Society & social sciences
Results 71921 - 71940 of 72375
Society & social sciences
Paperback. A Companion to African American Literature presents a comprehensive overview of the field from the eighteenth century to the present day. Embracing the full range of African American literature, essays explore forms, themes, genres, historical contexts, and major authors, and present the latest critical approaches. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 488 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 173 x 22. Weight in Grams: 742.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 488
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118438787
- ISBN
- 9781118438787
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.44
€ 53.44
Paperback. A Circle of Support and Accountability is a group of trained volunteers who meet on a regular basis with a high risk sex offender living in their community. This pioneering approach, based on restorative justice principles, holds the offender accountable and provides them with care and support to prevent reoffending. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: JKV; JKVQ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849051989
- ISBN
- 9781849051989
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.13
€ 38.13
A Community of Scholars: Impressions of the Institute for Advanced Stu...
Institute For Advanced Study
Hardback. offers a portrait in words and images of a storied institution that might be described as a true academic village. This book captures the spirit of curiosity, freedom, and comradeship that is a hallmark of this community of scholars. Num Pages: 144 pages, 77 halftones. BIC Classification: JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 237 x 14. Weight in Grams: 672.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691151366
- ISBN
- 9780691151366
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.00€ 27.17
€ 33.00
€ 27.17
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 8. BIC Classification: JPSN2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 19. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801476488
- ISBN
- 9780801476488
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.54
€ 34.99
€ 31.54
Paperback. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; 3JM; BGH; JPHL; MBPK; MMZR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 27. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Publisher
- Blue Rider Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780399185717
- ISBN
- 9780399185717
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.38
€ 19.99
€ 18.38
Hardcover. Drawing on historical perspectives and data, this book examines the many years of change and continuity in the status of black Americans. By studying and comparing black and white age cohorts, it charts the status of blacks in areas, such as education, housing, employment, political participation and family life. Editor(s): Jaynes, Gerald David; Williams, Robin M., Jr. Num Pages: 624 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 167 x 240 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1200. Clean copy fine in dust jacket. DJ has minor wear but remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0000410
- ISBN
- 9780309039987
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. A roller coaster ride through the ruins of modern America from the most influential journalist of his generation. Num Pages: 599 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGHA; JFC; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 149 x 34. Weight in Grams: 684.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Verso
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781682951
- ISBN
- 9781781682951
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 21.51
€ 21.99
€ 21.51
Paperback. Investigates how childbirth became medicalized in Africa. Featuring stories about autopsies and bicycles, obstetric surgery and male initiation, this title reveals how concerns about strange objects and procedures fashioned the hybrid social world of colonialism and its aftermath in Mobutu's Zaire. Series: Body, Commodity, Text. Num Pages: 496 pages, 47 b&w photographs, 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFJC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 238 x 38. Weight in Grams: 758.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 62041st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822323662
- ISBN
- 9780822323662
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.30
€ 41.99
€ 37.30
paperback. Considers how interdisciplinary collaboration between anthropology and queer studies might enrich both fields. This book provides several in-depth case studies, primarily concerning the lives of Indonesian men who term themselves gay (an Indonesian-language word that overlaps with, but does not correspond exactly to, English "gay"). Num Pages: 312 pages, 19 illustrations, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1FMN; JFSK; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 21. Weight in Grams: 445.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822339915
- ISBN
- 9780822339915
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.81
€ 36.99
€ 33.81
Hardcover. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1KBB; JWF; KNSS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Naval Institute Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781591144335
- ISBN
- 9781591144335
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 35.31
€ 42.99
€ 35.31
Hardcover. This work uncovers the basic contradictions between contemporary China's complex ideological marketplace and Western liberalism. It puts into critical context versions of both Western and Chinese liberalism, Confucian humanism and various versions of Chinese Marxism. Num Pages: 844 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 53. Weight in Grams: 1370.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The Chinese University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789629961220
- ISBN
- 9789629961220
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.53
€ 70.53
Paperback. Mindfulness - once an ancient practice honed in Buddhist monasteries - is now a mainstream, evidence based, secular intervention employed by trained health and mental health professionals worldwide. If you are a professional interested in teaching mindfulness, this book provides you with what you need to get started right away. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: JKSM; JKSN2; MMJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 256 x 178 x 17. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Publisher
- New Harbinger Publications
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781626251397
- ISBN
- 9781626251397
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.81€ 46.42
€ 64.81
€ 46.42
Paperback. This book is for pediatric psychologists, pediatricians, family medicine practitioners, physician's assistants, nurse specialists, pediatric subspecialists, and students in these fields-and for family members dedicated to helping their children cope with medical procedures and to getting the best possible medical care. Num Pages: 304 pages, 19, 19 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JMC; MJW; MMJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 226 x 18. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421411125
- ISBN
- 9781421411125
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.13
€ 61.13
Paperback. This is an introduction to Jacques Lacan's approach to therapy, from the point of view of a practitioner faced with the question of diagnosis. How it is done and how it differs from other forms of therapy is examined, and many of his theoretical notions are explored and explained. Num Pages: 318 pages, 15 line illustrations. BIC Classification: JMAF; MMH; MMJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 163 x 20. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 318
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674135369
- ISBN
- 9780674135369
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 35.12
€ 41.99
€ 35.12
Paperback. A "revolution" in the cognitive sciences has irrevocable transformed our basic understanding of the mind, establishing that imagination is both central to cognition and that imagination is an orderly, systematic, embodied process. This book applies this understanding to the discipline of law. Num Pages: 448 pages, 12 line illustrations. BIC Classification: JMR; LAB; PD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 228 x 24. Weight in Grams: 606.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226902227
- ISBN
- 9780226902227
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 33.37
€ 42.99
€ 33.37
Hardback. This is an intellectual biography of Gabriel Bonnot de Mably (1709-85), who emerges as a central figure in the history of republican thought in the era of the Enlightenment and the French Revolution. Num Pages: 276 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 575.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804727891
- ISBN
- 9780804727891
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.20
€ 81.20
Hardback. Written by civil rights historian Adam Fairclough, this book chronicles the odyssey of black teachers in the South from emancipation in 1865 to integration 100 years later. Built from stories of real men and women, it explores how teachers inspired generations of children, instilling values that nourished racial pride and a desire for equality. Num Pages: 422 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFSL3; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 167 x 43. Weight in Grams: 920.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Edition
- annotated edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674023079
- ISBN
- 9780674023079
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 39.93
€ 47.99
€ 39.93
Hardcover. Focuses on the use and adaptive reuse of everyday buildings in Oakland, California, to make the city a better place for children. She introduces us to the women who were determined to mitigate the burdens placed on working-class families by an indifferent industrial capitalist economy. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 448 pages, 120 halftones, 14 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; AMVD; JFSJ1; JKSB1; RPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 32. Weight in Grams: 767.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226311289
- ISBN
- 9780226311289
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 39.78
€ 50.99
€ 39.78
hardcover. Series: Sortition and Public Policy. Num Pages: 350 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 173 x 29. Weight in Grams: 646.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Imprint Academic United Kingdom
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845401382
- ISBN
- 9781845401382
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.31
€ 41.31
Paperback. The Centenary Classics series examines the fascinating time of change and evolution in the Ireland of 100 years ago during the 1916-23 revolutionary period. A Chronicle of Jails is Darrell Figgis's account of his arrest in the aftermath of the 1916 Rising and subsequent internment in Ireland and Britain. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJF; BM; JKVP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 122 x 186 x 17. Weight in Grams: 164.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University College Dublin Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906359942
- ISBN
- 9781906359942
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 14.52
€ 14.99
€ 14.52