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Society & culture: general
Paperback. Series: Columbia Themes in Philosophy, Social Criticism, and the Arts. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HPN; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 164 x 14. Weight in Grams: 388. Series: Columbia Themes in Philosophy, Social Criticism, and the Arts S. 288 pages. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: HPN; JFFK. Dimension: 228 x 164 x 14. Weight: 388.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231161497
- ISBN
- 9780231161497
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 27.68
€ 36.99
€ 27.68
Hardback. Series: Columbia Themes in Philosophy, Social Criticism, and the Arts. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HPN; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231161480
- ISBN
- 9780231161480
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Condition: New
€ 108.13€ 83.75
€ 108.13
€ 83.75
Paperback. This comprehensive study explores the region's 'forgotten' narratives, myths and traditions. Drawing on stories from Ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt, Anatolia, Syria-Palestine and Persia, Wasilewska shows how these narratives of creation, destruction and rebirth reach to the very roots of the Biblical and Quranic Genesis. Num Pages: 224 pages, bibliography, chronological charts, maps, index. BIC Classification: 1FB; HRLB; JFC; JFHF; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Pub
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853026812
- ISBN
- 9781853026812
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Condition: New
€ 66.86
€ 66.86
Hardback. This book proposes a new theoretical framework for the study of immigration. It examines four major issues informing current sociological studies of immigration: mechanisms and effects of international migration, processes of immigrants' assimilation and transnational engagements, and the adaptation patterns of the second generation. Num Pages: 302 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFFN; JFSL; JHBD; JPVR; YQN. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 223 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 302
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230223950
- ISBN
- 9780230223950
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Condition: New
€ 128.83
€ 128.83
Hardcover. Offering a critique of contemporary wedding discourse, this book marries together analyses of media texts and their reception to propose a new approach to media discourse. The analysis richly illustrates how women are invited to embrace not only the stereotypical idea of bridal femininity but also a consumptive way of experiencing it. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; JFCA; JFD; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 218 x 20. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137333575
- ISBN
- 9781137333575
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Condition: New
€ 66.50
€ 66.50
Paperback. Num Pages: 245 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; CFGR; JFC; JFD; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 245
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349462278
- ISBN
- 9781349462278
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Condition: New
€ 65.93
€ 65.93
Hardcover. This volume addresses the relationship between childbearing, paid work and work-life balance policies across Europe in the 21st century, illuminating the uncertainty and risk related to insecure labour force attachment, the incoherence of women's and men's access to education and employment and the unequal share of domestic responsibilities. Editor(s): Olah, Livia Sz. Series: Work and Welfare in Europe. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; JFF; JFSJ1; JHBK; JKSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 145 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230320888
- ISBN
- 9780230320888
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.25
€ 67.25
Hardcover. A disturbing but ultimately discredited strain in American thought, eugenics was a crucial ideological force in the early twentieth century. Luczak investigates the work of writers like Jack London and Charlotte Perkins Gilman, to consider the impact of eugenic racial discourse on American literary production from 1900-1940. Series: Palgrave Studies in Literature, Science and Medicine. Num Pages: 284 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 146 x 22. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137545787
- ISBN
- 9781137545787
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Condition: New
€ 67.11
€ 67.11
Hardback. Editor(s): Brown, Evrick; Shortell, Timothy. Series: Urban Life, Landscape and Policy. Num Pages: 292 pages. BIC Classification: JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781439912201
- ISBN
- 9781439912201
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Condition: New
€ 98.47
€ 98.47
Paperback. Editor(s): Brown, Evrick; Shortell, Timothy. Series: Urban Life, Landscape and Policy. Num Pages: 292 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSG; JFSL4; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781439912218
- ISBN
- 9781439912218
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.29
€ 37.99
€ 34.29
Hardcover. Ectogenesis refers to the artificial gestation of a fetus outside the womb. Despite certain advantages for women's reproductive liberty, feminist groups remain divided regarding this technology. This book argues that reproduction imposes unjust burdens on women, and thus the ideals of equal opportunity demand continued research into ectogenesis. Num Pages: 138 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JFFK; MBDC; MFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 329.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137549860
- ISBN
- 9781137549860
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Condition: New
€ 66.12
€ 66.12
