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Society & culture: general

Hardback. The noted cultural critic Gerald Early explores the intersection of race and sports, and our deeper, often contradictory attitudes toward the athletes we glorify. What desires and anxieties are encoded in our worship of (or disdain for) high-performance athletes? What other, invisible contests unfold when we watch a sporting event? Series: Alain Locke Lecture Series. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCA; JFSL3; WS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 185 x 124 x 28. Weight in Grams: 328.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
First Edition, First Printing
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674050983
ISBN
9780674050983
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 40.16

Hardback. Notwithstanding the economic hardship Russian people are experiencing, their cultural life is as rich and alive as ever, as Gerald Janecek shows us in this collection of his articles on contemporary Russian poetry, which are especially written for this publication or so far only available in Russian. Series: Studies in Slavic Literature, Culture & Society. Num Pages: 144 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 2AGR; DSBH; DSC; GTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 144 x 13. Weight in Grams: 319.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571811486
ISBN
9781571811486
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.00

Paperback. Spanning three centuries and four continents, from the late medieval period to the present day, this collection builds a picture of the practical and ideological issues surrounding women soldiers, and the ambiguous place they inhabit, uncovering in the process a remarkable continuity across cultures and periods. Series: Women & Men in History. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3H; 3J; HBTB; JFSJ1; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 610.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Routledge
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
398
Condition
New
SKU
V9780582414389
ISBN
9780582414389
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 93.89

Paperback. The Mexican Revolution impacted both Mexican and African Americans. Drawing on archives on both sides of the border, a host of cutting-edge studies and oral histories, Horne chronicles the political currents which created and then undermined the Mexican border as a relative safe haven for African Americans. Series: American History and Culture Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, photos. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814736739
ISBN
9780814736739
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Paperback. Num Pages: 363 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBWF; JFFJ; JFSL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 197 x 28. Weight in Grams: 562.
Publisher
New York University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781479806898
ISBN
9781479806898
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.40

Paperback. A new look at a well-covered piece of history, the book looks at how racism shaped WW2. Num Pages: 409 pages, Illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBG; HBJF; HBWQ; JFSL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 164 x 20. Weight in Grams: 580.
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814736418
ISBN
9780814736418
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.61

Paperback. Features selections of photographs and tribal stories recorded and preserved by the author in his 20-volume masterpiece, "The North American Indian", offering the reader a bridge through time to the last generation of Indians from the Buffalo Days of pre-reservation life. Editor(s): Hausman, Gerald; Kapoun, Robert W.; Crow, Joe Medicine. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AJ; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 257 x 204 x 15. Weight in Grams: 676.
Publisher
World Wisdom Books United States
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781933316703
ISBN
9781933316703
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 26.37

Paperback. A study of urban social policy that combines field research and historical narrative in lucid and engaging prose. It compares two cities - Syracuse, New York, and Raleigh, North Carolina - in order to examine the consequences of the nation's ongoing educational inequities. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JFSG; JNF; JNL; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 13. Weight in Grams: 234.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674060265
ISBN
9780674060265
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.53

Paperback. Num Pages: 242 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 134 x 18. Weight in Grams: 194.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc United States
Number of pages
242
Condition
New
Edition
Highlighting
SKU
V9780553352689
ISBN
9780553352689
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.67

Paperback. Monsters, ghosts, the supernatural, the fantastic, the mysterious. This title asserts that discourse on the fantastic was at the heart of the historical configuration of Japanese modernity - that the representation of the magical and mysterious played an integral part in the production of modernity beginning in Meiji Japan (1868-1912). Series: Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society. Num Pages: 304 pages, 4 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 516.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822324188
ISBN
9780822324188
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.48

Paperback. Series: Studies of Urban Society. Num Pages: 266 pages, xxii, 244 p. BIC Classification: JFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1970
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Number of pages
266
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226781921
ISBN
9780226781921
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 28.82

Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white plates. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFCV; WBXD3. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813126562
ISBN
9780813126562
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.92

