Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Paperback. Focuses on the cities of Manchester, Leeds, Birmingham, Middlesbrough, Melbourne and London, comparing and contrasting their social, political and topographical development. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Penguin UK
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140135824
- ISBN
- 9780140135824
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.94
€ 19.99
€ 15.94
Paperback. Exploring the final decade of each century from the 15th to the 20th, this work investigates factors such as cultural and economic attitudes, and artistic, scientific and political change. It finds that a consciousness of time has influenced the way people perceive their place in history. Num Pages: 256 pages, 84 b&w illustrations, 34 colour plates. BIC Classification: 3H; 3J; HBG; HBTB; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 168 x 243 x 17. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300082630
- ISBN
- 9780300082630
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.17
€ 19.99
€ 16.17
Hardback. Examines the political regulation of the family in Sweden since 1930. This title draws attention to the political attempts to create a 'modern family', and the aspiration to regulate the family and install gender equality. It is suitable for researchers, lecturers, undergraduate and graduate students who study gender and gender equality. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: 1DNS; 3JJ; JFSJ; JHBK; JPQB; KCF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 249 x 178 x 14. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847424556
- ISBN
- 9781847424556
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.39
€ 98.39
Hardback. This work examines, compares, and contrasts the African American and Oromo movements by locating them in the global context, and by showing how life chances changed for the two peoples and their descendants as the modern world system became more complex and developed. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFGA; 1KBB; HBJH; HBLW3; JFSL; JPA; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 457.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- St Martin's Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312239725
- ISBN
- 9780312239725
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.93
€ 64.93
Paperback. An updated and expanded look at how under the shadow of authoritarian rule, ordinary people can make meaningful change through the practices of everyday life in the Middle East. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; JFSR2; JHB; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 228 x 21. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Number of pages
- 344
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804783279
- ISBN
- 9780804783279
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.31
€ 30.99
€ 27.31
Paperback.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804755955
- ISBN
- 9780804755955
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.31
€ 30.99
€ 27.31
Paperback. Seeing like a city means recognizing that cities are living things made up of a tangle of networks, built up from the agency of countless actors. Cities must not be considered as expressions of larger paradigms or sites of human effort and organization alone. Num Pages: 216 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSG; JHB; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 140 x 259 x 18. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Publisher
- Polity
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745664262
- ISBN
- 9780745664262
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 23.93
€ 23.99
€ 23.93
Paperback. This Reader brings together the exciting and innovative work that has appeared in the last 10 years in the growing field of cultural economy. * Brings together exciting and innovative work from the last ten years in the emerging field of cultural economy. Editor(s): Amin, Ash; Thrift, Nigel J. Num Pages: 448 pages, 7 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 175 x 245 x 31. Weight in Grams: 788.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631234296
- ISBN
- 9780631234296
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.09
€ 57.09
Paperback. The impersonality of social relationships in the society of strangers is making majorities increasingly nostalgic for a time of closer personal ties and strong community moorings. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFP; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 139 x 217 x 17. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745652184
- ISBN
- 9780745652184
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.57
€ 24.57
Paperback. This book develops a fresh and challenging perspective on the city. Amin and Thrift maintain that the traditional divide between the city and the countryside has been perforated through urban encroachment, the thickening of the links between the two, and urbanization as a way of life. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSG; RGL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745624143
- ISBN
- 9780745624143
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.60
€ 22.60
Hardback. This book develops a fresh and challenging perspective on the city. Drawing on a wide and diverse range of material and texts, it argues that too much contemporary urban theory is based on nostalgia for a humane, face-to-face and bounded city. Num Pages: 196 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSG; RGL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745624136
- ISBN
- 9780745624136
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.50
€ 66.50
Hardback. The impersonality of social relationships in the society of strangers is making majorities increasingly nostalgic for a time of closer personal ties and strong community moorings. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFFP; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 223 x 22. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745652177
- ISBN
- 9780745652177
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.16
€ 66.16
