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Society & culture: general
Paperback. In 1977, Steve Biko was murdered in his prison cell. He was only 31, but his vision and charisma - captured in this collection of his work - had already transformed the agenda of South African politics. This book looks at the philosophy of black consciousness, Bantustans and African culture. Series: Heinemann African Writers Series. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 10. Weight in Grams: 138. A Selection of Writings. Series: Heinemann African Writers Series. 160 pages. In 1977, Steve Biko was murdered in his prison cell. He was only 31, but his vision and charisma - captured in this collection of his work - had already transformed the agenda of South African politics. This book looks at the philosophy of black consciousness, Bantustans and African culture. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DNF; JFSL3. Dimension: 198 x 132 x 10. Weight: 146.
- Publisher
- Heinemann International Litera
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780435905989
- ISBN
- 9780435905989
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.37
€ 17.37
Paperback. Avalon is Britain's very own Atlantis - a mystical kingdom rich in myth and lore. Legends tell how the body of King Arthur was taken to Avalon, where he would wait till his nation's hour of need. The truth is that Avalon was a very real place with a turbulent history of its own. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD1; HBLC; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Publisher
- Ebury Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844132232
- ISBN
- 9781844132232
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.91
€ 20.99
€ 16.91
Hardcover. The Moche people who inhabited the north coast of Peru between approximately 100 and 800 AD created the most elaborate system of iconographic representation of any ancient Peruvian culture. This book raises the analysis of Moche iconography to a level through a study of visual representations of rituals involving sex, death, and sacrifice. Num Pages: 272 pages, 259 b&w illus., 24 color photos in 16 page section. BIC Classification: 1KL; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 263 x 188 x 24. Weight in Grams: 824.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780292712799
- ISBN
- 9780292712799
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.58
€ 66.58
Paperback. Series: Leonardo Book Series. Num Pages: 832 pages, 235 illus. BIC Classification: AN; AS; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 172 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1100.
- Publisher
- The MIT Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780262527521
- ISBN
- 9780262527521
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.89€ 57.31
€ 58.89
€ 57.31
Paperback. Myths are symbolic stories that have evolved through oral tradition, and they have guided and inspired people for years. Follow these lively retellings of popular and significant Greek myths and discover how to unlock their hidden meanings so that they can be better understood. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HRKP3; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 12. Weight in Grams: 154.
- Publisher
- John Murray Press
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444163469
- ISBN
- 9781444163469
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Paperback. Photographs are an integral part of our daily lives - from snapshots and tabloid newspapers to art photography in galleries and exhibitions. Edwards combines a sense of the historical development of photography with an insightful analysis of its purpose and meaning within a wider cultural context. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 176 pages, 25 black and white. BIC Classification: AJ; JFD; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 119 x 11. Weight in Grams: 140.
