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Society & culture: general
Paperback. At the turn of the twentieth century, a consumer culture in the United States promoted constant spending to meet material needs and develop social identity and self-cultivation. This work examines the key players active in shaping this cultural evolution: advertisers and consumer advocates. Num Pages: 528 pages, 50 illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFC; JFFT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 33. Weight in Grams: 806.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press United States
- Number of pages
- 528
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807856765
- ISBN
- 9780807856765
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Condition: New
€ 61.86
€ 61.86
Paperback. Offers an interpretation of the Revolutionary period that places women at the center. This book provides a synthesis of the scholarship on women's experiences during the era, as well as a nuanced understanding that moves beyond a view of the war as either a "golden age" or a disaster for women. Num Pages: 296 pages, 12 illustrations, notes, bibl., index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 476.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press United States
- Edition
- Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807856970
- ISBN
- 9780807856970
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Condition: New
€ 56.16
€ 56.16
Paperback. As early-twentieth-century Chicago swelled with an influx of at least 250,000 new black urban migrants, the city became a center of consumer capitalism. This work argues that this mass consumer marketplace generated a vibrant intellectual life and planted seeds of political dissent against the dehumanizing effects of white capitalism. Num Pages: 384 pages, 27 illustrations, 2 maps, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JJC; HBTB; JFSL3. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 535.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807857991
- ISBN
- 9780807857991
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.30
€ 55.30
Paperback. The meaning of race in the antebellum southern United States was anchored in the racial exclusivity of slavery and full citizenship. The author explains how heated debates over interracial marriage were also attempts by whites to undermine African American men's demands for suffrage and a voice in public affairs. Series: Gender and American Culture. Num Pages: 384 pages, 5 illustrations, 1 map, notes, bibl., index. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; HBTB; JFFE; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 158 x 235 x 29. Weight in Grams: 678.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807858820
- ISBN
- 9780807858820
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.89
€ 51.89
paperback. How do we define 'religion'? For Native Americans, religious freedom has been an elusive goal. This book shows that cultural notions about what constitutes 'religion' are crucial to public debates over religious freedom. Num Pages: 336 pages, 15 illustrations, 1 map, notes, bibl., index. BIC Classification: 1KBBWX; 3JJG; JFSL9; JPVH4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807859353
- ISBN
- 9780807859353
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Condition: New
€ 44.97
€ 44.97
paperback. An analysis of the intransigence of Brazilian racism in which the author asks why there is still faith in Brazil's "racial democracy" in the face of pervasive racism in all aspects of Brazilian life. The author also illuminates the problems activists face when trying to set up antiracist movements. Num Pages: 196 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JFFJ; JFSL; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 320.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Keine
- SKU
- V9780813523651
- ISBN
- 9780813523651
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Condition: New
€ 45.97
€ 45.97
Consuming Environments: Television and Commercial Culture
Budd, Mike; Etc.; Craig, Steve (Professor And...
paperback. A study of the consequences of television's power over our habits of material consumption and television's ultimate impact on the environment. Using examples drawn from commercials, news broadcasts and TV shows, the authors argue that television's appeal requires its methods to remain hidden. Series: Communications, Media & Culture S. Num Pages: 280 pages, 88 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD; JFFT; KNTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 178 x 17. Weight in Grams: 526.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813525921
- ISBN
- 9780813525921
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.19
€ 43.19
Hardcover. Set against the backdrop of women's work experiences, friendships, and communities during World War I, this title draws on a substantial body of new archival material to expose the roadblocks still present in practices and imagine new alternatives. It clarifies the ethical value and political purpose of identity history. Num Pages: 288 pages, 14 halftones, 4 line drawings. BIC Classification: 3JJF; HBTB; JFSJ1; JFSK1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226001586
- ISBN
- 9780226001586
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.53
€ 121.53
Hardcover. Drawing on more than three years of fieldwork across three continents, the author traces our complex and often contradictory relationship with these versatile animals in public spaces such as Venice's Piazza San Marco and London's Trafalgar Square and in working-class and immigrant communities of pigeon breeders in New York and Berlin. Series: Fieldwork Encounters and Discoveries. Num Pages: 288 pages, 10 colour plates, 36 halftones, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: JFFZ; WNCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226001890
- ISBN
- 9780226001890
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.53
€ 121.53
Paperback. Examines the lives of women who have forged a new community in a shantytown on the outskirts of Khartoum, the largely Muslim, heavily Arabized capital in the north of the country. This book examines the way women's bodies are politicized by their displacement, analyzing issues such as religious conversion, marriage, and female circumcision. Num Pages: 176 pages, 18 halftones. BIC Classification: 1HBS; JFFD; JFSJ1. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226002002
- ISBN
- 9780226002002
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.03
€ 40.03
Hardcover. In 2005 the World Bank released a gender assessment of the nation of Jordan, a country that, like many in the Middle East, has undergone dramatic social and gender transformations, in part by encouraging equal access to education for men and women. In this book, the author shows that assessment to be a fallacy. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBJ; JFSJ1; JN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226006901
- ISBN
- 9780226006901
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.45
€ 121.45
Hardcover. Discuss real estate with any young family and the subject of schools is certain to come up - in fact, it will likely be a crucial factor in determining where that family lives. In this title, the author shows how education policy makes overt attempts to prevent, or at least slow, middle-class flight to the suburbs. Num Pages: 280 pages, 4 maps, 2 figures, 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; JFSG; JNF; RPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 531.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226016658
