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Society & culture: general

Paperback. .
Publisher
Policy Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447322870
ISBN
9781447322870
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 34.25

Hardback. The legacy of ancient Greece and Rome has been imitated, resisted, misunderstood, and reworked by every culture that followed. This book features some 500 articles by a range of scholars, that investigate the afterlife of this rich heritage in the fields of literature, philosophy, art, architecture, history, politics, religion, and science. Editor(s): Grafton, Anthony; Most, Glenn W.; Settis, Salvatore. Series: Harvard University Press Reference Library. Num Pages: 928 pages, 165 color illustrations. BIC Classification: DQ; GBA; HBLA; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 266 x 213 x 64. Weight in Grams: 2694.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
928
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674035720
ISBN
9780674035720
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.44
€ 74.52

Paperback. Eight essays by major authors who attempt to find out who read, published, or advertised what, when, and where from the European Renaissance on. Editor(s): Grafton, Anthony; Blair, Ann. Num Pages: 336 pages, 8 illus. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLC; HBLH; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 26. Weight in Grams: 546.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812216677
ISBN
9780812216677
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 35.64

Paperback. Examines the relation between humanism and science, referring to such seminal figures as Poliziano, Scaliger, Kepler and Wolf. this text demonstrates that humanism was neither a simple nor an impractical enterprise, but worked hand-in-hand with science in developing modern learning. Num Pages: 340 pages, 2 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; HRQA; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 463.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
Revised ed.
Number of pages
340
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674195455
ISBN
9780674195455
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 38.65

Paperback. When early Christians began to study the Bible, and to write their own history and that of the Jews, they used scholarly methods invented by the librarians and literary critics of Hellenistic Alexandria. But Origen and Eusebius, scholars of late Roman Caesarea, produced books in which parallel columns made possible critical comparisons. Num Pages: 384 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDA; HRAX; HRC; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 142 x 26. Weight in Grams: 514.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674030480
ISBN
9780674030480
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.54

Hardback. * Giddens' latest policy manifesto, which takes further some of the arguments of 'The Third Way'. * Publication to be timed before the next general election. * Comprises a collection of essays from globally renowned thinkers, as well as Anthony Giddens and senior New Labour figures. Editor(s): Giddens, Anthony; Diamond, Patrick. Num Pages: 224 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFS; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 496. 224 pages, 0. Editor(s): Giddens, Anthony; Diamond, Patrick. * Giddens' latest policy manifesto, which takes further some of the arguments of 'The Third Way'. * Publication to be timed before the next general election. * Comprises a collection of essays from globally renowned thinkers, as well as Anthony Giddens and senior New Labour figures. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: JFS; JP. Dimension: 237 x 160 x 24. Weight: 496.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745634302
ISBN
9780745634302
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.25

Paperback. * Giddens' latest policy manifesto, which takes further some of the arguments of 'The Third Way'. * Publication to be timed before the next general election. * Comprises a collection of essays from globally renowned thinkers, as well as Anthony Giddens and senior New Labour figures. Editor(s): Giddens, Anthony; Diamond, Patrick. Num Pages: 266 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFS; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 361.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
266
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745634319
ISBN
9780745634319
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.65

Paperback. The sexual revolution: an evocative term, but what meaning can be given to it today? How does sexuality come into being and what connections does it have with the changes that have affected personal life on a more general plane? This book answers such questions and disputes many of the interpretations of the role of sexuality in modern culture. Num Pages: 224 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 231 x 13. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745612393
ISBN
9780745612393
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 24.68

Hardback. Explores the economic, cultural, and political forces that make it difficult for sensible growth to gain a foothold in the United States. A journalist who covered planning, development, and housing for the Boston Globe, the author brings the land battle to life through the stories of its notorious soldiers. Num Pages: 312 pages, 24, 24 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801884191
ISBN
9780801884191
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 39.02

Paperback. Despite a modest revival in city living, Americans are spreading out more than ever - into "exurbs" and "boomburbs" miles from anywhere, in big houses in big subdivisions. This book tells the untold story of development in America - how the landscape is shaped by a furious clash of political, economic and cultural forces. Num Pages: 312 pages, 24, 24 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AMVD; JFSF; JPP; JPR. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
Updated
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421407814
ISBN
9781421407814
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.31

Paperback. Presents a fresh view of the upbringing of English children in upper and professional class families over three centuries. Drawing on direct testimony from contemporary diaries and letters, this book revises previous understandings of parenting and what it was like to grow up in the period between 1600 and 1914. Num Pages: 456 pages, 16 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD1; HBTB; JFSP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 159 x 35. Weight in Grams: 736.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
456
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300163964
ISBN
9780300163964
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.32

