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Society & culture: general

Paperback. Offers an insight into the alleged medical differences between whites and blacks that translated as racial inferiority. This work evaluates the diet, hygiene, clothing, and living and working conditions of African Americans, and analyzes the diseases and health conditions that afflicted them in urban areas, at industrial sites, and on plantations. Series: Blacks in the New World. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 465.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1981
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780252008740
ISBN
9780252008740
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.82

Hardback. The Weimar Republic (1918-1933) was a crucial moment not only in German history but also in the history of both crime fiction and criminal science. This study approaches the period from a unique perspective - investigating the most notorious criminals of the time and the public's reaction to their crimes. Series: Monographs in German History. Num Pages: 169 pages, 15 ills. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJ; HBJD; HBTB; JFC; JKV. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
169
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845454395
ISBN
9781845454395
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.60

Paperback. Tells the little-known story of a highly celebrated auto-racing event for African Americans, the Gold and Glory Sweepstakes. These races were held in Indiana and throughout the Midwest during the racial turbulence of the 1920s and 1930s, when the Ku Klux Klan cast a shadow over the social and political landscape of the state and region. Num Pages: 240 pages, 45 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; JFSL3; WSPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 15. Weight in Grams: 397.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253219626
ISBN
9780253219626
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.37

Paperback. A careful and comprehensive analysis of Canada s economic policies and political interference in Latin America Noam Chomsky

" BIC Classification: HBTQ; JFFS; JPH; KJ; KNA; KNB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. .
Publisher
Fernwood Publishing Co Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781552668306
ISBN
9781552668306
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 26.71

Paperback. Scrutinizes major news coverage in the early days of the antiwar movement. This work shows in detail how the media first ignore new political developments, then select and emphasize aspects of the story that treat movements as oddities. Num Pages: 352 pages, 2 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 514.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
First Edition, With a New Preface
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520239326
ISBN
9780520239326
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.26

Paperback. Editor(s): Morrison, Todd G.; Morrison, Melanie A.; Carrigan, Mark A.; McDermott, Daragh T. Num Pages: 270 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHBK5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 177 x 14. Weight in Grams: 500.
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
270
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781628087048
ISBN
9781628087048
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 127.17
€ 87.79

Hardcover. Num Pages: 440 pages. BIC Classification: HBLL; HBLW; HRAM9; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 166 x 36. Weight in Grams: 762.
Publisher
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691004792
ISBN
9780691004792
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.41

Paperback. In this eye-opening work of American history, Todd DePastino tells the epic story of the veritable army of homeless men that swept across America after the Civil War and crafts a stunning new interpretation of the "American century" in the process. Num Pages: 350 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 166 x 20. Weight in Grams: 482.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226143798
ISBN
9780226143798
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.83

Paperback. Editor(s): Nelson, Todd D. Num Pages: 376 pages, 3 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSP31. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
MIT Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
second edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780262533409
ISBN
9780262533409
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 43.97

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, 9 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFU; JMJ; KNXC; TBDG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 235 x 21. Weight in Grams: 262.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472486134
ISBN
9781472486134
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.39

Paperback. Num Pages: 98 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3; JFHC; JPWL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 216 x 5. Weight in Grams: 104.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Trine Day United States
Number of pages
98
Condition
New
SKU
V9781937584634
ISBN
9781937584634
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 13.03

Paperback. In this provocative book, Boyd suggests that hip hop culture has emerged as a social movement in its own right, replacing the Civil Rights and Black Power movements in influencing and defining today's generation. Num Pages: 169 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 206 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 244.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
169
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814798966
ISBN
9780814798966
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.31

Paperback. The author chronicles how basketball and hip hop have gone from being reviled by the American mainstream in the 1970s to being embraced and imitated globally today. For young black men, he argues, they represent a new version of the American dream, one embodying the hopes and desires of those excluded from the original version. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGR; JFSL3; WSJM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 151 x 11. Weight in Grams: 314.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Edition
2 Edition
Number of pages
210
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803216754
ISBN
9780803216754
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.69

Paperback. From cleaning to construction, from agriculture to domestic work, every day migrant labourers are exploited and enslaved. The author argues that even governments, keen to protect big business, are complicit in this exploitation; their 'law and order' approach on immigration being part of this complicity. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: JFFN; KCF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 199 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 214.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Zed Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9781842778524
ISBN
9781842778524
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 27.72

Hardback. An authentic picture of culture among young adults of colour Num Pages: 204 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSL; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
204
Condition
New
SKU
V9781439908297
ISBN
9781439908297
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 87.88

Paperback. Describes how people perform their sexual identities as athletes and spectators. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; VFVC; WSDP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 284.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566399944
ISBN
9781566399944
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 30.69

Paperback. What does it mean to be a "citizen" today, in an age of unbridled consumerism, terrorism, militarism, and multinationalism? This book provides the answer to this question. It looks at media coverage of September 11th and the Iraq invasion as well as "infotainment" to see how US TV is serving its citizens as part of "the global commodity chain". Num Pages: 248 pages, 2 Tables, 1 Figure, 1 b&w photo. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD; JHBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 338.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781592135615
ISBN
9781592135615
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.15

Hardback. Global Media Studies is unique in its coverage of places, peoples, institutions, and discourses. Toby Miller and Marwan M. Kraidy provide a comprehensive how-to guide to the study of media, going far beyond the established English-language literature and drawing on the best methods and research from around the world. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 252 x 173 x 25. Weight in Grams: 618.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745644318
ISBN
9780745644318
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.70

Paperback. A crisp and engaging book that proposes how to save the dying humanities Num Pages: 172 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 211 x 12. Weight in Grams: 216.
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
172
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781439909836
ISBN
9781439909836
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.31

Paperback. Examines the major theories and debates surrounding the production and reception of television over the years. This title considers the role and future of this powerful medium. Series: The Basics. Num Pages: 264 pages, 9 black & white tables. BIC Classification: APT; JFD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 288.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415774246
ISBN
9780415774246
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.93

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