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Society & culture: general

Paperback. Exploring the motivations of migrants in countries around the world, this book proposes a new model of immigration that accounts for the cultural beliefs and social patterns that influence people to move--or to remain at home Num Pages: 179 pages, 2 figures. BIC Classification: JFFN; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 228 x 14. Weight in Grams: 314.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
180
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292726857
ISBN
9780292726857
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.17

Paperback. In a world where change has become the only constant, how does the perpetually new relate to the old? How does cinema, itself once a new medium, relate both to previous or outmoded media and to what we now refer to as New Media? This collection examines these questions by focusing on the relations of cinema to other media. Editor(s): Geiger, Jeffrey; Littau, Karin. Num Pages: 256 pages, 38 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 390.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474402774
ISBN
9781474402774
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.12

Paperback. Includes various stories. In, "Math Son of Mathonwy" two brothers plot to carry off the virginal Goewin, while in "Manawydan Son of Llyr" a chieftain roams throughout Britain after a spell is cast over his land. In "How Culhwch Won Olwen", a young man must complete many tasks before he can marry a giant's daughter. Translator(s): Gantz, Jeffrey. Num Pages: 320 pages, map, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DBKW; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 236.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1976
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780140443226
ISBN
9780140443226
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.82

Paperback. First written down in the eighth century AD, these early Irish stories depict a far older world - part myth, part legend and part history. Rich with magic and achingly beautiful, they speak of a land of heroic battles, intense love and warrior ideals, in which the otherworld is explored and men mingle freely with the gods. Translator(s): Gantz, Jeffrey. Num Pages: 288 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DBR; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 216.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
9780140443974
ISBN
9780140443974
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.45

Hardcover. This text is an account of the changing roles of images in German medieval monasticism from the 12th-century to the Reformation. The author explores the interrelationships between the visual arts and female spirituality in the context of the "cura monialium", the pastoral care of nuns. Num Pages: 580 pages, 246 illus. BIC Classification: 1DFG; ACK; AGR; HRCX8; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 282 x 190 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1611.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Zone Books United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
580
Condition
New
SKU
V9780942299458
ISBN
9780942299458
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.48
€ 42.00

Hardback. Tells the story in which public schools forced a draconian Americanization on the great waves of immigration. Ranging from the 1890s through the World War-II years, this title argues that Americanization was a far more nuanced and negotiated process from the start, much shaped by immigrants themselves. Num Pages: 378 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; JNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 34. Weight in Grams: 703.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
378
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674046382
ISBN
9780674046382
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.92
€ 57.38

paperback. For more than a century, the Northern Arapaho people lived on the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming - the fourth largest reservation in the country. This book draws together aspects of the Northern Arapahos' world - myth, language, art, ritual, identity, and history - to offer a vivid picture of a culture that has endured and changed over time. Series: Studies in the Anthropology of North American Indians. Num Pages: 376 pages, 7 figures, map, 3 tables, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBWY; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803260214
ISBN
9780803260214
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.17

Hardback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSBH; DSK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 236 x 21. Weight in Grams: 556.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231167680
ISBN
9780231167680
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.36
€ 50.79

Hardback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTB; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 157 x 27. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195326222
ISBN
9780195326222
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.38

Hardback. In this book Jeffrey Alexander develops the view that cultural sociology and cultural pragmatics are vital for understanding the structural turbulence and political possibilities of contemporary social life. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
180
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509518128
ISBN
9781509518128
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.84

Hardback. * This is a new study of the relationship between performance and power from one of the world s leading social theorists * In this volume, Jeffrey Alexander develops a cultural pragmatics that shifts cultural sociology from texts to gestural meanings and examines the elements of social performance. Num Pages: 232 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745648170
ISBN
9780745648170
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.21

Paperback. Presents an approach to how culture works in societies. Exposing our everyday myths and narratives in a series of empirical studies that range from Watergate to the Holocaust, this work shows how these unseen cultural structures translate into concrete actions and institutions. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 472.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
307
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195306408
ISBN
9780195306408
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 45.98

Paperback. In this book Jeffrey Alexander develops the view that cultural sociology and cultural pragmatics are vital for understanding the structural turbulence and political possibilities of contemporary social life. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509518135
ISBN
9781509518135
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.23

Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 175 x 25. Weight in Grams: 771.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780385485760
ISBN
9780385485760
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 22.91

Paperback. Explores the brighter side of eternity: heaven. Dispensing with the images of goodness that can make even heaven seem unbearable, this book stimulates our imagination with a history of how the joy of paradise has been conceived by writers, philosophers, and artists for whom heaven was an imminent reality. Num Pages: 256 pages, 18 halftones. BIC Classification: HRAB; HRLB; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 371.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780691006840
ISBN
9780691006840
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 30.95

Paperback. Shows how, beginning with Lenin, the Communists established a state monopoly of the media that absorbed literature, art, and science into a stylized and ritualistic public culture. This work explores the close relationship between language and the implementation of the Stalinist-Leninist program. Num Pages: 344 pages, 41 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1DVU; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; JFC; JPFC; JPVN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691088679
ISBN
9780691088679
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.48
€ 42.35

Num Pages: 288 pages, 900 color photos. BIC Classification: 3J; JFCK; WC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 313 x 239 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1822.
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780887405495
ISBN
9780887405495
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 76.04
€ 53.37

Num Pages: 624 pages, 43 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 165 x 44. Weight in Grams: 990.
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
624
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231139106
ISBN
9780231139106
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 133.82

hardcover. This work is the first nontechnical guide to the principles, practices, policies, and profession of emergency management. Series: Contemporary World Issues. Num Pages: 293 pages. BIC Classification: JFFC; JKSW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
ABC-CLIO United States
Number of pages
293
Condition
New
SKU
V9781598841107
ISBN
9781598841107
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 75.47

Paperback. Num Pages: 624 pages, 43 illus. BIC Classification: BM; JFSL; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 154 x 32. Weight in Grams: 874.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
624
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231139113
ISBN
9780231139113
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.06

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