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Society & culture: general
Hardcover. Alain L Locke, in his famous 1925 anthology "The New Negro", declared that 'the pulse of the Negro world has begun to beat in Harlem'. This biography of this extraordinarily gifted philosopher and writer, narrates the untold story of Locke's profound impact on twentieth-century America's cultural and intellectual life. Num Pages: 448 pages, 21 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; HPCF; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 60 x 90 x 30. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226317762
- ISBN
- 9780226317762
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.73€ 77.43
€ 94.73
€ 77.43
Paperback. Rodney Harrison and John Schofield explore how archaeology can inform the study of our own society and other late-modern societies through detailed case studies and a summary of the existing literature. They draw together cross-disciplinary perspectives, and develop a new agenda for the study of the materiality of contemporary societies. Num Pages: 344 pages, 42 in-text illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; 3JM; HDD; JFCD; JHB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 19. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199548088
- ISBN
- 9780199548088
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.59
€ 69.59
Paperback. This volume deals with two momentous and interrelated events in American history. The American Civil War is the country's largest and most significant war, as northern victory created national sovereignty and ended legal slavery. Reconstruction, although intricately linked to the Civil War, has a more complicated and darker legacy. Editor(s): Harrold, Stanley. Series: Uncovering the Past: Documentary Readers in American History. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405156646
- ISBN
- 9781405156646
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.04
€ 43.04
Paperback. Editor(s): Allen, Harry. Num Pages: 188 pages, colour illus. BIC Classification: 1MBF; 3JH; AJC; JFC; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 289 x 236 x 15. Weight in Grams: 992.
- Publisher
- Aboriginal Studies Press Australia
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780855757137
- ISBN
- 9780855757137
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 34.95
€ 48.99
€ 34.95
Paperback. Figures of a Changing World develops an account of culture change that is based on the distinction between the two rhetorical figures of metaphor and metonymy. These figures are applied both to the large-scale interpretation of tensions in culture change and to the micro-interpretation of tensions within particular texts. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: CFG; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823257485
- ISBN
- 9780823257485
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.82
€ 28.82
Paperback. This is a study of male fantasy, representation anxiety, and narratorial authority in two 16th-century books, Baldassare Castiglione's "Il libro del Cortegiano" (1528) and "Giovanni Della Casas Galateo" (1558). Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 2ADT; 3JB; DSBD; DSK; JFSJ2; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804739054
- ISBN
- 9780804739054
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.57
€ 32.99
€ 31.57
Hardback. Figures of a Changing World develops an account of culture change that is based on the distinction between the two rhetorical figures of metaphor and metonymy. These figures are applied both to the large-scale interpretation of tensions in culture change and to the micro-interpretation of tensions within particular texts. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: CFG; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 147 x 20. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823257478
- ISBN
- 9780823257478
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.49
€ 86.49
hardcover. This is a study of male fantasy, representation anxiety, and narratorial authority in two 16th-century books, Baldassare Castiglione's "Il libro del Cortegiano" (1528) and "Giovanni Della Casas Galateo" (1558). Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 2ADT; 3JB; DSBD; DSK; JFSJ2; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 515.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804739047
- ISBN
- 9780804739047
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 136.12
€ 136.12
Hardback. The book tells the sweeping historical drama of the ascent of globalization, from the Second World War to the present day. The story is told through the richly detailed accounts of eighteen remarkable men and women, describing how these architects reshaped the modern world, for better or worse. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JFFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784992897
- ISBN
- 9781784992897
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 147.16
€ 147.16
Paperback. Editor(s): Bohan, Harry. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 204. Fine copy
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Veritas Publications
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- SKU
- KST0011622
- ISBN
- 9781847300904
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 11.63
€ 11.63
Paperback. Editor(s): Bohan, Harry. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 204. New.
- Publisher
- Veritas Publications
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781847300904
- ISBN
- 9781847300904
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.63
€ 11.63
Paperback. Editor(s): Bohan, Harry; Kennedy, Gerard. Num Pages: 124 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. . New.