- Publisher
- OUP Oxford
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192801647
- ISBN
- 9780192801647
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.89
€ 13.99
€ 10.89
Paperback. This explores key groups, leaders and events in the civil rights movement to understand how activists used race and manhood to articulate their visions of what American society should be. He demonstrates that both segregationists and civil rights activists harnessed masculinist rhetoric, tapping into assumptions about race, gender, and sexuality. Num Pages: 264 pages, 15ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ2; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807855935
- ISBN
- 9780807855935
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.16
€ 63.16
Hardback. * A concise and accessible introduction to the concept and history of ethnicity. * Draws on a wide range of theorists and illustrations from around the world to explore and clarify the core meanings and shifting ground of this concept. Series: Polity Key Concepts in the Social Sciences Series. Num Pages: 232 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745642659
- ISBN
- 9780745642659
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.07
€ 67.07
Paperback. A concise and accessible introduction to the concept and history of ethnicity. Draws on a wide range of theorists and illustrations from around the world to explore and clarify the core meanings and shifting ground of this concept. Series: Polity Key Concepts in the Social Sciences Series. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745642666
- ISBN
- 9780745642666
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.08
€ 26.08
Hardback. Developing directly from Fuller's recent book Humanity 2.0, this is the first book to seriously consider what a 'post-' or 'trans'-' human state of being might mean for who we think we are, how we live, what we believe and what we aim to be. Num Pages: 124 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFMG; JHBA; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 147 x 15. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 124
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137277060
- ISBN
- 9781137277060
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.68
€ 62.68
Paperback. The Proactionary Imperative debates the concept of transforming human nature, including such thorny topics as humanity's privilege as a species, our capacity to 'play God', the idea that we might treat our genes as a capital investment, eugenics and what it might mean to be 'human' in the context of risky scientific and technological interventions. Num Pages: 162 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFM; PDA; PSAD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 216 x 9. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137433091
- ISBN
- 9781137433091
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.89
€ 127.89
Hardback. 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: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRAM3; JFMG; JHB; PDA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230233423
- ISBN
- 9780230233423
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.55
€ 67.55
Hardback. Harnessing the strengths of social theory and new materialisms, this book advances a new critical theory of masculinity. Series: Sexuality Studies. Num Pages: 472 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ2; JHBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 472
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774833295
- ISBN
- 9780774833295
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.61
€ 79.61
Paperback. 308pp
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Pluto Press
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780745319964
- ISBN
- 9780745319964
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.00€ 22.28
€ 25.00
€ 22.28
hardcover. Academically rigourous study which situates the Irish experience within both the historical development of an Irish 'racial' consciousness and contemporary patterns of migration. Num Pages: 320 pages, 8 figures. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3J; HBTB; JFFJ; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 135 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780745319971
- ISBN
- 9780745319971
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 100.11€ 84.39
€ 100.11
€ 84.39
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847423368
- ISBN
- 9781847423368
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 38.98
€ 40.99
€ 38.98
Paperback. Num Pages: 477 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 210 x 32. Weight in Grams: 816.
- Publisher
- University of Arkansas Press Arkansas
- Number of pages
- 477
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KEX0227752
- ISBN
- 9781557284518
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. This book explores small town austere Britain. Num Pages: 181 pages. BIC Classification: JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 194.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Hunt Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780999982
- ISBN
- 9781780999982
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.54
€ 16.99
€ 15.54
paperback. In this collection of Holocaust documents and sources, the words of Nazi leaders and common soldiers, SS doctors and European collaborators show how and why they planned and participated in mass murder, while the victims speak of their persecution and resistance. Editor(s): Hochstadt, Steve. Series: Documents in history. Num Pages: 292 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBJD; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 514. Good copy showing minor shelf wear to exterior. Text is clean and clear throughout
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave London
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KMK0024765
- ISBN
- 9780333963456
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 5.12
€ 5.12
Paperback. By sharing individual Chileans' recollections of the Pinochet regime, historian Steve J. Stern provides an analytic framework for understanding memory struggles in history. Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 280 pages, 2 photos, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSH; 3JJPR; JFC; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 413.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822338161
- ISBN
- 9780822338161
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 27.67
€ 36.99
€ 27.67
Paperback. The story of the dramatic struggle to define collective memory in Chile during the violent, repressive dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet. Series: Latin America Otherwise: Languages, Empires, Nations. Num Pages: 576 pages, 36 photos, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSH; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; JFC; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5983 x 3971 x 35. Weight in Grams: 826.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822338413
- ISBN
- 9780822338413
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.33
€ 47.33
Hardback. Num Pages: 294 pages. BIC Classification: JFD; KNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Hampton Press Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781612890821
- ISBN
- 9781612890821
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.10
€ 112.10
Paperback. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APF; APFN; JFD; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 241
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349339952
- ISBN
- 9781349339952
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 159.98
€ 159.98
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 25 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; JFHF; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 132 x 15. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845888107
- ISBN
- 9781845888107
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 13.21
€ 14.99
€ 13.21