Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Paperback. From a modernist/postmodernist perspective, this title addresses questions of literary and cultural nationalism. It reveals that since 17th century, American writing has reflected the political and historical climate and helped define America's cultural and social parameters. It argues that American literature has always been essentially modern. Num Pages: 480 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ACG; DSB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140144352
- ISBN
- 9780140144352
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.57
€ 20.99
€ 18.57
Paperback. Presents an account of the scientific achievements and lives of cosmologists from Babylonians to Newton. Num Pages: 624 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCX; PDA; PDX; PGK; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140192469
- ISBN
- 9780140192469
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.61
€ 20.99
€ 19.61
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140390513
- ISBN
- 9780140390513
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.53
€ 13.53
Paperback. "Jean Liedloff, an American writer, spent two and a half years in the South American jungle living with Stone Age Indians. The experience demolished her Western preconceptions of how we should live and" Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLS; JFSL9; JHBA; JHMC; JMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- Da Capo Press
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780201050714
- ISBN
- 9780201050714
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.59
€ 19.99
€ 16.59
Paperback. Num Pages: 286 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1FBP; 1QFM; HBG; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 127 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231067232
- ISBN
- 9780231067232
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.75
€ 47.75
Paperback. Num Pages: 378 pages, 16 photos. BIC Classification: GTC; JFSJ1; KNTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- Morningside ed
- Number of pages
- 378
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231074179
- ISBN
- 9780231074179
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.82
€ 48.82
Hardback. Tackles the issues central to contemporary Jewish thought: from Zionism in America to God and the Holocaust, from Christian-Jewish relations to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Hertzberg also analyzes such noted leaders and personalities as Menachem Begin, Yitzhak Shamir, and Pope John Paul II. Num Pages: 259 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 165 x 22. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press New York
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 259
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231078429
- ISBN
- 9780231078429
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.01
€ 126.01
Paperback. This behind-the-scenes look at the modern newsroom reveals the ways in which the customer-driven approach to news and the "USA Today-ization" of newspapers threaten the values that have guided genertions of American journalists. Num Pages: 259 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFD; KNTD; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 259
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231080491
- ISBN
- 9780231080491
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.72
€ 46.72
Paperback. Through the voices of people living with HIV or AIDS, this text explores the ways in which HIV affects personal, family and work relationships. It draws on the experinces of black and white, heterosexual and gay, women and men with or without symtoms who show how they work through everyday life. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFFH2; JHBK; JHBL; MJCJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 13. Weight in Grams: 317.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231101219
- ISBN
- 9780231101219
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.16
€ 47.16
Paperback. This new approach to the study of multiculturalism focuses on its applications to science and technology. It explores new studies that describe the role of culture and power in the making of theories, facts and machines. Num Pages: 350 pages, 4 tables, 7 figs. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231101974
- ISBN
- 9780231101974
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.74
€ 48.74
Paperback. This comprehensive textbook helps social workers understand and meet the needs of lesbian, gay, and bisexual people. It outlines approaches to a range of everyday problems associated with oppression, family acceptance, shame, identity development, HIV disease, addiction, and more. Series: Foundations of Social Work Knowledge Series. Num Pages: 476 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: JFSK; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 476
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231103237
- ISBN
- 9780231103237
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.23
€ 70.23
Hardback. Offers students of women's history and nineteenth-century American culture with a source of information and interpretation. This book focuses on areas in which scholars have identified changes (such as suffrage and reform), and innovative explorations (for example, work on female sexuality). It features alphabetical encyclopedia-like entries. Series: Columbia Guides to American History and Cultures. Num Pages: 364 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; GBC; GTB; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 27. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 364
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231109208
- ISBN
- 9780231109208
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 143.90
€ 143.90
Paperback. An examination of the conceptual underpinnings of revolutions, nations and empires and the conditions that make them possible. The text argues that how concepts are defined and delimited strongly influences the theoretical claims that can be made about them. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFE; JPA; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231114318
- ISBN
- 9780231114318
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.07
€ 44.07
Paperback. Twitchell embarks on an insightful, fearless, and funny exploration of two of the central themes of modern American culture -- materialism and consumerism -- and counters the notion of the "used and abused consumer" with an unflinching look at commercial culture, starting from the observation that "we are powerfully attracted to the world of goods (after all, we don't call them 'bads')." Num Pages: 310 pages, 36 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFFT; KNTY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 226 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231115193
- ISBN
- 9780231115193
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.43
€ 44.43
Hardback. Illuminates a pivotal period of change, resistance, progress, and backlash for American women. The author chronicles an exciting and tumultuous history, beginning with World War II and its profound impact on women's short- and long-term employment prospects. Editor(s): Sigerman, Harriet. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 167 x 52. Weight in Grams: 1271.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 640
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231116985
- ISBN
- 9780231116985
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 164.27
€ 164.27
Paperback. This book focuses on the externally driven difficulties of service workers and agencies in shaping services-such as the consequences of recent conservative social policies on agency life and the way in which the present political environment influences services through privatization. Num Pages: 289 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; GTB; JFSG; JKSB; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 173 x 21. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 289
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231119313
- ISBN
- 9780231119313
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.88
€ 51.88
Hardback. All historians would agree that America is a nation of nations. But what does that mean in terms of the issues that have moved and shaped us as a people? This book illuminates the myriad ways in which immigration, racial, and ethnic histories have shaped the contours of contemporary American society. Editor(s): Bayor, Ronald H. Num Pages: 1104 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL1; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 179 x 58. Weight in Grams: 1634.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 1104
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231119948
- ISBN
- 9780231119948
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 143.99
€ 143.99
Paperback. Updated to reflect changes in the composition of New York City's immigrant population, this volume aims to show how new immigrants are transforming the city - and how New York, in turn, has affected the newcomers' lives. Editor(s): Foner, Nancy. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; HBTB; JFFN; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- Completely revised and updated ed
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231124157
- ISBN
- 9780231124157
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.83
€ 53.83
Hardback. Num Pages: 432 pages, 2 recorded music items. BIC Classification: JFFG; JFFH; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 5 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231135801
- ISBN
- 9780231135801
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 178.50
€ 178.50
Hardback. Series: Columbia Studies in Terrorism and Irregular Warfare. Num Pages: 232 pages, 12 illus. BIC Classification: 1FBH; JFSR1; JPSH; JPV; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 21. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231140423
- ISBN
- 9780231140423
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 120.20
€ 120.20
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 14 illus. BIC Classification: 1FKB; HRH; JFSJ1; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231141574
- ISBN
- 9780231141574
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.43
€ 44.43
Hardback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; JFHF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 32. Weight in Grams: 622.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231146340
- ISBN
- 9780231146340
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.68
€ 92.68
Paperback. Num Pages: 328 pages, 195 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 111 x 17. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231147613
- ISBN
- 9780231147613
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.00
€ 19.00
Paperback. Previously unpublished lectures and interviews by the pre-eminent media seer of the modern age--informal, accessible, provocative. Editor(s): McLuhan, Stephanie; Staines, David. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: BG; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The MIT Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780262633178
- ISBN
- 9780262633178
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.65
€ 21.99
€ 20.65