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Paperback. Legal Fictions is a bold declaration that, in the U.S., the black body is thoroughly bound by law. It is an unflinchingly look at the implications of that claim and a virtuoso survey of the ways that black authors of literary fiction have engaged with the law's constructions of race since the era of slavery. Num Pages: 176 pages, 3 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JHMC; LN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822355953
- ISBN
- 9780822355953
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.80
€ 29.99
€ 26.80
Hardback. * A concise and accessible introduction to current social science debates on disability. * Chronicles how disabled people and their organizations have challenged the conventional, individualistic medical type explanations for disabled people's individual and collective disadvantage. Series: Key Concepts. Num Pages: 196 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745625089
- ISBN
- 9780745625089
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.59
€ 64.59
Hardcover. Num Pages: 238 pages, tables. BIC Classification: JFFG; VFJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 258 x 184 x 20. Weight in Grams: 700.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781604564129
- ISBN
- 9781604564129
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.61€ 78.62
€ 113.61
€ 78.62
Paperback. Examining identity in relation to globalization and migration, this book uses narratives and memoirs from contemporary authors who have lived 'in-between' two or more languages. It explores the human desire to find one's 'own place' in new cultural contexts, and looks at the role of language in shaping a sense of belonging in society. Series: Language and Globalization. Num Pages: 210 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CB; CFB; JFFN; JFSR; JMS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2012
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349300716
- ISBN
- 9781349300716
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Condition: New
€ 64.31
€ 64.31
Paperback / so. Editor(s): Pottker, Horst; Kiesewetter, Christina; Lofink, Juliana. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: GTC; JFD; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 10. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Springer vs United States
- Edition
- 2
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783658160180
- ISBN
- 9783658160180
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.65
€ 53.65
Paperback. Num Pages: 322 pages. BIC Classification: HBTQ; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- AK Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 175
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849351348
- ISBN
- 9781849351348
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.53
€ 16.99
€ 16.53
Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages, 2 graphs, 1 diagrames. BIC Classification: JFFN; JFSJ; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719099458
- ISBN
- 9780719099458
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 153.37
€ 153.37
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFSL; JMAF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Hays (Nicolas) Ltd ,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780892540402
- ISBN
- 9780892540402
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.15
€ 26.99
€ 24.15
Paperback. This work is concerned with the ethno-nationalist explosions that have occurred in many regions of the world. It focuses primarily on collective violence, in the form of civilian "riots" in South Asia, using selected instances in Sri Lanka, Pakistan and India. Series: Comparative Studies in Religion & Society. Num Pages: 417 pages, 8 b&w illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1F; JFFE; JFSL1; JFSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 417
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520206427
- ISBN
- 9780520206427
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.34
€ 40.99
€ 29.34
Hardback. Editor(s): Lampert, Jo; Burnett, Bruce. Series: Education, Equity, Economy. Num Pages: 259 pages, 3 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JFFA; JNMT; JNS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 555.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 259
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319220581
- ISBN
- 9783319220581
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.16
€ 123.16
Development of Self-Determination Through the Life-Course
. Ed(S): Wehmeyer, Michael L.; Shogren, Karri...
