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Society & culture: general

Paperback. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JMU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 204 x 133 x 13. Weight in Grams: 168.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Edition
1st Vintage Books Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780679724698
ISBN
9780679724698
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.04

Paperback. Asks how a virulent anti-Americanism developed in a Nicaraguan society that also seemed to embrace Americanization fervently and explores the historical roots of this paradox Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. Num Pages: 392 pages, 26 illus., 3 tables, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCN; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 24. Weight in Grams: 572.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822336471
ISBN
9780822336471
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 29.85

Hardback. Series: Global Chinese Culture. Num Pages: 272 pages, 29. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSBH; JFD; UBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 500.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231160827
ISBN
9780231160827
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.51
€ 41.99

paperback. Translator(s): Howard, Richard. Num Pages: 184 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 212 x 173 x 10. Weight in Grams: 256.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
184
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226471419
ISBN
9780226471419
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 25.21

Paperback. Translator(s): Emanuel, Susan. Num Pages: 176 pages, notes, index. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 10. Weight in Grams: 240.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780816626892
ISBN
9780816626892
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.24

Paperback. With maternal love as the prototype for all types of love, Odent examines the short, but critical time just after birth which has long-term consequences for our future capacity to love. The author looks at love holistically and in terms of the hormones which affect it in different parts of life. Num Pages: 150 pages. BIC Classification: JFFP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 216 x 6. Weight in Grams: 200.
Publisher
Free Association Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853432293
ISBN
9781853432293
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.97

Hardback. What do prostitutes, referees, and Renaissance clowns have in common? They all wear stripes, and The Devil's Cloth tells us why. Pastoureau's lively study of stripes offers a unique perspective on the evolution of fashion, taste, and visual codes in Western culture. Translator(s): Gladding, Jody. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 160 pages, 14 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFCK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 184 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 236. A History of Stripes and Striped Fabric. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. 160 pages, 14 halftones. What do prostitutes, referees, and Renaissance clowns have in common? They all wear stripes, and The Devil's Cloth tells us why. Pastoureau's lively study of stripes offers a unique perspective on the evolution of fashion, taste, and visual codes in Western culture. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFCK. Dimension: 184 x 157 x 15. Weight: 236. Translator(s): Gladding, Jody.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
160
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231123662
ISBN
9780231123662
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.53

Hardback. From antiquity to the Middle Ages, the bear's centrality in cults and mythologies left traces in European languages, literatures, and legends. Michel Pastoureau considers how this once venerated creature was deposed by Christianity and continued to sink lower in the symbolic bestiary before rising again in Pyrrhic triumph as the teddy bear. Translator(s): Holoch, George. Num Pages: 384 pages, 36 color illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; HRAX; JFCA; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 241 x 31. Weight in Grams: 710.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Tra
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674047822
ISBN
9780674047822
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.99

Hardback. Anthropologist Michel Laguerre, author of several books including "Urban Life in the Caribbean" and "American Odyssey - Haitians in New York and Voodoo and Politics in Haiti", focuses on Martinique as a social laboratory to investigate the process of reproduction of urban poverty in the Caribbean. Num Pages: 195 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QSC; JFFA; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 405.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
195
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333521724
ISBN
9780333521724
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.29

Hardback. Argues that just beneath and in the interstices of the formal city, there exists an informal city. The metaphor is not geographical, but structural and hermeneutical. This is the city where manoeuvres that cannot be done publicly, legally, ethically or otherwise, are performed. Num Pages: 196 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 405.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
196
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333617670
ISBN
9780333617670
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.85

Hardcover. This book analyzes the unfolding of a new institutional phenomenon: the cosmonational parliament of the cross-border nation and the expanded state, focusing on three European national parliaments, namely the French Senate, the Italian Chamber of Representatives and Senate, and the Croatian unicameral parliament. Series: Europe in Transition: The NYU European Studies Series. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; JFFN; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 395.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137280596
ISBN
9781137280596
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.66

Hardcover. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTB; JFC; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 218 x 19. Weight in Grams: 438.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137567239
ISBN
9781137567239
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.24

Paperback. Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFN; JFSJ; JFSL; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 301.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 1998
Number of pages
230
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349267576
ISBN
9781349267576
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.40

Hardback. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; JFFN; JFFS; JFSG; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
218
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403915511
ISBN
9781403915511
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.28

Hardback. Num Pages: 225 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFD; JFSG; U. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 415.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
225
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403997104
ISBN
9781403997104
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.90

Hardcover. Critical reflections by established academics on the crisis of multiculturalism that occurred in Great Britain, Netherlands and Canada. It provides an occasion to develop a sophisticated understanding of societies characterized by religious, ethnic and cultural diversity. Series: Palgrave Politics of Identity and Citizenship Series. Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DDN; 1KBC; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 222 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 410.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230231931
ISBN
9780230231931
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.41

Paperback. Offers a study of those at the centre of Western civilization's vision of the world - the Enlightenment: nobles, priests, functionaries, men of letters, artists, explorers, soldiers and women. This book examines the fundamental structures of society, and attitudes to birth, death and sexuality. Editor(s): Vovelle, Michel. Translator(s): Cochrane, Lydia G. Num Pages: 460 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; HBG; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 634.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
460
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226865706
ISBN
9780226865706
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.35
€ 50.37

Hardback. * A major new book on the present-day forms of evil D terrorism, violence, racism and hatred. * Rather than treating evil as a supernatural force or a religious issue, Wieviorka analyses it from a sociological point of view, showing how these various forms of evil are constituted in day-to-day life. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: JFF; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 221 x 18. Weight in Grams: 334.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
180
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745653921
ISBN
9780745653921
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.09

Paperback. * A major new book on the present-day forms of evil D terrorism, violence, racism and hatred. * Rather than treating evil as a supernatural force or a religious issue, Wieviorka analyses it from a sociological point of view, showing how these various forms of evil are constituted in day-to-day life. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: JFF; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 138 x 216 x 14. Weight in Grams: 232.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Polity
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
180
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745653938
ISBN
9780745653938
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.53

Hardback. Num Pages: 296 pages, 17 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFSL3; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 218 x 22. Weight in Grams: 524.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137531698
ISBN
9781137531698
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.02

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