Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Paperback. This volume examines the creative work of the avant-gardist John Cage, from an interdisciplinary perspective. His activities as a composer, performer, thinker and artist are explored. Num Pages: 304 pages, 7 halftones, 11 drawings, 4 colour plates, 1 table, 22 musical reproductions. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGC6; AVH; DSBH; DSC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- New edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226044088
- ISBN
- 9780226044088
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 33.72
€ 43.99
€ 33.72
Paperback. Num Pages: 284 pages. BIC Classification: JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875807539
- ISBN
- 9780875807539
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 42.15
€ 46.99
€ 42.15
Paperback. Presents an examination of the emergence and institutionalization of "transgender" as a category of collective identity. This book analyzes the reasons for and potential consequences of this difference - between how some of the gender variant people conceive of themselves and how they are perceived by service providers and others. Num Pages: 320 pages, 7 illustrations, 3 tables. BIC Classification: JFSK; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822338697
- ISBN
- 9780822338697
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.28
€ 31.99
€ 28.28
Paperback. Throughout history Man's search for knowledge has revealed strange truths. this title explores the allure and the hidden history of the esoteric religious beliefs and investigates how these societies have come to gain a powerful hold upon the popular imagination. Series: Brief Histories. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: JFSV1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Robinson
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- UK ed.
- SKU
- V9781845296155
- ISBN
- 9781845296155
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.74
€ 15.99
€ 11.74
Paperback. A study of the Biase, an ethnic group living in Southeast Nigeria. The author examines whether Western practices and technologies may improve their standard of living or whether their indigenous beliefs and strategies are better suited to local conditions. Num Pages: 256 pages, 28 halftones, 7 line drawings, 11 tables. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 375.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226388496
- ISBN
- 9780226388496
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 33.72
€ 43.99
€ 33.72
Hardback. Moves beyond the limited framing of the 'War on Terror' which has dominated recent debates, offering a new perspective on the study of Islamophobia. Series: Decolonial Studies, Postcolonial Horizons. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: JFSR2; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745331324
- ISBN
- 9780745331324
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 100.99€ 84.27
€ 100.99
€ 84.27
Paperback. Moves beyond the limited framing of the 'War on Terror' which has dominated recent debates, offering a new perspective on the study of Islamophobia. Series: Decolonial Studies, Postcolonial Horizons. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: JFSR2; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 136 x 213 x 12. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745331317
- ISBN
- 9780745331317
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.25
€ 40.99
€ 31.25
Paperback. Series: Critical Interventions. Num Pages: 316 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSC; JFSL; JHB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 193 x 230 x 20. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138654440
- ISBN
- 9781138654440
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.64
€ 66.64
Hardcover. Connect to the world around you and realize the enormous potential in talking to strangers
Everyday, random encounters really can change lives, when you make them happen the right way and leverage the connection at the other end. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFFP; VS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118203477
- ISBN
- 9781118203477
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 21.28
€ 25.99
€ 21.28
Hardcover. We hear much talk about the advent of a postracial age. The election of Barack Obama as President of the U.S. was held by many to be proof that we have once and for all moved beyond race. The Swedish government has even gone so far as to erase all references to race from its legislative documents. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 199 x 134 x 20. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745689715
- ISBN
- 9780745689715
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.36
€ 47.36
Paperback. * Brings together well--established contributors and emergent scholars in postcolonialism. * Presents essays in dialogue with each other to create a controversial collection that examines the current state of postcolonial studies. Editor(s): Goldberg, David Theo; Quayson, Ato. Num Pages: 400 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HBTQ; HBTR; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 253 x 180 x 20. Weight in Grams: 706.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631208051
- ISBN
- 9780631208051
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.58
€ 56.58
Hardback. Argues that race is integral to the conceptual, philosophical and material emergence of the modern nation state, and to its ongoing management. This book shows that debates and struggles about race in a wide variety of societies are really about the nature of political constitution and community. Num Pages: 336 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 159 x 29. Weight in Grams: 592.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631199199
- ISBN
- 9780631199199
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 143.15
€ 143.15
paperback. We hear much talk about the advent of a postracial age. The election of Barack Obama as President of the U.S. was held by many to be proof that we have once and for all moved beyond race. The Swedish government has even gone so far as to erase all references to race from its legislative documents. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 129 x 191 x 18. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Publisher
- Polity
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745689722
- ISBN
- 9780745689722
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.38
€ 26.99
€ 24.38
Paperback. This wide-ranging book brings new and fresh visions of important aspects of Tibetan culture. Num Pages: 196 pages. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 211 x 13. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Monash Asia Institute
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781876924775
- ISBN
- 9781876924775
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 24.14
€ 32.99
€ 24.14
Paperback. Power and Betrayal in the Canadian Media is a sweeping exploration of the Canadian media system and the impact it has on Canadian society, politics, and culture. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442600515
- ISBN
- 9781442600515
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.30
€ 26.99
€ 25.30
Paperback. This edition offers an interpretation of a puzzling chapter in American social and medical history: the dramatic change in the pattern of opiate addiction-from respectable upper-class matrons to lower-class urban males, often with a criminal record. Num Pages: 352 pages, 1 map, 10 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- Enlarged
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674005853
- ISBN
- 9780674005853
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 43.25
€ 51.99
€ 43.25
Paperback. This treatment of minority-dominated congressional districts shows that the unintended consequences of black majority districts actually contradict the common wisdom that whites will not be adequately represented in these areas. Series: American Politics & Political Economy S. Num Pages: 304 pages, 13 line drawings, 35 tables. BIC Classification: JFSL3; JPA; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226092713
- ISBN
- 9780226092713
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.99
€ 34.99
€ 27.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 327 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 157 x 6. Weight in Grams: 531.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268020255
- ISBN
- 9780268020255
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.59
€ 32.99
€ 29.59
Hardcover. Throughout southwestern Nigeria, Yoruba men and women create objects called aale to protect their properties-farms, gardens, market goods, piles of collected firewood-from the ravages of thieves and Vigilant Things argues that aale are keys to understanding how images function in Yoruba social and cultural life. Num Pages: 416 pages, 87 illus., 77 in color. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; ACBK; JFCD; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 257 x 185 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1228.
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295990736
- ISBN
- 9780295990736
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.82
€ 66.82
Hardback. Proposing that the 'forbidden fruit' eaten by Adam and Eve was in fact a fig rather than an apple, this book explores the history of the fruit in fascinating detail, from the Crusaders to the wonderful fig festivals of the modern world. Series: Edible. Num Pages: 128 pages, 40 colour, 20 black & white. BIC Classification: JFCV; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 203 x 16. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780233499
- ISBN
- 9781780233499
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.83
€ 23.83