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Society & culture: general
paperback. Illuminates the under-appreciated role of aesthetic concepts and devices - such as metaphor, mimesis, and the sublime - in structuring the thought of political figures from Thomas Hobbes to Jacques Ranciere. This work sheds light on how modes of poetic thinking delimit the questions of unity and diversity. Num Pages: 192 pages, 2 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822337188
- ISBN
- 9780822337188
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.87
€ 32.99
€ 29.87
Paperback. The poems in Nikky Finney's new collection sustain a sensitive and intense dialogue with emblematic figures and events in African American life: from civil rights matriarch Rosa Parks to former secretary of state Condoleezza Rice, from a brazen girl strung out on lightning to a terrified woman abandoned on a rooftop during Hurricane Katrina. Num Pages: 116 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DCF; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 160 x 8. Weight in Grams: 206.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 116
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810152168
- ISBN
- 9780810152168
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.60
€ 28.60
Paperback. An accessible, engaging examination of Lillian Gilbreth, whose research in efficiency and human factors changed the way factories are run, how domestic tasks are completed, and how consumers are "sold" on a product Series: Lives of American Women. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLW; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 199.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Westview Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813347639
- ISBN
- 9780813347639
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Condition: New
€ 51.66
€ 51.66
paperback. It is considerably easier to say that modern philosophy began with Descartes than it is to define the modernity and philosophy to which Descartes gave rise. This work examines the roles of discourse and writing in Cartesian method and intuition, and the significance of graphic architectonic form in the genealogy of modern philosophy. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: HPC; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 277.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822317746
- ISBN
- 9780822317746
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.41
€ 26.99
€ 25.41
paperback. Challenges prevailing assumptions regarding the notorious difficulty of curing anorexia nervosa. This title reveals how the therapies participate unwittingly in culturally dominant ideals of gender, individualism, physical fitness, and family life that have contributed to the dramatic increase in the incidence of anorexia since the 1970s. Series: Body, Commodity, Text. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFH; JFSJ1; MMZD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3734 x 19. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822331209
- ISBN
- 9780822331209
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 34.33
€ 36.99
€ 34.33
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; DQ; JFSJ1; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 252 x 180 x 14. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Counterpoint United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781619021792
- ISBN
- 9781619021792
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 32.92
€ 33.99
€ 32.92
paperback. Investigates "heritage" as an arena in which a variety of private and public actors compete for right to benefit, economically and otherwise, from controlling cultural patrimony. This book presents ethnographic case studies of archaeological sites in the Yucatan Peninsula - Chichen Itza and Chunchucmil and their surrounding modern communities. Series: Joe R. & Teresa Lozano Long Series in Latin American & Latino Art & Culture. Num Pages: 256 pages, 13 b&w illus., 2 maps. BIC Classification: HD; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292714809
- ISBN
- 9780292714809
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.14
€ 26.99
€ 25.14
Paperback. A focused multisited cultural analysis that reflects on the symbiotic relationship between the local, the national, and the global Series: The New Media World. Num Pages: 216 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- U OF M DIGT CULT BOOKS
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472052431
- ISBN
- 9780472052431
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.88
€ 38.88
hardcover. Envisioning America is a revealing ethnographic portrait of how naturalized Chinese in Southern California have pursued the democratic ideals of participation through political empowerment and community recognition despite impediments to their full inclusion as American citizens. Series: Asian America. Num Pages: 256 pages, 12 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804762410
- ISBN
- 9780804762410
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.84
€ 108.84
Paperback. Looks at visual culture and race in the United States, in particular the significance of photography to document black public life. It examines America's fascination with representing and seeing race in a myriad of contexts as emblematic of national and racial progress at best, or as a gauge of a collective racial wound. Series: Pinpoints. Num Pages: 90 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCA; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 209.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 90
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813565156
- ISBN
- 9780813565156
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 20.71
€ 24.99
€ 20.71
paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, 6 halftones, 10 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ASZP; JFCA; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 149 x 16. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816647903
- ISBN
- 9780816647903
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 23.18
€ 24.99
€ 23.18
paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, 14 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMP; JFFS; KNGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816667574
- ISBN
- 9780816667574
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.64
€ 29.99
€ 27.64
hardcover. This book examines human relationships with pets without assuming that such relations are either unnatural and to be avoided, or benign. We need to find ways to relate respectfully. For respectful relationships to be a real possibility, though, humans must make the effort to understand the beings with whom they live, work, and play. Series: American Philosophy. Num Pages: 264 pages, 15 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: HP; JFFZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 477.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823251148
- ISBN
- 9780823251148
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.38
€ 97.38
Paperback. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHM; VXA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 210 x 14. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Inner Traditions Bear and Company
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780892814213
- ISBN
- 9780892814213
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.45
€ 14.99
€ 11.45
paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, 4 illustrations/3 maps. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; HBTB; JFSC; JFSJ1; JNLC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 513.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780271024912
- ISBN
- 9780271024912
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 30.42
€ 37.99
€ 30.42
Hardcover. With original ideas and insights, this title is suitable for students of the Jewish past. It will also attract readers with the widest possible range of interests. Num Pages: 408 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520077027
- ISBN
- 9780520077027
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.01€ 53.91
€ 68.01
€ 53.91
Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, 6 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; JFSL1; JHBL; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 27. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295995670
- ISBN
- 9780295995670
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.86
€ 32.99
€ 29.86
hardcover. Editor(s): Rosenwein, Barbara H. Num Pages: 272 pages, 12. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD; HBLC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 571.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780801432668
- ISBN
- 9780801432668
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 143.94
€ 143.94
hardcover. In this riveting biography, Marilyn Greenwald describes how a woman reporter from Columbus, Ohio, broke into the ranks of the male-dominated upper echelon at the New York Times. It documents what she did to succeed and what she had to sacrifice. Charlotte Curtis paved the way for the generations of female journalists who followed her. Num Pages: 274 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGB; CBW; JFD; JFSJ1; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 159 x 712. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780821412657
- ISBN
- 9780821412657
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.34
€ 38.34
paperback. This standard text has been fully updated to include the new developments in radio. Crisell has added a chapter on the increasingly popular 'talk-and-music' format, Series: Studies in Culture and Communication. Num Pages: 260 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DBK; APW; JFD; KNTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 344. Paperback, cover slightly scuffed, otherrwise in good condition.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KRF2233823
- ISBN
- 9780415103152
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 12.99€ 4.99
€ 12.99
€ 4.99