Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Paperback. Analyzes contemporary texts that bond together two seemingly antithetical sensibilities: the sentimental and the postmodern. This book presents case studies of audience responses to "The Piano", "Kiss of the Spider Woman", and "Northern Exposure". It argues that sentimental postmodernism deepened leftist political engagement. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: APFA; DSBH; JFCA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557534798
- ISBN
- 9781557534798
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.13
€ 58.13
Paperback. Shows how a small New York group, predominantly Jewish, moved from communist and socialist roots to become a primary voice of liberal humanism and, in the case of a few, to launch a new conservative movement. This book concentrates on Lionel Trilling as the paradigmatic liberal intellectual and also includes reconsiderations of Irving Howe. Editor(s): Goffman, Ethan; Morris, Daniel. Series: Shofar Supplements in Jewish Studies. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; JFCX; JFSR1; JPFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557534811
- ISBN
- 9781557534811
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.33
€ 46.33
Hardcover. Chronicles the integration of dog owners, a much-maligned subculture, into mainstream society by tracing the history of the legislation. This book shows how a combination of science and politics, fact and fear, altruism and self-interest led to the adoption and enforcement of legislation that became a shining success. Num Pages: 300 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; JFFZ; LNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557534927
- ISBN
- 9781557534927
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 29.15
€ 30.99
€ 29.15
Paperback. Presents a brief history about the Jews in Babylon (Iraq), and their Hebrew creativity. This book focuses on the years 1735-1950 and presents the secular Hebrew poetry written in Babylon at that time, the folktales, journalistic articles, and epistles, research of Hebrew literature, a story and a play. Num Pages: 247 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 2CSJ; DSB; HBJF; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557535146
- ISBN
- 9781557535146
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.47
€ 53.47
Paperback. Discusses aspects of terror with regard to human rights events across the globe, but especially in the United States, Latin America, and Europe. This title demonstrates that the need to question continuously and to engage in permanent critique does not contradict the need to seek answers, to advocate social change, and to intervene critically. Editor(s): McClennen, Sophia A.; Morello, Henry James. Series: Comparative Cultural Studies Series. Num Pages: 460 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JPVH; JPWL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557535689
- ISBN
- 9781557535689
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 79.01
€ 79.01
Hardcover. Shows readers how to change the world through a series of case studies that chronicle how the author and other pioneering women in a range of fields have done so in years past. Series: Studies in Jewish Civilisation. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 13. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557535696
- ISBN
- 9781557535696
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 23.58
€ 25.99
€ 23.58
Paperback. Editor(s): Royal, Derek. Series: Shofar Supplements in Jewish Studies. Num Pages: 330 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJP; DSBH; DSK; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 330
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557535849
- ISBN
- 9781557535849
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.27
€ 60.27
Hardcover. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFT; KJSM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 465.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557535856
- ISBN
- 9781557535856
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.71
€ 30.99
€ 27.71
Paperback. Series: Comparative Cultural Studies. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557536051
- ISBN
- 9781557536051
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.69
€ 59.69
Paperback. Drawing from Anglo-American, Asian American, and Asian literature as well as J-horror and manga, Chinese cinema and Internet, and the Korean Wave, Sheng-mei Ma's Asian Diaspora and East-West Modernity probes into the conjoinedness of West and East, of modernity's illusion and nothing's infinitude. Num Pages: 228 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JFSL3; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557536112
- ISBN
- 9781557536112
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.29
€ 59.29
Paperback. Num Pages: 180 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QFG; GTF; JFD; JFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557536273
- ISBN
- 9781557536273
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 23.22
€ 23.99
€ 23.22
Hardcover. Editor(s): Weisberg, Ruth. Series: Jewish Role in American Life. Num Pages: 180 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACX; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557536358
- ISBN
- 9781557536358
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.74
€ 35.74
