Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Hardback. Denies that punishment is about justice, reason, and law. This book shows that punishment is an essentially irrational act founded in ritual as a means to control evil without creating more of it in the process. It looks at issues ranging from public executions and the development of the prison to the invention of the guillotine. Num Pages: 224 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: JFC; JKVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 163 x 18. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226766096
- ISBN
- 9780226766096
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.08€ 79.56
€ 94.08
€ 79.56
Paperback. Denies that punishment is about justice, reason, and law. This book shows that punishment is an essentially irrational act founded in ritual as a means to control evil without creating more of it in the process. It looks at issues ranging from public executions and the development of the prison to the invention of the guillotine. Num Pages: 224 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: JFC; JKVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 160 x 12. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226766102
- ISBN
- 9780226766102
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 26.08
€ 32.99
€ 26.08
Paperback. A sociologist explains how over the past two decades neoliberal societies have sought to control the poor through a combination of penal sanction and welfare supervision. Series: Politics, History, & Culture. Num Pages: 408 pages, 21 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFF; JKVP; JPQB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 52. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 408
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- First edition, paperback issue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822344223
- ISBN
- 9780822344223
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.83
€ 32.99
€ 29.83
hardcover. Examines the difficult lives of young Latino and African American boys caught in a cycles of delinquency in a legal system that limits their opportunities Series: New Perspectives in Crime, Deviance, and Law. Num Pages: 237 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; JFSL3; JFSL4; JKVQ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- NYU Press United States
- Number of pages
- 237
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814776377
- ISBN
- 9780814776377
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.31
€ 97.31
paperback. While many cultures eat pumpkin year round, North Americans reserve it for a set of beloved autumn rituals that celebrate the harvest season and the rural past. This book shows how Americans have used the pumpkin to connect with nature and our agrarian roots - and, ironically, how this process has revitalized small farms and rural communities. Series: Weyherhaeuser Environmental Books. Num Pages: 336 pages, 34 illus. BIC Classification: 1KB; JFC; WB; WN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 174 x 22. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295993324
- ISBN
- 9780295993324
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.39
€ 25.99
€ 24.39
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226113852
- ISBN
- 9780226113852
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.08€ 79.50
€ 94.08
€ 79.50
Paperback. In sheer numbers, no form of government control comes close to the police stop. Police stops are among the most frequently criticized incidences of racial profiling, and studies have shown that minorities are pulled over at higher rates. This book deftly traces the strange history of the investigatory police stop. Series: Chicago Series in Law and Society. Num Pages: 272 pages, 24 line drawings, 13 tables. BIC Classification: JFSL; JKSW1; JPVH1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226113999
- ISBN
- 9780226113999
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.61
€ 39.61
Hardback. By the end of the 1920s, more than 45,000 native Puerto Ricans had left their homes and entered the United States, citizenship papers in hand, forming one of New York City's most complex and unique migrant communities. This work unravels the many tensions that defined the experience of this group of American citizens before and after World War II. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 352 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJ; HBTB; JFSL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780226796086
- ISBN
- 9780226796086
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.08€ 78.58
€ 94.08
€ 78.58
Paperback. Num Pages: 324 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Clear Light Publishers United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 335
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780940666405
- ISBN
- 9780940666405
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.71
€ 20.99
€ 15.71
Hardcover. Num Pages: 324 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Edition
- 1st
- Publisher
- Clear Light Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 324
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780940666399
- ISBN
- 9780940666399
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 23.58
€ 34.99
€ 23.58
Hardcover. Tracy L. Brown explores the impact of Spanish colonial interactions on Pueblo culture, using little-researched Spanish language documents from the eighteenth century. Pueblo peoples negotiated Spanish authority to maintain their own distinct ethnic identity. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWX; HBJK; HBTQ; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Arizona Press
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816530274
- ISBN
- 9780816530274
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.00
€ 69.00
Num Pages: 176 pages, 99 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ASD; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 312 x 237 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1446.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764338601
- ISBN
- 9780764338601
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 32.57
€ 48.99
€ 32.57
Hardback. From cookbooks and family recipes to novels, poems, songs and cartoons, this book tells the story of puddings and how they developed from early savoury, sausage - like mixtures to today's sweet and sticky confections. It traces the development of puddings and explains how advances in kitchen equipment have changed them over time. Series: Edible. Num Pages: 128 pages, 60 black & white illustrations, 40 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCV; WBVQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 16. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780230429
- ISBN
- 9781780230429
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.57
€ 17.99
€ 16.57
Publishing Blackness: Textual Constructions of Race Since 1850 (Editor...
Hutchinson, George, Young, Dr. John
Hardcover. The first of its kind, this volume sets in dialogue African Americanist and textual scholarship, exploring a wide range of African American textual history and work Num Pages: 236 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472118632
- ISBN
- 9780472118632
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.11
€ 76.11
Paperback. An investigation of how the idea of a public as a central fiction of modern life informs our literature, politics, and culture. Num Pages: 334 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSK; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 228 x 25. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Publisher
- Zone Books
- Number of pages
- 334
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781890951290
- ISBN
- 9781890951290
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.04
€ 33.99
€ 25.04
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 177 x 14. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801486784
- ISBN
- 9780801486784
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.57
€ 40.99
€ 36.57
Bringing together contemporary Canadian analysis by scholars in a number of fields, this collection will be a welcome new resource for academics, public relations and policy professionals, and government communicators at all levels. Editor(s): Kozolanka, Kirsten. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFD; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 30. Weight in Grams: 700.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442647824
- ISBN
- 9781442647824
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 86.02
€ 86.02
Paperback. Focusing on "The Sacred Harp" tunebook which first appeared in 1844, this text surveys definitive moments in American musical history and analyzes the historical, social, musical, theological and textual factors that have contributed to the endurance of Sacred Harp singing. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGD; AVGH; HRA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820319889
- ISBN
- 9780820319889
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.01
€ 45.01
Hardcover. Num Pages: 956 pages. BIC Classification: JF; LNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 155 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1451.
- Publisher
- Clarus Press Ltd.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905536627
- ISBN
- 9781905536627
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 249.00€ 228.87
€ 249.00
€ 228.87
Hardcover. Editor(s): Ling, Zhu; Zhongyi, Jiang. Num Pages: 237 pages, tabs.M. BIC Classification: JFFA; K. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 237
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781560723950
- ISBN
- 9781560723950
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 136.41€ 104.62
€ 136.41
€ 104.62