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Society & culture: general
Paperback. Based on ten years of research-including extensive interviews with Major Taylor's 91-year old daughter-this is the dramatic story of a young black man who, against prodigious odds, rose to fame and stardom in the tempestuous world of international professional bicycle racing a century ago. Num Pages: 336 pages, 33, 33 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; JFSL3; WSQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780801853036
- ISBN
- 9780801853036
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.18
€ 34.99
€ 29.18
Paperback. Writing is a defining marker of civilisation; without it there could be no accumulation of knowledge. Andrew Robinson tells the fascinating story of the history of writing, considering its development, and examining the enormous variety of writing and scripts we use today. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 176 pages, 15 b&w halftone. BIC Classification: CBX; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 114 x 10. Weight in Grams: 142.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199567782
- ISBN
- 9780199567782
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.81
€ 11.99
€ 10.81
Paperback. Bringing the psychology of uncertainty together with contemporary case studies, this book is a sweeping diagnostic for-and antidote to-ineffective political discourse in a globalized world that imports bads as well as goods. Series: Themes in Global Social Change. Num Pages: 256 pages, 22 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; JFC; JHB; JPA; JPS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421419602
- ISBN
- 9781421419602
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 32.74
€ 38.99
€ 32.74
Num Pages: 312 pages, 19 b&w halftone; 3 b&w line. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSG; JHBD; RGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 166 x 28. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199828265
- ISBN
- 9780199828265
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 29.40
€ 33.99
€ 29.40
Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, 19 b/w halftone; 3 b/w line. BIC Classification: 1KBBWZ; JFSG; JHBD; RNU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199975525
- ISBN
- 9780199975525
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.19
€ 37.19
Paperback. This book charts Gypsies Romany and Travellers community activism, and the community and voluntary organisations which support them. It describes the communities' struggle for rights against a backdrop of intersectional discrimination across Europe. Editor(s): Ryder, Andrew; Cemlyn, Sarah; Acton, Thomas. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFSL1. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 236 x 15. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Publisher
- Bristol University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447313571
- ISBN
- 9781447313571
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 37.27
€ 38.99
€ 37.27
Hardcover. Any listener knows the power of music to define a place, but few can describe the how or why of this phenomenon. This title showcases how American jazz defined a culture particularly preoccupied with place. It analyzes both the performances and cultural context of leading jazz figures, including the many famous venues where they played. Num Pages: 312 pages, 8 halftones, 11 line drawings, 10 musical examples. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJH; AVGJ; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226044941
- ISBN
- 9780226044941
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 114.08€ 93.56
€ 114.08
€ 93.56
Paperback. Any listener knows the power of music to define a place, but few can describe the how or why of this phenomenon. This title showcases how American jazz defined a culture particularly preoccupied with place. It analyzes both the performances and cultural context of leading jazz figures, including the many famous venues where they played. Num Pages: 312 pages, 8 halftones, 11 line drawings, 10 musical examples. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJH; AVGJ; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226044958
- ISBN
- 9780226044958
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 33.56
€ 43.99
€ 33.56
Hardback. Since 1943, Jews have become deeply engaged in a Danish culture that presents very few barriers of anti-semitism. This book explores the questions that such inclusion raises for Danish Jews and what their answers can tell us about the meaning of religion, ethnicity and community in modern society. Series: Contemporary Anthropology of Religion. Num Pages: 282 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DND; 3JJP; JFSR1; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- St Martin's Press United States
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312239459
- ISBN
- 9780312239459
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.98
€ 64.98
Paperback. Penetrating and comprehensive, The Anatomy of Blackness shows that, far from being a monolithic idea, eighteenth-century Africanist discourse emerged out of a vigorous, varied dialogue that involved missionaries, slavers, colonists, naturalists, anatomists, philosophers, and Africans themselves. Num Pages: 328 pages, 29, 29 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JF; DSBF; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 179 x 26. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421409658
- ISBN
- 9781421409658
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.82
€ 42.82
Paperback. Num Pages: 140 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPCH; 3JJ; BGH; HBWS2; JFFD; KNTF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 130. .
