Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Paperback. When you travel or do business overseas, you can limit yourself to the airport experience or choose to take on the culture beneath the surface. This title examines our cultural encounters when we leave home, presenting cultural learning as a personal and intellectual challenge. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCA; VSP; WT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 280. Beneath the Surface. 160 pages, Illustrations. When you travel or do business overseas, you can limit yourself to the airport experience or choose to take on the culture beneath the surface. This title examines our cultural encounters when we leave home, presenting cultural learning as a personal and intellectual challenge. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: JFCA; VSP; WT. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight: 274.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Nicholas Brealey Publishing
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780984247103
- ISBN
- 9780984247103
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.87
€ 19.99
€ 14.87
Hardback. Series: Jews, Christians and Muslims from the Ancient to the Modern World. Num Pages: 208 pages, 14 halftones. 2 line illus. BIC Classification: HBLC1; HBTB; JFSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 242 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691156996
- ISBN
- 9780691156996
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.28€ 42.04
€ 53.28
€ 42.04
Hardcover. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations, port. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBH; DSC; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 159. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820311524
- ISBN
- 9780820311524
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 152.07
€ 152.07
Hardback. Sunday dinners, basement kitchens, and backyard gardens are everyday cultural entities long associated with Italian Americans, yet the general perception of them remains superficial and stereotypical at best. Editor(s): Sciorra, Joseph. Series: Critical Studies in Italian America. Num Pages: 288 pages, 3 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 236 x 21. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823232659
- ISBN
- 9780823232659
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.76
€ 108.76
Hardback. Offering a compassionate view of the interior life of the batterer, this book explains the inner mechanisms of the batterer's violent behavior, analyzes society's negative depictions of abuse as well as general ideas concerning victims, and proposes alternative views. Finally the book addresses treatment methodologies that will result in permanent change. Num Pages: 192 pages, 1 Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFE; JMP; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231119849
- ISBN
- 9780231119849
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.12€ 49.90
€ 65.12
€ 49.90
Hardcover. This work explores the growing convergence between youth culture and digital communication technologies and the corresponding challenges posed to policymakers, examining the current governance debate on online child safety. Num Pages: 371 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFE1; JKSB1; LAQ; UBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 219 x 27. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230241527
- ISBN
- 9780230241527
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.43
€ 63.43
Paperback. This text examines the challenges that social inequities present to democratic governance. The authors argue that issues of poverty and inequality - far from diminishing - are becoming even more important in the present global environment. Editor(s): Tulchin, Joseph S.; Brown, Amelia. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFS; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. . Library markings to spine, with usual markings inside. However, remains in a good to very good condition.
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Lynne Rienner Publishers Inc
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- SKU
- KNH0013079
- ISBN
- 9781588260284
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. As more and more Asian medical practices cross into Western culture through the popularity of yoga and herbalism, and as Western medicine finds its way east in the form of plastic surgery, these systems of meaning become inextricably interrelated. The essays in this volume consider the larger implications of transmissions between cultures. Editor(s): Alter, Joseph S. Series: Encounters with Asia. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; JFFS; JHMC; MX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 164 x 238 x 26. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Edition
- y First printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812238662
- ISBN
- 9780812238662
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.48
€ 72.48
Hardcover. Series: Perspectives in Comparative Politics. Num Pages: 269 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSL; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 160 x 243 x 24. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403962331
- ISBN
- 9781403962331
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.85
€ 119.85
Europe's Old States and the New World Order: The Politics of Transitio...
Joseph Ruane~Jennifer Todd~Anne Mandeville
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University College Dublin Press Dublin
- Edition
- illustrated edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781900621427
- ISBN
- 9781900621427
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.35
€ 27.99
€ 24.35
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847424082
- ISBN
- 9781847424082
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 29.82
€ 31.99
€ 29.82
Paperback.
