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Hardcover. Despite the availability of some formal legal remedies, women lawyers rarely challenge discriminatory behaviour. This book explores this seemingly contradictory situation, and by exploring lawyers' use of legal discourse in an Internet community, Baumle examines whether the law can in fact serve as a useful tool to challenge inequality. Num Pages: 207 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFSJ1; JH; LA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230613256
- ISBN
- 9780230613256
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.53
€ 66.53
Paperback. How do the ways we argue represent a practical philosophy or a way of life? This book analyzes arguments in literary, cultural, and political theory, with special attention to the ways in which theorists understand ideals of critical distance, forms of subjective experience, and the determinants of belief and practice. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 254 x 15. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691114040
- ISBN
- 9780691114040
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.68
€ 46.99
€ 33.68
Hardback. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813564579
- ISBN
- 9780813564579
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.16
€ 161.16
Paperback. Examines the erotic underpinnings of transnational tourism. This title offers insights into the commingling of sex, intimacy, and market forces in Cuba and the Dominican Republic, two nations where tourism has had widespread effects. It reconceptualizes our understandings of informal economies, sex workers, and sexual tourism. Num Pages: 232 pages, 11 Halftones. BIC Classification: 1KJC; 1KJD; JHBK5; KNSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 209 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Temple University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592137503
- ISBN
- 9781592137503
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Hardback. Sylhet, the area of Bangladesh most closely associated with overseas migration, has seen an increase in remittances sent home from abroad, introducing new inequalities. Social change has also been mediated by the global forces of Western biomedicine and orthodox Islam. This book examines the effects of these modernizing trends on mental health.. Num Pages: 238 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKB; JHBK; MBPK; PSXM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 162 x 233 x 16. Weight in Grams: 444. Mental Illness, Modernity and Islam in Sylhet, Bangladesh. 252 pages, 25 ills. Sylhet, the area of Bangladesh most closely associated with overseas migration, has seen an increase in remittances sent home from abroad, introducing new inequalities. Social change has also been mediated by the global forces of Western biomedicine and orthodox Islam. This book examines the effects of these modernizing trends on mental health. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1FKB; JHBK; MBPK; PSXM. Dimension: 162 x 233 x 16. Weight: 444.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 238
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857454881
- ISBN
- 9780857454881
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.59
€ 162.59
Hardback. Explores the emergence of a credit card market in post-Soviet Russia during the formative period from 1988 to 2007. This book demonstrates how networks that combine individuals and organizations help to build markets for mass consumption. It chronicles both the creation of a credit card market and the making of a mass consumer. Num Pages: 224 pages, 7 tables, 13 figures. BIC Classification: JH; KFFL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 458. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804758383
- ISBN
- 9780804758383
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.25
€ 87.25
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319297149
- ISBN
- 9783319297149
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.76€ 42.90
€ 117.76
€ 42.90
The recent reawakening of the debate about migration in the new millennium has evoked intense emotion, particularly in the United States and Europe. Global Crossings cuts through the jungle of myth, falsehood, and misrepresentation that dominates the debate, clarifying the causes and consequences of human migration. Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; JHB; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Independent Institute,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781598131338
- ISBN
- 9781598131338
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 28.19
€ 30.99
€ 28.19
Paperback. Debates the question of whether family preservation or adoption serves the best interests of abused and neglected children. Arguing the merits of keeping families together whenever possible, this title examines the background, theory, and effectiveness of family preservation programs. Series: Controversies in Public Policy Series. Num Pages: 168 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFE1; JFM; JHBK; JKSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780878407873
- ISBN
- 9780878407873
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.26
€ 45.26
Paperback. Weeping Violins provides a history of the Gypsy people in Europe. Betty Alt and Silvia Folts trace the origins of the Gyspsy people and tell the story of their expansion, treatment by other ethnic groups, and struggles during the Holocaust. Num Pages: 148 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; HBTB; JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 147 x 11. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Jefferson (Thomas) University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 148
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780943549392
- ISBN
- 9780943549392
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.16
€ 52.16
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: JHM; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 141 x 12. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816643738
- ISBN
- 9780816643738
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.87
€ 19.99
€ 19.87