- Publisher
- Blacksmith Books Hong Kong
- Number of pages
- 140
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789881376435
- ISBN
- 9789881376435
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.04
€ 13.99
€ 11.04
Paperback. Examines the history of political and intellectual life in nineteenth- and twentieth-century Bengal to show how the concept can take on a life of its own in different contexts. This interdisciplinary study is suitable for historians and anthropologists, as well as scholars of South Asia and colonialism. Series: Chicago Studies in Practices of Meaning. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFCX; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226734941
- ISBN
- 9780226734941
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.58
€ 36.99
€ 28.58
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Policy Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447320869
- ISBN
- 9781447320869
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 15.35
€ 15.99
€ 15.35
Hardback. Why we can't afford the rich exposes the unjust and dysfunctional mechanisms that allow the top 1% to siphon off wealth produced by others, through the control of property and money. Andrew Sayer shows how the rich worldwide have increased their ability to hide their wealth, create indebtedness and expand their political influence. Num Pages: 448 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFJ; KCP; KCY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 219 x 29. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Publisher
- Policy Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447320791
- ISBN
- 9781447320791
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.20
€ 30.99
€ 22.20
Paperback. Ten scholars with diverse geographical, theoretical, and topical interests take a close, critical look at the vexed relationship between public identities and the intimate spheres in which they are made. They ask how scholars and activists can engage more creatively with problems encountered on this awkward terrain. Editor(s): Shyrock, Andrew. Num Pages: 368 pages, 6 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804750073
- ISBN
- 9780804750073
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.22
€ 40.99
€ 36.22
Paperback. You can shop anywhere you like - as long as it's Tesco. The inexorable rise of supermarkets is big news, but have we really taken on board what this means for our daily lives, and of our children? This book analyses this subject. It states how the supermarkets (Tesco in particular) have brought: Banality; Ghost towns; and, a Supermarket State. Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFS; JFFT; KNPR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publisher
- Constable
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845295110
- ISBN
- 9781845295110
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.53
€ 19.53
Hardback. Revised version of the author's thesis (Ph. D., University of Chicago, Department of History, 2009). Series: The Modern Jewish Experience. Num Pages: 346 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DVUB; 3JJ; HBJD; HBTV4; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 682.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 346
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253024510
- ISBN
- 9780253024510
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.07
€ 96.07
Paperback. Revised version of the author's thesis (Ph. D., University of Chicago, Department of History, 2009). Series: The Modern Jewish Experience. Num Pages: 346 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DVUB; 3JJ; HBJD; HBTV4; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 346
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253024664
- ISBN
- 9780253024664
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.49
€ 40.99
€ 36.49
Hardcover.
- Publisher
- Classical Press of Wales United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 250
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780954384586
- ISBN
- 9780954384586
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.05
€ 74.05
Paperback. This text places the historical and contemporary regeneration agenda into context. Key issues and debates, currently and for the future, facing urban regeneration are discussed. Num Pages: 352 pages, 26 black & white illustrations, 49 black & white tables, 17 black & white halftones, 9 bl. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFSG; RPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 175 x 16. Weight in Grams: 692.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415685030
- ISBN
- 9780415685030
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.90
€ 64.90
Hardback. Editor(s): Targowski, Andrew. Num Pages: 162 pages. BIC Classification: JFFS; KC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 232 x 19. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781631176098
- ISBN
- 9781631176098
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 179.43€ 122.09
€ 179.43
€ 122.09
Hardback. Num Pages: 124 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 233 x 15. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781634634236
- ISBN
- 9781634634236
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 168.73€ 115.01
€ 168.73
€ 115.01
Hardcover. Num Pages: 245 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JM; HBG; JFC; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 184 x 273 x 20. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Nova Science Pub Inc
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781634823029
- ISBN
- 9781634823029
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 289.95€ 214.57
€ 289.95
€ 214.57
Paperback. A tribute to the enduring power of the printed word. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: DS; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Quercus
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782069423
- ISBN
- 9781782069423
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.81
€ 15.99
€ 11.81