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Paperback. The Mother in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction examines the uncanny properties of the maternal function in psychoanalysis, technology, and literature in order to show that the event of birth is radically unthinkable and often becomes expressed through uncontrollable repetitions that exceed the bounds of any subject. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 168 x 19. Weight in Grams: 436.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823240562
ISBN
9780823240562
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.02

Paperback. This study of local perceptions of population and development in a rural southwestern Nigerian town questions some of the underlying assumptions of the demographic theory of fertility transition. Series: International African Library. Num Pages: 256 pages, 41 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; GTB; JHBD; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 158 x 16. Weight in Grams: 526.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748618156
ISBN
9780748618156
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.07

Russia's Age of Serfdom 1649-1861 offers a broad interpretive history of the Russian Empire from the time of serfdom's codification until its abolition following the Crimean War. Series: Blackwell History of Russia. Num Pages: 312 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 578.
Publication date
2008
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405134576
ISBN
9781405134576
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 142.68

Hardback. The book aims to show that, in the 21st century, it is possible to live, love, form a family without sex, without children, without a shared home, without a partner, without a working husband, without a heterosexual orientation or without a "biological" sexual body. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: JHBK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 242 x 161 x 14. Weight in Grams: 402.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Bristol University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447300939
ISBN
9781447300939
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.99

Paperback. .
Publisher
Bristol University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447300922
ISBN
9781447300922
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 34.78

Paperback. Explores the debates and rhetoric surrounding home-based workers that have taken place in global movements and multilateral organizations since the early 1900s. This title describes the rules that have separated home and work and, in the process, created a diverse array of distinctly gendered identities. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; JFSJ; JHBL; JPS; KCF; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Columbia University Press New York
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231115612
ISBN
9780231115612
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.91

Paperback. Denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance. The five stages of grief are part of our common understanding of bereavement. This book is suitable for those with an interest in bereavement or the five stages of grief. Num Pages: 264 pages, 1 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JHBZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 146 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415463997
ISBN
9780415463997
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.26

paperback. .
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719038273
ISBN
9780719038273
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 32.16

The traditional image of the family as a life--long unit is fading fast. There are fewer marriages, more divorces, and ever more children born to unmarried or single parents. The forms of our private life are changing rapidly, and people are embarking on new lifestyles based on cohabitation, separation and same--sex partnerships. Translator(s): Camiller, Patrick. Num Pages: 184 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 394.
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745622132
ISBN
9780745622132
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.99

Paperback. Eliot Freidson has written the first systematic account of professionalism as a method of organizing work. In ideal--typical professionalism, specialized workers control their own work, while in the free market consumers are in command, and in bureaucracy managers dominate. Num Pages: 264 pages, 5. BIC Classification: JHBL; KJWX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745603315
ISBN
9780745603315
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.01

Paperback. Explains the Institutional Analysis and Development (IAD) framework, which enables a scholar to choose the most relevant level of interaction for a particular question. This book explains and illustrates how to use the IAD in the context of both field and experimental studies. Num Pages: 376 pages, 20 line illus. 15 tables. BIC Classification: JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 554.
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691122380
ISBN
9780691122380
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.32

Paperback. Provides a glimpse into modern-day American families. This title focuses on a variety of issues that face American families: the differing stress levels among parents; the problem of excessive clutter in the American home; the importance (and decline) of the family meal; the vanishing boundaries that once separated work and home life; and more. Editor(s): Ochs, Elinor; Kremer-Sadlik, Tamar. Num Pages: 320 pages, 22 b/w photographs, 10 line illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFS; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 151 x 19. Weight in Grams: 436.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Paperback Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520273986
ISBN
9780520273986
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 23.55

Hardback. Provides a glimpse into modern-day American families. This title focuses on a variety of issues that face American families: the differing stress levels among parents; the problem of excessive clutter in the American home; the importance (and decline) of the family meal; the vanishing boundaries that once separated work and home life; and more. Editor(s): Ochs, Elinor; Kremer-Sadlik, Tamar. Num Pages: 320 pages, 22 b/w photographs, 10 line illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFS; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 467.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520273979
ISBN
9780520273979
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 69.39
€ 53.80

Hardcover. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: JHBK; JKVF1; PS; RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 189. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118953327
ISBN
9781118953327
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 120.88

Paperback. Unsparing and important.. An informative, clearheaded and sobering book.-Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post (1999 Critic's Choice) Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: JFSG; JFSL3; JHBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 208 x 139 x 22. Weight in Grams: 404.
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393320787
ISBN
9780393320787
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.21

Hardback. Drawing on memoir, history, and theory, Eli Clare complicates the understanding of cure, seeing it as an ideology that serves contradictory purposes-from saving lives to social control-while critiquing cure rhetoric and the drive to cure disabled people through an insistence of the value of disability. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: BM; JFFG; JFSK; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 477.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822362760
ISBN
9780822362760
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.62

Paperback. Drawing on memoir, history, and theory, Eli Clare complicates the understanding of cure, seeing it as an ideology that serves contradictory purposes-from saving lives to social control-while critiquing cure rhetoric and the drive to cure disabled people through an insistence of the value of disability. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: BM; JFFG; JFSK; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 13. Weight in Grams: 341.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Duke University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822362876
ISBN
9780822362876
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.01

Paperback. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198778509
ISBN
9780198778509
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.77

Paperback. From the dawn of time, power has been an aphrodisiac. The royal mistress, having conquered a king, often ran his kingdom, wielding her sexuality as a sceptre. This book explores the position of royal mistress at European Courts, and the fascinating women who filled it. Series: P.S. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; HBTB; JHBK5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 136 x 21. Weight in Grams: 274.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
William Morrow Paperbacks
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780060585440
ISBN
9780060585440
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.32

hardcover. An ethnography examining the history of Korean adoption to West, the emergence of a distinctive adoptee collective identity, and adoptee returns to Korea in relation to South Korean modernity and globalization. Num Pages: 344 pages, 15 photographs, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPK; 1KBB; JHBK; JKSF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5983 x 3971 x 27. Weight in Grams: 617.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822346838
ISBN
9780822346838
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 114.25

Paperback. An ethnography examining the history of Korean adoption to West, the emergence of a distinctive adoptee collective identity, and adoptee returns to Korea in relation to South Korean modernity and globalization. Num Pages: 320 pages, 15 photographs, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPK; 1KBB; JHBK; JKSF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 494.
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822346951
ISBN
9780822346951
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.30

Hardcover. Mizing Business with Pleasure discusses how the traditional masculine networking practices that have unofficially become an integral part of governance in post-Mao China have affected the development, progression, and administration of China's HIV epidemic. Num Pages: 280 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFH2; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 238 x 22. Weight in Grams: 544.
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804795760
ISBN
9780804795760
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.11

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 150 x 12. Weight in Grams: 254.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1983
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226511702
ISBN
9780226511702
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.44

Hardcover. Choice Outstanding Academic Title for 2015 Sex in China introduces readers to some of the dramatic shifts that have taken place in Chinese sexual behaviours and attitudes, and public discussions of sex, since the 1980s. Series: China Today. Num Pages: 200 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JHBK5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 158 x 25. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780745656137
ISBN
9780745656137
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.64

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