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Paperback. In this survey of the modern American Christmas, Waits shows how this holiday emerged, tracing its evolution from the days prior to 1880 to the present day. In addition, he examines the differing traditions of giftgiving to friends, employees, the poor, and among communtys. Series: The Modern Christmas in America. Num Pages: 290 pages, 77 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JFC; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780814792841
- ISBN
- 9780814792841
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€ 33.99€ 30.71
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Paperback. Offers an in-depth look at the daily lives of childcare providers, examining the important roles they play in the families whose children they help to raise Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; JFSL3; JHBK; JHBL; JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 314.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814791431
- ISBN
- 9780814791431
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€ 32.99€ 29.70
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Hardcover. Situates contemporary genomics within a history of genetics research yet is attentive to the new ways in which knowledge claims about heredity, race, and gender emerge and are articulated Series: Biopolitics. Num Pages: 303 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFH; JHMC; PSAK1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 540.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 303
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814790670
- ISBN
- 9780814790670
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€ 91.38
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Paperback. Explains how American constructions of Middle Eastern racial identity have changed over the years, paying particular attention to the shift in perceptions of the Middle Easterner from friendly foreigner to enemy alien, a trend accelerated by the tragic events of 9/11. Series: Critical America Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL; JHMP; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 522.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814782736
- ISBN
- 9780814782736
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Paperback. This work shows that studying the interpretative methods of spectators in their historical contexts is necessary to understand the media's role in culture and in our personal lives. This approach is applied to topics such as depictions of violence and demonstrated through works like "JFK". Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APF; JFC; JFD; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 330.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814781395
- ISBN
- 9780814781395
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.71
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Paperback. An examination of the relationship between modernism and postmodernism within the frame of 20th-century American culture. The essays suggest that the relationship between the modern and the postmodern is not one of rupture, belatedness, dilution or extremity, but of haunting. Editor(s): Scandura, Jani. Series: Cultural Front. Num Pages: 321 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 431.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 321
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814781371
- ISBN
- 9780814781371
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.83
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Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFF; JFSL1; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 14. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814780725
- ISBN
- 9780814780725
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Condition: New
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Paperback. This is the study of a major change in American middle-class emotional culture. It took place between the end of World War I and the 1950s. Becoming a "cool" character meant adopting an air of nonchalance, an emotional mantle, to shield the whole personality from embarrassing excess. Num Pages: 378 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JHM; JMH; JMS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 522.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 378
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814779965
- ISBN
- 9780814779965
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.71
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Paperback. Explores how African American men have been marketed, embodied, and imaged for the purposes of racial advancement during the first half of the 20th C. Series: Sexual Cultures. Num Pages: 463 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; 1K; GTB; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 685.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 463
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814775639
- ISBN
- 9780814775639
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.61
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Paperback. Latinos are the fastest growing population in the United States. As a result, this book seeks to answer questions on the definition of racial and ethnic identity and examines the Latino identity as both fluid and situation-dependent. Series: Critical America. Num Pages: 283 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL4; JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 283
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814775479
- ISBN
- 9780814775479
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Condition: New
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Paperback. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD; HBTB; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 228 x 26. Weight in Grams: 462.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780814774823
- ISBN
- 9780814774823
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.61
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paperback. This text explores a range of topics, including underground literature, religious revival, and the rise of a national Jewish consciousness. It examines the ambivalent role traditionally played by the Soviet Union in both allowing cultural expression and suppressing individual religious practice. Editor(s): Ro'i, Yaacov; Beker, Avi. Num Pages: 504 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVU; JFC; JFSR1; JHMP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 33. Weight in Grams: 660.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 504
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814774328
- ISBN
- 9780814774328
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Condition: New
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Hardback. A three volume analysis of the global economic crisis Editor(s): Calhoun, Craig; Derluguian, Georgi M. Series: Possible Futures. Num Pages: 784 pages. BIC Classification: 3JMC; JHB; KCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 784
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814772867
- ISBN
- 9780814772867
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Condition: New
€ 185.91
€ 185.91
Hardback. It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single must be in search of a partner Series: Sexual Cultures. Num Pages: 239 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSJ1; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 132 x 23. Weight in Grams: 458.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 239
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814772546
- ISBN
- 9780814772546
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Condition: New
€ 81.31
€ 81.31
Paperback. Editor(s): Perea, Juan F. Series: Critical America Series. Num Pages: 358 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; JFSL1; JHMP; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 358
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780814766422
- ISBN
- 9780814766422
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.81
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Hardback. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; JFFP; JHBK; JMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 413.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814760512
- ISBN
- 9780814760512
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.43
€ 96.43
Paperback. This accessibly written collaboration between a sociologist and a nursing teacher is a full account of how young men conceptualize fatherhood. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ2; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 395.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814756966
- ISBN
- 9780814756966
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.71
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Paperback. Offers social and psychological insights into the most common forms of female sufferingincest and body hatred Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCX6; JH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 149 x 226 x 14. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814755297
- ISBN
- 9780814755297
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.86
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Paperback. Num Pages: 290 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814754313
- ISBN
- 9780814754313
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.71
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Paperback. "Heroic Efforts" serves as an easy to understand sociological introduction to the ways emotions develop and connect us to our surroundings, as well as to the links between the concept of heroism and other sociological theories such as those on gender stereotypes and edgework. Num Pages: 233 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 339.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 233
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814751848
- ISBN
- 9780814751848
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.75
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paperback. Through a series of ethnographic case studies, this volume presents the responses of American women whose experiences of motherhood have failed to match up to the standards and norms which have been set by consumer culture. Editor(s): Layne, Linda L. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814751558
- ISBN
- 9780814751558
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.75
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Paperback. A history of the American Federation of Labor, which played a key role in wartime production and was a major actor in the contentious relationship between the state, organized labor, and the working class in the 1940s. Num Pages: 288 pages, 28 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 33. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814748244
- ISBN
- 9780814748244
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.75
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Paperback. The dramatic story of human bodies that no longer behave in a manner modern medicine can predict and control Num Pages: 238 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JH; MBNH2; MMR; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814747520
- ISBN
- 9780814747520
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
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Paperback. Explores the individual psychology, family dynamics, and societal messages behind bicultural development Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; JFSL4; JHMC; JMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814740903
- ISBN
- 9780814740903
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
€ 32.99
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