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Hardcover. Tea: A Global History is a well-illustrated, concise exploration of the rich and fascinating history of tea. Helen Saberi describes the many varieties of tea consumed around the world, from Indian chai to Burmese pickled lephet tea, and from brick tea to Taiwanese 'bubble tea' and looks at the economic and social uses of tea. Series: Edible. Num Pages: 184 pages, 61 colour illustrations, 15 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCV; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 132 x 19. Weight in Grams: 388.
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
184
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861897763
ISBN
9781861897763
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Paperback. This book provides a historical narrative of the Argentine tax system in the twentieth century. It argues that the failure to build permanent trust between the state and the civil society and the unraveling of confidence within Argentine society itself account for the collapse of the progressive tax system. Series: Studies of the Americas. Num Pages: 259 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJK; JFC; JPA; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2012
Number of pages
259
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349344024
ISBN
9781349344024
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.17

Paperback. Cultural sensibilities about tattooing are discussed within historical context and in relation to broader trends in body modification, such as cosmetic surgery, dieting, and piercing. Num Pages: 376 pages, 3 figures, 8 illustrations. BIC Classification: AFY; JFCA; JH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802085689
ISBN
9780802085689
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 44.41

Paperback. .
Publisher
Haus Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Translation
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909961210
ISBN
9781909961210
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.10

Paperback. Explores the origins and significance of the French concept of terroir, demonstrating that the way the French eat their food and drink their wine today derives from a cultural mythology that developed between the Renaissance and the Revolution. Series: California Studies in Food and Culture. Num Pages: 248 pages, 11 b/w images. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBJD; HBTB; JFCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 362.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520277519
ISBN
9780520277519
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

Hardback. Explores the origins and significance of the French concept of terroir, demonstrating that the way the French eat their food and drink their wine today derives from a cultural mythology that developed between the Renaissance and the Revolution. Series: California Studies in Food and Culture. Num Pages: 248 pages, 11 b/w images. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBJD; HBTB; JFCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 237 x 20. Weight in Grams: 468.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520277502
ISBN
9780520277502
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.03
€ 73.24

Hardcover. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JFCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 236 x 26. Weight in Grams: 532.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781681771632
ISBN
9781681771632
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 26.06

Paperback. Num Pages: 212 pages. BIC Classification: JFCA; PDZ; WBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 203 x 11. Weight in Grams: 198.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Feminist Press at The City University of New York United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781558618398
ISBN
9781558618398
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.11

Hardback. Translation of: Il gusto come esperienza. Bra, 2012. Series: Arts & Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary History. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF3; HPN; JFCV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 149 x 22. Weight in Grams: 346.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231173483
ISBN
9780231173483
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 25.06

Paperback. This work explores the changing meaning of furniture from the mid-17th to the early-20th century. Analyzing furniture makers, sellers, buyers and arbiters, the book reveals how the aesthetics of everyday life were as integral to political events as economic and social transformations. Series: Studies on the History of Society & Culture. Num Pages: 526 pages, 68 b&w photographs, 1 table. BIC Classification: AFT; AMR; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 159 x 31. Weight in Grams: 716.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
526
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520213654
ISBN
9780520213654
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 32.06

Paperback. Documentary filmmakers and PR professionals exemplify Alberta's internationally escalating clash between environment and economy. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBCL; JFC; KCN; RNFY; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Alberta Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781772121407
ISBN
9781772121407
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.43

Paperback. Professionals engaged in art therapy discuss aspects of practice which are affected by an environment of increasing cultural diversity. Some contributions examine problems faced by members of ethnic minorities who are caught between assertion of their cultural identities and assimilation into a different social milieu. Editor(s): Hiscox, Anna R.; Calisch, Abby C. Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 1KBC; 1MBF; JFC; JFSL; MQTC; MX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Pub
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853025761
ISBN
9781853025761
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.20

Paperback. Selected for CHOICE's list of Outstanding Academic Books for 1995. Series: Michigan Monographs in Chinese Studies. Num Pages: 281 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
U OF M CENTER FOR CHINESE STUDIES
Condition
New
SKU
V9780892641093
ISBN
9780892641093
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.47

Paperback. Common stereotypes of the tango are dispelled by this history of a rich and complex dance, and the contemporary cultural response to it. Num Pages: 232 pages, 17 b&w illus., 23 music exx. BIC Classification: 1KLS; ASD; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 15. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253219053
ISBN
9780253219053
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.10

Paperback. Analyzing the ways US culture has been formed and transformed in the 80s and 90s by its response to the Vietnam War and the AIDS epidemic, this book argues that each has disrupted our conventional notions of community, nation, consensus, and 'American culture.' Num Pages: 375 pages, 26. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW3; JFC; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 159 x 22. Weight in Grams: 516.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
375
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
First Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520206205
ISBN
9780520206205
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.56

Paperback. Based on the rich museum collections of Harvard University, Tangible Things challenges rigid distinctions between history, anthropology, science, and the arts. Through 20 entertaining and inspiring case studies it demonstrates that almost any material thing, when examined closely, can be a link between present and past. Num Pages: 280 pages, 200 illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; JFCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 257 x 179 x 13. Weight in Grams: 686.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199382286
ISBN
9780199382286
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.50

Hardcover. This book examines how collective memory and material culture are used to support present political and ideological needs in contemporary society. Using the memorialization of the Troubles in contemporary Northern Ireland as a case study.. Num Pages: 268 pages, 20 ills, 11 tables. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; JFCD; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 243 x 166 x 24. Weight in Grams: 598.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782384076
ISBN
9781782384076
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 163.04

Paperback. Looks at the interrelations between models of language in anthropology, philosophy, linguistics, and literary criticism and explores their varied accounts of subjectivity, reference, and narration Num Pages: 392 pages, 3 figures, 5 tables. BIC Classification: CF; HPCF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 28. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822320159
ISBN
9780822320159
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 29.90

Hardcover. This book highlights how the idea of civilization formed one of the strong elements of the Indian nationalist discourse. It shows how; around the turn of twentieth century, Indians began to 'talk back' and question the colonial assumptions in imagining and narrating India's past. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JJ; JFCX; JPFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
OUP India India
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198075042
ISBN
9780198075042
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.57

Paperback. Whether in the news, from our doctors, in our families, or through entertainment or commercial outlets - communicating about health can be harnessed in ways to benefit our choices, our decisions, and our physical and mental well-being. Series: Communication in the Public Interest. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 11. Weight in Grams: 306.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405177566
ISBN
9781405177566
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.32

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