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Society & culture: general
Paperback. In spring of 2001, across the South, padlocks and logging chains bind the doors of silent mills, and it seems a miracle to blue-collar people in Jacksonville, Alabama, that their mill survived. In these real-life stories, Pulitzer Prize winner Bragg brilliantly evokes the hardscrabble lives of those who lived and died by an American cotton mill. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: JFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817356835
- ISBN
- 9780817356835
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.71
€ 16.99
€ 15.71
Paperback. Num Pages: 154 pages. BIC Classification: JFSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 12. Weight in Grams: 231.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Alban Institute, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 154
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566993067
- ISBN
- 9781566993067
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Condition: New
€ 38.07
€ 38.07
Paperback. Examines the role of the vernacular arts in Mexico s transformation from a regionally and culturally fragmented country into a modern nation-state with an inclusive and compelling national identity. Num Pages: 424 pages, 16 color illustrations, 23 b&w, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; HBTB; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822347033
- ISBN
- 9780822347033
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Condition: New
€ 58.52
€ 58.52
Paperback. Modern epistemology has run into several paradoxes in its efforts to explain how knowledge acquisition can be both socially based (and thus apparently context-relative) and still able to determine objective facts about the world. In this book, Richmond Campbell attempts to dispel some of these paradoxes. Series: Studies in Epistemology and Cognitive Theory S. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HPK; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 149 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847689194
- ISBN
- 9780847689194
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.57
€ 64.57
Hardback. Modern epistemology has run into several paradoxes in its efforts to explain how knowledge acquisition can be both socially based (and thus apparently context-relative) and still able to determine objective facts about the world. In this book, Richmond Campbell attempts to dispel some of these paradoxes. Series: Studies in Epistemology and Cognitive Theory S. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HPK; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 531.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847689187
- ISBN
- 9780847689187
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 177.07
€ 177.07
Hardcover. Num Pages: 122 pages. BIC Classification: JFF; JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 161 x 13. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 122
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590338810
- ISBN
- 9781590338810
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.74€ 98.79
€ 127.74
€ 98.79
Hardcover. Using the urbanized area that spreads across northern New Jersey and around New York City as a case study, this book presents a convincing explanation of metropolitan fragmentation--the process by which suburban communities remain as is or break off and form separate political entities. Num Pages: 280 pages, 1 halftone, 10 line illustrations, 3 maps, 2 tables. BIC Classification: JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674015319
- ISBN
- 9780674015319
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.30
€ 123.30
paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white line drawings, figures. BIC Classification: JFDT; PDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 10. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Fernwood Publishing Canada
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781552664001
- ISBN
- 9781552664001
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.08
€ 29.99
€ 25.08
Paperback. Sets the pieces of the story that are known to historians into their cultural, religious, and political context. This book explores important questions about the period and about historical memory that is of interest to both the general reader and students of the period. Num Pages: 176 pages, b&w photo. BIC Classification: HBJD; JFSL9; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 139 x 13. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- 62987th
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253207517
- ISBN
- 9780253207517
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 14.86
€ 14.99
€ 14.86
Paperback. An introduction to the life and work of Walter Benjamin, the German-Jewish philosopher and literary and cultural critic. The text offers insight into Benjamin's complex relationships with Adorno, Brecht, Jewish Messianism and Western Marxism. Series: Weimar & Now: German Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 316 pages, 1 port. BIC Classification: BG; HPCF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520084001
- ISBN
- 9780520084001
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Condition: New
€ 58.31
€ 58.31
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 5 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJ; HPCF3; HPS; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 235 x 23. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691168616
- ISBN
- 9780691168616
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.56
€ 42.56
Paperback. Editor(s): Lofgren, Orvar; Wilk, Richard R. Num Pages: 164 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1D; GTB; JFSL; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 247 x 170 x 9. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 164
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788763505116
- ISBN
- 9788763505116
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 31.70
€ 42.99
€ 31.70
Paperback.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Academic
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845203603
- ISBN
- 9781845203603
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 35.26
€ 41.99
€ 35.26
Paperback. Num Pages: 282 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTG; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 353.
