Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Hardcover. Eye-opening accounts of heroic resistance to religious extremism. Num Pages: 416 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: HRH; JFSR2; JPFR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 169 x 32. Weight in Grams: 738.
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393081589
- ISBN
- 9780393081589
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.28
€ 29.99
€ 25.28
Paperback. With a new afterword. "Compelling, meticulously researched. Should be required reading."-Washington Post Num Pages: 448 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: HRH; JFSR2; JPFR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 140 x 210 x 23. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393350258
- ISBN
- 9780393350258
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Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.27
€ 18.99
€ 17.27
Hardback. A collection of essays on theoretical approaches to childhood which formulates and presents new ideas about the construction of childhood as a cultural identity. Editor(s): Lesnik-Oberstein, Karin. Num Pages: 294 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSP1; JFSP2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 26. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 294
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333711484
- ISBN
- 9780333711484
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Condition: New
€ 119.57
€ 119.57
Paperback. Children in Culture, Revisited follows on from the first volume, Children in Culture, and is composed of a range of chapters, newly written for this collection, which offer further fully inter- and multidisciplinary considerations of childhood as a culturally and historically constructed identity rather than a constant psycho-biological entity. Editor(s): Lesnik-Oberstein, Karin. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; DSY; JFC; JFSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 243
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349324880
- ISBN
- 9781349324880
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Condition: New
€ 62.03
€ 62.03
Hardback. The chapters in this volume represent diverse attempts to explain women's movements from rural areas, taking prevailing market conditions as well as gender relations into account. The analysis of the different working and living conditions in different parts of rural Europe reveals distinct obstacles but also prospects for young women. Editor(s): Wiest, Karin. Series: New Geographies of Europe. Num Pages: 257 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; JFFN; JFSF; JFSJ1; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 475.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 257
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137483034
- ISBN
- 9781137483034
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Condition: New
€ 62.62
€ 62.62
Paperback. Karin Amimoto Ingersoll uses her concept of seascape epistemology to articulate an indigenous Hawaiian way of knowing founded on a sensorial, intellectual, and embodied literacy of the ocean that can provide the means for generating an alternative indigenous politics and ethics. Num Pages: 216 pages, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MKPH; HBTB; HPK; JFSL4; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 13. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822362340
- ISBN
- 9780822362340
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.97
€ 26.99
€ 26.97
Hardback. Karin Amimoto Ingersoll uses her concept of seascape epistemology to articulate an indigenous Hawaiian way of knowing founded on a sensorial, intellectual, and embodied literacy of the ocean that can provide the means for generating an alternative indigenous politics and ethics. Num Pages: 216 pages, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MKPH; HBTB; HPK; JFSL4; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822362128
- ISBN
- 9780822362128
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Condition: New
€ 115.12
€ 115.12
Hardback. The renowned artist Ed Ruscha was born in Nebraska, and worked in Southern California since the late 1950s. The everyday landscapes of the West, are the primary motifs of his often deadpan and instantly recognizable paintings and works on paper. This book offers a full exploration of the painter's fascination with the evolving American West. Editor(s): Breuer, Karin. Num Pages: 256 pages, 200 color photographs and b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGB; AGC; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 305. .
