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Multiple-component retail product. Presents 100 contentious public and private controversies of the sports world. This book illustrates how sports controversies reflect the historically enduring and changing nature of our broader cultures, and the social battles we engage on a day-to-day basis surrounding the struggles for equality, and debates about social violence. Editor(s): Atkinson, Michael. Series: Battleground. Num Pages: 600 pages. BIC Classification: JFCA; JHBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1542.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
- Number of pages
- 600
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780313340246
- ISBN
- 9780313340246
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 160.52
€ 160.52
Paperback. Challenges currently accepted practices that involve coercing or controlling teenagers, identifying seven negative behaviors that should be avoided by parents while demonstrating how to accomplish goals in a relationship with a teen by changing the adult's behavior. Reprint. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHB; JMC; PSAK; VFXC1; VS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 12. Weight in Grams: 192.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780060007997
- ISBN
- 9780060007997
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 13.64
€ 15.99
€ 13.64
Paperback. Drawing on memoir, history, and theory, Eli Clare complicates the understanding of cure, seeing it as an ideology that serves contradictory purposes-from saving lives to social control-while critiquing cure rhetoric and the drive to cure disabled people through an insistence of the value of disability. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: BM; JFFG; JFSK; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 13. Weight in Grams: 341.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822362876
- ISBN
- 9780822362876
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.45
€ 29.99
€ 26.45
Hardback. Editor(s): Watkins, Susan Cotts. Series: Office of Population Research. Num Pages: 522 pages. BIC Classification: JHBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2019
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 522
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691629278
- ISBN
- 9780691629278
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 216.34€ 159.39
€ 216.34
€ 159.39
Hardback. This book explores how whiteness and Indigeneity are articulated through commonplace symbols of Canadian identity and how the work of contemporary artists is subverting these nostalgic accounts of the past. Num Pages: 288 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFC; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780774820257
- ISBN
- 9780774820257
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.78
€ 116.78
Paperback. Shows how mythologies of meritocracy, the land of opportunity, and the American dream remain firmly in place while simultaneously erasing injustices and the struggles of the working poor Num Pages: 277 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLC; BG; JFC; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 277
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479814664
- ISBN
- 9781479814664
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.65
€ 33.99
€ 30.65
Hardcover. Editor(s): Landry, Alias T.; Duran, Emmett F. Num Pages: 298 pages. BIC Classification: JHBA; JHBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 185 x 261 x 23. Weight in Grams: 780.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 298
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781619423909
- ISBN
- 9781619423909
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 224.38€ 150.02
€ 224.38
€ 150.02
Paperback. * This is the first book to explore the communicative aspects of the darker side of family life. * The book offers an intergrative understanding of the dark side of family communication and a theoretical mechanism for understanding related scholarship. Series: Key Themes in Family Communication. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: GTC; JFFP; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 209 x 14. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745647982
- ISBN
- 9780745647982
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.69
€ 23.69
Series: Myths and Taboos in Russian Culture. Num Pages: 250 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHB; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 169 x 17. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Academic Studies Press United States
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781618112880
- ISBN
- 9781618112880
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 148.32
€ 148.32
Paperback. Probing the experiences of migrant parents, children in Mexico, and their caregivers, this title offers an account of the lives of families divided by borders. It shows that the difficulties endured by transnational families make it nearly impossible for parents' sacrifices to result in the benefits they expect. Num Pages: 336 pages, 16 b/w photographs, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; JFFN; JFSL4; JHBK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 158 x 20. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520260900
- ISBN
- 9780520260900
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 23.94
€ 32.99
€ 23.94
Hardback. Featuring chapters that explore the interrelationship of qualitative methodologies and development theory, policy and practice, this book demonstrates the importance of placing qualitative methodologies within their conceptual, practical and political contexts. It asks questions of development research. Editor(s): Smith, Dr. Matt; Pole, Christopher. Series: Studies in Qualitative Methodology. Num Pages: 252 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 165 x 22. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United States
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762312832
- ISBN
- 9780762312832
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 213.39
€ 213.39
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; HRLF; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 151 x 16. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- North Atlantic Books,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781583944479
- ISBN
- 9781583944479
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.74
€ 19.99
€ 17.74
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 32 colour wraps. BIC Classification: 1MBF; HBJM; JFCA; JHBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Melbourne University Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780522849455
- ISBN
- 9780522849455
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.74
€ 32.74
Paperback. Offers a response to the question 'what do people do with books?' that goes beyond the narrow perception that reading is solely the consumption of narrative. This title combines different academic approaches (cultural geography and sociology and cultural history) in order to understand the complex nature of readers' encounters with their books. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JHBS. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 11. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845533564
- ISBN
- 9781845533564
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.73
€ 50.73
Paperback. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780813569789
- ISBN
- 9780813569789
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 43.23
€ 48.99
€ 43.23
Paperback. Larson shows how the seemingly broad-based eugenics movement was in fact a series of distinct campaigns by small groups of determined individuals for legislation at the state level. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBD; JMU; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 175 x 16. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801855115
- ISBN
- 9780801855115
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.19
€ 34.99
€ 29.19
Hardback. Drawing on ecosystem thinking, complexity and postnormal science, Ecological Health offers a radical new way of thinking about the health issues of the 21st Century. This volume reflects on recent social scientific engagement with Ecosystem Health research and practice and sets out a vision for the future. Editor(s): Gislason, Maya K. Series: Advances in Medical Sociology. Num Pages: 300 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHB; MBS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 163 x 33. Weight in Grams: 684.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781903230
- ISBN
- 9781781903230
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.57
€ 149.57
Paperback. Editor(s): Riley, Kevin T. Num Pages: 62 pages, tables & charts. BIC Classification: JHBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 138 x 5. Weight in Grams: 120.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 62
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781600213083
- ISBN
- 9781600213083
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 80.54€ 55.87
€ 80.54
€ 55.87
Hardback. Currently there are more than 125 Chinese cities with a population exceeding one million. The unprecedented urban growth in China presents a crucial development for studies on globalization and urban transformation. Series: China Today. Num Pages: 218 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFSG; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 147 x 18. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745653587
- ISBN
- 9780745653587
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.59
€ 63.59
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 204 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSR1; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 457.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691643953
- ISBN
- 9780691643953
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 102.80
€ 102.80
Paperback. This volume provides students with the essential readings for understanding the dominant issues in the sociology of the family. The editor presents the reader with a collection of important writings that include recent and currently relevant material as well as the rich variety of empirical work conducted in this field. Editor(s): Allan, Professor Graham. Num Pages: 392 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 182 x 20. Weight in Grams: 716.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631202684
- ISBN
- 9780631202684
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 44.19
€ 45.99
€ 44.19
Hardback. The author shows how a new commercial and learned print culture attempted to write and regulate individual and collective practices in terms of a master idiom of family, sexuality, and gender upon which a post-revolutionary national community would turn. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; DSB; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 146 x 28. Weight in Grams: 611.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804722247
- ISBN
- 9780804722247
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 101.61
€ 101.61
hardcover. This new textbook is a wide-ranging, contemporary and accessible analysis of familiar myths about mass education in the United Kingdom. Num Pages: 428 pages, 10 b/w illus. 1 table. BIC Classification: JHB; JNA; JNAM; JNC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 247 x 174. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 428
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107158009
- ISBN
- 9781107158009
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 85.02
€ 85.02
Hardback. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1DBR; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 142 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813118222
- ISBN
- 9780813118222
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.98
€ 37.98