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Society & culture: general

Paperback. Translator(s): Bononno, Robert. Series: Electronic Mediations. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 149 x 15. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780816636105
ISBN
9780816636105
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.44

Hardcover. The interest of this book lies at the very center of a recent deployment of homosexual liberation on a larger scale. The reader will be able to understand how each of the traditions studied articulates its own regulatory mechanisms of male sexuality in general, and homosexuality. Num Pages: 274 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRAC; HRAM; JFSJ; JFSK2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 554.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137369888
ISBN
9781137369888
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.39

Paperback. The interest of this book lies at the very center of a recent deployment of homosexual liberation on a larger scale. The reader will be able to understand how each of the traditions studied articulates its own regulatory mechanisms of male sexuality in general, and homosexuality. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRA; HRAB; HRAC; HRAM; JFFK; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 406.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2013
Number of pages
267
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349475117
ISBN
9781349475117
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.40

Paperback. This dictionary of classical mythology distills into brief form a single-source dictionary of Ancient Greek and Roman myths and legends. This concise version covers virtually all major characters, and eight genealogical tables present the principal complex relationships between gods and men. Translator(s): Maxwell-Hyslop, A. R. Num Pages: 616 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; CBD; HRKP; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 174 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1050.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
Unabridged
Number of pages
616
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631201021
ISBN
9780631201021
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.34

In the late twelfth century, Japanese people called the transitional period in which they were living the "age of warriors." This book provides an account of the religious, intellectual, and literary practices of medieval Japan in order to reveal the era's own cultural creativity and enormous economic potential. Translator(s): Roth, Kathe. Series: Asia Perspectives: History, Society and Culture. Num Pages: 336 pages, 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3H; 3J; HBJF; HBLC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 178 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231118422
ISBN
9780231118422
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 133.62

Hardcover. South Africa has succeeded in establishing a democracy, but has yet to eliminate public violence from society. This book takes up the issue of post-settlement violence and ways of consolidating the newly found democratic peace. Series: Ethnic and Intercommunity Conflict Series. Num Pages: 237 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; GTJ; JFFE; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 482.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333779187
ISBN
9780333779187
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.78

Paperback. Chronicle of the Guayaki Indians is an account of Clastres's first fieldwork in the early 1960s--an encounter with a small, unique, and now vanished Paraguayan tribe. Num Pages: 352 pages, 53. BIC Classification: 1KLSP; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Zone Books United States
Edition
New Edition
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780942299786
ISBN
9780942299786
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.68

Hardback. Masculine domination is so deeply ingrained in our unconscious that we hardly perceive all of its dimensions. It is so much in line with our expectations that we struggle to call it fully into question. Num Pages: 144 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFSJ2; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 161 x 16. Weight in Grams: 360.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745622644
ISBN
9780745622644
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.86

Paperback. In this major work, Bourdieu examines the distinctive forms of power -- political, intellectual, bureaucratic and economic -- by means of which contemporary societies are governed. Num Pages: 502 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFS; JNA; JP; KNV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 29. Weight in Grams: 702.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
502
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745620282
ISBN
9780745620282
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.00

Paperback. 1. This is an important new book by Pierre Bourdieu -- one of the leading social thinkers in the world today 2. It is the first book in which he has addressed questions of gender explicitly -- hence it will be of great interest 3. Num Pages: 144 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFSJ2; JHMC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 164 x 9. Weight in Grams: 218.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745622651
ISBN
9780745622651
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.76

Paperback. aeo Bourdieu is the leading sociologist and social theorist in France today. aeo The hardback edition has been widely reviewed and widely praised as a major work. aeo It discusses all the key figures in French intellectual life -- Foucault, Derrida, Levi--Strauss, etc. Num Pages: 376 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFC; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745608310
ISBN
9780745608310
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 33.81

Paperback. The everyday practice of photography by millions of amateur photographers -- the family snapshots, the holiday prints, the wedding portraits -- may seem to be a spontaneous and highly personal activity. But Bourdieu and his associates show that few cultural activities are more structured and systematic than the social uses of this ordinary art. Editor(s): Bourdieu, Pierre. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: AJG; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 350.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd London
Number of pages
232
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745617152
ISBN
9780745617152
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.22