- ISBN
- 9780226016658
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 136.66
€ 136.66
Hardcover. Over a lifetime of studying Cuban Santeria and other religions related to Orisha worship - a practice also found among the Yoruba in West Africa. This title provides an analysis of these assumptions, in the process offering an incisive critique both of the anthropology of religion and of scholarship on the cultural history of Afro-Atlantic World. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KJC; HBJH; HRKT; JFSL3; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226019420
- ISBN
- 9780226019420
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.73
€ 121.73
Paperback. A study that addresses the Arrernte's contemporary situation. It documents the immense sociocultural changes they have experienced. It traces the history of the Arrernte as they have transitioned from a society of hunter-gatherers to members of the Hermannsburg Mission community to their marginalized position in the modern Australian economy. Num Pages: 304 pages, 18 halftones, 8 maps, 3 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1MBF; JFSL9; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226032641
- ISBN
- 9780226032641
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.73
€ 45.73
Hardcover. On December 5, 2004, the still-developing blogosphere took one of its biggest steps toward mainstream credibility, as Nobel Prize - winning economist Gary S Becker and renowned jurist and legal scholar Richard A Posner announced the formation of the Becker-Posner Blog. This book gathers the most important and innovative entries from the blog. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: JFF; KC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 60 x 90 x 29. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226041018
- ISBN
- 9780226041018
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.49
€ 45.49
Hardcover. Our traditional image of Chicago is such a powerful shaper of the city's identity that many of its closest observers fail to notice that a new Chicago has emerged over the years. The author tackles some of our more commonly held ideas about the Windy City - inherited from such icons as Theodore Dreiser, Carl Sandburg, Robert Park, and Mike Royko. Series: Chicago Visions and Revisions. Num Pages: 248 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; HBJK; HBTB; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226042930
- ISBN
- 9780226042930
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.76
€ 33.76
Hardcover. Situates dance within a larger Chicago landscape of segregated social practices. Delving into two Chicago dance worlds, lindy hop and steppin', the author uses a combination of participant observation and interviews to bring to the surface the racial tension that surrounds white use of black cultural forms. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ASD; JFC; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226043074
- ISBN
- 9780226043074
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.26
€ 127.26
Hardcover. Explores African American women's sex work in Chicago during the decades of some of the city's most explosive growth, expanding not just our view of prostitution, but also of black women's labor, the Great Migration, black and white reform movements, and the emergence of modern sexuality. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 312 pages, 15 halftones, 10 maps, 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JJ; JFMX; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226055985
- ISBN
- 9780226055985
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.11
€ 122.11
Paperback. Examines cooking through the dual lens of archaeology and art history. The book describes prehistoric eating in ancient Turkey; traditions of the great civilizations of Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greece and Rome; and rituals of the Middle Ages and the "Late Gothic International" period. Num Pages: 462 pages, 140 halftones. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFC; WBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 168 x 26. Weight in Grams: 838.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Number of pages
- 462
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226062549
- ISBN
- 9780226062549
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.51
€ 51.51
Hardcover. Tackling the myriad issues raised by Sander L Gilman's provocative opening salvo - "Are Jews Musical?" - this volume presents a series of essays that trace the intersections of Jewish history and music from the late nineteenth century to the present. It recasts the established history of Jewish culture and its influences on modernity. Editor(s): Bohlman, Philip V. Num Pages: 224 pages, 19 colour plates, 8 halftones, 1 line drawing, 4 musical examples, 1 compact disc. BIC Classification: AV; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 210 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1043.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Har/Com
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226063263
- ISBN
- 9780226063263
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.76
€ 66.76
Hardcover. In 1959, Virginia's Prince Edward County closed its public schools rather than obey a court order to desegregate. This title recounts the test of wills that pitted resolute African Americans against equally steadfast white segregationists in a battle over the future of public education in America. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL1; JNL; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226063898
- ISBN
- 9780226063898
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.22
€ 79.22
Hardcover. As Archbishop Desmond Tutu has noted, "AIDS is South Africa's new apartheid." This title traces the historical shifts in health policy after apartheid and describes their effects, detailing, in particular, the changing relationship between biomedical and indigenous health care, both at the national and the local level. Num Pages: 368 pages, 27 halftones, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; JFFH2; JPQB; MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226064451
- ISBN
- 9780226064451
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.85
€ 134.85
Hardcover. From both sides of the Atlantic Ocean, the author paints an intimate portrait of how students and teachers actually cope, in real time, with the chronic stress, peer group dynamics, and subtle power politics of urban educational spaces in the perpetual shadow of aggression. Series: Fieldwork Encounters and Discoveries. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDN; 1KBBEY; JFFA; JNH; JNL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226066387
- ISBN
- 9780226066387
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.76
€ 134.76
Hardcover. We often think of classical Greek society as a model of rationality and order. Yet, in this text, Walter Burkert demonstrates that there were archaic, savage forces, with potentially violent and destructive energies, surging beneath the outwardly calm face of classical Greece, Translator(s): Bing, Peter. Num Pages: 124 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HBJD; HRKP; JFHF; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 16. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 124
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226080857
- ISBN
- 9780226080857
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 120.48
€ 120.48