- Publisher
- Cork University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781859182321
- ISBN
- 9781859182321
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.00€ 24.15
€ 29.00
€ 24.15
Hardcover. A Companion to Intellectual History provides an in-depth survey of the practice of intellectual history as a discipline. Forty newly-commissioned chapters showcase leading global research with broad coverage of every aspect of intellectual history as it is currently practiced. Series: Wiley Blackwell Companions to World History. Num Pages: 472 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 472
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118294802
- ISBN
- 9781118294802
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 214.13
€ 214.13
Hardback. What is intellectual history? Those who practice intellectual history have described themselves as eavesdroppers upon the conversations of the past, explorers of alien ideological worlds, and translators between historic societies and our own, while their critics have often derided them as narrow-mindedly studying the ideas of dead white men. Series: What is History Series. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: HBT; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745644929
- ISBN
- 9780745644929
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.30
€ 63.30
Paperback. What is intellectual history? Those who practice intellectual history have described themselves as eavesdroppers upon the conversations of the past, explorers of alien ideological worlds, and translators between historic societies and our own, while their critics have often derided them as narrow-mindedly studying the ideas of dead white men. Series: What is History Series. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: HBT; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 139 x 216 x 18. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745644936
- ISBN
- 9780745644936
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.24
€ 21.24
Hardback. Num Pages: 368 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAB; JFMA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 557.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Regnery Publishing Inc
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781621574897
- ISBN
- 9781621574897
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 25.46
€ 27.99
€ 25.46
Paperback. A British amalgam of American music and European fashions that mixed modern jazz with modernist design in an attempt to escape the drab conformity, snobbery and prudery of life in 1950s Britain. But what started as a popular cult became a mainstream culture, and a style became a revolution. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; AKTH; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 32. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Publisher
- Vintage Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099597889
- ISBN
- 9780099597889
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.90
€ 19.99
€ 14.90
Paperback. Collects letters and essays that are published during the 1850s and 1860s. This title highlights the notorious 1850 article "Judaism in Music". It includes prose pieces such as "On the Performing of Tannhauser"; "On Musical Criticism"; and, "Music of the Future". It offers suggestions for the reform of opera houses in Vienna, Paris, and Zurich. Translator(s): Ellis, William Ashton. Num Pages: 432 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGC; JFC; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 145 x 216 x 28. Weight in Grams: 634.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803297661
- ISBN
- 9780803297661
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.29
€ 34.29
Paperback. Provides a facing-page translation of the "Book of Chivalry". This book describes the prowess and piety of knights, their capacity to express themselves, their common assumptions, and their views on masculine virtue, women, and love. Editor(s): Kaeuper, Richard W.; Kennedy, Elspeth. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 248 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: DNF; DSBB; HBJD; JFC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812215793
- ISBN
- 9780812215793
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.97
€ 36.99
€ 33.97
Paperback. Num Pages: 241 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JJ; ACX; DSK; HBTB; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 196 x 64. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of Arizona Press
- Edition
- First Paperback
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816516834
- ISBN
- 9780816516834
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.09
€ 32.09
Hardback. Offers a perspective on human-animal relations. This book reveals the ways in which various cultures have reinforced, symbolized, and rationalized their relations with animals. It identifies and explores four stages in the history of the human-animal relationship - separation, pre-domesticity, domesticity, and post-domesticity. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFZ; TVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231130769
- ISBN
- 9780231130769
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.31
€ 129.31
Hardback. Crime in an Insecure World investigates the alarming trend across Western societies of treating every imaginable source of harm as a crime. It locates this trend in the 21st century obsession with insecurity fostered by neo-liberal governments. Num Pages: 188 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JP; LNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 188
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745638287
- ISBN
- 9780745638287
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.14
€ 72.14