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Society & culture: general
Hardcover. Presents a cultural analysis of the motor car in Germany. This work starts from the assumption that the automobile is more than a means of transportation and that its history cannot be understood merely as a triumphant march of technological innovation. Translator(s): Reneau, Don. Num Pages: 244 pages, 50 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; 3JJ; JFC; PDR; TBX; WGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 150 x 230 x 21. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520068780
- ISBN
- 9780520068780
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.05€ 48.64
€ 62.05
€ 48.64
Paperback. Translator(s): Steinberg, M. S. Num Pages: 528 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; 3JJ; JFCX; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 231 x 33. Weight in Grams: 790.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 528
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226533995
- ISBN
- 9780226533995
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.68€ 44.89
€ 52.68
€ 44.89
Hardback. Editor(s): Parikka, Jussi. Series: Electronic Mediations. Num Pages: 256 pages, 6 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780816677665
- ISBN
- 9780816677665
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.52
€ 86.52
Paperback. Editor(s): Parikka, Jussi. Series: Electronic Mediations. Num Pages: 256 pages, 6 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816677672
- ISBN
- 9780816677672
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.20
€ 29.99
€ 27.20
Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JKSN2; VFJX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 160 x 16. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Companion Press,US United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781617221583
- ISBN
- 9781617221583
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 26.47
€ 30.99
€ 26.47
Paperback. Suitable for students and scholars of France, the early modern period, and the history of religion, this book offers interpretations of what it meant to be French during a period of profound transition, from the outbreak of the Hundred Years War in the mid-fourteenth century to the consolidation of the Bourbon monarchy in the seventeenth century. Editor(s): Wolfe, Michael. Num Pages: 424 pages, 10 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 30. Weight in Grams: 730.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822319139
- ISBN
- 9780822319139
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 32.49
€ 32.99
€ 32.49
Paperback. Editor(s): Wolf, Arthur P. Num Pages: 372 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1978
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804710077
- ISBN
- 9780804710077
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 39.93
€ 40.99
€ 39.93
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300198331
- ISBN
- 9780300198331
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.48
€ 14.99
€ 12.48
Hardback. A collection of primary readings on the social, intellectual, and religious traditions of China, this text provides a resource for scholars and students and an introduction for general readers. Editor(s): De Bary, William Theodore; Cohen, Irene. Series: Introduction to Asian Civilizations. Num Pages: 944 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBTB; HRKN; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 152 x 62. Weight in Grams: 1589.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Number of pages
- 944
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231109383
- ISBN
- 9780231109383
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.65€ 106.13
€ 141.65
€ 106.13
Paperback. Volume 1 addresses the development, through the eighteenth century, of Shinto, Buddhism, and Confucianism. Series: Records of Civilization Sources & Study S. Num Pages: 648 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 136 x 25. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1964
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- (21st)
- Number of pages
- 648
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231086042
- ISBN
- 9780231086042
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.68€ 41.45
€ 52.68
€ 41.45
Paperback. Includes the personalities, politics and culture of England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland, and the interaction between British and other societies throughout the world. This book features historical themes including Brian Harrison and Dominic Sandbrook on the 1960s and Geoffrey Wheatcroft on Churchill and the Jews. Editor(s): Louis, Roger. Num Pages: 388 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 722.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 388
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848851535
- ISBN
- 9781848851535
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.49
€ 29.99
€ 25.49
Paperback. Assembling the reflections of prominent writers on the political and intellectual history of modern Britain, this book deals with aspects of British life and manners. It includes chapters on T.E. Lawrence, Winston Churchill and Chamberlain. Editor(s): Louis, William Roger. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1DB; HBJD1; HBTB; JFCX; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
- Publisher
- I B Tauris & Co Ltd
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781860641152
- ISBN
- 9781860641152
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 27.19
€ 32.99
€ 27.19
Paperback. Introduces such figures as Old Man, Scar-Face, Blood-Clot, and the Seven Brothers. This work includes tales with ritualistic origins emphasizing the prototypical Beaver-Medicine and the roles played by Elk-Woman and Otter-Woman, and a presentation of Star Myths, which reveal the astronomical knowledge of the Blackfoot Indians. Series: Sources of American Indian Oral Literature. Num Pages: 204 pages, 3 Illus., index. BIC Classification: 1KB; JFHF; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 171 x 11. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Edition
- Second
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803260238
- ISBN
- 9780803260238
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.56
€ 19.99
€ 19.56
Paperback. Num Pages: 222 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSK2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 150 x 16. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781560236658
- ISBN
- 9781560236658
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.29
€ 40.99
€ 33.29
Hardback. Editor(s): Gutierrez, Winston. Num Pages: 185 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFH; MBN; MMZR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 230 x 17. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781634855143
- ISBN
- 9781634855143
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 217.74€ 162.24
€ 217.74
€ 162.24
Paperback. Advertising is riddled with myths and misunderstandings. It is believed to be both immensely powerful yet immensely wasteful, to increase economic prosperity and to be morally questionable. Neither its historic origins nor its modern operations are well understood. This Very Short Introduction will tell the truth about how advertising works. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 160 pages, 15 black and white halftones. BIC Classification: JFDV; KJSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 172 x 113 x 9. Weight in Grams: 128.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199568925
- ISBN
- 9780199568925
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Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.77
€ 11.99
€ 10.77
hardcover. Responsibility is the queen of modern virtues, Winston Davis argues, even if there is no consensus as to what responsibility means. These essays, by scholars of philosophy, anthropology, history, religious studies, classics and law, encompass conceptions of responsibility around the globe. Series: Studies in Religion and Culture. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HR; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813920504
- ISBN
- 9780813920504
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 90.95
€ 90.95
Paperback. Deals with the role of media and communication in perpetuating, reinforcing and undermining racism, ethnicity and other discriminations across Africa. This book goes beyond customary discussions of representation of racism and ethnicity to question the role played by specific media institutions. Editor(s): Mano, Winston. Series: International Library of African Studies. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: JFD; JFSL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 218 x 139 x 35. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780767062
- ISBN
- 9781780767062
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.54
€ 33.99
€ 28.54
Contingent Work, Disrupted Lives: Labour and Community in the New Rura...
Winson, Anthony; Leach, Belinda
hardcover. The new rural economy involves a fundamental shift in the stability and security of people's lives and ultimately causes wrenching change and an arduous struggle as rural dwellers struggle to rebuild their lives in the new economic terrain. Series: Studies in Comparative Political Economy and Public Policy. Num Pages: 192 pages, 8 charts, 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFFS; JFSF; JHBL; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 475.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802035547
- ISBN
- 9780802035547
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.62
€ 75.62
paperback. The new rural economy involves a fundamental shift in the stability and security of people's lives and ultimately causes wrenching change and an arduous struggle as rural dwellers struggle to rebuild their lives in the new economic terrain. Series: Studies in Comparative Political Economy and Public Policy. Num Pages: 192 pages, 8 charts, 9 tables, 8 textboxes. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFFS; JFSG; JHBL; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802084262
- ISBN
- 9780802084262
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 41.01
€ 45.99
€ 41.01