Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Hardcover. This book analyzes the unfolding of a new institutional phenomenon: the cosmonational parliament of the cross-border nation and the expanded state, focusing on three European national parliaments, namely the French Senate, the Italian Chamber of Representatives and Senate, and the Croatian unicameral parliament. Series: Europe in Transition: The NYU European Studies Series. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; JFFN; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 395.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137280596
- ISBN
- 9781137280596
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.20
€ 66.20
Hardback. Argues that just beneath and in the interstices of the formal city, there exists an informal city. The metaphor is not geographical, but structural and hermeneutical. This is the city where manoeuvres that cannot be done publicly, legally, ethically or otherwise, are performed. Num Pages: 196 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 405.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333617670
- ISBN
- 9780333617670
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.42
€ 127.42
Hardback. Anthropologist Michel Laguerre, author of several books including "Urban Life in the Caribbean" and "American Odyssey - Haitians in New York and Voodoo and Politics in Haiti", focuses on Martinique as a social laboratory to investigate the process of reproduction of urban poverty in the Caribbean. Num Pages: 195 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QSC; JFFA; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 405.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 195
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333521724
- ISBN
- 9780333521724
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.42
€ 127.42
Hardback. From antiquity to the Middle Ages, the bear's centrality in cults and mythologies left traces in European languages, literatures, and legends. Michel Pastoureau considers how this once venerated creature was deposed by Christianity and continued to sink lower in the symbolic bestiary before rising again in Pyrrhic triumph as the teddy bear. Translator(s): Holoch, George. Num Pages: 384 pages, 36 color illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; HRAX; JFCA; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 241 x 31. Weight in Grams: 710.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Tra
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674047822
- ISBN
- 9780674047822
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.99
€ 33.99
€ 28.99
Hardback. What do prostitutes, referees, and Renaissance clowns have in common? They all wear stripes, and The Devil's Cloth tells us why. Pastoureau's lively study of stripes offers a unique perspective on the evolution of fashion, taste, and visual codes in Western culture. Translator(s): Gladding, Jody. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 160 pages, 14 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFCK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 184 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 236. A History of Stripes and Striped Fabric. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. 160 pages, 14 halftones. What do prostitutes, referees, and Renaissance clowns have in common? They all wear stripes, and The Devil's Cloth tells us why. Pastoureau's lively study of stripes offers a unique perspective on the evolution of fashion, taste, and visual codes in Western culture. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFCK. Dimension: 184 x 157 x 15. Weight: 236. Translator(s): Gladding, Jody.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231123662
- ISBN
- 9780231123662
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.77
€ 53.77
Paperback. With maternal love as the prototype for all types of love, Odent examines the short, but critical time just after birth which has long-term consequences for our future capacity to love. The author looks at love holistically and in terms of the hormones which affect it in different parts of life. Num Pages: 150 pages. BIC Classification: JFFP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 216 x 6. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Publisher
- Free Association Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853432293
- ISBN
- 9781853432293
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.97
€ 23.97
Paperback. Translator(s): Emanuel, Susan. Num Pages: 176 pages, notes, index. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 10. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780816626892
- ISBN
- 9780816626892
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.67
€ 29.99
€ 27.67
paperback. Translator(s): Howard, Richard. Num Pages: 184 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 212 x 173 x 10. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 184
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226471419
- ISBN
- 9780226471419
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 25.21
€ 31.99
€ 25.21
Hardback. Series: Global Chinese Culture. Num Pages: 272 pages, 29. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSBH; JFD; UBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231160827
- ISBN
- 9780231160827
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.00€ 42.58
€ 53.00
€ 42.58
Paperback. Asks how a virulent anti-Americanism developed in a Nicaraguan society that also seemed to embrace Americanization fervently and explores the historical roots of this paradox Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. Num Pages: 392 pages, 26 illus., 3 tables, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCN; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 24. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822336471
- ISBN
- 9780822336471
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 29.85
€ 41.99
€ 29.85
Paperback. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JMU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 204 x 133 x 13. Weight in Grams: 168.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Edition
- 1st Vintage Books Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780679724698
- ISBN
- 9780679724698
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.04
€ 18.99
€ 16.04
Paperback. Possibly one off the most significant yet most overlooked works of the twentieth century, it was The Order of Things that established Foucault's reputation as an intellectual giant. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 448 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 199 x 129 x 33. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415267373
- ISBN
- 9780415267373
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 22.06
€ 23.99
€ 22.06
paperback. From the acclaimed author of "Don't Tell" and "Dead Boys Can't Dance." Candid interviews and personal stories highlight a provocative exploration of the lives of male street hustlers, strippers, and escorts. Num Pages: 136 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFMX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 4852 x 3226 x 9. Weight in Grams: 136.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen's University Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780773529038
- ISBN
- 9780773529038
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.93
€ 21.99
€ 20.93
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; AJC; HBTB; JFSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 203. .
- Publisher
- The New Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781620972892
- ISBN
- 9781620972892
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 24.96
€ 24.99
€ 24.96
Hardcover. A highly personal journey to reveal the hidden magic of the mask of the remarkable Bolon maskers and mask-makers in a remote corner of Burkina Faso, West Africa Num Pages: 248 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFD; HRLF; JFC; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 295 x 234 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1752.
- Publisher
- Stonegate Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780992682606
- ISBN
- 9780992682606
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 29.91
€ 46.99
€ 29.91
Paperback. Translator(s): Conley, Tim. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 228 x 10. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816627677
- ISBN
- 9780816627677
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.63
€ 27.99
€ 26.63
Paperback. Translator(s): Tomasik, Timothy J. Num Pages: 296 pages, 1 plan. BIC Classification: JFC; JHBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816628773
- ISBN
- 9780816628773
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.56
€ 27.99
€ 26.56
Paperback. Considers the uses to which social representation and modes of social behavior are put by individuals and groups, describing the tactics available to the common man for reclaiming his own autonomy from the all-pervasive forces of commerce, politics, and culture. Translator(s): Rendall, Steven F. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JF; JH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 374. 256 pages. Considers the uses to which social representation and modes of social behavior are put by individuals and groups, describing the tactics available to the common man for reclaiming his own autonomy from the all-pervasive forces of commerce, politics, and culture. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: JF; JH. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 15. Weight: 348.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520271456
- ISBN
- 9780520271456
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.23
€ 33.99
€ 30.23
Paperback. Num Pages: 350 pages, 80 colour illustrations, 33 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: AMV; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 261 x 240 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1314.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780884023289
- ISBN
- 9780884023289
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 38.32
€ 44.99
€ 38.32
Hardback. Translator(s): Gorbman, Claudia. Series: Film and Culture Series. Num Pages: 272 pages, 256 b&w film stills. BIC Classification: APFA; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780231174985
- ISBN
- 9780231174985
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.64€ 80.05
€ 103.64
€ 80.05