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Society & culture: general
Paperback. A New Nation of Goods highlights the significant role of provincial artisans in four crafts in the northeastern United States-chairmaking, clockmaking, portrait painting, and book publishing-to explain the shift from preindustrial society to an entirely new configuration of work, commodities, and culture. Series: Early American Studies. Num Pages: 424 pages, 10 color, 107 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; JFCD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 250 x 180 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1026.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812222005
- ISBN
- 9780812222005
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.73
€ 41.99
€ 37.73
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333593073
- ISBN
- 9780333593073
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Condition: New
€ 127.30
€ 127.30
Paperback. Examines the media revolution and shows how it works. This book profiles groups of listeners and their different approaches to discovery, showing how breeds of technology make automated recommendations based on expert coding. It also shows creators how to fill the gaps in their knowledge about consumer behaviour. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Nicholas Brealey Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857883985
- ISBN
- 9781857883985
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.95
€ 19.99
€ 14.95
Hardback. Chinese culture was a performance culture, and ritual was the highest form of performance. Village ritual life everywhere in pre-revolutionary China was complex, conservative, and extraordinarily diverse. This title discusses the ritual world of a group of rural settlements in Shanxi province in pre-1949 North China. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 450 pages, 15 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBTB; HRKN; HRLF; JFSF. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 22. Weight in Grams: 702.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 450
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674033047
- ISBN
- 9780674033047
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Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 46.73
€ 54.99
€ 46.73
Hardback. Art as we know it is dramatically changing, but popular and critical responses lag behind. This title describes how art and architecture are being transformed in the age of Google. It provides an original theory of art and architecture in the age of global networks. Series: Point: Essays on Architecture. Num Pages: 136 pages, 39 color illus. 1 halftone. BIC Classification: ABA; AMA; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 150 x 191 x 11. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 136
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691150444
- ISBN
- 9780691150444
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 27.68
€ 36.99
€ 27.68
Paperback / so. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFA; JFSC; JPQB; KNXB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 133 x 19. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Random House USA Inc United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780375708213
- ISBN
- 9780375708213
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Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 19.00
€ 21.99
€ 19.00
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 14. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814735282
- ISBN
- 9780814735282
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.87
€ 31.99
€ 28.87
Paperback. Takes the reader on a stroll through Thailand's intellectual history - the thoughts of the people of Siam, and the products of their thought, through history. The author touches upon political and religious thought, but also upon such "artistic" thought as that demonstrated in novels, paintings, and historical writing. Num Pages: 24 illus. BIC Classification: 1FMT; HBJF; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 214 x 11. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Silkworm Books / Trasvin Publications LP Chiang Mai
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789747551723
- ISBN
- 9789747551723
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.04
€ 21.04
paperback. The place occupied by Japanese Americans within the annals of US history has consisted mainly of a cameo appearance as victims of incarceration after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. This work examines how the second generation - the Nisei - has shaped its identity and negotiated its place within American society. Editor(s): Daniels, Roger. Series: The Asian American Experience. Num Pages: 264 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; GTB; JFC; JFFN; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780252068225
- ISBN
- 9780252068225
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.67
€ 29.99
€ 27.67
Hardcover. Editor(s): Kaiser, David; McCray, Patrick. Num Pages: 416 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 158 x 28. Weight in Grams: 694.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226372884
- ISBN
- 9780226372884
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.22€ 79.61
€ 94.22
€ 79.61
Paperback. Editor(s): Kaiser, David; McCray, Patrick. Num Pages: 416 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 233 x 24. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226372914
- ISBN
- 9780226372914
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 26.09
€ 32.99
€ 26.09
Paperback. Num Pages: 231 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFD; JPWL; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 231
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349494293
- ISBN
- 9781349494293
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Condition: New
€ 65.96
€ 65.96
