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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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 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

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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