Paperback. These interdisciplinary essays explore the notion of community in its many theoretical, practical and cultural manifestations. It examines the nature of community, the relation of individual and group identity to community norms and values and the possibilities for cross-cultural understanding. Editor(s): Alperson, Philip. Num Pages: 368 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFC; JFS; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631219477
- ISBN
- 9780631219477
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.34
€ 55.34
Paperback. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: JFSL1; JHBK5; MFN; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 176 x 17. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Barricade Books
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781569808023
- ISBN
- 9781569808023
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.65
€ 19.99
€ 18.65
hardcover. When Alma Bond, a practicing psychoanalyst for 38 years, discovered she was to be a grandparent, she started a diary to record the child's intrauterine development and any psychological changes within her family. She found more than she expected. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: JHBK; JM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 146 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Bridge Works Publishing Co ,U.S. United States
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781882593088
- ISBN
- 9781882593088
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.89
€ 21.99
€ 20.89
Paperback. Braiding their own stories with those of the villagers of Asagbe and Kosangbe, the authors recounts a host of unexpected dramas with these West African villages, prompting serious questions about the fraught nature of cultural contact. Num Pages: 176 pages, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFDY; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 249.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226305288
- ISBN
- 9780226305288
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 25.14
€ 31.99
€ 25.14
Paperback. In this companion volume to "Parallel Worlds," Alma Gottlieb explores ideology and social practices among the Beng people of Cote d'Ivoire. Num Pages: 302 pages, 2 maps, 10 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1H; JFS; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 154 x 12. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 302
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226305073
- ISBN
- 9780226305073
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 26.09
€ 32.99
€ 26.09
Paperback. A memoir of Africa recounting the experiences of Alma Gottlieb, an anthropologist, and Philip Graham, a fiction writer, as they lived in two remote villages in the rain forest of Cote d'Ivoire. Num Pages: 350 pages, xii, 336, 2 maps. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226305066
- ISBN
- 9780226305066
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.91
€ 36.99
€ 29.91
Paperback. What does a move from a village in the West African rain forest to a West African community in a European city entail? This book brings together eight eminent scholars to recount the personal and intellectual dynamics of uprooting one's life - and decades of work - to embrace a new fieldsite. Editor(s): Gottlieb, Alma. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226304908
- ISBN
- 9780226304908
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 28.00
€ 34.99
€ 28.00
Paperback. In this ethnography of babies, Alma Gottlieb focusses on the Beng people of West Africa. A Beng infant is thought to begin life filled with spiritual knowledge, having been reincarnated after a rich life in a previous world. Num Pages: 392 pages, 53 halftones, 2 maps, 2 line drawings, 6 figures. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 26. Weight in Grams: 622.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226305028
- ISBN
- 9780226305028
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.82
€ 40.99
€ 31.82
Paperback. Num Pages: 214 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JHB; JPA; JPP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349316014
- ISBN
- 9781349316014
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.81
€ 65.81
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784994327
- ISBN
- 9781784994327
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 100.11€ 16.54
€ 100.11
€ 16.54
Paperback. From clothing as an expression of freedom in early colonial Zanzibar to Somali women's headcovering in inner-city Minneapolis, this work explores the power of dress in African and pan-African settings. Nationalist and diasporic identities, as well as their histories and politics, are examined at the level of what is put on the body every day. Editor(s): Allman, Jean. Series: African Expressive Cultures. Num Pages: 256 pages, 36 b&w photos, 1 index. BIC Classification: 1H; JHBT; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 17. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253216892
- ISBN
- 9780253216892
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 22.10
€ 23.99
€ 22.10
Hardcover. Drawing on children's narratives about their everyday life this book explores how children come to understand the process of socialization at home, at school and in the neighbourhood as an embodied and biographical experience. Series: Studies in Childhood and Youth. Num Pages: 212 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JFSP1; JHBK; JMC; JNLB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 137 x 17. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230300330
- ISBN
- 9780230300330
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.65
€ 66.65
Paperback. aeo The first book to engage the study of childhood with central issues of sociological theory. aeo The three authors are highly respected and widely read in this area. aeo The book draws together an enormous amount of international research. Num Pages: 256 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JFSP2; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745615653
- ISBN
- 9780745615653
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.22
€ 25.22