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Paperback. Immigration has long shaped US society in fundamental ways. With Latinos recently surpassing African Americans as the largest minority group in the US, attention has been focused on the important implications of immigration for the character and role of race in US life, including patterns of racial inequality and racial identity. Series: Immigration and Society. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: JFFN; JFSL1; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 208 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745647920
- ISBN
- 9780745647920
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.53
€ 23.53
Paperback. Exploring an array of intimacies between global migrants, this title illuminates a transient world of heterogeneous social relations - dignified, collaborative, and illicit. It reveals the intersections between capitalism, the state's treatment of immigrants, sexual citizenship, and racism in the first half of the twentieth century. Series: American Crossroads. Num Pages: 358 pages, 15 b/w photographs and 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; JFSL; JHBK5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 230 x 23. Weight in Grams: 520. Contesting Race, Sexuality and the Law in the North American West. Series: American Crossroads. 358 pages, illustrations. Exploring an array of intimacies between global migrants, this title illuminates a transient world of heterogeneous social relations - dignified, collaborative, and illicit. It reveals the intersections between capitalism, the state's treatment of immigrants, sexual citizenship, and racism in the first half of the twentieth century. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; JFSL; JHBK5. Dimension: 156 x 230 x 23. Weight: 498.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 358
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520270879
- ISBN
- 9780520270879
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
€ 40.99
€ 29.44
hardcover. This thoughtful ethnography of Islam in Pakistan moves from the smallest scale-a single worshiper striving to be a better Muslim who is seeking guidance at a neighborhood mosque-to the largest, examining the thought of poet and philosopher Muhammad Iqbal, considered to be the spiritual visionary of the country. Num Pages: 280 pages, 2 illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAM2; HRH; JHB; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5983 x 3971. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press Books United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822352174
- ISBN
- 9780822352174
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.18
€ 111.18
Paperback. This thoughtful ethnography of Islam in Pakistan moves from the smallest scale-a single worshiper striving to be a better Muslim who is seeking guidance at a neighborhood mosque-to the largest, examining the thought of poet and philosopher Muhammad Iqbal, considered to be the spiritual visionary of the country. Num Pages: 280 pages, 2 illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAM2; HRH; JHB; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822352310
- ISBN
- 9780822352310
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.67
€ 37.99
€ 27.67
Paperback. Tough Choices or Tough Times, the report of the New Commission on the Skills of the American Workforce, shows how the dynamics of the global economy will lead to a steady decline in the American standard of living if this country does not undertake the first thorough overhaul of its education system in a century. Num Pages: 264 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBL; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 186 x 20. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- Revised and Expanded Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470267561
- ISBN
- 9780470267561
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Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 20.40
€ 24.99
€ 20.40
Working in the Catholic Church: An Attitudinal Survey
National Association Of Church Personnel Admi...
Paperback. Num Pages: 164 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCC7; HRCX1; JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Sheed & Ward
- Number of pages
- 164
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781556125683
- ISBN
- 9781556125683
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.10
€ 35.10
Paperback. This timely volume brings insights from multiple disciplines to bear on debates about declining fertility rates and modern approaches to child raising. Editor(s): Lauster, Nathanael; Allan, Graham. Num Pages: 212 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHB; JKSN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 212
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774821933
- ISBN
- 9780774821933
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Condition: New
€ 64.47
€ 64.47
Paperback. To learn more about Rowman & Littlefield titles please visit us at www.rowmanlittlefield.com. Num Pages: 396 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBK; MMH; MMJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 162 x 27. Weight in Grams: 631.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Jason Aronson Inc. Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 396
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781568213415
- ISBN
- 9781568213415
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Condition: New
€ 125.37
€ 125.37
Paperback. Society Explained introduces students to key concepts in sociology through engaging narrative examples. After an overview of the history of sociology, the book covers subjects ranging from the individual in society to marriage and family. This concise book is an ideal introduction to the sociological imagination. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442207110
- ISBN
- 9781442207110
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Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 47.36
€ 49.99
€ 47.36
Hardcover. Roger examines how developments in new media technologies, such as the internet, blogs, camera/video phones, have fundamentally altered the way in which governments, militaries, terrorists, NGOs, and citizens engage with images. He argues that there has been a paradigm shift from techno-war to image warfare, which emerged on 9/11. Series: New Security Challenges. Num Pages: 201 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFD; JHB; JPS; JPWL; JWK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 16. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230363885
