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Society & culture: general

Paperback. Num Pages: 408 pages, 8 pages of colour illus & 20 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 1MBF; BGH; JFSL1; JFSL9; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 173 x 34. Weight in Grams: 598.
Publisher
Monash University Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781922235688
ISBN
9781922235688
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 23.65

Paperback. Though the word 'vegetarianism' was not coined until the mid-nineteenth century, the vegetarian diet has been around as long as man has. Colin Spencer's comprehensive book explores the psychology of abstention from flesh and attempts to discover why omnivorous humans at times voluntarily abstain from an available food. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFCV; WBJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 236 x 27. Weight in Grams: 672.
Publisher
Grub Street
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910690215
ISBN
9781910690215
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.31

Paperback. This second edition of Colin Seymour-Ure's history of the press and broadcasting in post-war Britian offers a concise and fully up-to-date overview of the development of the media and its central role in British society. Series: Making Contemporary Britain. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; HBJD1; HBLW3; JFD; KNTD; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 0. Weight in Grams: 425.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631198833
ISBN
9780631198833
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 53.83

Paperback. Issues of power and control - the endless efforts of political leaders to be understood as they would like - lie at the core of this revealing study. At a time when media saturate politics, how - and how successfully - can prime ministers manage their public communication? Num Pages: 288 pages, 7 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFD; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 424.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631187677
ISBN
9780631187677
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.78

Paperback. Indigenous peoples have gained increasing international visibility in their fight against longstanding colonial occupation by nation-states. Although living in different locations around the world and practising highly varied ways of life, indigenous peoples nonetheless are affected by similar patterns of colonial dispossession and violence. Num Pages: 248 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSL9; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 24. Weight in Grams: 404.
Publisher
Polity
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745672526
ISBN
9780745672526
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.75

Paperback. Volunteering and voluntary organizations have become increasingly important in British social and political life but at a cost. Greater prominence has led to a narrow and distorted view of what voluntary action involves and how it is undertaken. This book reasserts the case for a broader view of voluntarism as a unique set of autonomous activities. Num Pages: 296 pages, 3 figures, 2 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFF; JFSV; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137029454
ISBN
9781137029454
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.84

Hardback. Volunteering and voluntary organizations have become increasingly important in British social and political life but at a cost. Greater prominence has led to a narrow and distorted view of what voluntary action involves and how it is undertaken. This book reasserts the case for a broader view of voluntarism as a unique set of autonomous activities. Num Pages: 289 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JFSV; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 495.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
289
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137029447
ISBN
9781137029447
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.98

Paperback. Expectations about the contribution that volunteering can make to society are at a new high. This book, now in paperback and with a major new foreword exploring the impact of the UK government's 'Big Society' agenda on volunteering, brings together in one volume what is known about the volunteering phenomenon. Num Pages: 296 pages, 8 black & white tables, 7 figures. BIC Classification: 3JM; JFF; JFSV; JHBL. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 214 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 374.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
296
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
2010th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230367722
ISBN
9780230367722
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.24

Paperback. Editor(s): Robinson, Colin. Series: Collected Works of Arthur Seldon. Num Pages: 425 pages, tables. BIC Classification: JFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 154 x 28. Weight in Grams: 720.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Liberty Fund Inc United States
Edition
New Edition
Number of pages
425
Condition
New
SKU
V9780865975538
ISBN
9780865975538
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.48

Hardcover. Editor(s): Robinson, Colin. Series: Collected Works of Arthur Seldon. Num Pages: 308 pages, tables. BIC Classification: JFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 162 x 28. Weight in Grams: 656.
Publisher
Liberty Fund Inc United States
Number of pages
308
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Edition
New Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780865975477
ISBN
9780865975477
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.20

Paperback. Editor(s): Robinson, Colin. Series: Collected Works of Arthur Seldon. Num Pages: 308 pages, tables. BIC Classification: JFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 154 x 28. Weight in Grams: 536.
Publisher
Liberty Fund Inc United States
Number of pages
308
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
New Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780865975552
ISBN
9780865975552
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.52

