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Society & culture: general

Paperback. 'Head and shoulders above almost all other new books about China' Simon Winchester Num Pages: 320 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFC; JFSJ1; JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 28. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
Picador
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Main Market
Condition
New
SKU
V9780330447362
ISBN
9780330447362
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.37

paperback. Dramatizing the misery of the dust bowl migrants hoping to find work in California agriculture, this text starts with the scandals of the Spanish land grant purchases, and goes on to examine the experience of ethnic groups that have provided labour for California's agricultural industry. Num Pages: 363 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; JFSC; JHBL; KNAC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 141 x 27. Weight in Grams: 484.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780520224131
ISBN
9780520224131
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 25.31

Hardcover. Drawing on field research in Malta, Sicily, and among Italian emigrants in Canada, this book explores the social influence of the Mediterranean climate and the legacy of ethnic and religious conflict from the past five decades. Num Pages: 320 pages, 8 ills & 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1QRM; JFFN; JHMC; KNSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 582.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857458445
ISBN
9780857458445
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 162.19

Paperback. .
Publisher
Career Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781632650658
ISBN
9781632650658
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.72

Paperback. The ideology of the American dream - the faith that an individual can attain success and virtue through strenuous effort - is the very soul of the American nation. This book talks about America's racial conflicts, and claims that the alternative lies in the inclusiveness, optimism, discipline, and high-mindedness of the American dream at its best. Series: Princeton Studies in American Politics: Historical, International and Comparative Perspectives. Num Pages: 440 pages, 10 figs. 24 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFF; JFSL1; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 657.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
438
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691029207
ISBN
9780691029207
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 38.17

Paperback. Num Pages: 237 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCV; JFSJ2; VSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Baker Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764218309
ISBN
9780764218309
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.18

Paperback. The first workbook to help partners of sex addicts cope with discovering their loved one has compulsive sexual behaviors. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: JFFH; JMU; VS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 278 x 19. Weight in Grams: 860.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Gentle Path Press (imprint of New Freedom Publications)
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780983271338
ISBN
9780983271338
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.17

Paperback. Fear is ubiquitous but slippery. This title focuses on the meaning, diversity, and dynamism of fear in multiple world-historical contexts, and demonstrates how fear universally binds us to particular presents but also to a broad spectrum of memories, stories, and states in the past. Editor(s): Laffan, Michael; Weiss, Max. Series: Publications in Partnership with the Shelby Cullom Davis Center at Princeton University. Num Pages: 288 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: JFCX; JHM; JMQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691153605
ISBN
9780691153605
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.92

Hardback. Fear is ubiquitous but slippery. This title focuses on the meaning, diversity, and dynamism of fear in multiple world-historical contexts, and demonstrates how fear universally binds us to particular presents but also to a broad spectrum of memories, stories, and states in the past. Editor(s): Laffan, Michael; Weiss, Max. Series: Publications in Partnership with the Shelby Cullom Davis Center at Princeton University. Num Pages: 288 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: JFCX; JHM; JMQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691153599
ISBN
9780691153599
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 109.42
€ 83.03

Paperback. Editor(s): Pinnock, Sarah K. Series: Stephen S. Weinstein Series in Post-Holocaust Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HBTZ; JFSR1; JHBZ; JMA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 330.
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295999272
ISBN
9780295999272
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.25

Hardback. Series: Diversity and Aging. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JFSP31. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 164 x 17. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442207592
ISBN
9781442207592
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.28

Hardcover. Num Pages: 468 pages, illus. BIC Classification: JFFE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 263 x 186 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1132.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
468
Condition
New
SKU
V9781560728351
ISBN
9781560728351
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 168.87
€ 127.36

Paperback. Contending that a state's racial and ethnic composition, more than any other factor, directs its political processes and policies, this text argues that social diversity is therefore central to any understanding of state political cultures. Num Pages: 208 pages, line figures. BIC Classification: JFSL1; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 333. An excellent, clean copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc Oxford
Edition
Revised ed.
Number of pages
206
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KRS0018988
ISBN
9780195137880
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 5.49

Paperback. Contending that a state's racial and ethnic composition, more than any other factor, directs its political processes and policies, this text argues that social diversity is therefore central to any understanding of state political cultures. Num Pages: 208 pages, line figures. BIC Classification: JFSL1; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 333. An excellent, clean copy
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc Oxford
Number of pages
206
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
KRS0018987
ISBN
9780195137880
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 5.49

Paperback. The chapters in this volume put a human face on aging issues, and consider multiple dimensions of the aging experience with a focus on Japan. Editor(s): Matsumoto, Yoshiko. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JFSP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804771498
ISBN
9780804771498
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.38

Hardback. The chapters in this volume put a human face on aging issues, and consider multiple dimensions of the aging experience with a focus on Japan. Editor(s): Matsumoto, Yoshiko. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804771481
ISBN
9780804771481
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.12

Paperback. Recreates the daily life of the bar room from 1870 to 1920, exploring what it was like to be a "regular" in the old-time saloon of pre-prohibition industrial America. This study examines saloon-goers across America, including New York, Chicago, New Orleans and San Francisco. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 332 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JFSG; JHBT; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 278 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New
Number of pages
332
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226677699
ISBN
9780226677699
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 26.06

Paperback. From colonial history to the present, Americans have passionately, even violently, debated the nature and the character of money. The author provides a deep history and a penetrating analysis of American thinking about money and the ways that this ambivalence unexpectedly intertwines with race. Num Pages: 256 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSL; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 374. The Entwined Histories of Money and Race in America. 256 pages, 20 halftones. From colonial history to the present, Americans have passionately, even violently, debated the nature and the character of money. The author provides a deep history and a penetrating analysis of American thinking about money and the ways that this ambivalence unexpectedly intertwines with race. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSL; KCZ. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 16. Weight: 374.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226629384
ISBN
9780226629384
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 28.64

Hardcover. From colonial history to the present, Americans have passionately, even violently, debated the nature and the character of money. The author provides a deep history and a penetrating analysis of American thinking about money and the ways that this ambivalence unexpectedly intertwines with race. Num Pages: 256 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSL; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 531.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226629377
ISBN
9780226629377
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.15
€ 79.56

Paperback. In contrast with scholarship on women and gender in the modern period, the author asserts that the rise of the absolute state, with its centralising and unifying tendencies, could actually increase women's economic, social, and legal opportunities and allow them to thrive in corporate organisations such as the guild. Num Pages: 528 pages, 21 photos, 7 graphs, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 3JD; 3JF; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 36. Weight in Grams: 794.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
528
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822326663
ISBN
9780822326663
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.51

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