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Society & culture: general

Paperback. Presents an account of the history of reggae. This book describes reggae's origins and development in Jamaica, from ska to rock-steady to dub and to reggae itself, a local music which conquered the world. It relates the story of reggae to the history of Jamaica, from Colonial Island to troubled independence, and Jamaicans, from Kingston to London. Num Pages: 608 pages, 8pp b&w photographs, further reading, index. BIC Classification: AVGS; HBTB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 40. Weight in Grams: 410.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
608
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140237634
ISBN
9780140237634
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.62

Paperback. Explores the influence of immigrant cultures on the capital's music scene. This title tells the story of the music and the larger-than-life characters making it, journeying from Soho jazz clubs to Brixton blues parties to King's Cross warehouse raves to the streets of Notting Hill - and onto sound systems everywhere. Num Pages: 432 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJP; 3JMC; AVG; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 144 x 39. Weight in Grams: 514.
Publisher
Serpent's Tail United Kingdom
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846687617
ISBN
9781846687617
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.68

Paperback. Series: Postmodern Social Futures. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 148 x 12. Weight in Grams: 300.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847687176
ISBN
9780847687176
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.84

Paperback. Cognitive Analytic Therapy (CAT) is increasingly used by those providing services for people with intellectual disabilities. This book introduces CAT in practical, user-friendly language and guides readers on how to use the approach to inform their work and encourage positive change through the therapeutic relationship. Editor(s): Clayton, Phil; Lloyd, Julie. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFG; MMJT1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 462.
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849054096
ISBN
9781849054096
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.21

Paperback. September 11, the subway bombings in Europe, and Hurricane Katrina occurred in rapid succession. The outsized relationship between their historical significance and chronological span marked these episodes as 'events'. This book focuses on the rise of 'the event' as a form of experience and its re-emergence as a central term in critical theory. Series: Special Issue of Differences. Num Pages: 148 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 198 x 10. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
148
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822366904
ISBN
9780822366904
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 15.27

Paperback. Includes nine sections organized around themes such as everyday life, sex and gender, and science. This title features articles and book excerpts focused on bodies using tools and participating in rituals, on bodies walking and eating, and on the female circumcision controversy, as well as pieces on medical classifications, and spirit possession. Editor(s): Lock, Margaret M.; Farquhar, Judith. Series: Body, Commodity, Text. Num Pages: 704 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JHBA; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 163 x 93. Weight in Grams: 970.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
688
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1St Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822338451
ISBN
9780822338451
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.22

Hardback. NOTE: Series number is not an integer: XVI Series: Studies in the Shoah Series. Num Pages: 366 pages. BIC Classification: HRCX6; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 667.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
366
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761803751
ISBN
9780761803751
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.78

Hardback. Helping Men: A Psychoanalytic Approach, by Loretta R. Loeb, MD and Felix F. Loeb, Jr., MD, is a series of case studies of male patients with sexual dysfunctions who were able to improve their lives with the help of the two psychoanalysts who wrote this book. Num Pages: 169 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ2; JMP; JMU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Jason Aronson Inc. Publishers United States
Number of pages
169
Condition
New
SKU
V9780985132910
ISBN
9780985132910
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 120.40

hardcover. In Immigrants in Prairie Cities, Royden Loewen and Gerald Friesen analyze the processes of cultural interaction and adaptation that unfolded in these urban centres and describe how this model of diversity has changed over time. Num Pages: 304 pages, 12. BIC Classification: JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 520.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802099082
ISBN
9780802099082
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.61

Paperback. Editor(s): Lofgren, Orvar; Bendix, Regina F. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 170 x 244 x 5. Weight in Grams: 170.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
Number of pages
80
Condition
New
SKU
V9788763538770
ISBN
9788763538770
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.22

Hardcover. Urbanization and urban development are the focus of this account which introduces readers to the changes now taking place in Chinese cities. Its approach links the visible changes in urban life to changes in the larger political economy of China. Editor(s): Logan, John. Series: Studies in Urban and Social Change. Num Pages: 312 pages, 35. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFSC; JFSG; KCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 158 x 28. Weight in Grams: 562.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631229476
ISBN
9780631229476
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.75

Hardback. Using an innovative approach, this book interprets the unprecedented transformation of contemporary China's major cities. It deals with a diversity of trends and analyzes their sources. Every chapter is co-authored by an urban China expert and an "outside" expert on the wider topic. Together they offer a broad historical and theoretical comparison. Editor(s): Logan, John R. Series: Studies in Urban and Social Change. Num Pages: 380 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFSG; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 165 x 25. Weight in Grams: 696.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
380
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405161459
ISBN
9781405161459
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 79.04

Paperback. Breaking with the exoticizing cast of public discourse and conventional research, Urban Outcasts takes the reader inside the black ghetto of Chicago and the deindustrializing banlieue of Paris to discover that urban marginality is not everywhere the same. Num Pages: 360 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 540.
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
360
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745631257
ISBN
9780745631257
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 24.96

Paperback. A sociologist explains how over the past two decades neoliberal societies have sought to control the poor through a combination of penal sanction and welfare supervision. Series: Politics, History, & Culture. Num Pages: 408 pages, 21 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFF; JKVP; JPQB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 52. Weight in Grams: 594.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
408
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
First edition, paperback issue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822344223
ISBN
9780822344223
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Hardback. Breaking with the exoticizing cast of public discourse and conventional research, Urban Outcasts takes the reader inside the black ghetto of Chicago and the deindustrializing banlieue of Paris to discover that urban marginality is not everywhere the same. Num Pages: 356 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 692.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
356
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745631240
ISBN
9780745631240
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 79.17

Hardback. Exploring the intersections of biography and autobiography, East and West, faith and reason, Finding Fran tells the story of two high school friends who took radically different paths: Lois Banner became an academic feminist, while Fran Huneke converted to Islam, joining the mystical Sufi Order and moving to Egypt. Num Pages: 272 pages, 25 photos. BIC Classification: BG; HRH; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231112161
ISBN
9780231112161
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 109.33
€ 82.56

Paperback. Exploring the intersections of biography and autobiography, East and West, faith and reason, Finding Fran tells the story of two high school friends who took radically different paths: Lois Banner became an academic feminist, while Fran Huneke converted to Islam, joining the mystical Sufi Order and moving to Egypt. Num Pages: 272 pages, 25 photos. BIC Classification: BG; HRH; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 146 x 16. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231112178
ISBN
9780231112178
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.32

Paperback. Num Pages: 133 pages. BIC Classification: HRCV; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 10. Weight in Grams: 204.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Moody Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
133
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802406477
ISBN
9780802406477
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.56

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBCL; JFSJ1; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 398.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Alberta Press Canada
Edition
1st
Number of pages
227
Condition
New
SKU
V9780888644015
ISBN
9780888644015
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.15

Paperback. Editor(s): Lorentzen, Professor Lois Ann; Turpin, Jennifer E. Num Pages: 396 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFE; JFSJ1; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 177 x 28. Weight in Grams: 686.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
396
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814751459
ISBN
9780814751459
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.61

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