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Society & culture: general
Paperback. The reader reprints extracts of key historical texts - those of Daniel Bell on the post-industrial society and Jean-Francois Lyotard on the post-modern condition. The new cultural logic of contested pluralism is analysed in seminal papers by Andreas Hyssen and Jim Collins. Editor(s): Jencks, Charles. Series: AD Reader. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: AB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 168 x 20. Weight in Grams: 826.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470748664
- ISBN
- 9780470748664
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.85
€ 43.85
Hardcover. Num Pages: 240 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JJ; JFSG; JPW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 160 x 232 x 19. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845196264
- ISBN
- 9781845196264
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.40
€ 130.40
Hardback. Focusing on multi-ethnic interaction in an inner city area, this book addresses difficult issues that are often simplistically and negatively portrayed, challenging the stereotypical denigration of inner city life, and Muslim communities in particular. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFSG; JFSL1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 242 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Bristol University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447315643
- ISBN
- 9781447315643
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 167.33
€ 167.33
Paperback. Focusing on multi-ethnic interaction in an inner city area, this book addresses difficult issues that are often simplistically and negatively portrayed, challenging the stereotypical denigration of inner city life, and Muslim communities in particular. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JFSG; JFSL1; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Policy Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447315711
- ISBN
- 9781447315711
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 38.88
€ 40.99
€ 38.88
Hardback. Explores how a popular Islamic media form - the cassette sermon - has profoundly transformed the political geography of the Middle East. Focusing on Cairo's popular neighborhoods, this book highlights the pivotal role these tapes play in an expanding arena of Islamic argumentation and debate - what the author calls an "Islamic counterpublic." Series: Cultures of History. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231138185
- ISBN
- 9780231138185
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.60€ 80.14
€ 104.60
€ 80.14
Paperback. Series: Cultures of History. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; JFSR2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231138192
- ISBN
- 9780231138192
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.65
€ 37.99
€ 27.65
Hardcover. This book explores how trust and community are affected by the rapid increase in the scope of communication. Uncertainty of relations generates many destructive reactions, yet it also creates the possibility of a community wider and more diverse than ever before. The book puts these contrasting scenarios in a historical and theoretical context. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: JFFP; JHB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 165 x 29. Weight in Grams: 678.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198708551
- ISBN
- 9780198708551
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.60
€ 74.60
Hardback. Series: U.S. & Pacific Asia S. Num Pages: 304 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JFSF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 158 x 28. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231072045
- ISBN
- 9780231072045
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.60€ 80.20
€ 104.60
€ 80.20
Paperback. * Provides an indispensable companion to Harrison and Wooda s classic volume Art in Theory 1900--1990. * Extends to a startling degree the canon of nineteenth--century art theory. * Offers for the first time English translations of material from foreign sources, comprising a third of the entire volume. Num Pages: 1120 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 3JH; ABA; ACV; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 172 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1456.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Number of pages
- 1120
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631200666
- ISBN
- 9780631200666
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.76
€ 46.76
Paperback. Fleas need elephants, just as elephants need fleas to keep them alert and dancing. This idea also applies to economies who need both, to business, which has to structure itself to allow fleas to co-exist with the elephants, to society, which needs to encourage individualism but needs the conformity of the elephant. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JFFR; KJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 174.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Random House Business
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099415657
- ISBN
- 9780099415657
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.79
€ 21.99
€ 16.79
Paperback. Presents an alternative vision, where life and work are regrounded in a natural sense of continuity, connection and purposeful direction. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: JFFR; KJU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 44. Weight in Grams: 212. 8vo. Clean copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Random House Business
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KEX0262233
- ISBN
- 9780099301257
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
paperback. Offers a glimpse into the future and see what challenges and opportunities lie ahead. This book explores the dangers of a society built on credit. He challenges the myth that remorseless growth is essential. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JFFR; JHBA; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Random House Business
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847941343
- ISBN
- 9781847941343
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.61
€ 16.99
€ 12.61
Paperback. A fascinating portrait of the Pythagorean tradition, including a substantial account of the Neo-Pythagorean revival, and ending with Johannes Kepler on the threshold of modernism. Num Pages: 206 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCA; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 11. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 193
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872205758
- ISBN
- 9780872205758
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 21.19
€ 27.99
€ 21.19
Paperback. Series: Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development (Mono). Num Pages: 316 pages. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JHB; JMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 10. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 4th Edition
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781119038580
- ISBN
- 9781119038580
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.59
€ 47.59
Paperback. Charles Garrad's unique work resurrects the memory of the Petun and traces their route from their creation myth to their living descendants scattered from southwestern Ontario to Kansas and Oklahoma. Editor(s): Pilon, Jean-Luc; Fox, William. Series: Mercury Series. Num Pages: 656 pages, 42 tables, 28 figures, 26 plates. BIC Classification: 1KBCO; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 171 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1250.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Univ of Ottawa Pr
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780776621449
- ISBN
- 9780776621449
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 94.60
€ 94.60
Hardcover. Illustrator(s): Gauckler, Genevieve. Num Pages: 272 pages, 164 colour photographs. BIC Classification: AJB; HRLF; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 180 x 28. Weight in Grams: 990.
