Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Paperback. Takes a fresh look at American suburbs, explains why they are changing, and discusses the housing crisis, growth, local government, and demand for services. Num Pages: 251 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 150 x 14. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 251
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231060158
- ISBN
- 9780231060158
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.81
€ 46.99
€ 33.81
Paperback. -- Richard Evans Schultes, Botanical Museum of Harvard University Num Pages: 381 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 381
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231055031
- ISBN
- 9780231055031
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Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.95
€ 54.99
€ 39.95
Paperback. A guide to the global communications revolution. The book is presented in the form of over 50 colour maps which graphically depict the global diffusion of old and new media. As well as presenting up-to-date data, the book extrapolates trends on a variety of topics illustrating media distribution. Num Pages: 128 pages, 50 colour maps, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: GBC; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 175 x 9. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Publisher
- BFI Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780851708607
- ISBN
- 9780851708607
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.18
€ 38.18
Paperback. BIC Classification: HRCS; HRCV; JFSJ2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Baker Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801075636
- ISBN
- 9780801075636
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.37
€ 12.37
Paperback. Reveals the history of how the emergence of the DVD market changed cultural and industrial attitudes about horror movies and film ratings. This title presents a re-evaluation of the history of the horror film from an industry studies perspective. It also features an exploration of the relationship between DVDs and film ratings. Num Pages: 224 pages, 20 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFN; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474405584
- ISBN
- 9781474405584
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 29.83
€ 33.99
€ 29.83
Hardcover. Received opinion has it that humans are morally superior to non-human animals; human interests matter more than the like interests of animals and the value of human lives is alleged to be greater than the value of nonhuman animal lives. Since this belief causes mayhem and murder, its de-mythologizing requires urgent attention. Series: The Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series. Num Pages: 168 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFFZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 14. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230276628
- ISBN
- 9780230276628
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.00
€ 127.00
Paperback. Analyzes the process of how power is exercised through sexuality and traces the historical conditions that have made possible a gay and lesbian politics. This work explores the invention of a gay and lesbian ethos, through which participation, even for apolitical gays and lesbians, goes beyond a shared culture and perspective. Num Pages: 240 pages, 2 tables, 4 figures. BIC Classification: JFSK; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 354.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566391740
- ISBN
- 9781566391740
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 32.13
€ 34.99
€ 32.13
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Permanent Publications
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781856232432
- ISBN
- 9781856232432
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.57
€ 14.99
€ 12.57
Paperback. Introduces and develops Lacanian thought concerning the relations among language, subjectivity, and society. This title provides an account of how language both interacts with and constitutes structures of subjectivity, producing specific attitudes and behaviors as well as significant social effects. Editor(s): Alcorn, Marshall W.; Corthell, Ronald J.; Massardier-Kenney, Francoise. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFG; GTC; JFC; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814712993
- ISBN
- 9780814712993
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.67
€ 29.99
€ 27.67
Paperback. The stereotype of the Victorian man as a sexually repressed patriarch belies the wide variety of male behaviors and conceptions of manhood during the mid to late nineteenth century. A complex pattern of alternative and even competing behaviors and attitudes emerges in this collection of essays that points toward a "gendered history" of men. Editor(s): Carnes, Mark C.; Griffen, Clyde. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226093659
- ISBN
- 9780226093659
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.91
€ 36.99
€ 29.91
Paperback. Weaving case studies from the wars against AIDS and drugs with an empirical analysis of congressional action on these issues, this title shows how members of Congress balance problem solving with re-election concerns, paying particular attention to their need to craft compelling rationales for their actions. Series: American Governance and Public Policy Series. Num Pages: 160 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFH1; JFFH2; JFS; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 249.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780878408290
- ISBN
- 9780878408290
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.48
€ 73.48
Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSL; VFVK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816669592
- ISBN
- 9780816669592
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.67
€ 29.99
€ 27.67
