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Society & culture: general

Hardback. This book focuses on three authors coming of age at an important moment in Spanish literary history and in world history at large. These authors incorporated into their novels the new ideas that they found in the writing of many foreign authors that were essential to their development. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: 1DS; 2ADS; CJB; DSB; HBJD; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 435.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
180
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761857990
ISBN
9780761857990
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.57

Paperback. A contribution to the history of American violence. It focuses on the bedrock issues of race and class, analysising the quick of urban-industrial life in the early twentieth century. Series: Blacks in the New World. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFFJ; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 138 x 210 x 23. Weight in Grams: 392.
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
1st THUS
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252065866
ISBN
9780252065866
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.67

Paperback. 'Refugee' is a commonplace term that obscures myriad personal stories, many contradictions and a more complex history than most people imagine, as William Maley demonstrates. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: JFFD; LBBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 279 x 25. Weight in Grams: 374.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849046794
ISBN
9781849046794
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.99

Paperback. This accessibly written collaboration between a sociologist and a nursing teacher is a full account of how young men conceptualize fatherhood. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ2; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 395.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814756966
ISBN
9780814756966
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.02

Paperback. In Stepdads: Stories of Love, Hope, and Repair, William Marsiglio addresses provocative and timely questions facing stepfathers, single mothers, and remarried couples today. This book speaks to those who study and work with stepfamilies as well as persons who have ever thought about or lived in a stepfamily. Num Pages: 319 pages. BIC Classification: JFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
319
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742546646
ISBN
9780742546646
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.74

Hardcover. Joyce and the Science of Rhythm situates the modernist writings of James Joyce within the context of the scientific discourse on 'rhythm' that emerged in the late nineteenth century. Series: New Directions in Irish & Irish American Literature. Num Pages: 223 pages, biography. BIC Classification: D; DS; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 402.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
238
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137275479
ISBN
9781137275479
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.78

Paperback. Cinema and the Open Edge of Mass Publicity. 296 pages. At the intersection of anthropology, media studies, and critical theory, Censorium is a pathbreaking analysis of Indian film censorship. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FKA; APF; JFD; JFMD. Dimension: 237 x 156 x 20. Weight: 434.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822353881
ISBN
9780822353881
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.79

Hardback. Who is responsible for squandering the finest legacy in American journalism? Can the "The New York Times" recover from the Jayson Blair's deception? McGowan ponders such questions in the inside story of what happened to America's "Paper of Record." Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: JFD; JPFM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 164 x 26. Weight in Grams: 580.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Encounter Books,USA United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781594034862
ISBN
9781594034862
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.35

Paperback. Offers a history of the Bollingen Foundation that confirms its pervasive influence on American intellectual life. This title includes portraits of the central figures, including the Mellons, Jung himself, Heinrich Zimmer, Joseph Campbell, D T Suzuki, Natacha Rambova, Vladimir Nabokov, Gershom Scholem, Herbert Read, and Kurt and Helen Wolff. Series: Bollingen Series (General). Num Pages: 364 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 217 x 139 x 26. Weight in Grams: 580.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Edition
Updated edition with a New Preface
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691018850
ISBN
9780691018850
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.51
€ 42.58

Hardback. When Britain agreed to 'restore' Hong Kong to the People's Republic of China in 1984, British spokesmen explained that the Communist Chinese were reforming and would allow Hong Kong to continue its dynamic capitalist ways. Num Pages: 144 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FPCH; HBTQ; HBTR; JFFN; JPS; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 149 x 20. Weight in Grams: 413.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Ethics & Public Policy Center Inc.,U.S. United States
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9780896331624
ISBN
9780896331624
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 111.21

Hardback. 'Baudrillard and the Media' is the first in-depth critical study of Jean Baudrillard's media theory. Rejecting the common positioning of Baudrillard within the discipline as a postmodernist it argues instead for the necessity of a fuller reading of his ideas and critical project. Num Pages: 224 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPCF; JFC; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 414.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745630724
ISBN
9780745630724
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.24

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JFF; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 381.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252066573
ISBN
9780252066573
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.21

Paperback. Num Pages: 225 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 316.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1984
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
225
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349069484
ISBN
9781349069484
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.57

Paperback. This important Manifesto argues that we still need a concept of society in order to make sense of the forces which structure our lives. Series: Blackwell Manifestos. Num Pages: 184 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFFR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631231868
ISBN
9780631231868
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.05

Paperback. This is the definitive account of 10,000 years of North American Indian history. It has been described by American History Illustrated, America's leading popular history magazine, as 'An eloquent and exhaustive chronicle of the history of North America's peoples'. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 125 x 10. Weight in Grams: 470.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752446011
ISBN
9780752446011
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.61

Paperback. Modern farm policy emerged in the United States in 1862, leading to an industrialized agriculture that made the farm sector collectively more successful even as many individual farmers failed. This title blends history, politics, and economics to show that federal government emphasis on farm productivity has failed to meet broader rural needs. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSF; JPQB; RPG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Georgetown University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780878408580
ISBN
9780878408580
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 75.04

Hardcover. A brilliant history that goes beyond the dazzling "I Have a Dream" speech to explore the real significance of the massive march and the movement it inspired. Num Pages: 320 pages, 8 pages of photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 163 x 26. Weight in Grams: 608.
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
296
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393082852
ISBN
9780393082852
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.89

Hardback. Talks about jurisprudence - or legal philosophy. This book attempts not only a jurisprudential reading of popular culture, but a popular rereading of jurisprudence, removing it from the legal experts in order to restore it to the public at large: a lex populi by and for the people. Series: The Cultural Lives of Law. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: JFCA; LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 163 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804753678
ISBN
9780804753678
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.11

Paperback. Looks behind the generalities of debates about globalization to explore the personal impact of global forces on the Peruvian poor. This ethnography offers insight into how the people have coped with extreme poverty and rapid population growth - and their creation of lives and customs in the process. Num Pages: 280 pages, 42 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KLSX; JFC; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 182 x 18. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292713000
ISBN
9780292713000
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.67

Paperback. Series: SpringerBriefs in Well-Being and Quality of Life Research. Num Pages: 65 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JHBC; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 4. Weight in Grams: 134.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
65
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319078298
ISBN
9783319078298
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 72.53

Hardcover. * Fighting Global Corruption skilfully explores the risk of doing business in the global marketplace and the precautions companies and organizations can take to deter corruption. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFX; KJK; KJMV1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 14. Weight in Grams: 366.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780470484500
ISBN
9780470484500
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.62

Paperback. Leading authorities write on the complex--and sometimes controversial--history, politics, and culture of rap and hip hop Series: Critical Perspectives on the Past Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, 12 photographs. BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVGP; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 416.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566393621
ISBN
9781566393621
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.45

Paperback. Reprint of Bursting Bonds (1923), the second autobiography by William Pickens. Editor(s): Andrews, William L. Num Pages: 110 pages, ports. BIC Classification: BGA; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 158 x 9. Weight in Grams: 154.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268038854
ISBN
9780268038854
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.99

Num Pages: 275 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRJP; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 522.
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Academic Studies Press United States
Number of pages
246
Condition
New
SKU
V9781618111685
ISBN
9781618111685
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 144.26

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