Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Paperback. In The Price of the Ticket, Fred Harris contends that Obama's success has, in reality, exacted a negative price. His victory has not only utterly transformed the forms of black politics that emerged in the 1960s and which laid the foundation for his eventual ascendance, Harris claims-it has profoundly weakened them. Series: Transgressing Boundaries: Studies in Black Politics and Black Communities. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; 3JM; JFSL3; JP; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199325238
- ISBN
- 9780199325238
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Condition: New
€ 44.82
€ 44.82
Paperback. Jameson's study of the cultural, political and social implications of postmodernism. Num Pages: 449 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 155 x 34. Weight in Grams: 712.
- Publisher
- Verso Books
- Number of pages
- 449
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780860915379
- ISBN
- 9780860915379
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Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 23.19
€ 25.99
€ 23.19
Paperback. Steven Spielberg is known as the most powerful man in New Hollywood and a pioneer of the contemporary blockbuster, America's most successful export. His career began a new chapter in mass culture. At the same time, American post war liberalism was breaking down. Series: Polity America Through the Lens Series. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFA; APFB; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 142 x 19. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745640839
- ISBN
- 9780745640839
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.65
€ 23.65
paperback. This volume tells the story of the French overseas empire, assembled as much by chance as by sytematic design. It was an imperial presence that brought commerce, technolgy and culture to indigenous peoples, while at the same time promoting the slave trade and suppressing independence movements. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QD; HBG; HBJD; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- ABC-CLIO United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780275975432
- ISBN
- 9780275975432
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Condition: New
€ 52.78
€ 52.78
Paperback. Looking inside the New South, this book shows how the implementation of civil rights law over the years altered racial reality, that in turn altered white perceptions, and thus behaviour and attitudes in a section of the country where segregation had been entrenched. It is useful for those interested in America's conflict over civil liberties. Num Pages: 312 pages, 31 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 24. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822318934
- ISBN
- 9780822318934
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.31
€ 30.99
€ 27.31
Paperback. Conversations with Writers and Artists. 308 pages, black & white illustrations. Since the 1980s, a prolific "second wave" of Chicanolandia writers and artists has tremendously expanded the range of genres and subject matter in Chicanolandia literature and art. This book presents interviews with twenty-one "second wave" Chicanolandia poets, fiction writers, dramatists, documentary filmmakers, and playwrights. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; DSB; GTB; JFC. Dimension: 226 x 155 x 19. Weight: 516.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292713123
- ISBN
- 9780292713123
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
€ 32.99
€ 29.60
Paperback. Editor(s): Aldama, Frederick Luis; Gonzalez, Christopher. Series: World Comics and Graphic Nonfiction Series. Num Pages: 316 pages, 51 b&w illus. BIC Classification: AKLC; DSBH; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 236 x 26. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781477309155
- ISBN
- 9781477309155
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.51
€ 32.99
€ 29.51
Hardcover. Series: Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books. Num Pages: 352 pages, 44 black & white illustrations, 5 maps, 6 black & white tables, 44 b&w illus., 5 maps, 6. BIC Classification: 1KBBWS; HBTB; JFFZ; PSVS; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780295999340
- ISBN
- 9780295999340
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.12
€ 52.12
Hardback. Explores the healing power of caring and intimacy in a small, closely bonded Apostolic congregation during Botswana's HIV/AIDS pandemic. This book shows how members of the Baitshepi Church make strenuous efforts to sustain loving relationships amid widespread illness and death. It helps discover the Baitshepi's maternal ethos. Series: The Anthropology of Christianity. Num Pages: 368 pages, 4 line illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFMB; HRCX6; JFFH2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 234 x 28. Weight in Grams: 618.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520259652
- ISBN
- 9780520259652
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.07€ 73.01
€ 95.07
€ 73.01
Hardcover. Num Pages: 193 pages, tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCA; JFFE; JHMC; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 262 x 188 x 17. Weight in Grams: 604.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 193
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590334775
- ISBN
- 9781590334775
