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Society & culture: general
Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 1KBB; BG; HBJH; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 213 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Publisher
- Scribner
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- 1st Touchstone Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780684848280
- ISBN
- 9780684848280
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 18.98
€ 21.99
€ 18.98
Hardcover. Media coverage of presidential actions can not only serve journalistic purposes, but can also act as a check against unilateral decision making. The book seeks to uncover how the news media has worked to curtail overreaching power within the executive branch, demonstrating how the fourth estate keeps presidential overreach at bay. Series: The Evolving American Presidency. Num Pages: 207 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFD; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 149 x 224 x 18. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137393067
- ISBN
- 9781137393067
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.34
€ 66.34
Paperback. Series: The Evolving American Presidency. Num Pages: 207 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFD; JPA; JPP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 207
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349483518
- ISBN
- 9781349483518
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.56
€ 65.56
Paperback. Series: The Lawrence Stone Lectures. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; JFCX; JPSN1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691157955
- ISBN
- 9780691157955
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 22.64
€ 24.99
€ 22.64
Hardcover. Starting with the dawn of human society, through early civilizations, to the pre-Columbian American tribes, Architecture of First Societies: A Global Perspective traces the different cultural formations that developed in various places throughout the world to form the built environment. Num Pages: 672 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: AMX; HD; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 276 x 40. Weight in Grams: 2336.
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 672
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118142103
- ISBN
- 9781118142103
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 158.53
€ 158.53
Paperback. The cure for an American media where market interests have usurped democratic participation Series: The History of Communication. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFD; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 585. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252073427
- ISBN
- 9780252073427
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.02
€ 33.99
€ 31.02
Hardback. Soviet tricksters present survival in a cynical, contradictory and inadequate world, not as a necessity, but as field for creativity, play, and freedom. Through an analysis of the representation of tricksters in soviet and post-soviet culture, this title attempts to draw a virtual map of the soviet and post-soviet cynical reason. Series: Cultural Revolutions: Russia in the Twentieth Century. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 165 x 23. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Publisher
- Academic Studies Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781934843451
- ISBN
- 9781934843451
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 159.15
€ 159.15
Paperback. Traces the growth of a middle class in Kathmandu as urban Nepalis harness the modern cultural resources of mass media and consumer goods to build modern identities and pioneer a new socio-cultural space in one of the world's 'least developed countries'. Num Pages: 312 pages, 2 maps. 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FKN; GTF; JFC; JFSC; JFSG; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691095936
- ISBN
- 9780691095936
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.51€ 42.58
€ 53.51
€ 42.58
Paperback. Num Pages: 278 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 209 x 19. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Plume
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780147516466
- ISBN
- 9780147516466
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.86
€ 17.99
€ 15.86
Paperback. An updated and significantly expanded edition of McPhail's "The Rhetoric of Racism", this text looks at the rhetorical dynamics of racism - how, in addition to social and material structures and institutions, language can be a cause and facilitator of racism. Num Pages: 256 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: CFG; JFFJ; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 149 x 13. Weight in Grams: 315.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742517196
- ISBN
- 9780742517196
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.22
€ 71.22
Hardback. An updated and significantly expanded edition of McPhail's "The Rhetoric of Racism", this text looks at the rhetorical dynamics of racism - how, in addition to social and material structures and institutions, language can be a cause and facilitator of racism. Num Pages: 256 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: CFG; JFFJ; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742517189
- ISBN
- 9780742517189
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 191.20
€ 191.20
Paperback. Num Pages: 392 pages, 86 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFSG; TTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 150 x 21. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780816649532
- ISBN
- 9780816649532
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.44
€ 26.99
€ 25.44
Hardcover. From the New York Times best-selling author of Cod and Salt, a definitive history of paper and the astonishing ways it has shaped today's world. Num Pages: 416 pages, 24 illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; JFCD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393239614
- ISBN
- 9780393239614
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 25.86
€ 30.99
€ 25.86
Paperback. Following the grand sweep of history from Confucius to Tolstoy, Erasmus to Gandhi, this book traces pacifism and its proponents to show how many modern ideas, a united Europe, the United Nations, and the abolition of slavery - originated in non-violence movements. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: GTJ; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 200 x 142 x 15. Weight in Grams: 162.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- First THUS
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099494126
- ISBN
- 9780099494126
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.77
€ 23.99
€ 17.77
Paperback. Series: Encounter Broadsides. Num Pages: 48 pages. BIC Classification: JFFN; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 120 x 4. Weight in Grams: 62.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Encounter Books,USA United States
- Number of pages
- 48
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781594034886
- ISBN
- 9781594034886
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.04
€ 8.04
Hardcover. This text explores the rise in inequality in recent years. It includes empirical material on all the key dimensions of inequality (including class, gender, ethnicity, age and disability), and considers theoretical approaches to the study of these dimensions of social stratification and difference. Series: Skills-Based Sociology. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 4KL; 4KVN; JFFJ; JFSC. Category: (UA) A / AS level; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 246 x 183 x 15. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333671917
- ISBN
- 9780333671917
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 31.10
€ 51.99
€ 31.10
Paperback. Editor(s): Juergensmeyer, Mark. Num Pages: 456 pages. BIC Classification: JFFS; JHMC; JP; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 252 x 177 x 27. Weight in Grams: 954.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520278448
- ISBN
- 9780520278448
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 36.55
€ 50.99
€ 36.55
Paperback. An anthology that provides the comprehensive overview for understanding the relationship between religion and violence - historically, culturally, and in the contemporary world. It includes original source materials justifying violence from various religious perspectives: Hindu, Chinese, Christian, Muslim, Jewish, and Buddhist. Editor(s): Juergensmeyer, Mark; Kitts, Margo. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: HRAM9; JFFE; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 236 x 15. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691129143
- ISBN
- 9780691129143
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.68
€ 37.99
€ 27.68
Hardback. Examines the making of a new child's world in Japan between 1890 and 1930 and focuses on the institutions, groups, and individuals that reshaped both the idea of childhood and the daily life of children. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 275 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; HBLL; HBTB; JFSP1; JPF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 36. Weight in Grams: 739.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 275
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674053342
- ISBN
- 9780674053342
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 42.46
€ 50.99
€ 42.46
Hardback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: JFFH1; WSDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 236 x 40. Weight in Grams: 770.
- Publisher
- VeloPress
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781937715274
- ISBN
- 9781937715274
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.57
€ 25.57
Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages, 250 photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPK; AVGP; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 190 x 9. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Publisher
- Tuttle Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Paperback with Flaps
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9784805313008
- ISBN
- 9784805313008
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.48
€ 18.48
Hardcover. This collection of original, state--of--the--art essays by prominent international scholars covers the most important issues comprising the sociology of culture. It includes such topics as art, science, religion, race, class, gender, collective memory, institutions, and citizenship. Editor(s): Jacobs, Mark; Hanrahan, Nancy Weiss. Series: Blackwell Companions to Sociology. Num Pages: 520 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFC; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 256 x 177 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1074.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 520
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631231745
- ISBN
- 9780631231745
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 212.06
€ 212.06
Hardcover. This book identifies the pitfalls of applying precautionary strategies to high-stakes risks that have already become entrenched. Precaution must be applied on a precautionary basis, considering alternative paths to progress that maintain natural risk levels. This requires a radical rethinking of the way we define and achieve progress. Num Pages: 146 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GPQD; JFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 223 x 158 x 14. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230538719
- ISBN
- 9780230538719
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.06
€ 66.06
Paperback. Num Pages: 408 pages, 20 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 616.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Number of pages
- 408
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415631204
- ISBN
- 9780415631204
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.58
€ 65.58