Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Paperback. A crisp and engaging book that proposes how to save the dying humanities Num Pages: 172 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 211 x 12. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 172
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781439909836
- ISBN
- 9781439909836
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.35
€ 29.99
€ 27.35
Hardback. Global Media Studies is unique in its coverage of places, peoples, institutions, and discourses. Toby Miller and Marwan M. Kraidy provide a comprehensive how-to guide to the study of media, going far beyond the established English-language literature and drawing on the best methods and research from around the world. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 252 x 173 x 25. Weight in Grams: 618.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745644318
- ISBN
- 9780745644318
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.14
€ 72.14
Paperback. What does it mean to be a "citizen" today, in an age of unbridled consumerism, terrorism, militarism, and multinationalism? This book provides the answer to this question. It looks at media coverage of September 11th and the Iraq invasion as well as "infotainment" to see how US TV is serving its citizens as part of "the global commodity chain". Num Pages: 248 pages, 2 Tables, 1 Figure, 1 b&w photo. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD; JHBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592135615
- ISBN
- 9781592135615
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 29.46
€ 31.99
€ 29.46
Paperback. Describes how people perform their sexual identities as athletes and spectators. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; VFVC; WSDP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566399944
- ISBN
- 9781566399944
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 28.44
€ 30.99
€ 28.44
Hardback. An authentic picture of culture among young adults of colour Num Pages: 204 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSL; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781439908297
- ISBN
- 9781439908297
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 90.95
€ 90.95
Paperback. From cleaning to construction, from agriculture to domestic work, every day migrant labourers are exploited and enslaved. The author argues that even governments, keen to protect big business, are complicit in this exploitation; their 'law and order' approach on immigration being part of this complicity. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: JFFN; KCF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 199 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Zed Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781842778524
- ISBN
- 9781842778524
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 29.47
€ 31.99
€ 29.47
Hardback. You can squeeze it, zest it, slice it, juice it, pickle it, or even take a bite out of it as Sicilians do. This title tells the story of the remarkable adventure of the lemon, starting with its fragrant and mysterious ancestor, the citron, adored by the Greeks and Romans for its fine perfume and sacred to many of the world's great religions. Series: Edible. Num Pages: 128 pages, 60 black & white illustrations, 40 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCV; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 120 x 15. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780230344
- ISBN
- 9781780230344
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.39
€ 23.39
Paperback. Provides a demystification of the process of using masks. This book examines how masks have the ability to play the fundamental game of theatre - the suspension of disbelief. It includes: an introduction to the origin of masks; advice on preparing, making and using mask; tips on writing, devising and directing maskwork; and practical exercises. Num Pages: 200 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 11. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415414371
- ISBN
- 9780415414371
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.65
€ 54.65
Paperback. The author chronicles how basketball and hip hop have gone from being reviled by the American mainstream in the 1970s to being embraced and imitated globally today. For young black men, he argues, they represent a new version of the American dream, one embodying the hopes and desires of those excluded from the original version. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGR; JFSL3; WSJM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 151 x 11. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Edition
- 2 Edition
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803216754
- ISBN
- 9780803216754
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.32
€ 20.99
€ 20.32
Paperback. In this provocative book, Boyd suggests that hip hop culture has emerged as a social movement in its own right, replacing the Civil Rights and Black Power movements in influencing and defining today's generation. Num Pages: 169 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 206 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 169
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814798966
- ISBN
- 9780814798966
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.69
€ 45.69
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, 9 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFU; JMJ; KNXC; TBDG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 235 x 21. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472486134
- ISBN
- 9781472486134
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.97
€ 63.97
Paperback. Editor(s): Nelson, Todd D. Num Pages: 376 pages, 3 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSP31. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- MIT Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- second edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780262533409
- ISBN
- 9780262533409
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 43.67
€ 48.99
€ 43.67
Paperback. In this eye-opening work of American history, Todd DePastino tells the epic story of the veritable army of homeless men that swept across America after the Civil War and crafts a stunning new interpretation of the "American century" in the process. Num Pages: 350 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 166 x 20. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226143798
- ISBN
- 9780226143798
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.13
€ 46.13
Hardcover. Num Pages: 440 pages. BIC Classification: HBLL; HBLW; HRAM9; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 166 x 36. Weight in Grams: 762.
