Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Hardback. A challenge to conventional theories of globalization, from thinkers in Latin American philosophy, literature, politics and social science. The contributors to this volume imagine a discourse in which revolution aims at local control and the material conditions for human dignity. Editor(s): Saenz, Mario. Num Pages: 264 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KL; HPS; JFFS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742507760
- ISBN
- 9780742507760
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.93
€ 162.93
Editor(s): Marinescu, Valentina; Branea, Silvia; Mitu, Bianca. Num Pages: 244 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: APT; JFCA; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 218 x 17. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- ibidem-Verlag, Jessica Haunschild u Christian Schon Germany
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783838206806
- ISBN
- 9783838206806
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.80€ 39.61
€ 50.80
€ 39.61
paperback. An illustrated work that explores and illuminates the unfolding history of famous fairy tales and the contexts in which they flourished. It also lifts the curtain on the tellers themselves - from ancient sibyls and old crones to the more modern Angela Carter and, of course, Walt Disney. Num Pages: 480 pages, illustrations (some colour) facsimiles, map, portraits (some colour). BIC Classification: DSB; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 656. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Vintage Books
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0022769
- ISBN
- 9780099479512
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.96
€ 5.96
Paperback. Marina Warner's study of the products of fantasy deepens our understanding of the supernatural in relation to self and society. This surprising story explores the metaphors and media that have been the stock in trade of poets, scientists, magicians, and visionaries, including wax and cloud, smoke and mirrors, ether, ectoplasm, and celluloid. Num Pages: 496 pages, 8pp color plates, numerous halftones. BIC Classification: DSB; HPJ; HRQ; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 40. Weight in Grams: 742.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 496
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199239238
- ISBN
- 9780199239238
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.90
€ 25.90
Paperback. Since the early 1970s, when Marina Warner reported from Vietnam and America, in startling essays, she has been one of the most challenging and profound commentators on the culture. This collection draws together essays, offering a retrospective of her changing ideas on literature and culture - on fiction, drama, religion, language and fairy tale. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DSB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 528
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099437727
- ISBN
- 9780099437727
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.53
€ 23.99
€ 17.53
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198779858
- ISBN
- 9780198779858
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.00
€ 14.99
€ 12.00
Paperback. Music and dance play a central role in the 'healing arts' of the Senoi Temiar, a group of hunters and horticulturalists dwelling in the rainforest of peninsular Malaysia. This title shows how the sounds and gestures of music and dance acquire a potency that can transform thoughts, emotions, and bodies. Series: Comparative Studies of Health Systems & Medical Care. Num Pages: 278 pages, 15 b&w photographs, 9 figures. BIC Classification: 1FMM; JFSL9; JHM; MMZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520082816
- ISBN
- 9780520082816
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.13
€ 35.99
€ 26.13
Paperback. This volume offers a series of essays debating the topic of globalization - our increasingly integrated and interconnected world. "Globalization and Multicultural Societies" argues that the globalization process is a major catalyst in transforming contemporary society. Editor(s): Ricciardelli, Marina; Urban, Sabine; Nanopulos, Kostas; Nanopoulos, Kostas (Professor, Universite Robert Schuman, Strasbourg, France). Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; JFFS; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268029579
- ISBN
- 9780268029579
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 35.59
€ 37.99
€ 35.59
Hardcover. This volume offers a series of essays debating the topic of globalization - our increasingly integrated and interconnected world. "Globalization and Multicultural Societies" argues that the globalization process is a major catalyst in transforming contemporary society. Editor(s): Ricciardelli, Marina; Urban, Sabine; Nanopulos, Kostas; Nanopoulos, Kostas (Professor, Universite Robert Schuman, Strasbourg, France). Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; JFFS; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 162 x 29. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268029524
- ISBN
- 9780268029524
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 114.52
€ 114.52
Paperback. Global Downtowns weaves together rich cultural materials from North America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Latin America to explore the most iconic space of modern urban imagery and identity. Essays bring diverse downtowns to life while probing deeper shared theoretical and pragmatic questions of power, division, consumption, and conflict. Editor(s): Peterson, Marina; McDonogh, Gary. Series: The City in the Twenty-First Century. Num Pages: 368 pages, 13 illus. BIC Classification: JFSG; RGC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780812223224
- ISBN
- 9780812223224
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 35.75
€ 37.99
€ 35.75
Hardback. Editor(s): Marina, Paris. Num Pages: 139 pages. BIC Classification: JF. Dimension: 155 x 242 x 15. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781631174155
- ISBN
- 9781631174155
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 189.45€ 127.56
€ 189.45
€ 127.56
Hardback. Concluding with a look at zoning and urban planning as a means of fostering and protecting the standard of living for whole communities, this book offers important evidence of and fresh insights into the history of the American middle class. Num Pages: 320 pages, 41, 33 black & white halftones, 8 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801879470
- ISBN
- 9780801879470
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.35
€ 63.35
Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: HBJQ; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 230 x 16. Weight in Grams: 182.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Folklore Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781894864497
- ISBN
- 9781894864497
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.44
€ 16.99
€ 12.44
Paperback. Num Pages: 380 pages. BIC Classification: GTC; JFD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 154 x 276 x 24. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415533843
- ISBN
- 9780415533843
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.34
€ 66.34
Paperback. An autobiography that tells the intertwining stories of one of Russia's best-known documentary filmmakers - Marina Goldovskaya - and the eventful half century of Russian history she has recorded. It describes a host of notable figures in Russian film, theater, art, and politics, as well as the technological evolution of filmmaking. Translator(s): Bouis, Antonina W. Series: Constructs Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, 64 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; APFA; GTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292713437
- ISBN
- 9780292713437
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 30.33
€ 31.99
€ 30.33
Hardcover. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: GBCR; JFFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 261 x 184 x 20. Weight in Grams: 642.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590332030
- ISBN
- 9781590332030
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 100.64€ 75.86
€ 100.64
€ 75.86
Hardcover. Using the Hodeida Urban Primary Health Care Project as a case study, this book offers an analysis of how development policies of the state interconnect with agendas of global donor organizations and the employment of women in the face of social disapproval and barriers to advancement. Series: Gender, Culture, and Politics in the Middle East. Num Pages: 358 pages, 13 illustrations, 2 maps, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FBXY; JFSJ1; KCM; MBNH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 689.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815631217
- ISBN
- 9780815631217
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.70
€ 49.70
Paperback. Drug Addiction and Families is an exploration of the impact of drug use on families, and of the extent to which current practice meets the needs of families as well as problem drug users. Drawing on a substantial research Marina Barnard examines the effects of drug use not only on drug users themselves, but also their extended families. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFH1; JKSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843104032
- ISBN
- 9781843104032
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 40.64
€ 40.99
€ 40.64
Hardcover. Num Pages: 304 pages, 64 black & white illustrations, 4 black & white tables, 64 b&w illus., 4 tables. BIC Classification: AMVD; JFSG; RNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 545.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780295996660
- ISBN
- 9780295996660
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.95
€ 67.95
Paperback. An exploration the phenomena of contemporary fatherhood, this book presents the current state of knowledge on father involvement with young children in six countries: Finland, Germany, Italy, Slovenia, the UK and the USA. Editor(s): Adler, Marina A.; Lenz, Karl. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 19 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JHBK; JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 234 x 2. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Publisher
- Policy Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447319009
- ISBN
- 9781447319009
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 37.94
€ 40.99
€ 37.94