Hardcover. Editor(s): Robinson, Colin. Series: Collected Works of Arthur Seldon. Num Pages: 425 pages, ports. BIC Classification: JFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 162 x 34. Weight in Grams: 832.
Publisher
Liberty Fund Inc United States
Number of pages
425
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Edition
New Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780865975453
ISBN
9780865975453
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.20

Paperback. Uncovering the history of gender and sexual nonconformity in rural America during the first half of the twentieth century Series: Sexuality Studies Series. Num Pages: 264 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 160 x 17. Weight in Grams: 360.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9781439909980
ISBN
9781439909980
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 35.64

Paperback. In this study the social construction of dementia is examined closely for the first time. Nancy Harding and Colin Palfrey show how Western society sees dementia as a disease, rather than a natural part of the ageing process. They take issue with the constructed view of the body as a machine, whose parts 'break down' and need replacement. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFG; JKSN; JMM; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Pub
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853022579
ISBN
9781853022579
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.14

Paperback. Num Pages: 81 pages. BIC Classification: JFFH1. Dimension: 154 x 226 x 7. Weight in Grams: 174.
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781631177064
ISBN
9781631177064
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 100.05
€ 69.24

Paperback. Presents an analysis of special education enrollment that has created fresh kinds of inequality. This book argues that this inequity in treatment is directly linked to the disparity in resources possessed by the students' parents. Num Pages: 208 pages, 7 line drawings, 4 tables. BIC Classification: JFSC; JNS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 232 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 352.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226630014
ISBN
9780226630014
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.44

Paperback.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
110
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872201965
ISBN
9780872201965
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.83

Paperback. Learning the City: Translocal Assemblage and Urban Politics critically examines the relationship between knowledge, learning, and urban politics, arguing both for the centrality of learning for political strategies and developing a progressive international urbanism. Series: RGS-IBG Book Series. Num Pages: 230 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSG; RG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 342.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Number of pages
230
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405192811
ISBN
9781405192811
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.09

Paperback. Editor(s): McEwan, Colin; Borrero, Luis Alberto; Prieto, Alfredo. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 206 pages, 7 color photos 100 duotones 11 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBJK; HBLH; JFSL9; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 280 x 216 x 11. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
206
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691601625
ISBN
9780691601625
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.78

Paperback. An account of a hunter - gatherer tribe living in harmony with nature. This is about earthly paradise and of a legendary and people. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFJC; JFSL9; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 136 x 215 x 24. Weight in Grams: 324.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847923806
ISBN
9781847923806
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.00
€ 16.42

Hardcover. Alfred Weber was an important participant in the dialogue over the political and cultural crises of the late Empire and Weimar Republic. This study connects Weber's career to the social, political, intellectual, cultural, and institutional contexts of the period. Series: Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 436.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
262
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137031143
ISBN
9781137031143
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.56

Paperback. Bringing together researchers from the fields of social policy, economics, sociology and clinical psychology, this book offers new evidence on the inter-related problems faced by disability claimants, and identifies important lessons for policy. Series: Broadening Perspectives in Social Policy. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: JFFG; JKSB; JPQB; KCFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 228 x 11. Weight in Grams: 316.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781119145516
ISBN
9781119145516
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.94

Paperback. Recreating the ups and downs in the history of Paris and its inhabitants, this book seeks to give a sense of the city as it was lived in and experienced over time. It is intended for habitual Paris obsessives, for first-time visitors, and for those who know the city only by repute. Num Pages: 672 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBJD; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 30. Weight in Grams: 466.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140282924
ISBN
9780140282924
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.46

Paperback. Drawing on more than three years of fieldwork across three continents, the author traces our complex and often contradictory relationship with these versatile animals in public spaces such as Venice's Piazza San Marco and London's Trafalgar Square and in working-class and immigrant communities of pigeon breeders in New York and Berlin. Series: Fieldwork Encounters and Discoveries. Num Pages: 288 pages, 10 colour plates, 36 halftones, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: JFFZ; WNCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 163 x 15. Weight in Grams: 426.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226002088
ISBN
9780226002088
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.15

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