Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Paperback. Investigates "the Oprah" phenomenon and finds in Winfrey's empire - Harpo Productions, "O Magazine", and her television network - an uncanny reflection of religion in modern society. This title shows that when Oprah liked, needed, or believed something, she offered her audience nothing less than spiritual revolution. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRC; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520267527
- ISBN
- 9780520267527
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.98
€ 33.99
€ 24.98
Paperback. Inner-city schools suffered from far fewer problems a century ago, when black children in most northern cities attended school alongside white children. This title tells the story of how and why these schools came to serve black children so poorly. It compares the circumstances of blacks and white immigrants. Num Pages: 240 pages, 25 line drawings, 14 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JJP; JFSL1; JNL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226569611
- ISBN
- 9780226569611
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.72
€ 34.99
€ 27.72
Hardback. Through the prisms of leadership, women, and power, this book traces the Wendat diaspora beyond a discourse of destruction and into a new world of rejuvenation and hope. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL9; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774825559
- ISBN
- 9780774825559
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.48
€ 106.48
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBC; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL9; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774825566
- ISBN
- 9780774825566
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.03
€ 37.99
€ 34.03
Paperback. The farm crisis of the 1980s was the greatest economic disaster to hit rural America since the Depression. The crisis gave rise to a social trauma that affects farmers in the 21st century. This is a chronicle of the experience. Num Pages: 195 pages, 5 halftones, 4 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPN; JFFA; JHM; KCZ; KNAC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 133 x 202 x 21. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 195
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226169132
- ISBN
- 9780226169132
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.41
€ 40.99
€ 31.41
Paperback. Offers an account of the historical emergence of "the lesbian" by looking at late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century women's writing. This title proposes that modern lesbian identity in the United States has its roots not just, or even primarily, in sexology and medical literature, but in white, middle-class women's culture. Series: Series Q. Num Pages: 368 pages, 3 illus. BIC Classification: JFSK1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3963 x 26. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822330165
- ISBN
- 9780822330165
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.51
€ 32.99
€ 29.51
Paperback. Examines Indian gaming in detail: what it is, how it became on of the most politically charged phenomena for tribes and states today, and the legal and political compromises that shape its present and will determine its future. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFH; LNTX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700615537
- ISBN
- 9780700615537
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.34
€ 36.34
paperback. Overpopulation, overexploitation of natural resources, overconsumerism, the predictions of environmental experts do not bode well for us. Num Pages: 162 pages, index, bibliography. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK; HPQ; JFC; RNC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 9. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Austin & Winfield Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 162
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781880921852
- ISBN
- 9781880921852
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 76.42
€ 76.42
Hardback. Pagan and Native Faith movements have sprung up across Europe in recent decades, yet little has been published about them compared with British and American Pagans. Though all such movements valorize human relationships with nature and embrace polytheistic cosmologies, practitioners' beliefs, practices, goals and agendas are diverse. Editor(s): Rountree, Kathryn. Series: EASA Series. Num Pages: 304 pages, 22 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; HRQ; JFSR; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 160 x 237 x 24. Weight in Grams: 650.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782386469
- ISBN
- 9781782386469
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.83
€ 155.83
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 36. BIC Classification: 1FKN; HRE; JFSF; JFSJ1; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 226 x 18. Weight in Grams: 462. Paperback, in very good condition.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- 2nd CD with Original Tamang Songs ed.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- SKU
- KRF0011736
- ISBN
- 9780801488276
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; JFHC; JPHC; JPHV; JPWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 233 x 29. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199753956
- ISBN
- 9780199753956
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 29.52
€ 41.99
€ 29.52
Hardback. Num Pages: 206 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 19. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Delaware Press United States
- Number of pages
- 206
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611494341
- ISBN
- 9781611494341
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 120.34
€ 120.34
