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Paperback. Susan Hirsch's observations of Islamic courts uncover how Muslim women actively use legal processes to transform their domestic lives. This achieves victories on some fronts, but also reinforces their image as subordinate to men through the speech they produce in court. Series: Language & Legal Discourse S. Num Pages: 370 pages, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; CF; JFSJ; JFSR2; JHBK; LAFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 506.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
370
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226344645
ISBN
9780226344645
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.82

Hardback. A collection of reflections on all aspects of family life from around the world. The book covers the passage of life, connections within the family, everyday dramas, and issues such as the media, racism, sexism and working mothers. It also contains advice from contemporary experts. Editor(s): Ginsberg, Susan. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBK; VFV; VFXC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 162 x 29. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231103763
ISBN
9780231103763
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.12
€ 73.24

Paperback. Explains how the leaders China decided to limit all couples to one child. This book focuses on the historic period 1978-80 and documents the manner in which a handful of leading aerospace engineers hijacked the population policymaking process and formulated a strategy that treated people like missiles. Num Pages: 426 pages, 17 b/w photographs, 5 line illustrations, 8 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JHBD; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 582.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
426
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520253391
ISBN
9780520253391
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

Paperback. Based on internal documents, long-term fieldwork, and interviews, this book charts the emergence of population as a central source of power in the People's Republic of China, documenting the gradual shift from hard birth planning techniques toward soft neoliberal approaches. Num Pages: 412 pages, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJP; 3JMC; JHBD; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 566.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
412
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804748803
ISBN
9780804748803
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.83

Accounts of China's global rise emphasize economics and politics, largely neglecting the cultivation of China's people. This title by focusing on the decade since 2000, and especially 2004 - 09, argues that the vital politics of population has been central to the globalizing agenda of the reform state. Series: The Edwin O.Reischauer Lectures. Num Pages: 156 pages, 1 halftone, 5 line illustrations, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JHBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 245 x 20. Weight in Grams: 394.
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
156
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674055711
ISBN
9780674055711
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 40.39

Paperback. How does gendered organizational life impact on individuals' identities in their everyday working lives? This question is explored with theoretical insights from disciplines including Sociology, Geography, History and Gender Studies interwoven with a major new empirical study of doctors and nurses working in the British National Health Service. Num Pages: 205 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHBL; YQS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
205
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349520466
ISBN
9781349520466
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.74

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333535868
ISBN
9780333535868
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.73

Hardcover. Series: Economic Studies. Num Pages: 176 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1D; JHBL; KCC; KN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 160 x 19. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674451759
ISBN
9780674451759
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.26
€ 48.67

Paperback. A tale of adolescent girls coming of age in the South during the most explosive decades for the region. Focusing on the period from 1920 to 1960, it reveals how both the life of the South and the meaning of adolescence underwent enormous political, economic, and social shifts. Num Pages: 384 pages, 19 halftones. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHBK5; JM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 524.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674063938
ISBN
9780674063938
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 31.06

Paperback. Revised thesis (doctoral) - Freie Universiteat, Berlin, 2003. Series: Berliner Schriften zur Museumskunde. Num Pages: 235 pages, 16 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHB; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 13. Weight in Grams: 314.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Germany
Number of pages
235
Condition
New
SKU
V9783810041784
ISBN
9783810041784
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.96

Num Pages: 643 pages, Illustrations, maps,plans. BIC Classification: JHBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 278 x 153 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1044.
Publication date
1987
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
643
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231060806
ISBN
9780231060806
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 192.97

Paperback. Num Pages: 169 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JFFK; JHBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 136 x 13. Weight in Grams: 267.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
International Scholars Publications,U.S. United States
Number of pages
169
Condition
New
SKU
V9781573093590
ISBN
9781573093590
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 81.31

Hardcover. Drawing upon field work and interviews with cultural workers in the UK and Australia, this book examines the cultural work experiences of rural, regional and remotely located creative practitioners, and how this sits within local economies and communities. Num Pages: 203 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AF; JFC; JFSF; JHBL; KJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230355422
ISBN
9780230355422
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.49

Paperback. Drawing upon field work and interviews with cultural workers in the UK and Australia, this book examines the cultural work experiences of rural, regional and remotely located creative practitioners, and how this sits within local economies and communities. Num Pages: 203 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; AF; JFSR; JHBL; JHBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
203
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349347117
ISBN
9781349347117
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.06

Hardcover. Craft and the Creative Economy examines the place of craft and making in the contemporary cultural economy, with a distinctive focus on the ways in which this creative sector is growing exponentially as a result of online shopfronts and home-based micro-enterprise, 'mumpreneurialism' and downshifting, and renewed demand for the handmade. Num Pages: 203 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHBL; KC; KJE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 145 x 16. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137399649
ISBN
9781137399649
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.28

Hardback. Provides a demographic study of the household, based on data gathered by the World Fertility Survey. This reference explores household composition in six Latin American countries and compares the situation with that in the United States and western Europe as well as with each other. Series: The Springer Series on Demographic Methods and Population Analysis. Num Pages: 251 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBD; MBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 1230.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Springer Science+Business Media United States
Number of pages
251
Condition
New
SKU
V9780306449628
ISBN
9780306449628
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.86

paperback. Series: The Springer Series on Demographic Methods and Population Analysis. Num Pages: 251 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JHBD; KCP; MBN; MBNS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 415.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1995
Number of pages
251
Condition
New
SKU
V9781461357469
ISBN
9781461357469
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 127.46

Hardback. True to the nature of the Gedenkschrift, this commemorative publication celebrates the work of sociologist Dr. William Freudenburg, one of the founding editors of RSPPP and Dehlsen Professor, University of California, Santa Barbara. Editor(s): Maret, Susan. Series: Research in Social Problems and Public Policy. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: JF; JHB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 161 x 236 x 31. Weight in Grams: 648.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781907344
ISBN
9781781907344
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 135.81

Paperback. Offering an analysis of legislative responses to surrogacy in the bellwether states of New York and California, this book explores how discourses about gender, family, race, genetics, rights, and choice have shaped policies. It examines the views of key players, including legislators, women's organizations, religious groups, the media, and others. Num Pages: 277 pages, 1 line illustration, 12 tables. BIC Classification: JFM; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 230 x 18. Weight in Grams: 402.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
277
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520252042
ISBN
9780520252042
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

Paperback. Recent years have seen a growing impetus to explain social life almost exclusively in biological and mechanistic terms, and to dismiss cultural meaning and difference. Editor(s): McKinnon, Susan; Silverman, Sydel. Num Pages: 296 pages, 2 figures, 5halftones. BIC Classification: JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 264 x 28. Weight in Grams: 468.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226500249
ISBN
9780226500249
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.91

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