Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Paperback. Explores the evolutionary connections in function, garb, and behaviour between Afro-Creole masquerades and precursors from West Africa, the British Isles, and Western Europe. Robert Wyndham Nicholls utilizes a concept of play derived from Africa to describe a range of lighthearted and ritualistic activities. Series: Folklore Studies in a Multicultural World Series. Num Pages: 336 pages, 829 black & white photographs; 57 color photographs. BIC Classification: HBJK; JFHF; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Press of Mississippi United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781496802477
- ISBN
- 9781496802477
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.28
€ 34.28
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520286696
- ISBN
- 9780520286696
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 29.70
€ 33.99
€ 29.70
Hardback. This book explores state controls in Japan, focusing on the interrelation of inequality and deviance of youth and migrant groups which leads to crime. Num Pages: 240 pages, tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFFJ; JFSP2; JKV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 181 x 248 x 21. Weight in Grams: 622.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847428325
- ISBN
- 9781847428325
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 181.52
€ 181.52
Paperback. Are the humanities still relevant in the twenty-first century? Editor(s): Thissen, Judith. Series: Transformations in Art and Culture. Num Pages: 266 pages, 0 black and white; 25 full color. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 162 x 238 x 15. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Amsterdam University Press Netherlands
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789089644749
- ISBN
- 9789089644749
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.08
€ 59.08
Paperback. Includes tales such as young women go on long and difficult quests, wicked stepmothers turn children into geese and tsars ask dangerous riddles, with help or hindrance from magical dolls, cannibal witches, talking skulls, stolen wives, and brothers disguised as wise birds. Editor(s): Chandler, Robert. Translator(s): Chandler, Robert; Chandler, Robert; Chandler, Robert. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; FQ; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 196 x 29. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 496
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141442235
- ISBN
- 9780141442235
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.48
€ 17.99
€ 13.48
Paperback. A comprehensive sourcebook for the study of western Europe from the 5th to the 15th century. The era was one of immense diversity and openness to new ideas and outreach in areas ranging from technology to natural philosophy. Editor(s): Anderson, Roberta; Bellenger, Dominic Aidan. Num Pages: 320 pages, 20 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3F; 3H; HBJD; HBLC; JFCX. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 174 x 19. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415253093
- ISBN
- 9780415253093
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 50.58
€ 50.99
€ 50.58
paperback. Gender and Archaeology is the first volume to critically review the development of this now key topic internationally, across a range of periods and material culture. Num Pages: 208 pages, 17 line figures, 17 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: HD; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780415216005
- ISBN
- 9780415216005
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.14
€ 55.14
Hardback. For decades before World War II, New York's tenants had organized to secure renters' rights. This title shows that New York City's tenant movement made a significant claim to citizenship rights that came to accrue, both ideologically and legally, to homeownership in postwar America. Series: Women in American History. Num Pages: 328 pages, 22 black & white photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 164 x 29. Weight in Grams: 712.
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252038181
- ISBN
- 9780252038181
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.00
€ 63.00
Paperback. One woman's determination to educate Malawian girls and change the future of a nation. Series: Wayfarer. Num Pages: 440 pages, 29. BIC Classification: 1HFMM; BGB; JFC; JFSJ1; JNB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 800.
- Publisher
- University of Alberta Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 440
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781772120868
- ISBN
- 9781772120868
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 32.89
€ 45.99
€ 32.89
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFSJ1; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 151 x 7. Weight in Grams: 206.
- Publisher
- Fernwood Publishing Co Ltd Canada
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781552665534
- ISBN
- 9781552665534
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.35
€ 24.99
€ 21.35
Hardcover. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: HRAM2; JFSR1; LAF; LAQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 164 x 26. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195373707
- ISBN
- 9780195373707
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 90.34
€ 90.34
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 334
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803271579
- ISBN
- 9780803271579
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.33
€ 37.99
€ 34.33
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138189461
- ISBN
- 9781138189461
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 82.36
€ 82.36
Paperback. Caught between violent partners and the bureaucratic complications of the US Immigration system, many immigrant women are particularly vulnerable to abuse. This title provides insight into the many obstacles faced by battered immigrant women of colour, bringing their stories and voices to the fore. Num Pages: 226 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFE3; JFFN; JFSJ1; JFSL4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814788240
- ISBN
- 9780814788240
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.94
€ 35.94
Hardcover. Num Pages: 220 pages, 1 maps, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBTB; JFFN; JFSC; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 477.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295999241
- ISBN
- 9780295999241
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.78
€ 52.78
Paperback. An ethnography focused on professional guinea pigs, healthy, paid research subjects who earn their living by participating in multiple Phase I clinical trials testing the safety of drugs in development. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: JFMG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822348238
- ISBN
- 9780822348238
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.38
€ 32.99
€ 29.38
Paperback. Brings together scholarly and traditional (elder) knowledge about the long history of maiz/corn cultivation and culture, its roots in Mesoamerica, and its living relationship to Indigenous peoples throughout the continent, including Mexicans and Central Americans now living in the United States. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations, maps, figures, colour plates. BIC Classification: 1K; JFSL4; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Arizona Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816530618
- ISBN
- 9780816530618
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.77
€ 46.77
Paperback. In this work, Roberto DaMatta focuses on the trajectories of three types of public ritual (carnival, Independence Day and other military parades, and local-level religious processions) as principal axes in defining the values and attitudes that shape urban Brazil. Translator(s): Drury, John. Num Pages: 291 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JFC; JHBT; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 291
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268007942
- ISBN
- 9780268007942
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.32
€ 37.99
€ 34.32
hardcover. This book, itself by a major Italian philosopher, explores the distinctive traits of Italian theory and philosophy, reflecting on why it has been growing in popularity and why people have turned to it for answers to real-world issues and problems. Translator(s): Hanafi, Zakiya. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; HPC; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804781558
- ISBN
- 9780804781558
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.83
€ 116.83
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- Millivres-Prowler Group Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 64
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780854490707
- ISBN
- 9780854490707
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.37
€ 13.99
€ 13.37