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Society & culture: general
Paperback. This Reader brings together the exciting and innovative work that has appeared in the last 10 years in the growing field of cultural economy. * Brings together exciting and innovative work from the last ten years in the emerging field of cultural economy. Editor(s): Amin, Ash; Thrift, Nigel J. Num Pages: 448 pages, 7 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 175 x 245 x 31. Weight in Grams: 788.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631234296
- ISBN
- 9780631234296
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.32
€ 56.32
Paperback. The impersonality of social relationships in the society of strangers is making majorities increasingly nostalgic for a time of closer personal ties and strong community moorings. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFP; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 139 x 217 x 17. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745652184
- ISBN
- 9780745652184
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.38
€ 24.38
Paperback. This book develops a fresh and challenging perspective on the city. Amin and Thrift maintain that the traditional divide between the city and the countryside has been perforated through urban encroachment, the thickening of the links between the two, and urbanization as a way of life. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSG; RGL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745624143
- ISBN
- 9780745624143
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.38
€ 22.38
Hardback. This book develops a fresh and challenging perspective on the city. Drawing on a wide and diverse range of material and texts, it argues that too much contemporary urban theory is based on nostalgia for a humane, face-to-face and bounded city. Num Pages: 196 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSG; RGL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745624136
- ISBN
- 9780745624136
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.57
€ 65.57
Hardback. The impersonality of social relationships in the society of strangers is making majorities increasingly nostalgic for a time of closer personal ties and strong community moorings. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFFP; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 223 x 22. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745652177
- ISBN
- 9780745652177
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.89
€ 65.89
hardcover. Seeing like a city means recognizing that cities are living things made up of a tangle of networks, built up from the agency of countless actors. Cities must not be considered as expressions of larger paradigms or sites of human effort and organization alone. Num Pages: 216 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSG; JHB; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 146 x 22. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780745664255
- ISBN
- 9780745664255
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.97
€ 64.97
Hardcover. Contains an introduction on the main strands and history of the cultural economy approach. This book shows how the pursuit of prosperity always involves multiple and hybrid orderings that cannot be reduced to either the terms culture or economy. It shows that thinking about cultural economy is a substantive task and a contribution to knowledge. Editor(s): Amin, Ash; Thrift, Nigel J. Num Pages: 448 pages, 7 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 251 x 177 x 37. Weight in Grams: 938.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631234289
- ISBN
- 9780631234289
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.39
€ 138.39
Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1KBB; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 381.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816689934
- ISBN
- 9780816689934
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 29.23
€ 29.99
€ 29.23
Hardcover. Handbook of Child Well-Being Editor(s): Ben-Arieh, Asher; Frones, Ivar; Casas, Ferran; Korbin, Jill E. Num Pages: 3293 pages, 66 black & white illustrations, 76 colour illustrations, 85 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 163 x 205. Weight in Grams: 5790.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2014th Edition
- Number of pages
- 3440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048190621
- ISBN
- 9789048190621
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 3,379.86
€ 3,379.86
Hardback. Dreaming of Michelangelo is the first book-length study to explore the intellectual and cultural affinities between modern Judaism, Italy, and the life and work of Michelangelo Buonarroti. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; JFSR1; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 534. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804768818
- ISBN
- 9780804768818
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.02
€ 70.02
Paperback. Rule by Aesthetics draws on extensive fieldwork in Delhi's slums, courtrooms and state offices to shed fresh light on the violent underpinnings of contemporary city making. Presenting a new theory of urban power, Ghertner shows how aesthetic codes replaced conventional city planning tools in Delhi's millennial slum clearance drive. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFSG; RPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 235 x 23. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199385577
- ISBN
- 9780199385577
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.68
€ 54.68
Hardback. Num Pages: 156 pages. BIC Classification: HP; JFFR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 164 x 16. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 156
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739150061
- ISBN
- 9780739150061
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.29
€ 129.29
Hardcover. Paper presented at the 'Feminisms of Discontent', held at the New Delhi, 2011. Editor(s): Barnes, Ashleigh. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFFK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 147 x 23. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199452941
- ISBN
- 9780199452941
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.25
€ 43.25
