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Society & culture: general

Paperback. Robert J. Klotz explores topics at the intersection of politics and the internet, including access, activities, advocacy, government, journalism and social capital. Num Pages: 280 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 362.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742529267
ISBN
9780742529267
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.79

Paperback. The First Nations of British Columbia is a concise and accessible introduction to histories, cultures, and issues of the First Peoples of BC. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 13. Weight in Grams: 249.
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
3rd ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774828734
ISBN
9780774828734
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.30

Paperback. Since the 1960s, Martin Luther King, Jr, has personified black leadership with his use of direct action protests against white authority. Booker T Washington pursued a different strategy to lift his people. This biography reveals how conditions in the segregated South led Washington to call for a less contentious path to freedom and equality. Num Pages: 528 pages, 54 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; JFSL3; JN; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 155 x 36. Weight in Grams: 840.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
528
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674060371
ISBN
9780674060371
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.69

Paperback. Series: Science & Its Conceptual Foundations S. Num Pages: 718 pages, 38 halftones. BIC Classification: JFCX; JMC; PDA; PDX; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 161 x 230 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1124.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
718
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226712000
ISBN
9780226712000
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.63
€ 48.66

Paperback. Based on one of the most ambitious studies in the history of social science, this title argues that communities still matter because life is decisively shaped by where you live. It discovers that neighborhoods influence a remarkably wide variety of social phenomena, including crime, health, civic engagement, home foreclosures, and teen births. Num Pages: 552 pages, 52 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 230 x 31. Weight in Grams: 838.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
552
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226055688
ISBN
9780226055688
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.65

Hardcover. The first indepth history of the controversies surrounding the establishment of Radio Telefis Eireann. Series: Irish cultural studies. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; JFD; JP; KNTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 539.
Publisher
Cork University Press Cork
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
SKU
V9781859181010
ISBN
9781859181010
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.00
€ 45.48

paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, 16 pp b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 478.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1982
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226763453
ISBN
9780226763453
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 28.32

Hardback. This study explores the status and trends in human well-being as it varies worldwide. Human well-being comes from a nation's physical, social, economic, and political macro systems. A metric of descriptive statistics is built for each, and then aggregated into one metric to gauge the level in each nation. Num Pages: 116 pages, 26 tables. BIC Classification: 1QFG; GTF; JFFA; JPH; JPS; JPV; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 338.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
116
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761859420
ISBN
9780761859420
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 89.59

Paperback. This analysis of advocacy - from commercials to public service ads to government propaganda - and its roots in advertising and public relations, uses the story of two organizations, the Committee on Public Information and the Advertising Council to clarify the quandaries it generates. Num Pages: 334 pages, 14 halftones. BIC Classification: JFD; JH; KJSA; KJSP; KNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 223 x 21. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New
Number of pages
334
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226389172
ISBN
9780226389172
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.39

Paperback. The first collection to consider the fraught itineraries of Asian American immigrant histories and how they are inscribed in the production and dissemination of ideas about Asian American foodways. Editor(s): Manalansan, Martin F.; Ku, Robert Ji-Song; Mannur, Anita. Num Pages: 453 pages, black & white illustrations, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KBB; GTB; JFCV; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 179 x 22. Weight in Grams: 832.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
NYU Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781479869251
ISBN
9781479869251
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 33.59

Paperback. Drawing on ethnographic interviews with activists and using physician-assisted suicide (PAS) as a diagnostic tool, this work argues that an egalitarian liberalism must abandon its overconfidence in its own neutrality, which undermines its ability to see the real needs and hear the actual voices of those it promises to champion. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPQ; HRLB; JFME. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 467.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268032678
ISBN
9780268032678
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.26

hardcover. Editor(s): Fullinwider, Robert K. Num Pages: 442 pages. BIC Classification: JF; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 162 x 30. Weight in Grams: 762.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers United States
Number of pages
442
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847693559
ISBN
9780847693559
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 204.64

Paperback. Editor(s): Fullinwider, Robert K. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 170 x 24. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847693566
ISBN
9780847693566
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.29

Paperback. From the names of cruise lines and bookstores to an Australian ranch and a nudist camp outside of Atlanta, the word serendipity - that happy blend of wisdom and luck by which something is discovered not quite by accident - is ubiquitous. This book traces the word's eventful history from its 1754 coinage into the twentieth century. Num Pages: 352 pages, 1 halftone. 2 tables. BIC Classification: JFCX; JH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 510.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691126302
ISBN
9780691126302
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 38.86

Paperback. Num Pages: 348 pages, 4 halftones. BIC Classification: CFA; CFG; JFCX; PD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 538.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
348
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
Reprinted edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226520865
ISBN
9780226520865
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.01

Paperback. This book introduces students to the concept of globalization, providing history, an overview of key themes and theories, and engaging examples. This edition fully explains the recent financial crisis and its ongoing impact, new global migration patterns, ISIS and other new conflicts, and more, while maintaining its accessible style. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: JFFS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
300
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
5th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442215276
ISBN
9781442215276
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 72.82

Hardback. This book introduces students to the concept of globalization, providing history, an overview of key themes and theories, and engaging examples. This edition fully explains the recent financial crisis and its ongoing impact, new global migration patterns, ISIS and other new conflicts, and more, while maintaining its accessible style. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: JFFS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 162 x 336 x 25. Weight in Grams: 548.
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Fifth
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442215269
ISBN
9781442215269
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.64

Hardcover. The clearest picture we have of what life is like for men and women who have been diagnosed HIV positive, based upon unique in-depth interviews and remarkable for its candor. "An unforgettable picture of what extremity looks like and how it is dealt with."-Clifford Geertz. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFH2; MJCJ2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 188 x 26. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Ivan R Dee, Inc Dublin, Ireland
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566631648
ISBN
9781566631648
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.01

Hardback. Journalism, advertising, radio, television, film, and new media are seen as dynamic parts of our daily lives, interacting with, and often creating the culture we live in. Media Studies: An Introductory Textbook, introduces students to media as they are and have been, integrating history with close textual analysis in s consise, readable style. Num Pages: 328 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 195 x 23. Weight in Grams: 766.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405155601
ISBN
9781405155601
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.46

Hardback. Delivers a reexamination of sociopolitical evolution among Native American groups in California, a region known for its wealth of prehistoric languages, populations, and cultural adaptations. The author argues that "orderly anarchy," the emergence of small, autonomous groups, provided a crucial strategy in social organization. Series: Origins of Human Behavior and Culture. Num Pages: 312 pages, 10 maps, 9 line drawings, 73 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 151 x 25. Weight in Grams: 626.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520283336
ISBN
9780520283336
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 69.39
€ 53.37

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