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Cultural studies
Paperback. Presents a history and ethnography of Puerto Rican brujeria (witch-healing). This book explores how brujeria emerged from a blending of Catholicism, Afro-Latin religions, French Spiritism, and folk Protestantism and also looks at how it has adapted to changes in state policies and responded to global flows of ideas and commodities. Num Pages: 335 pages, 50 b&w figures. BIC Classification: 1KJP; HRQX5; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 509. Weight in Grams: 766.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 335
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780292771260
- ISBN
- 9780292771260
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.11
€ 44.11
Paperback. Editor(s): Reed, Peter; Rothenberg, David. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DNN; HPCF; JFCX; RNA; RNC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816621828
- ISBN
- 9780816621828
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.07
€ 35.07
Paperback. Most of us are taught from a young age to be winners and avoid being losers. But what does it mean to win or lose? Does winning make us happy? This title undertakes an unprecedented investigation of winning and losing in American society, what we are really after as we struggle to win, our collective beliefs about winners and losers, and more. Num Pages: 256 pages, 9 line illus. 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFFP; JHB; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 234 x 17. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691159645
- ISBN
- 9780691159645
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 27.28
€ 32.99
€ 27.28
Hardback. Num Pages: 192 pages, B&W Illus.: 36; Graphs: 2,. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 143 x 16. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231167789
- ISBN
- 9780231167789
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 28.99
€ 28.99
Hardback. How did wine surpass all other beverages to achieve global domination? In Wine, Marc Millon travels back to the origins of modern man to find the answer, discovering that this heady drink is intertwined with the roots of civilization itself. Series: Edible. Num Pages: 128 pages, 40 colour, 20 black and white. BIC Classification: JFCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 131 x 18. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780231112
- ISBN
- 9781780231112
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.83
€ 16.99
€ 13.83
Paperback. Wine: A Cultural History is a beautifully illustrated account of the story of wine, from ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia to the new world today. John Varriano examines how wine is made, and how it has been used in rituals, revelries and remedies throughout history. Num Pages: 280 pages, 88 colour illustrations, 17 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCV; WBXD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 249 x 190 x 16. Weight in Grams: 908.
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861897909
- ISBN
- 9781861897909
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.17
€ 41.17
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
€ 104.12
€ 104.12
Paperback. Contributors focus on such key media texts of the 1960s as The Avengers, This Sporting Life, Panorama, The Apartment and Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, demonstrating what close textual investigation can reveal about the great social and cultural transformation of the decade. Editor(s): Aldgate, Anthony; Chapman, James (Lecturer in Film and Television Studies, Open University); Marwick, Arthur (Professor of History, Open University). Num Pages: 232 pages, 20 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPK; JFC; JFD; JHM. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 136 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- I.B.Tauris & Co Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781860643835
- ISBN
- 9781860643835
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.58
€ 36.58
hardcover. This collection of essays pays tribute to the Victorian intellectual, William Whewell, whose influence can be traced in fields as diverse as moral philosophy, mineralogy, architecture, the politics of education, physics and engineering. Editor(s): Fisch, Menachem; Schaffer, Simon. Num Pages: 418 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JF; 3JH; HPCD; JFCX; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 163 x 29. Weight in Grams: 800. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Clarendon Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0037373
- ISBN
- 9780198249009
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.65
€ 5.65
Hardback. Series: Anthem Nineteenth-Century Series. Num Pages: 252 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Anthem Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857283191
- ISBN
- 9780857283191
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.76
€ 133.76
Hardback. This well illustrated book celebrates every aspect of the wide-ranging achievements of William Morris - writer, designer, cultural critic, revolutionary socialist - with particular emphasis on their relevance to our own times. The book makes available up-to-date Morris scholarship in accessible form. Editor(s): Faulkner, Peter; Preston, Peter. Num Pages: 300 pages, 30 illustrations, 8 colour plates. BIC Classification: 2AB; ACVM; AGB; AK; DSBF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 165 x 24. Weight in Grams: 735.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859895774
- ISBN
- 9780859895774
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.33
€ 139.33
Paperback. Series: American Philosophy. Num Pages: 194 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPC; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 11. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 194
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253018229
- ISBN
- 9780253018229
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.35
€ 29.99
€ 27.35
Hardback. Series: American Philosophy. Num Pages: 194 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPC; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 14. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 194
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253018182
- ISBN
- 9780253018182
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 120.22
€ 120.22
Paperback. During the 1930s and 1940s William Grant Still was known as the "Dean of Afro-American Composers". He worked as an arranger for early radio, on Broadway, and in Hollywood. This text brings William Grant Still out of the archives and examines his place in America's musical heritage. Series: Music of the African Diaspora. Num Pages: 384 pages, 14 b/w illustrations, 1 table, 22 music examples. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGC6; AVH; BGF; JFC; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 485. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KHN0001970
- ISBN
- 9780520215436
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. This collection of 216 letters offers an accessible, single-volume distillation of the exchange spanning 50 years between celebrated brothers William and Henry James. Their correspondence demonstrates the persons, places, and events that effected the Euro-American world from 1861-1910. Editor(s): Berkeley, Elizabeth M. Num Pages: 608 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; BGA; HPC; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1134.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813916941
- ISBN
- 9780813916941
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.01
€ 80.01
Hardcover. Illustrator(s): Gauckler, Genevieve. Num Pages: 272 pages, 164 colour photographs. BIC Classification: AJB; HRLF; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 180 x 28. Weight in Grams: 990.