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.87€ 71.61
€ 93.87
€ 71.61
Paperback. A comprehensive volume providing an overview of Caribbean psychology addressing culture and behaviour, developmental psychology, personality disorder, issues of violence, application of therapeutic models in the Caribbean, and psychological assessment. Editor(s): Hickling, Frederick W.; Matthies, Brigitte K.; Morgan, Kai; Gibson, Roger C. Num Pages: 744 pages, Illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: 1KJ; JFSL1; JMH; MMJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 154 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1034.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 730
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849053587
- ISBN
- 9781849053587
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Condition: New
€ 100.20
€ 100.20
Paperback. Introduces the reader to different aspects of women and Judaism. Editor(s): Greenspahn, Frederick E. Series: Jewish Studies in the Twenty-First Century Series. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRJ; JFSJ1; JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814732199
- ISBN
- 9780814732199
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.51
€ 32.99
€ 29.51
Considering economic and political forces, flows of people and materials, and frames that define cultural and market situations as they play out in the artisan communities of these two countries, Wherry uncovers how authentic folk tradition is capitalized or created. Series: Themes in Global Social Change. Num Pages: 208 pages, 13, 6 black & white halftones, 5 black & white line drawings, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FMT; 1KLCR; AFT; JFFS; KND. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801887949
- ISBN
- 9780801887949
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.43
€ 70.43
Hardback. * Develops an exciting new cultural approach to the study of markets that helps to explain some of the puzzles and oddities in the way markets work. * Reveals the important and implicit role that cultural dynamics play in the way markets are organized and the way people operate within them. Series: Cultural Sociology. Num Pages: 180 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745647449
- ISBN
- 9780745647449
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.93
€ 65.93
Paperback. How does a so-called bad neighborhood go about changing its reputation? Is it simply a matter of improving material conditions or picking the savviest marketing strategy? What kind of role can or should the arts play in that process? This title examines one neighborhood's fight to erase the stigma of devastation. Num Pages: 248 pages, 23 halftones, 2 maps, 2 line drawings, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; JFC; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 299.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226894324
- ISBN
- 9780226894324
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 32.34
€ 41.99
€ 32.34
Paperback. * Develops an exciting new cultural approach to the study of markets that helps to explain some of the puzzles and oddities in the way markets work. * Reveals the important and implicit role that cultural dynamics play in the way markets are organized and the way people operate within them. Series: Cultural Sociology. Num Pages: 180 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 14. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745647456
- ISBN
- 9780745647456
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.31
€ 23.31
Paperback. Tasty, convenient, and cheap, instant noodles are one of the most remarkable industrial foods ever. Consumed around the world by millions, they appeal to young and old, affluent and impoverished alike. This title examines the history, manufacturing, marketing, and consumption of instant noodles. Num Pages: 216 pages, 19 b/w photographs, 1 table. BIC Classification: 3JM; JFCV; JFFT; KNDF; TDCT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 12. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 212
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Uncorrected Proof Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520276345
- ISBN
- 9780520276345
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.74
€ 33.99
€ 24.74
hardcover. Editor(s): Hoxie, Frederick E. Series: Oxford Handbooks. Num Pages: 664 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFSL9. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 54. Weight in Grams: 1180.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- OXFORD UNIV PR United States
- Number of pages
- 664
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199858897
- ISBN
- 9780199858897
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 237.44
€ 237.44
Hardback. Series: The Columbia History of Urban Life. Num Pages: 312 pages, B&W Photos: 28,. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJP; JFSL3; JFSL4; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231149402
- ISBN
- 9780231149402
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.15
€ 40.99
€ 29.15
Paperback. Series: Arts & Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary History. Num Pages: 256 pages, 25 illus. BIC Classification: JFCV; JFSL3; WB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 145 x 16. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231146395
- ISBN
- 9780231146395
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.82
€ 23.99
€ 17.82