Paperback. An original and highly imaginative analysis of the role time schedule plays in social life. Focusing on social time, it provides a penetrating and profound analysis of the subtle and diverse significance of time in organizing our social relationships and lives. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 49.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520056091
- ISBN
- 9780520056091
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.81
€ 35.99
€ 26.81
Paperback. Our gadgets are getting smarter. Technology can log what we buy, customize what we consume and enable us to save and share every aspect of our existence. In the future, we're told, it will even make public life - from how we're governed to how we record crime - better. But can the digital age fix everything? Should it? Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: JFD; PDR; UB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publisher
- PENGUIN BOOKS
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241957707
- ISBN
- 9780241957707
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Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.93
€ 14.99
€ 11.93
Paperback. Argues that our utopian, internet-centric thinking holds devastating consequences for the future of democracy. In this book, the author shows why internet freedom is an illusion. It also shows that free information doesn't mean free people - and that, right now, everyone's liberty is at stake. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: JFMD; JPVH2; UBJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 26. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141049571
- ISBN
- 9780141049571
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.61
€ 14.99
€ 12.61
Hardback. Num Pages: 296 pages, 10 line illus. 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1D; HBTZ1; JFSR1; JMH; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691172576
- ISBN
- 9780691172576
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.81
€ 46.99
€ 33.81
Paperback. Series: New Security Challenges. Num Pages: 301 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JHB; JPB; JPS; JPSD; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 301
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349308965
- ISBN
- 9781349308965
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.92
€ 66.92
Paperback / so. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 10. Weight in Grams: 231.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- VS Verlag f?r Sozialwissenschaften United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783810029737
- ISBN
- 9783810029737
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.31
€ 71.31
paperback. The uniqueness of the many American ethnicities provides the roots of US identity, yet recognizing those differences often makes Americans feel isolated from the whole. This work relies on the tradition of cultural pluralism to argue that unity and individuality are not mutually exclusive. Series: American Intellectual Culture. Num Pages: 240 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 148 x 14. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742521988
- ISBN
- 9780742521988
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.75
€ 67.75
Hardback. The uniqueness of the many American ethnicities provides the roots of US identity, yet recognizing those differences often makes Americans feel isolated from the whole. This work relies on the tradition of cultural pluralism to argue that unity and individuality are not mutually exclusive. Series: American Intellectual Culture. Num Pages: 240 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFSL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 160 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742521971
- ISBN
- 9780742521971
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 173.78
€ 173.78
Paperback. Hughes was the first sociologist to pay sustained attention to occupations as a field for study. The writings in this volume highlight his contributions to: the sociology of work and professions; race and ethnicity; and the central themes and methods of the discipline. Num Pages: 218 pages, 3 line drawings, 1 table. BIC Classification: JFF; JFSL1; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 230 x 15. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226359724
- ISBN
- 9780226359724
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.82
€ 40.99
€ 31.82
The Political Economy of Television Sports Rights (Palgrave Global Med...
Evens, T., Iosifidis, P., Smith, P.
Paperback. Series: Palgrave Global Media Policy and Business. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AP; JFD; JHBS; KCP; KN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 219 x 19. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349446292
- ISBN
- 9781349446292
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Although inequality in Latin America ranks among the worst in the world, it has notably declined over the years, offset by improvements in health care and education, enhanced programs for social assistance, and increases in the minimum wage. The author argues that the resurgence of democracy in Latin America is key to this change. Num Pages: 336 pages, 12 figures, 36 tables. BIC Classification: 1KL; JFFJ; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226356532
- ISBN
- 9780226356532
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.82
€ 40.99
€ 31.82
Paperback / so. Num Pages: 238 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 13. Weight in Grams: 353.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- VS Verlag f?r Sozialwissenschaften United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783810015747
- ISBN
- 9783810015747
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.82
€ 71.82
Paperback / so. Series: Siegener Studien Zur Frauenforschung. Num Pages: 252 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 14. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- VS Verlag f?r Sozialwissenschaften United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783810036018
- ISBN
- 9783810036018
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.87
€ 71.87