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Society & culture: general
Paperback. Comparing the various practices that measure and study crime in Europe, this study on victimization and insecurity surveys the successes and shortcomings of different practice zones in Europe. Combining data from the Netherlands, Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and Portugal, it provides information for public policy and crime prevention. Num Pages: 170 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; JFF; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- ASP - Academic & Scientific Publishers
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789054874959
- ISBN
- 9789054874959
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.35
€ 43.35
Hardcover. Num Pages: 159 pages, tables & charts. BIC Classification: JFFE; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 267 x 186 x 17. Weight in Grams: 592.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 159
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781600212826
- ISBN
- 9781600212826
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.11€ 96.46
€ 141.11
€ 96.46
hardcover. Vichy Law and the Holocaust in France raises fundamental and disturbing questions about the ease with which democratic legal systems can be subverted. Num Pages: 472 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1; JFSR1; LNDA; LNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 725.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 472
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9783718658923
- ISBN
- 9783718658923
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 172.37
€ 172.37
paperback. Presents an examination of the political and social construction of gender under the Vichy regime. This book argues that the regime used symbolic violence to reshape a liberal culture once based on individual rights into one of deference to hierarchical authority. Translator(s): Johnson, Kathleen A. Num Pages: 400 pages, 20 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBJD; HBTB; HBWQ; JFSJ; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 234 x 30. Weight in Grams: 588.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822327745
- ISBN
- 9780822327745
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.35
€ 32.99
€ 29.35
Hardback. From outlawing bowling in colonial America to regulating violent video games and synthetic drugs today, Mark Stein's Vice Capades examines the US's relationship with the actions, attitudes, and antics that have defined morality. This humorous and quirky history reveals that American views of vice are formed not merely by morals but by power. Num Pages: 312 pages, 11 photographs, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJK; HPQ; JFC; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781612348940
- ISBN
- 9781612348940
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.11
€ 33.11
Hardback. Num Pages: 212 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; HBJK; HBTB; JFHX; JWXV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 162 x 17. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739148297
- ISBN
- 9780739148297
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 137.15
€ 137.15
Hardback. Editor(s): Connel, Howard; Sher, Fred. Num Pages: 137 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 137
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781619422629
- ISBN
- 9781619422629
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 166.99€ 112.96
€ 166.99
€ 112.96
Hardcover. Editor(s): Del Monte, Craig. Num Pages: 162 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFB; JWXV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 236 x 14. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 162
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781624173691
- ISBN
- 9781624173691
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 188.16€ 126.88
€ 188.16
€ 126.88
paperback. Beginning with the bold claim, ''There can be no culture without the transvestite,'' Marjorie Garber explores the nature and significance of cross-dressing and of the West's recurring fascination with it. Num Pages: 498 pages, 80 illus; size: 189x246. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 252 x 179 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1086.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 498
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780415919517
- ISBN
- 9780415919517
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.04
€ 52.04
Paperback. An overview of Roman women's roles and functions in religion and, by extension, in Rome's history and culture during both the republic and the empire. This work examines major female deities and cults, to show how conservative Roman society adopted and integrated Greek culture into its mythic history, artistic expressions, and religion. Num Pages: 222 pages, 9 b&w illustrations, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 3D; HRKP; HRLF; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292716940
- ISBN
- 9780292716940
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.41
€ 32.99
€ 31.41
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: JFCA; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 204 x 16. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780061914317
- ISBN
- 9780061914317
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.12
€ 15.99
€ 14.12
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Persephone Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 408
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903155684
- ISBN
- 9781903155684
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.06
€ 20.99
€ 18.06
Paperback. The General Resettlement of Indians in the Colonial Andes. 312 pages, 8 photographs, 3 maps, 3 figures. Shows how the General Resettlement in the Andes added another layer to a complex web of settlement rather than displacing or destroying it. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KLSX; HBJK; HBLH; HBTQ; JFSL9. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 19. Weight: 456.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822353102
- ISBN
- 9780822353102
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 30.22
€ 31.99
€ 30.22
Hardcover. Examines what happens when poetry, a central pillar of traditional Chinese culture, encounters an era of digital media and unabashed consumerism in the early twenty-first century. This book sets out to unravel a paradox surrounding modern Chinese poetry. Series: Modern Language Initiative Books. Num Pages: 274 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSC; JFC; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295993690
- ISBN
- 9780295993690
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 131.50
€ 131.50
Hardback. This book is about religious change. More particularly it is about the changes brought about when Christianity was introduced to a remote tribal group in the highlands of what is now Irian Jaya, Indonesia. Series: American Society of Missiology Dissertation Series. Num Pages: 340 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FMN; HRCV; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 340
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761807605
- ISBN
- 9780761807605
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.45
€ 132.45
Paperback. Editor(s): Blake, Megan; Reid, Bonnie; Bourke, Annie. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: 1MBF; 2AB; DSB; JFFR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 234 x 16. Weight in Grams: 192.
