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Society & culture: general

Paperback / so. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, black & white tables, colour tables, bibliography. BIC Classification: JFFN; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 21. Weight in Grams: 467.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Vs Verlag Fur Sozialwissenschaften United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9783531183459
ISBN
9783531183459
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 70.77

Paperback. Shedding new light on the division of power, the essays in this volume explore the variety of roles and assumptions about queens from the Americas to Eurasia. Together they provide a global tour of archaeological and historical queens that illustrate the intersection of gender and power in archaeology. Editor(s): Nelson, Sarah Milledge. Series: Gender and Archaeology. Num Pages: 208 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: HBTG; HD; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 227 x 12. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780759103467
ISBN
9780759103467
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 73.88

First reference work to explore the research on gender in archaeology. Editor(s): Nelson, Sarah Milledge. Series: Gender and Archaeology. Num Pages: 928 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: HD; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 161 x 53. Weight in Grams: 1324.
Publication date
2006
Publisher
AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
928
Condition
New
SKU
V9780759106789
ISBN
9780759106789
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 298.15

hardcover. Reflects the various changes in the study of gender and archaeology. This title covers issues such as sexuality studies, the body, children, and feminist pedagogy. It also covers the roles of women and men in such areas as human origins, the sexual division of labor, kinship and other social structures, state development, and ideology. Series: Gender and Archaeology. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: HD; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 164 x 20. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780759104952
ISBN
9780759104952
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.37

Paperback. Visit our website for sample chapters! Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HDA; HDW; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761991168
ISBN
9780761991168
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.35

Hardcover. Redolent of everything sensual and hedonistic, chocolate is synonymous with our idea of indulgence. It is adored around the world and has been since the Spanish first encountered cocoa beans in South America in the sixteenth century. This title explores the origins and growth of this almost universal obsession. Series: Edible. Num Pages: 128 pages, 20 black & white illustrations, 40 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCV; WBTX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 132 x 15. Weight in Grams: 320.
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861895240
ISBN
9781861895240
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.16

Paperback. This book will inspire policy makers, practitioners, academics and journalists to rediscover courage in tackling child sexual abuse. Sarah Nelson proposes new models for child-centred, perpetrator-focussed child protection, for community prevention, and for work with survivor-offenders. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: JFFE1; JKSB1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
Publisher
Policy Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447313878
ISBN
9781447313878
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 33.85

Paperback. Investigates the role of journalism in the digital age. This title explains the history of journalism, its everyday workings, and the ethical dilemmas that modern journalists face. Series: Beginner's Guides. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFD; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 8. Weight in Grams: 194.
Publisher
Oneworld Publications United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851687039
ISBN
9781851687039
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.54

Paperback. A lavishly illustrated collection that explores ideas of beauty in Africa and its diasporas, asking by and for whom concepts of beauty and aesthetics have developed. Editor(s): Nuttall, Sarah. Num Pages: 416 pages, 126 illustrations (incl. 112 in color). BIC Classification: HPN; JFC; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 173 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1088.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822339182
ISBN
9780822339182
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Paperback. Intends to capture the contradictory mixture of innovation and inertia, of loss, violence and xenophobia as well as experimentation and desegregation, which characterises the present. This title explores the concept of entanglement in relation to readings of literature, new media forms and painting. Num Pages: 240 pages, col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 151 x 223 x 13. Weight in Grams: 312.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Wits University Press South Africa
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781868144761
ISBN
9781868144761
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Paperback. In a major revisionary approach to ancient Greek culture, this title invokes as a paradigm the myths surrounding Daidalos to describe the profound influence of the Near East on Greece's artistic and literary origins. Num Pages: 483 pages, 63 halftones 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; ACG; DSBB; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 24. Weight in Grams: 942.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
411
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691001609
ISBN
9780691001609
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 83.18
€ 63.74

Paperback. Series: Culture, Mind and Society. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 305.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349372867
ISBN
9781349372867
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 69.35

Paperback. Against the commonly held opinion that ancient Judaism was an artless culture, this sumptuously illustrated book offers new ways of looking at art in Jewish antiquity. Leading experts, under the editorship of Sarah Pearce, skilfully explore different functions of images in relation to their prohibition by the Second of the Ten Commandments. Editor(s): Pearce, Sarah. Num Pages: 288 pages, 50 illustrations. BIC Classification: HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 248 x 188 x 21. Weight in Grams: 910.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Journal of Jewish Studies
Condition
New
SKU
V9780957522800
ISBN
9780957522800
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.41

Hardback. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of the Media. Num Pages: 202 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; HBTB; JFSJ1; JPW; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st ed. 2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137538338
ISBN
9781137538338
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.34

Hardback. Series: Literature Now. Num Pages: 352 pages, 11 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 2AB; DSBH; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231174404
ISBN
9780231174404
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.36
€ 50.63

Paperback. Diaspora studies have tended to privilege urban landscapes over rural ones, wanting to avoid the racial homogeneity, conservatism, and xenophobia usually associated with the latter. This book examines the work of various writers to show how it expresses the appeal that rural and wilderness spaces can hold for the diasporic imagination. Series: New World Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages, 11 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1K; DSBH; JFFN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 345.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813926391
ISBN
9780813926391
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.94

Hardcover. Contemporary anthropologists' engagement with social & digital media simultaneously offers opportunities to disseminate work in new ways, while challenging scholars to move into unfamiliar collaborative domains & expose their research to new forms of scrutiny. This volume's contributors question whether a fresh public anthropology is emerging. Editor(s): Pink, Sarah; Abram, Simone. Series: Studies in Public and Applied Anthropology. Num Pages: 232 pages, 7 illustrations, 4 tables. BIC Classification: JFD; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782388463
ISBN
9781782388463
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.12

Hardback. Follows the daily lives of rural women in the Sitapur district of Uttar Pradesh, an agricultural region with high rates of infant mortality, where maternal health services are poor while family planning efforts are intensive, from a range of castes and communities. This book develops an approach to access to care that focuses on various aspects. Series: Fertility, Reproduction & Sexuality. Num Pages: bibliog., index. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFSJ1; JHBF; JHBZ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 24. Weight in Grams: 604.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845453107
ISBN
9781845453107
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 166.82

Hardback. .
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442251298
ISBN
9781442251298
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.76
€ 66.41

Paperback. Based on the author's dissertation at the University of Chicago. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white tables, maps, figures. BIC Classification: JFSC; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820344164
ISBN
9780820344164
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.79

Paperback. In "Watching Rape", Sarah Projansky undermines the complacent view - that equality for women has already been achieved - in her analysis of depictions of rape in US film, televsion, and independent video. This study addresses the relationship between rape and postfeminism. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APF; APT; JFC; JFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814766903
ISBN
9780814766903
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Paperback. A new industrial revolution. The age of making. From bits to atoms. Many people are excited by the possibilities offered by new fabrication technologies like 3D printers, and the way in which they are being used in hacker and makerspaces. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509501175
ISBN
9781509501175
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.57

Hardback. A new industrial revolution. The age of making. From bits to atoms. Many people are excited by the possibilities offered by new fabrication technologies like 3D printers, and the way in which they are being used in hacker and makerspaces. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 236 x 20. Weight in Grams: 420.
Publisher
Polity Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509501168
ISBN
9781509501168
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.21

Series: Studies in Orthodox Judaism. Num Pages: 155 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUF; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; BM; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 544.
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Academic Studies Press United States
Number of pages
155
Condition
New
SKU
V9781618114143
ISBN
9781618114143
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.16

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