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Hardcover. Editor(s): Handlin, Oscar; Handlin, Mary Flug. Num Pages: 978 pages, Endpr.M. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBBE; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; JPHC; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 0. Weight in Grams: 1407.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1966
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
978
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674690004
ISBN
9780674690004
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 219.03
€ 191.82

Hardback. Examines the statistically popular religious library world as it exists in the United States and Canada, attempting to place American and Canadian popular religious libraries in their proper settings and comparing them to other major types of libraries in number and size. The geography and demography of these libraries are explained. Num Pages: 768 pages, 538 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBC; GLM; HRA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 150 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1035.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
768
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810833425
ISBN
9780810833425
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 278.88

Paperback. Num Pages: 230 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVH; BGF; HBJK; HBLW; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 149 x 13. Weight in Grams: 302.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
ibidem-Verlag, Jessica Haunschild u Christian Schon Germany
Number of pages
230
Condition
New
SKU
V9783838201061
ISBN
9783838201061
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 32.60

Paperback. Popular Injustice focuses on the spread of highly punitive forms of social control (known locally as mano dura) in contemporary Latin America, with a particular focus on lynchings in postwar Guatemala. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; JFFE; JKVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 14. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804753838
ISBN
9780804753838
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.60

Hardback. Popular Injustice focuses on the spread of highly punitive forms of social control (known locally as mano dura) in contemporary Latin America, with a particular focus on lynchings in postwar Guatemala. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; JFFE; JKVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 449.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804753487
ISBN
9780804753487
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.29

Paperback. This critical evaluation of development strategies examines development frameworks, and looks at their theoretical underpinnings and the results of their implementation in practice. It covers all the major regions, including Africa, Latin America and Asia. Num Pages: 416 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1F; 1H; 1KLC; 1KLS; GTF; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 580.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9781557863164
ISBN
9781557863164
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 68.37

Hardcover. This critical evaluation of development strategies examines development frameworks, and looks at their theoretical underpinnings and the results of their implementation in practice. It covers all the major regions, including Africa, Latin America and Asia. Num Pages: 416 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1F; 1H; 1KLC; 1KLS; GTF; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 35. Weight in Grams: 718.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9781557863157
ISBN
9781557863157
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 157.52

Paperback. The second edition of Popular Culture in American History updates the text for a contemporary readership and explores academic developments in this area of study over the last decade. Its compact, classroom-friendly format makes it an ideal text for courses in media studies, popular culture, or American history. Editor(s): Cullen, Jim. Series: Wiley Blackwell Readers in American Social and Cultural History. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780470673652
ISBN
9780470673652
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.24

Paperback. Examines reactions to three films: "Judgement at Nuremberg" (1961), "The Pawnbroker" (1965), and "Schindler's List" (1992), and considers what those reactions reveal about the place of the Holocaust in the American mind, and how those films have shaped the popular perception of the Holocaust. Series: Samuel & Althea Stroum Lectures in Jewish Studies. Num Pages: 222 pages, 9 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; 3JJP; APF; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 205 x 132 x 14. Weight in Grams: 273.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
222
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295981611
ISBN
9780295981611
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.54

Paperback. Reveals why we study popular culture and how it is taught in the classroom. Blending music, science fiction, and film, this book shows us that an informed awareness of politics, race, and sexuality is essential to any understanding of popular culture. It offers a glossary of useful terms, a sample syllabus and bibliography. Num Pages: 202 pages, glossary, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JHM. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
202
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814726709
ISBN
9780814726709
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.60

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780684818450
ISBN
9780684818450
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.06

Paperback. Examines what Pop looked like when it left the highbrow cloisters of Manhattan's art galleries and ventured westward to the sprawling suburbs of Los Angeles. This book shows how the artists transformed the image of the city in works that focused on the ocean and landscape, suburban life, and dilapidated houses in aging neighborhoods. Num Pages: 272 pages, 20 color illustrations, 77 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; ACXJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 17. Weight in Grams: 499.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520256347
ISBN
9780520256347
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.35

Paperback. During the 1990s, the United States underwent a dramatic transformation: investing in stocks, once the province of a privileged elite, became a mass activity involving more than half of Americans. This title follows the trajectory of this market populism, and examines the origins and impact of the mass engagement in investing. Num Pages: 264 pages, 7 halftones. 1 line illus. 23 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KFFM2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 149 x 16. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691145860
ISBN
9780691145860
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.15

Paperback. Drawing on accounts from scores of people in all walks of life and from a national survey, this book shows that work and money cannot be understood in terms of economic theories alone, but are inevitably rooted in our concepts of ourselves and in the symbolic rituals and taboos of everyday life. Num Pages: 448 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBL; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
442
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691058955
ISBN
9780691058955
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.21
€ 46.32

Paperback. "Political clientelism" is a term used to characterise the contemporary relationships between political elites and the poor in Latin America in which goods and services are traded for political favours. This title presents the ethnography of urban clientelism ever carried out in Argentina. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 table, 2 figures. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; JFFA; JHMP; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822326212
ISBN
9780822326212
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.31

Paperback. This book provides a vivid portrait of how the lives of poor people are affected by the judicial system. Drawing from ethnographic observations, court decisions, and other materials, Poor Justice brings readers inside the courts, telling the story through the words and actions of the judges, lawyers, and ordinary people who populate it. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFA; JKS; LAQ; LNAF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 172 x 17. Weight in Grams: 346.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199355440
ISBN
9780199355440
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 85.46

Paperback. Reveals how modern strategies of punishment - and their failure - relate to political and economic transformations in society at large. The author uses the practice of parole in California as a window to the changing historical understanding of what a corrections system does and how it works. Series: Studies in Crime & Justice. Num Pages: 296 pages, 19 tables, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKVP; JKVQ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 410.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226758572
ISBN
9780226758572
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.41

Hardcover. Num Pages: 304 pages, 125 photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; WBB; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 267 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1354.
Publisher
Ten Speed Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781607746874
ISBN
9781607746874
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.35

Paperback. Offering a variety of modern methods alongside traditional exercises and dedicated exam support, this textbook will ensure your entire classroom is engaged and prepared for assessment. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 2ADSL; 4P; CJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 276 x 216 x 8. Weight in Grams: 392.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Hodder Education
Condition
New
SKU
V9781471809118
ISBN
9781471809118
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.95

Paperback. Num Pages: 250 pages, b/w illus & maps. BIC Classification: 1KBCB; PSP; PST. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Government of British Columbia Canada
Edition
Rev Sub
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9780771895746
ISBN
9780771895746
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 22.98

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