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Society & culture: general

Hardback. Traces the history of the Gregorian revival from its Romantic origins in a community of French monks at Solesmes, whose founder hoped to rebuild the moral foundation of French culture on the ruins of the Benedictine order. Series: California Studies in 19th Century Music. Num Pages: 196 pages, 37 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGC; AVGD; HBJD; HBLL; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 486.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
196
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520210080
ISBN
9780520210080
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.23
€ 45.60

Paperback. A landmark debut from a Pulitzer-winning New Yorker journalist: if Dickens were alive today, this is the book he might have written about India Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFFA; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 202.
Publisher
Portobello Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
2000th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846274510
ISBN
9781846274510
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.48

Paperback. This book bridges both the macro and micro levels of analysis to place the dynamics of a national political movement within a richly detailed account of its working at the village level. Num Pages: 392 pages, 35 photos. BIC Classification: 1FMT; JFC; JFSF; JHM; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 148 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231103916
ISBN
9780231103916
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.72

Hardcover. Editor(s): Wong, Katherine C. Num Pages: 150 pages, tables. BIC Classification: JFFE2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 230 x 15. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
150
Condition
New
SKU
V9781608763283
ISBN
9781608763283
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.00
€ 70.11

Hardcover. Katherine C. Mooney recaptures the sights, sensations, and illusions of America's first mass spectator sport. Her central characters are not the elite white owners of slaves and thoroughbreds but the black jockeys, grooms, and horse trainers who called themselves race horse men and made the racetrack run--until Jim Crow drove them from their jobs. Num Pages: 290 pages, Illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBTS; JFSL3; WSNB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 236 x 26. Weight in Grams: 668.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674281424
ISBN
9780674281424
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 39.84

Paperback. Presents a portrait of the glorious Greek warrior Achilles. This book establishes the moral or political significance attached to the hero as a response to shifting mores and contemporary issues. Illustrator(s): Lattimore, Deborah Nourse. Num Pages: 356 pages, 23 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 481.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
356
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520074071
ISBN
9780520074071
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.72

Paperback. Lively and accessible biography of Sylvia Pankhurst, from suffragette to anti-Fascist activist. Series: Revolutionary Lives. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: JFFK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 198 x 130 x 11. Weight in Grams: 214.
Publisher
Pluto Press
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745333229
ISBN
9780745333229
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.24

Hardback. The newest volume of the benchmark bibliography of Latin American studies Editor(s): McCann, Katherine D.; North, Tracy. Series: Handbook of Latin American Studies. Num Pages: 649 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; GBCR; JFC; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 163 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1043.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
649
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292722637
ISBN
9780292722637
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.93

Hardback. Editor(s): McCann, Katherine D.; North, Tracy. Num Pages: 720 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBTB; JFSL4; JHB; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 1106.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
720
Condition
New
SKU
V9781477309568
ISBN
9781477309568
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 139.23

Paperback. This book is Dunham's story of the chaos and conflict that entered her childhood after her mother's early death. In stark prose, she tells of growing up in both black and white households and of the divisions of race and class in Chicago that become the harsh realities of her young life. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; JFF; JFSL1; JFSL3; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 202 x 135 x 20. Weight in Grams: 334.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226171128
ISBN
9780226171128
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 21.05

Hardback. Using experiences of the white, English, working-classes in Manchester, this book explores the local frustrations with feeling 'ignored' and 'neglected' by the government through articulations of fairness. Series: Palgrave Politics of Identity and Citizenship Series. Num Pages: 258 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; JFFJ; JFSC; JFSG; JFSL; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 141 x 20. Weight in Grams: 434.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
264
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230289741
ISBN
9780230289741
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.63

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822329725
ISBN
9780822329725
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 21. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTP; JFC; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 371.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801483264
ISBN
9780801483264
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 42.06

Hardcover. Takes the science of social network analysis and applies it to key issues of living in communities, especially in urban areas, exploring questions such as: How do communities shape our lives and identities? How do they foster either conformity or innovation? What holds communities together and what happens when they fragment or fall apart? Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JFSG; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Polity
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745654195
ISBN
9780745654195
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.21

Paperback. Takes the science of social network analysis and applies it to key issues of living in communities, especially in urban areas, exploring questions such as: How do communities shape our lives and identities? How do they foster either conformity or innovation? What holds communities together and what happens when they fragment or fall apart? Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSG; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 154 x 30. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Polity
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745654201
ISBN
9780745654201
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.74

Paperback. By bringing together debates and discussions of diversity, this volume offers insight into the Nordic region and its diverse peoples, from the Sami and the Inuit to newer immigrants. It presents a set of historical reviews on the formation of national museums and emerging and contested perceptions of national identity. Editor(s): Goodnow, Katherine; Akman, Haci. Num Pages: 192 pages, ills. BIC Classification: 1DN; GM; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 270 x 215 x 13. Weight in Grams: 818.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781845455774
ISBN
9781845455774
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 74.55

Paperback. The first analysis of suffragist Alice Paul's controversial rhetorical strategies Num Pages: 296 pages, 18 photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252074714
ISBN
9780252074714
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.31

Paperback. Offers fresh perspectives on the various forms of social and political activism in Maghrib. This title presents some of the best thinking in the field of Berber studies, also offering insight into historical antecedents, language usage, land rights, household economies, artistic production, and human rights. Editor(s): Hoffman, Katherine E.; Miller, Susan Gilson. Series: Public Cultures of the Middle East and North Africa. Num Pages: 240 pages, 5 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1HB; JFSL9; JPW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 368.
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253222008
ISBN
9780253222008
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.37

Paperback. This is first major study of the history of singleness in England to include both women and men. The book explores the lives of people who never married between 1914 and 1960, drawing upon a wide range of sources, and offers valuable insights into the significance of marital status for historians and social scientists. Series Editor(s): Sharpe, Pamela; Summerfield, Penny; Abrams, Lynn; Beattie, Cordelia. Num Pages: 257 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBTB; JFSJ1; VFV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 332.
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
257
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719068935
ISBN
9780719068935
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.96

Paperback. "An engaging look at how food advertisements from the twentieth and twenty-first centuries have both helped define and played up to the stereotypical gender roles prevalent in American culture."-Library Journal Num Pages: 304 pages, 25 illus. BIC Classification: JFSJ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 165 x 20. Weight in Grams: 490.
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812219920
ISBN
9780812219920
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.25

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