hardcover. Seeing like a city means recognizing that cities are living things made up of a tangle of networks, built up from the agency of countless actors. Cities must not be considered as expressions of larger paradigms or sites of human effort and organization alone. Num Pages: 216 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSG; JHB; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 146 x 22. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780745664255
- ISBN
- 9780745664255
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.10
€ 66.10
Hardcover. Contains an introduction on the main strands and history of the cultural economy approach. This book shows how the pursuit of prosperity always involves multiple and hybrid orderings that cannot be reduced to either the terms culture or economy. It shows that thinking about cultural economy is a substantive task and a contribution to knowledge. Editor(s): Amin, Ash; Thrift, Nigel J. Num Pages: 448 pages, 7 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 251 x 177 x 37. Weight in Grams: 938.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631234289
- ISBN
- 9780631234289
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.32
€ 140.32
Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1KBB; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 381.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816689934
- ISBN
- 9780816689934
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.31
€ 30.99
€ 27.31
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 196 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFJ; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 457.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691645711
- ISBN
- 9780691645711
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.37
€ 106.37
Hardcover. Handbook of Child Well-Being Editor(s): Ben-Arieh, Asher; Frones, Ivar; Casas, Ferran; Korbin, Jill E. Num Pages: 3293 pages, 66 black & white illustrations, 76 colour illustrations, 85 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 163 x 205. Weight in Grams: 5790.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2014th Edition
- Number of pages
- 3440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048190621
- ISBN
- 9789048190621
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 3,428.01
€ 3,428.01
Hardback. Dreaming of Michelangelo is the first book-length study to explore the intellectual and cultural affinities between modern Judaism, Italy, and the life and work of Michelangelo Buonarroti. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; JFSR1; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 534. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804768818
- ISBN
- 9780804768818
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.17
€ 66.17
Paperback. Rule by Aesthetics draws on extensive fieldwork in Delhi's slums, courtrooms and state offices to shed fresh light on the violent underpinnings of contemporary city making. Presenting a new theory of urban power, Ghertner shows how aesthetic codes replaced conventional city planning tools in Delhi's millennial slum clearance drive. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFSG; RPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 235 x 23. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199385577
- ISBN
- 9780199385577
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.40
€ 55.40
Hardback. Num Pages: 156 pages. BIC Classification: HP; JFFR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 164 x 16. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 156
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739150061
- ISBN
- 9780739150061
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.78
€ 133.78
Hardcover. Paper presented at the 'Feminisms of Discontent', held at the New Delhi, 2011. Editor(s): Barnes, Ashleigh. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFFK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 147 x 23. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199452941
- ISBN
- 9780199452941
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.82
€ 43.82
Hardcover. Examines the garments produced by northwestern Georgia's tufted textile industry. The well-researched and heavily illustrated text presents a broad history of tufted textiles, as well as sections highlighting individual craftspeople and manufacturers involved with the production of chenille fashion. Num Pages: 256 pages, 171 colour and black & white images, 1 diagram, 2 maps. BIC Classification: JFCK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 178 x 20. Weight in Grams: 825.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820345161
- ISBN
- 9780820345161
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 39.78
€ 44.99
€ 39.78
Paperback. Series: Social Movements, Protest and Contention. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1HFMN; 1HFMS; JFSK; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 224 x 16. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816678013
- ISBN
- 9780816678013
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.37
€ 30.99
€ 27.37
Paperback. A study of the world of modeling. Exploring an arena of cultural production, it shows how the right 'look' is discovered, developed, and packaged to become a prized commodity. It examines how models sell themselves, how agents promote them, and how clients decide to hire them. Num Pages: 328 pages, 13 b/w photographs, 5 line illustrations, 7 tables. BIC Classification: JFCK; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 466. The Making of a Fashion Model. 328 pages, illustrations. A study of the world of modeling. Exploring an arena of cultural production, it shows how the right 'look' is discovered, developed, and packaged to become a prized commodity. It examines how models sell themselves, how agents promote them, and how clients decide to hire them. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: JFCK; JHMP. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 21. Weight: 444.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 328
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520270763
- ISBN
- 9780520270763
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.55
€ 25.99
€ 19.55