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Society & culture: general
Paperback. Dancing with Broken Bones gives voice and face to a vulnerable and disempowered population whose stories often remain untold: the urban dying poor. Drawing on complex issues surrounding poverty, class, and race, Moller illuminates the unique sufferings that often remain unknown and hidden within a culture of broad invisibility. Num Pages: 228 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFA; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 160 x 12. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199760138
- ISBN
- 9780199760138
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 92.22
€ 92.22
Paperback. During the late 1940s and early 1950s, the name DuMont was synonymous with the new medium of television. Many people first watched TV on DuMont-brand sets, the best receivers money could buy. More viewers enjoyed their first programs on the DuMont network, which was established in 1946. This book examines DuMont's programs and personalities. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; APT; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 207 x 143 x 15. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592134991
- ISBN
- 9781592134991
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.74
€ 34.99
€ 31.74
Hardback. A provocative and historical reading of the relations between Victorian liberalism and aestheticism that challenges critical assumptions concerning liberal agency and aesthetic experience more generally. Num Pages: 248 pages, 30 illus. BIC Classification: 1DB; 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; HBTB; JFC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 165 x 238 x 25. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812237542
- ISBN
- 9780812237542
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.53
€ 81.53
Paperback. Num Pages: 276 pages. BIC Classification: JFFZ; KNDF; PDZ; WNCN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 133. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- ECW Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781770413146
- ISBN
- 9781770413146
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.05
€ 17.99
€ 17.05
Paperback. Gertrude Tennant's life was remarkable for its length (1819-1918), but even more so for the influence she achieved as an unsurpassed London hostess. This title presents her life, placing her not only at the heart of a multi-generational, matriarchal family epic but also at centre of European social and literary life for the best part of a century. Num Pages: 308 pages, 40 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JH; HBTB; JFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 150 x 24. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300168976
- ISBN
- 9780300168976
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.77
€ 20.99
€ 16.77
Hardback. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Barricade Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781569803493
- ISBN
- 9781569803493
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 22.51
€ 24.99
€ 22.51
Paperback. Editor(s): Hinks, Peter P. Num Pages: 184 pages, 2 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFFJ; JFSL3; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 231.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780271019949
- ISBN
- 9780271019949
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 20.89
€ 25.99
€ 20.89
Paperback. A revised and updated edition of Waines' wide-ranging account of the history and theology of Islam. Series: Introduction to Religion. Num Pages: 398 pages, 22 b/w illus. 1 map. BIC Classification: HBJF; HRAX; HRH; HRLB; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 582. Series: Introduction to Religion. 380 pages, 22 b/w illus. 1 map. Revised and updated edition of Waines' wide-ranging account of the history and theology of Islam. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: HBJF; HRAX; HRH; HRLB; JFSR2. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 19. Weight: 646.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 380
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521539067
- ISBN
- 9780521539067
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 41.66
€ 41.99
€ 41.66
Paperback. Series: AAR Academy Series. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: HRCM; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 337.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781555406585
- ISBN
- 9781555406585
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.00
€ 39.00
Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL1; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781501704956
- ISBN
- 9781501704956
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.87
€ 62.87
A study of the massacre at Wounded Knee in history and memory. Num Pages: 288 pages, 25 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190249038
- ISBN
- 9780190249038
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.36
€ 67.36
Paperback. An analysis of the policy decision by the Carter Administration on how to cope with the Mariel boatlift from Cuba in 1989. The work argues that a faulty decision making structure and ignorance of the historic dynamics of Cuban immigration contributed to the mishandling of the refugee crisis. Num Pages: 256 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KJC; JFFN; JPQB; JPS; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 146 x 14. Weight in Grams: 331.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847684144
- ISBN
- 9780847684144
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.11
€ 65.11
Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JFFG; JMF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- American Psychological Association United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781433813290
- ISBN
- 9781433813290
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.98€ 58.60
€ 59.98
€ 58.60
Paperback. Takes readers back to the Civil War's centennial celebration to determine how Americans made sense of the suffering, loss, and liberation a century earlier. The author shows how four of America's most incisive writers - Robert Penn Warren, Bruce Catton, Edmund Wilson, and James Baldwin - explored the gulf between remembrance and reality. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JFFJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 136 x 20. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 328
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674725973
- ISBN
- 9780674725973
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.23
€ 27.99
€ 24.23
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
€ 42.99€ 32.86
€ 42.99
€ 32.86
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€ 46.48
€ 46.99
€ 46.48
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€ 28.30
€ 31.99
€ 28.30
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
€ 14.99€ 11.74
€ 14.99
€ 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
€ 42.99€ 32.86
€ 42.99
€ 32.86
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
€ 99.96€ 82.36
€ 99.96
€ 82.36