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Paperback. Offers the history of the Pacific Northwest's Columbia River Indians - the defiant River People whose ancestors refused to settle on the reservations established for them in central Oregon and Washington. This book traces the waxing and waning of Columbia River Indian identity from the mid-nineteenth until the late twentieth century. Series: Emil and Kathleen Sick Series in Western History and Biography. Num Pages: 320 pages, 18 illus. BIC Classification: HBJK; JFSL9; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295990200
- ISBN
- 9780295990200
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.84
€ 39.84
Paperback. * A robust and unflinching account of the ongoing take-over of politics by global corporations * Lifts the lid on the world of lobbying, trade negotiations and treaties, in particular the controversial TTIP and its likely ramifications for national sovereignty in Europe and in the US. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: JPWD; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 141 x 19. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Publisher
- Polity
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745697826
- ISBN
- 9780745697826
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.67
€ 19.67
Paperback. A detailed account of labor corruption in the 1930s and the zealous journalist who railed against it Series: The Working Class in American History. Num Pages: 336 pages, 5 black and white photographs; 6 line drawings; 4 tables. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JKVM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780252076664
- ISBN
- 9780252076664
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.88
€ 34.99
€ 31.88
Paperback. Within the self, and its implications in male/female relations, Jessica Benjamin continues her exploration of intersubjectivity and gender, taking up questions of contemporary debates in feminist theory and psychoanalysis. Num Pages: 150 pages. BIC Classification: JFFK; JMAF; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 8. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415912372
- ISBN
- 9780415912372
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.59
€ 49.59
Paperback. Focuses on an aspect of contemporary motherhood often hidden from view: the need for paid childcare by women returning to the workforce, and the complex bonds mothers forge with the 'shadow mothers' they hire. The author illuminates both sides of an unequal and complicated relationship. Num Pages: 288 pages, 5 tables. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHBK; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520266971
- ISBN
- 9780520266971
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.80
€ 33.99
€ 24.80
Hardback. Focuses on an aspect of contemporary motherhood often hidden from view: the need for paid childcare by women returning to the workforce, and the complex bonds mothers forge with the 'shadow mothers' they hire. This work locates the roots of individual skirmishes between mothers and their childcare providers in broader cultural and social tensions. Num Pages: 288 pages, 5 tables. BIC Classification: JHBK; JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520222328
- ISBN
- 9780520222328
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.15€ 73.04
€ 95.15
€ 73.04
Paperback. Places the events of the 1990s in the context of the author's family's experience through a period of over 100 years, culminating in her own flight from Serbian forces in 1999. This work presents a story of endurance, love and hope. Series: Non-Fiction. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1DVWYK; BGHA; HBJD; HBLW3; JFFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 135 x 19. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Publisher
- Sandstone Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905207138
- ISBN
- 9781905207138
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.50
€ 11.99
€ 10.50
Paperback. Num Pages: 343 pages. BIC Classification: JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 137 x 24. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Publisher
- Shambhala Publications Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 343
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- 2nd Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780877739746
- ISBN
- 9780877739746
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 26.75
€ 43.99
€ 26.75
Paperback. What does it mean to be young, American, and white at the dawn of the twenty-first century? By exploring this question and revealing the everyday social processes by which high school students define white identities, this book offers insights into the social construction of race and whiteness among youth. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL1; JFSP2; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5741 x 3963 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822328926
- ISBN
- 9780822328926
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.33
€ 37.99
€ 34.33
Hardback. At the end of the twentieth century France found itself in the midst of another scandalous fin de siecle, awash with rumors and revelations of wrongdoing in high places. Surely les affaires is approximate in political significance to those of the Dreyfus or Panama scandals a century ago. The author argues this is not so. Series: Monographs in French Studies. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBJD; JPZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 169 x 18. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845453657
- ISBN
- 9781845453657
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.25
€ 161.25
Hardback. An exploration of the cultural mythology of skin color during the English Renaissance. Num Pages: 320 pages, 5 illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; 3JD; HBTB; JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780812238327
- ISBN
- 9780812238327
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 90.60
€ 90.60
Hardback. Shades of Difference examines the significance of skin color in different societies around the world and its effects on relations between and within racial groups. Editor(s): Glenn, Evelyn. Num Pages: 312 pages, 11 tables, 15 figures, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804759984
- ISBN
- 9780804759984
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.21
€ 129.21
hardcover. This book explores the politics of race, censuses, and citizenship, drawing on the complex history of questions about race in the U.S. and Brazilian censuses. It reconstructs the history of racial categorization in American and Brazilian censuses from each country's first census in the 18th and 19th centuries up through the 2000 census. Num Pages: 256 pages, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLSB; JFFJ; JFSL; JHBC; JHBD; JHMP; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 23. Weight in Grams: 405.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804740135
- ISBN
- 9780804740135
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 136.01
€ 136.01
Paperback. In the 1980s - at the height of Thatcherism and in the wake of civil unrest and rioting in a number of British cities - the Black Arts Movement burst onto the British art scene with breathtaking intensity, changing the nature and perception of British culture irreversibly. This volume presents a history of that movement. Editor(s): Bailey, David A. Series: A John Hope Franklin Center Book. Num Pages: 368 pages, 116 (31 in color; 85 in timeline as b/w). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPN; ACBK; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 252 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1132.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822334200
- ISBN
- 9780822334200
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.21
€ 36.99
€ 33.21
Paperback. Explodes the myth that self-hatred is the dominant theme in Black identity. This book, using a thorough review of social scientific literature on Negro identity conducted between 1936 and 1967, demonstrates that important themes of mental health and adaptive strength have been frequently overlooked by scholars, both Black and White. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780877229490
- ISBN
- 9780877229490
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.20
€ 36.99
€ 33.20
Paperback. Describes and analyses contemporary discourse seems to provide a choice in the way sexual identities and sexual difference. This title includes essays that elaborate on different aspects of this deadlock of sexual difference. Editor(s): Salecl, Renata. Series: [SIC] Series. Num Pages: 328 pages, 2 figures. BIC Classification: DSB; JFC; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 672.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822324737
- ISBN
- 9780822324737
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.75
€ 31.99
€ 28.75
Num Pages: 304 pages, 16 black & white illustrations, 4 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JKVF; JMK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 162 x 19. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781439882559
- ISBN
- 9781439882559
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 206.18
€ 206.18
Paperback. Is our sexuality a product of our genes, or of society, culture, and politics? How have views of sexual norms changed over time? And how have feminism, religion, and HIV/AIDS affected our attitudes to sex? This Very Short Introduction examines these questions and many more, exploring what shapes our sexuality, and how our sexuality shapes us. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 168 pages, 20 black and white halftones. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHBK5; JMU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 113 x 10. Weight in Grams: 130.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 168
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199298020
- ISBN
- 9780199298020
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.03
€ 14.03
Hardback. Weaving through theoretical and empirical examples drawn from sociology, psychology, queer and cultural studies, this book produces a transdisciplinary perspective on sexual identities, subjectivities and politics that contributes to the debates ranging from identity politics and gay marriage, to mental health 'risks' and queer youth suicide. Num Pages: 200 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JMU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780745641317
- ISBN
- 9780745641317
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.78
€ 66.78
Paperback. Weaving through theoretical and empirical examples drawn from sociology, psychology, queer and cultural studies, this book produces a transdisciplinary perspective on sexual identities, subjectivities and politics that contributes to the debates ranging from identity politics and gay marriage, to mental health 'risks' and queer youth suicide. Num Pages: 200 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JMU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 139 x 216 x 15. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745641324
- ISBN
- 9780745641324
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.50
€ 23.50