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Society & culture: general
Paperback. Economic inequality has become like the weather: everyone talks about it and nobody does anything about it. The author actually has a plan: a bold effort to break the stalemate over economic policy, lift up our middle class, and make everyone a stakeholder in a cleaner planet. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JFSC; KCD; KJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 286 x 314 x 14. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Publisher
- Berrett-Koehler
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781626562141
- ISBN
- 9781626562141
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.73
€ 19.99
€ 17.73
Paperback. Doormen know what their tenants eat, what kind of movies they watch, whom they spend time with, and whether they have kinky sex. But if doormen are unusually familiar with their tenants, they are also socially very distant. This book untangles this unusual dynamic to reveal the many ways tenants and doormen negotiate their complex relationship. Series: Fieldwork Encounters and Discoveries. Num Pages: 296 pages, tab. BIC Classification: JFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 168 x 17. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226039701
- ISBN
- 9780226039701
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.01
€ 40.99
€ 31.01
Paperback. Series: Critical social studies. Num Pages: 161 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFD; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 216 x 15. Weight in Grams: 232. Ex-libris with usual markings. Fine copy showing minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1977
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- 1977th Edition
- SKU
- KSS0012078
- ISBN
- 9780333220559
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Hardback. First Farmers: the Origins of Agricultural Societies offers readers an understanding of the origins and histories of early agricultural populations in all parts of the world. Num Pages: 384 pages, 45. BIC Classification: HBT; JFSC; JFSF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 260 x 187 x 25. Weight in Grams: 782.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631205654
- ISBN
- 9780631205654
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.40
€ 124.40
Paperback. Offers readers an understanding of the origins and histories of early agricultural populations in various parts of the world. This book focuses on agricultural origins in and dispersals out of the Middle East, central Africa, China, New Guinea, and the northern Andes. It examines the reasons for the multiple primary origins of agriculture. Num Pages: 384 pages, 45. BIC Classification: HBT; JFSC; JFSF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 173 x 29. Weight in Grams: 672.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631205661
- ISBN
- 9780631205661
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 46.37
€ 46.99
€ 46.37
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: JFFT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781119194729
- ISBN
- 9781119194729
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.34
€ 17.99
€ 15.34
Paperback. At the turn of the twentieth century, two distinct, yet at times overlapping, male same-sex sexual subcultures had emerged in the Pacific Northwest. This title draws on police logs, court records, and newspaper accounts to create a picture of the lives of these men and youths - their sexual practices, cultural networks, and more. Num Pages: 335 pages, 15 b/w photographs, 2 maps, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBT; JFSK2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 335
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520240483
- ISBN
- 9780520240483
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.66
€ 40.99
€ 28.66
Hardcover. Introduces students to the main forms of social division and difference that characterise contemporary societies. Drawing on a range of examples from the UK and US, the authors consider a series of challenging questions relating to the primary divisions of class, gender, 'race' and ethnicity. Editor(s): Braham, Peter; Janes, Linda. Series: Sociology & Society S. Num Pages: 360 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 252 x 199 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1300.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631233091
- ISBN
- 9780631233091
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.66
€ 130.66
Paperback. Part of the Longman Critical Readers series, which explores the theoretical issues and conflicts embodied in the essays selected and locates areas of disagreement between positions. This text examines modernist and postmodernist theories in literary criticism. Series: Longman Critical Readers. Num Pages: 280 pages, index. BIC Classification: DSB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780582063570
- ISBN
- 9780582063570
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.31
€ 63.31
Paperback. The threats of the Cold War were supplanted by a national security environment characterized by unpredictable, motivated, capable adversaries posing multiple threats. This work reminds Americans that the world continues to be a very dangerous place, filled with people and groups eager to topple the United States. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: JFF; JPS; JWK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 143 x 15. Weight in Grams: 331.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742549531
- ISBN
- 9780742549531
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.23
€ 29.23
