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Paperback. Presents an examination of the emergence and institutionalization of "transgender" as a category of collective identity. This book analyzes the reasons for and potential consequences of this difference - between how some of the gender variant people conceive of themselves and how they are perceived by service providers and others. Num Pages: 320 pages, 7 illustrations, 3 tables. BIC Classification: JFSK; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 446.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822338697
ISBN
9780822338697
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.70

Paperback. Contributors focus on such key media texts of the 1960s as The Avengers, This Sporting Life, Panorama, The Apartment and Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, demonstrating what close textual investigation can reveal about the great social and cultural transformation of the decade. Editor(s): Aldgate, Anthony; Chapman, James (Lecturer in Film and Television Studies, Open University); Marwick, Arthur (Professor of History, Open University). Num Pages: 232 pages, 20 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPK; JFC; JFD; JHM. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 136 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
I.B.Tauris & Co Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9781860643835
ISBN
9781860643835
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.62

Paperback. Editor(s): Junge, Kay; Postoutenko, Kirill. Num Pages: 256 pages, 6 b&w. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 326.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2021
Publisher
Transcript Verlag
Condition
New
SKU
V9783837615890
ISBN
9783837615890
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 32.61

Paperback. Explores how the implements we use in the kitchen have shaped the way we cook and live. This title tells the story of how we have tamed fire and ice, wielded whisks, spoons, graters, mashers, pestles and mortars, all in the name of feeding ourselves. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFCV; JHMC; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 24. Weight in Grams: 304.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141049083
ISBN
9780141049083
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

Hardback. Discusses the ways that scientists have observed and modeled glaciers, tells how climate change is altering their size and distribution, and looks at their effect on human life. Editor(s): Orlove, Ben; Wiegandt, Ellen; Luckman, Brian H. Num Pages: 296 pages, 51 b/w photographs, 39 line illustrations, 16 maps, 19 tables. BIC Classification: JHM; RBGD; WN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 25. Weight in Grams: 828.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520253056
ISBN
9780520253056
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.00
€ 64.45

Paperback. What made some 700 men and women in the Yorkshire town of Kingston-upon-Hull, in the years 1837 to 1900, decide to suffer no longer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune and take their own lives? In this study, the author seeks to uncover the experiences that drove people to suicide. Num Pages: 372 pages, 20 tables 13 figures. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; JHBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 506.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
369
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804731249
ISBN
9780804731249
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.61

Paperback. Provides a rich new conceptual language to describe the movements of sex in nineteenth-century America before it solidified into the sexuality we know Series: America and the Long 19th Century. Num Pages: 265 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; JHBK5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 382.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
NYU Press
Number of pages
265
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814717417
ISBN
9780814717417
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Paperback. Series: Meaning Systems. Num Pages: 296 pages, 3 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; GPFC; GTE; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Fordham University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823270354
ISBN
9780823270354
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.53

Hardback. Editor(s): Fisher, Tom; Gamman, Lorraine. Num Pages: 256 pages, 42 BW illus. BIC Classification: AC; AKP; JHMC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2018
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474277181
ISBN
9781474277181
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 159.51

Paperback. Presents an overview of extensive research carried out by archeologist George MacDonald in the 1960s and 1970s to document the history of the Haida villages of the Queen Charlotte Islands. Num Pages: 96 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 7112 x 5817 x 8. Weight in Grams: 363. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0007295
ISBN
9780774803311
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Series: Open Forum S. Num Pages: 149 pages. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 220 x 140. . Clean copy with some shelf wear, minor nicks and bumps on cover but otherwise clean
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1976
Publisher
Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KSS0006134
ISBN
9780714525556
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Series: Heritage of Sociology S. Num Pages: 342 pages, 1Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; HPK; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226080789
ISBN
9780226080789
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 28.58

Paperback. Focusing on the language and symbols of reform, Fineman argues that by advocating measures based on equality of treatment rather than of outcome, liberal feminists disregarded the socioeconomic factors that simultaneously place women at a disadvantage in the market and favor their taking on primary domestic responsibilities. Num Pages: 262 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; JHBK; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 200 x 14. Weight in Grams: 339.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
262
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226249575
ISBN
9780226249575
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.52