- Publisher
- Veritas Publications
- Number of pages
- 124
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781853909474
- ISBN
- 9781853909474
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.63
€ 11.63
Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, 14, 9 tables, 5 charts. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPQB; KNXB; LNH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801479892
- ISBN
- 9780801479892
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.69
€ 59.69
Hardback. Num Pages: 368 pages, 14, 9 tables, 5 charts. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPQB; KNXB; LNH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 242 x 27. Weight in Grams: 632.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801453816
- ISBN
- 9780801453816
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 179.57
€ 179.57
Paperback. '[A]n accessible introduction to models and theories of human nature and how they inform our professional practice' Professional Social Work Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HP; JFF; JHM; JKS. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 13. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Pluto Press London
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745307411
- ISBN
- 9780745307411
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 26.36
€ 33.99
€ 26.36
Paperback. Num Pages: 488 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSL9; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 230 x 28. Weight in Grams: 714.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 488
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226317076
- ISBN
- 9780226317076
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.29€ 44.94
€ 53.29
€ 44.94
Paperback. Examines the work of a generation of Japanese intellectuals who, like their European counterparts, saw modernity as a spectacle of ceaseless change that uprooted the dominant historical culture from its fixed values and substituted a culture based on fantasy and desire. Num Pages: 480 pages, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJG; HBJF; HBLW; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 237 x 26. Weight in Grams: 688.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691095486
- ISBN
- 9780691095486
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.05€ 50.90
€ 65.05
€ 50.90
Hardcover. The essays included in this volume illuminate mediations of the individual-society relationship from a variety of angles, both explicitly and implicitly. They highlight the need to consider the consequences of choices made by collective decision-makers, politicians and leaders of organizations. Editor(s): Dahms, Harry F. Series: Current Perspectives in Social Theory. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: 3JM; JFFR; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 157 x 26. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784412234
- ISBN
- 9781784412234
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.85
€ 162.85
Hardcover. Intends to assemble a set of essays that invent, develop, and/or demonstrate strategies for theorizing one or several dynamic processes, so as to identify, illustrate by example, and analyze specific problems as well as connect theorizations of process across different disciplines of inquiry. Editor(s): Dahms, Harry; Hazelrigg, Lawrence. Series Editor(s): Dahms, Harry. Series: Current Perspectives in Social Theory. Num Pages: 392 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFF; JHBA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 156 x 235 x 34. Weight in Grams: 708.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857242235
- ISBN
- 9780857242235
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 229.17
€ 229.17
Paperback. Through vivid ethnographic analyses, this book examines the range of expressions of the popular suspicion of power -including forms of shamanism, sorcery, conspiracy theory, and urban legends - illuminating them as ways of making sense of the world in the midst of tumultuous and uneven processes of modernization. Editor(s): Sanders, Todd. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822330240
- ISBN
- 9780822330240
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 30.35
€ 31.99
€ 30.35
Hardback. 'A timely account and analysis of the lived reality .. of West Indians who now tenant the Caribbean Diaspora in Britain.' Professor Rex Nettleford, University W Indies Num Pages: 256 pages, 3 figures. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; JFC; JFSL3; JHBA; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745317632
- ISBN
- 9780745317632
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 100.53€ 82.74
€ 100.53
€ 82.74
Paperback. In this work, historian Harry Harootunian calls attention to the boundaries that compartmentalize the world around us. Exploring European and Japanese conceptions of modernity, he seeks to expose the archaic nature of scholarly categories. Series: Wellek Library Lectures S. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FPJ; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 179 x 12. Weight in Grams: 317.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780231117951
- ISBN
- 9780231117951
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 26.96
€ 37.99
€ 26.96
Paperback. Editor(s): Midlo Hall, Gwendolyn. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BGHA; JFSL3; JPV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816679065
- ISBN
- 9780816679065
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.26
€ 26.99
€ 25.26
Paperback. Harry Hendrick shows how broader social changes, including neoliberalism, feminism, the collapse of the social-democratic ideal, and the 'new behaviourism', have led to the rise of the anxious and narcissistic parent, In this provocative history of parenting. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 234 x 26. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Publisher
- Policy Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447322566
- ISBN
- 9781447322566
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 35.59
€ 37.99
€ 35.59