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Paperback. Despite increased economic opportunities for women, sexual commerce has not only thrived in the Western world, it has diversified along technological, spatial, and social lines. This work paints a picture of the state of global sexual commerce and its relationship to a burgeoning consumer culture. Series: Worlds of Desire: The Chicago Series on Sexuality, Gender & Culture. Num Pages: 288 pages, 17 halftones, 6 maps, 6 line drawings, 3 tables. BIC Classification: JFMX; JHBL; KNS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226044583
- ISBN
- 9780226044583
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.40
€ 36.99
€ 29.40
Paperback. This book addresses fundamental questions about marriage in moral and political philosophy. It examines promise, commitment, care, and contract to argue that marriage is not morally transformative. It argues that marriage discriminates against other forms of caring relationships and that, legally, restrictions on entry should be minimized. Series: Studies in Feminist Philosophy. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; JHBK; LNMB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199774135
- ISBN
- 9780199774135
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Condition: New
€ 52.65
€ 52.65
Paperback. Editor(s): Pike, Elizabeth C. J.; Beames, Simon. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: JHBS; WSE. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 13. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 184
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415532679
- ISBN
- 9780415532679
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Condition: New
€ 63.31
€ 63.31
Paperback. Explores how members of Guanajuato's Santa Fe Cooperative, Mexico's cooperatively owned silver mine, give meaning to their labor in an era of globalization and neoliberalism. This work analyzes the cooperative's practices and the importance of patrimonio in their understanding of work, kinship, and morality. Num Pages: 296 pages, 21 photos, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JHBL; KCF; KNAT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231132398
- ISBN
- 9780231132398
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 30.39
€ 42.99
€ 30.39
hardcover. Num Pages: 220 pages, black & white line drawings, figures. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JFSP31; JHBL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 160 x 253 x 20. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442215504
- ISBN
- 9781442215504
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Condition: New
€ 72.97
€ 72.97
Paperback. Explores the significance of the wedding ceremony by asking what the wedding becomes when you separate it from the idea of marriage. This book finds that weddings - as performances, fantasies, and rituals of transformation - are sites for imagining and enacting forms of social intimacy other than monogamous heterosexuality. Series: Series Q. Num Pages: 312 pages, 8 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFSJ; JHBK; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5665 x 3963 x 22. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822329893
- ISBN
- 9780822329893
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 30.33
€ 31.99
€ 30.33
Hardcover. The late twentieth century has seen a fantastic expansion of personal, sexual, and domestic liberties in the United States. In this title, the author explores the rise of cohabitation, and the changing social norms that have allowed cohabitation to become the chosen lifestyle of more than fifteen million Americans. Num Pages: 312 pages, 15 halftones, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBTB; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226671031
- ISBN
- 9780226671031
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Condition: New
€ 105.84€ 86.72
€ 105.84
€ 86.72
Paperback. The late twentieth century has seen a fantastic expansion of personal, sexual, and domestic liberties in the United States. In this title, the author explores the rise of cohabitation, and the changing social norms that have allowed cohabitation to become the chosen lifestyle of more than fifteen million Americans. Num Pages: 312 pages, 15 halftones, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBTB; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226671048
- ISBN
- 9780226671048
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.01
€ 40.99
€ 31.01
Paperback. She concludes that while globalization may exacerbate such conflicts, it can ultimately lead to social change. Num Pages: 208 pages, 30, 30 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 179 x 15. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801882630
- ISBN
- 9780801882630
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 29.03
€ 29.99
€ 29.03
Paperback. Bridging literary conventions, this work explores the cultural origins of a quiet revolution that occurred over the course of the twentieth century. It combines novelistic and ethnographic techniques to illuminate population dynamics that have raised alarm across Europe and the US, and manifested, for example, in Italy's extremely low birthrate. Num Pages: 304 pages, 11 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: JHBF; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520258495
- ISBN
- 9780520258495
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.70
€ 40.99
€ 28.70
Paperback. In a sweeping reassessment of early American literature, The Gender of Freedom explores the workings of the literary public sphere-from its colonial emergence through the antebellum flourishing of sentimentalism-and places representations of and by women at the center rather than the margin of the public sphere and the politics of liberalism. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSBD; DSK; JHBK5. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804758475
- ISBN
- 9780804758475
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.35
€ 32.99
€ 29.35
paperback. Series: Families, Law, and Society. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBK; JKSB1; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9781479860296
- ISBN
- 9781479860296
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.35
€ 32.99
€ 29.35
Paperback. A collection of essays showcasing intersections of mothering, the media, and popular culture. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFSJ1; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 621.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen's University Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780773539808
- ISBN
- 9780773539808
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 38.36
€ 42.99
€ 38.36
Paperback. The second edition of American Sexual Histories features an updated collection of sixteen articles and their corresponding primary sources that investigate issues related to human sexuality in America from the colonial era to the present day. Editor(s): Reis, Elizabeth. Series: Wiley Blackwell Readers in American Social and Cultural History. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJK; JHBK5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 191 x 247 x 19. Weight in Grams: 688.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444339291
- ISBN
- 9781444339291
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Condition: New
€ 72.42
€ 72.42
Paperback. Num Pages: 290 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBK; JMC; JNC; JNLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 158 x 16. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199926459
- ISBN
- 9780199926459
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.82
€ 52.82
Paperback. A Clever, innovative book which makes an important contribution to social theory and social policy. An effective introduction it covers core themes and demonstrates exactly how our everyday life is defined by the rise, change and collapse of social practices. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 151 x 210 x 11. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Ltd
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857020437
- ISBN
- 9780857020437
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Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 47.32
€ 49.99
€ 47.32
Hardback. The funeral laments of Upper Egypt have an elaborate and ancient history stretching back more than 5,000 years. This book explores the performance, motifs and meanings of the laments and reveals their relation to myth, religion, cosmology and the ancient Egyptian funerary texts. Num Pages: 328 pages, 32 black and white integrated illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 1QDAE; JFC; JHBZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 168 x 24. Weight in Grams: 878.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 328
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848850507
- ISBN
- 9781848850507
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Condition: New
€ 105.84€ 94.57
€ 105.84
€ 94.57
Hardback. This book explores how institutions such as the family, economy and religion shaped the environment and social integration of 19th century serial killer Mary Ann Cotton. It will equip criminologists with a methodological toolkit for performing institutional analysis. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: JHB; JKVQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 207 x 136 x 12. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Publisher
- Policy Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447326458
- ISBN
- 9781447326458
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 28.67
€ 29.99
€ 28.67
Hardback. Taking inspiration from the Canadian experience, Us, Them, and Others is an enticing examination of national identity and pluralist group formation in diverse societies. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1Figure. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFSL1; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 161 x 23. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802096920
- ISBN
- 9780802096920
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.91
€ 76.91
Paperback. What constitutes a family? Tracing the dramatic evolution of Americans' answer to this question over the past century, this book provides an account of modern adoption's history. It also details efforts by the US Children's Bureau and the Child Welfare League of America to establish adoption standards in law and practice. Num Pages: 368 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JHBK; RNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226327600
- ISBN
- 9780226327600
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.15
€ 36.99
€ 29.15