Paperback. This study focuses on the evolution of the sex doll through its original incarnation as a sack cloth effigy, through the marketing of inflatable dolls, to the current elaborate cyber-technology figures, in an attempt to discover the hidden drives and desires which fuel this ongoing fantasy of creating a perfect, powerless, silent partner. Num Pages: 236 pages, ca. 30 photos, notes, filmography, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 327.
Publisher
McFarland & Co Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780786447947
ISBN
9780786447947
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.12

Paperback. .
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442201002
ISBN
9781442201002
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 38.41

Hardback. aeo Highly readable and bold defence of the relevance and importance of Freuda s theories to contemporary culture. aeo A lucid application of Freudian concepts to current theoretical issues in the social sciences and the humanities. aeo Includes contributions from highly distinguished scholars in the social sciences and the humanities. Editor(s): Elliott, Anthony. Num Pages: 320 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFC; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 159 x 28. Weight in Grams: 664.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
First Edition-Signed
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745619088
ISBN
9780745619088
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.25

Paperback. Editor(s): Diller, Anthony; Edmondson, Jerry; Luo, Yongxian. Num Pages: 700 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: CFF; JFSL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1106.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
704
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415688475
ISBN
9780415688475
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 100.91

Paperback. .
Publisher
Fordham University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823270804
ISBN
9780823270804
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.14

Hardback. A phenomenological account of the forms of life characteristic of late capitalism--including television, celebrity culture, and personal electronics--culminating in an ontology of the gadget-commodity that brings together Marxist theories of commodity fetishism and ideology with Heidegger's attempt to think truth as unconcealment. Series: Idiom Inventing Writing Theory. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: APT; HPCF3; JFDT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 514.
Publisher
Fordham University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823270798
ISBN
9780823270798
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 114.57

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFFN; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 18. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804797542
ISBN
9780804797542
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.97

Hardback. Bale examines how anti-semitic images developed and came to endure far beyond the Middle Ages. Series Editor(s): Minnis, Alastair; Boyde, Patrick; Burrow, Professor John; Copeland, Rita; Deyermond, Alan; Dronke, Peter; Palmer, Nigel; Wetherbee, Winthrop. Series: Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature. Num Pages: 284 pages, 7 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3H; DSBB; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 600. Bale examines how anti-semitic images developed and came to endure far beyond the Middle Ages. Series Editor(s): Minnis, Alastair; Boyde, Patrick; Burrow, Professor John; Copeland, Rita; Deyermond, Alan; Dronke, Peter; Palmer, Nigel; Wetherbee, Winthrop. Series: Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature. Num Pages: 284 pages, 7 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3H; DSBB; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 600. Very good copy in good dustwrappers. Inscription to previous owner on FFEP. DW has light nicks, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KCW0017585
ISBN
9780521863544
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Black theology tends to be a theology about no-body. This title examines theological thinking about race, gender, and sexuality. It investigates the traditional source materials for black theology, such as spirituals and slave narratives, seeking to link them to materials like photography that highlight the theological importance of the body. Series: Religion, Race, & Ethnicity. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRLB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 324.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814767757
ISBN
9780814767757
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 29.27

Paperback. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: HRA; HRQA; JFCA; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 301 x 12. Weight in Grams: 322.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472581426
ISBN
9781472581426
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.57

Paperback. Contributors focus on such key media texts of the 1960s as The Avengers, This Sporting Life, Panorama, The Apartment and Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, demonstrating what close textual investigation can reveal about the great social and cultural transformation of the decade. Editor(s): Aldgate, Anthony; Chapman, James (Lecturer in Film and Television Studies, Open University); Marwick, Arthur (Professor of History, Open University). Num Pages: 232 pages, 20 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPK; JFC; JFD; JHM. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 136 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
I.B.Tauris & Co Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9781860643835
ISBN
9781860643835
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.45

Paperback. Community penalties are court-ordered punishments, falling between imprisonment and fines, and involve some contact by a criminal justice agency. This work looks at the current debate on which policy pressures may be dominant over community penalties in the future. Editor(s): Bottoms, Sir Anthony (University of Cambridge); Gelsthorpe, Loraine; Rex, Sue. Series: Cambridge Criminal Justice Series. Num Pages: 272 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JFS; JKVP; LA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 145 x 17. Weight in Grams: 418.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843920076
ISBN
9781843920076
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 41.84

Paperback. Choreographing Copyright provides a historical and cultural analysis of U.S.-based dance-makers' investment in intellectual property rights. Num Pages: 336 pages, 25 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; 3JM; ASDC; JFSJ; JFSL; LNRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 20. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199360376
ISBN
9780199360376
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 72.29

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