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Society & culture: general

Hardcover. Over decades the concept of literacy has been an important field of discussion in Medieval and Early Modern studies. This volume introduces Scandinavian literacy to the international field of research. It provides a basis that can contribute to a general understanding of literacy. Num Pages: 355 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1DN; HBJD; HBLC; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 608.
Publisher
University Press of Southern Denmark Denmark
Number of pages
355
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9788776740405
ISBN
9788776740405
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.86

Paperback. A delightful translation of one of the finest, and most beautiful, examples of a medieval Bestiary. Num Pages: 206 pages, 136, 136 colour illustrations, 136 colour. BIC Classification: ACK; AKLB; DNF; JFHF; WN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 14. Weight in Grams: 434. Being an English Version of the Bodleian Library, Oxford, MS Bodley 764. 205 pages, with 136 col illus. A delightful translation of one of the finest, and most beautiful, examples of a medieval Bestiary. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: ACK; AKLB; DNF; JFHF; WN. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 14. Weight: 426. Translator(s): Barber, Richard.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780851157535
ISBN
9780851157535
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.86

Paperback. Editor(s): Aizley, Harlyn. BIC Classification: BGA; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 172 x 14. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
Beacon Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807079638
ISBN
9780807079638
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.59

Paperback. Gary Y. Okihiro presents the intellectual history of the core ideas, concepts, methods, and theories of Third World studies-an academic field first proposed in 1968 that never existed-in order to provide tools for understanding power and ending oppression. Num Pages: 224 pages, 5 photographs. BIC Classification: 1QFG; HBG; HBTB; HBTQ; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 5. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822362319
ISBN
9780822362319
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.56

Paperback. Using rare interviews with former inmates and workers, institutional documentation, and governmental archives, Claudia Malacrida illuminates the dark history of the treatment of "mentally defective" children and adults at the Michener Centre in Red Deer, Alberta. Num Pages: 320 pages, 13, 3 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBCL; 3JJ; JFFG; JKSM; MBPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 472.
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442626898
ISBN
9781442626898
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.59

Paperback. Suggests that the church today is composed of people whose lives are situated more within a consumer culture than within a distinctively Christian one. In order for the church to free itself, the author believes it must reclaim a sacramental identity that is grounded in a narrative tradition and realized in real, local worshipping communities. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: HRCX6; JFFT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 214.
Publisher
SPCK
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780281070381
ISBN
9780281070381
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.54

Paperback. .
Publisher
Demeter Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781927335390
ISBN
9781927335390
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.72

Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 9. Weight in Grams: 110.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1973
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571063130
ISBN
9780571063130
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. .
Publisher
Transcript Verlag
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2021
Condition
New
SKU
V9783837629750
ISBN
9783837629750
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 37.22

Paperback. Argues that a commitment to diversity is frequently substituted for a commitment to actual change. This title traces the work that diversity does, examining how the term is used and the way it serves to make questions about racism seem impertinent. Num Pages: 256 pages, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 221 x 15. Weight in Grams: 352.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822352365
ISBN
9780822352365
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.79

Paperback. A survey of contemporary Western art music within the transformed political, cultural, and technological environment of the post-Cold War era. It considers musical composition against this changed backdrop, placing it in the context of globalization, digitization, and new media. Num Pages: 368 pages, 35 b/w. BIC Classification: 3JJ; AVC; HBLW; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 500.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520283152
ISBN
9780520283152
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.23

Paperback. Argues for the restoration of humanist emphases to the projects of the left. Editor(s): Spencer, Robert; Alderson, David. Series: Marxism and Culture. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 137 x 215 x 18. Weight in Grams: 302.
Publisher
Pluto Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745336145
ISBN
9780745336145
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 19.34

Paperback. A concise argument for the enduring importance of the feminist movement today by one of the world's leading feminist writers. Num Pages: 140 pages. BIC Classification: JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 219 x 141 x 11. Weight in Grams: 174.
Publisher
Pluto Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
First p/b
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745317335
ISBN
9780745317335
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.29

Paperback. A groundbreaking ethnography on race, desire, and belonging among black Cubans in the early twenty-first-century Series: Perverse Modernities. Num Pages: 256 pages, 2 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KJC; JFSJ; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 236 x 15. Weight in Grams: 380.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822349501
ISBN
9780822349501
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 26.56

Paperback. Do human capital differences explain black-white inequality, or are other factors more important? Are we seeing patterns consistent with assimilation among Hispanics and Asians? This book examines patterns and trends in inequality over the years for different racial groups, focusing on education, income, poverty, wealth, and health outcomes. Series: Sociology in the Twenty-First Century. Num Pages: 216 pages, 20 b/w line art, scattered. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSG; JFSL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 327.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520286924
ISBN
9780520286924
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 25.06

Hardback. Storytelling-Case Archetype Decoding and Assignment Manual reviews tourism and hospitality applications of Jung's work on archetypes in shaping behavior and unconscious/conscious thought. This book provides tools for confirming relevancy and falsifying incorrect archetype assignments of stories consumers and brands tell. Series: Advances in Culture, Tourism and Hospitality Research. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: JFFT; KNSG; KNSH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
220
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785602177
ISBN
9781785602177
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.28

Paperback. "The Arabian Nights" has become a synonym for the fabulous and the exotic. Many people are familiar with the stories of Aladdin, Sinbad the Sailor and Ali Baba. Yet few people have a clear idea of when the book was written or what exactly it is. This companion seeks to remedy this. Num Pages: 360 pages, chronology, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1FBX; 1QDAP; DSA; DSBB; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
Tauris Parke Paperbacks
Number of pages
360
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9781860649837
ISBN
9781860649837
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 16.61

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 6 b&w photos. BIC Classification: JFSK2; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816675487
ISBN
9780816675487
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 29.36

Paperback. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFHF; VXWM; VXWS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 237 x 14. Weight in Grams: 326.
Publisher
Mandrake of Oxford
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906958763
ISBN
9781906958763
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.07

Paperback. How has Latino immigration transformed the South? In what ways is the presence of these newcomers complicating efforts to organize for workplace justice? This is a portrait of neoliberal globalization and calls for organizing strategies that bring diverse working communities together in mutual construction of a more just future. Series: California Series in Public Anthropology. Num Pages: 312 pages, 21 halftones, 2 line art, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; 1KBBS; JFFN; JFSL4; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520287211
ISBN
9780520287211
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 25.06

Paperback. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781501318986
ISBN
9781501318986
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 9.04

Paperback. Num Pages: 390 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCX; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 140 x 217 x 13. Weight in Grams: 540.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
390
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1979
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226458069
ISBN
9780226458069
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.76

Paperback. This volume questions the importance of arts and culture and their possible impact on politics and the economy. Chapters outline a new framework for analysis of democratic participation and economic growth and explore how these new patterns work around the world. The ideas of Alexis de Tocqueville and Joseph Schumpeter and Jane Jacobs are analysed. Editor(s): Clark, Terry Nichols. Series: Research in Urban Policy. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, maps, fig. BIC Classification: JFC; JPA; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 498.
Publisher
Emerald Publishing Limited
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781907368
ISBN
9781781907368
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.24

Paperback. This book focuses on contemporary topics relevant to individuals who assess female sexual offenders and the first to implement the scientist-practitioner model in the field. It integrates the latest research from leading experts regarding prevalence, theory, and practice in one accessible resource. Editor(s): Gannon, Theresa A.; Cortoni, Franca. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JKVQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 173 x 15. Weight in Grams: 388.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780470683439
ISBN
9780470683439
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.07

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