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Society & culture: general
Paperback. Twitchell embarks on an insightful, fearless, and funny exploration of two of the central themes of modern American culture -- materialism and consumerism -- and counters the notion of the "used and abused consumer" with an unflinching look at commercial culture, starting from the observation that "we are powerfully attracted to the world of goods (after all, we don't call them 'bads')." Num Pages: 310 pages, 36 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFFT; KNTY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 226 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231115193
- ISBN
- 9780231115193
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.25
€ 45.25
Documents both traditional and contemporary male haunts, such as bars, barbershops, lodges, pool halls, strip clubs, garages, deer camps, megachurches, the basement Barcalounger, and examines their provenance, purpose, and appeal. Num Pages: 264 pages, 79 photographs. BIC Classification: JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 178 x 23. Weight in Grams: 674.
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231137348
- ISBN
- 9780231137348
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 125.23
€ 125.23
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 236 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3H; 3JB; HBJD; JFSC; JFSG; JPHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691643373
- ISBN
- 9780691643373
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.56
€ 117.56
Paperback. Using examples from TV sitcoms in Britain and the US, this comprehensive and accessible guide provides an introduction to teaching this topic, with practical advice on classroom approaches and reference to key critical and theoretical writing. Series: Teaching Film and Media Studies S. Num Pages: 75 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: APF; APT; JFD; JNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 184 x 9. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Publisher
- British Film Institute
- Number of pages
- 75
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780851709758
- ISBN
- 9780851709758
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 46.33
€ 54.99
€ 46.33
Paperback. Contains essays that describe what it means to be black in America. This book describes the tragedies that are inflicted by racial segregation and presents a poignant account of the author's first journey to 'the Old Country', the Southern states. Num Pages: 208 pages, forms transparencies. BIC Classification: DNF; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 14. Weight in Grams: 160.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2022
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140184471
- ISBN
- 9780140184471
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.85
€ 15.99
€ 11.85
Hardback. With attention to the manner in which online gambling can be a source of criminal activity, not only on the part of players, but also criminal entrepreneurs and legitimate gambling businesses, Online Gambling and Crime discusses developments in criminal law and regulatory frameworks, evaluating past and present policy on online gambling. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFD; JKV; LAQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 169 x 18. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472414496
- ISBN
- 9781472414496
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 245.32
€ 245.32
Paperback. Presents how America shortchanges the arts and community, and what can be done about it. Num Pages: 272 pages, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 166 x 20. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 10/24/04
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252072086
- ISBN
- 9780252072086
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 23.15
€ 24.99
€ 23.15
Paperback. Num Pages: 380 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFD; JKVC; JMK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 380
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226042466
- ISBN
- 9780226042466
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 41.13
€ 52.99
€ 41.13
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Jason Aronson, Inc.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1975
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780876681916
- ISBN
- 9780876681916
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.37€ 15.44
€ 92.37
€ 15.44
Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816629336
- ISBN
- 9780816629336
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.48
€ 27.99
€ 26.48
Hardcover. Drawing on the disarticulate figures in modern fictional works such as Billy Budd, The Sound and the Fury, Nightwood, White Noise, and The Echo Maker, among others, this book shows how these characters mark sites at which aesthetic, philosophical, ethical, political, medical, and scientific discourses converge. Series: Cultural Front. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CF; JFFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 150 x 25. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814708460
- ISBN
- 9780814708460
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 85.43
€ 85.43
Paperback. Drawing on the disarticulate figures in modern fictional works such as Billy Budd, The Sound and the Fury, Nightwood, White Noise, and The Echo Maker, among others, this book shows how these characters mark sites at which aesthetic, philosophical, ethical, political, medical, and scientific discourses converge. Series: Cultural Front. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CF; JFFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814725306
- ISBN
- 9780814725306
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.83
€ 33.99
€ 30.83
Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3; WSBX; WSJR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 646.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062354525
- ISBN
- 9780062354525
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 32.04
€ 37.99
€ 32.04
Paperback. Series: Studies of the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia. Num Pages: 296 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSR2; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 230 x 19. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804796378
- ISBN
- 9780804796378
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.48
€ 27.99
€ 26.48
Paperback. Num Pages: 332 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JPHC; LA; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 332
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226894966
- ISBN
- 9780226894966
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.52
€ 40.99
€ 31.52
Paperback. Series: Heritage of Sociology Series. Num Pages: 332 pages, viii, 324 p., 2 tables. BIC Classification: JFS; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 158 x 19. Weight in Grams: 616.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 332
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226393032
- ISBN
- 9780226393032
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 41.27
€ 52.99
€ 41.27
Paperback. Editor(s): Tobin, James C. Num Pages: 116 pages, colour & b/w illus. BIC Classification: JFFC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 153 x 9. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 116
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781606921784
- ISBN
- 9781606921784
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.75€ 45.22
€ 62.75
€ 45.22
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 356 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBTB; JFSJ1; JNB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 657.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 356
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691634975
- ISBN
- 9780691634975
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 179.30
€ 179.30
Paperback. The history of secondary education for girls in the western world is explored through the lens of the gendered cultural expectations of the middle classes and upper classes of the past centuries, juxtaposed against the relatively recent democratization of European educational systems. Editor(s): Goodman, Joyce; Rogers, Rebecca; Albisetti, James C. Series: Secondary Education in a Changing World. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFH; 3JH; 3JJ; JFSJ1; JNB; JNLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 13. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2010th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137405555
- ISBN
- 9781137405555
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 41.36
€ 52.99
€ 41.36
Hardback. Despite repeated predictions of the demise of America and the english-speaking natiosn as the world's predominant culture, James C. Bennett believes that this gap will widen in the coming decades. Num Pages: 354 pages. BIC Classification: JF; UBJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 180 x 24. Weight in Grams: 581.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 354
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742533325
- ISBN
- 9780742533325
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 101.27
€ 101.27
Hardback. Addresses the process of dispute resolution and appeal under the DSU of the WTO. This book covers politics and disputes between sovereign nations; power inequities in access to the DSU; specific categories of disputes, such as in agriculture and in intellectual property; and issues pertaining to compliance, enforcement and remedies. Editor(s): Hartigan, James C. Series: Frontiers of Economics and Globalization. Num Pages: 596 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFS; KCLT1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 273 x 43. Weight in Grams: 894.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 596
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781848552067
- ISBN
- 9781848552067
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 165.18
€ 165.18
Paperback. The long-awaited second edition of this seminal text, reconceived as a critical analysis of the world's leading comparative asylum jurisprudence. Num Pages: 773 pages. BIC Classification: JFFD; LBBR; LBBS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 175 x 248 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1354.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 800
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107688421
- ISBN
- 9781107688421
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 76.40
€ 76.40
Paperback. Series: Galaxy Books. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HB; JFMA; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 477.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1979
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195026160
- ISBN
- 9780195026160
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.60
€ 53.60
paperback. An examination and discussion of the public and the hidden discourses (transcripts) of those who wield power and of those who feign deference to it. Examples are drawn from literature, history and politics to illustrate the many guises the interaction of such discourses can take. Num Pages: 272 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JFS; JMH; JPH; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300056693
- ISBN
- 9780300056693
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.98
€ 23.99
€ 17.98