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Paperback. This volume considers what is known of women's options and practices used to regulate menstruation - practices used to control the periodicity, quantity, colour and even consistency of menses - in different places and times, while revealing the ambiguity that those practices present. Num Pages: 334 pages, 11 tables. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 230 x 24. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Number of pages
- 334
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226847443
- ISBN
- 9780226847443
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.41
€ 40.99
€ 31.41
Paperback. How did Martin Luther King Jr's birthday become a national holiday? Why do we exchange presents on Christmas and Chanukah? What do bunnies have to do with Easter? How did Earth Day become a global holiday? This title answers these questions. Editor(s): Etzioni, Amitai; Bloom, Jared. Num Pages: 253 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 253
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814722275
- ISBN
- 9780814722275
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Condition: New
€ 33.99
€ 33.99
Hardback. Num Pages: 428 pages. BIC Classification: HR; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 160 x 27. Weight in Grams: 730.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 428
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761813293
- ISBN
- 9780761813293
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.72
€ 140.72
Hardback. Editor(s): Olsen, Eugene L. Num Pages: 228 pages. BIC Classification: JHBK; JMH; JMQ; JMR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 260 x 180. .
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 228
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781634833349
- ISBN
- 9781634833349
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 288.68€ 214.57
€ 288.68
€ 214.57
Paperback. Drawing on medical anthropology and science and technology studies,the contributors to Addiction Trajectories examine the epistemic, therapeutic, and experiential dimensions of contemporary addiction. Editor(s): Raikhel, Eugene A.; Garriott, William. Series: Experimental Futures. Num Pages: 360 pages, 7 illustrations, 3 tables. BIC Classification: JFFH1; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822353645
- ISBN
- 9780822353645
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.51
€ 32.99
€ 29.51
Hardback. Num Pages: 132 pages. BIC Classification: JFFS; JH. Dimension: 237 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781631176081
- ISBN
- 9781631176081
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Condition: New
€ 146.70€ 100.83
€ 146.70
€ 100.83
Hardback. In the sixteenth century, European missionaries brought a foreign and global religion to China. Converts then transformed this new religion into a local one. This book focuses on the Catholic communities of Fuan county in northeast Fujian. It suggests that Christianity became part of a pre-existing pluralistic, local religious space. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 450 pages, 5 halftones, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HRCC7; HRCX7; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 163 x 34. Weight in Grams: 860.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 450
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674035966
- ISBN
- 9780674035966
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Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 46.12
€ 54.99
€ 46.12
Paperback. This title uses the Asian concept of yin and yang to explain how American virtues and vices are opposite sides of the same coin. Unlike the dualism characteristic of the West, in much of Asia the forces of yin and yang are seen to co-exist in everything, and complete each other in cosmic harmony. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KBB; JFC; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Nicholas Brealey Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781877864858
- ISBN
- 9781877864858
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.96
€ 26.99
€ 18.96
Hardback. Editor(s): Wagner, Eunice. Num Pages: 115 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBT; 3JM; JHB; KCM; RND; RNF. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 160 x 229 x 15. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781536100617
- ISBN
- 9781536100617
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 137.23€ 103.66
€ 137.23
€ 103.66
Paperback. Offers an illustrated history of sexual politics in ancient Athens. This work examines the ideology and practices that underlay the reign of the phallus. It demonstrates that classical Athens was more sexually polarized and repressive of women than any other culture in Western history. Num Pages: 477 pages, 345 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; JFSJ; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 774. Sexual Politics in Ancient Athens. 477 pages, 345 b&w illustrations. Offers an illustrated history of sexual politics in ancient Athens. This work examines the ideology and practices that underlay the reign of the phallus. It demonstrates that classical Athens was more sexually polarized and repressive of women than any other culture in Western history. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; JFSJ; JHM. Dimension: 229 x 160 x 20. Weight: 774.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 477
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520079298
- ISBN
- 9780520079298
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.37
€ 46.99
€ 33.37
paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 19 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFD; JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 150 x 11. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816646050
- ISBN
- 9780816646050
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.25
€ 26.99
€ 25.25
Paperback. At the dawn of the twenty-first century, America finds itself on the brink of a racial consciousness. This title examines the processes of racial identification and their implications by looking at the case of American Indians. Num Pages: 250 pages, 7 line illustrations, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; HBTB; JFSL9; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 54.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520229778
- ISBN
- 9780520229778
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 23.15