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295991269
- ISBN
- 9780295991269
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.39
€ 33.99
€ 33.39
Paperback. Takes a look at the continuum of intercultural exchange that reinvents, recreates, and restores history. Complemented with fifty-five illustrations, including photos of Mardi Gras Indians, this work employs a study of the culture. It explores cultural connections over place and time, showing through examples how performance revises the past. Series: The Social Foundations of Aesthetic Forms S. Num Pages: 320 pages, 55 photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 478. Circum-Atlantic Performance. Series: The Social Foundations of Aesthetic Forms S. 320 pages, 55 photographs. Takes a look at the continuum of intercultural exchange that reinvents, recreates, and restores history. Complemented with fifty-five illustrations, including photos of Mardi Gras Indians, this work employs a study of the culture. It explores cultural connections over place and time, showing through examples how performance revises the past. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; JFC; JHM. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 18. Weight: 488.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231104616
- ISBN
- 9780231104616
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.66
€ 40.99
€ 28.66
Hardback. In Hope Draped in Black Joseph R. Winters responds to the belief that America follows a constant trajectory of racial progress, using African American literature and film to construct an idea of hope that embraces melancholy in order to acknowledge and mourn America's traumatic history. Series: Religious Cultures of African and African Diaspora People. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; AB; HRC; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822361534
- ISBN
- 9780822361534
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.83
€ 123.83
Paperback. In Hope Draped in Black Joseph R. Winters responds to the belief that America follows a constant trajectory of racial progress, using African American literature and film to construct an idea of hope that embraces melancholy in order to acknowledge and mourn America's traumatic history. Series: Religious Cultures of African and African Diaspora People. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; AB; HRC; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 194 x 21. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822361732
- ISBN
- 9780822361732
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 30.22
€ 31.99
€ 30.22
Paperback. Num Pages: 188 pages, 15 b/w photos & 10 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFH1; JFHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 11. Weight in Grams: 192.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Trine Day United States
- Number of pages
- 188
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781937584146
- ISBN
- 9781937584146
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.21
€ 19.99
€ 18.21
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 406 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVP; JF; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 406
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691646305
- ISBN
- 9780691646305
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 197.54
€ 197.54
Paperback. Num Pages: 496 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: GTC; JFD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 274 x 223 x 17. Weight in Grams: 982.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- McGraw-Hill Education - Europe United States
- Edition
- 12 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780073526195
- ISBN
- 9780073526195
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 199.54
€ 199.54
Hardcover. Joseph R. Dennis demonstrates the significance of imperial Chinese local gazetteers in both local societies and national discourses. Whereas previous studies argued that publishing, and thus cultural and intellectual power, were concentrated in the southeast, Dennis shows that publishing and book ownership were widely dispersed throughout China. Num Pages: 405 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JFC; KCZ; KNTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 161 x 35. Weight in Grams: 694.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Asia Center
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674504295
- ISBN
- 9780674504295
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 45.36
€ 54.99
€ 45.36
Hardcover. Analyses socio-cultural phenomena in their historical and contemporary contexts Series: McLellan Endowed Series. Num Pages: 295 pages, 35 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFC; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 295
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295991252
- ISBN
- 9780295991252
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.75
€ 111.75
Hardcover. Delve into gender lens investing and the reality of the female economy Women today are an unparalleled force in the global economy as successful entrepreneurs, corporate executives and family breadwinners. Yet gender-based violence, the absence of women's legal rights and the persistent wage gap stubbornly remain. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; KFFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 238 x 25. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781119182900
- ISBN
- 9781119182900
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 28.30
€ 35.99
€ 28.30
Hardcover. Empowered by new wealth and by their faith, early modern Londoners began to use philanthropy to assert their cultural authority in distant parts of the nation. Culture, Faith, and Philanthropy analyzes how disputes between London and provincial authorities over such benefactions demonstrated the often tense relations between center and periphery. Series: Early Modern Cultural Studies Series. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 220 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312293864
- ISBN
- 9780312293864
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.12
€ 62.12
This book, about real vampires and the communities they have formed, explores the modern world of vampirism in all its amazing variety. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- ABC-CLIO United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780313364723
- ISBN
- 9780313364723
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.20
€ 87.20
Paperback. The 1980s saw the peak of a moral panic over fantasy role-playing games such as Dungeons and Dragons. This book explores both the history and the sociological significance of this panic. It is suitable for those with an interest in religion, popular culture, and social behavior, both in the classroom and beyond. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: HRAM; JFCA; JMH; WDM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 151 x 23. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520284920
- ISBN
- 9780520284920
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.64
€ 33.99
€ 24.64