Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Paperback. This original book explores the importance of geographical processes for policies and professional practices related to childhood and youth. Contributors from a wide range of disciplinary backgrounds explore how concepts such as place, scale, mobility and boundary-making are important for policies and practices in diverse contexts. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JKSB1; RGC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 170 x 16. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847428455
- ISBN
- 9781847428455
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 37.95
€ 40.99
€ 37.95
Hardcover. This volume examines the links between the changes in the oil industry in the Middle East and North Africa, and the growth of politically radical movements referring to Islam. It charts the rise in oil revenues in the 1970s and early 1980s, and the region's subsequent economic and social failures. Series: Petroleum Research Series in Petrolem Economics & Politics. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HB; JFSR2; KCP; KNBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 164 x 24. Weight in Grams: 682.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471971535
- ISBN
- 9780471971535
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 270.48
€ 270.48
Hardcover. aeo Collection of newly published empirical studies that demonstrate dominance and subordination in everyday life. aeo Inclusive of studies on gender, race, class, sexuality and disabilities. aeo Exciting new work by up and coming scholars, foreword by Mary Romero. Editor(s): Brien, Jodi O.; Howard, J. Num Pages: 432 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFSC; JFSJ; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 161 x 30. Weight in Grams: 728.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781577181217
- ISBN
- 9781577181217
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.50
€ 140.50
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: CFG; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 13. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- First edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816624416
- ISBN
- 9780816624416
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.06
€ 28.06
Paperback. There is significant religious and linguistic evidence that Yoruba society was not gendered in its original form. In this follow-up to The Invention of Women: Making an African Sense of Western Gender Discourses, Oy?wumi explores the intersections of gender, history, knowledge-making, and the role of intellectuals in the process. Series: Gender and Cultural Studies in Africa and the Diaspora. Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSJ; JFSL; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 219 x 19. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349580514
- ISBN
- 9781349580514
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.27
€ 40.27
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Africa Research & Publications United States
- Number of pages
- 284
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780865436282
- ISBN
- 9780865436282
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.67
€ 40.99
€ 33.67
Paperback. A collection of over five thousand Yoruban proverbs arranged according to theme. It includes an introduction, which provides a framework and description of Yoruba cultural beliefs, the proverbs are arranged by theme into five sections: the good person; the fortunate person; relationships; human nature; rights and responsibilities; and truisms. Num Pages: 510 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFD; GBC; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 179 x 28. Weight in Grams: 918.
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 510
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803218437
- ISBN
- 9780803218437
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 42.04
€ 42.99
€ 42.04
Hardcover. Why should we have to "Keep Calm and Carry On"? Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 140. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Verso Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784780753
- ISBN
- 9781784780753
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 22.98
€ 27.99
€ 22.98
Paperback. Argues for a Modernism of everyday life, immersed in questions of socialism, sexual politics and technology. This work features chapters ranging from a study of industrial and brutalist aesthetics in Britain, the Sexpol of Wilhelm Reich in film and design, and the alienation effects of Brecht and Hanns Eisler on record and on screen. Series: Zero Books. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 164.
- Publisher
- John Hunt Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846941764
- ISBN
- 9781846941764
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.29
€ 13.99
€ 13.29
Hardback. The tragic-comedic story of the cinema, art and architecture of the early 20th Century, highlighting the unlikely intersections of East and West Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVU; AB; AM; APF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 207 x 136 x 23. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Publisher
- Pluto Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745336015
- ISBN
- 9780745336015
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 6.24
€ 6.24
Hardback. Describes inner cities as structures of subordination. Given the government's role in creating and maintaining segregation, this work argues, justice demands no less than the sweeping federal action. It includes ten responses from scholars, journalists, and practicing lawyers. It is aimed at those interested in social justice, and domestic policy. Editor(s): Cohen, Joshua; Decker, Jefferson; Rogers, Joel. Num Pages: 144 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFA; JFSG; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 12. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691088815
- ISBN
- 9780691088815
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 38.90
€ 54.99
€ 38.90
Paperback. In this study, Owen Barfield draws on sources from mythology, philosophy, history, literature, theology and science to chronicle the evolution of human thought from Moses and Aristotle to Galileo and Keats. Num Pages: 191 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Wesleyan University Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition. ed.
