Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Hardcover. This book explores sociological debates in relation to culture, taste and value. It argues that sociology can contribute to debates about aesthetic value and to an understanding of how people evaluate. Num Pages: 204 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 145 x 16. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137377074
- ISBN
- 9781137377074
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.26
€ 62.26
paperback. Num Pages: 164 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, bibliography. BIC Classification: CBW; GTC; JFD; KJSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 149 x 10. Weight in Grams: 245.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer VS United States
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 164
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783658020125
- ISBN
- 9783658020125
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.22
€ 45.22
Hardback. Based on thorough ethnographic fieldwork in a refugee camp in Tanzania this book provides a rich account of the benevolent disciplining mechanismsA" of humanitarian agencies, led by the UNHCR, and of the situated, dynamic, indeterminate, and fluid nature of identity (re)construction in the camp. Series: Forced Migration. Num Pages: 194 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFGT; JFFN; JFSL1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 239 x 162 x 16. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 194
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845456917
- ISBN
- 9781845456917
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 151.95
€ 151.95
Paperback.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752464077
- ISBN
- 9780752464077
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.40
€ 23.99
€ 20.40
Hardback. Masculinities and the Nation in the Modern World sheds new light on the interrelationship between gender and the nation, focusing on the role of masculinities in various processes of nation-building in the modern world between 1800 and the 1960s. Editor(s): Wendt, Simon. Series: Global Masculinities. Num Pages: 284 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; JFSJ2; JHMC; JMG; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 224 x 22. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137536099
- ISBN
- 9781137536099
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.67
€ 62.67
Paperback. Chronicles the destruction of Indonesian island of Krakatoa in 1883. This book describes how one island and its inhabitants were blasted out of existence and how colonial society was turned upside-down in a cataclysm. Illustrator(s): Vannithone, Soun. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations, facsims., maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1FMN; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL; JFFC; WNW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 29. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141005171
- ISBN
- 9780141005171
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.29
€ 17.99
€ 13.29
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Policy Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447328483
- ISBN
- 9781447328483
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.57
€ 19.57
Paperback. This volume of original essays by leading political scientists and media scholars examines the nature of political disengagement among the public and offers concrete solutions for how the government and media can stimulate public engagement in the political process. Editor(s): Johnson, Thomas J.; Hays, Carol E.; Hays, Scott P. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFD; JPHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 149 x 16. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847688906
- ISBN
- 9780847688906
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.86
€ 61.86
Paperback. Single mothers are seen in different ways around the industrialized world: as mothers, workers or an uneasy combination of the two. This collection explores variations in state policy, labour markets and the status of single mothers. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHBK; JHBL; JKS; JPQB; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 476. "Includes bibliographical references and index. Commissioning organisation: edited by Simon Duncan and Rosalind Edwards. ix, 285 p. ill. 24 cm. Associated Names: Duncan, Simon. Associated Names: Edwards, Rosalind. Paperback. Fine clean copy, as new." Keywords: "Business, Finance & Law,Reference & Languages,Soci"
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Routledge,an imprint of Taylor & Dublin, Ireland
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- KEX0161630
- ISBN
- 9781857287912
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 6.99€ 4.99
€ 6.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRAM; HRH; JFFS; JPA; JPP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319535197
- ISBN
- 9783319535197
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.18
€ 119.18
Hardcover. This book reviews the period from the unification of Italy to the fascist era through significant Neapolitan performers such as Gilda Mignonette and Enrico Caruso. It traces the transformation of a popular tradition written in dialect into a popular tradition, written in Italian, that contributed to the production of "American" identity. Series: Italian & Italian American Studies. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1KBBEY; AVGN; HBTB; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 147 x 21. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137322418
- ISBN
- 9781137322418
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.54
€ 62.54
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JHB; JPHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349327096
- ISBN
- 9781349327096
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.31
€ 61.31
