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Society & culture: general

Hardback. Illustrates how our consumer spending generates vast amounts of economic waste. This book provides explanations to show us why it's time to stop the madness and think twice before buying gifts for the holidays. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 5HC; JFCD; JFFT; KC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 110 x 20. Weight in Grams: 184.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691142647
ISBN
9780691142647
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.05

Hardcover. The Sociology of Consumption: A Global Approach offers college students, scholars, and interested readers a state-of-the-art overview of consumption the desire for, purchase, use, display, exchange, and disposal of goods and services. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 234 x 22. Weight in Grams: 472.
Publisher
Polity
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745661278
ISBN
9780745661278
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.21

Hardback. Series: Columbia Journalism Review Books. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: JFD; JFMD; KNT; LNJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 210 x 19. Weight in Grams: 388.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231160643
ISBN
9780231160643
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 22.15

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSC; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691635149
ISBN
9780691635149
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 162.39

Paperback. This study of a variety of Southeast Asian countries - including Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand - reveals that issues of culture and identity politics are of primary importance to the people of the region and their leaders. Editor(s): Kahn, Joel S. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FM; JFC; JHM; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
Publisher
I B Tauris & Co Ltd
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9781860642456
ISBN
9781860642456
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.77

Paperback. A biography of Henry Roe Cloud (c. 1884-1950), a Winnebago educator, scholar, and minister who was one of the most renowned Native Americans of his time. Series: New Americanists. Num Pages: 280 pages, 9 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSL1; JNM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822344216
ISBN
9780822344216
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.48

paperback. A sensitive and insightful critique of the contradictions of Zionism. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1FBP; JFSR1; JPHC; JPHV; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 20. Weight in Grams: 349.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745325699
ISBN
9780745325699
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 23.01

paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 224 colour, 178 b/w ill. BIC Classification: AKLC; JFD; JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 208 x 211 x 14. Weight in Grams: 612. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Vallentine Mitchell
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0024362
ISBN
9780853037521
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.12

Paperback. Editor(s): Isaac, Joel; Kloppenberg, James T.; Ratner-Rosenhagen, Jennifer; O'Brien, Michael. Num Pages: 408 pages, 8 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPCD; HPCF; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 586.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190459475
ISBN
9780190459475
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 69.52

Paperback. The baby abandoned on the doorstep is a phenomenon that has virtually disappeared from our experience, but in the early modern world, unwanted children were a very real problem. This title recreates sixteenth-century Nuremberg to explore what befell abandoned children in this period in vivid detail. Num Pages: 456 pages, 64 halftones, 9 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JB; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB; JFSP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
456
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226102054
ISBN
9780226102054
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 29.71

Paperback. Num Pages: 328 pages, 3ill. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; 3JJ; JFC; JFSC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822313472
ISBN
9780822313472
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.42

Hardback. Explores the range of institutional fads, analyzing the features of our culture that foster them, and identifying the major stages of the fad cycle - emerging, surging, and purging. This book examines the causes and consequences of fads and suggests ways of fad-proofing our institutions. Num Pages: 222 pages, 14 line illustrations, 15 text boxes. BIC Classification: JFS; JMJ; JPVK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 144 x 21. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
222
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520246263
ISBN
9780520246263
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 26.47

Paperback. An exploration of the ways we talk about - and why we worry about - new crimes and new forms of victimization. Focusing on so-called random crimes such as freeway shootings, gang violence, and wilding, it shows how new crime problems emerge and how some quickly fade from public attention while others spread and become enduring subjects of concern. Num Pages: 237 pages, 5 line drawings, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFFE; JKV; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 230 x 16. Weight in Grams: 63.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
237
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520215726
ISBN
9780520215726
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.89

Paperback. Num Pages: 244 pages, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: CFG; JFFE1; JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 200 x 15. Weight in Grams: 311.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226044262
ISBN
9780226044262
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.41

Hardback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 147 x 18. Weight in Grams: 382. Untangling Numbers from the Media, Politicians, and Activists. 224 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: JFCA. Dimension: 218 x 147 x 18. Weight: 382.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520274709
ISBN
9780520274709
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.82

Paperback. Num Pages: 351 pages, Illustrations (some col.), col. map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 492.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Seven Stories Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
351
Condition
New
SKU
V9781583228548
ISBN
9781583228548
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.68

Hardback. Rise of the Red Engineers explains the tumultuous origins of the class of technocratic officials who rule China today. Series: Contemporary Issues in Asia and Pacific. Num Pages: 368 pages, 11 tables, 2 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBTB; JFC; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780804760775
ISBN
9780804760775
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 139.97

Paperback. Told through a case study of Tsinghua University - China's premier school of technology - this book traces how Red engineers were groomed in the early years of socialism, survived the Cultural Revolution, and triumphed in the post-Mao years by uniting with communist officials. Series: Contemporary Issues in Asia and the Pacific. Num Pages: 368 pages, 11 tables, 2 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBTB; JFC; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 496.
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804760782
ISBN
9780804760782
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.61

Paperback. Wenderoth moves from outrageous premises to piercing insights in his first book since Letters to Wendy's. Num Pages: 160 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF; DNF; DQ; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 137 x 12. Weight in Grams: 242.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Wave Books United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780974635378
ISBN
9780974635378
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 14.63

Paperback. Cult favorite Letters to Wendy's has sold thousands of copies through web, direct and special orders, and will appeal to a wide variety of readers at independent and chain stores. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; FA; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 137 x 15. Weight in Grams: 271.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Wave Books United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780970367204
ISBN
9780970367204
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 14.80

Hardback. Lays out the underlying logic of contemporary poverty governance in the United States. This book argues that poverty governance - how social welfare policy choices get made, how authority gets exercised, and how collective pursuits get organized - has been transformed in the United States by two significant developments. Series: Chicago Studies in American Politics. Num Pages: 384 pages, 45 line drawings, 1 map, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFA; JKS; JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226768762
ISBN
9780226768762
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.23
€ 80.12

Paperback. Lays out the underlying logic of contemporary poverty governance in the United States. This book argues that poverty governance - how social welfare policy choices get made, how authority gets exercised, and how collective pursuits get organized - has been transformed in the United States by two significant developments. Series: Chicago Studies in American Politics. Num Pages: 384 pages, 45 line drawings, 1 map, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFA; JKS; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226768779
ISBN
9780226768779
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 29.52

Num Pages: 80 pages, 44 color illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 284 x 224 x 15. Weight in Grams: 780.
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
80
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764338281
ISBN
9780764338281
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.06

Hardcover. Num Pages: 360 pages, 100 photographs, line drawings, cartoons and logos i.e graphic design. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 161 x 33. Weight in Grams: 752.
Publisher
Jajosa Books Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780992870003
ISBN
9780992870003
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.56

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