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Society & culture: general
Paperback. Presents the results of a collaborative project with Native communities of Southeast Alaska to record indigenous geographic names. Documenting and analyzing more than 3,000 Tlingit, Haida, and other Native names on the land, this book highlights their descriptive force and cultural significance. Editor(s): Thornton, Thomas F. Num Pages: 61 illus. BIC Classification: 1KB; GTB; HBJK; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 279 x 217 x 19. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295988580
- ISBN
- 9780295988580
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138824300
- ISBN
- 9781138824300
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.42
€ 65.42
Paperback. A response to the contemporary moral debate about homosexuality, taking into account medical and social scientific research and examining biblical and theological concerns. Num Pages: 239 pages. BIC Classification: HRCX6; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 209 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Publisher
- Inter-Varsity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 239
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780851111575
- ISBN
- 9780851111575
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 14.39
€ 14.99
€ 14.39
paperback. Num Pages: 344 pages, 71. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801480904
- ISBN
- 9780801480904
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.39
€ 38.99
€ 35.39
Paperback / so. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JF; JPL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- VS Verlag f?r Sozialwissenschaften United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783810020512
- ISBN
- 9783810020512
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.50
€ 72.50
Hardback. Is opium a vile curse on society, a blessed medicine from God, or possibly both? This fresh history offers surprising new insights. Num Pages: 352 pages, 16-page black & white section. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFFH1; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 164 x 36. Weight in Grams: 784.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300175325
- ISBN
- 9780300175325
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 31.64
€ 43.99
€ 31.64
Hardback. From 1934 to 1954 Joseph I Breen, a media-savvy Victorian Irishman, reigned over the Production Code Administration, the Hollywood office tasked with censoring the American screen. This title tells the story of Breen's ascent to power and the widespread effects of his reign. Num Pages: 440 pages, 60 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; 3JJP; APFA; BGF; JFMD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231143585
- ISBN
- 9780231143585
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.64€ 80.25
€ 103.64
€ 80.25
Paperback. This book explores the four-year interval between 1930 and 1934, a time when censorship was lax and Hollywood made the most of it. Doherty chronicles how the freewheeling films of an unrestricted Hollywood inform the culture of America in the 1930s. Series: Film and Culture Series. Num Pages: 400 pages, 67 photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; APFA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 159 x 27. Weight in Grams: 640. Sex, Immorality, and Insurrection in American Cinema, 1930-1934. Series: Film and Culture Series. 400 pages, 67 photos. This book explores the four-year interval between 1930 and 1934, a time when censorship was lax and Hollywood made the most of it. Doherty chronicles how the freewheeling films of an unrestricted Hollywood inform the culture of America in the 1930s. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; APFA; JFC. Dimension: 230 x 159 x 27. Weight: 748.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231110952
- ISBN
- 9780231110952
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 22.43
€ 29.99
€ 22.43
Paperback. Conventional wisdom holds that television was a co-conspirator in the repressions of Cold War America, that it was a facilitator to the blacklist and handmaiden to McCarthyism. This work argues that, through the influence of television, America actually became a more open and tolerant place. Num Pages: 320 pages, 43 photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFD; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 229 x 20. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Edition
- Revised
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231129534
- ISBN
- 9780231129534
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 27.68
€ 36.99
€ 27.68
Hardback. The history of six centuries of weeping Britons. A comprehensive debunking of the myth of the British 'stiff upper lip', from medieval mystics to Margaret Thatcher. Num Pages: 456 pages, 30 black and white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 271 x 33. Weight in Grams: 810.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199676057
- ISBN
- 9780199676057
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.74
€ 68.74
Paperback. The history of six centuries of weeping Britons. A comprehensive debunking of the myth of the British 'stiff upper lip', from medieval mystics to Margaret Thatcher Num Pages: 456 pages, 30 black and white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBTB; JF. Dimension: 216 x 135. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199676064
- ISBN
- 9780199676064
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.86
€ 29.86
Paperback. Psychoanalytic theory has traditionally taken sexual difference to be the fundamental organizing principle of human subjectivity. This book contests that assumption, arguing that other forms of difference - particularly race - are equally important to the formation of identity. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ2; JFSL; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3810 x 23. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822329619
- ISBN
- 9780822329619
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 29.85
€ 41.99
€ 29.85
