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Society & culture: general
Paperback. This companion features 35 original essays on the complexity of globalization and its diverse and sometimes conflicting effects. Written by top scholars in the field, it offers a nuanced and detailed examination of globalization that includes both positive and critical evaluations. Editor(s): Ritzer, George. Num Pages: 752 pages. BIC Classification: JFFS; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 199 x 245 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1114.
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781119250722
- ISBN
- 9781119250722
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Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 50.81
€ 50.99
€ 50.81
Paperback. Mod defined an era and created a lasting impression on the world of fashion. This book presents a richly illustrated celebration of all things Mod; from the suits and the scooters, to the music, movies, riots and revivals. Num Pages: 360 pages, colour and b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JJPK; AVGP; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 309 x 246 x 18. Weight in Grams: 1072.
- Publisher
- Omnibus Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 360
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780711968134
- ISBN
- 9780711968134
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€ 26.99€ 20.19
€ 26.99
€ 20.19
Paperback. Unpacks the political economy of new science and technology projects, and the implications for a utopian future Series: Digital Barricades: Interventions in Digital Culture and Politics. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: JFCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 135. .
- Publisher
- Pluto Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745336749
- ISBN
- 9780745336749
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 19.33
€ 23.99
€ 19.33
Hardback. Was there a notion of childhood for the labouring classes, and was it distinctive from that of the elite? Examining pauper childhood, family life and societal reform, Levene asks whether new models of childhood in the eighteenth century affected the treatment of the young poor, and reveals how they and their families were helped through hard times. Num Pages: 264 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JF; HBTB; JFFA; JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 217 x 20. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230354807
- ISBN
- 9780230354807
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Condition: New
€ 65.18
€ 65.18
Hardcover. Intends to present the difficulties that researchers working with migrants in precarious situations have to contend with, and to contribute to the development of methodological and ethical discussions relevant to the topic of migration as an interdisciplinary field of research. This book is suitable for those dealing with vulnerable migrants. Editor(s): Bilger, Veronika. Num Pages: 171 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFN; JFM; JHBC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 159 x 16. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 171
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845193317
- ISBN
- 9781845193317
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Condition: New
€ 129.15
€ 129.15
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479859498
- ISBN
- 9781479859498
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.58
€ 32.99
€ 29.58
Paperback. Looks critically at the idea of 'Arab-ness' and the ways in which ethnic subjects are produced, signified and recited in London. Series: Anthropology, Culture and Society. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 137 x 216 x 15. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Publisher
- Pluto Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745333588
- ISBN
- 9780745333588
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.57
€ 40.99
€ 31.57
Paperback. Provides a unique perspective on cultural life during the German Occupation, & offers crucial insights into the mind and art of one of the most original writers in the second half of the twentieth century Translator(s): Holand, Michael. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: CFA; DSBH; HPCF; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 16. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823251001
- ISBN
- 9780823251001
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.51
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€ 29.51
Paperback. Based on ethnographic fieldwork among five thousand working-class families in the neighborhood of al-Zawyia al-Hamra, this study explores how these displaced residents have dealt with the stigma of public housing, the loss of their established community networks, and the diversity of the population in the new location. Num Pages: 226 pages, 5 b/w photographs, 7 line illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1HBE; GTB; JFS; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 338. Space, Relocation and the Politics of Identity in a Global Cairo. 226 pages, 5 b&w photographs, 7 line illustrations, 1 map. Based on ethnographic fieldwork among five thousand working-class families in the neighborhood of al-Zawyia al-Hamra, this study explores how these displaced residents have dealt with the stigma of public housing, the loss of their established community networks, and the diversity of the population in the new location. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1HBE; GTB; JFS; JHM. Dimension: 228 x 157 x 15. Weight: 338.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 226
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520230460
- ISBN
- 9780520230460
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.06
€ 40.99
€ 29.06
Paperback. For the third installment of Kenzine Maurizio, Micol and Pierpaolo take people on a mysterious journey to an unfamiliar world. A place where the ordinary is slightly disorted, mirrors lead to other dimensions and the strange and beautiful coexist in singular harmony. Editor(s): Cattelan, Maurizio; Ferrari, Pierpaolo; Leon, Humberto; Lim, Carol. Series: Kenzine. Num Pages: 40 pages. BIC Classification: AJC; JFCK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 292 x 225 x 8. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Publisher
- Damiani
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788862083850
- ISBN
- 9788862083850
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.46
€ 36.99
€ 29.46
Paperback. Thirty-five years into his research among the descendants of rebel slaves living in South American rain forest, anthropologist Richard Price encountered Tooy, living on the outskirts of Cayenne, French Guiana. Tooy is a time traveler. With a blend of storytelling and scholarship, this book recounts the journeys of these two intellectuals. Num Pages: 448 pages, 62 halftones, 1 map, 2 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 226 x 25. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226680590
- ISBN
- 9780226680590
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.41
€ 40.99
€ 31.41
Hardcover. This is the first published research from the UK to address the neglected topic of the increasing settlement of Gypsies and Travellers in conventional housing. It highlights the complex and emergent tensions and dynamics inherent when policy and popular discourse combine to frame ethnic populations within a narrative of movement. Num Pages: 280 pages, 7 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFFM; JKS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 182 x 238 x 20. Weight in Grams: 568.
