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Society & culture: general

Hardcover. This study looks at the way that the consumption of commodities defined by the concept of nationality not only helped create the idea of "modern China" but also became the primary means by which the Chinese learned to see themselves as citizens of a modern nation. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 425 pages, 33 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFC; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 166 x 32. Weight in Grams: 788.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
425
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674012141
ISBN
9780674012141
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 45.36

Paperback. A cultural history describing how folklore studies and the music industry helped to create a "musical color line" in the South, associating certain genres with particular racial and ethnic identities. Series: Refiguring American Music. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVG; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 548.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822347002
ISBN
9780822347002
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 32.24

hardcover. A cultural history describing how folklore studies and the music industry helped to create a "musical color line" in the South, associating certain genres with particular racial and ethnic identities. Series: Refiguring American Music. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVG; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 28. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Edition
1. Ausgabe.
SKU
V9780822346890
ISBN
9780822346890
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 130.66

Paperback. A prize-winning historian tells a new story of the black experience in America through the life of a mysterious entrepreneur. Num Pages: 336 pages, 8 pages of illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; JFFJ; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393354171
ISBN
9780393354171
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.66

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 238 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBS; 3JF; HBJF1; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
238
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780691616001
ISBN
9780691616001
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 32.90

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 238 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBS; 3JF; HBJF1; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
238
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691643342
ISBN
9780691643342
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.55

Paperback. Explores the idea that social change must begin in individuals. Editor(s): Steel, Richard. Translator(s): Dyson, Carlotta. Series: Karl Konig Archive. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations, plans, ports. BIC Classification: JFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 216 x 16. Weight in Grams: 252.
Publisher
Floris Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780863158094
ISBN
9780863158094
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.87

Paperback. Analyzes nearly 40 stories, from mythic narratives predating Columbus to contemporary American Indian fiction, representing various traditional Native American culture areas. This work reveals how preconceptions deriving from our hypervisual, print-dominated culture distort our understanding of essential functions and forms of oral storytelling. Num Pages: 292 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2JN; DSB; JFHF; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
292
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803277854
ISBN
9780803277854
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.39

Paperback. A newly translated selection of Marx's early political writings. Editor(s): O'Malley, Joseph J. Series: Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCX; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 146 x 15. Weight in Grams: 306.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521349949
ISBN
9780521349949
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.75

paperback. A collection of Marx's important later writings translated and introduced by a leading Marx scholar. Editor(s): Carver, Terrell. Series Editor(s): Geuss, Raymond; Skinner, Quentin. Series: Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought. Num Pages: 300 pages, chronology. BIC Classification: JFCX; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 220 x 141 x 21. Weight in Grams: 384. Series: Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought. 304 pages, chronology. Editor(s): Carver, Terrell. A collection of Marx's important later writings translated and introduced by a leading Marx scholar. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: JFCX; JP. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 21. Weight: 422. Series Editor(s) :Geuss, Raymond; Skinner, Quentin.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
Edition
New
SKU
V9780521367394
ISBN
9780521367394
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 23.13

Paperback. Editor(s): Smelser, Neil. Series: Heritage of Sociology Series. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFS; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 149 x 15. Weight in Grams: 300.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1975
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226509181
ISBN
9780226509181
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.24

Paperback. Num Pages: 171 pages, tables & b/w photos. BIC Classification: AVGH; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 151 x 234 x 11. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Aboriginal Studies Press Australia
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780855754938
ISBN
9780855754938
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.53

Paperback. Examining the geographical dimensions of environmental management and conservation activities implemented on landscapes worldwide, this title collects case studies to explore the interaction of humans and their environment. Bridging the gap between geography and life science, it is of interest to students of the environment. Num Pages: 400 pages, 16 halftones, 14 line drawings, 7 tables. BIC Classification: JFFS; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 186 x 20. Weight in Grams: 504.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226983448
ISBN
9780226983448
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 30.94

Paperback. Offering a new theory of queer world cinema, Karl Schoonover and Rosalind Galt explore how it intersects with shifting ideals of global politics and cinema aesthetics to demonstrate its potential to disturb dominant modes of world making and to forge spaces of queer belonging. Num Pages: 408 pages, 109 illustrations. BIC Classification: 5SG; APFA; JFSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 208 x 29. Weight in Grams: 618.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822362616
ISBN
9780822362616
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 32.38

Hardback. Offering a new theory of queer world cinema, Karl Schoonover and Rosalind Galt explore how it intersects with shifting ideals of global politics and cinema aesthetics to demonstrate its potential to disturb dominant modes of world making and to forge spaces of queer belonging. Num Pages: 408 pages, 109 illustrations. BIC Classification: 5SG; APFA; JFSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 238 x 26. Weight in Grams: 706.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822362463
ISBN
9780822362463
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 121.75

Paperback. A riotously entertaining account of the lives of British and other European aristocrats - stories of madness, murder, misery, greed and profligacy. Num Pages: 416 pages, B&w illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: 1D; HBG; HBTB; JFSC; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472136695
ISBN
9781472136695
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.97

Paperback. Karl Simms also offers a guide to further reading, which offers advice on Ricoeur's work as well as secondary texts. Refreshingly clear and impressively comprehensive, Paul Ricoeur is the essential guide to an essential theorist. Series: Routledge Critical Thinkers. Num Pages: 176 pages, further reading. BIC Classification: DSA; HPC; JFCX. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 199 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 178.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415236379
ISBN
9780415236379
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 33.91

Hardback. Interprets the explosion of German body culture between the two wars - nudism and nude dancing, gymnastics and dance training, dance photography and criticism, and diverse genres of performance from solo dancing to mass movement choirs. This book presents the work of such well-known figures as Rudolf Laban, Mary Wigman, and Oskar Schlemmer. Series: Weimar & Now: German Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 439 pages, 84. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; ASD; JFC; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 153 x 37. Weight in Grams: 890.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
439
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Edition
y First printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520206632
ISBN
9780520206632
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.55
€ 52.84

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 246 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSG; JPA; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 16. Weight in Grams: 371.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
246
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691649429
ISBN
9780691649429
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.38

Paperback. Focusing on the significance of place in North American fiction, this work includes chapters on Indian tent rings, the black search for place in America, the sense of place in William Styron's "Sophie's Choice", and Flannery O'Connor's "Displaced Persons". Editor(s): Westarp, Karl-Heinz. Series: Dolphin S. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 150 x 10. Weight in Grams: 250.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Aarhus University Press Denmark
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9788772883700
ISBN
9788772883700
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.93

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