Paperback. We live in a moment of unprecedented complexity, an era in which change occurs faster than our ability to comprehend it. This books offers a map for the unfamiliar terrain opening in our midst, unfolding an alternative philosophy of our time through a synthesis of science and culture. Num Pages: 352 pages, 25 halftones, 20 line drawings. BIC Classification: HPCF; JFC; PDA; PDZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226791180
- ISBN
- 9780226791180
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 26.09
€ 32.99
€ 26.09
Paperback. Travelling from high culture to pop culture and back again, this book approaches cyberspace and Las Vegas through Hegel and Kant and reads Melville's "The Confidence-Man" through the film "Wall Street". Series: Religion and Postmodernism. Num Pages: 292 pages, 38 halftones. BIC Classification: HPC; HRAB; HRLK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226791623
- ISBN
- 9780226791623
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.82
€ 40.99
€ 31.82
Paperback. Series: Religion and Postmodernism. Num Pages: 280 pages, 38 halftones. BIC Classification: HRAB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226791319
- ISBN
- 9780226791319
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.86
€ 36.99
€ 29.86
Paperback. The age of information, media and virtuality is transforming many aspects of human experience. This is an investigation of the postmodern world which critically examines a wide range of contemporary cultural practices. The author contends that postmodern culture is full of creative possibilities. Series: Religion and Postmodernism. Num Pages: 354 pages, 13 colour plates, 122 halftones. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM; PDR; U. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 184 x 24. Weight in Grams: 800.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 354
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226791593
- ISBN
- 9780226791593
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 37.57
€ 47.99
€ 37.57
Paperback. Drawing on archival material and contemporary analysis, this title provides an account of the prehistory of cultural studies in Britain. It offers a genealogy of the Birmingham Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies which has its roots in adult education as well as in the work of Raymond Williams, E P Thompson, and Richard Hoggart. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; JFC; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814717011
- ISBN
- 9780814717011
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.02
€ 33.99
€ 31.02
Hardback. Addresses the startling fact that many African American intellectuals in the 1930s sympathized with fascism, seeing in its ideology a means of envisioning new modes of African American political resistance. This book surveys the work and thought of several authors to have an understanding of Depression-era African American literary culture. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; DSBH; JFC; JFSL3; JPFQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813926704
- ISBN
- 9780813926704
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Condition: New
€ 87.64
€ 87.64
Hardcover. Editor(s): Bennett, Andy; Cieslik, Mark; Miles, Steven. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JFSP2; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 2003rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403905734
- ISBN
- 9781403905734
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. Presents contributions in comparative suburban studies for urban regions, not just in Europe and the United States but also metropolitan regions in China, India and other areas of the world. This title examines the patterns of suburban development in metropolitan regions around the globe. Editor(s): Clapson, Mark; Hutchison, Ray. Series Editor(s): Hutchison, Ray. Series: Research in Urban Sociology. Num Pages: 394 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSG; JHB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 239 x 238 x 32. Weight in Grams: 712.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 394
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857243478
- ISBN
- 9780857243478
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 145.30
€ 145.30
Paperback. Suggests that the church today is composed of people whose lives are situated more within a consumer culture than within a distinctively Christian one. In order for the church to free itself, the author believes it must reclaim a sacramental identity that is grounded in a narrative tradition and realized in real, local worshipping communities. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: HRCX6; JFFT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Publisher
- SPCK
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780281070381
- ISBN
- 9780281070381
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.54
€ 16.99
€ 15.54
Hardback. The time is ripe for a new international organization, a Global Union based upon a limited sharing of sovereignty. This book examines the successes and failures of the European Union as a sovereignty-sharing organization, and suggests that this unique institution has a critical role to play in the development of a more effective world order. Num Pages: 260 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPH; JPSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230230866
- ISBN
- 9780230230866
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.99
€ 66.99
Book. Series: St Antony's Series. Num Pages: 193 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GPJ; JFC; JFD; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 193
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312125271
- ISBN
- 9780312125271
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.06
€ 70.06
Hardback. This volume builds on and expands the existing symbolic interactionist perspective to include the study of social interaction made possible by the use of new social media. Series: Studies in Symbolic Interaction. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JFD; JFFP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 231 x 147 x 23. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783509331
- ISBN
- 9781783509331
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.81
€ 135.81