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Cultural studies
Paperback. Series: Palgrave Studies in Modern European Literature. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; HBJ; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349460847
- ISBN
- 9781349460847
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. This book brings together experts on national history writing from all five continents to discuss the role of history in the making of national identities in a transnational and comparative way. The institutionalization and professionalisation of history writing is analysed in the context of history's increasing nationalization. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; HBAH; HBTB; JFC; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 255
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349283644
- ISBN
- 9781349283644
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Series Editor(s): Melikoglu, Koray. Series: Studies in English Literatures. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 151 x 12. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Publisher
- ibidem-Verlag, Jessica Haunschild u Christian Schon
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2021
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783838200750
- ISBN
- 9783838200750
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.35
€ 40.99
€ 29.35
Hardcover. Joseph R. Dennis demonstrates the significance of imperial Chinese local gazetteers in both local societies and national discourses. Whereas previous studies argued that publishing, and thus cultural and intellectual power, were concentrated in the southeast, Dennis shows that publishing and book ownership were widely dispersed throughout China. Num Pages: 405 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JFC; KCZ; KNTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 161 x 35. Weight in Grams: 694.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Asia Center
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674504295
- ISBN
- 9780674504295
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 46.60
€ 54.99
€ 46.60
Paperback. Is it "Stalinist" for a formerly communist country to tear down a statue of Stalin? Should the Confederate flag be allowed to fly over the South Carolina state capital? Is it possible for America to honour General Custer and the Sioux Nation, Jefferson Davis and Abraham Lincoln? This title deals with these questions. Series: Public Planet Books. Num Pages: 160 pages, 19 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AMGD; JFC; JHM; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 208 x 168 x 12. Weight in Grams: 206.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Number of pages
- 104
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822322207
- ISBN
- 9780822322207
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.44
€ 26.99
€ 25.44
Hardcover. This book delves into the reasons why pop culture, and all of its "X-Rated" features, are so appealing to masses of people, even though they may hate to love it. Num Pages: 180 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CF; GTE; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 165 x 18. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230610675
- ISBN
- 9780230610675
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.78
€ 66.78
Paperback. Series: Xenophobe's Guides. Num Pages: 96 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBR; JFC; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 111 x 8. Weight in Grams: 92. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Oval Books
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAC0000213
- ISBN
- 9781906042370
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. From Jules Verne to the Jetsons, from a 500-passenger flying wing to an anti-aircraft flying buzz-saw, the vision of the future as seen through the eyes of the past demonstrates the play of the American imagination on the canvas of the future. Num Pages: 176 pages, 166, 166 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCX; PDR; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 252 x 10. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801853999
- ISBN
- 9780801853999
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.19
€ 48.19
Paperback. Yiddish and Power surveys the social, linguistic and intellectual history of the Yiddish language within the traditional civilisation of Jewish Ashkenaz in central, and then in eastern Europe, and its interaction with the surrounding non-Jewish culture. It explores the various ways in which Yiddish has empowered masses and served political agendas. Series: Palgrave Studies in Minority Languages and Communities. Num Pages: 340 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CBX; CFB; CFGR; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 340
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349355211
- ISBN
- 9781349355211
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.85
€ 66.85
Paperback. This title uses the Asian concept of yin and yang to explain how American virtues and vices are opposite sides of the same coin. Unlike the dualism characteristic of the West, in much of Asia the forces of yin and yang are seen to co-exist in everything, and complete each other in cosmic harmony. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KBB; JFC; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Nicholas Brealey Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781877864858
- ISBN
- 9781877864858
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 19.08
€ 26.99
€ 19.08
