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Society & culture: general

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580464727
ISBN
9781580464727
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.34
€ 65.28

hardcover. Examines how the LGBT movement's engagement with the law shapes the very meanings of sexuality, sex, gender, privacy, discrimination, and family in law and society. This book contains essays that highlight the struggle to make the law relevant and responsive to the LGBT community. Editor(s): Barclay, Scott. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSK; JPW; LAQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814791301
ISBN
9780814791301
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.45

Paperback. Tells the story of the influential group of creative artists - Pauline Oliveros, Morton Subotnick, Ramon Sender, William Maginnis, and Tony Martin - who connected music to technology during a legendary era in California's cultural history. This title presents a comprehensive history of the San Francisco Tape Music Center. Editor(s): Bernstein, David W. Num Pages: 344 pages, 20 color photographs, 29 b/w photographs, 10 line drawings, 1 foldout, DVD. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJPK; AV; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 252 x 178 x 22. Weight in Grams: 756. 1960s Counterculture and the Avant-Garde. 344 pages. Editor(s): Bernstein, David W. Tells the story of the influential group of creative artists - Pauline Oliveros, Morton Subotnick, Ramon Sender, William Maginnis, and Tony Martin - who connected music to technology during a legendary era in California's cultural history. This title presents a comprehensive history of the San Francisco Tape Music Center. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJPK; AV; JFC. Dimension: 252 x 178 x 22. Weight: 756.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
344
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520256170
ISBN
9780520256170
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 35.66

paperback. Num Pages: 414 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ2; VFVC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 494.
Publisher
Bantam
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
Rev. Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780553380422
ISBN
9780553380422
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.19

Hardback. Multiculturalism is a theoretical, political, and educational perspective that has had great influence within contemporary psychology but the meaning and implications of which are not yet fully understood. Series: Contemporary Social Issues and Interventions. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL1; JMH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405190664
ISBN
9781405190664
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 110.12

Paperback. Multiculturalism is a theoretical, political, and educational perspective that has had great influence within contemporary psychology but the meaning and implications of which are not yet fully understood. Series: Contemporary Social Issues and Interventions. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL1; JMH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 298.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405190657
ISBN
9781405190657
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.14

Paperback. Editor(s): Neugarten, Bernice L. Num Pages: 610 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSP3; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 173 x 36. Weight in Grams: 900.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1968
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press Dublin, Ireland
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226573823
ISBN
9780226573823
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 41.51

Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, facsimiles. BIC Classification: JFSJ5; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 162 x 17. Weight in Grams: 452.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822316923
ISBN
9780822316923
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.67

Paperback. Editor(s): Rosenthal, Bernice Glatzer. Num Pages: 480 pages, 34. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HRQX; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 26. Weight in Grams: 726.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801483318
ISBN
9780801483318
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.55

Hardback. Bernhard Rieger reveals how a car commissioned by Hitler and designed by Ferdinand Porsche became a global commodity on a par with Coca-Cola. The Beetle's success hinged on its uncanny ability to capture the imaginations of executives, engineers, advertisers, car collectors, suburbanites, hippies, and everyday drivers across nations and cultures. Num Pages: 384 pages, 28 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJ; HBLW; HBTB; JFC; KNDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 144 x 32. Weight in Grams: 574.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
384
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674050914
ISBN
9780674050914
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 30.03

Paperback. This volume provides an introduction to the concept of race within philosophy. It gives an overview of the most important contributions by continental philosophers to the understanding or race (focusing on Kant, Du Bois, Senghor, Sartre and Schutz) as well as presenting a general review of recent philosophical discussions. Editor(s): Bernasconi, Robert. Series: Blackwell Readings in Continental Philosophy. Num Pages: 320 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPC; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 183 x 18. Weight in Grams: 596.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631207832
ISBN
9780631207832
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.34

Hardback. This volume provides an introduction to the concept of race within philosophy. It aims to give an overview of contributions by continental philosophers to the understanding of race as well as present a general review of recent philosophical discussions. Editor(s): Bernasconi, Robert. Series: Blackwell Readings in Continental Philosophy. Num Pages: 320 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPCF; JFF; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 253 x 180 x 28. Weight in Grams: 714.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631207825
ISBN
9780631207825
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 144.52