€ 31.99
€ 23.15
Paperback. A study of American love in the twentieth century that unravels the mass of images that define our ideas of love and romance, revealing that the experience of 'true' love is deeply embedded in the experience of consumer capitalism. It studies how individual conceptions of love overlap with the world of cliches and images. Num Pages: 332 pages, 7. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFD; JFSJ; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 332
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- First Edition (US) First Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520205710
- ISBN
- 9780520205710
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.19
€ 38.99
€ 28.19
Paperback. Examines the profound impact of therapeutic discourse on our lives and on our contemporary notions of identity. This book examines a range of sources to show how self-help culture has transformed contemporary emotional life and how therapy complicates individuals' lives even as it claims to dissect their emotional experiences and heal trauma. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: JHMC; JM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 434. Therapy, Emotions, and the Culture of Self-Help. 304 pages. Examines the profound impact of therapeutic discourse on our lives and on our contemporary notions of identity. This book examines a range of sources to show how self-help culture has transformed contemporary emotional life and how therapy complicates individuals' lives even as it claims to dissect their emotional experiences and heal trauma. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: JHMC; JM. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 18. Weight: 406.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520253735
- ISBN
- 9780520253735
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.12
€ 40.99
€ 29.12
Paperback. * A new book by the award-winnning sociologist Eva Illouz on modern love. * Sets out to explain why love is such a painful experience for many people - why we invest so much in the search for love and why it so often disappoints us. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745671079
- ISBN
- 9780745671079
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.96
€ 18.96
Paperback. It is commonly assumed that capitalism has created an a-emotional world dominated by bureaucratic rationality; that economic behavior conflicts with intimate, authentic relationships; that the public and private spheres are irremediably opposed to each other; and that true love is opposed to calculation and self-interest. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 11. Weight in Grams: 180.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745639055
- ISBN
- 9780745639055
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.48
€ 21.48
Hardcover. * A new book by the award-winnning sociologist Eva Illouz on modern love. * Sets out to explain why love is such a painful experience for many people - why we invest so much in the search for love and why it so often disappoints us. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 158 x 29. Weight in Grams: 588.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745661520
- ISBN
- 9780745661520
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.49
€ 78.49
Hardback. Editor(s): Hedman, Eva-Lotta E. Num Pages: 304 pages, 40. BIC Classification: 1FM; HBJF; JFFE; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 19. Weight in Grams: 857.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780877277750
- ISBN
- 9780877277750
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.61
€ 139.61
Paperback. Editor(s): Hedman, Eva-Lotta E. Num Pages: 304 pages, 40. BIC Classification: 1FM; HBJF; JFFE; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 17. Weight in Grams: 685.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780877277453
- ISBN
- 9780877277453
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.51
€ 32.99
€ 29.51
Paperback. This work examines how consumer culture places less emphasis on ideological representations and resistances to ideology than on the educative powers of mass culture and the way that social position is determined through the politics of consumer culture. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: JHBA; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804722506
- ISBN
- 9780804722506
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.48
€ 30.99
€ 27.48
Paperback. Focusing on the nature of relationships, this book continues the story of the five people with learning disabilities from Helping People with a Learning Disability Explore Choice. Sections for the carer draw out the issues raised in each chapter and suggest ways of exploring them in discussions and exercises for groups and individuals. Illustrator(s): Baker, Tim. Num Pages: 120 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 6. Weight in Grams: 154.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Pub
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 120
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853026881
- ISBN
- 9781853026881
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.13
€ 32.13
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 128 x 12. Weight in Grams: 168.
- Publisher
- Random House USA Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812970166
- ISBN
- 9780812970166
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 14.04
€ 18.99
€ 14.04
Paperback. Describes how many of the new white supremacist groups in the West have co-opted the region's mythology and environment based on longstanding beliefs about American character and Manifest Destiny to shape an organic, home-grown movement. This title exposes the exclusionist message of this "American" ideal, while documenting its dangerous appeal. Num Pages: 268 pages, 13 b&w photos, 7 figures. BIC Classification: JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292714717
- ISBN
- 9780292714717
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.32
€ 26.99
€ 25.32
Paperback. Defends the view that any sentient conative being is morally significant, a view that supports the moral status and rights of many nonhuman animals Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: HPC; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 29. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822316480
- ISBN
- 9780822316480
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.51
€ 32.99
€ 29.51