Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Paperback. Anthropology's global, comparative perspective and ethnographic methods provide powerful insights for analyzing case studies from around the world. This title explores the role of news and journalism in contemporary culture from an anthropological perspective - as a form of cultural meaning-making in its creation, content, and dissemination. Editor(s): Bird, S. Elizabeth. Num Pages: 344 pages, 1 b&w illus. BIC Classification: GTC; JFD; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253221261
- ISBN
- 9780253221261
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.12
€ 26.99
€ 25.12
Hardback. This text is a cross-cultural exploration of the study of visuality and the arts from a religious perspective. The collection gathers together the contemporary scholarship for those interested in art, religion, visual culture, and cultural studies. Editor(s): Plate, S. Brent. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AGR; JFC; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- St Martin's Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312240035
- ISBN
- 9780312240035
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.19
€ 123.19
Hardcover. Editor(s): Rosenkranz, Patrick. Num Pages: 232 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACXJ; AKLC; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 286 x 203 x 50. .
- Publisher
- Fantagraphics
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781606999998
- ISBN
- 9781606999998
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 36.22
€ 36.99
€ 36.22
Paperback. Editor(s): Coleman, S.; Moss, G.; Parry, K.; Halperin, John. Num Pages: 251 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFD; JPA; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349500116
- ISBN
- 9781349500116
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Condition: New
€ 65.15
€ 65.15
Hardback. This landmark collection brings together many of the leading scholars in the field of political communication to reflect upon a key question of our age: Can the media serve democracy? Editor(s): Coleman, Stephen; Moss, Giles; Parry, Katy. Num Pages: 272 pages, 2 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFD; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 2015th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137467911
- ISBN
- 9781137467911
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.78
€ 64.78
Paperback. Examines developments in black cinema - the ascendancy of Spike Lee and the proliferation of "ghettocentric films". The work examines a distinct contradiction in American society: black youth have become targets of a racial backlash but their popular cultures have become commercially viable. Num Pages: 329 pages, 1 line drawing, 9 tables, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF; JFCA; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 329
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226874890
- ISBN
- 9780226874890
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 24.82
€ 31.99
€ 24.82
Paperback. Gives an overview of the Mediterranean (history, people, culture) during the high middle ages. This book discusses the working class; the business world, and government's role in commerce; and describes travel and seafaring. Series: Near Eastern Center, UCLA. Num Pages: 576 pages, Illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1QSM; 3H; HBG; HBJF; HBLC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 40. Weight in Grams: 892.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 576
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520221581
- ISBN
- 9780520221581
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.12
€ 40.99
€ 29.12
Paperback. Tells how it was in the Mediterranean world of the tenth through the thirteenth century. This book draws a portrait of the individual - a social person who mingled within the community; addressed the challenges of poverty, illness, aging, and death; possessed friends, enemies, and lovers; and prayed and responded within a religious community. Series: Near Eastern Center, UCLA. Num Pages: 687 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1QSM; 3H; HBG; HBJF; HBLC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 210 x 49. Weight in Grams: 970.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 687
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520221628
- ISBN
- 9780520221628
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 29.91
€ 41.99
€ 29.91
Paperback. Explores the nature of medieval religious democracy, including discussion of the community, social services, local government, worship, education, interfaith relations, relations between religion and the state, and the relations between the communities and the state. Series: Near Eastern Center, UCLA. Num Pages: 649 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1QSM; 3H; HBG; HBJF; HBLC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 153 x 48. Weight in Grams: 928.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 649
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520221598
- ISBN
- 9780520221598
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.35
€ 40.99
€ 29.35
Paperback. Deals with the Mediterranean family - the extended family, marriage (rituals, economics, social and cultural safeguards), the Mediterranean household, widowhood, divorce, remarriage, and the world of women. Series: Near Eastern Center, UCLA. Num Pages: 543 pages, 1 b/w photograph. BIC Classification: 1QSM; 3H; HBG; HBJF; HBLC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 230 x 38. Weight in Grams: 836.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 543
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520221604
- ISBN
- 9780520221604
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.15
€ 40.99
€ 29.15
Paperback. Tells how it was in the Mediterranean world of the tenth through the thirteenth century. This book details city life, domestic architecture, furnishings and housewares, clothing and jewelry, food and drink, and other material culture. Series: Near Eastern Center, UCLA. Num Pages: 513 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1QSM; 3H; HBG; HBJF; HBLC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 37. Weight in Grams: 708.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520221611
- ISBN
- 9780520221611
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.12
€ 40.99
€ 29.12
Paperback. A work on Jewish communities in the medieval Mediterranean world that offers an unparalleled view of how people lived, traveled, worshiped, and conducted their economic and social affairs. Editor(s): Lassner, Jacob. Num Pages: 525 pages, 1 b/w photograph, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBG; HBJF1; HBLC; JFC; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 159 x 31. Weight in Grams: 754.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- Rev Ed
- Number of pages
- 525
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520240599
- ISBN
- 9780520240599
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 30.01
€ 41.99
€ 30.01
