American, African, South African, British and Caribbean novelists, poets, short story writers and a dramatist. Editor(s): Wisker, Gina. Series: Insights Series. Num Pages: 199 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 405.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
199
Condition
New
Edition
1993rd Edition
SKU
V9780333522523
ISBN
9780333522523
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 193.75

Paperback. Labour markets are a central element of any transition from planned economy to market-oriented system. This groundbreaking book examines the plight of Russian workers and employers during the first decade of post-Soviet reforms, providing the first integrated analysis of such scope and breadth. Num Pages: 304 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; JHBL; JP; KCF; KCS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 148 x 12. Weight in Grams: 331.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742509122
ISBN
9780742509122
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 74.79

Hardback. Labour markets are a central element of any transition from planned economy to market-oriented system. This groundbreaking book examines the plight of Russian workers and employers during the first decade of post-Soviet reforms, providing the first integrated analysis of such scope and breadth. Num Pages: 248 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; JHBL; JP; KCF; KCS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742509115
ISBN
9780742509115
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 184.32

Paperback. Editor(s): Gilvin, Amanda; Roberts, Georgia M.; Martin, Craig. Num Pages: 442 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 699.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780977784752
ISBN
9780977784752
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 27.41

Hardback. Succeeding as a Female Superintendent provides a comprehensive look at the journey that several women superintendents of schools took in their pursuit of the top school leadership position. Real life stories relate what these women encountered and how they dealt with a wide variety of issues. Num Pages: 178 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JNKH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 160 x 17. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
178
Condition
New
SKU
V9781578869251
ISBN
9781578869251
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 148.08

paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages, 18 halftones. BIC Classification: JFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 150 x 24. Weight in Grams: 572.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780816647231
ISBN
9780816647231
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.56

Paperback. Questioning whether anti-Semitism is a transitory phenomenon, appearing randomly in Western history, or whether it reflects a deepseated tradition, this volume traces the image of the Jew and the attitudes toward the Jew from the Roman Empire to the reunification of Germany. Editor(s): Gilman, Sander L.; Katz, Steven T. Num Pages: 412 pages, 23 photographs, 9 black and white drawings. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 26. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
412
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780814730560
ISBN
9780814730560
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.02

Paperback. Editor(s): Gilman, Sander L.; Birmele, Jutta; Geller, Jay; Greenberg, Valerie. Num Pages: 324 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 512.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Edition
annotated edition
Number of pages
504
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814730782
ISBN
9780814730782
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.02

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 22 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JNT; JNV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 336.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415881760
ISBN
9780415881760
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.84

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 8 black & white tables, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: JNM; JNQ; JNV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 436.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
3rd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415881746
ISBN
9780415881746
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.94

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