Paperback. Wajorese migrants exhibited remarkable versatility in adapting to local conditions in the areas where they settled. They perpetuated their own culture overseas while simultaneously using various assimilation strategies such as intermarriage to thrive in their adopted homelands. The author reconstructs the story of the Wajorese diaspora. Num Pages: 220 pages, 9 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMN; HBJF; JFSL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Not Avail
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875807126
- ISBN
- 9780875807126
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.34
€ 41.99
€ 37.34
Hardback. Editor(s): McKnight, Kathryn Joy; Garofalo, Leo J. Num Pages: 304 pages, 15. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3J; HBJK; JFSL3; JFSL4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Edition
- Translation
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781624664014
- ISBN
- 9781624664014
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 38.07
€ 52.99
€ 38.07
Paperback. Primarily concerned with the feminist body as site for making and exhibiting works, this book examines themes that look at the body as material, the body and performance, as well as the alternative creative platforms in 1970s feminist art. Num Pages: 224 pages, 50 integrated b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJPL; ACXJ; JFFK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 231 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848859616
- ISBN
- 9781848859616
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.90
€ 33.99
€ 28.90
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 50 bw integrated illustrations. BIC Classification: ACX; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2019
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848858954
- ISBN
- 9781848858954
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.00
€ 30.99
€ 22.00
Paperback. The story of how the feminist classic Our Bodies, Ourselves has been adapted and reworked by women of different cultures around the world. Editor(s): Davis, Kathy. Series: Next Wave: New Directions in Women's Studies. Num Pages: 296 pages, 38 illustrations, 3 tables, 3 maps. BIC Classification: JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 16. Weight in Grams: 413.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822340669
- ISBN
- 9780822340669
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.56
€ 30.99
€ 27.56
Hardback. This work explores cosmetic surgery as a cultural phenomenon of late modernity. It shows how cosmetic surgery has been represented in medicine and popular culture, drawing upon a range examples taken from the media, music, performance art and literature. Series: Explorations in Bioethics and the Medical Humanities. Num Pages: 176 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HPS; JFC; MNPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742514201
- ISBN
- 9780742514201
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 171.22
€ 171.22
Paperback. This work explores cosmetic surgery as a cultural phenomenon of late modernity. It shows how cosmetic surgery has been represented in medicine and popular culture, drawing upon a range examples taken from the media, music, performance art and literature. Series: Explorations in Bioethics and the Medical Humanities. Num Pages: 176 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HPS; JFC; MNPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 228 x 16. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742514218
- ISBN
- 9780742514218
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.22
€ 58.22
Paperback. Tells the story of a girl struggling to find her proper place in the world. In the spring of her 14th year suddenly 'the earth blossomed with men and boys.. they were everywhere', and Kathy sees her path towards power and freedom. But girls who break the rules in small towns like hers are expected to pay a high price for their transgressions. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; JFSP2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 136 x 16. Weight in Grams: 164.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- SKU
- KNW0008306
- ISBN
- 9780099761617
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; BM; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Vehicule Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781550653236
- ISBN
- 9781550653236
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.77
€ 20.99
€ 18.77
Paperback. Turning on its head that familiar 'woman question,' this work poses masculinity as a problem that requires explanation. It rebukes the sense of coherence contained in patriarchal theory in the name of a voice that both calls upon and challenges the category woman. Num Pages: 222 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 59.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- Text is Free of Markings
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520079915
- ISBN
- 9780520079915
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.81
€ 33.99
€ 24.81
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, 34 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 3JJPL; AFKP; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 256 x 175 x 9. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- First edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816628872
- ISBN
- 9780816628872
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.31
€ 30.99
€ 27.31
Paperback. Focusing on the most notorious fashion of the 1940s, Zoot Suit traces its enigmatic career during World War II and after, as it spread from Harlem across the United States and around the world. In so doing, this book offers a new perspective on youth culture and the politics of style. Num Pages: 248 pages, 28 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; JFCK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 413.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812223033
- ISBN
- 9780812223033
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.20
€ 26.99
€ 25.20