Hardcover. Dawn is a time to celebrate with a smiling heart, to start a new day in the right way, excited for what might come. Birds sing and dance, children rush to learn, dewdrops glisten from leaves, and gradually the sun warms us. Each time the sun starts a new circle, we can start again as well. Num Pages: 48 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSL9; YFJ. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 216 x 279 x 13. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- South Dakota State Historical Society
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780984504169
- ISBN
- 9780984504169
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 20.23
€ 20.23
Hardback. This book explores the extent to which children engage with questions of morality, arguing that they are active members of society who have both the capacity and understanding to engage with discourses of morality. Series: Studies in Childhood and Youth. Num Pages: 240 pages, 3 black & white tables, 1 figures. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFSP1; JHB; JKVQ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 138 x 220 x 11. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 2012th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230284265
- ISBN
- 9780230284265
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.01
€ 65.01
Paperback. Social thinkers in all fields are faced with one unavoidable question: What does it mean to be human in the 21st century? This ambitious and groundbreaking book provides the first synthesis of historical, philosophical and sociological insights needed to address this question in a thoughtful and creative manner. Num Pages: 280 pages, 4 figures. BIC Classification: HRAM3; JFMG; JHMC; TCB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 146 x 216 x 17. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 280
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 2011th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230233430
- ISBN
- 9780230233430
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.86
€ 64.86
Paperback. In this fully revised and updated new edition, leading political scientist Stephen Gill further develops his radical theory of the new world order to argue that as the globalization of power intensifies, so too do globalized forms of resistance. Including two new chapters, this widely adopted text offers alternatives to the current world order. Num Pages: 314 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPS; KCP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230203709
- ISBN
- 9780230203709
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 123.91
€ 123.91
Hardback. Domestic Violence Laws in the United States and India is a comparative study of the domestic violence laws in India and the United States, seeking to illuminate the critical issues of intimate partner violence through the lenses of these two societies. Num Pages: 112 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1KBB; JFC; JFFE; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 224 x 12. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 2014th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137399700
- ISBN
- 9781137399700
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.98
€ 63.98
Paperback. A history of French homosexuals since 1942 in the interconnected realms of law, politics and the media, with a focus on the complex relationship between French republican values and the possibilities they have offered for change in each of these three spheres. Num Pages: 175 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL; HBTB; JFSJ; MMJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 175
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349306541
- ISBN
- 9781349306541
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 120.97
€ 120.97
Paperback. The study of global governance has often led separate lives within the respective camps of International Political Economy and Foucauldian Studies. Guzzini and Neumann combine these to look at an increasingly global politics with a growing number of agents, recognising the emergence of a global polity. Editor(s): Guzzini, Stefano; Neumann, I. Series: Palgrave Studies in International Relations. Num Pages: 276 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPA; JPS; JPSN; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 369.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349337804
- ISBN
- 9781349337804
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.70
€ 64.70
Paperback. This book challenges the widely held conjecture that gangs represent 'the new face of youth crime', repudiating claims which situate the gang at the heart of sexual violence, mass shooting and control of the illegal drugs trade and examining how better we might understand the violence of the street and the organisations that inhabit it. Num Pages: 222 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFFE; JKVC; JKVJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 144 x 13. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 232
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137358097
- ISBN
- 9781137358097
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 123.10
€ 123.10
Hardback. Romantic Terrorism offers an innovative methodology in exploring the ways in which domestic violence offenders terrorise their victims. Its focus on the insidious use of tactics of coercive control by abusers opens up much-needed discussion on the damage caused to victims by emotional and psychological abuse. Num Pages: 118 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFE3; JHBK; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 148 x 16. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 2015th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137468482
- ISBN
- 9781137468482
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.19
€ 64.19
Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 10. Weight in Grams: 433. "Includes bibliographical references (p. 180-182) and index. Commissioning organisation: Sue Hayward. vi, 186 p. 24 cm. Publishers cloth. As new with dw." Keywords: "Biography - Political - General,Biography - Political - Political Leaders & Leadership,Society, Politics"
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan Dublin, Ireland
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 2005th Edition
- SKU
- KEX0164426
- ISBN
- 9781403936769
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-246) and index. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life. Num Pages: 261 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFK; JFSJ; JHBK; JPQB; VSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 261
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2011
- SKU
- V9781349369379
- ISBN
- 9781349369379
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.23
€ 64.23
Hardback. Through a selection of in-depth interviews, a survey of experts working with the European Union and United Nations, and Qualitative Comparative Analysis of policy debates, this text rethinks our understanding of gender expertise and the circumstances that lead to expert success in public policy. Series: Gender and Politics. Num Pages: 224 pages, 18 black & white tables, 18 figures. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JPQB; JPWD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 222 x 17. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 2015th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137365163
- ISBN
- 9781137365163
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.86
€ 64.86