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Society & culture: general

Paperback. Explores how people negotiate identity in the United States. This title offers a look at a range of subjects including: violence and video games, pilgrimages to San Francisco, Filipina critiques of 'sleeping around', and the significance of 'lowriders' in Hispano culture. It offers a look at issues of identity and what it means to be American. Editor(s): Baker, Lee. Num Pages: 464 pages, 6. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFSC; JFSJ; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 175 x 34. Weight in Grams: 820.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405105644
ISBN
9781405105644
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.86

Paperback. An analysis of the institutional, academic, family, and personal contributors to the academic gender gap in liberal-state universities. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774823975
ISBN
9780774823975
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.96

Hardback. Series: Expertise: Cultures and Technologies of Knowledge. Num Pages: 264 pages, 15, 15 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DNS; AK; JFCD; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 159 x 21. Weight in Grams: 486.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801453298
ISBN
9780801453298
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 140.32

Hardcover. A cross-cultural study of opium in 19th-century China. It explores early Western observations of opium smoking, the formation of arguments for and against the legalization of opium, the portrayals of opium smoking in Chinese poetry and prose, and scenes of opium-smoking interactions in China. Num Pages: 256 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL; HBTB; JFC; JFFH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742518025
ISBN
9780742518025
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 173.88

Paperback. Music Genres and Corporate Cultures explores the relationship between economics and culture, and between corporate organisation and cultural forms. Num Pages: 220 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; JFC; JHM; KNTF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 328.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
209
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415174008
ISBN
9780415174008
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.25

Paperback. aeo This is a clear and straightforward introduction to the main issues raised by the study of popular music, written by a leading authority in the field. aeo It is wide--ranging and covers the main studies and theoretical contributions to the field, including studies of the industry, and of the reception and use of popular music in everyday life. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVA; AVGF; JFC; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 169 x 19. Weight in Grams: 400.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
248
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745613185
ISBN
9780745613185
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.97

Paperback. The Watergate scandal has been extensively dissected and vigorously debated. Keith Olson, however, offers a "layman's guide to Watergate", a concise and readable one-volume history that highlights the key actors, events, and implications in this dark drama. Num Pages: 264 pages, 20 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFD; JPHC; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 235 x 25. Weight in Grams: 424.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700623570
ISBN
9780700623570
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.49

Hardcover. Num Pages: 688 pages, including 64 pages of colour plates. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWC; JFSR1; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 168 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1690.
Publisher
Halsgrove
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857042224
ISBN
9780857042224
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 33.93

Hardcover. In developed countries, the pervasive view of floods is that science and technology have largely brought these unpredictable disasters under safe control. This book shows that this is simply not so, and that floods are anything but controlled. Num Pages: 394 pages, references, tables. BIC Classification: JFFC; RNR; TQS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 255 x 184 x 28. Weight in Grams: 896.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
394
Condition
New
SKU
V9780471952480
ISBN
9780471952480
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 268.54

paperback. A rich and complex history, The Power of Place, the Problem of Time looks to both the internal and the external factors which shaped a society during a time of great change and its implications extend far beyond the study region. Num Pages: 368 pages, 30 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 601.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780802095640
ISBN
9780802095640
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 39.76

Hardcover. Num Pages: 239 pages, colour & b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1MTNG; JFSL9; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 273 x 196 x 24. Weight in Grams: 906.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
Number of pages
239
Condition
New
SKU
V9788763510844
ISBN
9788763510844
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.91
€ 40.41

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AMA; JFF; RPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 209 x 22. Weight in Grams: 328.
Publisher
Verso Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784783648
ISBN
9781784783648
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.50

Paperback / so. Series: Praxis Der Sozialpsychologie. Num Pages: 128 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, bibliography. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 8. Weight in Grams: 177.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1978
Publisher
Steinkopff Darmstadt Germany
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9783798505186
ISBN
9783798505186
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 73.72

Hardback. In an analysis that deftly unites feminist criticism, psychoanalysis, and Catholic theology, Kelley Raab explores the symbolic implications of women at the altar, providing rich insight into issues of gender, symbolism, and power. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: HRCC7; HRCX1; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 159 x 22. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231113342
ISBN
9780231113342
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.43
€ 89.47

Paperback. In an analysis that deftly unites feminist criticism, psychoanalysis, and Catholic theology, Kelley Raab explores the symbolic implications of women at the altar, providing rich insight into issues of gender, symbolism, and power. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: HRCC7; HRCX1; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231113359
ISBN
9780231113359
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.08

Paperback. Series: Contemporary Film Directors. Num Pages: 208 pages, 20 black and white photographs, filmography. BIC Classification: APFA; BGF; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 262 x 15. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252081200
ISBN
9780252081200
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.88

Hardcover. Num Pages: 42 pages, tables & charts. BIC Classification: JFFH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 146 x 10. Weight in Grams: 208.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
42
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611227444
ISBN
9781611227444
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.75
€ 45.22

paperback. A comprehensive, illustrated history of African Americans from 1502 to 1880. Through Chapter 5 of To Make Our World Anew single-volume edition. Num Pages: 320 pages, 48 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 235 x 27. Weight in Grams: 528.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Oxford University Press, U.S.A. United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195181340
ISBN
9780195181340
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 22.46

Paperback. A comprehensive, illustrated history of African Americans from 1880 to the present. From Chapter 6 of the single volume edition. Num Pages: 400 pages, 47 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 161 x 26. Weight in Grams: 614.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195181357
ISBN
9780195181357
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 23.22

Paperback. Kellie Jones traces how the artists in L.A.'s black communities during the 1960s and 70s created a vibrant, productive, and engaged activist arts scene in the face of structural racism through the production of art works that spoke to African American migration and L.A.'s racial politics. Num Pages: 416 pages, 93 illustrations (incl. 32 in color). BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; ACX; JFSL3; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822361640
ISBN
9780822361640
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.73

Paperback. Self--described "intellectual terrorist" Jean Baudrillard is one of the most important and provocative writers of the contemporary era. Widely acclaimed as the prophet to postmodernity, he has famously announced the disappearance of the subject, political economy, meaning, truth, the social, and the real in contemporary social formations. Editor(s): Kellner, Douglas. Series: Blackwell Critical Readers. Num Pages: 352 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPCF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 158 x 19. Weight in Grams: 496.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9781557864666
ISBN
9781557864666
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.81

Paperback.
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
274
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814732106
ISBN
9780814732106
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Hardcover. Identifies Facial Recognition Technology as an example of the failed technocratic approach to governance, where new technologies are pursued as short-sighted solutions to complex social problems Series: Critical Cultural Communication. Num Pages: 274 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JPVH; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
274
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780814732090
ISBN
9780814732090
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.38

Paperback. * Brings together key writings in the emergent field of the anthropology of media for the first time. * Offers critical overview of how mass media represents and constructs both Western and non--Western cultures. * Integrates key themes in the anthropology of media by means of editorial commentary. Editor(s): Askew, Kelly; Wilk, Richard R. Series: Wiley Blackwell Readers in Anthropology. Num Pages: 432 pages, 11. BIC Classification: JFD; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 174 x 24. Weight in Grams: 739.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631220947
ISBN
9780631220947
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.30

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