- Publisher
- Monash University Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 12th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781925495065
- ISBN
- 9781925495065
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.06
€ 18.99
€ 15.06
Hardcover. This work focuses on the creation of, and struggle over, urban order in four cities in Eastern and Southern Africa, namely Nairobi, Lusaka, Zanzibar, and Lilongwe, and the workings of power in the planning processes for each city. It covers colonial rule and postcolonial inheritance in these cities Series: Space, Place, and Society. Num Pages: 224 pages, 16 photographs, index. BIC Classification: 1H; GTB; HBTQ; HBTR; JFSG; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815629726
- ISBN
- 9780815629726
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.67
€ 56.67
Hardback. This is a biographical study of the English writer and social activist Vera Brittain, author of Testament of Youth . Num Pages: 352 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; BG; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 258 x 166 x 26. Weight in Grams: 672.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631147152
- ISBN
- 9780631147152
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.32
€ 103.32
Paperback. Editor(s): Brenkman, John. Num Pages: 172 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DSBH; JFSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 140. Weight in Grams: 401. Clean copy.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- G&B Arts International
- Number of pages
- 172
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- SKU
- KEX0208395
- ISBN
- 9789057013911
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Behind the innocent face of Victorian fairy tales such as "Through the Looking Glass", lurks the spectre of an intense gender debate about the very nature of childhood. The author considers the relationships between adults and children, and adults and their own childhood selves. Num Pages: 464 pages, 39 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; DSY; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226448169
- ISBN
- 9780226448169
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 30.97
€ 40.99
€ 30.97
Paperback. Nestled between Santa Monica and Marina del Rey, Venice is a Los Angeles community filled with apparent contradictions. There, people of various races and classes live side by side. The author invites the reader on an ethnographic tour of this legendary California beach community and the people who live there. Num Pages: 312 pages, 18 halftones, 3 maps, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 226 x 18. Weight in Grams: 448. A Contested Bohemia in Los Angeles. 312 pages, 18 halftones, 3 maps, 3 tables. Nestled between Santa Monica and Marina del Rey, Venice is a Los Angeles community filled with apparent contradictions. There, people of various races and classes live side by side. The author invites the reader on an ethnographic tour of this legendary California beach community and the people who live there. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; JFSG. Dimension: 150 x 226 x 18. Weight: 448.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226140018
- ISBN
- 9780226140018
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 31.90
€ 41.99
€ 31.90
Hardback. Offers an analysis of masking in Venice city. This title explores the world view of maskers, both during and outside of carnival, and reconstructs their logic: covering the face in public was a uniquely Venetian response to one of the most rigid class hierarchies in European history. Num Pages: 336 pages, 52 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DST; ASZP; HBTB; JFCK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 32. Weight in Grams: 670. Masks in the Serene Republic. 336 pages, Illustrations. Offers an analysis of masking in Venice city. This title explores the world view of maskers, both during and outside of carnival, and reconstructs their logic: covering the face in public was a uniquely Venetian response to one of the most rigid class hierarchies in European history. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DST; ASZP; HBTB; JFCK. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 32. Weight: 662.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520267718
- ISBN
- 9780520267718
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.50€ 63.51
€ 83.50
€ 63.51
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Officina Libraria
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788899765293
- ISBN
- 9788899765293
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.34
€ 17.99
€ 16.34
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