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Society & culture: general

Paperback. From the current vantage point of the transformation of books and libraries, B. Venkat Mani presents a historical account of world literature. By locating translation, publication, and circulation along routes of GCGBPbibliomigrancy,GC[yen] Mani narrates how world Num Pages: 360 pages, 13 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBD; GLC; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 228 x 2. Weight in Grams: 514.
Publisher
Fordham University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823273416
ISBN
9780823273416
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.49

Paperback. This is a must-have text for those working with people with substance problems. By inviting the reader to explore the application of different interventions in practice, it acts as an accessible and comprehensive guide to practice when working with substance users and their close ones. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFH1; JKS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 160 x 235 x 17. Weight in Grams: 470.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
2014th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137278043
ISBN
9781137278043
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.55

Hardback. Sian Lincoln considers the use, role and significance of private spaces in the lives of young people. Drawing on extensive ethnographic research, she explores the place of 'the private' in youth cultural discourses, both historically and contemporarily, that until now have remained largely absent in youth cultural research. Num Pages: 272 pages, 23 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSP2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 136 x 20. Weight in Grams: 444.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
272
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
2012th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230233263
ISBN
9780230233263
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.37

Paperback. This new take on Queer Theory explores the ways in which sexuality, subjectivity and sociality have been discursively produced in various historical and cultural contexts. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSK; JHBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 13. Weight in Grams: 368.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748615971
ISBN
9780748615971
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 35.15

Hardback. In this playful, image-heavy, insight-rich book, Chip Kidd explores the design of everyday objects, revealing the way design shapes our world. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: AK; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 186 x 134 x 18. Weight in Grams: 224.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781471138928
ISBN
9781471138928
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.20

Paperback. A groundbreaking account of America's role in global capitalism. Num Pages: 464 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFS; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 143 x 35. Weight in Grams: 604.
Publisher
Verso
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781681367
ISBN
9781781681367
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.44

Hardcover. Lifetime attitudes to housing have changed, with new population dynamics driving the market and a greater emphasis on consumption. This important contribution to the literature argues that how we think about households and their housing needs to be recast to acknowledge this changed environment and provide a more powerful conceptual framework. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFF; JKS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 248 x 170 x 17. Weight in Grams: 522.
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847424280
ISBN
9781847424280
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.10

Paperback. Breaking with the exoticizing cast of public discourse and conventional research, Urban Outcasts takes the reader inside the black ghetto of Chicago and the deindustrializing banlieue of Paris to discover that urban marginality is not everywhere the same. Num Pages: 360 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 540.
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
360
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745631257
ISBN
9780745631257
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 24.96

Hardback. Series: Electronic Mediations. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 150 x 262 x 25. Weight in Grams: 496.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816698905
ISBN
9780816698905
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.43

Paperback. Over the last century, many artists have made works that challenge dominant models of gender and sexuality. The results can be sexy or serious, satirical or tender, discreetly coded or defiantly outspoken. Num Pages: 160 pages, 75 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AC; HBTB; JFSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 140. .
Publisher
Tate Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849765039
ISBN
9781849765039
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.95

Paperback. Num Pages: 257 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCV4; HRCV9; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
Publisher
Fleming H. Revell Company
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780800724429
ISBN
9780800724429
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.32

Paperback. Transcultural Teens provides readers with a window onto the cultural and linguistic creativity of the housing projects, or cite s, that ring Paris, showing how young people of Algerian Arab origins play with language in fascinating ways that subvert commonly held notions of intercultural animosity. Series: New Directions in Ethnography. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; JFSP2; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 228 x 16. Weight in Grams: 302.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781119044154
ISBN
9781119044154
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 46.41

Paperback. This book is a short, light-hearted guide to groupwork, providing an easily-digestible way of understanding group dynamics, the practicalities of running a group, and how to participate in one. It covers how and where to set up a group, the size of the group and the arrangement of chairs, and the importance of boundaries and rules within a group. Num Pages: 112 pages, 96 line drawings. BIC Classification: JFFP; JKSN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 138 x 8. Weight in Grams: 150.
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Number of pages
112
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849051668
ISBN
9781849051668
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.29

Paperback. Combining anthropology, history, and postmodern theory, this book examines the changing relation of writing and authority in a Muslim society from the late nineteenth century onwards. It raises important issues that are of comparative significance for understanding political life in other Muslim and nonwestern states as well. Series: Comparative Studies on Muslim Societies. Num Pages: 324 pages, 16 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; HBG; HBLL; HBLW; HRH; JFSL9; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 160 x 22. Weight in Grams: 562.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
324
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520205154
ISBN
9780520205154
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.38

Hardback. Provides a personal view of a maquiladora worker's struggles with factory labor conditions, poverty, and violence as she journeys toward education, financial opportunity, and, ultimately, empowerment Num Pages: 181 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; 1KLC; JFC; JHM; JNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 147 x 23. Weight in Grams: 386.
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
184
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292744264
ISBN
9780292744264
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.65

Hardback. A gorgeously illustrated guide to "the classics"--the essential clothes, accessories, beauty products, and everyday objects that define your personal style. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCK; WJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 156. .
Publisher
Little, Brown & Company
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781455540068
ISBN
9781455540068
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 24.14

Paperback. This book ponders the fate of the movies in a world of digital media, globalization, and massive financial flows. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: APF; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 13. Weight in Grams: 208.
Publisher
John Hunt Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
200
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846944314
ISBN
9781846944314
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.36

Hardback. In the decade preceding the recent financial crisis (1998-2008), Madrid became the city with the largest Ecuadorian population outside of Ecuador. This book addresses the interconnections between spatial practices, cultural production, and definitions of citizenship in migration dynamics between Ecuador and Spain. Series: Hispanic Urban Studies. Num Pages: 287 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1KLSE; JFFM; JFFN; JFSL4; JHBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 500.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137536068
ISBN
9781137536068
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.38

Paperback. Since Al Qaeda's attacks on America in 2001, 'Islamophobia' has entered common parlance. This book considers attitudes towards Islam and Muslims in Russia, investigates the concept in Western democracies, and analyses the meanings of 'Islamophobia'. It analyses the ways in which the rights of Muslims are contested in various parts of the world. Editor(s): Sayyid, Professor Salman; Vakil, Abdoolkarim. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: JFSR2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 217 x 147 x 16. Weight in Grams: 426.
Publisher
Hurst & Co.
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
New ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781850659907
ISBN
9781850659907
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.71

Paperback. .
Publisher
Open University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780335262847
ISBN
9780335262847
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.22

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