Paperback. Analyses a new type of literature emerging from artistsAE increased movement and cultural flows spawned by globalization. This otransculturalo literature is produced by authors who write across cultural and national boundaries and who transcend in their lives and creative production the borders of a single culture. Series: Comparative Cultural Studies. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: CF; DS; JFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557537065
- ISBN
- 9781557537065
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.97
€ 59.97
Paperback. Series: Comparative Cultural Studies. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557537133
- ISBN
- 9781557537133
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.97
€ 59.97
Paperback. Editor(s): Pregowski, Michal Piotr; Wlodarczyk, Justyna. Series: New Directions in the Human-Animal Bond. Num Pages: 225 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJP; 3JM; JFFZ; WNGD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 228 x 19. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557537409
- ISBN
- 9781557537409
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.59
€ 35.99
€ 30.59
Paperback. The letters featured in this book were sent by Corporal James Henry Gooding, a member of Company C., of the 54th Massachusetts regiment. They were sent to the New Bedford (Massachusetts) "Mercury" and published. He was described as a "truthful and intelligent correspondent, and a good soldier". Num Pages: 200 pages, 29 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 160 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558492028
- ISBN
- 9781558492028
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.47
€ 35.47
paperback. Discusses the underlying causes of the US Civil War as they relate to Missouri and reveals how the war helped create both the legend and the reality of Jesse James and his gang. Series: Missouri Heritage Readers Series. Num Pages: 80 pages, illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBTB; HBW; JFC; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 168.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University of Missouri Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 80
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826209597
- ISBN
- 9780826209597
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.76
€ 16.99
€ 15.76
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- NavPress United States
- Edition
- Revised
- Number of pages
- 107
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781576838310
- ISBN
- 9781576838310
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.38
€ 12.38
Paperback. Covers archeology, history, and culture of different native nations that have called Iowa home since prehistory. This book focuses on the tribes most connected to Iowa since prehistoric times: the Ioway, Meskwaki, Sauk, Omaha and Ponca, Otoe and Missouria, Pawnee and Arikara, Illinois Confederacy, Santee and Yankton Sioux, and Winnebago. Num Pages: 160 pages, 12 drawings, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBNF; HBJK; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University Of Iowa Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781587298172
- ISBN
- 9781587298172
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.86
€ 17.99
€ 16.86
Paperback. During China's Cultural Revolution, Chairman Mao Zedong's "rustication program" resettled seventeen million urban youths, known as "sent downs," to the countryside for manual labor and socialist reeducation. This book examines the mechanisms and dynamics of state craft in China, from the rustication program's inception to its termination. Series: Public Management and Change Series. Num Pages: 248 pages, 2 text boxes, 7 b&w photos, 3 figures, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJP; JFSF; JFSP2; JPFC; JPP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781589019874
- ISBN
- 9781589019874
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.62
€ 71.62
Paperback. Race matters in both national and international politics. Starting from this perspective, this work presents original essays from African American political scientists. These essays evaluate the discipline, its subfields, the quality of race-related research, and omissions in the literature. Editor(s): Rich, Wilbur C. Num Pages: 456 pages, 16 Tables, 4 Figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 712. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Temple University Press
- Edition
- annotated edition
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592131099
- ISBN
- 9781592131099
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.26
€ 41.99
€ 37.26
Hardcover. A treatment of media's obsession with triviality. It argues that American audiences are assaulted with messages that the ordinary, and often private, aspects of our lives - family, childhood, parenting, education, food, sports, home improvement - must be showcased publicly and with extreme passion. Num Pages: 298 pages. BIC Classification: JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 236 x 25. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Baylor University Press United States
- Edition
- 1ST
- Number of pages
- 298
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781602582583
- ISBN
- 9781602582583
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.91
€ 60.91
Hardcover. Women who transformed their own flesh into Word Num Pages: 246 pages. BIC Classification: HRCM; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 164 x 22. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Baylor University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781602587533
- ISBN
- 9781602587533
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.70
€ 72.70
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