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Society & culture: general

Hardback. An ethnography that describes life in the Uyghur suburbs of Yining, a city near the border with Kazakhstan, and situates that account in a broader examination of Uyghur culture. This book explores topics ranging from family life to market trading, from informal socializing to forms of religious devotion. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 350 pages, 12 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFSL. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 234 x 163 x 32. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674032828
ISBN
9780674032828
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 38.10

Paperback. Addresses the field of film sound theory and its significance in rethinking historical models of film analysis. This book also analyzes how shifting modulation of the spoken word in cinema results in variations in audience interpretation. Editor(s): Beck, Jay; Grajeda, Tony. Num Pages: 336 pages, 2 photographs. BIC Classification: APFA; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 508.
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252075322
ISBN
9780252075322
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.40

Paperback. This first examination of the trade in erotica during the 1920s and '30s provides an understanding of the evolution of both obscenity law and sexual explicitness in literature, and raises fascinating questions about moral control, idealism, and the marketplace in ways that continue to resonate today. Num Pages: 424 pages, 53 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; GTB; JFC; JFMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 626.
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812217988
ISBN
9780812217988
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.61

Paperback. Series: Richard Lectures. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: JFCX; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 324.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813932460
ISBN
9780813932460
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.33

Paperback. Num Pages: 78 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: JFSL3; JFSP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 16. Weight in Grams: 114.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
African American Images United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
65
Condition
New
SKU
V9780913543429
ISBN
9780913543429
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.80

Paperback. Num Pages: 103 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 214 x 136 x 6. Weight in Grams: 182.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
African American Images United States
Edition
2nd
Number of pages
103
Condition
New
SKU
V9780913543146
ISBN
9780913543146
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.12

Paperback. Num Pages: 150 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; JFSL3; VFX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 216 x 13. Weight in Grams: 190.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
African American Images
Condition
New
SKU
V9781934155745
ISBN
9781934155745
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.85

Paperback. Num Pages: 120 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; JFSL3; JNFR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 139 x 9. Weight in Grams: 196.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
African American Images
Condition
New
SKU
V9781934155707
ISBN
9781934155707
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.26

Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages, 4 charts & 4 tables. BIC Classification: JFSL3; JN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 137 x 4. Weight in Grams: 158.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
African American Images United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9781934155608
ISBN
9781934155608
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.40

Paperback. Num Pages: 140 pages. BIC Classification: HRCX; JFSP2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 217 x 8. Weight in Grams: 192.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
African American Images United States
Number of pages
140
Condition
New
SKU
V9781934155493
ISBN
9781934155493
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.63

Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: JFSL1; JNFR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 139 x 10. Weight in Grams: 228.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
African American Images United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9781934155196
ISBN
9781934155196
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.08

Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSJ2; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 138 x 12. Weight in Grams: 266.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
African American Images United States
Number of pages
204
Condition
New
SKU
V9781934155097
ISBN
9781934155097
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.54

Paperback. Num Pages: 180 pages, tables & charts. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3; JNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 230.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
African American Images United States
Edition
1st
Number of pages
174
Condition
New
SKU
V9781934155004
ISBN
9781934155004
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.78

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 25 bw illus. BIC Classification: AC; AK; AMX; JFC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 233 x 14. Weight in Grams: 424.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472591036
ISBN
9781472591036
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.67

Hardback. This volume examines the power that can be imposed, and the misery that is caused, especially for the poor, by the simple act of waiting. Although set in Buenos Aires, Auyero describes a variety of different situations, including waiting for national identity cards, for welfare agencies, and the endless waiting for relocation from the slums. Num Pages: 216 pages, 17 photographs, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; JFC; JFFH; JPQB; MBP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5487 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822352594
ISBN
9780822352594
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 108.56

Paperback. Examines the ways popular protests are experienced and remembered by those who participate in them. This book focuses on the roles of two young women, Nana and Laura, in uprisings in Argentina. It offers discussions of resistance and the combined effects of globalization, neoliberal economic policies, and political corruption in Argentina. Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 248 pages, 19 illus. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; JFC; JPWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3810 x 17. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822331155
ISBN
9780822331155
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.29

Paperback. "Political clientelism" is a term used to characterise the contemporary relationships between political elites and the poor in Latin America in which goods and services are traded for political favours. This title presents the ethnography of urban clientelism ever carried out in Argentina. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 table, 2 figures. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; JFFA; JHMP; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822326212
ISBN
9780822326212
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.31

Paperback. The Politics of Waiting in Argentina. 192 pages, 17 photographs, 1 figure. Describes the power that can be imposed, and the misery that is caused, especially for the poor, by the simple act of waiting. This title also describes a variety of different situations, including waiting for national identity cards, for welfare agencies, and the endless waiting for relocation from the slums. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; JFFA; JKS; JPQB. Dimension: 216 x 154 x 13. Weight: 286.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822352334
ISBN
9780822352334
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.37

Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, 30 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; JFFA; JFFE; JFSG; JFSL4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 142 x 217 x 19. Weight in Grams: 334.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691173030
ISBN
9780691173030
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.15

Hardback. Num Pages: 264 pages, 30 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; JFFA; JFFE; JFSG; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 148 x 24. Weight in Grams: 440.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691164779
ISBN
9780691164779
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.37

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