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Paperback. Denies that punishment is about justice, reason, and law. This book shows that punishment is an essentially irrational act founded in ritual as a means to control evil without creating more of it in the process. It looks at issues ranging from public executions and the development of the prison to the invention of the guillotine. Num Pages: 224 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: JFC; JKVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 160 x 12. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226766102
- ISBN
- 9780226766102
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 26.09
€ 32.99
€ 26.09
Hardback. Through the lens of fashion and style, Dressing for the Culture Wars guides us through the competing political and social movements of the culture war. Betty Luther Hillman illustrates how self-presentation influenced the culture and politics of the era and carried connotations similarly linked to the broader political challenges of the time. Num Pages: 280 pages, 14 illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJPK; 3JJPL; HPN; JFCK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 825.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803269750
- ISBN
- 9780803269750
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Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 43.93
€ 43.99
€ 43.93
Paperback. Translator(s): Maraniss, James E. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: 1QSC; DSB; HBTQ; HBTR; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 153 x 28. Weight in Grams: 610.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822318651
- ISBN
- 9780822318651
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 32.13
€ 32.99
€ 32.13
Paperback. Drawn from the 1994 British Sociological Association annual conference on "Sexualities in Social Context", this work examines the relationship between the sexual and the social, and between gender and sexuality. It explores themes such as gendered identity, embodiment and control. Editor(s): Holland, Janet; Adkins, Lisa. Series: Explorations in Sociology. Num Pages: 259 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSJ; JMU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 331.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 259
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1996th Edition
- SKU
- V9780333650028
- ISBN
- 9780333650028
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Condition: New
€ 66.18
€ 66.18
Paperback. Editor(s): Reynolds, Dee; Reason, Matthew. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 171 x 19. Weight in Grams: 634.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Intellect Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841504919
- ISBN
- 9781841504919
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Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 46.10
€ 47.99
€ 46.10
Paperback. This book will transform the way you think about design by showing how integral it is to our daily lives, from the spoon we use to eat our breakfast cereal to the medical equipment used to save lives. John Heskett goes beyond style and taste to look at how different cultures and individuals personalise objects. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 168 pages, numerous halftones. BIC Classification: ACB; ACXD2; ACXJ8; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 113 x 10. Weight in Grams: 138.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- OUP Oxford
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780192854469
- ISBN
- 9780192854469
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Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 11.61
€ 12.99
€ 11.61
Hardback. Why is the world orderly, and how does order occur? Humans inhabit many systems - natural, social, political, economic, cognitive, and others - with seemingly obscure origins. In this book, the authors trace the versatile language of self-organization in the eighteenth-century West. Num Pages: 384 pages, 5 halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 237 x 30. Weight in Grams: 686.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226752051
- ISBN
- 9780226752051
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Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 40.43
€ 51.99
€ 40.43
Paperback. aeo The first comprehensive survey of a key area of contemporary sociology. aeo The author is respected worldwide as a leading authority in the field. aeo Carefully structured and clearly written. Num Pages: 368 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFCX; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 173 x 20. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd England
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631182061
- ISBN
- 9780631182061
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Condition: New
€ 65.53
€ 65.53
Paperback. Culture and Mental Health takes a critical look at the research pertaining to common psychological disorders, examining how mental health can be studied from and vary according to different cultural perspectives. Editor(s): Eshun, Sussie; Gurung, Regan A. R. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JFC; JM. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 170 x 28. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405169820
- ISBN
- 9781405169820
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Condition: New
€ 54.07
€ 54.07
Paperback. Num Pages: 392 pages, illustrations, 17 tables, 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JFC; JFSG; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 232 x 21. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226349794
- ISBN
- 9780226349794
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Condition: New
€ 51.09€ 44.25
€ 51.09
€ 44.25
Paperback. Editor(s): Grantley, Darryll (University of Kent, Canterbury). BIC Classification: DSB; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138263352
- ISBN
- 9781138263352
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Condition: New
€ 66.85
€ 66.85
Hardcover. Essays and artists' projects explore the ubiquity of cloth in everyday life and the effect of globalization on art and labor; with more than 100 color images. Editor(s): Livingstone, Joan; Ploof, John. Num Pages: 422 pages, 134 color illus., 98 duotones. BIC Classification: AB; JFC; KNDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 187 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1538.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- MIT Press Ltd United States
- Edition
- First Edition (US) First Printing
- Number of pages
- 422
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780262122900
- ISBN
- 9780262122900
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 42.03
€ 44.99
€ 42.03
Paperback. A journey in reading differs from all other reviews or critical appreciations. This book takes into account the role that books actually play in our lives. It confirms the novelist's status as one of the world's most exciting curators of culture. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DNJ; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 196.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780241967942
- ISBN
- 9780241967942
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Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 5.70
€ 11.99
€ 5.70
Paperback. "All the contributions are interesting and, from their own different perspectives, throw light on the different aspects of the vexed question of human rights."-Political Studies Editor(s): An-Na'im, Abdullahi Ahmed. Series: Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights. Num Pages: 488 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 155 x 31. Weight in Grams: 712.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 488
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780812215687
- ISBN
- 9780812215687
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.73
€ 41.99
€ 37.73
Paperback. The book is the English edition of a collection of essays by Jacob Taubes, one of the most creative and idiosyncratic philosophers of religion in Germany of the second half of the twentieth century. Editor(s): Fonrobert, Charlotte Elisheva; Engel, Amir. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 456 pages. BIC Classification: JFCX; JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804739849
- ISBN
- 9780804739849
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.67
€ 30.99
€ 27.67
Paperback. * Integrates urban sociology and film studies literature to show what can be learnt about cities from film. * Provides an innovative and instructive contribution to urban studies. * Includes a wide range of case studies from around the world. . Editor(s): Shiel, Mark; Fitzmaurice, Tony. Series: Studies in Urban and Social Change. Num Pages: 320 pages, 0. BIC Classification: APFA; JFC; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631222446
- ISBN
- 9780631222446
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.28
€ 36.28
Paperback. Leading authorities write on the complex--and sometimes controversial--history, politics, and culture of rap and hip hop Series: Critical Perspectives on the Past Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, 12 photographs. BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVGP; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566393621
- ISBN
- 9781566393621
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.45
€ 37.99
€ 34.45
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252073113
- ISBN
- 9780252073113
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 32.13
€ 34.99
€ 32.13
Paperback. "The best Darwin anthology on the market" (Stephen Jay Gould, Harvard) has just become better, in this newly revised version of the now classic Norton Critical Edition, first published in 1970. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 720 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; JFCX; PSAJ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 142 x 25. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- 3rd
- Number of pages
- 714
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393958492
- ISBN
- 9780393958492
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Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.63
€ 18.99
€ 17.63
Paperback. aeo An engaging and accessible study of the relation between religion and postmodernity. aeo Examines key issues such as the rise of consumerism and the influence of communication and information technologies as a way of understanding the transformations of religion throughout the worl. Num Pages: 200 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HRCM; HRLB; JFC; JHBA; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745614892
- ISBN
- 9780745614892
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.14
€ 26.14