Paperback. 'Toward a Geography of Art' offers essays that examine the intricacies of accounting for the geographical dimension of art history during the early modern period in Europe, Latin America and Asia. Num Pages: 488 pages, illustrations, bibliographical references , index. BIC Classification: AB; JFC; RG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 27. Weight in Grams: 758.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 488
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226133126
- ISBN
- 9780226133126
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.93
€ 43.93
Hardback. Accounts of the international relations of Central America have been dominated by the role of the United States and Great Britain. The role of France in Central America has largely been overshadowed by the other great powers. Series: Latin American Silhouettes. Num Pages: 244 pages, photographs, index. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JFC; JPS; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 164 x 21. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842027922
- ISBN
- 9780842027922
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 172.34
€ 172.34
Paperback. Num Pages: 536 pages, 33 black & white illustrations, 55 black & white tables, 5 black & white halftones, 28 bl. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPS; KCL; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 227 x 30. Weight in Grams: 760.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415829618
- ISBN
- 9780415829618
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 119.66
€ 119.66
Paperback. For subsistence farmers in eastern Kentucky, wealthy horse owners in the central Bluegrass, and tobacco growers in Western Kentucky, land was, and continues to be, one of the commonwealth's greatest sources of economic growth. This work prepares readers for a new era. Num Pages: 152 pages, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSK; HBTB; JFC; KNAC; TV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 213.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University Press of Kentucky
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813190525
- ISBN
- 9780813190525
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.20
€ 41.20
Paperback. From high school cafeterias to the floor of Congress, from "The Daily Show" to every comments section on the internet, insult is a truly universal and ubiquitous cultural practice with a long and earthy history. This title deals with the subject of insult. Num Pages: 176 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: CFB; CFG; JFC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 143 x 216 x 14. Weight in Grams: 188.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226114781
- ISBN
- 9780226114781
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 24.84
€ 31.99
€ 24.84
Hardcover. From high school cafeterias to the floor of Congress, from "The Daily Show" to every comments section on the internet, insult is a truly universal and ubiquitous cultural practice with a long and earthy history. This title deals with the subject of insult. Num Pages: 176 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226114774
- ISBN
- 9780226114774
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.22€ 79.61
€ 94.22
€ 79.61
hardcover. These 15 essays engage topics from architecture to politics and from fast food to film, aiming to reveal the problems and potential of postmodern cultural criticism. It looks at the value and limits of postmodernist approaches to present-day society and culture. Editor(s): Carmichael, Thomas; Lee, Alison. Num Pages: 250 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 161 x 24. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780875802510
- ISBN
- 9780875802510
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.67
€ 47.67
Hardcover. Cantinieres and vivandieres were women who served as official, uniformed combat auxiliaries of French army units from 1793 to the eve of World War I. Technically non-combatant spouses of active-duty soldiers, they fought and died in every conflict from the wars. This book is a study of a previously ignored aspect of women's and military history. Num Pages: 312 pages, 12 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HB; JFSJ1; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253354518
- ISBN
- 9780253354518
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 44.86
€ 46.99
€ 44.86
Paperback. The untold story of Ireland's role, from the fall of Rome to the rise of medieval Europe. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1x8pp b/w. BIC Classification: 1D; DSB; HBJD1; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 17. Weight in Grams: 192. Early Ireland/Celtic Ireland. Illustrated. 246pp
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780340637876
- ISBN
- 9780340637876
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.98
€ 13.99
€ 11.98
paperback. Series: Cornerstone Books. Num Pages: 160 pages, illustrations, notes, bibliographical references, index. BIC Classification: 1D; JFS; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 141 x 13. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Monthly Review Press United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780853459613
- ISBN
- 9780853459613
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.58
€ 17.99
€ 16.58
hardcover. Series: Suffolk Records Society. Num Pages: 160 pages, illustrations, notes, bibliographical references, index. BIC Classification: 1D; JFS; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 145 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Monthly Review Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780853459606
- ISBN
- 9780853459606
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 37.19
€ 43.99
€ 37.19
Paperback. "Holt greatly extends and deepens our understanding of the emancipation experience when, for just over a century, the people of Jamaica struggled to achieve their own vision of freedom and autonomy against powerful conservative forces." -- David Barry Gaspar. Series: Johns Hopkins Studies in Atlantic History and Culture. Num Pages: 552 pages, 25ill. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KJWJ; 3JH; 3JJ; JFF; JFSL1; JHBL; JPVH2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 152 x 231 x 41. Weight in Grams: 756.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 552
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801842917
- ISBN
- 9780801842917
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 34.75
€ 40.99
€ 34.75