Hardcover. Examines the garments produced by northwestern Georgia's tufted textile industry. The well-researched and heavily illustrated text presents a broad history of tufted textiles, as well as sections highlighting individual craftspeople and manufacturers involved with the production of chenille fashion. Num Pages: 256 pages, 171 colour and black & white images, 1 diagram, 2 maps. BIC Classification: JFCK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 178 x 20. Weight in Grams: 825.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820345161
- ISBN
- 9780820345161
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 39.26
€ 42.99
€ 39.26
Paperback. Series: Social Movements, Protest and Contention. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1HFMN; 1HFMS; JFSK; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 224 x 16. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816678013
- ISBN
- 9780816678013
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 29.11
€ 29.99
€ 29.11
Paperback. A study of the world of modeling. Exploring an arena of cultural production, it shows how the right 'look' is discovered, developed, and packaged to become a prized commodity. It examines how models sell themselves, how agents promote them, and how clients decide to hire them. Num Pages: 328 pages, 13 b/w photographs, 5 line illustrations, 7 tables. BIC Classification: JFCK; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 466. The Making of a Fashion Model. 328 pages, illustrations. A study of the world of modeling. Exploring an arena of cultural production, it shows how the right 'look' is discovered, developed, and packaged to become a prized commodity. It examines how models sell themselves, how agents promote them, and how clients decide to hire them. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: JFCK; JHMP. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 21. Weight: 444.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 328
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520270763
- ISBN
- 9780520270763
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.32
€ 25.99
€ 19.32
Paperback. What if we told you ..that dishonesty in children is a positive trait that arguing in front of your kids can make you a good role model and that if you praise your children you risk making them fail ..and it was all true? This book explores logic-defying insights into child development that have far-reaching relevance for us all. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: JFSP1; VFX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 22. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Publisher
- Ebury Publishing
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780091933784
- ISBN
- 9780091933784
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.42
€ 21.99
€ 16.42
Hardback. This new edition encompasses the most complete explication of Montagu's theory. It takes on the issues of the Bell Curve, IQ Testing, ethnic cleansing and other contemporary race relations topics. Num Pages: 704 pages, maps. BIC Classification: JFCX; JFFJ; JFSL; JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 162 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1212.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
- Edition
- 6 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 704
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803946477
- ISBN
- 9780803946477
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.52
€ 115.52
Hardback. "This tribute to the Land of Welcomes captures the spirit of the Irish people in traditional blessings and classic verse. Featuring beautiful full-color photographs of the Emerald Isle, this inspiring" Num Pages: 128 pages, 30 colour photos. BIC Classification: 1DBR; AJC; JFHF; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 171 x 14. Weight in Grams: 64.
- Publisher
- Running Press United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762404506
- ISBN
- 9780762404506
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 8.11
€ 8.11
Paperback. Based on extensive studies into child welfare services, this important book brings together research into what works in service provision for minority ethnic families. Reviewing studies of the nature and adequacy of the services provided, and the outcomes for the children and their families, this book provides guidance for policy and practice. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSL; JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 158 x 15. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843102694
- ISBN
- 9781843102694
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.38
€ 44.38
Paperback. Series: Commonalities. Num Pages: 320 pages, 20 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: HPN; HRCC96; HRCM; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 2. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823274550
- ISBN
- 9780823274550
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.17
€ 29.99
€ 27.17
Hardback. Series: Commonalities. Num Pages: 320 pages, 20 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: HPN; HRCC96; HRCM; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3887 x 5817 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823274543
- ISBN
- 9780823274543
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.88
€ 113.88
Paperback. What is the role of the senses in how we understand the world? Drawing on more than sixty interviews with two decidedly different populations - the blind and the transgendered, this title answers provocative questions about the relationships between sex differences, biology, and visual perception. Num Pages: 216 pages, 19 halftones, 4 line drawings, 11 tables. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JMG; JMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 228 x 12. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226023632
- ISBN
- 9780226023632
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 26.37
€ 33.99
€ 26.37
Hardback. * Brings together key writings in the emergent field of the anthropology of media for the first time. * Offers critical overview of how mass media represents and constructs both Western and non--Western cultures. * Integrates key themes in the anthropology of media by means of editorial commentary. Editor(s): Askew, Kelly; Wilk, Richard R. Series: Wiley Blackwell Readers in Anthropology. Num Pages: 432 pages, 11. BIC Classification: JFD; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 264 x 185 x 29. Weight in Grams: 922.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631220930
- ISBN
- 9780631220930
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.12
€ 154.12