Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Hardback. Humor is the tendency of particular cognitive experiences to provoke laughter and provide amusement. Throughout history, it has played a crucial role in defining gender roles and identities. This collection offers an in-depth thematic examination of this relationship between humor and gender, spanning a variety of historical and cultural backdrops. Editor(s): Foka, Anna; Liliequist, Jonas. Num Pages: 272 pages, 15 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 22. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 2015th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137473301
- ISBN
- 9781137473301
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.40
€ 116.40
Hardback. This book explores young people's 'nested' and 'political' ecological relationships with crime through an empirical investigation of the important 'places' and 'spaces' in young people's lives; in their social relationships with peers and family members; and within formal institutional systems such as education, youth justice and social care. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSP2; JKV; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 2012th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230280533
- ISBN
- 9780230280533
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.58
€ 66.58
Paperback. This book is an ethnographic study of the martial art of taijiquan (or 'tai chi') as it is practiced in China and the United States. Drawing on recent literature on ethnicity, critical race theory, the phenomenology of race, and globalization, the author discusses identity in terms of sensual experience and the transmission/receipt of knowledge. Num Pages: 335 pages, 12 black & white illustrations, 1 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFSL; JHB; JHM; JHMC; RBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2006
- Number of pages
- 335
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349530526
- ISBN
- 9781349530526
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 128.68
€ 128.68
Paperback. This book explores the varying reactions to the political turmoil in Asia in the late 1990s by looking at external pressures from global actors (the IMF and US security policy), popular protests, the nature of the opposition, and elite coalition formation/dissolution at the highest levels of government. Num Pages: 201 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JPA; JPHV; JPS; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2006
- Number of pages
- 201
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349530762
- ISBN
- 9781349530762
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Anne Fuchs traces the aftermath of the Dresden bombing in the collective imagination from 1945 to today. As a case study of an event that gained local, national and global iconicity, the book investigates the role of photography, fine art, architecture, literature and film in dialogue with the changing German socio-political landscape. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; HBJD; HBL; HBTB; HBWQ; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 25. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349330867
- ISBN
- 9781349330867
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. Sequel to: The Babri Masjid question 1528-2003: a matter of national honour. Num Pages: 520 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; JFFJ; JFSL; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 159 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Tulika Books
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789382381471
- ISBN
- 9789382381471
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.12€ 48.71
€ 61.12
€ 48.71
paperback. Num Pages: 468 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; JFFJ; JFSL; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 159 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Tulika Book India
- Number of pages
- 468
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789382381457
- ISBN
- 9789382381457
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.81
€ 46.99
€ 33.81
Paperback. Num Pages: 332 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; JFFJ; JFSL; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 159 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2020
- Publisher
- Tulika Book India
- Number of pages
- 332
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789382381464
- ISBN
- 9789382381464
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.06
€ 33.99
€ 25.06
Paperback. This comprehensive, state-of-the-art reference work provides the first systematic review to date of how sociologists have studied the relationship between race/ethnicity and educational inequality over the last thirty years in eighteen different national contexts. Editor(s): Dworkin, A. Gary. Num Pages: 676 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSL; JHB; JNF; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 676
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349338498
- ISBN
- 9781349338498
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 130.67
€ 130.67
Paperback. The first volume to consider childhood over eight centuries of British writing, this book traces the literary child from medieval to contemporary texts. Written by international experts, the volume's essays challenge earlier readings of childhood and offer fascinating contributions to the current upsurge of interest in constructions of childhood. Editor(s): Gavin, A. Num Pages: 279 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSY; JFC; JFSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349345496
- ISBN
- 9781349345496
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Series: Studies in Modern History. Num Pages: 199 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; HRJ; JFFN; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 199
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349427130
- ISBN
- 9781349427130
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 126.49
€ 126.49
