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Society & culture: general

Paperback. Once lauded as the wave of the African future, Zambia's economic boom in the 1960s and early 1970s was fueled by the export of copper and other primary materials. Since the mid-1970s the urban economy has rapidly deteriorated. This title explores the social and cultural responses to this prolonged period of sharp economic decline. Series: Perspectives on Southern Africa S. Num Pages: 343 pages, 7 figures, 7 tables, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFMZ; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; GTB; JFSG; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 500.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
343
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520217027
ISBN
9780520217027
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.80

Paperback. Presents the study and story of industrial class relations in North Brabant, a Catholic province of The Netherlands, over a hundred-year period. This book is useful for labour historians, economists, sociologists, anthropologists, geographers, and scholars of Dutch or European history. Series: Comparative & International Working-Class History. Num Pages: 360 pages, 6 b&w photographs, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1DDN; HBG; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; JFS; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 235 x 26. Weight in Grams: 608.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Duke University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822320227
ISBN
9780822320227
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.67

Paperback. Attempting to define the exotic, this text focuses on the shifting relations between popular portrayals of exotic "others" and the practice of anthropology, seeking to cast light on gender, race and the public sphere in America's history. Series: Women in Culture and Society Series. Num Pages: 462 pages, 20 halftones, 5 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFSJ1; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 26. Weight in Grams: 610.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
462
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780226472645
ISBN
9780226472645
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.80

Paperback. Barbara Fuchs examines the paradoxes in the construction of Spain in relation to its Moorish heritage through an analysis of Spanish literature, costume, language, architecture, and chivalric practices from 1492 to 1609. Num Pages: 208 pages, 11 illus. BIC Classification: 1DSE; JFC; JFSR2; JHB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 332.
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812221732
ISBN
9780812221732
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.66

Paperback. Num Pages: 274 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BT; JF; JKVP; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 214 x 25. Weight in Grams: 480.
Publisher
Haymarket Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781608465873
ISBN
9781608465873
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.31

Paperback. Looks at how people from the world's poorest societies struggle to migrate to the rich West: the effects on those left behind and on the host societies, and explores the impulses and thinking that inform Western immigration policy. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 3JM; JFFN; JFFS; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141042169
ISBN
9780141042169
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.88

Paperback. Num Pages: 520 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 38. Weight in Grams: 966.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of the West Indies Press Jamaica
Number of pages
520
Condition
New
SKU
V9789766405038
ISBN
9789766405038
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.39

hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Prometheus United States
Number of pages
143
Condition
New
SKU
V9781573922678
ISBN
9781573922678
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 25.86

Paperback. * The latest work of Arthur Kroker, internationally renowned theorist, Canada Research Chair in Technology, Culture and Theory, and the Director of the Pacific Centre for Technology and Culture (PACTAC) at the University of Victoria. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFD; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 342.
Publisher
Polity
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745671635
ISBN
9780745671635
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.05

Paperback. Michael Mann's films receive a detailed analysis as existential dramas, including Heat, Collateral, The Last of the Mohicans and Public Enemies. Thebook demonstrates that Mann's films perform critical engagement with existentialism, illustrating the problems and opportunities of living according to this philosophy." Num Pages: 260 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APF; HPX; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349336722
ISBN
9781349336722
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.44

Hardback. Series: Studies in Transgression. Num Pages: 320 pages, 18 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFF; JFSG; JHB; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 237 x 27. Weight in Grams: 570.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231176422
ISBN
9780231176422
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 26.06

paperback. Series: Global Insecurities. Num Pages: 288 pages, 8 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCS; JFFN; JFSL4; JFSP2; LNDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 409.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822361633
ISBN
9780822361633
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.32

Paperback. A fast-paced memoir of Arsham Parsi, a queer Iranian activist who was forced to flee his country under threat of execution for his work in fighting human rights abuses against LGBT individuals in Iran. Num Pages: 228 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBN; BGA; JFFJ; JFSK2; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 227.
Publisher
Fernwood Publishing Co Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781552667019
ISBN
9781552667019
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.55

Paperback. Is exile a falling away from a source of creativity associated with the wholeness of home and one's own language, or is it a spur to creativity? This book examines the complexities of exile and the diversity of its experiences. It is suitable for those who are interested in the problems of displacement and diaspora and the European Holocaust. Editor(s): Suleiman, Susan Rubin. Num Pages: 456 pages, 16 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 2ADF; ABA; JFC; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 756.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
456
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822322153
ISBN
9780822322153
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.67

Hardcover. Following the developments that highlight the centrality of diasporas and transnational studies, this book proposes that the study of exile should become a topic of central concern, closely related to basic theoretical problems and controversies on the structure of power, national representation and transnational displacement. Editor(s): Roniger, Luis; Green, James N.; Yankelevich, Pablo. Num Pages: 462 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1K; HBJK; JFFN; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 176 x 27. Weight in Grams: 834.
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
462
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845195038
ISBN
9781845195038
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 130.14

Hardback. This exploration of museums as sites for representing and defining national identity encourages us to reconsider the idea of the multicultural nation. Num Pages: 472 pages, 13 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; GM; HBTB; JFSL4; JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
472
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780774831635
ISBN
9780774831635
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.49

Hardcover. This book investigates how museums exhibit Europe. Based on research in nearly 100 museums across the Continent and interviews with cultural policy makers and museum curators, it studies the growing transnational activities of state institutions, societal organizations, & people in the museum field such as attempts to Europeanize collection policy. Series: Museums and Collections. Num Pages: 252 pages, 16 ills. BIC Classification: 1D; GM; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 18. Weight in Grams: 492.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782382904
ISBN
9781782382904
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 161.64

Paperback. Examines the representation of African American culture in mainstream art museums from the 1920s to the 2000s Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1KBB; AGC; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 412.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781558498754
ISBN
9781558498754
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.52

Hardback. The Exeter English-Russian Dictionary of Cultural Terms is a unique work of reference whose aim is to provide English speakers who possess at least some knowledge of Russian with the Russian equivalents of foreign and cultural terms in widespread use. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 2AGR; CBDX; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 183 x 104 x 21. Weight in Grams: 234.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859895040
ISBN
9780859895040
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.97

Hardback. Translator(s): Kinney, Anne Behnke. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3D; HBJF; HBLA; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231163088
ISBN
9780231163088
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.93
€ 90.70

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