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Cultural studies
Paperback. Celebrates the globalization of baseball while highlighting the different histories and cultures of the nations in which the sport is played. This collection of essays tells the story of America's national pastime as it spread across the world and underwent instructive, entertaining, and sometimes quirky changes in the process. Editor(s): Gmelch, George; Nathan, Daniel A. Num Pages: 528 pages, 28 photographs, 3 illustrations, 2 graphs, 1 table. BIC Classification: JFCA; WSBX; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 36. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 528
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803276826
- ISBN
- 9780803276826
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.44
€ 26.99
€ 25.44
Hardcover. This text examines black (and white) literary modernism, interracial literary relations and 20th-century cultural nationalism in the United States. The author seeks to expose the oversimplifications and misrepresentations of popular readings of the "Harlem Renaissance". Num Pages: 560 pages, epilogue, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; JFC; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 172 x 34. Weight in Grams: 946.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 560
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674372627
- ISBN
- 9780674372627
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.80€ 73.50
€ 80.80
€ 73.50
Paperback. This revision of avant-garde history traces a direct line back from John Cage, pop and conceptual art to the work of Whitman, Emerson, Ruskin, Carlyle and Wordsworth, showing how the art of everyday objects, often thought to be a contemporary phenomenon, actually began as far back as 1800. Num Pages: 250 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; ABA; AVA; DSBF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 149 x 15. Weight in Grams: 375.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226472539
- ISBN
- 9780226472539
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.96
€ 36.99
€ 28.96
Paperback. The history of Christianity in America has been marked by recurring periods of religious revivals or awakenings. This book addresses the economic and political context of evangelical revivalism and its historical linkages with economic expansion and Republicanism in the 19th century. Num Pages: 238 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HRCC2; JFC; KCP; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226795867
- ISBN
- 9780226795867
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 37.57
€ 47.99
€ 37.57
Paperback. An exploration of the political and cultural experience of jazz performers in Britain from the 1950s 'traditional jazz boom' onwards Num Pages: 376 pages, 36 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; AVGJ; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822335733
- ISBN
- 9780822335733
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 29.90
€ 41.99
€ 29.90
Paperback. A guide to the British Way of Life. It includes insights on important topics including the weather, how to be rude and how to panic quietly. It contains author's three major works - How to be an Alien, How to be Inimitable and How to be Decadent. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFC; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 19. Weight in Grams: 196.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241975008
- ISBN
- 9780241975008
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.90
€ 15.99
€ 11.90
Paperback. Challenges the general belief that human impact on nature was generally benign or negligible and charged that ancient civilizations of the Mediterranean had brought about their own collapse by their abuse of the environment. Editor(s): Lowenthal, David. Series: Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books. Num Pages: 512 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 31. Weight in Grams: 790.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295983165
- ISBN
- 9780295983165
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.28
€ 37.99
€ 34.28
Hardback. Offers an account of geopolitics and industrialization in Japan. This book traces the meteoric rise of ramen from humble fuel for the working poor to international icon of Japanese culture. Series: California Studies in Food and Culture. Num Pages: 240 pages, 13 b/w illus., 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; HBTB; JFCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 236 x 22. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition, 1 ed.
- SKU
- V9780520277564
- ISBN
- 9780520277564
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.45€ 46.96
€ 59.45
€ 46.96
Paperback. At the end of a century whose catastrophic violence has irreparably damaged the human capacity for hope, our knowledge of the origins of life has so deepened that we can create life artificially. In this book the author seeks to articulate our experience of the present condition. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 216. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0002136
- ISBN
- 9780571206421
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. The Normal and the Pathological is one of the crucial contributions to the history of science in the last half century. Translator(s): Fawcett, Carolyn R. Num Pages: 327 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JFCX; PDA; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 26. Weight in Grams: 584.
- Publisher
- Zone Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Edition
- New Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780942299595
- ISBN
- 9780942299595
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.48
€ 37.99
€ 33.48
Paperback. aeo Georges Duby is one of the most outstanding medieval historians in the world today. aeo This is an important book on the themes of love and marriage in the Middle Ages. aeo The hardback edition was widely reviewed and sold well. Num Pages: 240 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBG; HBLC; HBTB; JFC; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 157 x 13. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745614793
- ISBN
- 9780745614793
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.08
€ 26.08
Paperback. Translator(s): Hiltebeitel, Alf. Num Pages: 168 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226169767
- ISBN
- 9780226169767
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 28.00
€ 34.99
€ 28.00
Paperback. A CTPT rendition of a controversial and important text. Editor(s): Jennings, Jeremy. Series: Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought. Num Pages: 348 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCX; JFFE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 18. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 346
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521559102
- ISBN
- 9780521559102
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.47
€ 37.47
Hardback. Translation of: Les metamorphoses du gras. Translator(s): Delogu, C. Jon. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 296 pages, 25. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFC; JFM; MMZF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 158 x 25. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231159760
- ISBN
- 9780231159760
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
€ 40.99
€ 29.44
Paperback. This book makes an important contribution to the understanding of the phenomenon of the tribute band by linking it to other types of imitative entertainment such as 'ghost', cover and parody bands. Series: Studies in Popular Music. Num Pages: 184 pages, 19 illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGP; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845532451
- ISBN
- 9781845532451
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.44
€ 29.44
Hardcover. This book makes an important contribution to the understanding of the phenomenon of the tribute band by linking it to other types of imitative entertainment such as 'ghost', cover and parody bands. Series: Studies in Popular Music. Num Pages: 184 pages, 19 illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGP; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781845532635
- ISBN
- 9781845532635
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.86
€ 44.86
Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white plates. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFCV; WBXD3. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813126562
- ISBN
- 9780813126562
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.70
€ 25.70
Paperback. Monsters, ghosts, the supernatural, the fantastic, the mysterious. This title asserts that discourse on the fantastic was at the heart of the historical configuration of Japanese modernity - that the representation of the magical and mysterious played an integral part in the production of modernity beginning in Meiji Japan (1868-1912). Series: Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society. Num Pages: 304 pages, 4 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822324188
- ISBN
- 9780822324188
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 28.87
€ 37.99
€ 28.87
Hardback. The noted cultural critic Gerald Early explores the intersection of race and sports, and our deeper, often contradictory attitudes toward the athletes we glorify. What desires and anxieties are encoded in our worship of (or disdain for) high-performance athletes? What other, invisible contests unfold when we watch a sporting event? Series: Alain Locke Lecture Series. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCA; JFSL3; WS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 185 x 124 x 28. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674050983
- ISBN
- 9780674050983
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 40.28
€ 47.99
€ 40.28
Hardback. Traces how the assimilation process of various ethnic groups in Chicago was facilitated by participation in sports from 1830-1940. Series: American Sports History Series. Num Pages: 280 pages, 12 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBT; JFC; WS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 449.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810833050
- ISBN
- 9780810833050
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.97
€ 107.97