Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Paperback. The definitive account of the most famous African American fighting unit in World War I and their quest for equality in the United States. Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 630 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; HBWN; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 525.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas United States
- Number of pages
- 630
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700621385
- ISBN
- 9780700621385
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.09
€ 45.09
Paperback. The People's collection of cultural studies essays on wrestling. Editor(s): Sammond, Nicholas. Num Pages: 384 pages, 31 b&w photos. BIC Classification: JFCA; WSTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822334385
- ISBN
- 9780822334385
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.75
€ 32.99
€ 29.75
Paperback. Offers an understanding of Islam and Islamic societies' role and relations to global cultural and economic realities. This book offers a portrait of Islamic societies and challenges the belief that Islam is not part of, nor much affected by, the modern world-system. Series: Political Economy of the World-System Annuals. Num Pages: 246 pages, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, maps, figures. BIC Classification: JFSR2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 157 x 13. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781594515194
- ISBN
- 9781594515194
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 77.51
€ 77.51
Hardcover. Offers an exploration of masculinity in the literature of the Arab East (Lebanon, Jordan, Palestine, Syria, and Iraq) in the context of a specific set of anxieties about gender roles and sexuality in Arab societies. This work reveals the volatile nature of masculinity and its inextricability from femininity. Series: Gender, Culture, and Politics in the Middle East. Num Pages: 232 pages, notes, index. BIC Classification: 2CSR; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Syracuse Univ Pr (Sd)
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815632375
- ISBN
- 9780815632375
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.95
€ 48.95
Paperback. An invaluable investigation into contemporary Lebanese culture and society by the foremost scholar on Lebanese politics and society. Num Pages: 285 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBL; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Saqi Books
- Number of pages
- 285
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780863564345
- ISBN
- 9780863564345
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 25.88
€ 30.99
€ 25.88
Hardcover. Editor(s): Dasgupta, Samir. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: JFFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 167 x 24. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- frontpage India
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788190884143
- ISBN
- 9788190884143
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 39.00
€ 46.99
€ 39.00
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, 2 b&w illus., 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 1FBN; BM; JFSJ1; JPV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 230 x 16. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253022530
- ISBN
- 9780253022530
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.77
€ 20.77
Paperback. Presenting original research on cultural politics and battles in Egypt at the turn of the twenty-first century. It deconstructs the boundaries between 'high' and 'low' culture, drawing on conceptual tools in cultural studies, translation studies, and gend Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white plates. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 147 x 23. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Publisher
- The American University in Cairo Press Egypt
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789774163746
- ISBN
- 9789774163746
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.72
€ 28.72
Hardback. How mediation and religious dispute-resolution mechanisms operate within diverse communities Editor(s): Bano, Samia. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ; LNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Brandeis University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781512600346
- ISBN
- 9781512600346
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 90.31€ 75.00
€ 90.31
€ 75.00
Paperback. How mediation and religious dispute-resolution mechanisms operate within diverse communities Editor(s): Bano, Samia. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ; LNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
- Publisher
- University Press of New England
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2019
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781512600353
- ISBN
- 9781512600353
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 42.71
€ 54.99
€ 42.71
hardcover. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761817444
- ISBN
- 9780761817444
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.10
€ 117.10
Paperback. Arabic literary salons emerged in ninth-century Iraq and, by the tenth, were flourishing in Baghdad and other urban centers. Looking at the period from 500 to 1250 AD, this title interprets Arabic manuscripts in order to answer fundamental questions about literary salons as a social institution. Series: Poetics of Orality & Literacy S. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; DSB; HBLC1; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268020323
- ISBN
- 9780268020323
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.01
€ 37.99
€ 34.01
Paperback. The author was forced into exile by Assad's regime. When the uprising in Syria turned to bloodshed, she was determined to take action and secretly returned several times. From the first peaceful protests for democracy to the arrival of ISIS, this is her powerful and courageous testament to what she found inside the borders of her homeland. Translator(s): Gowanlock, Nashwa; Kemp, Ruth Ahmedzai. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBS; 3JMG; BM; HBJF1; JFFE; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 128 x 198 x 20. Weight in Grams: 202.
