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Society & culture: general

Paperback. .
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107627833
ISBN
9781107627833
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.90

Paperback. Brings together some of the seminal interventions which have structured the development of stardom and celebrity studies, while crucially combining and situating these within the context of new essays which address the contemporary, cross-media and international landscape of fame culture. Editor(s): Redmond, Sean; Holmes, Su. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 243 x 173 x 23. Weight in Grams: 660.
Publisher
SAGE Publications Inc United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781412923217
ISBN
9781412923217
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.62

Hardback. The American Irish have traditionally participated in Irish national liberation struggles, an involvement stretching back to the 1840s. Num Pages: 162 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 1KBB; GBCR; JFFN; JPFN; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 143 x 19. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
162
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810830592
ISBN
9780810830592
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 111.21

Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: HBLX; JFFS; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 243 x 282 x 12. Weight in Grams: 456.
Publisher
Monash University Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781921867668
ISBN
9781921867668
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.48

hardcover. Features a translation of the diaries of Seamus Ennis, fulltime collector of music and song with the Irish Folklore Commission describing his work, the people he met, the material he gathered and his communication with the head office of the commission in Dublin. This book also illustrates life in the Gaeltacht during the Second World War. Num Pages: 613 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps, music, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBR; AVGH; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 160 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1278. E. scarce. From the library of Ivor Browne and June Levine. Fine in fine dust wrapper
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Cork University Press
Edition
First edition
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0031445
ISBN
9781859184370
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 280.00

Hardcover. Essays showing links between Ireland and Scandinavia in folklore and literature. Editor(s): O Cathain, Seamus. Num Pages: 352 pages, 14 plates. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 1DN; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 164 x 241 x 30. Weight in Grams: 722.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University College Dublin Press Dublin, Ireland
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9781900621632
ISBN
9781900621632
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 41.92

Paperback. Following the lives of a group of migrant Filipinas who worked as entertainers in South Korea and then journeyed to other parts of Asia, Europe, and the U.S., this ethnography provides a look at how work, sex, love, and ambition in migrants' lives intersect with larger issues of transnationalism, identity, and global hierarchies of inequality. Series: Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights. Num Pages: 304 pages, 8 illus. BIC Classification: 1FMP; 1FPKS; JFFN; JHMC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780812222777
ISBN
9780812222777
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 33.91

Hardback. Series: Eighteenth-century Novels by Women. Num Pages: 235 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSK; FC; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
235
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813119380
ISBN
9780813119380
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.79

Hardback. This book is a path-breaking collection of essays which explore the diverse and complex ways American culture has been shaped by the looming presence of the atomic bomb, the central icon of technology, diplomacy, and war, of the second half of the twentieth century. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCA; JWMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761807452
ISBN
9780761807452
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.01

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 128 x 15. Weight in Grams: 206.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752482873
ISBN
9780752482873
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.44

Paperback. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138827066
ISBN
9781138827066
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.69

Hardback. This book looks at how American rap/metal has engaged with America's defining role in the world after the Cold War. It offers a highly original approach in relating rap/metal to critical theories of economy and culture and introduces a new method of cultural analysis based on theories of negativity and expenditure. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCA; JHBA. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719074639
ISBN
9780719074639
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 149.48

Paperback. * Wilson explores the theory and shows how it is applied in practice through readings of key texts* Addresses current controversial topics of Cultural Materialism/New Historicism* The author, who describes himself as a Cultural Materialist, takes a controversial position in these debates. . Num Pages: 296 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSA; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631185338
ISBN
9780631185338
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.95

Hardback. This book examines the impact of the Revolution of 1905 on the nature and contours of community and self among Jews (and Poles) in Warsaw, Europe's largest Jewish center at the turn of the century. Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSR1; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 703.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804763837
ISBN
9780804763837
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.32

Paperback. .
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447254577
ISBN
9781447254577
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.81

Paperback. Explores the relation between nineteenth-century American interest in ancient Egypt in architecture, literature, and science, and the ways Egypt was deployed by advocates for slavery and by African American writers. Series: New Americanists. Num Pages: 376 pages, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; 1HBE; 1KBB; GTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 508.
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
376
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822333623
ISBN
9780822333623
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.82

Hardcover. Michel Foucault's seminal The History of Sexuality (1976-1984) has since its publication provided a context for the emergence of critical historical studies of sexuality. This collection reassesses the state of the historiography on sexuality - a field in which the German case has been traditionally central. Editor(s): Spector, Scott; Puff, Helmut; Herzog, Dagmar. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBTB; JFSJ; JHBK5. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 159 x 228 x 20. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857453730
ISBN
9780857453730
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.80

Paperback. Presents an analysis of how Islamic scripture, jurisprudence, and Hadith, can not only accommodate a sexually sensitive Islam, but actively endorse it. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: HRHP; HRLM7; JFSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 29. Weight in Grams: 436.
Publisher
Oneworld Publications United Kingdom
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851687015
ISBN
9781851687015
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.67

Paperback. An exploration of the experiences of women entrepreneurs amidst the contradictions of a free-wheeling commercial culture set within the patriarchal constraints of contemporary Taiwan. The book focuses on the voices and perspectives of the women themselves. Series: Asian Voices. Num Pages: 272 pages, glossary, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1FPCW; JFC; JFSJ1; KJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 146 x 12. Weight in Grams: 360.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742516090
ISBN
9780742516090
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.30

Hardback. An exploration of the experiences of women entrepreneurs amidst the contradictions of a free-wheeling commercial culture set within the patriarchal constraints of contemporary Taiwan. The book focuses on the voices and perspectives of the women themselves. Series: Asian Voices. Num Pages: 272 pages, glossary, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1FPCW; JFC; JFSJ1; KJH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 481.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742516083
ISBN
9780742516083
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 171.87

Paperback. An introduction to globalization. Scott Sernau unpacks aspects of economic, cultural and technological globalization with down-to-earth examples. Using the realities of an interconnected world as well as political and economic theory and history, he moves between the local and the global. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 12. Weight in Grams: 342.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
1st Edition
Publisher
Kumarian Press
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
SKU
KNW0010215
ISBN
9781565491120
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 19.99
€ 5.49

Paperback. Series: Indigenous Americas. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816666775
ISBN
9780816666775
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.12

Hardcover. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DSK; JFCD; JFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813933412
ISBN
9780813933412
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.17

Internet addiction. Cell-phone-distracted drivers. Teen suicide. Economic recession. The health risks of trans fats. The carefully selected collection of case studies in Making Sense of Social Problems is designed to help students understand and critically evaluate a wide range of contemporary social issues. Editor(s): Best, Joel; Harris, Scott R. Num Pages: 463 pages. BIC Classification: JFF; JKS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 227 x 19. Weight in Grams: 484.
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Lynne Rienner Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
463
Condition
New
SKU
V9781588268808
ISBN
9781588268808
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.39

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