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Paperback. Takes on an idea central to American national mythology that the US is 'a nation of immigrants', open-armed and welcoming to foreigners. This work argues that Americans' treatment of immigrants and foreigners has long fluctuated between hospitality and hostility and that this ambivalence is fundamental to the construction of US national identity. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822336198
- ISBN
- 9780822336198
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.67
€ 33.99
€ 30.67
Paperback. Many Guatemalans speak of Mayan indigenous organizing as 'a finger in the wound'. This book explores the implications of this painfully graphic metaphor in a study of the civil war and its aftermath. It investigates the notion of Quincentennial Guatemala, which has given focus to the overarching question of Mayan - and Guatemalan - identity. Num Pages: 448 pages, 21 black-and-white illustrations and 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCG; HBJK; HBLW3; HBW; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520212855
- ISBN
- 9780520212855
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 29.85
€ 41.99
€ 29.85
Paperback. Why are some parts of the world so rich and others so poor? Why did the Industrial Revolution occur in eighteenth-century England, and not at some other time, or in some other place? This title tackles these profound questions and suggests a fresh way in which culture explains the wealth, and the poverty, of nations. Series: The Princeton Economic History of the Western World. Num Pages: 432 pages, 25 halftones. 78 line illus. 65 tables. BIC Classification: HBTB; HBTK; JHBL; KCA; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 149 x 28. Weight in Grams: 604.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691141282
- ISBN
- 9780691141282
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 27.68
€ 36.99
€ 27.68
Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Univ Hawaii Pr
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780824853440
- ISBN
- 9780824853440
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.17
€ 33.17
Hardback. Professor Marceau traces the processes of social change and development of an international elite in Europe. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: JH. Dimension: 228 x 152. Weight in Grams: 512. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear in good dustwrapper
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSS0007109
- ISBN
- 9780521267311
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Looks at how the biological facts of motherhood give rise to life-altering emotional and psychological changes. Series: River Teeth Literary Nonfiction Prize. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; JFSJ1; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 16. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803235083
- ISBN
- 9780803235083
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.46
€ 17.99
€ 17.46
Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 38, 31 black & white halftones, 2 tables, 2 charts, 2 maps, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFFH; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Format
- Hardback
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780801451928
- ISBN
- 9780801451928
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.57
€ 97.57
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 148 x 227 x 18. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Beacon Press
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807022047
- ISBN
- 9780807022047
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.69
€ 19.99
€ 17.69
Paperback. "A deeply researched study into the nature of political violence."-- Series: The Ethnography of Political Violence Series. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBW; JFFE; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812216219
- ISBN
- 9780812216219
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.58
€ 32.99
€ 29.58
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442636613
- ISBN
- 9781442636613
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 32.13
€ 34.99
€ 32.13
paperback. The most authoritative dictionary of sociology available. Fully revised to include the most up-to-date concepts and contemporary social issues. It is both an ideal introduction to the subject, and an invaluable reference work for more advanced students and teachers. Series: Oxford Quick Reference. Num Pages: 832 pages. BIC Classification: GBC; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 48. Weight in Grams: 604.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- 4th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199683581
- ISBN
- 9780199683581
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Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.14
€ 18.99
€ 15.14
Paperback. What is the work that miracles do in American Charismatic Evangelicalism? How can miracles be unanticipated and yet worked for? And finally, what do miracles tell us about other kinds of Christianity and even the category of religion? This book deaks with these questions. Series: The Anthropology of Christianity. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1 line art. BIC Classification: HRCR; HRCX; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520294219
- ISBN
- 9780520294219
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.12
€ 40.99
€ 29.12
Paperback. Attempts to understand the dilemmas average Nigerians face every day as they try to get ahead - or just survive - in a society riddled with corruption. This book paints a portrait of Nigerian corruption - of nationwide fuel shortages in Africa's oil-producing giant, Internet cafes where the young launch their e-mail scams, and more. Num Pages: 296 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: JFFX; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691136479
- ISBN
- 9780691136479
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 31.27
€ 42.99
€ 31.27
Paperback. Featuring several all-new chapters, revisions, and updates, the Second Edition of A Cultural Approach to Interpersonal Communication presents an interdisciplinary collection of key readings that explore how interpersonal communication is socially and culturally mediated. Editor(s): Monaghan, Leila; Goodman, Jane E.; Robinson, Jennifer Meta. Num Pages: 504 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: GTC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 175 x 24. Weight in Grams: 764.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 504
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444335316
- ISBN
- 9781444335316
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Condition: New
€ 53.44
€ 53.44
A Critique of Postcolonial Reason: Toward a History of the Vanishing P...
Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak
Paperback. Are the "culture wars" over? What is their relationship to gender struggle and the dynamics of class? Gayatari Spivak poses these questions and attempts to understand and describe a more responsible role for the postcolonial critic, tracking the figure of the "native informant". Num Pages: 464 pages, 1 line illustration. BIC Classification: DSA; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 33. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674177642
- ISBN
- 9780674177642
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.90
€ 49.90
Paperback. This new take on Queer Theory explores the ways in which sexuality, subjectivity and sociality have been discursively produced in various historical and cultural contexts. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSK; JHBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 13. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748615971
- ISBN
- 9780748615971
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 35.26
€ 42.99
€ 35.26
Hardcover. This anthology is a symposium on queer space and queer utopias. Through the presentation of empirical work by contemporary queer theorists this book aims to create a critical dialogue about the emergence of queer spaces and the ways in which they aim to further queer futurity. Editor(s): Jones, Angela. Series: Critical Studies in Gender, Sexuality, and Culture. Num Pages: 300 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFD; JFSJ; JFSK; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137308597
- ISBN
- 9781137308597
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.16
€ 127.16
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230249028
- ISBN
- 9780230249028
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 41.05
€ 44.99
€ 41.05
Paperback. Num Pages: 328 pages, 109 images, full colour throughout. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JHMC; MBX; MX; VXHT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 230 x 14. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- North Atlantic Books,U.S.
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781583949030
- ISBN
- 9781583949030
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 23.42
€ 27.99
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Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, 39 line illus. 24 tables. BIC Classification: JHBA; JHMC; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 248 x 164 x 20. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 280
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691158167
- ISBN
- 9780691158167
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 27.63
€ 36.99
€ 27.63