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520290693
- ISBN
- 9780520290693
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Condition: New
€ 54.15€ 45.89
€ 54.15
€ 45.89
Hardcover. This valuable resource offers a wealth of practical and conceptual guidance to all those engaged in struggles for social justice around the world. It explains in accessible language and painstaking detail how to deploy and to understand the tools of media and communication in advancing the goals of social, cultural, and political change. Series: Global Handbooks in Media and Communication Research. Num Pages: 526 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: GTC; JFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 183 x 29. Weight in Grams: 986.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118505311
- ISBN
- 9781118505311
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Condition: New
€ 219.39
€ 219.39
Hardcover. Case studies of micro-enterprise, girls' education, and population programs suggest that our discourse limits our potential to conceive of development, communication, and gender outside of neoliberal ideologies. Advocacy for global social justice demands a different accountability through critical research. Series: Palgrave Studies in Communication for Social Change. Num Pages: 220 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 145 x 17. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137450470
- ISBN
- 9781137450470
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Condition: New
€ 118.82
€ 118.82
Hardback. Reflects the range of thought by African Americans on the major wars fought by the United States. This book includes African American perspectives on 10 wars, from the Revolutionary War to the War in Iraq. Editor(s): Stanford, Karin L. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTJ; JFFE; JFSL3; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 163 x 30. Weight in Grams: 703.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742541139
- ISBN
- 9780742541139
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Condition: New
€ 123.19
€ 123.19
Paperback. Features several women composers, performers, and patrons, musical contexts, and an expanded view of women in music outside Europe and North America. A popular university textbook, this book is useful for scholars, a source of programming ideas for performers, and of service to music lovers. Editor(s): Pendle, Karin Anna. Num Pages: 528 pages, 37 b&w photos, 1 index. BIC Classification: AV; JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 30. Weight in Grams: 998.
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253214225
- ISBN
- 9780253214225
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.26
€ 32.99
€ 31.26
Hardcover. The history has resurrected from northern Europe's bogs several men, women, and children who were deposited there as sacrifices in the early Iron Age and kept intact by the chemical properties of peat. Offering an account of their modern afterlives, this title argues that the discovery of bog bodies began an extraordinary cultural journey. Num Pages: 320 pages, 63 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DN; HDDA; JFC; JHM; PSXE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 162 x 29. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226734040
- ISBN
- 9780226734040
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.17€ 77.43
€ 94.17
€ 77.43
Hardcover. This volume provides an interdisciplinary analysis on the political role of corporations in society by using the analytical device of corporate citizenship. It questions what ideas on corporate citizenship may say about the ongoing publicization of the corporation and the implications of these developments for the public domain and welfare state. Editor(s): Morth, Ulrika. Series: Palgrave Studies in Citizenship Transitions. Num Pages: 229 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPS; JPVH1; KCP; KJG; KJR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 143 x 19. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137026811
- ISBN
- 9781137026811
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.54
€ 62.54
Paperback. Liveness is a persistent and much-debated concept in media studies. Until recently, it was associated primarily with broadcast media, and television in particular. However, the emergence of social media has brought new forms of liveness into effect. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 215 x 17. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publisher
- Polity Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509502646
- ISBN
- 9781509502646
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.15
€ 24.15
Hardback. Liveness is a persistent and much-debated concept in media studies. Until recently, it was associated primarily with broadcast media, and television in particular. However, the emergence of social media has brought new forms of liveness into effect. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: GTC; JFD; KNTD; UD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 136 x 19. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509502639
- ISBN
- 9781509502639
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.05
€ 65.05
Paperback. Editor(s): Nieuwkerk, Karin van; LeVine, Mark; Stokes, Martin. Num Pages: 404 pages, 51 b&w photos, 1 b&w illus., 2 b&w maps, 5 b&w charts/graphs. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 238 x 25. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781477309049
- ISBN
- 9781477309049
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 35.64
€ 36.99
€ 35.64
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 18 b&w Photos. BIC Classification: 1HBE; JFSJ1; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292787230
- ISBN
- 9780292787230
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.02
€ 26.99
€ 25.02
Paperback. Many Westerners view Islam as a religion that restricts and subordinates women in both private and public life. Yet, a surprising number of women in Western Europe and America convert to Islam. This book investigates why non-Muslim women in the United States, several European countries, and South Africa are converting to Islam. Num Pages: 320 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: HRH; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292713024
- ISBN
- 9780292713024
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.20
€ 29.99
€ 27.20
Paperback. This magisterial dual biography illuminates two complex lives that began alike but were on opposite sides of the Second World War. Translator(s): Frisch, Shelley. Num Pages: 624 pages, 25 photographs. BIC Classification: APB; BGF; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 147 x 231 x 36. Weight in Grams: 812.
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781631492280
- ISBN
- 9781631492280
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.38
€ 19.99
€ 18.38