Paperback. This book tests the proposition that the humanities can, and at their best do, represent a commitment to ethical reading. And that this commitment, and the training and discipline of close reading that underlie it, represent something that the humanities need to bring to other fields: to professional training and to public life. Editor(s): Brooks, Peter. Num Pages: 172 pages. BIC Classification: 1KB; JFC; JNA; JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 11. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823257058
- ISBN
- 9780823257058
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.56
€ 21.56
Paperback. However we react to it, the global trend towards mixing or hybridization is impossible to miss, from curry and chips to Thai saunas, Zen Judaism, Nigerian Kung Fu, 'Bollywood' films or salsa or reggae music. Some people celebrate these phenomena and others condemn them. This book considers these phenomena. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 121 x 13. Weight in Grams: 164.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745646978
- ISBN
- 9780745646978
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.00
€ 22.00
Paperback. What is the history of knowledge? This engaging and accessible introduction explains what is distinctive about the new field of the history of knowledge (or, as some scholars say, knowledges in the plural ) and how it differs from the history of science, intellectual history, the sociology of knowledge or from cultural history. Series: What is History Series. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 138 x 16. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Publisher
- Polity
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745669847
- ISBN
- 9780745669847
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.19
€ 23.19
Paperback. This book is a cultural history of European languages from the invention of printing to the French Revolution. Series: The Wiles Lectures. Num Pages: 226 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 5AN; CFB; HBJD; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521535861
- ISBN
- 9780521535861
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Condition: New
€ 45.76
€ 45.76
Hardback. Re-examines the place of the Renaissance in European and World history. Views the culture of Western Europe in co-existence with it's neighbours especially Byzantium and Islam. Examines the Renaissance movement in the whole of Europe from the centre to the peripheries. Series: Making of Europe. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 166 x 22. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631198451
- ISBN
- 9780631198451
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 53.79
€ 53.99
€ 53.79
Hardback. However we react to it, the global trend towards mixing or hybridization is impossible to miss, from curry and chips to Thai saunas, Zen Judaism, Nigerian Kung Fu, 'Bollywood' films or salsa or reggae music. Some people celebrate these phenomena and others condemn them. This book considers these phenomena. Num Pages: 154 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 146 x 17. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 154
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745646961
- ISBN
- 9780745646961
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.86
€ 58.86
Hardcover. What is the history of knowledge? This engaging and accessible introduction explains what is distinctive about the new field of the history of knowledge (or, as some scholars say, knowledges in the plural ) and how it differs from the history of science, intellectual history, the sociology of knowledge or from cultural history. Series: What is History Series. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 141 x 18. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780745669830
- ISBN
- 9780745669830
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 52.92
€ 52.99
€ 52.92
paperback. Over the course of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the technologies began to light up streets, sidewalks, buildings, and public spaces. This book depicts the changing experience of the urban night over this period, visiting a host of actors - scavengers, newsboys, and mashers alike - in the nocturnal city. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 291 pages, 16 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBTB; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 291
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780226269542
- ISBN
- 9780226269542
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.52
€ 32.99
€ 25.52
Hardback. This book reveals the complete truth behind the wave of Cuban baseball talent coming to MLB, placing recent events in the context of Cuban baseball history before delving into the stories of the major Cuban stars who have left the island. It shares their personal histories, explains why many chose defection, and details their harrowing journeys. Num Pages: 386 pages, 22 black & white halftones, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KJC; JFFN; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 166 x 33. Weight in Grams: 721.
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442247987
- ISBN
- 9781442247987
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.76
€ 62.76
Paperback. The first comprehensive examination of the early blues industry and the music it produced Series: Music in American Life. Num Pages: 280 pages, 31 photographs; 9 tables; 688 lines of music. BIC Classification: 1KB; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; AVGK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 179 x 18. Weight in Grams: 592.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252076763
- ISBN
- 9780252076763
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 38.86
€ 38.99
€ 38.86