Paperback. A political and analytical biography, this book examines Yizhak Rabin's longtime leadership of the military and his political direction of the Jewish state, as well as his efforts to secure a peace with Egypt and with the Palestinians. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJF; HBW; JFC; JPA; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2014
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349481682
- ISBN
- 9781349481682
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.98
€ 65.98
Paperback. This book examines yoga's transcultural dissemination in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. It explores yoga as a situated practice, shaped in distinctive ways against the backdrop of both global forces and local imaginings of India and its traditions. Editor(s): Hauser, Beatrix. Series: Transcultural Research - Heidelberg Studies on Asia and Europe in a Global Context. Num Pages: 259 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, 8 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 169 x 14. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319003146
- ISBN
- 9783319003146
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.34
€ 66.34
Hardback. This book is a much expanded and wholly rewritten treatment of the subject of the author's first book, Warrior Government in Early Medieval Japan, published in 1974. In this new version, the "warrior" and "medieval" character of Japan's first shogunate is significantly de-emphasized, thus requiring not only a new title, but also a new book. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrationsmap. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBG; HBJF; HBLC; JFC; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 160 x 230 x 20. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804735919
- ISBN
- 9780804735919
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.25
€ 87.25
Paperback. The Nigerian diaspora is now world-wide, and when Yoruba travel, they take with them their religious organizations. As a member of the Cherubim and Seraphim church in London for over thirty years, anthropologist Hermione Harris explores a world of prayer, spirit possession, and divination through dreams and visions. Series: Contemporary Anthropology of Religion. Num Pages: 303 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRA; HRAC; JFC; JHM; PGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2006
- Number of pages
- 303
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349535507
- ISBN
- 9781349535507
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.73
€ 127.73
Paperback. Reveals how the internet is deadening personal interaction, stifling genuine inventiveness and even changing us as people. Showing us the way to a future where individuals mean more than machines, this book is a searing manifesto against mass mediocrity, a creative call to arms - and an impassioned defence of the human. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; PDR; UBJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141049113
- ISBN
- 9780141049113
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.61
€ 15.99
€ 12.61
Gambling is both a national US pastime and a predominant cultural metaphor ("play the field", "beat the odds", "take a chance on ..").This work by a sports historian, social worker, English professor and gambler seeks to shatter the myths intefering with our understanding of gambling. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813121956
- ISBN
- 9780813121956
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.56
€ 31.56
Paperback. BIC Classification: DSK; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 25. .
- Publisher
- I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784536992
- ISBN
- 9781784536992
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 25.84
€ 27.99
€ 25.84
Young Audiences, Theatre and the Cultural Conversation
. Ed(S): O'Toole, John; Adams, Ricci-Jane; Ew...
Paperback. This book thoroughly explains why young people (ages 14-25) do or do not attend theatre into adulthood by delineating how three inter-linked factors-literacy, confidence, and etiquette-influence their decisions. Editor(s): O'Toole, John; Adams, Ricci-Jane; Ewing, Robyn. Series: Landscapes: The Arts, Aesthetics and Education. Num Pages: 218 pages, 48 black & white illustrations, 5 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: AS; JFC; JFSP2; JNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 343.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789401779432
- ISBN
- 9789401779432
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 126.82
€ 126.82
Hardcover. Young Audiences, Theatre and the Cultural Conversation Editor(s): O'Toole, John; Adams, Ricci-Jane; Anderson, Michael; Burton, Bruce; Ewing, Robyn. Series: Landscapes: The Arts, Aesthetics and Education. Num Pages: 218 pages, 48 black & white illustrations, 5 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: AN; JFCA; JFSP2; JFSP3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 242 x 17. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer
- Edition
- 2014th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400776081
- ISBN
- 9789400776081
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.95
€ 127.95
Paperback. This collection is the first to examine the life experiences of young adult immigrants in Europe, as transmitted by the young adults themselves, and together with the analytical framework, seeks to uncover mechanisms at work in these individuals' lives. Editor(s): Fangen, Katrine; Johansson, T.; Hammaren, Nils. Series: Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship. Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFN; JFSL; JFSP; JHBK; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 239
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349335084
- ISBN
- 9781349335084
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95