Social issues & processes
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Social issues & processes
Paperback. A poignant piece of self-revelation, sprinkled with some trenchant observations on the way the dead hand of history has weighed down the former Warsaw Pact countries Editor(s): Gilman, Sander L. Series: Texts and Contexts. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVH; BG; DSA; HBJD; HBLW3; JFFN; JPFC; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 313.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803292611
- ISBN
- 9780803292611
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Condition: New
€ 21.42
€ 21.42
Paperback. Studying the changing structure of social inequality and its underlying causes and consequences, this text encourages diverse methodologies and approaches, including conceptual and theoretical treatises, qualitative and quantitative analyses, and comparative and case-study approaches. Num Pages: 320 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 137 x 22. Weight in Grams: 372.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1961
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804701242
- ISBN
- 9780804701242
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 27.39
€ 31.99
€ 27.39
Paperback. The Communist revolution promised Chinese women an end to thousands of years of subjugation, an equality with men in all matters legal, political, social, and economic. This book examines the extent to which this promise has been kept. Num Pages: 300 pages, 25 tables. BIC Classification: JFFK; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 17. Weight in Grams: 347.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 297
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804713481
- ISBN
- 9780804713481
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.40
€ 38.99
€ 35.40
Paperback. Spanning the century from the Taiping Rebellion through the establishment of the People's Republic of China, this is a comprehensive history of women in modern China. Editor(s): Fogel, Joshua A. Num Pages: 284 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBTB; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 17. Weight in Grams: 331.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804714976
- ISBN
- 9780804714976
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Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 39.17
€ 44.99
€ 39.17
Hardback. Connecting the cultural domains of religion, sex, and work, this book encompasses aspects of feminist theory, post-structuralist materialisms, Victorian thought, and two prominent 19th-century women's novels (Charlotte Bronte's Villette and George Eliot's Middlemarch)--to understand desire between women as a form of "spiritual materialism." Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 606.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804723121
- ISBN
- 9780804723121
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.89
€ 133.89
Paperback. Connecting the cultural domains of religion, sex, and work, this book encompasses aspects of feminist theory, post-structuralist materialisms, Victorian thought, and two prominent 19th-century women's novels (Charlotte Bronte's Villette and George Eliot's Middlemarch)--to understand desire between women as a form of "spiritual materialism." Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 422.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804723442
- ISBN
- 9780804723442
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.13
€ 33.99
€ 31.13
Paperback. Written from a feminist perspective, this is a cultural and ideological study of modern China as seen in the writing of experimental fiction, one of the main attempts to subvert the conventions of socialist realism in contemporary Chinese literature. Num Pages: 244 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSBH; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 311.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804724647
- ISBN
- 9780804724647
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.69
€ 33.99
€ 30.69
Paperback. It has been half a century since the publication of An American Dilemma, Gunnar Myrdal's seminal work on race in America. This book is an attempt to contribute to a fresh understanding of this dilemma by viewing the issues of race as they are now, not as they were a generation or so ago. Editor(s): Sniderman, Paul M.; Tetlock, Philip E.; Carmines, Edward G. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSL; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 490.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reissue
- SKU
- V9780804724821
- ISBN
- 9780804724821
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 32.80
€ 36.99
€ 32.80
Paperback. This book explores the link between the everyday relations of gender and the reform of the rural political economy in the 1980's, and argues that the reconstitution of the Chinese state in the reform era draws force and authority from the inherent politics and power of gender. Editor(s): Judd, Ellen R. Num Pages: 312 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPN; JFFK; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 426.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reissue
- SKU
- V9780804726986
- ISBN
- 9780804726986
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.72
€ 39.72
Paperback. This book focuses on how the transformation of the food habits of Chinese children-involving snack foods, soft drinks, and fast foods from such Western outlets as McDonald's and Kentucky Fried Chicken-has changed the intimate relationship of childhood, parenthood, and family life. Editor(s): Jing, Jun. Num Pages: 296 pages, 7 line diagrams 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFF; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 18. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804731348
- ISBN
- 9780804731348
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.56
