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Society & culture: general
Hardback. New technologies, whether text message or telegraph, inevitably raise questions about emotion. This book investigates the context of such concerns, considering both how media technologies intersect with our emotional lives and how our ideas about these intersections influence how we think about and experience emotion and technology themselves. Series: Critical Cultural Communication. Num Pages: 317 pages, 19 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- New York University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814762790
- ISBN
- 9780814762790
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.07
€ 96.07
Paperback. This collection of 14 chapters brings together a wide array of applied anthropologists, other social scientists, and practitioners to detail the ways in which public health measures can be effectively integrated with HIV/AIDS prevention, anti-retroviral treatment, and food security efforts in sub-Saharan Africa. Series: NAPA Bulletin. Num Pages: 244 pages. BIC Classification: 1HF; JFFH2; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 171 x 12. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444361551
- ISBN
- 9781444361551
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.55
€ 36.55
Paperback. Editor(s): Breslau, Marshall; Feldman, Paige. Num Pages: 99 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 147 x 9. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- GAZELLE BOOK SERVICES
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781629482804
- ISBN
- 9781629482804
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 83.17€ 58.52
€ 83.17
€ 58.52
Paperback. A collection of articles addressing research trends in the history of British leisure while also presenting a wide range of articles on cultural conflict and leisure in the twentieth century. It includes innovative research on a number of topics, including television, cinema, the circus, women's leisure, dance, football and drug culture. Editor(s): Bebber, Brett. Series Editor(s): Richards, Jeffrey. Series: Studies in Popular Culture. Num Pages: 224 pages, Tables, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 246 x 20. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784993511
- ISBN
- 9781784993511
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.28
€ 38.28
Paperback. The term "civilization" comes with considerable baggage, setting up a dichotomy wherein people, cultures, and histories are "civilized" - or not. This book examines how the idea of civilization has informed our thinking about international relations over the course of ten centuries. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTQ; HBW; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 164 x 18. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226142401
- ISBN
- 9780226142401
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 34.45
€ 44.99
€ 34.45
Hardback. A comprehensive look at how Canadians are responding to the forces of globalization through collectively owned enterprises. Editor(s): Fairbairn, Brett T.; Russell, Nora. BIC Classification: JFFS; JFSG; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774827881
- ISBN
- 9780774827881
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.30
€ 107.30
Paperback. A comprehensive look at how Canadians are responding to the forces of globalization through collectively owned enterprises. Editor(s): Fairbairn, Brett T.; Russell, Nora. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: JFFS; JHB; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 608
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774827898
- ISBN
- 9780774827898
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.23
€ 40.99
€ 36.23
Paperback. This book explores the ways in which Western-derived music connects with globalization, hybridity, consumerism and the flow of cultures. Both as local terrain and as global crossroads, cities remain fascinating spaces of cultural contestation and meaning-making via the composing, playing, recording and consumption of popular music. Editor(s): Lashua, Brett; Spracklen, Karl; Wagg, Stephen. Series: Leisure Studies in a Global Era. Num Pages: 323 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AV; JFC; JFSR; JHB; JHBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 216 x 26. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349448906
- ISBN
- 9781349448906
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.48
€ 46.48
Paperback. This book contains a wealth of information that ranges from survival skills to social skills to advice on how to improve your character. Whether you are braving the wilds with your friends, courting your girlfriend or raising a family, inside you'll find practical information and inspiration for every area of life. Num Pages: 288 pages, 75 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ2; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 398. Classic Skills and Manners for the Modern Man. 256 pages, 75 colour illustrations. More and more males are putting off college, family, and adult responsibilities in order to play video games and do keg stands. This book helps men uncover what manliness means in the 21st century. It answers such questions as: what skills and knowledge should a 21st century man acquire? And what traits should they develop?. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: JFSJ2; WH. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 20. Weight: 398.