- Publisher
- Dewi Lewis Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781907893230
- ISBN
- 9781907893230
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 32.13
€ 37.99
€ 32.13
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JJ; JFSG; JPW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 12. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845196868
- ISBN
- 9781845196868
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 39.34
€ 43.99
€ 39.34
Paperback. A social history of the earthquake-tsunami that struck Lima in October 1746, looking at how people in and beyond Lima understood and reacted to the natural disaster. Series: A John Hope Franklin Center Book. Num Pages: 280 pages, 16 illustrations, 4 tables, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; 3JF; HBJK; JFFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822341895
- ISBN
- 9780822341895
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.32
€ 37.99
€ 34.32
Paperback. In the tumultuous decades after the Civil War, as the southern white elite reclaimed power, "racial mixing" was the central concern of segregationists who strove to maintain "racial purity." This book aims to challenge conventional wisdom, and examines how white southerners enforced anti-miscegenation laws. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFFJ; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 345.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Arkansas Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557288332
- ISBN
- 9781557288332
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.80
€ 26.80
Hardback. How should planners use the available evidence to choose treatments? This book addresses key aspects of this question, exploring and partially resolving pervasive problems of identification and statistical inference that arise when studying treatment response and making treatment choices. Series: The Econometric and Tinbergen Institutes Lectures. Num Pages: 128 pages, 7 tables. BIC Classification: JFF; KCJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 9. Weight in Grams: 28.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 130
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691121536
- ISBN
- 9780691121536
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 89.15€ 68.67
€ 89.15
€ 68.67
Paperback. Charles Doran examines why Canadian unity is important, what drives Quebec separatism in the American view, and the nature of the historical era that has shaped and conditioned secessionist impulse. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFC; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802083913
- ISBN
- 9780802083913
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 38.42
€ 43.99
€ 38.42
Hardback. Updates and expands Claghorn's previous book, Women Composers and Hymnists (Scarecrow, 1984), presenting succinct biographies for female composers in both secular and sacred music. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: AVH; BGF; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 144 x 19. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810831308
- ISBN
- 9780810831308
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 179.10
€ 179.10
Paperback. Argues for the possibility of theological thinking in a postmodern secular milieu, equating a desire to think theologically with a desire for thinking that does not disappoint. Winquist suggests that, in the wake of psychoanalysis, theology must elaborate the meaning of desire in its own discourse. Series: Religion and Postmodernism. Num Pages: 178 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCM; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 200 x 14. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 178
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226902135
- ISBN
- 9780226902135
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 26.08
€ 32.99
€ 26.08
Hardback. To find more information on Rowman & Littlefield titles, please visit us at www.rowmanlittlefield.com. Num Pages: 688 pages, references, index. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JFSP2; JMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 163 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1080.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Jason Aronson Inc. Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 688
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780876682098
- ISBN
- 9780876682098
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 254.45
€ 254.45