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Society & culture: general
Paperback. 'Outstanding contributions to women's history.' History Today Editor(s): Kirshner, Julius; Wemple, Suzanne Fonay. Num Pages: 392 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 3H; HBG; HBLC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 574.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631154921
- ISBN
- 9780631154921
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Condition: New
€ 51.37
€ 51.37
Paperback. One would not normally expect students of biology to dissect frogs without prior knowledge of frog anatomy; yet students of history are regularly expected to analyse pre--modern institutions and events without any prior knowledge whatsoever of the general anatomy of pre--industrial societies. Series: New Perspectives on the Past. Num Pages: 226 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 144 x 13. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631156628
- ISBN
- 9780631156628
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Condition: New
€ 51.37
€ 51.37
Hardback. In the spirit of recent works such as Habits of the Heart and The Closing of the American Mind, Ralph Ketcham's Individualism and Public Life asks whether the individualism which has made possible so many of the material advances we enjoy may also be the cause of the shortcomings troubling our society today. Num Pages: 258 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCX; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 570.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631157731
- ISBN
- 9780631157731
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Condition: New
€ 56.32
€ 56.32
Hardback. Focusing mainly on the arts, this book explores the history of the idea of genius, from its origins in classical antiquity to its deconstruction in postmodernist criticism. It examines key points in the development of the idea and looks at what constitutes genius in specific subject areas. Num Pages: 246 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 160 x 234 x 22. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631157854
- ISBN
- 9780631157854
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Condition: New
€ 51.37
€ 51.37
Hardback. This volume consists of a set of explorations in the quintessentially aesthetic modernity: of architecture and the city; the emergence of classical sociological theory; the critique of phenomenology and aesthetic judgement in the techno-informational age. Num Pages: 408 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 34. Weight in Grams: 710.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631159391
- ISBN
- 9780631159391
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Condition: New
€ 140.50
€ 140.50
Paperback. Glenn Jordan and Chris Weedon look at the role of culture in reproducing and contesting social relations of class, gender and race. They focus on relationships between culture, subjectivity, and power, in what is the first comprehensive introduction to contemporary cultural politics. Num Pages: 640 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFC; JFS; JHM; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1008.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 640
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631162285
- ISBN
- 9780631162285
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Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 53.83
€ 53.99
€ 53.83
Paperback. The political force of feminism cannot be separated from the theories which give it that force. an effective feminist literary criticism must negotiate its relationship to the dominant male voice of traditional practices. Editor(s): Kauffman, Linda S. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 147 x 214 x 17. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631163565
- ISBN
- 9780631163565
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Condition: New
€ 51.37
€ 51.37
Paperback. Written by a linguist who is himself a journalist, this is a uniquely informed account of the language of the news media. Based in the frameworks of sociolinguistics and discourse analysis its concerns are with the notion of the news story, the importance of the processes which produce media language and the role of the audience. Series: Language in Society. Num Pages: 296 pages, 0. BIC Classification: CFB; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631164357
- ISBN
- 9780631164357
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Condition: New
€ 51.37
€ 51.37
Paperback. aeo An original contribution to debates now at the core of social and cultural theory. aeo Brings together the themes that Scott Lash first broached a decade ago, this is the authors definitive statement in social and cultural theory. aeo An original contribution to debates now at the core of social and cultural theory. Num Pages: 408 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 578.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631164999
- ISBN
- 9780631164999
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Condition: New
€ 67.39
€ 67.39
Paperback. Manicas argues that ideology is the defining characteristic of the social sciences in this critical review of the discipline. He contends that social science was originally based on a false ideal of science and that the historical assumptions of it are in general, too "Eurocentric". Num Pages: 354 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 564.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 354
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631165835
- ISBN
- 9780631165835
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Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 53.85
€ 53.99
€ 53.85
Paperback. In the light of poststructuralist theory, and with reference to the work of Lacan and Derrida in particular, Catherine Belsey argues that fiction -- including poetry, drama and film -- is paradoxically the most serious location of writing about desire in Western cultura. Num Pages: 256 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSB; DSK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631168140
