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Society & culture: general

Paperback. How football shapes Brazil and how Brazilians have changed global football are the twin themes in this vividly written history. The Country of Football Gives an insight into the political significance of football in the 2014 FIFA World Cup's host nation and provides a wider perspective on the sport's role in society. Editor(s): Fontes, Paulo; Hollando, Bernardo Borges Buarque de. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JHBS; WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 23. Weight in Grams: 414.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849044172
ISBN
9781849044172
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 21.74

Hardback. Winner of the 2011 Thomas E. Skidmore Prize, this new translation of Paulo Fontes's Migration and the Making of Industrial Sao Paulo is a detailed social history of the millions who migrated from Brazil's Northeast to Sao Paulo. Num Pages: 296 pages, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; HBTB; HBTK; JFFN; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 545.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822361152
ISBN
9780822361152
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.87

Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JN; JNA; JPA; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241301111
ISBN
9780241301111
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.91

hardcover. Editor(s): Zannin, Paulo Henrique Trombetta. Num Pages: 270 pages. BIC Classification: JFSG; RNP; TQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 186 x 261 x 24. Weight in Grams: 796.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers, Inc United States
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
SKU
V9781634852692
ISBN
9781634852692
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 239.90
€ 177.63

Paperback. This book examines how Indian American motel owners have created a successful immigrant business niche, yet still suffer significant social and cultural inequalities. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 14. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804778831
ISBN
9780804778831
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 29.27

hardcover. This book examines how Indian American motel owners have created a successful immigrant business niche, yet still suffer significant social and cultural inequalities. Num Pages: 264 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 20. Weight in Grams: 411.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804778824
ISBN
9780804778824
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.46

Paperback. Based on extensive archival research, this book explores the history of Frankism, a Jewish religious movement that began in Poland and spread into the Habsburg Empire and the German lands in the later eighteenth century. Series: Jewish Culture & Contexts. Num Pages: 376 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JF; 3JH; HRJ; HRLP1; JFSR1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 154 x 230 x 29. Weight in Grams: 560.
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812223439
ISBN
9780812223439
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 35.95

paperback. "Time Longer than Rope" unearths the ordinary roots of extraordinary change, demonstrating the depth and breadth of black oppositional spirit and activity that preceded the civil rights movement. Editor(s): Payne, Charles M.; Green, Adam. Num Pages: 584 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 27. Weight in Grams: 782.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
584
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814767030
ISBN
9780814767030
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.45

Hardcover. An anthology which collects texts on women in culture and offers an introduction, for students in women's studies and feminism, to the cultural dimensions of women's experience. It reveals how the mass media, music, and pornography industries portray women, and how advertising promotes unattainable standards of beauty for women. Editor(s): Peach, Lucinda Joy. Num Pages: 480 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 160 x 235 x 33. Weight in Grams: 796.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Basil Blackwell Inc, US United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9781557866486
ISBN
9781557866486
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 134.12

Paperback. Critical account of the economic boom in Ireland and the neo-liberal culture that has accompanied it. Editor(s): Kirby, Peadar; Gibbons, Luke; Cronin, Michael G. Series: Contemporary Irish Studies. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; JFSL; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 15. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Pluto Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745318240
ISBN
9780745318240
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 29.14

Hardcover. Editor(s): Stroud, Pearce. Num Pages: 204 pages. BIC Classification: JFFK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 259 x 183 x 13. Weight in Grams: 512.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Nova Science Pub Inc
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781633215832
ISBN
9781633215832
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 286.95
€ 192.87

Paperback. Num Pages: 255 pages. BIC Classification: G; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 384.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Regina Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780889772809
ISBN
9780889772809
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.39

Num Pages: 216 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 544.
Publication date
1991
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813117805
ISBN
9780813117805
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.00

Paperback. Num Pages: 37 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; JFSG; JFSP1; JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 279 x 216 x 6. Weight in Grams: 181.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
RAND United States
Number of pages
37
Condition
New
SKU
V9780833032041
ISBN
9780833032041
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.94

Paperback. Num Pages: 209 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCC7; HRCX6; JFSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 149 x 12. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Sheed & Ward
Number of pages
209
Condition
New
SKU
V9781556127595
ISBN
9781556127595
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.34

Paperback. Intends to summarize existing evidence on welfare dependence among immigrants in Denmark. This title focuses on immigrants from non-western countries. It contains an overview of the background regarding immigration in recent decades followed by a survey of relevant benefit programmes in the Danish welfare state. Num Pages: 38 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DND; JFFN; JKSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 169 x 3. Weight in Grams: 102.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Rockwool Foundation Research Unit Denmark
Number of pages
38
Condition
New
SKU
V9788790199555
ISBN
9788790199555
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 9.54

Paperback. In cross-country poverty studies Denmark, like the other Nordic countries, stands out with low rates of poverty incidence and duration. This paper intends to show that this is the net outcome of very different poverty profiles between natives and immigrants. Num Pages: 37 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DND; JFFA; JFFN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 170 x 4. Weight in Grams: 100.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Rockwool Foundation Research Unit Denmark
Number of pages
37
Condition
New
SKU
V9788790199562
ISBN
9788790199562
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 9.54

Hardback. Editor(s): Pederson, Chris. Num Pages: 108 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFG; JKS; RNFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 227 x 164 x 15. Weight in Grams: 348.
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc
Number of pages
108
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781628081091
ISBN
9781628081091
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 198.74
€ 134.56

Paperback. Unfinished Business illuminates the challenges in overcoming the current inequities in public education. Fifty years after Brown v. Editor(s): Noguera, Pedro A.; Wing, Jean Yonemura. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: JFSL; JNL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 424.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780470384442
ISBN
9780470384442
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.05

Paperback. This pathfinding ethnography investigates how Indian concepts of the soul offer a new way of understanding personhood and historical memory in highland Chiapas, Mexico. Series: The Linda Schele Series in Maya and Pre-Columbian Studies. Num Pages: 284 pages, 18 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 230 x 17. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292737471
ISBN
9780292737471
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.21

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