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847428738
- ISBN
- 9781847428738
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Condition: New
€ 104.37
€ 104.37
Paperback. Examines changing perceptions of sex between men in early Victorian Britain, a significant yet surprisingly little explored period in the history of Western sexuality. Num Pages: 288 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 227 x 16. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520280120
- ISBN
- 9780520280120
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.74
€ 33.99
€ 24.74
Paperback. Countless African Americans have passed as white, leaving behind families and friends, roots and communities. It was, as Allyson Hobbs writes, a chosen exile. This history of passing explores the possibilities, challenges, and losses that racial indeterminacy presented to men and women living in a country obsessed with racial distinctions. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBLL; HBLW; JFFJ; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. .
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674659926
- ISBN
- 9780674659926
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Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.47
€ 24.99
€ 21.47
Paperback. Analyzing slavery and other forms of servitude in six non-state indigenous societies of tropical America at the time of European contact, this work offers a fresh approach to the study of slavery based on the notion of 'political economy of life'. Num Pages: 316 pages, 40 halftones in section, 7 maps. BIC Classification: 1KL; HB; JFC; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 235 x 26. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292719132
- ISBN
- 9780292719132
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
€ 32.99
€ 29.60
Paperback. This book exposes the anxieties of loss of control and missed opportunities for freedom of expression resulting from changes in technologies and geopolitics. Num Pages: 286 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFD; JFFS; JPB; JPVH2. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107420939
- ISBN
- 9781107420939
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Condition: New
€ 46.91
€ 46.91
Paperback. Highlighting the work of several food justice groups-including Community Services Unlimited, a South Los Angeles organization founded as the nonprofit arm of the Southern California Black Panther Party, this title explores the possibilities and limitations of the community-based approach, and more. Series: California Studies in Food and Culture. Num Pages: 288 pages, 10 b/w line art. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCV; JFFA; JFFJ; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520287457
- ISBN
- 9780520287457
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.74
€ 33.99
€ 24.74
Paperback. Second edition of highly accessible biography of the founder of modern Zionism, published to mark the centenary of his death in 1904. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; JFSR1; JPFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 117 x 17. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Publisher
- Halban Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781870015905
- ISBN
- 9781870015905
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
€ 13.99
€ 11.02
Paperback. Thady Quirk, steward to the decaying estate of the Rackrent family, narrates a story of four generations of a dying dynasty in Castle Rackrent. This volume also includes Ennui, the entertaining confessions of the Earl of Glenthorn, a bored aristocrat. Both novels offer a darkly comic and satirical expose of the Irish class system. Editor(s): Butler, Marilyn. Num Pages: 361 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; FC; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140433203
- ISBN
- 9780140433203
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.99
€ 17.99
€ 15.99
Paperback. An ethnographic analysis of the class of information technology professionals at the symbolic helm of globalizing India Num Pages: 256 pages, 13 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 234 x 16. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822348702
- ISBN
- 9780822348702
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.21
€ 27.99
€ 26.21
Paperback. A rich and fresh survey of women's lives between George III and the First World War Num Pages: 352 pages, 16. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJC; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753819890
- ISBN
- 9780753819890
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.69
€ 13.99
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Hardback. Num Pages: 327 pages, Includes 12 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLH; JFSJ1; LAQG; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 168 x 364 x 29. Weight in Grams: 778.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472453822
- ISBN
- 9781472453822
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 173.25
€ 173.25
Paperback. An early study of queer theory and non-Western feminism, challenging the concept of gender. Series: Critique. Influence. Change. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 217 x 26. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783603329
- ISBN
- 9781783603329
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.61
€ 20.99
€ 19.61
Hardback. A full account of the formation and reception of contemporary queer film in France. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; APFN; JFSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748634187
- ISBN
- 9780748634187
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.80€ 102.41
€ 106.80
€ 102.41