Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Paperback. Focusing on case studies of five key technologies, this book explores how music listeners gradually came to understand computers and digital files as suitable replacements for their stereos and CD. Num Pages: 288 pages, 12 b/w, 1 line art. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFD; KNTF; UDM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520287945
- ISBN
- 9780520287945
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.73
€ 33.99
€ 24.73
Paperback. Considers the uses to which social representation and modes of social behavior are put by individuals and groups, describing the tactics available to the common man for reclaiming his own autonomy from the all-pervasive forces of commerce, politics, and culture. Translator(s): Rendall, Steven F. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JF; JH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 374. 256 pages. Considers the uses to which social representation and modes of social behavior are put by individuals and groups, describing the tactics available to the common man for reclaiming his own autonomy from the all-pervasive forces of commerce, politics, and culture. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: JF; JH. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 15. Weight: 348.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520271456
- ISBN
- 9780520271456
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.38
€ 33.99
€ 24.38
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Black Lace
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780352347688
- ISBN
- 9780352347688
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.73
€ 20.99
€ 16.73
Paperback. This text argues that smell is repressed in the modern West, and its social history ignored. It attempts to break the "olfactory silence" of modernity by offering an exploration of the cultural role of odours in Western history and in a wide variety of non-Western societies. Num Pages: 256 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415114738
- ISBN
- 9780415114738
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.82
€ 65.82
Paperback. offers a fresh perspective on frontier relations between Australian Aboriginal people and European colonists. Num Pages: 48 pages. BIC Classification: 1MBF; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2019
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849048392
- ISBN
- 9781849048392
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.50
€ 33.99
€ 30.50
Paperback. This Companion provides a comprehensive overview of the influences that have shaped modern-day Japan. Editor(s): Sugimoto, Yoshio. Series: Cambridge Companions to Culture. Num Pages: 430 pages, 1 graph. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFC. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 618. Series: Cambridge Companions to Culture. 430 pages, 1 graph. Editor(s): Sugimoto, Yoshio. This Companion provides a comprehensive overview of the influences that have shaped modern-day Japan. Cateogry: (UF) Further/Higher Education. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFC. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 24. Weight: 624.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 430
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521706636
- ISBN
- 9780521706636
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.38
€ 52.38
Paperback. A title published in association with the Canada Blanch Centre for Contemporary Spanish Studies. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 151 x 13. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845191825
- ISBN
- 9781845191825
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.36
€ 32.99
€ 29.36
Paperback. Chronicles a harsh world in which young women faced the realities of sex for sale and were deprived of their freedom and identity. This work also tells of the author's life after leaving the geisha house, painting a panorama of the grinding poverty of rural life in wartime Japan. Translator(s): Rowley, G. G. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJG; BGA; HBJF; HBLW; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 168. Clean copy with some shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- SKU
- KOC0012729
- ISBN
- 9780099462040
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. From a leading voice of the new generation of young Jewish cooks who are reworking the food of their forebears, this take on the cuisine of the diaspora pays homage to tradition while reflecting the values of the modern-day food movement. Num Pages: 352 pages, 60 colour photographs. BIC Classification: JFSR1; WBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 263 x 192 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1288.
