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Society & social sciences

Paperback. Examines feminist critiques of medical knowledge and practice; and the legal regulation of pregnancy termination, conception and child-bearing, and behavior during pregnancy. This book demonstrates that the right to choice isn't an automatic guarantee of reproductive justice and gender equality. Editor(s): Ehrenreich, Nancy. Series: Critical America. Num Pages: 419 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; JPVH; MBQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 253 x 178 x 20. Weight in Grams: 750.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814722312
ISBN
9780814722312
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.02

Hardcover. Although Plato's celebrated work of philosophy describes a society which to some seems the ideal human community and to others like a totalitarian nightmare, it also raises enduring questions about politics, art, education and the general conduct of life. Translator(s): Lindsay, A.D. Num Pages: 341 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; HPCA; JPHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 195 x 131 x 28. Weight in Grams: 510.
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Number of pages
341
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857150988
ISBN
9781857150988
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.77

Hardcover. Translator(s): Grube, G. M. A. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 22. Weight in Grams: 428.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
300
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Edition
Second Edition,2
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872201378
ISBN
9780872201378
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 36.43

Paperback. Provides a translation of the dialogues of Plato. This book argues that the particular formulation by Plato had a direct and profound influence on the Founding Fathers and the development of American constitutional law. Translator(s): Allen, R. E. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: HPCA; HPS; JPA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 160 x 27. Weight in Grams: 578.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Edition
Second Impression
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300136371
ISBN
9780300136371
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.96

Paperback. Presented in the form of a dialogue between Socrates and three different interlocutors, this book is an enquiry into the notion of a perfect community and the ideal individual within it. It addresses the purpose of education and the role of both women and men as 'guardians' of the people. Translator(s): Lee, Desmond. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: HPCA; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 22. Weight in Grams: 340 416pp
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Edition
3rd
Condition
New
SKU
9780140455113
ISBN
9780140455113
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.14

Paperback. Translator(s): Rudd, Niall. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; JPHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 202.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199540112
ISBN
9780199540112
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.03

Hardback. Num Pages: 272 pages, over 800 color and b/w photos and illustrations. BIC Classification: JWG; JWMV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 288 x 223 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1964.
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764316685
ISBN
9780764316685
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.03
€ 58.00

Hardback. Offers a history of the early republic and its antebellum aftermath. Challenging the idea that print culture created a sense of national connection among different parts of the early American union, this book reveals the early republic as a series of local and regional reading publics with distinct political and geographical identities. Num Pages: 568 pages, 26 illus. BIC Classification: HBJK; J; KNTP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 169 x 243 x 43. Weight in Grams: 952.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
568
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780231139083
ISBN
9780231139083
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 109.32
€ 83.75

Paperback. The Republic of Elsewhere is a sequel to Carty's thought-provoking, critically acclaimed Intimacy with Strangers: a Life of Brief Encounters. It employs a similar structure of overlapping conversations and personal memories to reveal how leading writers see the world differently. BIC Classification: BM; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
Publisher
The Lilliput Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843516743
ISBN
9781843516743
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.00
€ 14.39

Paperback. Presents the voices of three musicians - queer nightclub star Zeki Muren, arabesk originator Orhan Gencebay, and pop diva Sezen Aksu - who collectively have dominated mass media in Turkey since the early 1950s. Using these three singers as a lens, the author examines Turkey's repressive politics and civil violence as well as its public life. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 280 pages, 7 halftones, 1 map, 20 line drawings, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1DVT; AVG; JFCA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 164 x 226 x 13. Weight in Grams: 328.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226775067
ISBN
9780226775067
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 32.78

Hardcover. Presents the voices of three musicians - queer nightclub star Zeki Muren, arabesk originator Orhan Gencebay, and pop diva Sezen Aksu - who collectively have dominated mass media in Turkey since the early 1950s. Using these three singers as a lens, the author examines Turkey's repressive politics and civil violence as well as its public life. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 280 pages, 7 halftones, 1 map, 20 line drawings, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1DVT; AVG; JFCA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 162 x 236 x 18. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226775050
ISBN
9780226775050
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 108.13
€ 90.12

Paperback. Carefully drawing on interdisciplinary communication research, The Republic of Mass Culture presents a lively analysis of the shifting objectives and challenges of the media industries. Series: The American Moment. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 431.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
3rd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801883163
ISBN
9780801883163
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.93

paperback. "Long regarded as the most accurate rendering of Plato s Republic that has yet been published, this widely acclaimed work is the first strictly literal translation of a timeless classic. This second ed"" Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 234 x 45. Weight in Grams: 680.
Publisher
Basic Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
3rd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780465094080
ISBN
9780465094080
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.28

Paperback. Takes up Foucault's hypothesis that liberal "civil society," far from being a sphere of natural freedoms, designates the social spaces where our biological lives come under new forms of control, and are invested with new forms of biopower. Series: Commonalities (FUP). Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 586.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Fordham University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823256020
ISBN
9780823256020
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.36

Hardback. The story of the global response to the HIV epidemic, told from the perspective of community organizers, activists, and people living with HIV in West Africa between 1994 and 2000. Series: Body, Commodity, Text. Num Pages: 256 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1HFD; JFFH2; MBNH; MBS; PSXM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 164 x 22. Weight in Grams: 503.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780822348627
ISBN
9780822348627
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 111.46

Paperback. This book examines the 1990s backlash against illegal immigrants. Wroe explains why many Americans turned against immigration, looking at the origins of California's Proposition 187 and its wider political implications. Series: Studies of the Americas. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JPA; JPP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 451.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2008
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349370115
ISBN
9781349370115
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.00

Hardcover. This book examines the 1990s backlash against illegal immigrants. Wroe explains why many Americans turned against immigration, looking at the origins of California's Proposition 187 and its wider political implications. Series: Studies of the Americas. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JPL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 548.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230600539
ISBN
9780230600539
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.87

Hardcover. Editor(s): DeSare, Fedro. Num Pages: 284 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPQB; KFFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 260 x 188 x 21. Weight in Grams: 728.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
SKU
V9781614701781
ISBN
9781614701781
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 337.44
€ 229.32

Paperback. Takes a look at southern politics in the United States which challenges conventional notions about the rise of the Republican Party in the South. This work argues that the evolution of southern politics must be seen as part of a process of democratization of the region's politics. Num Pages: 264 pages, 28 line illus. 13 tables. 10 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; 1KBBS; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 371.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691130477
ISBN
9780691130477
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.81

Paperback. Editor(s): McSweeney, Dean; Owens, John E. Num Pages: 214 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 281.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
214
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349265725
ISBN
9781349265725
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 126.58

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