Hardcover. Editor(s): Cotto Guevara, Bernardo; Adorno Becerra, Noe. Num Pages: 193 pages. BIC Classification: JFFE; JMQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 261 x 182 x 17. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
193
Condition
New
SKU
V9781619424524
ISBN
9781619424524
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 168.81
€ 116.23

Paperback. A collection of essays on the history of philosophy. It covers subjects such as the sixth century BC to the twentieth AD, from Homer to Wittgenstein by way of Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Descartes, Hume, Sidgwick, Collingwood, and Nietzsche. Editor(s): Burnyeat, Myles. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: HPC; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 582.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691134086
ISBN
9780691134086
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.81

Hardcover. Working with the Nazi-appointed Jewish Council in Amsterdam, Gertrude van Tijn helped many Jews escape. But she faced difficult moral choices. Some called her a heroine; others, a collaborator. Bernard Wasserstein's haunting narrative draws readers into this twilight world, to expose the terrible dilemmas confronting Jews under Nazi occupation. Num Pages: 310 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 150 x 31. Weight in Grams: 502.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674281387
ISBN
9780674281387
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 40.39

Paperback. Examines the realities of Jewish life across Europe up to the very eve of World War Two. In this book, the author presents a disturbing interpretation of the collapse of European Jewish civilization even before the Nazi onslaught. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 45. Weight in Grams: 488.
Publisher
Profile Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
576
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846681905
ISBN
9781846681905
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.06

Paperback. This collection brings together the essays of avant-garde theorist and architect, Bernard Tschumi, from 1975-1990. These essays develop themes in contemporary theory as they relate the actual making of architecture, attempting to realign the discipline with late-20th-century world culture. Num Pages: 278 pages, 59. BIC Classification: 3JJPL; 3JJPN; AMA; DNF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 458.
Publisher
MIT Press Ltd United States
Number of pages
278
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780262700603
ISBN
9780262700603
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 38.90

Hardback. Max Weber famously argued that the rise of capitalism in early modern Europe was premised on the emergence of a distinctive set of attitudes - including the pursuit of profit for its own sake - which he called the spirit of capitalism . Num Pages: 140 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 160 x 15. Weight in Grams: 334.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
140
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745648132
ISBN
9780745648132
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.31

Hardcover. In the aftermath of the First World War, the poet Paul Valery wrote of a crisis of spirit , brought about by the instrumentalization of knowledge and the destructive subordination of culture to profit. Recent events demonstrate all too clearly that that the stock of mind, or spirit, continues to fall. Translator(s): Ross, Daniel. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: JFCD; JMH; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 143 x 20. Weight in Grams: 352.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Polity
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745662701
ISBN
9780745662701
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.07

Hardback. * Stiegler is one of the most original and important philosophers and cultural theorists in France today. * His work is at the interface of philosophy and technology, so would appeal not only to those studying Philosophy, but media and cultural studies, and literary studies. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: JFFT; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 20. Weight in Grams: 442.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745648095
ISBN
9780745648095
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.24

paperback. * Stiegler is one of the most original and important philosophers and cultural theorists in France today. * His work is at the interface of philosophy and technology, so would appeal not only to those studying Philosophy, but media and cultural studies, and literary studies. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: JFFT; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 314.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745648101
ISBN
9780745648101
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.81

Paperback. In this important new book, leading cultural theorist and philosopher Bernard Stiegler re-examines the relationship between politics and art in the contemporary world. Our hyper-industrial epoch represents what Stiegler terms a 'katastroph of the sensible'. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HPN; JFC; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 151 x 21. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745652672
ISBN
9780745652672
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.53

Hardback. In this important new book, leading cultural theorist and philosopher Bernard Stiegler re-examines the relationship between politics and art in the contemporary world. Our hyper-industrial epoch represents what Stiegler terms a 'katastroph of the sensible'. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HPN; JFC; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 456.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745652665
ISBN
9780745652665
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.86

Paperback.

In this important new book, the leading cultural theorist andphilosopher Bernard Stiegler re-examines the relationship betweenpolitics and aesthetics in our contemporary hyperindustrial age. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: HPN; JFC; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 9. Weight in Grams: 204.

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745652658
ISBN
9780745652658
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.50

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