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Society & culture: general

Paperback. Chronicles the first decades of an informal lottery called the jogo do bicho, or animal game, which originated in Rio de Janeiro in 1892, and remains popular in Brazil today. Series: Radical Perspectives. Num Pages: 368 pages, 30 photos, 11 tables, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822349884
ISBN
9780822349884
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.11

Hardcover. Num Pages: 229 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSR; JMQ; MBS; MMJT1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 218 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137405272
ISBN
9781137405272
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.36

Paperback. Aims to reveal a tug-of-war between the demands of race, class, and gender in which transgressing in one realm often means conforming to expectations in another. This book shows that subcultures navigate these connecting territories by offering them different sexual strategies. It presents a portrait of the structure of young lives. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSP2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 164 x 16. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226898438
ISBN
9780226898438
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 29.04

hardcover. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: JFSG; JH; JKSN1; JNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 267 x 24. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816691128
ISBN
9780816691128
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.19

Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: JFSG; JHM; JKSN1; JNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816691142
ISBN
9780816691142
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.05

Hardcover. Deconstructs stereotypes and cultural assumptions made by non- South Asians and South Asians alike Num Pages: 26 illus. BIC Classification: 1F; 1K; GTB; HBJK; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 150 x 24. Weight in Grams: 554.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295992440
ISBN
9780295992440
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 141.10

Paperback. Food consumption is a significant and complex social activity - and what a society chooses to feed its children reveals much about its tastes and ideas regarding health. This book explores how the invention of commercial baby food shaped American notions of infancy and influenced the evolution of parental and pediatric care. Series: California Studies in Food and Culture. Num Pages: 256 pages, 10 b/w illustrations, 1 chart. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCV; MBNH3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 162 x 16. Weight in Grams: 346.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520283459
ISBN
9780520283459
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.68

Hardcover. Editor(s): Benson, Amy. Num Pages: 165 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSR2; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 260 x 180. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
165
Condition
New
SKU
V9781634834421
ISBN
9781634834421
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 227.71
€ 171.00

Paperback. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; JFSL3; WSBB; WSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 150 x 25. Weight in Grams: 596.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780816639458
ISBN
9780816639458
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99

Paperback. Explains how the complex concepts of terroir and gout de terroir are instrumental to France's food and wine culture. This book explores the multifaceted connections between taste and place in both cuisine and agriculture in the United States. Series: California Studies in Food and Culture. Num Pages: 320 pages, 10 b/w photographs, 4 line illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCV; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 141 x 19. Weight in Grams: 350. A Cultural Journey into Terroir. Series: California Studies in Food & Culture. 320 pages, Illustrations. Explains how the complex concepts of terroir and gout de terroir are instrumental to France's food and wine culture. This book explores the multifaceted connections between taste and place in both cuisine and agriculture in the United States. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: JFCV; WB. Dimension: 196 x 141 x 19. Weight: 350.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520261723
ISBN
9780520261723
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.80

Paperback. Draws on the work of a diverse group of theorists in order to illustrate and construct a new feminist conception of power. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HP; JFSJ1; JFSK1; JFSK2; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 170 x 10. Weight in Grams: 274.
Publisher
The Perseus Books Group United States
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813365558
ISBN
9780813365558
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.43

Paperback. Exploring the interface between cultural politics of Black Power and the Black Arts movements and the production of postwar African American popular culture, this book shows how the reliance of Black politics on an oppositional image of African Americans was the formative moment in the construction of authentic blackness as a cultural identity. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AB; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813928609
ISBN
9780813928609
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.90

Hardback. Exploring the interface between cultural politics of Black Power and the Black Arts movements and the production of postwar African American popular culture, this book shows how the reliance of Black politics on an oppositional image of African Americans was the formative moment in the construction of authentic blackness as a cultural identity. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AB; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813928593
ISBN
9780813928593
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.12

Paperback. The editors of this book argue that there are no longer socially prescribed forms of conduct that help guide young men and women in the direction of matrimony. The volume offers an anthology of source readings in response to the contemporary cultural silence surrounding love and marriage. Editor(s): Kass, Amy A.; Kass, Leon R. Series: Ethics of Everyday Life S. Num Pages: 584 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; JFSJ; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 158 x 36. Weight in Grams: 916.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268019600
ISBN
9780268019600
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.99

Hardback. Editor(s): Amster, Linda. Num Pages: 352 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSR1; WBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 200 x 33. Weight in Grams: 915.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780688155902
ISBN
9780688155902
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.57

Hardback. Series: South Asia Across the Disciplines. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFSJ1; JHBF; MBS; MFKC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 474.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231169905
ISBN
9780231169905
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 102.77
€ 79.32

Paperback. Series: South Asia Across the Disciplines. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFSJ1; JHBF; MBS; MFKC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 160 x 13. Weight in Grams: 364.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231169912
ISBN
9780231169912
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 27.57

hardcover. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; JFFK; JFSJ1; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2018
Publisher
Zubaan India
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9789385932045
ISBN
9789385932045
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.48

Paperback. A political account of the lives and struggles of British Asian women. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1F; GTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 147 x 216 x 14. Weight in Grams: 314.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Pluto Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745318479
ISBN
9780745318479
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 25.08

Hardcover. * Islamic Finance discusses the risk in Islamic banking and the regulatory framework which includes capital adequacy, corporate governance, transparency and risk associated with Islamic banking. Series: Wiley Finance Series. Num Pages: 240 pages, , black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1QFM; JFSR2; KFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 161 x 23. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
SKU
V9780470880234
ISBN
9780470880234
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.96
€ 54.59

Paperback. Explores the role of African Americans in the Pentecostal Church from 1906-2006 Editor(s): Yong, Amos; Alexander, Estrelda Y. Series: Religion, Race, & Ethnicity. Num Pages: 271 pages, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HRCC2; HRCC96; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 384.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
NYU Press
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814797310
ISBN
9780814797310
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.10

Paperback. Num Pages: 161 pages. BIC Classification: HRCM; HRCX6; JFFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 256. A New Vision of the People of God. 161 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: HRCM; HRCX6; JFFG. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 12. Weight: 258.
Publisher
William B Eerdmans Publishing Co
Number of pages
161
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802866080
ISBN
9780802866080
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.31

Paperback. A celebrated novelist and an acclaimed historian of ideas, father and daughter, unravel the chain of words at the core of Jewish life, history, and culture Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 188 x 116 x 16. Weight in Grams: 254.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300205848
ISBN
9780300205848
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.64

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137269836
ISBN
9781137269836
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.80

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