Hardback. "With this book and its companion, Nineteenth- Century Scholasticism, McCool has moved the discussion of the recent history of Thomism to a new level."-The Journal of Religion Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: HRA; JFCX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 16. Weight in Grams: 512.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823212415
ISBN
9780823212415
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 100.09

Paperback / so. Editor(s): Straka, Gerald A. Series: Schriften Der Dgfe. Num Pages: 206 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 304.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
VS Verlag f?r Sozialwissenschaften United Kingdom
Number of pages
206
Condition
New
SKU
V9783810028273
ISBN
9783810028273
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 69.56

Hardback. Num Pages: 545 pages. BIC Classification: GPQD; JFFS; KCBM; KCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 186 x 267 x 29. Weight in Grams: 964.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781634828956
ISBN
9781634828956
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 394.62
€ 290.72

Hardcover. Editor(s): Zekos, Georgios I. Num Pages: 428 pages. BIC Classification: JFFS; KC; LB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 264 x 182 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1104.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
428
Condition
New
SKU
V9781600218316
ISBN
9781600218316
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 205.62
€ 139.42

Hardcover. Editor(s): Zekos, Georgios I. Num Pages: 574 pages. BIC Classification: JFFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 261 x 186 x 27. Weight in Grams: 894.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Nova Science Pub Inc
Number of pages
574
Condition
New
SKU
V9781626189911
ISBN
9781626189911
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 342.32
€ 230.01

Paperback. Series: Dover Fashion and Costumes. Num Pages: 192 pages, 453 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 278 x 213 x 13. Weight in Grams: 546.
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc. United States
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486448503
ISBN
9780486448503
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.99

Hardback. Michele Bachelet, Chile's first female president, was elected with an explicit gender agenda in 2006 and then reelected in 2013. This volume focuses on Bachelet's efforts to introduce progressive measures and the constraints that she has faced in a context where both formal and informal political institutions can act as barriers to change. Editor(s): Waylen, Georgina. Series: Studies of the Americas. Num Pages: 259 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSH; 3JM; JFSJ; JP; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 460.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137501974
ISBN
9781137501974
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.70

Paperback. The Oxford Handbook of Gender and Politics brings to political science an accessible and comprehensive overview of the key contributions of gender scholars to the study of politics, and it shows how these contributions produce a richer understanding of polities and societies. Editor(s): Waylen, Georgina; Celis, Karen; Kantola, Johanna; Weldon, S. Laurel. Series: Oxford Handbooks in Politics & International Relations. Num Pages: 890 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JPA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 170. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
890
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190461911
ISBN
9780190461911
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 87.87

Paperback. Using newspapers, municipal documents, government investigations, organizational records, oral histories, and photographic evidence, this book relates the experience of working-class women - as community members, activists, pleasure seekers, and consumers of social services - to the process of urban development. Num Pages: 328 pages, 23 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBFG; 3JH; 3JJ; JFSJ1; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 467.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820327723
ISBN
9780820327723
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.62

Hardcover. This book makes an important contribution to the understanding of the phenomenon of the tribute band by linking it to other types of imitative entertainment such as 'ghost', cover and parody bands. Series: Studies in Popular Music. Num Pages: 184 pages, 19 illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGP; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781845532635
ISBN
9781845532635
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.21

Paperback. This book makes an important contribution to the understanding of the phenomenon of the tribute band by linking it to other types of imitative entertainment such as 'ghost', cover and parody bands. Series: Studies in Popular Music. Num Pages: 184 pages, 19 illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGP; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845532451
ISBN
9781845532451
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.40

Paperback. This is an ethnography of a powerful western cultural organization, the renowned Institut de Recherche et de Co-ordination Acoustique/Musique (IRCAM) in Paris. The book studies the social and cultural economy of an institution for research and production of avant-garde and computer music. Num Pages: 392 pages, 16 b&w illustrations, 14 tables. BIC Classification: AVA; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 662.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520202160
ISBN
9780520202160
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 32.72

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