Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
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€ 35.75
€ 37.99
€ 35.75
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
€ 47.33
€ 47.33
The Writing on the Cloud. American Culture Confronts the Atomic Bomb.
Scott, Alison M.; Geist, Christopher D.
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
€ 127.97
€ 127.97
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€ 13.31
€ 13.99
€ 13.31
Hardcover. The author examines the moral, methodological, and practical problems that arise from poverty measurement. He establishes a methodological framework for analyzing poverty conceptions and measures, and concludes with concrete recommendations regarding both the procedures for and substance of future global poverty measurement. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; JFFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 20. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230302860
- ISBN
- 9780230302860
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.92
€ 62.92
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138827066
- ISBN
- 9781138827066
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.08
€ 53.08
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
€ 146.65
€ 146.65
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
€ 53.99€ 53.83
€ 53.99
€ 53.83
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
€ 92.73
€ 92.73
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447254577
- ISBN
- 9781447254577
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.77
€ 11.99
€ 10.77
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€ 31.26
€ 32.99
€ 31.26
After the History of Sexuality (Spektrum: Publications of the German S...
Scott Spector, Helmut Puff, And Dagmar Herzog
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
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Condition: New
€ 152.85
€ 152.85
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
€ 33.99€ 32.28
€ 33.99
€ 32.28
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
€ 63.79
€ 63.79
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
€ 170.47
€ 170.47
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
€ 19.99
€ 5.49
Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: JFCA; JMR; PSAN; VSPM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 214 x 19. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816699889
- ISBN
- 9780816699889
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.24
€ 27.99
€ 26.24
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
€ 27.05
€ 27.05
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
€ 66.26
€ 66.26
Hardback. Num Pages: 249 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JF; DSA; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 249
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403974440
- ISBN
- 9781403974440
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.64
€ 62.64
Paperback. Using postmodern theory, The Practice of Quixotism explores eighteenth-century women's texts that use quixote narratives, which typically demand that individuals purge their minds of internalized fictions to insist instead that the reality we encounter is inevitably mediated by the texts we have read. Num Pages: 249 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBD; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 249
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349535064
- ISBN
- 9781349535064
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.75
€ 61.75
Paperback. Tells a coming-of-age story that counters the belief that basketball only exploits kids and lures them into following empty dreams - and shows us that by playing ball, some of these young black men have already begun their education even before they get to college. Num Pages: 248 pages, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3; JHBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780226211411
- ISBN
- 9780226211411
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.01
€ 20.99
€ 18.01
Paperback. Focuses on how the NRA constructs and perceives threats to gun rights as one more attack in a broad liberal cultural war Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ2; JPSF; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814764503
- ISBN
- 9780814764503
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.59
€ 33.99
€ 33.59
Hardcover. Geomedia offers critical analysis of the new possibilities and power relations emerging in the public space of contemporary cities. As ubiquitous digital networks enable embedded and mobile devices to integrate place-specific data with real-time feedback circuits, everyday experience of public space has become subject to new demands. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: JFD; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 148 x 21. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Publisher
- Polity
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745660752
- ISBN
- 9780745660752
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.45
€ 58.45