Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Hardcover. Science and politics are closely connected in today's global environmental issues. This book focuses on these links in relation to climate change, the threats to wildlife species, and natural hazards and disasters. Study of these reveals the need for more effective international cooperation and the limits of global governance. Series: Global Issues. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPS; LNKJ; RNP; TQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230237704
- ISBN
- 9780230237704
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. It is clear to men, Robert Bly writes, that the images of adult manhood given by popular culture are worn out. Drawing on psychology, anthropology, mythology, folklore and legend, "Iron John" searches for a new vision of what a man is or could be. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 197 x 18. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Publisher
- Rider
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780712610704
- ISBN
- 9780712610704
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.06
€ 19.99
€ 16.06
Paperback. The author demonstrates how New England colonialists lived in a densely metaphoric landscape, exploring the links between such cultural expressions as witchcraft narratives and 18th-century crowd violence. He questions the actual impact of the Enlightenment on this climate of fear and instability. Num Pages: 480 pages, 134 illustrations, 5 maps, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; JFC; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 162 x 232 x 34. Weight in Grams: 766. Clean copy with some shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- New edition
- SKU
- KOC0018537
- ISBN
- 9780807846889
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872204584
- ISBN
- 9780872204584
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 21.55
€ 27.99
€ 21.55
Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, 16 pp. Of photographs. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBTB; JFSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 203 x 26. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780307473134
- ISBN
- 9780307473134
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.77
€ 23.99
€ 17.77
Paperback. Illustrator(s): Cook, Robin. Num Pages: 368 pages, b&w illustrations, b&w halftones. BIC Classification: 1HBE; HDD; JFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 180 x 115 x 23. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Publication date
- 1994
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099429272
- ISBN
- 9780099429272
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.88
€ 14.99
€ 11.88
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Disinformation Company
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781938875007
- ISBN
- 9781938875007
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 28.35
€ 32.99
€ 28.35
Paperback. Series: Asia Perspectives: History, Society and Culture. Num Pages: 244 pages, 20 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1F; 1FPC; HBJF; JF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 244
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231136815
- ISBN
- 9780231136815
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.06
€ 33.99
€ 25.06
Paperback. 'Scouting for Boys' (1908) is both a handbook and a philosophy for a way of living that replaces self with service, puts country before individual, and duty above all. It also details how to light fires, stalk men and animals. This edition reveals its maverick complexity, exploring its contradictions about sexuality, the environment and the empire. Editor(s): Boehmer, Elleke. Num Pages: 448 pages, numerous line drawings. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSV; WSZR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 27. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Edition
- Annotated
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192802460
- ISBN
- 9780192802460
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.73
€ 13.99
€ 11.73
Paperback. In this social history of gender roles, the author examines change in the spheres of men and women, in family life and in public activity before and during the Industrial Revolution. He re-examines the view that women had greater economic and political opportunities in pre-industrial England. Series: Themes in British Social History. Num Pages: 344 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 216 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Pearson Education UK
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- Format
- Paperback
- SKU
- V9780582103153
- ISBN
- 9780582103153
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.15
€ 64.15
Hardback. Num Pages: 684 pages. BIC Classification: JFSL3; MB; PD; TB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 260 x 180. .
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 684
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781634836364
- ISBN
- 9781634836364
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 433.39€ 336.24
€ 433.39
€ 336.24
Paperback. Explains how inequalities, job insecurity and global warming are the logical outcomes of supercapitalism. This work shows that companies, fighting hard to be competitive, have become deeply involved in politics, and how the tools used to temper society's problems - taxation and education - have withered as supercapitalism has burgeoned. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFS; JHBA; JP; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 272. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Icon Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- SKU
- KRA0005111
- ISBN
- 9781848310469
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. An analysis of the ideologies and artistic conventions of American movies includes examinations of films such as Casablanca, Taxi Driver, and The Godfather. Num Pages: 424 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: APF; JFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 606.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691101743
- ISBN
- 9780691101743
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.00€ 42.58
€ 53.00
€ 42.58
Paperback. In the 1920s, when film criticism was as new as the cinema itself, a particular way of thinking about the movies developed in Paris. This collection of essays discusses this mystery and others like it: Why did photography and the detective story originate at exactly the same time? Num Pages: 184 pages, 21 b&w photos, 1 index. BIC Classification: APFA; JFC; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253214386
- ISBN
- 9780253214386
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99
€ 20.99
Paperback. This edition bring up-to-date the author's seminal study of mental retardation. Focusing on the role of stigma and the efforts of the mentally handicapped to pass normal lives, the text explores such areas as social competence, independence and quality of life. Num Pages: 276 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFG; MBPK; MMZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 30. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- Rev and Updated ed.
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520082267
- ISBN
- 9780520082267
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.81
€ 35.99
€ 26.81
Hardback. Provides compelling and probing case studies of economic problems and public housing plights in Albuquerque, Dallas, Houston, Phoenix and San Antonio. This book also provides brief histories of each city - all of which expanded dynamically between 1935 and 1965 - and how they responded to slums under the Housing Acts of 1937, 1949, and 1954. Series: Urban Life, Landscape and Policy. Num Pages: 252 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; 1KBBW; 3JJ; JFFB; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781439911150
- ISBN
- 9781439911150
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.45
€ 97.45
Paperback. How can co-operation emerge in a world of self-seeking egoists - whether superpowers, businesses, or individuals - when there is no central authority to police their actions? This title explores this question, and its implications in this age of nuclear weapons and arms talks. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JF; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 192.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140124958
- ISBN
- 9780140124958
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.53
€ 17.99
€ 13.53
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861898074
- ISBN
- 9781861898074
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.35
€ 47.35
Paperback. Suitable for those interested in early modern literature or the history of food, this title tells the story of how early modern Europeans put food into words and words into food, and created an experience all their own. It features illustrations and a handful of recipes. Num Pages: 376 pages, 21 halftones. BIC Classification: DSBD; HBTB; JFCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226021270
- ISBN
- 9780226021270
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 26.09
€ 32.99
€ 26.09
Hardcover. Num Pages: 150 pages, colour & b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBCB; HBJF; HBJK; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 266 x 18. Weight in Grams: 960.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Heritage House Publishing Co Ltd Canada
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 150
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781894898911
- ISBN
- 9781894898911
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 27.84
€ 41.99
€ 27.84