- Number of pages
- 191
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780819562050
- ISBN
- 9780819562050
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.44
€ 25.44
Hardback. Timbuktu is famous as a center of learning from Islam's Golden Age. Yet it was one among many scholarly centers to exist in precolonial West Africa. Ousmane Kane charts the rise of Muslim learning in West Africa from the beginning of Islam to the present day and corrects lingering misconceptions about Africa's Muslim heritage and its influence. Num Pages: 252 pages. BIC Classification: HBJH; HRH; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674050822
- ISBN
- 9780674050822
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 41.71
€ 49.99
€ 41.71
Paperback. In this bold work of 1787, an ex-slave refutes pro-slavery arguments and calls for the immediate emancipation of all slaves. Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Slavery and Abolition. Num Pages: 162 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBTS; JFCX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 217 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781108060196
- ISBN
- 9781108060196
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Condition: New
€ 33.87
€ 33.87
Paperback. Since 1993, metaphorical language has permeated mainstream media reporting on the United States' growing Latino population. In this book, the author reveals how metaphorical language portrays Latinos as invaders, outsiders, burdens, parasites, diseases, animals, and weeds. Num Pages: 424 pages, 2 figures, 20 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; CFB; JFC; JFFN; JFSL4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 226 x 25. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292777675
- ISBN
- 9780292777675
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.04
€ 42.04
Paperback. A timely, accessible study - bolstered by startling statistics - of the sparse coverage of Latinos on network evening news and the social inequity perpetuated by the frequently negative tone of the few news stories that do spotlight Latinos Num Pages: 317 pages, 8 charts/graphs, 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTC; JFD; JFSL4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292743748
- ISBN
- 9780292743748
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.05
€ 27.05
Paperback. Makes available for the generation of readers two key works on hero myths: Otto Rank's "Myth of the Birth of the Hero" and Lord Raglan's "The Hero". In his introduction to this selection from Rank, Raglan, and others, the author charts the history of theorizing about hero myths and compares the approaches of Rank, Raglan, Dundes, and Campbell. Series: Mythos: The Princeton-Bollingen Series in World Mythology. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRKT; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691020624
- ISBN
- 9780691020624
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 30.33
€ 42.99
€ 30.33
Paperback. Rank suggests that it is in expression of group beliefs that the idea of the soul attains its greatest power. Translator(s): Richter, Gregory C.; Lieberman, E. James, M.D. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: HRAB; JFCX; JM; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 9. Weight in Grams: 281.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801872372
- ISBN
- 9780801872372
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 30.75
€ 36.99
€ 30.75
hardcover. This text explores various social issues, such as violence, censorship, obscenity and pornography. It goes on to examine sociological organisation and concludes with a discussion of the ideas of three mentors - George Lundberg, Stuart C. Dodd and Tad Blalock. Num Pages: 318 pages, indices. BIC Classification: JFF; JKS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 144 x 22. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- UPA United States
- Number of pages
- 318
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780819194374
- ISBN
- 9780819194374
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 131.69
€ 131.69
Paperback. Num Pages: 26 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 142 x 4. Weight in Grams: 68.
- Publisher
- American Traveler Press United States
- Number of pages
- 26
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Updated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780935810530
- ISBN
- 9780935810530
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 8.62
€ 9.99
€ 8.62
CAPE Caribbean Studies (Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination)
Ottley, Jeanette, Dawson, Veta, Gentles, Maro...
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 4P; JF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 280 x 215 x 14. Weight in Grams: 878.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Longman
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408266151
- ISBN
- 9781408266151
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.49
€ 40.49
Hardback. Num Pages: 290 pages. BIC Classification: JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 575.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761807308
- ISBN
- 9780761807308
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.73
€ 126.73
Paperback. The essays presented in 'The History and Philosophy of Islamic Science' discuss the principles behind the different sciences cultivated in the Islamic world from the third century of the Islamic era onwards and the place of science in relation to other branches of Islamic learning. Num Pages: 276 pages, index. BIC Classification: HRH; JFSR2; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 142 x 21. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Publisher
- The Islamic Texts Society United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 276
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780946621835
- ISBN
- 9780946621835
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.65
€ 20.99
€ 16.65
Tales of the Old Indian Territory and Essays on the Indian Condition (...
Oskison, John Milton. Ed(S): Larre, Lionel
paperback. John Milton Oskison, born in the Indian Territory to a Cherokee mother and an immigrant English father, and was brought up engaging in his Cherokee heritage. Oskison left Indian Territory to attend college and went on to have a long career in New York City journalism. This is the first comprehensive collection of Oskison's writings. Editor(s): Larre, Lionel. Series: American Indian Lives. Num Pages: 680 pages, French flaps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DNF; HBJK; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 41. Weight in Grams: 816.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 680
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803237926
- ISBN
- 9780803237926
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.55€ 66.57
€ 68.55
€ 66.57