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Paperback. Superman has represented the essence of American heroism. 'Faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, and able to leap tall buildings in a single bound', the Man of Steel has thrilled audiences across the globe, yet as life-long Superman Guy, this title argues in his story is uniquely American. Series: Icons of America. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AP; JFCA; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 132 x 16. Weight in Grams: 264.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300171242
- ISBN
- 9780300171242
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€ 26.17
€ 26.17
Women in the Middle East and North Africa: Restoring Women to History
Nashat, Guity; Tucker, Judith E.
paperback. Tracing the evolution of the role of women beginning with ancient Middle Eastern societies through the seventeenth century, this book examines the interplay between local practices and early Islamic beliefs and institutions. It also examines the development of the foundations of Islamic law and practice with regard to women. Series: Restoring Women to History. Num Pages: 224 pages, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HB; HBJF1; HBJH; JFC; JFSJ1; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 338.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253212641
- ISBN
- 9780253212641
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Condition: New
€ 26.41
€ 26.41
Paperback. Series: Currents in Latin American and Iberian Music. Num Pages: 304 pages, 50 music examples, 42 halftones, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 1KL; ASD; AVGW; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 444.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199965823
- ISBN
- 9780199965823
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€ 86.36
€ 86.36
Editor(s): Rosenberg, Robin S. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFCA; JMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 184 x 132 x 24. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199765812
- ISBN
- 9780199765812
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Condition: New
€ 34.13
€ 34.13
paperback. This book offers an original account of the history of liberal thought, one grounded in an institutional history of medieval pluralism and the early modern rationalizing state, and explores the deep tensions that liberal political thought rests upon. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JFCX; JPA. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198808916
- ISBN
- 9780198808916
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Condition: New
€ 53.49
€ 53.49
paperback. At the movies, catholicism is the American religion. Eleven prominent scholars explore how catholic characteres, spaces and rituals are represented in film. With chapters on movies ranging from Going My Way to Dogma, contributors provide close readings that illuminate critical themes and images as they set the films their historical context. Editor(s): McDannell, Colleen. Num Pages: 384 pages, 50 halftones. BIC Classification: APF; HRAX; JFCA; JFD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 253 x 177 x 25. Weight in Grams: 675.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, U.S.A. United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780195306576
- ISBN
- 9780195306576
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Condition: New
€ 47.77
€ 47.77
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 364
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192100177
- ISBN
- 9780192100177
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Condition: New
€ 96.50
€ 96.50
Paperback. Historian William J. Bouwsma here examines the conventional view of the European Renaissance as the root and foundation of modern culture, arguing instead that while it had a beginning and a climax, the Renaissance also had an ending. Series: Yale Intellectual History of the West. Num Pages: 318 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JB; 3JD; HBJD; HBLH; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 491.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300097177
- ISBN
- 9780300097177
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 25.88
€ 34.99
€ 25.88
Paperback. Exploring the final decade of each century from the 15th to the 20th, this work investigates factors such as cultural and economic attitudes, and artistic, scientific and political change. It finds that a consciousness of time has influenced the way people perceive their place in history. Num Pages: 256 pages, 84 b&w illustrations, 34 colour plates. BIC Classification: 3H; 3J; HBG; HBTB; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 168 x 243 x 17. Weight in Grams: 680.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300082630
- ISBN
- 9780300082630
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.25
€ 19.99
€ 16.25
Performing American Masculinities: The 21st-Century Man in Popular Cul...
. Ed(S): Watson, Elwood; Shaw, Marc Edward
paperback. Creating gender on page, stage, and screen Editor(s): Watson, Elwood; Shaw, Marc Edward. Num Pages: 252 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; JFCA; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253222701
- ISBN
- 9780253222701
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.38
€ 26.99
€ 25.38
paperback. Adopting a material culture perspective, this study examines the social and cultural history of the Soviet period, looking particularly at social relations and the way individuals variously appropriated architectural space and material culture in order to cope with daily life. Series: Materializing Culture. Num Pages: 256 pages, 26 b/w figs. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJ; AM; HBJD; HBLW; JFC; JHM; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 160 x 14. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781859734261
- ISBN
- 9781859734261
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Condition: New
€ 48.90
€ 48.90
paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 19 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFD; JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 150 x 11. Weight in Grams: 286.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816646050
- ISBN
- 9780816646050
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.38
€ 26.99
€ 25.38
paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFC; JFSG; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 151 x 14. Weight in Grams: 360.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816629053
- ISBN
- 9780816629053
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.49
€ 27.99
€ 26.49
paperback. Series: Theory & History of Literature S. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816619542
- ISBN
- 9780816619542
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 34.28
€ 36.99
€ 34.28
W.E.B. Du Bois on Race and Culture: Philosophy, Politics, and Poetics ...
Bell, Bernard W.; Grosholz, Emily R.; Stewart...
paperback. One of the most profound and influential African Americans, this volume brings together original essays by some leading philosophers, literary critics, historians, and sociologists in the field of Du Bois' scholarship. Num Pages: 316 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JFF; JFSL1; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415915571
- ISBN
- 9780415915571
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Condition: New
€ 54.75
€ 54.75
Paperback. Suitable for historians, ethnologists and students of Hawaiian literature and culture, this work examines the stories that identify the origins and places of the earliest inhabitants of Ha'ena. It outlines the unique relationships developed by Hawaiians with the environment and describes the system used to look after the land and the sea. Num Pages: 184 pages, 50 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MKPH; JFC; JFSL9. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Hawaii Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780824834104
- ISBN
- 9780824834104
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Condition: New
€ 27.53
€ 27.53
Hardback. This book examines the history of the scientific fascination with stories of "wild children" Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFC; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 166 x 30. Weight in Grams: 748.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen's University Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780773529724
- ISBN
- 9780773529724
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Condition: New
€ 52.72
€ 52.72
paperback. In the first accessible introduction to his work in English, Lodziak and Tatman trace the development of Gorz's political theory. Series: Modern European Thinkers. Num Pages: 168 pages, references, index. BIC Classification: JFCX; JPA; JPFF; RNC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 12. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745307879
- ISBN
- 9780745307879
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.69
€ 40.99
€ 31.69
paperback. Using South African cinema as a lens through which to view cultural changes resulting from the end of apartheid in 1994, this title examines how media transformed the meaning of race and nation during this period and argues that, as apartheid was disbanded and new racial constructs allowed, South Africa quickly sought a new mode of representation. Series: New Directions in National Cinemas. Num Pages: 272 pages, 27 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1HFM; APF; JFC; JFD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253221865
- ISBN
- 9780253221865
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.45
€ 27.99
€ 26.45
paperback. Deals with the subject of how Jews think about and work with objects. This title draws from philosophy, cultural studies, literature, psychology, film, and photography to portray the vibrancy of Jewish practice in America. It offers an approach to an understanding of modern Jewish thought and its relation to American culture. Num Pages: 358 pages, 11 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCD; JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press (IPS) United States
- Number of pages
- 358
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253221834
- ISBN
- 9780253221834
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.56
€ 29.99
€ 27.56