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Society & culture: general
Paperback. In the West during the Cold War, freedom of expression was vaunted as liberal democracy's most cherised possession. This text documents a secret campaign in which some of the most vocal exponents of intellectual freedom were instruments - whether they knew it or not - of America's secret service. Num Pages: 544 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJH; HBLW3; JFC; JPA; JPFK; JPSH; JPVH2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 133 x 35. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Publisher
- Granta
- Number of pages
- 544
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781862073272
- ISBN
- 9781862073272
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.66
€ 19.99
€ 14.66
Paperback. A campaigning lawyer describes the obstacles to justice for refugees and migrants in the current UK legal system. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JFFD; JFFN; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 217 x 15. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745331638
- ISBN
- 9780745331638
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.42
€ 40.99
€ 31.42
Hardcover. Black popular music and offbeat performance, from Eartha Kitt to Meshell Ndegeocello Num Pages: 266 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGQ; JFSK1; JFSK2; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Michigan Press United States
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472071791
- ISBN
- 9780472071791
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.83
€ 116.83
Hardback. The highly-anticipated first English-language edition of the monumental critical anthology of writings from the golden age of the Italian disapora in America is now available. Editor(s): Durante, Francesco. Num Pages: 1032 pages. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 193 x 60. Weight in Grams: 1776.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823260614
- ISBN
- 9780823260614
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.22
€ 134.22
Paperback. An encyclopedic account of the sounds and obsessions of the Space Age/Cold War period and the renewed interest in them evident in contemporary music and design. Translator(s): Pinkus, Karen. Num Pages: 376 pages, frontispiece. BIC Classification: AV; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 26. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822341567
- ISBN
- 9780822341567
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.95
€ 32.99
€ 29.95
Hardback. An impressive compilation of facts and data on the history of American immigration..In an area where reference works are scarce, Cordasco, a recognized scholar in his field, has produced a good source for any library in need of ready reference information on American immigration. -LIBRARY JOURNAL Num Pages: 810 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 146 x 53. Weight in Grams: 1089.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 810
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810822412
- ISBN
- 9780810822412
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 270.56
€ 270.56
Paperback. Most of us are taught from a young age to be winners and avoid being losers. But what does it mean to win or lose? Does winning make us happy? This title undertakes an unprecedented investigation of winning and losing in American society, what we are really after as we struggle to win, our collective beliefs about winners and losers, and more. Num Pages: 256 pages, 9 line illus. 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFFP; JHB; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 234 x 17. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691159645
- ISBN
- 9780691159645
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 27.28
€ 36.99
€ 27.28
Hardback. Editor(s): Pittau, Francesco. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 162 x 232 x 16. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781634638364
- ISBN
- 9781634638364
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 239.20€ 181.62
€ 239.20
€ 181.62
Hardcover. Explores the lives and work of fifteen black labor historians and social scientists as seen through the prisms of gender, class, and time. This biography offers portraits of these seminal figures, following them through their educations, their often groundbreaking work in economic and labor studies, and their invaluable public advocacy. Series: Carter G. Woodson Institute Series in Black Studies. Num Pages: 352 pages, 15 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; JFSL3; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 703.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813925509
- ISBN
- 9780813925509
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.65
€ 58.65
Paperback. Sisters of The Brotherhood struggle for equality Num Pages: 288 pages, 9 tables. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHBL; KNBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 149 x 19. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592137381
- ISBN
- 9781592137381
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.24
€ 36.24
paperback. Presents an examination of the political and social construction of gender under the Vichy regime. This book argues that the regime used symbolic violence to reshape a liberal culture once based on individual rights into one of deference to hierarchical authority. Translator(s): Johnson, Kathleen A. Num Pages: 400 pages, 20 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBJD; HBTB; HBWQ; JFSJ; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 234 x 30. Weight in Grams: 588.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822327745
- ISBN
- 9780822327745
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.26
€ 41.99
€ 37.26
Paperback. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1962
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813507996
- ISBN
- 9780813507996
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 44.96
€ 49.99
€ 44.96
Paperback. Combines passages from Islamic texts with a commentary of the author. This book enables the reader to grasp the bases of Muslim faith and to get some sense of the breadth and depth of Islamic religious culture as a whole. Num Pages: 440 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRH; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691000404
- ISBN
- 9780691000404
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.63€ 47.01
€ 58.63
€ 47.01
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 672 pages, 8 color photos, 48 halftones, 12 b&w illustrations, 5 maps. BIC Classification: JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691607474
- ISBN
- 9780691607474
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 111.40€ 86.26
€ 111.40
€ 86.26
Paperback. Orenstein, Marc F. Plattner, Charles Simkins, Alejandro Toledo, Ilcheong Yi Editor(s): Fukuyama, Francis; Diamond, Larry; Plattner, Marc F. Series: A Journal of Democracy Book. Num Pages: 216 pages, 11, 10 figures, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1KL; JFFA; JPB; JPHV. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 160 x 14. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421405704
- ISBN
- 9781421405704
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.24
€ 42.24
Paperback. The best scholarship focused on shoes and everyday dress accessories from the Middle Ages. Indispensable. SPECULUM Illustrator(s): Mitford, Susan. Series: Medieval Finds from Excavations in London. Num Pages: 152 pages, 118, 27 black & white illustrations, 91 black & white line drawings, 27 black and white,. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3H; JFCK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 189 x 10. Weight in Grams: 466. Finds from Medieval Excavations in London. Series: Medieval Finds from Excavations in London. 152 pages, 118, 27 black and white, 91 line drawing. Illustrator(s): Mitford, Susan. The best scholarship focused on shoes and everyday dress accessories from the Middle Ages. Indispensable. SPECULUM. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3H; JFCK. Dimension: 245 x 189 x 10. Weight: 458.
- Publisher
- Boydell Press
- Number of pages
- 152
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843832386
- ISBN
- 9781843832386
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.68
€ 33.99
€ 28.68
Num Pages: 320 pages, 1200+ color photos. BIC Classification: JFCK; WC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 287 x 226 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1738.
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780887408625
- ISBN
- 9780887408625
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 85.59€ 61.20
€ 85.59
€ 61.20
Paperback. The traditional history of early America paints the colonies as a transplantation of European culture to a new continent - a 'virgin land' in which Native Americans were assigned the role of foil whose contribution was to stimulate the energy of European dispossessors. This book recasts the story of American colonization as a territorial invasion. Series: Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture. Num Pages: 408 pages, 7 illustrations, 4 maps, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLL; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press United States
- Edition
- New edition
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807871447
- ISBN
- 9780807871447
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.69
€ 44.69
paperback. Offers an account of the author's life as a student in a Presbyterian mission school in northeastern Nebraska about the time of the Civil War. Num Pages: 156 pages, Illus., map. BIC Classification: 1KB; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3404 x 10. Weight in Grams: 205.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1978
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 156
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803279018
- ISBN
- 9780803279018
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.55
€ 16.99
€ 16.55
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 9 b&w. BIC Classification: 1FPCH; APW; JFD; JPVK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 16. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Hong Kong University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789888208586
- ISBN
- 9789888208586
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.07
€ 43.07