- Publisher
- Dewi Lewis Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781907893230
- ISBN
- 9781907893230
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.83
€ 35.99
€ 30.83
Hardback. Why is it that even amidst affluence and power, our culture is plagued by a variety of addictions? This work searches for answers by giving attention to our genetic legacy from our hunter-gatherer ancestors, as well as the way we adapt to our environment. Num Pages: 324 pages, index. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFH1; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 324
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847689675
- ISBN
- 9780847689675
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.28
€ 26.99
€ 26.28
Hardback. Leitch regards Wikipedia as an ideal instrument for probing the central assumptions behind liberal education, making it more than merely, as one of its severest critics has charged, "the encyclopedia game, played online." Series: Tech.edu: A Hopkins Series on Education and Technology. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JNM; JNP; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 230 x 16. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421415352
- ISBN
- 9781421415352
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 39.42
€ 39.42
Paperback. Editor(s): Fujino, Diane C. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: AB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780816656851
- ISBN
- 9780816656851
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 25.17
€ 25.99
€ 25.17
Paperback. Numerous designers have pioneered cutting-edge garments and collections throughout the evolution of fashion. But all too often a lack of obvious fit or purpose has been mistaken for a lack of design sophistication. This title champions the improbable, the provocative, the uncomfortable and the seemingly ridiculous. Num Pages: 224 pages, 100 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AKT; JFCK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 143 x 19. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Publisher
- Thames & Hudson Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780500291498
- ISBN
- 9780500291498
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.36
€ 13.99
€ 11.36
Hardback. Dispels the myth that the television industry is giving viewers the programming they want to see and, thus, we as viewers are responsible for the existence of shows like "Fear Factor" and yet another "Survivor". Introducing us to the political economy of television, the author covers programming and organizations that seek industry accountability. Series: Critical Media Studies: Institutions, Politics, and Culture. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 172 x 17. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742524859
- ISBN
- 9780742524859
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.20
€ 129.20
paperback. A history of the rise to dominance of the West, exploring the links between cultural values and military success. It studies nine major clashes between West and non-West, arguing that the West won not just because of technology, but because of its focus on individualism and democratic rights. Num Pages: 512 pages, 25 line drawings. BIC Classification: HBG; HBT; JFC; JFFE; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 133 x 39. Weight in Grams: 670.
- Publisher
- Faber Non Fiction
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571216406
- ISBN
- 9780571216406
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 18.26
€ 25.99
€ 18.26
Hardback. In this, the first academic text devoted to The Smiths, writers from a range of perspectives set out to consider the cultural significance and enduring appeal of one of the most influential and controversial bands of recent decades. Editor(s): Campbell, Sean; Coulter, Colin. Series Editor(s): Martin, Peter. Series: Music and Society. Num Pages: 272 pages, ill. BIC Classification: AVH; JFC. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 243 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719078408
- ISBN
- 9780719078408
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 151.10
€ 151.10
Listen to David Hesmondhalgh discuss the arguments at the core of 'Why Music Matters' with Laurie Taylor on BBC Radio 4's Thinking Allowed here. Num Pages: 204 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AV; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 160 x 15. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405192422
- ISBN
- 9781405192422
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 102.35
€ 102.35