Hardback. The Marriage Clinic presents a complete marital therapy program based on John Gottman's much heralded research on marital success and failure. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: JHBK; JKSN2; MMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 162 x 39. Weight in Grams: 928.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
474
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393702828
ISBN
9780393702828
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 45.98

Paperback. Read the first chapter of this innovative new text here Social life is a collective process, and virtually all of social life in contemporary industrial nations is shaped by formal organizations and recognized social institutions. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHB; KJU. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 245 x 171 x 16. Weight in Grams: 412.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745644288
ISBN
9780745644288
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.02

Paperback. In 1785 James Boswell and Dr Johnson were trying to come up with a way of distinguishing human beings from animals. The beasts have memory, judgement, and all the faculties and passions of our mind, in a certain degree,' said Boswell, but no beast is a cook. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: JFCV; JHB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 448.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745646916
ISBN
9780745646916
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.77

Hardcover. This monograph discusses Portuguese eugenics within a strong international historiographical comparative framework and situates it within different regional, scientific and ideological types of eugenics in the same period. Series: CEU Press Studies in the History of Medicine. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSP; 3JJ; HRCC7; JFSL; JHBD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 164 x 236 x 23. Weight in Grams: 550.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Central European University Press Hungary
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9789633860281
ISBN
9789633860281
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 89.42

Paperback. Does two and two equal four? Ask someone and they should answer yes. An equation such as this seems the very definition of certainty, but is it? Helen Verran describes how she went from the conclusion that logic and maths are culturally relative, to a new understanding of all generalizing logic. Num Pages: 282 pages, 9 line drawings, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; JHM; PBB; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 167 x 16. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
282
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226853918
ISBN
9780226853918
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.70

Paperback. Challenges many assumptions about gender and politics in the French Revolution. This title shows how revolutionary politics and laws brought about a social revolution within households and created space for thousands of French women and men to reimagine their most intimate relationships. Series: Studies on the History of Society & Culture. Num Pages: 474 pages, 16 b/w photographs, 2 maps, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; HBTB; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 503.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
474
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520248168
ISBN
9780520248168
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.06

Paperback. Questions the foundations of faith that have made a virtue out of the willingness to sacrifice a child. This book offers a perspective on what unites and divides the peoples of the sibling religions derived from Abraham and, implicitly, a way to overcome the violence among them. Num Pages: 352 pages, 14 halftones. BIC Classification: HRCG; HRH; HRJ; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691070506
ISBN
9780691070506
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.50

Paperback. Over the years, researchers have successfully explored the inner workings of the physical and biological sciences using a variety of social and historical lenses. This book features essays that tackle a range of questions about the practices involved in the production, assessment, and use of diverse forms of social knowledge. Editor(s): Camic, Charles; Gross, Neil; Lamont, Michele. Num Pages: 464 pages, 4 line drawings, 6 tables. BIC Classification: JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226092096
ISBN
9780226092096
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 32.82

Paperback. Series: Measurement Methods for the Social Sciences. Num Pages: 176 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 6. Weight in Grams: 212.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
SAGE Publications Inc United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761908135
ISBN
9780761908135
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 105.25

Hardback. Translator(s): Lorton, David. Num Pages: 256 pages, 258. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; HBJF; HBLA; JHBZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 184 x 262 x 27. Weight in Grams: 756.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801444722
ISBN
9780801444722
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.45

Paperback. Suitable for sinologists, literary critics, anthropologists, cultural studies scholars, and others curious about the semiotics of food, this book examines the twentieth-century Chinese political experience as it is represented literature through hunger, cooking, eating, and cannibalising. It includes chapters on Xiao Hong, Wang Anyi, and Li Ang. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; CFG; DSB; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 37. Weight in Grams: 776.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822323419
ISBN
9780822323419
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.92

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