- ISBN
- 9780230363885
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Condition: New
€ 66.50
€ 66.50
Paperback. Series: Sexuality Studies. Num Pages: 488 pages. BIC Classification: GTC; JHBK; VFV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 10. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 488
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774828970
- ISBN
- 9780774828970
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.28
€ 37.99
€ 34.28
Paperback. Academics from a range of disciplines join with political activists to explore the meaning of politics and citizenship in contemporary society and the current forms of political (dis)engagement, providing a timely interdisciplinary dialogue and interrogation of contemporary political practices. Editor(s): Manning, Nathan. Num Pages: 276 pages. BIC Classification: JHB; JPA; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 327 x 21. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Publisher
- Policy Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447317029
- ISBN
- 9781447317029
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 36.59
€ 37.99
€ 36.59
Hardcover. Having a baby is surely one of the pinnacle events of a woman's life. The resulting depression - how it is experienced, and how it might be relieved - is the subject of this volume, which recounts the stories of new mothers caught between a cultural ideal and a far more complex reality. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: JHBF; MMJ; VFXB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 549.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674007611
- ISBN
- 9780674007611
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.70€ 67.29
€ 73.70
€ 67.29
Paperback. Num Pages: 242 pages. BIC Classification: JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 137 x 18. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2021
- Publisher
- Transcript Verlag
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783899423730
- ISBN
- 9783899423730
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Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 38.84
€ 43.99
€ 38.84
Paperback. Sociology For Dummies helps you understand the complex field of sociology, serving as the ideal study guide both when you're deciding to take a class as well as when you are already participating in a course. Avoiding jargon, Sociology For Dummies will get you up to speed on this widely studied topic in no time. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 187 x 24. Weight in Grams: 730.
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781119991342
- ISBN
- 9781119991342
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.42
€ 25.99
€ 19.42
Hardback. This ground-breaking study of the baby boomer generation reflects the intersection of time, ageing, body and identity to give a nuanced and enlightened understanding of the ageing process. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFSP31; JHB; JKSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Policy Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447318774
- ISBN
- 9781447318774
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.70
€ 98.70
Paperback. Explores popular religious music and dance from the Caribbean Series: Ethnomusicology Multimedia. Num Pages: 182 pages, 28 b&w illus., 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KJ; AVGE; HRLF; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 151 x 13. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 182
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253223371
- ISBN
- 9780253223371
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.44
€ 26.99
€ 25.44
Hardback. Researching the Lifecourse features methods linking time, space and mobilities and provides practitioners with practical detail in each chapter. It covers the full lifecourse and includes innovative methods and case study examples from different European and North American contexts. Editor(s): Hardill, Irene; Worth, Nancy. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JHBC; RGC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 244 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Bristol University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447317524
- ISBN
- 9781447317524
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.70
€ 98.70
Paperback. Nancy Tatom Ammerman examines the stories Americans tell of their everyday lives, from dinner table to office and shopping mall to doctor's office, about the things that matter most to them and the routines they take for granted, and the times and places where the everyday and ordinary meet the spiritual. Num Pages: 400 pages, 33 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRLK; HRLM; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199917365
- ISBN
- 9780199917365
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Condition: New
€ 71.37
€ 71.37
Paperback. When lives are dominated by hunger, what becomes of love? When assaulted by daily acts of violence and untimely death, what happens to trust? Set in the lands of Northeast Brazil, this is an account of the everyday experience of scarcity, sickness and death that centres on the lives of the women and children of a hillside "favela". Num Pages: 632 pages, 65 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JFC; JFFE; JFSJ1; JHBZ; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1002. The Violence of Everyday Life in Brazil. 632 pages, 65 b&w photographs. Bringing her readers to the slopes above a modern plantation town, the author follows three generations of shanty-town women as they struggle to survive through hard work, cunning and trial. It is a story of class relations told at the basic level of bodies, emotions, desires and needs. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JFC; JFFE; JFSJ1; JHBZ; JHM. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 40. Weight: 1006.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 632
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520075375
- ISBN
- 9780520075375
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 32.16
€ 44.99
€ 32.16