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Cultural studies
Paperback. Underpinning this examination of Western societies is the notion of the 'risk society'. The changing nature of society's relation to production and distribution is related to the environmental impact as a totalizing, globalizing economy based on scientific and technical knowledge becomes more central to social organization and social conflict. Translator(s): Ritter, Mark. Series: Published in Association with Theory, Culture & Society. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 234 x 15. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Ltd
- Number of pages
- 268
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803983465
- ISBN
- 9780803983465
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.26
€ 64.26
Hardback. Chomsky, Zizek, Sontag and other world class scholars show how governments and other institutions exploit people's fear for political gain. Editor(s): Linke, Uli; Smith, Danielle Taana. Series: Anthropology, Culture and Society. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JPV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745329666
- ISBN
- 9780745329666
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 101.19€ 84.27
€ 101.19
€ 84.27
Hardback. Features armor and weapon designs, character concepts, creatures, locations, rough sketches, an exclusive interview with the game's creators, and more. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; JFCA; UDX. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 299 x 210. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Udon Entertainment Corp United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781927925560
- ISBN
- 9781927925560
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Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 50.59
€ 52.99
€ 50.59
hardcover. In a careful unraveling of the fabulous and the false, Eco shows us how serendipities----unanticipated truths----often spring from mistaken ideas. Eco uncovers layers of mistakes that have shaped human history, such as Columbus's assumption that the world was much smaller than it is, leading him to seek out a quick route to the East via the West and thus fortuitously "discovering" America. Translator(s): Weaver, William. Series: Italian Academy Lectures. Num Pages: 128 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: CFA; CFB; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 317.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2020
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- Third Edition
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231111348
- ISBN
- 9780231111348
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.70
€ 35.70
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 175
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803294448
- ISBN
- 9780803294448
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.25
€ 26.99
€ 25.25
Paperback. A study of early 20th-century literary and artistic culture. The text focuses on the turbulent later years of the 1920s and 1930s, tracking the dissolution of modernism in the interwar years. Num Pages: 280 pages, 13 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; AB; ACX; APFA; DSBH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520216488
- ISBN
- 9780520216488
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 30.23
€ 41.99
€ 30.23
Paperback. Presents an economist's eye to bear on an age-old question: Are market exchange and aesthetic quality friends or foes? This book asks what happens when cultures collide through trade, whether technology destroys native arts, why (and whether) Hollywood movies rule the world, and whether 'globalized' culture is dumbing down societies everywhere. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 48673rd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691117836
- ISBN
- 9780691117836
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 31.11
€ 43.99
€ 31.11
Paperback. Offers a collection that directly confronts male lived experience. This book presents an explosion of work in men's studies, masculinity issues, and male sexuality, as well as a growing literature exploring female embodiment. Editor(s): Tuana, Nancy; Cowling, William; Harrington, Maurice; Johnson, Greg. Num Pages: 328 pages, 10 b&w photos, 1 index. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 26. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253214812
- ISBN
- 9780253214812
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.28
€ 26.28
Hardcover. Editor(s): Targowski, Andrew; Isaac, Tseggai. Num Pages: 298 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; 3JM; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 262 x 187 x 22. Weight in Grams: 686.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Nova Science Pub Inc
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781634636360
- ISBN
- 9781634636360
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 264.27€ 176.88
€ 264.27
€ 176.88
Hardcover. In many contexts of Greek social life, Scotch whisky has coincidentally become a symbol of "Greekness," national identity, modernity and middle class. This ethnographic study follows the social life of Scotch in Greece through three distinct trajectories in time and space in order to investigate how the meanings of the beverage are projected.. Series: Food, Nutrition, and Culture. Num Pages: 268 pages, 21 ills, 3 tabs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DVG; JFCV; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857458773
- ISBN
- 9780857458773
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 164.15
€ 164.15
Hardback. Relives a lost moment in American postwar history, when boxing ruled as one of the nation's most widely televised sports. Num Pages: 304 pages, 14 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; APT; JFC; WSTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 163 x 30. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252037375
- ISBN
- 9780252037375
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.50
€ 37.50
Paperback. Editor(s): Sullivan, Tristan L. Num Pages: 84 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 230 x 8. Weight in Grams: 162.
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781634634854
- ISBN
- 9781634634854
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 101.18€ 69.67
€ 101.18
€ 69.67
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; JFCV; WBXN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Chicago Review Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781613747223
- ISBN
- 9781613747223
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 21.31
€ 21.99
€ 21.31
Hardback. Looks in detail at the growth in popularity and profile of the English folk arts in the first decade of the twenty-first century Series Editor(s): Smith, Alexander. Series: New Ethnographies. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: AVA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719085390
- ISBN
- 9780719085390
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 157.98
€ 157.98
Paperback. The interesting, sometimes chaotic decades of the 60s and 70s were reflected in the verve and variety of their fashions. Hundreds of cheerful dresses, jumpsuits, bellbottoms, hotpants, and disco clothes are illustrated with full color photos. Set in the context of the social issues of the era, the appreciation of both is enhanced. Num Pages: 160 pages, 396 color photos. BIC Classification: AKTA; JFCK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 276 x 216 x 14. Weight in Grams: 860.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764303548
- ISBN
- 9780764303548
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 25.42
€ 37.99
€ 25.42
Paperback. From fetal photography and mammography to mental retardation and chronic fatigue syndrome, this title reveals how identities are constructed in medical research and public health initiatives, as well as in popular press accounts of health. Editor(s): Treichler, Paula A.; Cartwright, Lisa; Penley, Constance. Num Pages: 408 pages, 22 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSJ1; MMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 26. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814715680
- ISBN
- 9780814715680
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.53
€ 33.99
€ 30.53
Paperback. Welcome to Kitschmasland in a fun and nostalgic look at our infatuation with Christmas holiday decor from the 1950s and through the 1970s. This beautiful revised book covers the gamut of decorations some whimsical, some beautiful and a treasure trove Num Pages: 159 pages, 400+ color photos. BIC Classification: 3JJPG; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; 5HC; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 277 x 13. Weight in Grams: 800.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing
- Edition
- 2 Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764329784
- ISBN
- 9780764329784
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 25.18
€ 37.99
€ 25.18
Paperback. This collection of 11 provocative essays examines the complex psychological and political choices made by Captain America and Iron Man in the wake of a civil war. This book analyzes the polar sides of this debate - national security vs. individual freedoms. Editor(s): Langley, Travis. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FZG; JFCA; VSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 182 x 227 x 18. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Publisher
- Sterling Publishing Co Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781454917120
- ISBN
- 9781454917120
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.74
€ 13.99
€ 11.74
Paperback. Parks are such a familiar part of everyday life. You might be forgiven for thinking they have always been there - and that they always will. In fact, the roots of even the most humble neighbourhood park lie in age-old battles over land and liberty. This celebration of parks is filled with history, and anecdotes. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBTB; JFCA; JHBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099593829
- ISBN
- 9780099593829
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.73
€ 15.99
€ 11.73
Paperback. Successfully communicating with people from another culture requires learning more than just their language. This practical guide for deciphering and following 'the rules' that govern cultures demonstrates how these rules apply to the communication issues that exist between the United States and Mexico. Num Pages: 224 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; GPF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 16. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780292755710
- ISBN
- 9780292755710
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.38
€ 26.99
€ 25.38