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Society & culture: general
Paperback. Brings images of holy motherhood and childbearing into the centre of an art-historical enquiry. Focuses on miniatures of the birth of the Virgin and the mothers of the Holy Kinship in Books of Hours made for aristocratic women in relation to the dynastic importance of heirs and the material culture of childbearing. Series: Manchester Medieval Studies. Num Pages: 320 pages, 52 black & white illustrations, 16 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 3H; ACK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719087264
- ISBN
- 9780719087264
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.03
€ 41.03
Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, 1 tables. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JNK; JNMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 371.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2020
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781501703119
- ISBN
- 9781501703119
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.45
€ 33.45
Hardcover. Editor(s): Nuxoll, Elizabeth Miles. Num Pages: 768 pages, black & white illustrations, maps, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBTV; JFSL3; JPSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1247.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813932804
- ISBN
- 9780813932804
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.01
€ 122.01
Paperback. In 1925 Leonard Rhinelander, the youngest son of a wealthy New York society family, sued to end his marriage to Alice Jones, a former domestic servant and the daughter of a 'colored' cabman. This title explains legal history, a day-by-day narrative of the trial itself, and analyses of the trial's place in the culture of the 1920s North. Num Pages: 432 pages, 10 illustrations, notes, bibl., index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; HBTB; JFSL3; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 235 x 30. Weight in Grams: 602.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807859391
- ISBN
- 9780807859391
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.89
€ 53.89
Hardcover. A Pernicious Sort of Woman provides examination of the writings of canon lawyers in the late Middle Ages as they come to terms with women who were not, strictly speaking, religious, but who were thought of as such. It studies the ways that jurists categorized these women and clarifies the ambivalent canons relating to their lives in the community. Series: Studies in Medieval and Early Modern Canon Law. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 3H; HRCX1; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The Catholic University of America Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813213927
- ISBN
- 9780813213927
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.10
€ 71.10
paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; AG; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 13. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780816647491
- ISBN
- 9780816647491
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.56
€ 31.99
€ 28.56
Paperback. Recovers the history of 19th- and early-20th-century African-American reading societies. Series: New Americanists. Num Pages: 440 pages, 4 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBF; JFSL1; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3810 x 29. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822329954
- ISBN
- 9780822329954
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.25
€ 36.99
€ 33.25
Paperback. A book about how we define knowledge and how we think about moral and political questions. It argues that the systems of knowledge, morality, and politics are rooted in views that are exclusionary. It includes an analysis of the conceptual errors that legitimate domination and the construction of kinds ('genders') of human beings. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: HPK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 227 x 23. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592131327
- ISBN
- 9781592131327
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.19
€ 36.99
€ 33.19
Paperback. This reader brings together classic works and contemporary writing on the themes and debates that have animated the field of affordable housing policy as well as the challenges in achieving the goals of policy on the ground. Editor(s): Mueller, Elizabeth; Tighe, Rosie. Num Pages: 592 pages, 29 black & white tables, 9 black & white halftones, 10 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: JFF; RGC; RP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 173 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1052.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 592
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415669382
- ISBN
- 9780415669382
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.82
€ 55.82
Hardback. Presents historical perspectives on the theory, practices, and policies of nutrition science in Western Europe and the United States from the 1860s to the 1960s. Editor(s): Neswald, Elizabeth; Smith, David F.; Thoms, Ulrike. Num Pages: 238 pages, 11 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JFF; MBNH3; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 165 x 22. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781580465762
- ISBN
- 9781580465762
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.44
€ 124.44
Paperback. The first comprehensive study of one city, Baltimore, forty years after the unrest that swept across some 120 U.S. cities. Num Pages: 294 pages, 20 black & white illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBFM; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3; JFSL; JPWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 294
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781439906620
- ISBN
- 9781439906620
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.28
€ 36.99
€ 33.28
Paperback. Num Pages: 270 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1MBF; HBG; HBLW; JFSJ1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 247 x 176 x 21. Weight in Grams: 738.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Aboriginal Studies Press Australia
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780855753139
- ISBN
- 9780855753139
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 21.79
€ 29.99
€ 21.79
Hardback. One of the world's leading authorities presents a major overview of the Moche, one of pre-Columbian America's greatest civilizations, renowned for its monumental architecture, metalwork, ceramics, and textiles Series: The William and Bette Nowlin Series in Art, History, and Culture of the Western Hemisphere. Num Pages: 208 pages, 11 colour and 62 b&w photographs, 23 line drawings, 1 map, 1 graph. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; 1KLSX; HDD; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 287 x 223 x 18. Weight in Grams: 808.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292737594
- ISBN
- 9780292737594
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.51
€ 69.51
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFHF; VXPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Publisher
- Witches Almanac Ltd.
