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Society & culture: general

Paperback. Addresses the impact of methamphetamine and, more generally, the war on drugs, on everyday life in the United States Num Pages: 201 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1K; GTB; JFFH; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
NYU Press
Number of pages
201
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814732403
ISBN
9780814732403
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.31

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
206
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814735640
ISBN
9780814735640
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.59

Paperback. Tracing the origins of the "black rage" defence back through American history, this work recreates many dramatic legal trials. The author distinguishes between applying an environmental defence and simply blaming society, in the abstract, for individual crimes. Series: Critical America Series. Num Pages: 306 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3; LND; LNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
New York University Press
Number of pages
306
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814735923
ISBN
9780814735923
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.86

Paperback. Sets out to bring an international framework to the analysis to international and US legal, political and cultural crises. It explores the US's moral supremacy during a time of domestic shortcomings and asks whether insisting that other nations adhere to US norms may harm societies. Editor(s): Hernandez-Truyol, Berta. Series: Critical America Series. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTQ; JFC; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 26. Weight in Grams: 565.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814736142
ISBN
9780814736142
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.70

Paperback. "Asian/Pacific Islander American Women" is a collection devoted to the historical study of A/PI women's diverse experiences in America. The text views women as historical subjects actively negotiating complex hierarchies of power. Editor(s): Hune, Shirley; Nomura, Gail M. Num Pages: 426 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 253 x 177 x 21. Weight in Grams: 772.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
New York University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814736333
ISBN
9780814736333
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.61

Paperback. Asking us to look beyond the cities on the coasts, this title draws a different map, tracking how rural queers have responded to this myopic mindset. Interweaving a wide range of disciplines - art, media, literature, performance, and fashion studies - it develops a critique of how metronormativity saturates LGBTQ politics, artwork, and criticism. Series: Sexual Cultures. Num Pages: 256 pages, 37 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AB; JFSF; JFSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814737194
ISBN
9780814737194
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
New York University Press
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814737217
ISBN
9780814737217
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.59

Paperback. Focuses on case studies ranging from sex education to AIDS to race to illustrate how sexuality is at the heart of many political controversies. This book reveals how moral and sexual panics have become a mainstay of certain kinds of conservative efforts to win elections and gain power in moral, social, and political arenas. Editor(s): Herdt, Gilbert. Series: Intersections. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHBK5; JPVH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 416.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
New York University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814737231
ISBN
9780814737231
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.61

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814737354
ISBN
9780814737354
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.61

Hardback. Since its founding, the US has struggled with issues of federalism and states' rights. This book explores the complicated and complicating role of the states in immigration policy and enforcement, including voices from both sides of the debate. Editor(s): Hessick, Carissa Byrne. Series: Citizenship and Migration in the Americas. Num Pages: 266 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; JFFN; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 151 x 25. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
New York University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814737804
ISBN
9780814737804
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.61

Paperback. Draws on oral histories and interviews with approximately 100 women across several cities to provide an overview of women's historical contributions and their varied experiences of the NOI, including both its continuing community under Farrakhan and its offshoot into Sunni Islam under Imam W D Mohammed. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRH; JFSJ1; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 396.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
New York University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814737866
ISBN
9780814737866
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.93

Paperback. An exploration of the cultural legacy left by African slaves in the Caribbean and Latin America Num Pages: 270 pages, 50 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 1KL; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 163 x 16. Weight in Grams: 442.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814738184
ISBN
9780814738184
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.31

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814738191
ISBN
9780814738191
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.61

Paperback. Exploring such issues as body image and self-acceptance, education and empowerment, health and sexuality, political representation, economic justice, and violence against women, this work looks at the challenges that women and girls face while emphasizing the strength that they independently, and collectively, embody. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814740026
ISBN
9780814740026
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.12

Paperback. Uncovers the ways that race influences capital punishment, and attempts to situate the linkage between race and the death penalty in the history of America, in particular the history of lynching. This book looks at how the death penalty gives meaning to race, as well as why the racialization of the death penalty is uniquely American. Editor(s): Ogletree, Charles J., Jr. Series: From Lynch Mobs to the Killing State. Num Pages: 320 pages, 10 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL; JKVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 151 x 20. Weight in Grams: 438.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
New York University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814740224
ISBN
9780814740224
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.69

Paperback. A feminist - and former model - scrutinizes hip-hop culture Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGR; JFCA; JFSJ1; JFSL1. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 208 x 139 x 14. Weight in Grams: 245.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
New York University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814740644
ISBN
9780814740644
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.31

Paperback. Discusses how media technology impacts the Jewish experience. This title explores mid-twentieth-century ecumenical radio and television broadcasting, video documentation of life cycle rituals, and museum displays and tourist practices as means for engaging the Holocaust as a moral touchstone. Num Pages: 352 pages, 25 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRJ; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 486.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814740682
ISBN
9780814740682
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.61

Paperback. Intervenes in debates about both reality television and audience research, offering the concept of the reflexive self to move these debates forward Series: Critical Cultural Communication. Num Pages: 259 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APT; JFDT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 392.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814740705
ISBN
9780814740705
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Paperback. 10 years later, a unique look at Ground Zero from across the street Num Pages: 293 pages, 66 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JMC; JFFC; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 478.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
New York University Press
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814740859
ISBN
9780814740859
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.70

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814741160
ISBN
9780814741160
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Paperback. Traces the history of anti-drug movements, demonstrating that designer chemicals inspire so much fear because they bring into focus deeply rooted public concerns about social and cultural upheaval Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFFH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
New York University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814742440
ISBN
9780814742440
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.86

Paperback. What is the fascination that decollation holds for us, as individuals and as a culture? Why does the idea make us laugh and the act make us close our eyes? "Losing Our Heads" explores in both artistic and cultural contexts the role of the chopped-off head. Num Pages: 255 pages, black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
255
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814742709
ISBN
9780814742709
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Paperback. Num Pages: 285 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCA. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 402.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Edition
annotated edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814742839
ISBN
9780814742839
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.61

Paperback. Offers a new way of thinking about tourism as a way through which people develop understandings of place, society, and self Num Pages: 292 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1KBB; 3JM; JFC; JFSR1; KNSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 21. Weight in Grams: 448.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
New York University Press
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
292
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814748176
ISBN
9780814748176
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.86

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