Society & culture: general
Results 11621 - 11640 of 35199
Society & culture: general
Paperback. In this book, his first to appear in English, French sinologistFrancois Jullien uses the Chinese concept of shi--meaningdisposition or circumstance, power or potential--as a touchstone toexplore Chinese culture and to uncover the intricate structureunderlying Chinese modes of thinking. Translator(s): Lloyd, Janet. Num Pages: 320 pages, 15. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HPDF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Zone Books
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780942299953
- ISBN
- 9780942299953
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.06
€ 33.99
€ 25.06
Hardback. * Francois Jullien is a philosopher with a specialist knowledge of China and Chinese thought. He uses Chinese thought as a mirror to reflect on the West and as an invitation to think about difference and otherness. * This book focuses on the idea of the universal and analyses different ways of thinking about it. Num Pages: 228 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HPS; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780745646220
- ISBN
- 9780745646220
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.05
€ 73.05
Hardcover.
In this important new book, the leading philosopherFrancois Laruelle examines the role of intellectuals in oursocieties today, specifically with regards to criminal justice. Heargues that, rather than concerning themselves with abstractphilosophical notions like justice, truth and violence,intellectuals should focus on the human victims. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 218 x 19. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Polity Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745668406
- ISBN
- 9780745668406
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.86
€ 66.86
Paperback. Applying Cartesian principles to "The Woman Question" Poullain demonstrated by rational deduction that the inequality of the sexes was merely prejudice. Poullain advocated an enlightened feminine education, laying the groundwork for the future liberation movement. Translator(s): Bosley, Vivien. Series: Other Voice in Early Modern Europe. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JD; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226676548
- ISBN
- 9780226676548
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 33.37
€ 42.99
€ 33.37
Paperback. Entangled Territorialities offers vivid ethnographic examples of how Indigenous lands in Australia and Canada are tangled with governments, industries, and mainstream society. Editor(s): Dussart, Francoise; Poirier, Sylvie. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL9; JHMC; LA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781487521592
- ISBN
- 9781487521592
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 33.25
€ 35.99
€ 33.25
Paperback. Social Invisibility and Diasporas in Anglophone Literature and Culture is a transdisciplinary study of social invisibility and diasporas which theorizes the differential in/visibility of diasporas through the prism of cultural productions (literature and the visual arts, including media studies) by both established artists and emerging ones. Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; JFC; JFSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 315.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349486380
- ISBN
- 9781349486380
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.84
€ 65.84
Paperback. Series: Reading Women Writing. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSB; HBTQ; HBTR; JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780801481802
- ISBN
- 9780801481802
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.73
€ 41.99
€ 37.73
Hardcover. Alexis de Tocqueville is a widely-shared icon of Franco-American political culture. This study seeks to allow for a clearer understanding of Tocqueville's writings by supplying their missing French context for English-speaking readers. Translator(s): Raps, Beth G. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DNF; JFC; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 685.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813917788
- ISBN
- 9780813917788
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.27
€ 78.27
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, 1 black & white tables, 7 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: JFD; KNTP; KNTX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 175 x 13. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415507318
- ISBN
- 9780415507318
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.40
€ 65.40
Paperback. Do Irish superheroes actually sound Irish? Why are Gary Larson's Far Side cartoons funny? How do political cartoonists in India, Turkey, and the US get their point across? These questions and many more are answered in this new collection on linguistics and comics, which explores language and how the verbal and the visual interact. Editor(s): Bramlett, Frank. Num Pages: 323 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; CFGR; JFC; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 323
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349348664
- ISBN
- 9781349348664
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.52
€ 127.52
Paperback / so. Editor(s): Gesemann, Frank. Num Pages: 430 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 23. Weight in Grams: 621.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Vs Verlag Fur Sozialwissenschaften United States
- Number of pages
- 430
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783810030603
- ISBN
- 9783810030603
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 79.12
€ 79.12
Paperback. Editor(s): Marshall, Frank. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GBCQ; JFF; JPHC; KC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 171 x 146 x 20. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Skyhorse Publishing United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781629144184
- ISBN
- 9781629144184
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 13.80
€ 14.99
€ 13.80
Hardcover. Editor(s): Salamone, Frank A. Num Pages: 220 pages, 4 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL9; WSBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 163 x 20. Weight in Grams: 449.
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810887084
- ISBN
- 9780810887084
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 136.90
€ 136.90
Hardcover. How do smokers evaluate evidence that smoking harms health? Some evidence suggests that smokers over-estimate health risks from smoking. This book challenges this conclusion and finds that smokers tend to be overly optimistic about their longevity and future health if they quit later in life. Num Pages: 288 pages, 3 line illustrations, 25 tables. BIC Classification: JFFH; MBNH; MMZR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 549.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674010390
- ISBN
- 9780674010390
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 101.22€ 92.14
€ 101.22
€ 92.14
paperback. Num Pages: 290 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFF; KCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 136 x 18. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The New Press United States
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781565849815
- ISBN
- 9781565849815
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.42
€ 25.42
Paperback. In his old age, Plenty-coups (1848-1932), the last hereditary chief of the Crow Indians, told the exciting, moving story of his life to Frank B Linderman, the well-known western writer who had befriended him. This title offers an account of the nomadic, spiritual, and warring life of Plains Indians before they were forced on to reservations. Num Pages: 204 pages, 1 map, 9 photographs, glossary, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Edition
- new edition
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803280182
- ISBN
- 9780803280182
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 22.10
€ 23.99
€ 22.10
Paperback. Old-man, or Napa, as he was called by the Blackfeet, is an extraordinary character in Indian stories. Both powerful and fallible, he appears in different guises: god or creator, fool, thief, clown. This title features thirteen verse stories along with an introduction to those stories by Sarah J Hatfield, granddaughter of the author. Num Pages: 290 pages, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3404 x 16. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Edition
- New Edition, New Expanded
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803280380
- ISBN
- 9780803280380
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99
€ 20.99
Paperback / so. Series: Soziale Chancen. Num Pages: 373 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 533.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- VS Verlag f?r Sozialwissenschaften United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 373
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783810027344
- ISBN
- 9783810027344
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.02
€ 73.02
Hardcover. Explain the rise, decline, or stagnant levels of women's political participation, considering how representation is contagious across political institutions Num Pages: 208 pages, 31 figures, 28 tables. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814784174
- ISBN
- 9780814784174
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.16
€ 82.16
Paperback. This ambitious, wide-ranging work shows how national economic prosperity and government expansion in Mexico during the 1970's transformed a relatively closed peasant community into a more outwardly connected, socially differentiated society marked by dissension and overt conflict. Num Pages: 324 pages, 19 half-tones 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; JFSF; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 505.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 324
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reissue
- SKU
- V9780804723626
- ISBN
- 9780804723626
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 38.84
€ 42.99
€ 38.84