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Society & culture: general

Paperback. "Critical Perspectives on Technology and Education shows how researchers working in the area of technology and education can use critical perspectives to broaden the "ed-tech" research imagination, opening up new topics, asking new questions, developing theory and articulating an agenda for informed action"-- Series: Digital Education and Learning. Num Pages: 265 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFD; JHB; JNF; JNV; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 216 x 18. Weight in Grams: 354.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st ed. 2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349481248
ISBN
9781349481248
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.74
€ 45.10

Hardback. First constructed in Nevada in 1924, the gas chamber, a method of killing sealed off and removed from the sight and hearing of witnesses, was originally touted as a 'humane' method of execution. Delving into science, war, industry, medicine, law, and politics, the author overturns this mythology for good. Num Pages: 344 pages, 18 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 614.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520255623
ISBN
9780520255623
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.98
€ 48.91

Paperback. First constructed in Nevada in 1924, the gas chamber, a method of killing sealed off and removed from the sight and hearing of witnesses, was originally touted as a 'humane' method of execution. This title takes us to the dark side of human history in the first full chronicle of the gas chamber in the United States. Num Pages: 344 pages, 18 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; JFMC; JKVP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 147 x 22. Weight in Grams: 448.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520271210
ISBN
9780520271210
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.93

Paperback. From the sweaty summer days of a junky's nightmare to the bittersweet success of true surrender and emergence into a new way of life, Border Junkies paints a searing, first-hand portrait of addiction, poverty, and recovery on the U.S.-Mexico border Series: Inter-America Series. Num Pages: 246 pages, 26 b&w photos in section. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; 1KLCM; JFFA; JFFH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 228 x 21. Weight in Grams: 418.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
242
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292726833
ISBN
9780292726833
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.37

Hardcover. Draws on thirty-five years of fieldwork (1965-1990) in the region to present a masterful ethnographic historical account of how nine communities in the Oaxaca Valley have striven to maintain land, livelihood, and civility in the face of transformational and cumulative change across five centuries. Series: Joe R. & Teresa Lozano Long Series in Latin American & Latino Art & Culture. Num Pages: 403 pages, 62 b&w photos, 7 maps, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JFC; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 814. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292754768
ISBN
9780292754768
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.00

Paperback. Reveals how the only hard evidence that dates the Great Pyramid - the quarry marks discovered by Colonel Vyse in 1837 - was forged Num Pages: 224 pages, 75 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; 3D; HBJH; HBLA; JFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 21. Weight in Grams: 358.
Publisher
Inner Traditions Bear and Company
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781591437895
ISBN
9781591437895
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.99

Paperback. Series: Object Lessons. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPN; JFC; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 120. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781501307447
ISBN
9781501307447
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.65

Hardback. Discusses developing markets for African entrepreneurs Num Pages: 268 pages, 1 graph. BIC Classification: 1H; GTB; JFFS; KCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253002662
ISBN
9780253002662
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.00

Paperback. Discusses developing markets for African entrepreneurs Num Pages: 268 pages, 1 graph. BIC Classification: 1H; GTB; JFFS; KCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 416.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253005731
ISBN
9780253005731
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.48

Hardcover. Editor(s): Fechner, Scott; Thayer, Rina. Num Pages: 160 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL9; JNKD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 262 x 183 x 14. Weight in Grams: 504.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9781622579686
ISBN
9781622579686
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 231.72
€ 156.76

paperback. This book traces the intertwined histories of disaster experts-specialists in predicting the unpredictable and managing the unmanageable-revealing how their interdisciplinary research and practices over the past century have shaped modern America. Series: The City in the Twenty-First Century. Num Pages: 360 pages, 22 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; GPQD; JFFC; RNR. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812222463
ISBN
9780812222463
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.09

Paperback. The verb "declutter" has not yet made it into the Oxford English Dictionary, but its ever-increasing usage suggests that it's only a matter of time. The author finds that both the idea of organization and the role of the clutterologist are deeply ingrained in our culture, and that there is a fine line between clutter and deviance in America. Num Pages: 208 pages, 24 halftones, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCD; JMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 230 x 9. Weight in Grams: 278.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226171715
ISBN
9780226171715
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.85

