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Paperback. This book compares different forms of racism and anti-racism in the United States and Britain from the 19th century to today, situating the development of various racial doctrines within the political movements of the modern capitalist world order. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804763356
ISBN
9780804763356
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.02

Paperback. The United States and Brazil were the largest slave-trading societies of the New World. The demographics of both countries reflect this shared past, but this is where comparisons end. This work offers an examination of Brazilian public opinion to understand racial identities, attitudes, and politics in this racially ambiguous context. Num Pages: 304 pages, 31 tables, 2 figures, 1 illustration. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JFSL; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804762786
ISBN
9780804762786
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Hardback. This book explores the way that social democracy makes sense of a new economic and social order based on knowledge. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: JPA; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804762632
ISBN
9780804762632
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.49

Paperback. Approaches the theories, organization, and practices of criminal justice from a sociological perspective so that students can simultaneously develop expertise in criminal justice and understand how issues related to the police, courts, and corrections are informed by broader sociological principles and concepts. Editor(s): Kubrin, Charis E.; Stucky, Thomas D. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: JHB; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 25. Weight in Grams: 757.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804762601
ISBN
9780804762601
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 38.84

Paperback. Presenting an examination of women writers and prewar ideology, this book investigates love as a critical aspect of Japanese culture during the early-mid-twentieth century. It focuses on same-sex love, love marriage, and maternal love. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJ; DSB; HBJF; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 165 x 13. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804761987
ISBN
9780804761987
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 26.56

Hardback. After a clerical sanction prohibited them from fishing for a week, a group of Catholic fishers from a village on India's southwestern coast decided to take their church to court. This title shows their struggle, providing insights into contemporary Indian democracy, citizenship, and environmentalism. Num Pages: 320 pages, 2 tables, 7 illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 164 x 26. Weight in Grams: 568.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804761468
ISBN
9780804761468
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.49

Paperback. Centered around an ethnographic case study of a dragon king temple, this book examines the social and political dynamics underlying the revival of popular religion in contemporary rural China. Num Pages: 336 pages, 1 table, 13 illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HR; JHMC; JHMP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804761000
ISBN
9780804761000
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.10

Paperback. Domestic servitude blurs the divide between family and work, affection and duty, the home and the world. This work offers an account of domestic life and servitude in contemporary Kolkata, India, with a concluding comparison with New York City. It examines the practices and meaning of servitude around the home and in the public sphere. Num Pages: 272 pages, 7 tables, 10 illustrations, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 374.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804760720
ISBN
9780804760720
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.67

Paperback. A study of the evolution of traditional Marxism into Stalinism and Fascism. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD; JPFC; JPFQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 661. Weight in Grams: 566.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804760348
ISBN
9780804760348
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.02

Paperback. Addresses the phenomenon of colorism - the preference for lighter skin and the ranking of individual worth according to skin tone. Examining the social and cultural significance of skin color in a range of societies and periods, this work looks at how skin color affects people's opportunities in Latin America, Asia, Africa and North America. Editor(s): Glenn, Evelyn Nakano. 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: 154 x 228 x 19. Weight in Grams: 418.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804759991
ISBN
9780804759991
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Paperback. Examines how immigrants acquire American ideas about race, both pre- and post-migration, in light of U.S. military presence and U.S. cultural dominance over their home country, drawing on interviews and ethnographic observations of Koreans in Seoul and Los Angeles. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; JHMC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804758871
ISBN
9780804758871
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Paperback. Explores how social and economic changes to Chinese society create various cultural values and forms of inequality. This book examines changes to a particular set of jobs - service work, in this case salesclerk work - and the nature of the social interactions involved. It shows how change involves unequal relations between clerks and customers. Num Pages: 256 pages, 3 tables, 6 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTB; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804758376
ISBN
9780804758376
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 26.56

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
225
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804757720
ISBN
9780804757720
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.67

Hardback. Americans believe strongly in their ethnicity and use it in self-promoting ways. The Ethnic Project shows how destructive ethnic thinking can be in a society that has not let go of racism. Series: Stanford Studies in Comparative Race and Ethnicity. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 739.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804757713
ISBN
9780804757713
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.11

Hardback. A history of perceptions of the blind and of their integration or lack thereof in French society, this book introduces us to a host of fictional and real individuals and paints a moving picture of their advances and disappointments, concluding with the triumphant invention of Louis Braille. Translator(s): Cohen, Emily-Jane. Num Pages: 424 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBJD; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 36. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
403
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804757683
ISBN
9780804757683
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 87.25

Paperback. In this first comprehensive history of immigrant inequality in France, Mary D. Lewis chronicles the conflicts arising from mass immigration between the First and Second World Wars, the uneven rights arrangements that emerged during this time, and their legacy for contemporary France. Num Pages: 384 pages, 4 tables, 3 figures, 8 illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJG; 3JJH; JFFN; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 228 x 23. Weight in Grams: 516.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804757225
ISBN
9780804757225
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.36

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804756938
ISBN
9780804756938
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.59

Hardback. A study of Hannah Arendt's indictment of social science, approaches to totalitarianism (Bolshevism and National Socialism), and of the robust responses of her contemporary sociological critics: Raymond Aron, David Riesman, Jules Monnerot, and Theodor Abel. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JHB; JPHX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 160 x 19. Weight in Grams: 468.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804756501
ISBN
9780804756501
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 77.06

Hardback. Deception offers a broadly accessible overview of state-of-the-art research on lies, trickery, cheating, and shams by leading experts in the natural and social sciences, as well as computing, the humanities, and the military. Editor(s): Harrington, Brooke. Num Pages: 360 pages, 4 tables, 2 figures, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804756495
ISBN
9780804756495
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 47.76

Paperback. A collection of articles, lectures, and interviews whose apparent variety, touching on social criticism, psychoanalysis, philosophy, poetry and science, among others, is actually strongly focused on one main idea: that of autonomous, creative action at the individual and collective levels. Translator(s): Arnold, Helen. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 229 x 17. Weight in Grams: 416.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804756181
ISBN
9780804756181
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 26.56

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