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Hardcover. There is significant religious and linguistic evidence that Yoruba society was not gendered in its original form. In this follow-up to The Invention of Women: Making an African Sense of Western Gender Discourses, Oyewumi explores the intersections of gender, history, knowledge-making, and the role of intellectuals in the process. Series: Gender and Cultural Studies in Africa and the Diaspora. Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; JFSJ1; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 224 x 24. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137538772
- ISBN
- 9781137538772
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.57
€ 111.57
Hardback. We all have an opinion as to what constitutes a good life. This book takes the arguments a step further by discussing what makes a good society from a variety of perspectives. It emphasizes the need for individual involvement and the right economic conditions. Citizenship is also central for the emerging globalized society. Editor(s): Greve, Professor Bent. Num Pages: 205 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 415.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 205
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333775028
- ISBN
- 9780333775028
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.28
€ 122.28
Hardback. A meditation on the mysteries of color and the fascination they provoke. It uses color to explore further dimensions of what the author calls 'the bodily unconscious' in an age of global warming. Drawing on classic ethnography as well as the work of Benjamin, Burroughs, and Proust, it takes up the notion that color invites the viewer into images. Num Pages: 304 pages, 17 halftones. BIC Classification: JFCX; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226790053
- ISBN
- 9780226790053
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.82€ 78.49
€ 94.82
€ 78.49
Paperback. A meditation on the mysteries of color and the fascination they provoke. It uses color to explore further dimensions of what the author calls 'the bodily unconscious' in an age of global warming. Drawing on classic ethnography as well as the work of Benjamin, Burroughs, and Proust, it takes up the notion that color invites the viewer into images. Num Pages: 304 pages, 17 halftones. BIC Classification: JFCX; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226790060
- ISBN
- 9780226790060
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.52
€ 37.99
€ 29.52
Paperback. What do children need to grow and develop? And how can their needs be met when parents work? Emphasizing the importance of parental choice, quality of care, and work opportunities, this book guides readers through the maze of social science research evidence to offer answers to these questions. Series: The Family & Public Policy. Num Pages: 288 pages, 12 tables. BIC Classification: JHBD; JPQB; KCP; VFXC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674046405
- ISBN
- 9780674046405
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.27
€ 35.99
€ 30.27
hardcover. Treats our "National Conversation on Race" as a site for cultural analysis, examining a watershed year of news stories that challenged our notions of what is racial-or not. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 23. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804763363
- ISBN
- 9780804763363
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.00
€ 29.99
€ 25.00
Paperback. As more and more women in the developed world choose to remain childless, father and son Laurie and Matthew Taylor talk to parents, prospective parents and the child-free in an attempt to understand the growing sense in today's society that there is no longer any point in having children. Num Pages: 144 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBK; VFV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130. Weight in Grams: 140.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Short Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- SKU
- KNW0010625
- ISBN
- 9781904095255
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.49
€ 5.49
Hardcover. Draws on a lifetime of sociological research and wisdom to show, in helpful detail, how to use a variety of kinds of cases to build sociological knowledge. The author provides a guide that researchers can use to produce general sociological knowledge through case studies. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: JHBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 60 x 90 x 23. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226166353
- ISBN
- 9780226166353
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.82€ 78.49
€ 94.82
€ 78.49
Paperback. Draws on a lifetime of sociological research and wisdom to show, in helpful detail, how to use a variety of kinds of cases to build sociological knowledge. The author provides a guide that researchers can use to produce general sociological knowledge through case studies. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: JHBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 230 x 16. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226166490
- ISBN
- 9780226166490
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.26
€ 20.99
€ 18.26
Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages, 15 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBN; BM; HBJK; JHBZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816683468
- ISBN
- 9780816683468
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.38
€ 19.38
Paperback. Series: Theory out of bounds. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: JH; PSAJ; TBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 252 x 178 x 14. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780816640096
- ISBN
- 9780816640096
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.31
€ 27.99
€ 26.31
Paperback. This collection of articles offers an overview of developments in cultural theory as applied to western music. The text examines a range of primarily 20th-century music and provides insights into how cultural identities and differences are constructed in music. Editor(s): Born, Georgina; Hesmondhalgh, David. Num Pages: 409 pages, 4 b/w photographs, 16 music examples. BIC Classification: 3JJ; AVGC6; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 604. Difference, Representation and Appropriation in Music. 409 pages, 4 b&w photographs, 16 music examples. Editor(s): Born, Georgina; Hesmondhalgh, David. This collection of articles offers an overview of developments in cultural theory as applied to western music. The text examines a range of primarily 20th-century music and provides insights into how cultural identities and differences are constructed in music. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 3JJ; AVGC6; JHMC. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 25. Weight: 604.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 409