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Rev Exp
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780977370399
- ISBN
- 9780977370399
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.89
€ 13.99
€ 13.89
Paperback. Chronicles the rise and demise of legal, feminist, and medical campaigns against domestic violence, based on research into court records, newspaper accounts, and autobiographies. This book argues that the most consistent barrier to reform has been the Family Ideal - ideas about family privacy, conjugal and parental rights, and family stability. Num Pages: 320 pages, 14 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFE3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252071751
- ISBN
- 9780252071751
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.60
€ 25.99
€ 24.60
Paperback. Re-examines the assumptions and experimental evidence behind Boyle's Law. The author argues that even good science is sometimes influenced by gender and class politics, and she shows that this work leading to the Gas Law, while certainly based on the experimental evidence, was also based on class and gendered considerations. Num Pages: 224 pages, 5 figures, 1 index. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; PD; PHFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 13. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780253214553
- ISBN
- 9780253214553
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 22.50
€ 23.99
€ 22.50
Paperback. The best-selling Christian study of homosexuality, combining a psychoanalytical approach with an emphasis on the need for counselling and prayer. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: HRCX6; JFSK2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 136 x 4. Weight in Grams: 98.
- Publisher
- Lutterworth Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780718830656
- ISBN
- 9780718830656
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.10
€ 18.10
Bridging the history of technology, science and technology studies, and disability studies, this book traces the psychological, cultural, and economic evolution of a consumer culture aimed at individuals with disabilities, who increasingly rely on personal computers to make their lives richer and more interconnected. Num Pages: 208 pages, 9, 7 black & white halftones, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: JFFG; UYZG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 236 x 19. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421416465
- ISBN
- 9781421416465
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.88
€ 61.88
Paperback. The author challenges the historical assumption that women of Virginia were largely excluded from public life. Varon demonstrates that throughout the antebellum period, white Southern women of the slaveholding class were involved in politics through their presence at political meetings and rallies. In the GENDER AND AMERICAN CULTURE series. Series: Gender and American Culture. Num Pages: 248 pages, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; JFSJ1; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press United States
- Edition
- 1 New ed
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807846964
- ISBN
- 9780807846964
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.57
€ 50.57
Paperback. From Coveralls to Zoot Suits: The Lives of Mexican American Women on the World War II Home Front Num Pages: 256 pages, 18 halftones. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JFSL4; JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 381.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781469622095
- ISBN
- 9781469622095
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.05
€ 40.05
Paperback. In The Devotes Elizabeth Rapley provides a detailed and comprehensive account of the feminization of the Church in seventeenth-century France and as far abroad as New France. Num Pages: 312 pages, 15ill. BIC Classification: 3JD; HBJD; HBLH; HRCC7; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen's University Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780773511019
- ISBN
- 9780773511019
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.85
€ 37.85
Hardback. An examination of how Canada's policies for the Fourth World Conference on Women were formulated. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFSJ1; JPQB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774808422
- ISBN
- 9780774808422
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.98
€ 118.98
Paperback. A Woman's Place is based upon Elizabeth Roberts's interviews with 160 elderly people from the towns of Barrow, Lancaster and Preston. They recall their memories of family life as children, youths and adults in the period between the last decade of the nineteenth century and the outbreak of the Second World War. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; JFSG; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 222 x 17. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- Reissue
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631147541
- ISBN
- 9780631147541
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.02
€ 51.02
Paperback. Focusing on Montgomery's memorable heroines, Epperly demonstrates that Montgomery deserves a place in the literary canon not just as the creator of Anne of Green Gables but as an artist in her chosen profession. Num Pages: 322 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; DSB; JFFK; JFSJ; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 230 x 19. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442626539
- ISBN
- 9781442626539
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.33
€ 36.99
€ 33.33