- Publisher
- PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691004792
- ISBN
- 9780691004792
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.22
€ 66.22
Paperback. Divided into four sections, this collection of essays traces the interpretive, pedagogic and theoretical concerns inherent in the study of literature, ethics and modes of criticism. The book is a cohesive introduction to a reading paradigm that continues to affect the ways we think and feel. Editor(s): Davis, Todd F.; Womack, Kenneth. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; HPQ; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Edition
- Annotated edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813920566
- ISBN
- 9780813920566
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.08
€ 63.08
Paperback. Editor(s): Morrison, Todd G.; Morrison, Melanie A.; Carrigan, Mark A.; McDermott, Daragh T. Num Pages: 270 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHBK5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 177 x 14. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 270
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781628087048
- ISBN
- 9781628087048
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 123.13€ 87.02
€ 123.13
€ 87.02
Paperback. Scrutinizes major news coverage in the early days of the antiwar movement. This work shows in detail how the media first ignore new political developments, then select and emphasize aspects of the story that treat movements as oddities. Num Pages: 352 pages, 2 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- First Edition, With a New Preface
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520239326
- ISBN
- 9780520239326
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.43
€ 50.43
Paperback. A careful and comprehensive analysis of Canada s economic policies and political interference in Latin America Noam Chomsky" BIC Classification: HBTQ; JFFS; JPH; KJ; KNA; KNB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. .
- Publisher
- Fernwood Publishing Co Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781552668306
- ISBN
- 9781552668306
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 25.88
€ 30.99
€ 25.88
Paperback. Tells the little-known story of a highly celebrated auto-racing event for African Americans, the Gold and Glory Sweepstakes. These races were held in Indiana and throughout the Midwest during the racial turbulence of the 1920s and 1930s, when the Ku Klux Klan cast a shadow over the social and political landscape of the state and region. Num Pages: 240 pages, 45 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; JFSL3; WSPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 15. Weight in Grams: 397.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253219626
- ISBN
- 9780253219626
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.34
€ 16.34
Hardback. The Weimar Republic (1918-1933) was a crucial moment not only in German history but also in the history of both crime fiction and criminal science. This study approaches the period from a unique perspective - investigating the most notorious criminals of the time and the public's reaction to their crimes. Series: Monographs in German History. Num Pages: 169 pages, 15 ills. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJ; HBJD; HBTB; JFC; JKV. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 169
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845454395
- ISBN
- 9781845454395
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.68
€ 155.68
Paperback. Offers an insight into the alleged medical differences between whites and blacks that translated as racial inferiority. This work evaluates the diet, hygiene, clothing, and living and working conditions of African Americans, and analyzes the diseases and health conditions that afflicted them in urban areas, at industrial sites, and on plantations. Series: Blacks in the New World. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 465.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1981
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780252008740
- ISBN
- 9780252008740
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 21.84
€ 21.99
€ 21.84
Paperback. British Jews have been central to the unfolding of key political events of the modern period, especially the establishment of the State of Israel, but inconspicuous in shaping the character and outlook of modern Jewry. This title characterizes the history of British Jewry in the modern period by a mixture of prominence and inconspicuousness. Series: Jewish Communities in the Modern World. Num Pages: 359 pages, 13 b/w photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 510. Series: Jewish Communities in the Modern World S. 359 pages, 13 b&w photographs, map. British Jews have been central to the unfolding of key political events of the modern period, especially the establishment of the State of Israel, but inconspicuous in shaping the character and outlook of modern Jewry. This title characterizes the history of British Jewry in the modern period by a mixture of prominence and inconspicuousness. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; JFSR1. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 22. Weight: 498.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 359
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- Subsequent
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520227200
- ISBN
- 9780520227200
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.72
€ 45.72
Paperback. Num Pages: 392 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 602.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9781904113027
- ISBN
- 9781904113027
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.79
€ 44.79
Paperback. An account of how Jews in eighteenth and early-nineteenth century England adapted to new circumstances and conditions in order to immerse their culture into a pluralistic state and society. The book also incorporates a consideration of the active role of poor Jews in this process. Series: Ann Arbor Paperbacks. Num Pages: 416 pages, 13 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD1; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472086092
- ISBN
- 9780472086092
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.09
€ 41.09