Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Paperback. This volume focuses on the nature of schooling and its links with the family, occupations, and politics. Robert Dreeben emphasizes the relationship between school structure and learning outcomes, the importance of these outcomes to other social institutions, and the contrasts between school structure and other socializing agencies. Series: Ewp Foundations of Sociology. Num Pages: 194 pages. BIC Classification: JF; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 150 x 13. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Eliot Werner Publications Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 194
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780971958708
- ISBN
- 9780971958708
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Condition: New
€ 47.40
€ 47.40
Hardcover. The bombing of the Twin Towers in New York on September 11, 2001, marked a major turning point in modern American culture. Authors Bruce Tucker and Priscilla L. Walton examine critical moments in the aftermath of 9/11 arguing that commentators abandoned complexity, seeking to reduce events to their simplest signification. Num Pages: 196 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 16. Weight in Grams: 381.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1968
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Edition
- 1st THUS
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137002334
- ISBN
- 9781137002334
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.46
€ 66.46
Paperback. Series: Language, Discourse, Society. Num Pages: 210 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFG; DSA; DSC; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349455881
- ISBN
- 9781349455881
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Condition: New
€ 65.58
€ 65.58
Paperback. Aims to bring together classic perspectives on violence, putting into productive conversation the thought of theorists and activists, including Hannah Arendt, Karl Marx, G W F Hegel, Osama bin Laden, Sigmund Freud, Frantz Fanon, Thomas Hobbes, and Pierre Bourdieu. This book explores dialectical relationship between domination and subordination. Editor(s): Lawrence, Bruce B.; Karim, Aisha. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: JFFE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 36. Weight in Grams: 858.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 592
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822337690
- ISBN
- 9780822337690
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.36
€ 37.99
€ 34.36
Paperback. Presents an analysis of the nature, causes, and significance of violence in the second half of the twentieth century. This title also re-examines the relationship between war, politics, violence, and power. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: JFFE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 135 x 9. Weight in Grams: 102.
- Publisher
- Harcourt Brace Javanovich
- Number of pages
- 120
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1970
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780156695008
- ISBN
- 9780156695008
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Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.50
€ 15.99
€ 11.50
Paperback. This book explores Brahe's wide range of activities which encompass much more than his reputed role of astronomer. Num Pages: 374 pages, 72 b/w illus. 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JB; HBJD; HBLH; JFCX; PDX; PGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- Abridged
- Number of pages
- 374
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521008846
- ISBN
- 9780521008846
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Condition: New
€ 37.55
€ 37.55
Paperback. The book reveals how the fantastic is used in modern theatre as a manipulative device to encode the unspeakable and control audience response, challenging conventional readings of all authors who use the fantastic. Series: Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History. Num Pages: 205 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; D; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 205
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349374960
- ISBN
- 9781349374960
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardback. * Francois Jullien is a philosopher with a specialist knowledge of China and Chinese thought. He uses Chinese thought as a mirror to reflect on the West and as an invitation to think about difference and otherness. * This book focuses on the idea of the universal and analyses different ways of thinking about it. Num Pages: 228 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HPS; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780745646220
- ISBN
- 9780745646220
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.24
€ 73.24
Paperback. * Francois Jullien is a philosopher with a specialistknowledge of China and Chinese thought. He uses Chinese thought asa mirror to reflect on the West and as an invitation to think aboutdifference and otherness. * This book focuses on the idea of the universal and analysesdifferent ways of thinking about it. Num Pages: 228 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HPS; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 160 x 17. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745646237
- ISBN
- 9780745646237
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.08
€ 26.08
Paperback. Offers a series of 193 mostly brief, often cutting and at times satirical aphorisms about Greece and Greeks. Num Pages: 46 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVG; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 4. Weight in Grams: 72.
- Publisher
- John Hunt Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 46
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780992952
- ISBN
- 9781780992952
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.32
€ 8.32
Paperback. Pathbreaking studies of the postsocialist transition Editor(s): Bunzl, Matti. Series: New Anthropologies of Europe. Num Pages: 192 pages, 1 b&w illus. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 128 x 17. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253221704
- ISBN
- 9780253221704
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.44
€ 26.99
€ 25.44
Paperback. The mythic figure of Malcolm X conjures up a variety of images - black nationalist, extremist, civil rights leader, hero. But how often is Malcolm X understood as a religious leader, a man profoundly affected by his relationship with Allah? This title offers the book length religious treatment of Malcolm X. Num Pages: 382 pages, 10 photographs. BIC Classification: BG; HRH; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 28. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 382
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814718919
- ISBN
- 9780814718919
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.02
€ 33.99
€ 31.02
Paperback. Num Pages: 348 pages, 4 halftones. BIC Classification: CFA; CFG; JFCX; PD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 348
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- Reprinted edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226520865
- ISBN
- 9780226520865
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.39
€ 41.39
Hardcover. This innovative book provides an original approach to the analysis of the representation of myth, ritual, and 'magic' in African literature. Emphasizing the ambivalent nature of the sacred, it advances work on the religious dimension of canonical African texts and attends to the persistence of pre-colonial cultures in postcolonial spaces. Num Pages: 213 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; 2AB; DNF; DSB; GTB; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230577558
- ISBN
- 9780230577558
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.76
€ 66.76
Hardcover. Over the years, the War on Drugs has done almost nothing to prevent drugs from being sold or used, but it has nonetheless created a little-known surveillance state in America's most disadvantaged neighborhoods. The author introduces us to a cast of young African American men who are caught up in this web of warrants and surveillance. Series: Fieldwork Encounters and Discoveries. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; JFSG; JKVG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 236 x 26. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226136714
- ISBN
- 9780226136714
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 26.09
€ 32.99
€ 26.09
paperback. War on Drugs has done almost nothing to prevent drugs from being sold or used, but it has nonetheless created a little-known surveillance state in America's most disadvantaged neighborhoods. The author introduces you to an unforgettable cast of young African American men who are caught up in this web of warrants and surveillance. Series: Fieldwork Encounters and Discoveries. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSG; JFSL3; JKSW1; JKVG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226275406
- ISBN
- 9780226275406
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.54
€ 19.99
€ 17.54
Paperback. Num Pages: 672 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AS; JFSL3; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 33. Weight in Grams: 906.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- A Cappella Books United States
- Edition
- 2nd
- Number of pages
- 672
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781556523519
- ISBN
- 9781556523519
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.27
€ 41.27
Hardcover. Series: New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBJD; HBLC; HR; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 24. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403969699
- ISBN
- 9781403969699
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.91€ 47.41
€ 52.91
€ 47.41
Paperback. Challenging the myth of the "post-belief society". Num Pages: 295 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JFC; KCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Verso
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781681749
- ISBN
- 9781781681749
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.81
€ 24.81
Paperback. Explores the interplay of space and culture in the plaza, showing how culture acts to shape public spaces and how the physical form of the plaza encodes the social, political, and economic relations within the city. Num Pages: 296 pages, 51 b&w photographs, 16 maps, 4 tables. BIC Classification: AMC; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292747142
- ISBN
- 9780292747142
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 31.02
€ 31.99
€ 31.02