Paperback. This text stresses the relationship between gender and politics by illuminating the daily experiences of women in Israel and in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip. Issues covered include: the violence against women; the link between militarism and sexism; and the role of nationalism. Series: Contemporary Issues in the Middle East. Num Pages: 192 pages, 18 photographs, index. BIC Classification: 1FBH; JFFK; JPFN; JPWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815602996
- ISBN
- 9780815602996
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.55
€ 19.99
€ 19.55
Paperback / so. Editor(s): Becker, Simone. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, black & white tables, bibliography. BIC Classification: JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 27. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer vs United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783531184661
- ISBN
- 9783531184661
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 74.09
€ 74.09
Hardback. Editor(s): Turchetti, Simone. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology. Num Pages: 328 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJP; HBTW; JFCX; PDK; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 24. Weight in Grams: 575.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137578167
- ISBN
- 9781137578167
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.47
€ 150.47
Hardback. This book explores issues raised by past and present practices of animal enhancement in terms of their means and their goals, clarifies conceptual issues and identifies lessons that can be learned about enhancement practices, as they concern both animals and humans. Editor(s): Bateman, Simone; Gayon, Jean; Allouche, Sylvie; Goffette, Jerome; Marzano, Michela. Series: Health Technology and Society. Num Pages: 151 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFZ; JFMG; PDR; PSAD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137542465
- ISBN
- 9781137542465
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.84
€ 61.84
Paperback. Simone Browne shows how racial ideologies and the long history of policing black bodies under transatlantic slavery structure contemporary surveillance technologies and practices. Analyzing a wide array of archival and contemporary texts, she demonstrates how surveillance reifies boundaries, borders, and bodies around racial lines. Num Pages: 224 pages, 18 illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSL4; JHB; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 10. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822359388
- ISBN
- 9780822359388
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.10
€ 27.99
€ 26.10
Hardback. Simone Browne shows how racial ideologies and the long history of policing black bodies under transatlantic slavery structure contemporary surveillance technologies and practices. Analyzing a wide array of archival and contemporary texts, she demonstrates how surveillance reifies boundaries, borders, and bodies around racial lines. Num Pages: 224 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822359197
- ISBN
- 9780822359197
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.44
€ 116.44
Hardcover. Num Pages: 248 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ2; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226363837
- ISBN
- 9780226363837
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.49€ 87.60
€ 107.49
€ 87.60
Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ2; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226363974
- ISBN
- 9780226363974
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 31.93
€ 41.99
€ 31.93
Paperback. How do immigrants and their children forge their identities in a new land - and how does the ethnic culture they create thrive in the larger society? This book brings together scholarship on the cultural history of consumption, immigration, and ethnic marketing to explore these questions. Editor(s): Cinotto, Simone. Translator(s): Anglemire, Carlie; O'Byrne, Anne E. Series: Critical Studies in Italian America (FUP). Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white halftones, figures. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1KBB; HBTB; JFC; JFFN; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 168 x 23. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823256242
- ISBN
- 9780823256242
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.13
€ 48.13
Hardcover. Explores the cultural construction of ethnic economies and markets, the social dynamics of American race, and the fully transnational history of American wine Series: Nation of Nations. Num Pages: 280 pages, 48 halftones, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1KBBWF; HBTB; HBTK; JFFN; KNDF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 26. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814717387
- ISBN
- 9780814717387
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.53
€ 81.53
Paperback. When first published in 1949, this title led to outrage and scandal. This work contains the key passages of the book that changed perceptions of women forever. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 110 x 20. Weight in Grams: 84.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Vintage Feminism Short Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784870386
- ISBN
- 9781784870386
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 8.62
€ 9.99
€ 8.62
Paperback. 'One is not born, but rather becomes, woman'. This book is suitable for those who believe in the equality of the sexes. Num Pages: 848 pages. BIC Classification: JFFK; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 154 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1086.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Number of pages
- 848
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099499381
- ISBN
- 9780099499381
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.26
€ 23.99
€ 16.26