Hardback. Editor(s): Wehmeyer, Michael L.; Shogren, Karrie A.; Little, Todd D.; Lopez, Shane J. Num Pages: 303 pages, 15 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. Weight in Grams: 649.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 303
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789402410402
- ISBN
- 9789402410402
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 218.66
€ 218.66
Paperback. Forges an alliance between deconstruction and feminist theology and theory by demonstrating deconstruction's usefulness in addressing feminism's trouble with race. The book shows how the writings of Jacques Derrida and Luce Irigaray can be used to uncover feminism's white presumptions. Series: Religion and Postmodernism. Num Pages: 270 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HRCM; JFC; JFFJ; JFFK; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226026909
- ISBN
- 9780226026909
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 30.81
€ 38.99
€ 30.81
Hardback. This book is an essential guide and support to understanding of the science and policy, procedure and practice that underpins the REACH risk assessments required for the use and placing on the market of chemicals in the European Union. Num Pages: 418 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QFE; JFFU; LNTJ; TDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 176 x 26. Weight in Grams: 804.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 418
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781119953685
- ISBN
- 9781119953685
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.81
€ 97.81
hardcover. Editor(s): Looser, Devoney. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; JFFK; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 415.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United States
- Number of pages
- 207
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1995th Edition
- SKU
- V9780312123673
- ISBN
- 9780312123673
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.41
€ 154.41
Hardcover. A new approach which problematizes the category of contemporary adulthood, this book includes chapters on demographic change; becoming thirty-something; graduates and work; mental health and happiness; new configurations of masculinity; the sexual lifecourse; political beliefs in adulthood; and adulthood and the housing market. Editor(s): Burnett, Judith. Num Pages: 183 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JFSP3; JHB; JHMC; JMH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 224 x 146 x 15. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230581036
- ISBN
- 9780230581036
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.31
€ 64.31
Paperback. The human life course is filled with and subject to a wide range of personal difficulties, many of which are shared by others. Social Problems across the Life Course offers accessible readings that examine the societal construction of social problems out of the personal troubles that people confront at major life stages. Editor(s): Lopata, Helena; Levy, Judith A. Series: Understanding Social Problems: An SSSP Presidential Series. Num Pages: 320 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JFF; JFSP; JHBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 258 x 177 x 17. Weight in Grams: 553.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742528352
- ISBN
- 9780742528352
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.29
€ 73.29
Hardcover. This book offers an in-depth exploration of all dimensions of geoeconomics, including the internal and international forces which explain why most countries remain mired in poverty; the conflicts between the poor on the rich countries; and the global environmental crises threatening the future of humanity. Num Pages: 287 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JM; JFFS; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230107014
- ISBN
- 9780230107014
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.48
€ 133.48
Hardback. This study on drought assessment and management first emphasizes theoretical aspects of drought assessment, management, and preparedness; it also includes a discussion of the concept of drought. It then presents case studies from Israel, India, Brazil, South Africa, Australia, the US and China. Editor(s): Wilhite, Donald A. Series: Natural Resource Management and Policy. Num Pages: 308 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFC; KCN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792393375
- ISBN
- 9780792393375
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 192.46
€ 192.46
Hardback. Num Pages: 151 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1F; HBTB; JFFN; JFSL1; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 14. Weight in Grams: 329.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 151
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319410562
- ISBN
- 9783319410562
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.62
€ 69.62
Paperback. Social workers will find this book to be a valuable tool, highlighting ways of improving the cultural sensitivity of disability services and parental and family support. Combining a wide-ranging survey and in-depth interviews, the authors build a rich picture how culture and ethnicity can impact on a family's experience of disability. Series: Supporting Parents. Num Pages: 224 pages, references, index. BIC Classification: JFFG; JFSL1; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 154 x 12. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Pub
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843101611
- ISBN
- 9781843101611
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 43.61
€ 43.99
€ 43.61
Hardback. Num Pages: 216 pages, 31 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNN; JFFN; JFSJ1; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803284616
- ISBN
- 9780803284616
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 30.18
€ 34.99
€ 30.18
Paperback. Betrayed explains how leaders in the developing world can build more inclusive societies and more equitable governments, thereby creating dynamic national economies and giving the poor the opportunity to accumulate the means and skills to control their own destinies. Num Pages: 312 pages, 16 black & white line drawings, 4 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1QFG; JFFA; KCM; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 22. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137518422
- ISBN
- 9781137518422
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.57
€ 46.57
Paperback. Challenging commonly held assumptions surrounding child protection, this book invites a re-imagination of the understanding which underpins practice in the field. It encourages you to think deeply about why children are harmed by adults, how society views this, and how it informs professional practice. Editor(s): Waterhouse, Lorraine; McGhee, Janice. Series: Research Highlights in Social Work. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: JFFE1; JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 228 x 11. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849053952
- ISBN
- 9781849053952
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.93
€ 39.93
Paperback. When middle-class residents fled American cities in the 1960s and '70s, government services and investment capital left too. Countless urban neighborhoods entered phases of precipitous decline, prompting the creation of community-based organizations to bring resources back to the city. This book examines such organizations that drive urban life. Num Pages: 288 pages, 8 halftones, 3 maps, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; JFFA; JFSG; JKSN1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226509075
- ISBN
- 9780226509075
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.96
€ 36.99
€ 28.96