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Hardback. This volume challenges the perception of Asian women as either "mail-order" brides or overseas workers. There are a wide range of case studies, all showing the multiplicity of roles women maintain, and emphasizing the point that marriage, work and migration are inextricably linked. Editor(s): Piper, Nicola; Roces, Mina. Series: Asia/Pacific/Perspectives. Num Pages: 232 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1F; JFFN; JFSJ1; JFSL; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742523777
- ISBN
- 9780742523777
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 159.30
€ 159.30
Paperback. Andrew Sayer suggests how social science can better understand people's concerns and values, especially their ethical sentiments and dispositions. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521171649
- ISBN
- 9780521171649
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 30.45
€ 31.99
€ 30.45
hardcover. She combines one-on-one interviews with detailed observations of how song provides a window into Amish cultural beliefs, values, and norms. Series: Young Center Books in Anabaptist and Pietist Studies. Num Pages: 216 pages, 48, 47 black & white line drawings, 1 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: HRCR; JFSR; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781421414652
- ISBN
- 9781421414652
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.69
€ 50.69
Paperback. In the wake of a suicide, the most troubling questions are invariably the most difficult to answer: How could we have known? What could we have done? And always, unremittingly: why? Written by a clinical psychologist whose own life has been touched by suicide, this book offers an account of why some people choose to die. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: JHBZ; JMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 142 x 12. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674025493
- ISBN
- 9780674025493
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 24.76
€ 29.99
€ 24.76
Hardcover. This work explores the relationship between parents and children and shows how critical parents are in determining which children will be happy and productive. Nigel Barber, a psychologist, is the author of "Parenting: Roles, Styles and Outcomes". Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBK; JMC; VFXC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 507.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- ABC-CLIO United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780897897259
- ISBN
- 9780897897259
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 48.71
€ 54.99
€ 48.71
Hardcover. * A new book by the award-winnning sociologist Eva Illouz on modern love. * Sets out to explain why love is such a painful experience for many people - why we invest so much in the search for love and why it so often disappoints us. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 158 x 29. Weight in Grams: 588.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745661520
- ISBN
- 9780745661520
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.68
€ 75.68
Paperback. * A new book by the award-winnning sociologist Eva Illouz on modern love. * Sets out to explain why love is such a painful experience for many people - why we invest so much in the search for love and why it so often disappoints us. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745671079
- ISBN
- 9780745671079
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.54
€ 18.54
Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: JFFK; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 209 x 17. Weight in Grams: 196.
- Publisher
- Melville House Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781612196015
- ISBN
- 9781612196015
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 17.69
€ 20.99
€ 17.69
Paperback. A wide-ranging contribution to the field of gender studies which aims to tease out surprising insights of contemporary psychoanalysis to show why there is little chance of a harmonious relationship between a man and a woman. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHBK; JMAF; JMU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 127 x 12. Weight in Grams: 148.
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571179312
- ISBN
- 9780571179312
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.14
€ 14.99
€ 11.14
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, 7 black & white illustrations, 5 black & white tables, 6 black & white halftones, 1 black. BIC Classification: JHBC; JKSN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138833364
- ISBN
- 9781138833364
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 45.45
€ 45.99
€ 45.45
Paperback.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Harvill Secker
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- Airport /Export ed
- SKU
- KNW0010460
- ISBN
- 9780436205330
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.49
€ 5.49
Hardback. Series: American Sports History Series. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: HBT; JHBS; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 145 x 24. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810839274
- ISBN
- 9780810839274
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.06
€ 161.06
Hardback. Including personal letters to Kurt Wolff from Hannah Arendt and Hermann Bloch, this text portrays a fertile mind's reckoning with pre-phenomenal being in a way that dances between the realms of the intellectual consideration and the surrender of will to the intoxication of lived experience. Num Pages: 144 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: BG; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 331.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739103906
- ISBN
- 9780739103906
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.71
€ 118.71
Paperback. In a dual-earner marriage, why is a wife's paid employment less likely to be defined as "breadwinning" than her husband's? This book uses data from a study of 153 dual-earner couples to examine the allocation of responsibility for breadwinning and the social construction of gender in their marriages. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5182 x 3226 x 16. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804728362
- ISBN
- 9780804728362
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.56
€ 31.99
€ 28.56
Hardback. In a dual-earner marriage, why is a wife's paid employment less likely to be defined as "breadwinning" than her husband's? This book uses data from a study of 153 dual-earner couples to examine the allocation of responsibility for breadwinning and the social construction of gender in their marriages. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5182 x 3226 x 23. Weight in Grams: 565.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804728355
- ISBN
- 9780804728355
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.96
€ 128.96
Hardback. In the wake of the attack on the offices of Charlie Hebdo in Paris on 7 January 2015, millions took to the streets to demonstrate their revulsion, expressing a desire to reaffirm the ideals of the French Republic: liberte, egalite, fraternite. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JMG; HRAM; JFSC; JHBD; JPWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 222 x 24. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509505777
- ISBN
- 9781509505777
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 12.83
€ 21.99
€ 12.83
Paperback. In the wake of the attack on the offices of Charlie Hebdo in Paris on 7 January 2015, millions took to the streets to demonstrate their revulsion, expressing a desire to reaffirm the ideals of the French Republic: liberte, egalite, fraternite. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: JFSL1; JHB; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 141 x 19. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509505784
- ISBN
- 9781509505784
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.94
€ 14.94
Paperback. A vivid ethnography of social movements in the barrios, or poor shantytowns, of Caracas, Venezuela. Num Pages: 336 pages, 30 photographs, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSV; JHB; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822346777
- ISBN
- 9780822346777
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.59
€ 32.99
€ 29.59
Paperback. What does it mean to call yourself British in the 21st Century? If Obama was raised by his white mother, why is he the first black president? Why do Muslims feel more at home in America, which invaded Iraq, than in France, which opposed the invasion? Who are we, and why does it matter? This title addresses these questions. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 194 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141029948
- ISBN
- 9780141029948
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.46
€ 14.99
€ 11.46
With increasing numbers of transracial adoptions in the U.S., White Parents, Black Children brings to light the difficult racial issues that are often challenging for families to talk about. This book helps parents, educators, and others working with children to understand the issues, and help children develop a healthy understanding of themselves. Num Pages: 176 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3; JHBK; JKSF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442207622
- ISBN
- 9781442207622
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 74.57
€ 74.57
Paperback. Paper is older than the printing press, and even in its unprinted state it was the great network medium behind the emergence of modern civilization. In the shape of bills, banknotes and accounting books it was indispensible to the economy. As forms and files it was essential to bureaucracy. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: GTC; HBTB; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 328
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745672540
- ISBN
- 9780745672540
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.74
€ 19.99
€ 16.74
Hardback. With an assemblage of leading scholars, White Logic, White Methods explores the possibilities and necessary dethroning of current social research practices, and demands a complete overhaul of current methods, towards multicultural and pluralist approach to what we know, think, and question. Editor(s): Zuberi, Tukufu; Bonilla-Silva, Eduardo. Num Pages: 424 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFSL; JHBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 162 x 34. Weight in Grams: 749.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742542808
- ISBN
- 9780742542808
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 176.97
€ 176.97
Paperback. .
- Number of pages
- 424
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742542815
- ISBN
- 9780742542815
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.90
€ 59.90
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBL; KNXB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801487804
- ISBN
- 9780801487804
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 32.76
€ 36.99
€ 32.76