Hardcover. Violence and Understanding in Gaza is the first comprehensive investigation of the British broadsheets' coverage of the Gaza War. Written in accessible language and engaging style, it critiques the newspapers' output, which it is argued replicates the black and white logic of war instead of focusing on negotiations and peace. Num Pages: 240 pages, 21 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FBH; JFD; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 136 x 18. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137439499
- ISBN
- 9781137439499
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Condition: New
€ 67.11
€ 67.11
Paperback. Explores what can go awry when we put our humanitarian yearnings into action on a global scale - and what we can do in response. This book examines campaigns for human rights, refugee protection, economic development, and for humanitarian limits to the conduct of war. Num Pages: 400 pages, 13 halftones. BIC Classification: JFF; JKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 584.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691123943
- ISBN
- 9780691123943
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Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.95
€ 54.99
€ 39.95
Paperback. Explores how modern food manufacturers have hijacked the brains of millions by turning our meals into perfectly engineered portions of fat, salt and sugar, turning us into addicts in the process. With a focus on the problems in the UK and Europe, this title lays out a plan and tools for reclaiming control over our cravings. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: JFCV; KNDF; VFM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 133 x 21. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Edition
- 1st
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141047812
- ISBN
- 9780141047812
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Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.91
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€ 16.91
Paperback. Brings together key debates within cultural studies, media studies, criminology and sociology on the relationship between the meda and crime in a postmodern society. Editor(s): Kidd-Hewitt, David; Osborne, Richard. Num Pages: 266 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD; JKVC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 213 x 135 x 16. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745309118
- ISBN
- 9780745309118
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.83
€ 36.99
€ 29.83
Paperback. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780813572611
- ISBN
- 9780813572611
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.73
€ 41.99
€ 37.73
Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HRC; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Publisher
- Inter-Varsity Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844741816
- ISBN
- 9781844741816
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.58
€ 14.99
€ 12.58
Paperback. With fiction, poetry, memoir, and oral history from a stellar collection of writers, including Raymond Chandler, Joan Didion, Washington Irving, Henry Miller, Sylvia Plath, Leslie Marmon Silko, and John Steinbeck, A Route 66 Companion offers a literary historical portrait of the most legendary open road in America Editor(s): Dunaway, David King. Num Pages: 200 pages, 6 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; WTL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5499 x 3564 x 330. Weight in Grams: 245.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780292726604
- ISBN
- 9780292726604
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 22.04
€ 23.99
€ 22.04
Hardback. Num Pages: 312 pages, 28 photographs, 1 appendix. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; 3JJPK; HBJK; JFFJ; JFSL1; WSJM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803288553
- ISBN
- 9780803288553
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.63
€ 33.99
€ 30.63
Paperback. The volumes in this series illustrate how social organization and private, emotional experience are different phases of the social process. They show the steps by which emotional experience is shaped by social structural, macro-level processes and how these processes are changed by experience. Editor(s): Kinney, David A. Series: Sociological Studies of Children & Youth. Num Pages: 340 pages. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784413057
- ISBN
- 9781784413057
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.06
€ 64.06
Paperback. This volume showcases important work of sociologists helping to define the direction of the sub-field. Their work shares basic premises and concerns: children and youth are active agents in their own 'socialization', produce meaning and action collaboratively with peers, and struggle for agency in various social contexts. Editor(s): Kinney, David A.; Rosier, Katherine Brown. Series: Sociological Studies of Children & Youth. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 162 x 18. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784413200
- ISBN
- 9781784413200
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Condition: New
€ 64.06
€ 64.06
Paperback. Goddess worship has long been a significant aspect of Hinduism. In this book, the author sorts out the rich yet often chaotic history of Hindu goddess worship. Series: Hermeneutics: Studies in the History of Religions. Num Pages: 281 pages, facsimiles. BIC Classification: HRG; HRLF; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 281
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520063396
- ISBN
- 9780520063396
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.12
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Paperback. Poses a simple question: What makes a cultural phenomenon truly great? Exploring a variety of "king-sized cultural monuments," this title argues that one qualification for greatness is that a phenomenon be embraced by both the elite and the general public, and that it must be embraced repeatedly over time. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820329093
- ISBN
- 9780820329093
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 27.08
€ 31.99
€ 27.08