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Society & culture: general

Paperback. Num Pages: 332 pages, 34 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1KBB; JFHC; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 180 x 18. Weight in Grams: 628.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Collector's Guide Publishing Canada
Number of pages
332
Condition
New
SKU
V9781926592084
ISBN
9781926592084
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 20.43

Paperback. Planet Taco examines the historical struggles between globalization and national sovereignty in the creation of "authentic" Mexican food. By telling the stories of the "Chili Queens" of San Antonio and the inventors of the taco shell, it shows how Mexican Americans helped to make Mexican food global. Num Pages: 320 pages, 46 halftones. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFCV; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190655778
ISBN
9780190655778
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 23.33

Hardback. Shows where our media has gone wrong and what we can do about it. This title illustrates the problems with much of contemporary media content, why it is this way, how to better manage children's media use, how to become more critical audience members, and more. It also includes a chapter on how readers can actively challenge media companies. Num Pages: 172 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 149 x 17. Weight in Grams: 331.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
172
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742555198
ISBN
9780742555198
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 141.21

Paperback. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138785618
ISBN
9781138785618
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.56

paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFS; JHM; KJH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780816630219
ISBN
9780816630219
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.93

Paperback. Explores the role ethnic minorities from China, Japan, North Africa, and the Middle East have played in constructing a national identity, thereby challenging dominant notions of Brazilian nationality and citizenship. By examining how acculturating minority groups have represented themselves, this title re-envisions what it means to be Brazilian. Num Pages: 304 pages, 11 b&w photographs, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JFFN; JFSL1; JHMP; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822322924
ISBN
9780822322924
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.42

Paperback. Investigates broad questions about ethnicity, the nature of diasporic identity, and Brazilian culture. This title analyzes how Nikkei (Japanese migrants) both resisted and conformed to others' perceptions of their identity as they struggled to define and claim their own ethnicity within Sao Paulo during the dictatorship. Num Pages: 256 pages, 29 illus., 8 tables, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KLS; GTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5983 x 3971 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822340812
ISBN
9780822340812
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.48

Hardcover. The long-awaited biography of an unsung literary legend who informed the major 1960s cultural and political movements: Black Arts, Black Power, and Civil Rights. Leak offers a full examination of both Dumas s life and his creative development." Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: B; DSK; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820328706
ISBN
9780820328706
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.66

Hardback. Num Pages: 520 pages, 213 color and 7 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; JFCD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 43. Weight in Grams: 681.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292726611
ISBN
9780292726611
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.61

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 23, 23 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781501713590
ISBN
9781501713590
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.21

Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 23. BIC Classification: JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 571.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801449925
ISBN
9780801449925
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.90

Paperback. A literary scholar and a planetary scientist look at the Earth as object, viewed from the outside, and as a singular orb that is a challenge to scale and human self-importance. Series: Object Lessons. Num Pages: 144 pages, 12 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; HP; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 122 x 164 x 19. Weight in Grams: 136.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781501317910
ISBN
9781501317910
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.72

Paperback. Editor(s): Cohen, Jeffrey Jerome; Duckert, Lowell. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPQ; JFCD; RNA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 38. .
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
344
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816693092
ISBN
9780816693092
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.31

Paperback. On the 10th Anniversary of the publication of his groundbreaking work, the second edition of Emerging Adulthood fully updates and expands Arnett's findings and includes brand new chapters on media use, social class issues, and the distinctive problems of this life stage. Num Pages: 416 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSP2; JFSP3; JMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 546.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199929382
ISBN
9780199929382
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.99

Paperback. From Superman and Batman to the Fantastic Four and the X-Men, these pop-culture juggernauts, with their "powers and abilities far beyond those of mortal men," thrilled readers and audiences. The author shows how creators turned to science fiction to convey the reality of the paranormal they experienced in their lives. Num Pages: 392 pages, 67 colour plates, 3 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AKLC; HRQX; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 218 x 33. Weight in Grams: 852.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226271484
ISBN
9780226271484
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 26.02

paperback. Recounts the spectacular history of Esalen, the institute that has long been one of the world leaders in alternative and experiential education and stands at the center of the human potential movement. Num Pages: 544 pages, 1 colour plate, 32 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJPK; HBJK; HRQC; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 151 x 41. Weight in Grams: 926.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
UNIV OF CHICAGO PR
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
544
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226453705
ISBN
9780226453705
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 21.16

Paperback. How can Ramakrishna's saintly status be reconciled with his eroticized language and actions? This book argues that the key to understanding him lies in Tantra and its equation of the mystical and the erotic, and that his homosexulity is linked to every aspect of his life and teachings. Num Pages: 408 pages, 6 line drawings. BIC Classification: HRG; HRLK2; JFSK2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 228 x 22. Weight in Grams: 582.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
408
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226453774
ISBN
9780226453774
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 37.18

Paperback. Adopting a comparative historical approach, J. H. Chajes uncovers a strain of Jewish belief to which scant attention has been paid. Between Worlds provides fascinating descriptions of cases of possession as well as analysis of the magical techniques deployed by rabbinic exorcists to expel the ghostly intruders. Series: Jewish Culture & Contexts. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAC; HRJ; HRLK; JFSR1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 429.
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812221701
ISBN
9780812221701
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Paperback. In this survey of Western attitudes and laws about abortion, Jeffrey Reiman argues that an overlooked clue to the solution of the moral problem lies in the unusual way in which we value the lives of individual human beings - namely, that we value them irreplaceably. Num Pages: 138 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFMA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 148 x 10. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
138
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847692088
ISBN
9780847692088
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.70

hardcover. Responds to recent assaults on liberal theory by proposing a "critical moral liberalism". This text sets forth the basic arguments for the liberal moral obligation to maximize people's ability to govern their own lives, and for the conception that the good life goes with this. Series: Studies in Social, Political and Legal Philosophy. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFM; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847683130
ISBN
9780847683130
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 195.66

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