Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Paperback. Documents both traditional and contemporary male haunts, such as bars, barbershops, lodges, pool halls, strip clubs, garages, deer camps, megachurches, the basement Barcalounger, and examines their provenance, purpose, and appeal. Num Pages: 264 pages, 79 photographs. BIC Classification: JFCA; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 178 x 17. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231137355
- ISBN
- 9780231137355
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.42
€ 30.99
€ 22.42
Hardback. The democratization of luxury, Twitchell contends, has been the single most important marketing phenomenon of our times. Num Pages: 448 pages, 80 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCA; JFFT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 161 x 26. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231124966
- ISBN
- 9780231124966
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.28€ 46.93
€ 59.28
€ 46.93
Hardback. Twitchell embarks on an insightful, fearless, and funny exploration of two of the central themes of modern American culture -- materialism and consumerism -- and counters the notion of the "used and abused consumer" with an unflinching look at commercial culture, starting from the observation that "we are powerfully attracted to the world of goods (after all, we don't call them 'bads')." Num Pages: 310 pages, 36 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFFT; KNTY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 226 x 28. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231115186
- ISBN
- 9780231115186
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.07€ 83.70
€ 109.07
€ 83.70
Hardcover. Editor(s): Martin, James B. Num Pages: 279 pages. BIC Classification: JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 261 x 183 x 24. Weight in Grams: 842.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 279
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590332627
- ISBN
- 9781590332627
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 90.09€ 69.63
€ 90.09
€ 69.63
Paperback. In the summer of 1936, Agee and Evans set out on assignment for "Fortune" magazine to explore the daily lives of sharecroppers in the South. This book provides a record of the place, of the people who shaped the land, and of the rhythm of their lives. Num Pages: 512 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSB; 3JJG; AJCR; HBTB; JFSF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 31. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141188492
- ISBN
- 9780141188492
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.88
€ 19.99
€ 14.88
Hardcover. Editor(s): Abbington, James. Num Pages: 824 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGD; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 264 x 193 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1592.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Gia Publications
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781622771004
- ISBN
- 9781622771004
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 50.91
€ 51.99
€ 50.91
Paperback. Applying a geographical perspective to black radicalism, this work explores how the radical black power movement that emerged in the 1960s conceived Americas racialized spaces. It introduces critical race theory to geography and demonstrates to readers in many other fields the importance of space and place in black nationalist thought. Num Pages: 206 pages, 10 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: JFSL3; RG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 151 x 11. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 206
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415951234
- ISBN
- 9780415951234
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.26
€ 63.26
Hardback. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFFE; JFM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 825.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803253384
- ISBN
- 9780803253384
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.41
€ 60.41
Hardcover. A meditation on the chronic conundrums and contradictions in American political culture and its development over the course of four centuries. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JPH; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Edition
- 1 st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700620104
- ISBN
- 9780700620104
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.91
€ 70.91
Paperback. In 1931, nine black youths were charged with raping two white women in Scottsboro, Alabama. Despite meager and contradictory evidence, all nine were found guilty and eight were sentenced to death. This book explores how this case has embedded itself into the fabric of American memory and become a lens for perceptions of race and class. Num Pages: 296 pages, 18 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBSB; 3JJG; HBTB; JFSL3; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691140476
- ISBN
- 9780691140476
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.80
€ 46.99
€ 33.80
Hardback. This series is designed to foster debates on the sociology of social problems by presenting a forum where sociologists of this discipline can present and argue opposed positions on epistemological, moral and political issues that are central to the field. Editor(s): Holstein, James A.; Miller, Gale. Series: Perspectives on Social Problems S. Num Pages: 356 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 161 x 31. Weight in Grams: 656.
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United States
- Number of pages
- 356
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762304813
- ISBN
- 9780762304813
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 181.06
€ 181.06
Hardcover. The major aim on the field of study of 'multicultural education' is to create equal educational opportunities for students from diverse racial, ethnic, social-class, and cultural groups. This book covers the research and practice issues in this field. Num Pages: 1120 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSL1; JNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 286 x 226 x 60. Weight in Grams: 2768.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 1120
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780787959159
- ISBN
- 9780787959159
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 186.48
€ 186.48
Hardback. Editor(s): Ptacek, James. Series: Interpersonal Violence. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: JFFE2; JFFE3; JFSJ1; LNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 579.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195335484
- ISBN
- 9780195335484
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.69
€ 106.69
Paperback. Multimedia Histories: From the Magic Lantern to the Internet is the first book to explore in detail the vital connections between today's digital culture and an absorbing history of screen entertainments and technologies. Its range of coverage moves from the magic lantern, the stereoscope and early film to the DVD and the internet. Series: Exeter Studies in Film History. Num Pages: 302 pages, illustrated with about 30 photographs. BIC Classification: APF; APT; HBT; JFD. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 167 x 18. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859897730
- ISBN
- 9780859897730
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.13
€ 47.13
paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HRC; HRH; HRLK; JFC; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780271016337
- ISBN
- 9780271016337
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 34.37
€ 44.99
€ 34.37
Hardback. The British Welfare State initially seemed to promise welfare for all, but excluded millions of disabled people. This book examines attempts in the subsequent three decades to reverse this exclusion. It also provides the first major analysis of the Disablement Income Group and the Thalidomide campaign. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; JFFG; JKSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 172. .
- Publisher
- Policy Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447316428
- ISBN
- 9781447316428
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 164.16
€ 164.16
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 314 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 2AB; DSB; DSK; HBTB; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 314
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691638713
- ISBN
- 9780691638713
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 156.43
€ 156.43
Paperback. A collection that challenges the binary conception of conservative religion versus progressive secularism by highlighting the existence of multiple secularisms. Editor(s): Jakobsen, Janet R.; Pellegrini, Ann. Series: A Social Text Book. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: HRLP; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822341499
- ISBN
- 9780822341499
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.67
€ 41.99
€ 37.67
Paperback. From the Bullet to the Ballot: The Illinois Chapter of the Black Panther Party and Racial Coalition Politics in Chicago Series: The John Hope Franklin Series in African American History and Culture. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781469622101
- ISBN
- 9781469622101
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.12
€ 42.12
Hardback. Presents an introduction to risk and uncertainty as they have been analysed in sociology and related social sciences. This book draws on the wide array of contemporary social theories of risk and relates these to the many and diverse areas in contemporary society where risk plays an important role. Series: Polity Key Concepts in the Social Sciences Series. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFP; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 146 x 24. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745640983
- ISBN
- 9780745640983
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.69
€ 66.69