Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Hardback. For 500 years Catholicism has been the dominant religious force throughout Latin America. Num Pages: 260 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; HRCC7; HRCC96; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 553.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745617848
- ISBN
- 9780745617848
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.38
€ 72.38
Paperback. Written by David Leeming, one of the world's most trusted voices on mythology, The Oxford Companion to World Mythology is a lively, non-pedantic yet intellectually sound book that engages the reader and reveals the extraordinary depth and beauty of the world of myth. Num Pages: 512 pages, 75 halftones. BIC Classification: JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 670.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 508
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195387087
- ISBN
- 9780195387087
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 21.16
€ 27.99
€ 21.16
Paperback. Num Pages: 194 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSR; JHBL; KFF; KJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 271.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 194
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349107551
- ISBN
- 9781349107551
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 126.56
€ 126.56
Paperback. A practical guide to addressing the challenges managers face in implementing and enforcing new anti-bribery regulations The Bribery Act became the law of the land in July 2011. It abolished all existing U.K. Series: Wiley Corporate F&A. Num Pages: 584 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFFX; JKVK; LNC; LNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 126 x 174 x 32. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 584
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781119971979
- ISBN
- 9781119971979
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 40.91
€ 51.99
€ 40.91
Paperback. Series: Institute Report Series. Num Pages: 102 pages, colour photos. BIC Classification: 1MBF; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 270 x 204 x 6. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Aboriginal Studies Press Australia
- Number of pages
- 102
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780855752101
- ISBN
- 9780855752101
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Hardback. Offers an inquiry into the evolving landscape of Los Angeles. This book offers a pointed look beneath the surface in order to see, and engage with, the city on its own terms. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; HBJK; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 217 x 16. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520273726
- ISBN
- 9780520273726
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.13
€ 19.99
€ 16.13
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781933760360
- ISBN
- 9781933760360
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 7.88
€ 40.99
€ 7.88
Paperback. Describes the reception of medical ideas and practices by three generations of Russian and Tatar village women in the 20th century. This book shows how the women mediated the inherited beliefs of their families and communities, the claims of the state to control reproduction, and their personal desires for a better life. Series: Indiana-Michigan Series in Russian & East European Studies. Num Pages: 328 pages, 30 b&w photos, 1 maps, 1 bibliog., 1 index. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; GTB; HBJD; HBLW; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 169 x 22. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253218209
- ISBN
- 9780253218209
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.49
€ 27.99
€ 26.49
Paperback. Editor(s): Leal, David L.; Limon, Jose Eduardo. Series: Latino Perspectives. Num Pages: 504 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFN; JFSL4; JPQB; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 803.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 504
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268013356
- ISBN
- 9780268013356
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 42.60
€ 47.99
€ 42.60
Explains how and why Judeoconversos built and rebuilt their religious and social identities, and what it meant to them to be both Jewish and Christian given the constraints they faced in their time and place in history. Series: Jewish Culture & Contexts. Num Pages: 272 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JB; 3JD; HBG; HBLH; JFFN; JFSR1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 164 x 26. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812237498
- ISBN
- 9780812237498
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 75.78
€ 75.78
Hardback. Provides a theoretical analysis of how Asian migration and diaspora support the consolidation of gay and lesbian family and intimacy in our colorblind age, and develops a poststructuralist account of kinship. Num Pages: 268 pages, 34 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822347156
- ISBN
- 9780822347156
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.18
€ 111.18
Paperback. Queer Liberalism and the Racialization of Intimacy. 288 pages, 34 illustrations. Investigates the emergence of 'queer liberalism', the empowerment of certain gays and lesbians in the United States economically through an increasingly visible and mass-mediated queer consumer lifestyle, and politically through legal protection of rights to privacy and intimacy. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSK. Dimension: 233 x 155 x 20. Weight: 422.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822347323
- ISBN
- 9780822347323
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.37
€ 29.99
€ 27.37
Paperback. Bring together the fields of Asian American studies and psychoanalytic theory and explores the role of sexuality in racial formation and the place of race in sexual identity. This title examines images - literary, visual, and filmic - that configure past and contemporary perceptions of Asian American men as emasculated, homosexualized, or queer. Series: Perverse Modernities: A Series Edited by Jack Halberstam and Lisa Lowe. Num Pages: 304 pages, 14 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ2; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 144 x 235 x 22. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822326366
- ISBN
- 9780822326366
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.81
€ 36.99
€ 33.81
Paperback. What does it mean to be queer and Asian-American at the turn of the century? This title considers how Asian-American racial identity and queer sexuality interconnect in mutually shaping and complicating ways. It gathers an array of voices and experiences that represent the communities of a queer Asian-America. Editor(s): Eng, David L.; Hom, Alice Y. Series: Asian American History and Culture Series. Num Pages: 445 pages, 13 b&w photographs, 7 cartoons. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JFSK1; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 25. Weight in Grams: 794.