Paperback. Asking us to look beyond the cities on the coasts, this title draws a different map, tracking how rural queers have responded to this myopic mindset. Interweaving a wide range of disciplines - art, media, literature, performance, and fashion studies - it develops a critique of how metronormativity saturates LGBTQ politics, artwork, and criticism. Series: Sexual Cultures. Num Pages: 256 pages, 37 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AB; JFSF; JFSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814737194
ISBN
9780814737194
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Hardcover. The verb "declutter" has not yet made it into the Oxford English Dictionary, but its ever-increasing usage suggests that it's only a matter of time. The author finds that both the idea of organization and the role of the clutterologist are deeply ingrained in our culture, and that there is a fine line between clutter and deviance in America. Num Pages: 208 pages, 24 halftones, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCD; JMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780226171685
ISBN
9780226171685
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.07
€ 78.78

Paperback. Here, Scott Herring studies work on American National Parks from a wide spectrum of creative minds, from early figures such as Muir and Thomas Moran to later observers of the parks such as Ansel Adams, Sylvia Plath, Edward Abbey, and Rick Bass. Series: Under the Sign of Nature: Explorations in Ecocriticism. Num Pages: 216 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; RNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813922577
ISBN
9780813922577
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.49

Paperback. Offers an ethnography of the culture of suburban drug dealers. This book shows that suburban drug dealers accord status to deliberate avoidance of conflict, which helps keep their drug markets more peaceful - and, consequently, less likely to be noticed by law enforcement. Series: Fieldwork Encounters and Discoveries. Num Pages: 208 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSC; JFSP2; JKVG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 60 x 90 x 13. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226164113
ISBN
9780226164113
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.76

Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: JFCA; VXA; WHC; WHP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 184 x 21. Weight in Grams: 442.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing
Publication date
2015
Edition
2nd ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781629147826
ISBN
9781629147826
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 14.55

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
PublicAffairs
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9781586488185
ISBN
9781586488185
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.29

Paperback. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: JFCX; JPA; JPF; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 236 x 36. Weight in Grams: 732.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691173191
ISBN
9780691173191
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.68

Paperback. An argument that tourist literature and U.S. military guides have shaped Americans understanding of Vietnam and projections of U.S. power since the mid-twentieth century. Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. Num Pages: 312 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBJF; HBJK; JFC; KNSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 234 x 20. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822344148
ISBN
9780822344148
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.50

Hardback. This volume consists of a set of explorations in the quintessentially aesthetic modernity: of architecture and the city; the emergence of classical sociological theory; the critique of phenomenology and aesthetic judgement in the techno-informational age. Num Pages: 408 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 34. Weight in Grams: 710.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631159391
ISBN
9780631159391
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 142.45

Paperback. aeo An original contribution to debates now at the core of social and cultural theory. aeo Brings together the themes that Scott Lash first broached a decade ago, this is the authors definitive statement in social and cultural theory. aeo An original contribution to debates now at the core of social and cultural theory. Num Pages: 408 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 578.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631164999
ISBN
9780631164999
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 69.14

Paperback. Modernity and Identity is a groundbreaking collective work which announces a radical new departure within contemporary debates on modernism and postmodernism. Editor(s): Lash, Scott; Friedman, Jonathan. Num Pages: 392 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPCF; JFC; JH; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 230 x 26. Weight in Grams: 620.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631175865
ISBN
9780631175865
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.03

Hardback. In the first half of the twentieth century, Theodor Adorno wrote about the 'culture industry'. For Adorno, culture too along with the products of factory labour was increasingly becoming a commodity. Now, in what they call the 'global culture industry', Scott Lash and Celia Lury argue that Adorno's worst nightmares have come true. Num Pages: 252 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFFT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 541.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745624822
ISBN
9780745624822
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 78.49

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