€ 31.99
€ 28.56
Paperback. This work explores challenges to male hegemony throughout continental Europe. It focuses especially on France, but it also offers comparative material on developments in the German-speaking countries and in the smaller European nations and aspiring nation-states. Num Pages: 584 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3J; HBJD; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 767.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 584
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804734202
- ISBN
- 9780804734202
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 41.90
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€ 41.90
Paperback. This is the first book-length treatment of the political causes and consequences of the Great Leap Famine (1959-61), one of the worst tragedies in human history. Num Pages: 368 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; JFFC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 500.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804734707
- ISBN
- 9780804734707
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.32
€ 38.99
€ 35.32
Paperback. This text centres the future of Southern California on the links between the two fastest-growing racial groups in California, Asians and Latinos, and the economic and social mainstream of this important sector of the global economy. Editor(s): Lopez-Garza, Marta; Diaz, David R. Num Pages: 488 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; JFFN; JFSL4; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 27. Weight in Grams: 649.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 488
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780804736312
- ISBN
- 9780804736312
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Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 46.06
€ 50.99
€ 46.06
Paperback. This title tells the story of how small farmers responded to a free-market onslaught that devastated one of the Western Hemisphere's most advanced social-democratic welfare states. Num Pages: 344 pages, 18 half-tones 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLCR; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; JFFS; JFSC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 228 x 20. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804736930
- ISBN
- 9780804736930
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 41.29
€ 41.99
€ 41.29
Paperback. By addressing, through empirical research, the many facets of racial dynamics in higher education, this timely book offers not only strong arguments for the necessity of affirmative action policies, but also ways of building a research agenda that tests notions of fairness, merit, and the benefits of diversity. Editor(s): Chang, Mitchell J.; Witt, Daria; Jones, James; Hakuta, Kenji. Num Pages: 264 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSL; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804740357
- ISBN
- 9780804740357
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.28
€ 36.99
€ 33.28
Paperback. This book explores the politics of race, censuses, and citizenship, drawing on the complex history of questions about race in the U.S. and Brazilian censuses. It reconstructs the history of racial categorization in American and Brazilian censuses from each country's first census in the 18th and 19th centuries up through the 2000 census. Num Pages: 256 pages, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLSB; JFFJ; JFSL; JHBC; JHBD; JHMP; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 16. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804740593
- ISBN
- 9780804740593
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.87
€ 29.99
€ 26.87
Survival of the Knitted: Immigrant Social Networks in a Stratified Wor...
Vilna Francine Bashi Treitler
Paperback. Using immigrants' own words, Bashi shows how immigrants organize social networks that offer mutual financial and emotional support and help an entire ethnic group navigate systems of socioeconomic stratification. Num Pages: 344 pages, 1 table, 7 figures. BIC Classification: JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804740906
- ISBN
- 9780804740906
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.56
€ 31.99
€ 28.56
Paperback. This is the history of the black British women's movement of the 1980s (comprising women of African-Caribbean and South Asian origin), and its place in postwar British politics, racism, and feminism. Series: Cultural Sitings. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFFK; JFSL1; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 313.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804743211
- ISBN
- 9780804743211
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.18
€ 33.99
€ 31.18
paperback. The author chronicles LA's emergence as the nation's leading trade centre and gateway to the Pacific Rim in the 20th century, exploring recent epic battles over port development, expanding LAX, creating a new international airport in Orange County, building the Alameda Corridor rail link and more. Num Pages: 336 pages, 23 tables, 5 figures, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; JFFS; KCM; RP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 445.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804746816
- ISBN
- 9780804746816
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.33
€ 36.99
€ 33.33
Paperback. This work takes a historical approach to examining Islam's role in globalization. It identifies complex historical and geopolitical trends in Islamic history, and constructs from these a clear assessment of contemporary Islam. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: HRH; JFFS; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5182 x 3226 x 10. Weight in Grams: 145.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804748339
- ISBN
- 9780804748339
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.09
€ 23.99
€ 20.09