- Publisher
- Chronicle Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781452127484
- ISBN
- 9781452127484
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.20
€ 36.20
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Abbeville Press Inc.,U.S.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2020
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780789212498
- ISBN
- 9780789212498
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.14
€ 26.14
Paperback. Editor(s): Ozkan, Derya, PhD. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVT; JFCA; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 149 x 12. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Publisher
- Transcript Verlag
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783837627633
- ISBN
- 9783837627633
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 32.24
€ 45.99
€ 32.24
Paperback. Translator(s): Tomasik, Timothy J. Num Pages: 296 pages, 1 plan. BIC Classification: JFC; JHBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816628773
- ISBN
- 9780816628773
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.34
€ 28.34
Paperback. Migrations and Belongings traces burgeoning population flows across several continents from 1870 to 1945 and explains the variables involved and the processes of acculturation by which "belonging" takes shape. Migration, it shows, is both a critique of unsatisfactory conditions in one society and a contribution of human capital to another. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLL; HBLW; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 214 x 14. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Publisher
- Belknap Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674281318
- ISBN
- 9780674281318
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.27
€ 35.99
€ 30.27
paperback. Num Pages: 414 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ2; VFVC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Publisher
- Bantam
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- Rev. Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780553380422
- ISBN
- 9780553380422
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.30
€ 22.30
Hardcover. Examines the translation of classical Hollywood into Disney's feature films from a Deleuzian perspective. This book retells the emergence of Disney animation and classical Hollywood cinema from the perspective of affect and the embodied modes of generating affection. Num Pages: 224 pages, 8 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA; JFDT; JFFT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748695478
- ISBN
- 9780748695478
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.22€ 101.60
€ 106.22
€ 101.60
Paperback. By addressing questions of culture, identity and politics, this book throws new light on discussions about "difference", and "diversity", informed by feminism and post-structuralism. Num Pages: 292 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1F; JFC; JHMP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 292
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415121262
- ISBN
- 9780415121262
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.79
€ 55.79
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1 halftone, 4 maps, 3 line drawings, 5 tables. BIC Classification: JFSF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153. .
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226410340
- ISBN
- 9780226410340
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 32.09
€ 41.99
€ 32.09
Paperback. Series: Dover Fashion and Costumes. Num Pages: 160 pages, 203ill. BIC Classification: 3H; JFCK; WF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 157 x 12. Weight in Grams: 282. 160 pages, 203ill. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 3H; JFCK; WF. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 12. Weight: 284.
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc.
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486429854
- ISBN
- 9780486429854
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 15.68
€ 15.99
€ 15.68
Paperback. Figures of a Changing World develops an account of culture change that is based on the distinction between the two rhetorical figures of metaphor and metonymy. These figures are applied both to the large-scale interpretation of tensions in culture change and to the micro-interpretation of tensions within particular texts. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: CFG; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823257485
- ISBN
- 9780823257485
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.80
€ 28.80
Paperback. An important investigation into the actual practices of African return migrants, and their abilities - or otherwise - to act as the continent's 'new developers'. Editor(s): Akesson, Lisa; Baaz, Maria Eriksson. Series: Africa Now. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; GTF; JFFN; RGC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783602339
- ISBN
- 9781783602339
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.54
€ 33.99
€ 28.54
Hardback. A lot of personal data is being collected and stored as we use our media devices for business and pleasure in mobile and online spaces. This book helps us contemplate what a post-Facebook or post-Google world might look like, and how the tensions within capitalist information societies between corporations, government and citizens might play out. Series: Palgrave Global Media Policy and Business. Num Pages: 216 pages, 1 black & white tables, 10 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFD; URD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 144 x 18. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137306869
- ISBN
- 9781137306869
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.74
€ 118.74
Venezuela Reframed: Bolivarianism, Indigenous Peoples and Socialisms o...
Luis Fernando Angosto-Ferrandez
Paperback. Bolivarian governments it would seem, have enfranchised the indigenous population in Venezuela like nowhere before, this book however shows that these governments are still falling short of materializing constitutional ideals of indigenous free-determination and explains why. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSV; JFSL9; JPFF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 139 x 215 x 25. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- Zed Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783601974
- ISBN
- 9781783601974
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 26.18
€ 31.99
€ 26.18
Hardback. Analyses the experiences of exile and return of Nuer women and men of all ages and how they negotiate and reshape gender identities and relations in the context of prolonged war and violence. Series: Eastern Africa Series. Num Pages: 240 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1HBS; GTJ; JFFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 168 x 20. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Publisher
- James Currey
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847010995
- ISBN
- 9781847010995
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.88
€ 95.88
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442251298
- ISBN
- 9781442251298
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.04€ 65.65
€ 105.04
€ 65.65