paperback. Writing Early Modern London explores how urban community in London was experienced, imagined and translated into textual form. Ranging from previously unstudied manuscripts to major works by Middleton, Stow and Whitney, it examines how memory became a key cultural battleground as rites of community were appropriated in creative ways. Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- SKU
- V9781349451678
- ISBN
- 9781349451678
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Editor(s): Bittles, A. H. Series: Studies in Biology, Economy & Society. Num Pages: 287 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JFSL; JHBD; JHBK; MBN; PSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 375.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 287
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349122059
- ISBN
- 9781349122059
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.24
€ 127.24
Paperback. Num Pages: 261 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFD; JPHV; KN; LNJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 261
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349504749
- ISBN
- 9781349504749
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Focusing on Faulkner, Morrison and Coetzee as authors, critics and Nobel Prize-winning intellectuals, this book explores shifting representations of disability in 20th and 21st century literature and proposes new ways of reading their works in relation to one another, whilst highlighting the ethical, aesthetic and imaginative challenges they pose. Num Pages: 229 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 229
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349332267
- ISBN
- 9781349332267
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. This book offers a unique analysis of the wide-ranging responses of British novelists to the East-West conflict. Hammond analyses the treatment of such geopolitical currents as communism, nuclearism, clandestinity, decolonisation and US superpowerdom, and explores the literary forms which writers developed to capture the complexities of the age. Num Pages: 335 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; HBJD1; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 335
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349445905
- ISBN
- 9781349445905
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.53
€ 66.53
Paperback. This book takes the political theory of intersectionality - the most cutting-edge approach to the politics of gender, race, sexual orientation, and class - and introduces it to the general public for the first time. Series: The Politics of Intersectionality. Num Pages: 223 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JFF; JHB; JPA; JPS; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 223
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349290871
- ISBN
- 9781349290871
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.48
€ 72.48
Hardback. An innovative and original new study, Television, Memory and Nostalgia re-imagines the relationship between the medium and its forms of memory and remembrance through a series of case studies of British and North American programmes and practices. These include ER, Grey's Anatomy, The Wire, Who Do You Think You Are?, and Life on Mars. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies. Num Pages: 185 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFDT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230245983
- ISBN
- 9780230245983
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.74
€ 66.74
Paperback. Num Pages: 245 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBD; DSC; JFC; JMS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 245
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349523320
- ISBN
- 9781349523320
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.14
€ 66.14
Paperback. By investigating how laws, myths, national aspirations, and global relations have recast and, at times, distorted the key purposes of education, this pathbreaking book sheds light on the role of ignorance in shaping ideas, public opinion, and policy. Editor(s): Angulo, A. J. Num Pages: 376 pages, 3 black & white halftones, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: JFC; JNB; JNM; PDX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. .
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421419329
- ISBN
- 9781421419329
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.28
€ 46.28
Hardback. Series: Ted 2. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: JFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781471156052
- ISBN
- 9781471156052
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.89
€ 11.99
€ 10.89
Paperback. This collection of original scholarly work and first-person accounts takes globalization processes and the transnational links these processes create as the jumping-off point for an examination of what it means to be, have, or aspire to a beautiful body. Editor(s): Jafar, Afshan; Casanova, Erynn Masi de. Num Pages: 212 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFS; JFSJ; WJH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 216 x 15. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137556585
- ISBN
- 9781137556585
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.64
€ 65.64
Paperback. Drawing on children's narratives about their everyday life this book explores how children come to understand the process of socialization at home, at school and in the neighbourhood as an embodied and biographical experience. Series: Studies in Childhood and Youth. Num Pages: 212 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSP; JFSR; JHBK; JHBS; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349336142
- ISBN
- 9781349336142
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.34
€ 66.34
Paperback. More than a million Britons emigrated to Australia between the 1940s and 1970s. They were the famous 'Ten Pound Poms' and this is their story, illuminated by the riveting testimony of migrant life histories Num Pages: 404 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DB; 1MBF; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 614.
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Number of pages
- 404
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719071331
- ISBN
- 9780719071331
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.26
€ 22.26