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- F&W Publications Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781600614620
- ISBN
- 9781600614620
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.95
€ 17.99
€ 12.95
Paperback. Pig is a richly illustrated and compelling look at the natural and cultural history of the pig, and the long, complicated relationship between humans and these highly intelligent, sociable animals. Series: Animal. Num Pages: 224 pages, 100, 60 colour. BIC Classification: JFFZ; WNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 142 x 16. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- F First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861898050
- ISBN
- 9781861898050
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.02
€ 18.99
€ 15.02
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 13 halftones, 7 line drawings. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 148 x 16. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780816638727
- ISBN
- 9780816638727
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.31
€ 27.99
€ 26.31
Hardcover. Steve Jobs and the allegory of the information age Num Pages: 159 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 146 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Baylor University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 159
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781602588219
- ISBN
- 9781602588219
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.84
€ 41.84
Hardback. This work examines how Indian and Vietnamese immigrants in the Dallas-Arlington-Fort Worth area of Texas learn and practice civic engagement. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804775281
- ISBN
- 9780804775281
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.65
€ 149.65
Paperback. This edited book examines why what happens in Detroit matters for other cities around the world. Bridging academic and non-academic voices, contributions from many of the leading scholars on Detroit are joined by some of the city's most influential writers, planners, artists and activists. Editor(s): Doucet, Brian. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBNG; JFSG; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Policy Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447327875
- ISBN
- 9781447327875
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 37.27
€ 38.99
€ 37.27
Paperback. Takes stock of the 'new British queer history'. Topics range from newspaper reporting of sodomy cases, to homoerotic representations in art, to queer autobiographical accounts, to oral histories of Scottish lesbians, and much else besides. Editor(s): Lewis, Brian. Num Pages: 272 pages, 10 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBTB; JFSK2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 24. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719088957
- ISBN
- 9780719088957
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.83
€ 26.99
€ 26.83
paperback. W E B Du Bois' reform writings - with the intention of reforming immoral and unethical behavior - appeared in periodicals directed toward or written on behalf of the African American community. This work gathers together Du Bois' reform writings, which span over fifty years. Editor(s): Johnson, Brian. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780759108059
- ISBN
- 9780759108059
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.89
€ 63.89
Paperback. Presents a survey of the world of classical Greece, its origins and legacy. This book moves from the prehistoric and protohistoric periods, through the era of Bronze Age palace societies - including those of Knossos and Mycenae - surveying the thousand and more years until the transfer of the Roman imperial court from Rome to Constantinople. Num Pages: 368 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 255 x 179 x 20. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631205593
- ISBN
- 9780631205593
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.85
€ 60.85
Hardback. Presents a survey of the world of classical Greece, its origins and legacy. This book moves from the prehistoric and protohistoric periods, through the era of Bronze Age palace societies - including those of Knossos and Mycenae - surveying the thousand and more years until the transfer of the Roman imperial court from Rome to Constantinople. Num Pages: 368 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 251 x 177 x 26. Weight in Grams: 798.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631205586
- ISBN
- 9780631205586
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 144.97
€ 144.97
Paperback. How did the events of September 11, 2001 come to be thought of as 9/11? This title presents an account of post-9/11 political and social processes, offering an analysis of the media coverage of this momentous event. It demonstrates how 9/11 has been transformed into a morality tale centred on patriotism, victimization, and heroes. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFD; JFFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 14. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814795552
- ISBN
- 9780814795552
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.71
€ 33.99
€ 30.71
Paperback. The first comprehensive study of fantasy's uses of myth, this book offers insights into the genre's popularity and cultural importance. Combining history, folklore, and narrative theory, Attebery's study explores familiar and forgotten fantasies and shows how the genre is also an arena for negotiating new relationships with traditional tales. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; FL; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 233 x 17. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199316076
- ISBN
- 9780199316076
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.05
€ 68.05
Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages, 35 black & white computer generated figures. BIC Classification: JFSR2; KFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Publisher
- Harriman House
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780955835117
- ISBN
- 9780955835117
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.30€ 55.46
€ 71.30
€ 55.46
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSK2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 216 x 16. Weight in Grams: 262. Clean copy
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Alyson Publications Inc
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 1st Alyson Books Ed
- SKU
- KST0030571
- ISBN
- 9781555837990
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Brian Cockerill has ruled his world with an iron fist. Using nothing but his hands as weapons, he has patrolled the streets, clubs and raves of Britain in order to keep order and to 'tax' those whose ill-gotten gains he sees fit to take a share of. Yet despite his appalling record of aggression, Brian is a man who lives by rules and respect. Num Pages: 288 pages, 8pp mono illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; BGA; JFFE; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 196. 288 pages, 8pp mono illustrations. Brian Cockerill has ruled his world with an iron fist. Using nothing but his hands as weapons, he has patrolled the streets, clubs and raves of Britain in order to keep order and to 'tax' those whose ill-gotten gains he sees fit to take a share of. Yet despite his appalling record of aggression, Brian is a man who lives by rules and respect. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; BGA; JFFE; JKV. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 17. Weight: 196.
- Publisher
- John Blake
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844544882
- ISBN
- 9781844544882
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.87
€ 13.99
€ 10.87
Paperback. Social workers involved in child sexual abuse work have key powers and duties in civil law to protect children. Written for professionals, this book examines the complex nature of such cases, and explores the problems encountered by local authority social workers who are required to intervene in families to protect children. Num Pages: 176 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1DB; JFFE1; JFFE2; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Pub
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853025938
- ISBN
- 9781853025938
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.44
€ 38.44