- ISBN
- 9780631168140
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Condition: New
€ 51.37
€ 51.37
Paperback. This Open University reader is a wide-ranging inter-disciplinary collection of material illustrating the relationship between cultural change and religious belief in 16th century Europe. Num Pages: 504 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JB; HBG; HBLH; JFC; JNQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 166 x 27. Weight in Grams: 710.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 504
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631169918
- ISBN
- 9780631169918
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Condition: New
€ 65.21
€ 65.21
Paperback. Provides an overview of Irgaray's work, while each of the three sections in this work is prefaced by contextualising comments, enabling the reader to situate the extracts both within Iragara's thought and also within feminist theory. Editor(s): Whitford, Margaret. Series: Blackwell Readers. Num Pages: 240 pages, 0. BIC Classification: CFB; CFD; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 0. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631170433
- ISBN
- 9780631170433
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Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 48.88
€ 48.99
€ 48.88
Hardback. Presents the history of German literature from the Reformation and Renaissance to the late twentieth century, in the context of Germanic culture, over the whole German-speaking area of Europe. This companion conveys the "feel" of a particular period and the preoccupations of the public to which writers addressed their plays, novels, and poems. Num Pages: 400 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1D; 2ACG; 3J; DSB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 253 x 177 x 28. Weight in Grams: 814.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631171225
- ISBN
- 9780631171225
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Condition: New
€ 231.99
€ 231.99
Hardback. An account of the changing nature of sport in Britain since the end of World War II. The book examines: the changing patterns of participation; commercialization; the role of the media in promoting sport and its stars; and Britain's role in international sport and its attendant political problems. Series: Making Contemporary Britain. Num Pages: 224 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBLW3; JFC; JHM; WS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631171539
- ISBN
- 9780631171539
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 146.62
€ 146.62
Paperback. * Explores British sport as experienced by those who watched it, played it, wrote and talked about it. * Gives equal attention to the post--war years and to the more immediate present. * Includes discussion of women, ethnic minorities, and the disabled within the general text rather than treating them separately. Series: Making Contemporary Britain. Num Pages: 224 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBLW3; JFC; JHM; WS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631171546
- ISBN
- 9780631171546
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Condition: New
€ 63.75
€ 63.75
Paperback. aeo Offers concise overview of the events and issues in post--war welfare provision. aeo Incorporates a great deal of new research and the recently available primary sources. aeo Provides historical perspective on current political debates. aeo Offers concise overview of the events and issues in post--war welfare provision. Series: Historical Association Studies. Num Pages: 192 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD1; HBLW; JFF; JKSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 141 x 10. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631171928
- ISBN
- 9780631171928
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Condition: New
€ 51.35
€ 51.35
Paperback. Terry Eagleton's work has had a powerful influence in debates about the politics of literature and culture. This book reflects the breadth of his interests. It offers a view of his career to date, raising a number of central issues in literature, culture and politics. Num Pages: 112 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSA; JFC; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 137 x 8. Weight in Grams: 178.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631172710
- ISBN
- 9780631172710
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.37
€ 51.37
Paperback. Central to any understanding of the significance of material objects, whether contemporary or prehistoric, is a discussion of the very nature of interpretation itself: how we 'read' artefacts and inscribe them into the present. Editor(s): Tilley, Christopher. Num Pages: 372 pages, 0. BIC Classification: CFG; DSA; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 28. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 372
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631172857
- ISBN
- 9780631172857
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Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 53.83
€ 53.99
€ 53.83
Paperback. This pathbreaking book brings gender issues to archaeology for the first time, in an explicit and theoretically informed way. In it, leading archaeologists from around the world contribute original analyses of prehistoric data to discover how gender systems operated in the past. Editor(s): Gero, Joan M.; Conkey, Margaret W. Series: Social Archaeology. Num Pages: 432 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HD; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 700.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631175018
- ISBN
- 9780631175018
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.66
€ 72.66