Paperback. In this second edition of this classic text the authors develop an analysis of education. They show how education carries an essentially arbitrary cultural scheme based on power. More widely, the reproduction of culture through education is shown to play a key part in the reproduction of the social system. Translator(s): Nice, Richard. Series: Published in Association with Theory, Culture & Society. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JH; JNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 19. Weight in Grams: 376.
Publisher
Sage Publications, Inc.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Edition
Second
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803983205
ISBN
9780803983205
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 72.37

Paperback. aeo This book is a classic work in the sociology of culture, by a world leader in the field. aeo The book is one of the first systematic, comparative studies of European art museums and their publics. Num Pages: 192 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1D; GM; JFC; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 11. Weight in Grams: 278.
Publisher
Polity Press
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745619149
ISBN
9780745619149
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.76

Paperback. A major new work by Pierre Bourdieu and his associates: Bourdieu is one of the leading sociologists in the world today. This book documents the accounts of ordinary people as they struggle to survive and to make ends meet, describing the forms of social suffering, hopelessness and despair which are pervasive features of life on the margins. Num Pages: 656 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFFA; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 173 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1186.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
656
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745615936
ISBN
9780745615936
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.68

Paperback. Illuminates the social pretentions of the middle classes in the modern world, focusing on the tastes and preferences of the French bourgeoisie. This book argues that the social world functions simultaneously as a system of power relations and as a symbolic system in which minute distinctions of taste become the basis for social judgement. Translator(s): Nice, Richard. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 640 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; JFSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 138 x 37. Weight in Grams: 874.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Number of pages
640
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415567886
ISBN
9780415567886
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.04

Paperback. The Field of Cultural Production brings together Bourdieua s most important writings on art, literature and aesthetics. Num Pages: 336 pages, 0. BIC Classification: ABA; DSA; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 514.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745609874
ISBN
9780745609874
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.22

Paperback. Editor(s): Birnbaum, Pierre; Katznelson, Ira. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; 3JH; HBTB; JFSR1; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691607825
ISBN
9780691607825
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.51
€ 42.58

Hardback. In Geography of Hope, French sociologist and historian Pierre Birnbaum examines the work of the some of the prominent Jewish social scientists of the past two centuries in order to analyze their range of responses to the tensions between the Enlightenment call for universalism and the reality of Jewish particularism. Translator(s): Mandell, Charlotte. Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture. Num Pages: 488 pages. BIC Classification: JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 31. Weight in Grams: 789.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
488
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804752930
ISBN
9780804752930
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 82.16

Paperback. In 1898, the Dreyfus Affair plunged French society into a yearlong frenzy. In Paris and provincial villages throughout the country, angry crowds paraded through the streets, attacking Jews and destroying Jewish-owned businesses. The author guides readers on a tour of France during this tumultuous crisis. Num Pages: 400 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 229 x 32. Weight in Grams: 632.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Tra
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226052069
ISBN
9780226052069
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 28.08

Hardback. Editor(s): Birnbaum, Pierre; Katznelson, Ira. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; 3JH; HBTB; JFSR1; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 628.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691636344
ISBN
9780691636344
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.61
€ 98.65

Paperback. .
Publisher
Trolley Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904563587
ISBN
9781904563587
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 29.03

Hardcover. Examines the cultural and organizational complexities which arise during mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and alliances. This book explains the strategic relationship between national cultural differences, execution and the performance of global and corporate alliances. Editor(s): Morosini, Piero. Series: International Business & Management. Num Pages: 328 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; KJM; KJVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 150 x 19. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Emerald Group Publishing Limited United Kingdom
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780080427621
ISBN
9780080427621
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 103.32

Hardcover. This book critically discusses these new practices and the actors engaged in them. In doing so, it deals with several countries in three different continents (Asia, South America and Europe). It proposes new concepts and approaches for a better understanding of the re-emergence of peasants as indispensable part of modern societies. Editor(s): Milone, Pierluigi; Ventura, Flaminia; Ye, Jingzhong. Series: Research in Rural Sociology & Development. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: JFSF; RP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 236 x 32. Weight in Grams: 646.
Publisher
Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784416225
ISBN
9781784416225
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 149.36

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