Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Paperback. A book on leadership that explains why so many followers not only tolerate bad leaders but in many cases actually prefer them. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFX; KJM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 173 x 17. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 318
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195312003
- ISBN
- 9780195312003
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 21.95
€ 21.99
€ 21.95
Paperback. "Jean Liedloff, an American writer, spent two and a half years in the South American jungle living with Stone Age Indians. The experience demolished her Western preconceptions of how we should live and" Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLS; JFSL9; JHBA; JHMC; JMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- Da Capo Press
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780201050714
- ISBN
- 9780201050714
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.83
€ 19.99
€ 16.83
Paperback. Interweaves analysis of the process of apprenticeship among the Vai and Gola tailors of Liberia with reflections on the evolution of the author's research on those tailors in the late 1970s. This title shows how the critical questions raised by ethnographic research erode conventional assumptions, altering the direction of the work that follows. Series: Lewis Henry Morgan Lecture Series. Num Pages: 232 pages, 5 halftones, 2 maps, 3 line drawings, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1HFDL; JFSL3; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226470726
- ISBN
- 9780226470726
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.01
€ 40.99
€ 31.01
Hardback. In a dual-earner marriage, why is a wife's paid employment less likely to be defined as "breadwinning" than her husband's? This book uses data from a study of 153 dual-earner couples to examine the allocation of responsibility for breadwinning and the social construction of gender in their marriages. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5182 x 3226 x 23. Weight in Grams: 565.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804728355
- ISBN
- 9780804728355
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 125.47
€ 125.47
Paperback. In a dual-earner marriage, why is a wife's paid employment less likely to be defined as "breadwinning" than her husband's? This book uses data from a study of 153 dual-earner couples to examine the allocation of responsibility for breadwinning and the social construction of gender in their marriages. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5182 x 3226 x 16. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804728362
- ISBN
- 9780804728362
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.17
€ 27.17
Hardback. From hunting ethics to animal rights to tensions between hunting sub-groups, this towering collection of essays address important historical and contemporary issues regarding the culture and practice of hunting. Editor(s): Manore, Jean L.; Miner, Dale G. Num Pages: 304 pages, 2 figures, 2 tables, 4 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFC; WSXH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774812931
- ISBN
- 9780774812931
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.75
€ 111.75
Paperback. Animalkind:What We Owe to Animals explores the crucial ethical differences between humans and animals. Occupying the middle ground between extreme egalitarianism and outright dismissal, the book instead advocates a position of respect for animals, treatment not afforded to the current inhabitants of factory farms and animal labs. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFFZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405199384
- ISBN
- 9781405199384
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.28
€ 32.28
Hardback. Few trends have had as much impact on television as formats have in recent years. Long confined to the fringes of the TV industry, they have risen to prominence since the late 1990s. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: APT; GTC; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781509502585
- ISBN
- 9781509502585
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.21
€ 71.21
Paperback. Few trends have had as much impact on television as formats have in recent years. Long confined to the fringes of the TV industry, they have risen to prominence since the late 1990s. BIC Classification: APT; GTC; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 23. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Publisher
- Polity Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509502592
- ISBN
- 9781509502592
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.17
€ 24.17
Paperback. A key participant in all the major debates in Latin American studies - beginning with the "boom" period of the 1960s and continuing through debates on ideology and discourse, Marxism, mass culture, and postmodernism - the author is recognised for her feminist critique of Latin American writing. This book offers a selection of her essays. Editor(s): Newman, Kathleen M.; Pratt, Mary Louise. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 552 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 1KLS; 2ADS; DSB; JFC; JFFK; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 30. Weight in Grams: 925.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 552
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822322481
- ISBN
- 9780822322481
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 34.67
€ 35.99
€ 34.67
Paperback. Explores not only cruel acts but the discriminatory thinking that made them possible, their long-term effects, the precariousness of memory, and the pathos of survival Num Pages: 296 pages, 6 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3JJ; 3JM; AB; HBTB; JFFE; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822354567
- ISBN
- 9780822354567
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.14
€ 29.14
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: JFSP3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 229 x 12. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Finch Publishing
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- SKU
- KLN0014050
- ISBN
- 9781876451639
