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Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFFZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Publisher
- Imprint Academic United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845402358
- ISBN
- 9781845402358
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.54
€ 14.54
Hardback. Chinese culture was a performance culture, and ritual was the highest form of performance. Village ritual life everywhere in pre-revolutionary China was complex, conservative, and extraordinarily diverse. This title discusses the ritual world of a group of rural settlements in Shanxi province in pre-1949 North China. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 450 pages, 15 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBTB; HRKN; HRLF; JFSF. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 22. Weight in Grams: 702.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 450
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674033047
- ISBN
- 9780674033047
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 46.73
€ 54.99
€ 46.73
Paperback. Public spectacle formed a crucial component of the language of power in ancient Rome. This text presents a description of Rome's early history, by the historian Livy (16 BCE-17 CE). He presents his account of the growth of the Roman state itself as a visual monument and public spectacle. Num Pages: 250 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; DSBB; HBG; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 250
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520210271
- ISBN
- 9780520210271
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.56
€ 38.99
€ 28.56
Paperback. Scenic spectacles collapse the borders of graphic and visual arts, multimedia technology, spectatorship and architecture. Drawing upon various systems of commercial, institutional and public spectacle that intersect with scenic stages of the national landscape, Tenneriello examines how spectacle is entrenched in the formation of national identity. Num Pages: 328 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: AN; AS; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 421.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349471959
- ISBN
- 9781349471959
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.37€ 46.71
€ 53.37
€ 46.71
Paperback. Examines the Roman games focusing on the practicalities of entertainment and architectural venues. This book offers an introduction to the main forms of spectacle in the Roman world, their nature, context and social importance. It also includes a section which reviews the modern reception of Roman spectacles, especially those involving gladiators. Num Pages: 128 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 171 x 216 x 6. Weight in Grams: 142.
- Publisher
- Duckworth Publishers
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853996962
- ISBN
- 9781853996962
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.45
€ 32.45
Hardback. In 1847, during the great age of the freak show, the British periodical Punch bemoaned the public's 'prevailing taste for deformity'. This work argues that far from being purely exploitative, displays of anomalous bodies served a deeper social purpose as they generated popular and scientific debates over the meanings attached to bodily difference. Num Pages: 288 pages, 15 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; ASZW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 528. Freak Shows and Modern British Culture. 288 pages, ill. In 1847, during the great age of the freak show, the British periodical Punch bemoaned the public's 'prevailing taste for deformity'. This work argues that far from being purely exploitative, displays of anomalous bodies served a deeper social purpose as they generated popular and scientific debates over the meanings attached to bodily difference. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; ASZW; HBTB. Dimension: 234 x 162 x 22. Weight: 528.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520257689
- ISBN
- 9780520257689
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.62€ 64.59
€ 83.62
€ 64.59
hardcover. The author reads the Book of Revelation as a text firmly situated in the world of imperial Roman Asia Minor, where it was written. He argues that Revelation is a Christian version of that world, complete with its own gladiatorial combats and other public spectacles. Series: Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient Religion. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCG9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 443.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812238228
- ISBN
- 9780812238228
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.31
€ 81.31
Paperback. Drawing on a range of written and visual materials, including private and business archives, and working at the intersections of art history, literature, and cinema studies, this title argues that "spectacular realities" are part of the foundation of modern mass society. Num Pages: 243 pages, 50 b/w photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; JFC; JFSG; JHBS; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 356. Early Mass Culture in Fin-de-Siecle Paris. 243 pages, 52 b&w photographs, 1 map. Drawing on a range of written and visual materials, including private and business archives, and working at the intersections of art history, literature, and cinema studies, this title argues that "spectacular realities" are part of the foundation of modern mass society. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; JFC; JFSG; JHBS; JHM. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 18. Weight: 346.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 243
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520221680
- ISBN
- 9780520221680
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.81
€ 35.99
€ 26.81
Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 136 x 9. Weight in Grams: 164.
- Publisher
- Crossway
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Redesign
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781433536250
- ISBN
- 9781433536250
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.53
€ 13.99
€ 13.53
A history and sociological analysis of the semantics of speculation between 1870 and 1930, this book looks at how speculation was represented in popular discourse and analyzes the discursive struggles turning it into a legitimate economic practice. Translator(s): Savoth, Eric. Num Pages: 312 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPX; JHB; KCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 585. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804771313
- ISBN
- 9780804771313
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 150.96
€ 150.96
Paperback. A history and sociological analysis of the semantics of speculation between 1870 and 1930, this book looks at how speculation was represented in popular discourse and analyzes the discursive struggles turning it into a legitimate economic practice. Translator(s): Savoth, Eric. Num Pages: 312 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HPX; JHB; KCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 585. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804771320
- ISBN
- 9780804771320
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 34.36
€ 36.99
€ 34.36
paperback. Considers how we remember historical instances of suffering and atrocity, framing its central questions to show larger cultural shifts in how we position ourselves in relation to history, performance, and memory. Series: Unnatural Acts: Theorizing the Performative. Num Pages: 176 pages, 1 bibliog., 1 index. BIC Classification: AN; APFA; DSG; HBJD; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 12. Weight in Grams: 1062.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253212924
- ISBN
- 9780253212924
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.49
€ 16.99
€ 16.49
Hardcover. Num Pages: 288 pages, 2 maps, 14 charts, 176 tables. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813938424
- ISBN
- 9780813938424
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.87
€ 70.87
Paperback. Num Pages: 237 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLS; 3JF; ACN; HBJK; HBTB; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 275 x 18. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781477310977
- ISBN
- 9781477310977
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.58
€ 32.99
€ 29.58
Hardback. Drawing on archival research, this illuminating study shows how residents of all ethnicities in three colonial boomtowns used festivals to redefine wealth and present themselves as more than subjects of European power. Num Pages: 237 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLS; 3JF; ACN; HBJK; HBTB; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 585. Weight in Grams: 477.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 237
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781477310502
- ISBN
- 9781477310502
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.45
€ 97.45
Paperback. Presenting a rethinking of the basic concepts and categories of Western philosophy in the latter part of the twentieth century, this work contains writings central to our understanding of language, meaning, identity, ethics and values. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 131 x 22. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415389570
- ISBN
- 9780415389570
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.33
€ 29.99
€ 27.33
Paperback. Specters of Revolution examines the development of two guerrilla insurgencies led by schoolteachers in Mexico during the 1960s. Relying upon recently declassified documents and oral histories, it chronicles a history of nonviolent peasant political action, underscored by long-held rural utopian ideals, radicalized by persistent state terror. Num Pages: 272 pages, 10 hts. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; HBTW; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199936595
- ISBN
- 9780199936595
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.96
€ 68.96
Paperback. Cultural and literary study of the 1781 massacre on the slaveship Zong for the insurance money and the aftereffects of the event on the development of modernity Num Pages: 400 pages, 2 illus. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1H; HBG; HBLL; HBTS; JHBA; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 6161 x 3971 x 29. Weight in Grams: 617.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822335962
- ISBN
- 9780822335962
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.85
€ 32.99
€ 29.85
Hardback. Editor(s): Byron, G.; Punter, D. BIC Classification: HBTB. Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 495.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312222239
- ISBN
- 9780312222239
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.23
€ 67.23
Paperback. Retraces the origins of collective forms of malaise such as fanatical patriotism and xenophobia, both legacies of monotheism - the cult of an exclusivist deity. This title looks at the notions of covenant, territory, kinship and nation, and formulates the view of nation-state as expansion of the ego (Buber) and as imagined community. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 226 x 151 x 15. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845195380
- ISBN
- 9781845195380
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.57
€ 29.99
€ 27.57