- Publisher
- Ebury Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846044885
- ISBN
- 9781846044885
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.96
€ 19.99
€ 14.96
Hardback. St George: A Saint for All is a compelling account of the myth of St George, one of the most significant mythic figures in Christian culture, as well as many other religions world-wide. The book describes St George's lively and diverse following today, and shows how the saint has inspired artists, poets and painters. Num Pages: 144 pages, 30. BIC Classification: HRCC1; JFHF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 225 x 146 x 22. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780234489
- ISBN
- 9781780234489
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.31
€ 26.99
€ 20.31
Paperback. Exploring the rapidly increasing interest in obesity and fatness, this book engages with dominant ideas about 'fatness' and analyses the assumptions that inform anti-fat attitudes in the West, looking at the intersection of medicine and morality in pathologising 'fat' bodies. Num Pages: 196 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFK; JFSJ1; JHMC; MBNH9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137579706
- ISBN
- 9781137579706
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.70
€ 64.70
Paperback. BIC Classification: JFSJ. Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349569403
- ISBN
- 9781349569403
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.96
€ 42.96
Hardback. This book is a thought-provoking study that expands on film scholarship on noir and feminist scholarship on postfeminism, subjectivity, and representation to provide an inclusive, sophisticated, and up-to-date analysis of the femme fatale, fille fatale, and homme fatal from the classic era through to recent postmillennial neo-noir. Num Pages: 216 pages, 12 figures. BIC Classification: APFA; JFFK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 223 x 17. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137503589
- ISBN
- 9781137503589
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.86
€ 64.86
Hardback. In Biocultural Creatures Samantha Frost brings feminist and political theory together with findings in the life sciences to create a new theory of the human that explains the mutual constitution of the body, environment, biology, and habitat, while offering new resources for responding to political and environmental crises. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822361091
- ISBN
- 9780822361091
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.77
€ 107.77
Paperback. In Biocultural Creatures Samantha Frost brings feminist and political theory together with findings in the life sciences to create a new theory of the human that explains the mutual constitution of the body, environment, biology, and habitat, while offering new resources for responding to political and environmental crises. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 14. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822361282
- ISBN
- 9780822361282
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.12
€ 26.99
€ 25.12
Paperback. Num Pages: 90 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1QSPS; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 220 x 154 x 10. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Aboriginal Studies Press Australia
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780855755560
- ISBN
- 9780855755560
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.00€ 17.02
€ 19.00
€ 17.02
Paperback. On a pilgrimage to Wuthering Heights, the author found herself arguing with her best friend about which heroine was best: Jane Eyre or Cathy Earnshaw. She was all for wild, passionate Cathy; but her friend found Cathy silly, a snob, while courageous Jane makes her own way. This title tells her story. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DN; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 196 x 18. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099575566
- ISBN
- 9780099575566
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.81
€ 15.99
€ 11.81
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719089633
- ISBN
- 9780719089633
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 101.76
€ 101.76
Paperback. A set of essays on the themes of Max Weber, culture, anarchy and politics. The book presents the complete publication of a series of Weber's letters written in 1913 and 1914, and the issues debated by Weber, such as free love, are then taken up by the contributors in a wider discussion. Editor(s): Whimster, Sam. Num Pages: 235 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JH; JPA; JPFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- 1999th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333730218
- ISBN
- 9780333730218
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 124.23
€ 124.23
Hardback. This book provides a critical understanding of contemporary forced labour as a global social problem and argues that it should be located within the broader study of work-based harm. Series: Studies in Social Harm. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFF; JKV; KNXC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Policy Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447322030
- ISBN
- 9781447322030
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.21
€ 161.21