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. This book describes the extraordinary potential that exists in youth mentoring relationships, and discloses the ways in which nonparent adults are uniquely positioned to encourage adolescent development. Yet the book also exposes a rarely acknowledged risk: unsuccessful relationships can actually harm at-risk youth. Series: The Family & Public Policy. Num Pages: 176 pages, 2 line illustrations, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSP2; JKSB1; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 185 x 209 x 16. Weight in Grams: 188.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674016118
- ISBN
- 9780674016118
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.94€ 47.31
€ 51.94
€ 47.31
Hardcover. This study traces the story of how Jacob Mordecai and his family, German-American Orthodox Jews, adopted the Anglo-Irish enlightened pedagogical system developed by Richard Lovell Edgeworth and his daughter Maria. The text includes the complete diary of Rachel Mordecai Lazarus. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JFC; JFSJ1; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 603.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820322520
- ISBN
- 9780820322520
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.09
€ 60.09
Hardback. Series: Music in American Life. Num Pages: 448 pages, 32 black and white photographs, 19 music examples. BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVH; BGF; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 167 x 34. Weight in Grams: 958.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780252039942
- ISBN
- 9780252039942
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.41
€ 40.41
Paperback. A proven framework for whole-school improvement
The School Leadership Playbook is a practical guide for education leaders looking to push their school's and students' achievement to the next level. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: JFSG; JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 180 x 235 x 18. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781119044215
- ISBN
- 9781119044215
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 22.78
€ 27.99
€ 22.78
Hardback. Connects the woman healer and the go between in early Iberian literature to the concurrent professionalisation of medicine Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 0 x 0. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780838754528
- ISBN
- 9780838754528
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.49
€ 115.49
Paperback. What role does ritual play in the lives of modern Africans? How are "traditional" cultural forms deployed by people seeking empowerment in a world where "modernity" has failed to deliver. In this collection of essays, the authors address such concepts as modernity, ritual, power and history. Editor(s): Comaroff, Jean; Comaroff, John L. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 halftone, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1H; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 160 x 15. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226114408
- ISBN
- 9780226114408
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.12
€ 37.99
€ 29.12
Paperback. Num Pages: 308 pages, 9 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1H; HBTB; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 161 x 232 x 17. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226114231
- ISBN
- 9780226114231
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.24
€ 37.99
€ 29.24
Paperback. Henri Cartier-Bresson travelled across Europe, from the Scandinavian shield to the Irish bogs, in order to produce this collection of photographs. It brings together images spanning the years from the late 1920s to the early 1970s, and seeks to capture what it means to be European. Translator(s): Rudolf, Anthony. Num Pages: 232 pages, 187 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJP; AJC; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 268 x 223 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1152.
- Publisher
- Thames & Hudson Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780500281222
- ISBN
- 9780500281222
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 26.77
€ 37.99
€ 26.77
Paperback. When I'm Away From Home is a workbook designed to provide specific information about the individual care requirements of a disabled child for anyone responsible for their care. It includes the child's medical and physical needs, their daily routine and a section which they can fill in themselves about their personality, preferences and habits. Num Pages: 76 pages, directory. BIC Classification: JFFG; VFJD; VFXC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 173 x 5. Weight in Grams: 162.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Pub
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 76
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853028984
- ISBN
- 9781853028984
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.64
€ 25.64
Hardcover. YouTube is now firmly established as the dominant platform for online video, and it continues to be a site of both experimentation and conflict among media industries, creators and audiences. First published in 2009, this was the first book to take YouTube seriously as a media and cultural phenomenon. Series: Digital Media and Society. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
- Publisher
- Polity Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745660189
- ISBN
- 9780745660189
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.57
€ 65.57
Paperback. YouTube is now firmly established as the dominant platform for online video, and it continues to be a site of both experimentation and conflict among media industries, creators and audiences. First published in 2009, this was the first book to take YouTube seriously as a media and cultural phenomenon. Series: Digital Media and Society. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
- Publisher
- Polity Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745660196
- ISBN
- 9780745660196
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.17
€ 23.17
Paperback. The Mesopotamians invented writing and with it a new way of looking at the world. To understand how Mesopotamian civilization has been mediated and interpreted in its transmission through time, Bottero begins with an account of Assyriology, the discipline devoted to the ancient culture. Translator(s): Van De Mieroop, Marc; Bahrani, Zainab; Mieroop, Marc van de. Num Pages: 312 pages, 1 halftone, 3 line drawings, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1QDAM; HBJF1; HBLA; HDD; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226067278
- ISBN
- 9780226067278
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.01
€ 40.99
€ 31.01