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520220843
- ISBN
- 9780520220843
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.42
€ 38.99
€ 28.42
Hardcover. Num Pages: 245 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JM; HBG; JFC; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 184 x 273 x 20. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Nova Science Pub Inc
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781634823029
- ISBN
- 9781634823029
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 288.68€ 214.57
€ 288.68
€ 214.57
Paperback. Editor(s): Vahman, F.; Asatrian, G.S. (both of Department of Oriental Philology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark). Num Pages: 144 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 2B; CFFD; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 10. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788772891514
- ISBN
- 9788772891514
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 25.68
€ 34.99
€ 25.68
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Academic
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781350044289
- ISBN
- 9781350044289
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.77
€ 52.77
Hardcover. This 1971 book considers the part played by voluntary associations in the growth of towns in West Africa. Num Pages: 188 pages. BIC Classification: JH. Weight in Grams: 312. 179pp. Some library stamps
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1965
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 188
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KHS1018063
- ISBN
- 9780521055659
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.99€ 4.99
€ 5.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. "One of a two-part volume from papers presented at a symposium on transnational Africa and globalization organized by Olufemi Vaughan and Mojubaolu Olufunke Okome in November 2008 at Bowdoin College"--Introduction. Editor(s): Okome, Mojubaolu Olufunke. Num Pages: 294 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JHB; JHBD; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 377.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2012
- Number of pages
- 294
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349341719
- ISBN
- 9781349341719
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.01
€ 64.01
Hardback. Wellbeing in Later Life uses the latest research from a variety of disciplines to address and correct common myths and misconceptions about aging. Editor(s): Kirkwood, Thomas B. L.; Cooper, Cary L. Series: Wiley Clinical Psychology Handbooks. Num Pages: 444 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JHB; JM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 175 x 28. Weight in Grams: 830.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 444
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118608449
- ISBN
- 9781118608449
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 203.97
€ 203.97
hardcover. Part of the six-volume Wellbeing: A Complete Reference Guide, this volume examines the ways in which the built environment can affect and enhance the wellbeing of society. Editor(s): Cooper, Rachel; Burton, Elizabeth; Cooper, Cary L. Series: Wiley Clinical Psychology Handbooks. Num Pages: 736 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JHB; JM; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 176 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1244.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 736
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Volume II
- SKU
- V9781118608371
- ISBN
- 9781118608371
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 206.29
€ 206.29
Paperback. This interdisciplinary book indicates the need to address well-being from individual, community and social perspectives in an integrated manner. The book complements the harm-based focus of much social scientific research into health. Chapters by a wide range of academics present a new dynamic view of well-being for the twenty-first Century. Editor(s): Haworth, John; Hart, Graham. Num Pages: 294 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBA; JMS; MBNH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230355682
- ISBN
- 9780230355682
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 121.99
€ 121.99
Hardback. Intends to significantly extend previous research work on the rural impacts of national welfare reform and position it in a broader context. This title provides a comprehensive and comparative account of the rural dimensions of welfare in a number of developed countries. Editor(s): Milbourne, Paul; Marsden, Terry. Series Editor(s): Milbourne, Paul. Series: Research in Rural Sociology & Development. Num Pages: 248 pages, ill. BIC Classification: JFSF; JHB; JKS; RPG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849509183
- ISBN
- 9781849509183
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.86
€ 117.86
Paperback. Num Pages: 34 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: GBC; GPS; JFSP1; JHBD; JKS; JPQB; LNB. Category: (G) General. Dimension: 271 x 210 x 3. Weight in Grams: 122.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- RAND United States
- Number of pages
- 34
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780833027207
- ISBN
- 9780833027207
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.66
€ 11.66
Paperback. The critical role of food in contemporary policy, in the UK, Europe and internationally, is explored in a comprehensive and readable account of current issues, including food rights, patenting, safety, aid, choice and poverty. * This landmark collection explores the critical role of food in contemporary national and international policy. Editor(s): Dowler, Elizabeth; Finer, Catherine Jones. Series: Broadening Perspectives in Social Policy. Num Pages: 176 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFF; JHBA; KNDF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 11. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405112451
- ISBN
- 9781405112451
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.55
€ 34.55
Paperback. In this original book Bill Jordan presents a new analysis of well-being in terms of its social value, and outlines ways in which this could be incorporated into public policy decisions. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: JHBA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 159 x 16. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847420800
- ISBN
- 9781847420800
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 36.23
€ 37.99
€ 36.23