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Paperback. Rather than seeing American literature as beginning with the writings of English or Spanish colonists, Brander Rasmussen points to the wide variety of indigenous writing in the Americas prior to colonization. The study looks at writing between 1524 and the mid-19th century work of Herman Melville. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1 map, 10 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSBB; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 13. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822349549
- ISBN
- 9780822349549
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.94
€ 33.99
€ 30.94
Hardcover. This book provides an overview and comparative analyses of the arrangements for the care of children, disabled and older people in Europe, within the context of changing labour markets and welfare systems. Gender, family change, social integration and citizenship are all explored in a report based on original empirical, cross-national research. Editor(s): Pfau-Effinger, Birgit; Geissler, Birgit. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; JKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Publisher
- Policy Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861346049
- ISBN
- 9781861346049
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.44
€ 79.44
Paperback / so. Num Pages: 205 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 11. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Vs Verlag Fur Sozialwissenschaften United States
- Number of pages
- 205
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783322932792
- ISBN
- 9783322932792
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.31
€ 71.31
Paperback. How does culture articulate, frame, organise and produce stories about social class and class difference? What do these stories tell us about contemporary models of success, failure, struggle and aspiration? Drawing on examples from the 1980s to the present day, this book investigates the changing landscape of class in Britain. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD; JFF; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349316533
- ISBN
- 9781349316533
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.14
€ 66.14
Hardcover. How does culture produce stories about class and class difference? What do these stories tell us about contemporary models of success, failure, struggle and aspiration? Drawing on contemporary examples, Biressi and Nunn demonstrate why social class still matters in Britain and considers the costs and investments at stake for all involved. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFCA; JFDT; JFFJ; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 141 x 217 x 20. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230240568
- ISBN
- 9780230240568
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.11
€ 67.11
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Green Magic
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780955290879
- ISBN
- 9780955290879
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.10
€ 19.99
€ 16.10
Hardback. This work analyses the politics of electoral reform in eight post communist states including Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania, Bulgaria, Russia and Ukraine. Series: One Europe or Several?. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DV; JPHF; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 437.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333993606
- ISBN
- 9780333993606
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.90
€ 127.90
Hardcover. This study offers an analysis of the UK's current economic policy options and a plan for improving life for ordinary citizens via a sensible and realistic understanding of governments' limited ability to manage economic performance. It provides a manifesto which political parties could immediately adopt to make life better for all. Num Pages: 119 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPQB; KCG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 149 x 217 x 14. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137473042
- ISBN
- 9781137473042
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.96
€ 65.96
Household Divisions of Labour: Teamwork, Gender and Time (Palgrave Mac...
Birch, Elisa Rose, Le, Anh, Miller, Paul
Hardcover. This book investigates the extent of gender inequality in the division of labour in the modern household. Through comparisons of the time allocations of single couple families without children, couple families with children and lone parents, a comprehensive account of the evolution of gender inequality over a typical lifecourse is presented. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life. Num Pages: 266 pages, 7 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHBK; JHBL. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230201583
- ISBN
- 9780230201583
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.55
€ 67.55
Hardcover. These essays present a wide ranging re-evaluation of Ruskin's place in relation to gender, and offer new perspectives on continuing debates on issues of gender in the Victorian period, and in our own. Num Pages: 225 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333968970
- ISBN
- 9780333968970
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.86
€ 66.86
COBRA! is a fully documented history of Bell Aircraft Corporation and their piston engine fighters built during the Great Depression and through World War II. Num Pages: 336 pages, over 700 b/w and color photographs, line drawings. BIC Classification: 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJP; HBTB; JWG; JWMV; TBX; WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 285 x 225 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1916.
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780887409110
- ISBN
- 9780887409110
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.76€ 49.33
€ 64.76
€ 49.33
Hardback. Proposes a comprehensive theory of metaphor. Series: Studies in Cognitive Systems. Num Pages: 457 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, 1 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JMR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 851.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 457
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792316879
- ISBN
- 9780792316879
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 252.24
€ 252.24
Hardcover. Summarizes the state of anthropological knowledge of Indian peoples. This book surveys the full range of American Indian anthropology: from ecological and political-economic questions to topics concerning religion, language, and expressive culture. Editor(s): Biolsi, Thomas. Series: Blackwell Companions to Anthropology. Num Pages: 592 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1174.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 592
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631226864
- ISBN
- 9780631226864
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 216.72
€ 216.72
Hardback. The exiled Chinese Communist Party member offers his views on the corruption and hypocrisy within the Party and his belief in the democratic reforms taking place in his homeland. Num Pages: 176 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 44 x 19. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674118829
- ISBN
- 9780674118829
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 45.48
€ 53.99
€ 45.48
Paperback. Expelled from the Communist Party in 1957, later re-admitted and expelled again, the author has lived in exile since 1988. He has continued indefatigably to read, think, and write about his beloved China: the saga of its modern history, the moral wasteland of its present condition, and its place in the global order. Editor(s): Liu, Binyan; Link, Perry. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 17. Weight in Grams: 459.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253218612
- ISBN
- 9780253218612
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Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.39
€ 25.99
€ 24.39
Paperback. Editor(s): Kampmark, Binoy. Num Pages: 109 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTZ1; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 7. Weight in Grams: 202.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 109
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781624178610
- ISBN
- 9781624178610
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 100.09€ 70.85
€ 100.09
€ 70.85
Paperback. Translator(s): Blumenfeld, Jacob; Lewis, Sophie. Num Pages: 112 pages, 24 b&w illus. BIC Classification: JPA; JPFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 114 x 7. .
- Publisher
- MIT Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780262533355
- ISBN
- 9780262533355
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.52
€ 16.99
€ 12.52
Hardcover. This book offers the most updated research on the dynamics, challenges, and prospects in China's environmental governance. Editor(s): Shou, Huisheng. Series: Environmental Politics and Theory. Num Pages: 251 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JPA; JPQ; RNA; RND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 568.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137350688
- ISBN
- 9781137350688
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.25
€ 67.25
Paperback. Millions are dying from diseases that we can easily and inexpensively prevent, diagnose, and treat. Why? Because even though we know exactly what people need, we just can't get it to them. In this profoundly important book, Eric G. Bing and Marc J. Epstein lay out a solution: a new kind of bottom-up health care that is delivered at the source. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFA; JKS; MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Berrett-Koehler United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781609947897
- ISBN
- 9781609947897
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 27.52
€ 33.99
€ 27.52
hardcover. Presents a description of the author's methodology and its significance for understanding hunter-gatherer cultures on a global basis. This book provides a major synthesis of an enormous body of cultural and environmental information. Num Pages: 583 pages, 151 line illustrations, 60 tables. BIC Classification: HDA; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 284 x 226 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1856.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 583
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520223936
- ISBN
- 9780520223936
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.22€ 73.24
€ 94.22
€ 73.24