- Publisher
- Temple University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566396400
- ISBN
- 9781566396400
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 42.80
€ 47.99
€ 42.80
Hardcover. Editor(s): Chadwick, David L.; Giardino, Angelo P.; Alexander, Randell; Thackeray, Jonathan D.; Esernio-Jenssen, Debra. Num Pages: 650 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFE1; MJA; MJW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 294 x 229 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1792.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- STM Learning, Inc.
- Edition
- 4th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781936590285
- ISBN
- 9781936590285
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 152.83
€ 152.83
Paperback. The experiences and voices of multiracial individuals are challenging current categories of race, profoundly altering the meaning of racial identity and in the process changing the cultural fabric of the nation. Exploring this new reality, the authors of this book examine what we know about multiracial identities and their implications. Editor(s): Brunsma, David L. Num Pages: 420 pages. BIC Classification: JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. .
- Publisher
- Lynne Rienner Publishers Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781588263988
- ISBN
- 9781588263988
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.84
€ 33.84
Paperback. Editor(s): Brown, David L.; Swanson, Louis E. Series: Rural Studies. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; HBJK; HBLW; JFSF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780271022420
- ISBN
- 9780271022420
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 37.51
€ 46.99
€ 37.51
Highlights how the social and cultural construction of archaeology as a field marginalized women Series: Critical Studies in the History of Anthropology. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: HD; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 33. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803243811
- ISBN
- 9780803243811
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 82.16
€ 82.16
Hardback. A Companion to Sport brings together writing by leading sports theorists and social and cultural thinkers, to explore sport as a central element of contemporary culture. Editor(s): Andrews, David L.; Carrington, Ben. Series: Blackwell Companions in Cultural Studies. Num Pages: 628 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JHBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 255 x 180 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1144.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 628
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405191609
- ISBN
- 9781405191609
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.67
€ 50.67
Paperback. Taking stock of a century of pervasive loss - of warfare, disease, and political strife - this book considers 'what is lost' in terms of 'what remains'. It reveals how melancholia can lend meaning and force to notions of activism, ethics, and identity. Editor(s): Eng, David L.; Kazanjian, David. Num Pages: 498 pages, 9 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBG; HBLW; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 31. Weight in Grams: 694. The Politics of Mourning. 498 pages, 9 b&w photographs, index. Editor(s): Eng, David L.; Kazanjian, David. Taking stock of a century of pervasive loss - of warfare, disease, and political strife - this book considers 'what is lost' in terms of 'what remains'. It reveals how melancholia can lend meaning and force to notions of activism, ethics, and identity. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBG; HBLW; JFC. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 31. Weight: 686.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 498
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520232365
- ISBN
- 9780520232365
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 29.85
€ 41.99
€ 29.85
Paperback. They reflect on the moral economy of human smuggling and trafficking, the increasing percentage of the world's asylum seekers who escape political violence only by being smuggled, and the implications of human smuggling in a warming world. Editor(s): Kyle, David; Koslowski, Rey. Num Pages: 416 pages, 1, 1 graphs. BIC Classification: HBTS; JFFN; JKVM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 228 x 25. Weight in Grams: 564.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- second edition
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421401980
- ISBN
- 9781421401980
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 36.91
€ 43.99
€ 36.91
Paperback. The behind-the-scenes story of the world's most notorious and controversial video games company - Rockstar Games. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: JFCA; KNSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007434855
- ISBN
- 9780007434855
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.11
€ 17.99
€ 14.11
Paperback. Poses a simple question: What makes a cultural phenomenon truly great? Exploring a variety of "king-sized cultural monuments," this title argues that one qualification for greatness is that a phenomenon be embraced by both the elite and the general public, and that it must be embraced repeatedly over time. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820329093
- ISBN
- 9780820329093
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.08
€ 30.99
€ 27.08
Paperback. Goddess worship has long been a significant aspect of Hinduism. In this book, the author sorts out the rich yet often chaotic history of Hindu goddess worship. Series: Hermeneutics: Studies in the History of Religions. Num Pages: 281 pages, facsimiles. BIC Classification: HRG; HRLF; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 281
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520063396
- ISBN
- 9780520063396
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.12
€ 40.99
€ 29.12