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Hardcover. Conflict and Costume presents more than 70 vibrant portraits of Herero people in traditional Victorian-style and paramilitary costume. With an introduction on the history of the Herero since the 19th century and the origins of their dress, this book will appeal to anyone interested in costume history, African culture and photography. Num Pages: 108 pages, 75 illustrations, 70 in colour, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1HFMN; AJCP; JFCK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 257 x 298 x 16. Weight in Grams: 1068.
Publisher
Merrell Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
108
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781858946009
ISBN
9781858946009
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.82

Paperback. For the second edition of this work, James Watson has added a new chapter on "McDonald's as Political Target," as well as reflections on the dark side of globalism. Editor(s): Watson, James. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1FP; JFCA; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 338.
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
330
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804749893
ISBN
9780804749893
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 27.68

Paperback. This text uses Nordic ethnography methods and Latin American culture theory to explain how differing groups legitimise their own identities by identifying with notions drawn from folklore. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; JFC; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 422.
Publisher
Cork University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
First Paperback Edition.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781859181690
ISBN
9781859181690
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.71

Paperback. Illustrates the power of rites to help us navigate life's troublesome transitions. This book covers the significant life events of birth, initiation, marriage, and death. It explores innovative rites for important events such as beginning school, same-sex commitment ceremonies, abortion, serious illness, divorce, and retirement. Series: Life Passages S. Num Pages: 393 pages, 6 figures, 7 black-and-white photographs. BIC Classification: HRLF; JFC; JHBT; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 150 x 26. Weight in Grams: 520. Re-Inventing Rites of Passage. Series: Life Passages S. 393 pages, 7 b&w photographs, 6 line illustrations. Illustrates the power of rites to help us navigate life's troublesome transitions. This book covers the significant life events of birth, initiation, marriage, and death. It explores innovative rites for important events such as beginning school, same-sex commitment ceremonies, abortion, serious illness, divorce, and retirement. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: HRLF; JFC; JHBT; JHMC. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 26. Weight: 552.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
393
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520236752
ISBN
9780520236752
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 35.66

Paperback. 'A brilliant, unsentimental, often darkly humorous account of America's nervous breakdown after 9/11.' Publishers Weekly starred boxed review From the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of the international bestselller Backlash - an unflinchingly critical and strikingly original dissection of the mind and soul of America since 9/11. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 490.
Publisher
Atlantic Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
First Thus
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843547792
ISBN
9781843547792
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.51

Paperback. Series: Expertise: Cultures and Technologies of Knowledge. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MBN; JFC; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 284.
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801478055
ISBN
9780801478055
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.47

Paperback. Series: Culture Smart!. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: JFCA; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Kuperard
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Edition
Second edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857338720
ISBN
9781857338720
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.46

Paperback. Though the word 'vegetarianism' was not coined until the mid-nineteenth century, the vegetarian diet has been around as long as man has. Colin Spencer's comprehensive book explores the psychology of abstention from flesh and attempts to discover why omnivorous humans at times voluntarily abstain from an available food. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFCV; WBJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 236 x 27. Weight in Grams: 672.
Publisher
Grub Street
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910690215
ISBN
9781910690215
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.05

Paperback. In the aftermath of the First World War, the poet Paul Valery wrote of a crisis of spirit , brought about by the instrumentalization of knowledge and the destructive subordination of culture to profit. Recent events demonstrate all too clearly that that the stock of mind, or spirit, continues to fall. Translator(s): Ross, Daniel. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: JFCD; JMH; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 139 x 218 x 15. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
Polity
Number of pages
200
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745662718
ISBN
9780745662718
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.76

Paperback. A revised translation of Condorcet's view of progress across history and his prophetic writings on women, slavery, freedom and revolution. Editor(s): Lukes, Steven; Urbinati, Nadia. Series: Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought. Num Pages: 262 pages. BIC Classification: JFCX; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 136 x 7. Weight in Grams: 368. Series: Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought. 262 pages. Editor(s): Lukes, Steven; Urbinati, Nadia. A revised translation of Condorcet's view of progress across history and his prophetic writings on women, slavery, freedom and revolution. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: JFCX; JPA. Dimension: 216 x 136 x 7. Weight: 368.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
262
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107605398
ISBN
9781107605398
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.92

Paperback. This volume brings together essays by five scholars concerned with the senses and the anthropology of everyday life. Covering a wide range of topics from film to food, the authors describe ways in which sensory memories have preserved cultures otherwise threatened by urbanism and modernity. Num Pages: 158 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 10. Weight in Grams: 226.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
158
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
Univ of Chicago PR ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226748771
ISBN
9780226748771
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.82

Paperback. As the author traces the evolution of Motown from a small record company to an international music industry giant, she looks at cultural politics at the grassroots level and sees the music not as a mere soundtrack for its historical moment but as an active agent in politics of the time. Num Pages: 336 pages, 18 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBNG; AVGQ; JFC; JFSL3; KNTF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 562.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
a
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674005464
ISBN
9780674005464
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 30.03

Paperback. .
Publisher
Kahn & Averill United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781871082814
ISBN
9781871082814
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.96

Paperback.

The Posthuman offers both an introduction and major contribution to contemporary debates on the posthuman. Digital 'second life', genetically modified food, advanced prosthetics, robotics and reproductive technologies are familiar facets of our globally linked and technologically mediated societies. Num Pages: 180 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 139 x 216 x 22. Weight in Grams: 320.

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
180
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745641584
ISBN
9780745641584
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.55

Paperback. From rave's origins in Chicago house and Detroit techno, through Ibiza, Madchester and the anarchic free-party scene, to the pirate-radio underworld of jungle and UK garage, the author documents with insight and infectious enthusiasm the tracks, DJs, producers and promoters that soundtracked a generation. Num Pages: 816 pages. BIC Classification: AVG; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1072.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
816
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571289134
ISBN
9780571289134
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.36

Hardback. Num Pages: 560 pages, 25 color illus. BIC Classification: JFCV; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 168 x 243 x 40. Weight in Grams: 982.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Tra
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691163871
ISBN
9780691163871
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.81

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; PST. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 223 x 23. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781605988283
ISBN
9781605988283
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.35

Paperback. .
Publisher
SAGE Publications Inc United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761967651
ISBN
9780761967651
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.33

Paperback. A revealing exploration of how art acquires its financial value. Num Pages: 368 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: ABQ; AC; JFCD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 278.
Publisher
PENGUIN BOOKS
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780718192457
ISBN
9780718192457
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.90

Hardcover. Ernst Gombrich pays tribute to a varied selection of scholars and critics. Num Pages: 270 pages, 75 b&w illustrations, index. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 252 x 177 x 25. Weight in Grams: 850.
Publisher
Phaidon Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
270
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714823386
ISBN
9780714823386
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 19.00

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