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Society & culture: general

Hardback. Explores how the family stories entered the popular imagination and shaped collective dreams in the postwar years and into the 1950s. This book also provides access to a vibrant conversation among white and black Americans about the boundaries between public life and family matters, and the meanings of race and ethnicity. Series: Popular Cultures, Everyday Lives. Num Pages: 464 pages, 32 photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; 3JJPG; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 164 x 32. Weight in Grams: 862.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231121705
ISBN
9780231121705
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.43
€ 79.12

Paperback. Visionary Film has been the dominant study of the American avant-garde cinema for twenty-five years. Now P. Adams Sitney has revised the book, adding a new chapter that brings his discussion of the principle genres and the major filmmakers up to the year 2000. Num Pages: 480 pages, 77 halftones & 2 line illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; 3JJP; APF; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Edition
3rd Edition
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195148862
ISBN
9780195148862
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 36.40

Paperback. Chapters on the structures of art historical writing are complemented by studies of Elizabeth Siddall, Mary Cassatt and Berthe Morisot, which deal with themes of modernity, sexuality and repression. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 368 pages, 1 black & white tables. BIC Classification: ABA; AC; JFC; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 415.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
3rd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415308502
ISBN
9780415308502
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 22.03

Paperback. Editor(s): Hewitt, Nancy A.; Lebsock, Suzanne. Series: Women in American History. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: JFFK; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252063336
ISBN
9780252063336
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 46.38

Hardcover. The long-awaited biography of an unsung literary legend who informed the major 1960s cultural and political movements: Black Arts, Black Power, and Civil Rights. Leak offers a full examination of both Dumas s life and his creative development." Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: B; DSK; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820328706
ISBN
9780820328706
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.66

Paperback.
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Continuum New York
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Reprint
SKU
KNH0011274
ISBN
9780826415233
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 246 pages, xx, 226 p., 19 halftones, 13 line drawings, 2 maps. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFSL; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 346.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
246
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226169552
ISBN
9780226169552
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.52

Paperback. This radical and thought-provoking book argues that violence does not result from a breakdown of morality, but is morally motivated. Num Pages: 384 pages, 10 b/w illus. 1 table. BIC Classification: JFFE3; JHB; JKV; JMH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 151 x 16. Weight in Grams: 616.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107458918
ISBN
9781107458918
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.40

Paperback. In the United States, there exists increasing uneasiness about the predominance of self-interest in both public and private life, growing fear about the fragmentation and privatization of American society. This title examines what is meant by virtue, analyzing various historical and analytical meanings of virtue, and notions of liberal virtue. Editor(s): Chapman, John W.; Galston, William A. Series: NOMOS - American Society for Political and Legal Philosophy. Num Pages: 420 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
420
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780814714997
ISBN
9780814714997
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

paperback. This book examines the conflict between cultural ideals of female sexuality in Brazil and the lived reality of sex for women in a poor shantytown in the country's northeast, probing the interplay between sexual expectations, sexual reality, and disease. Num Pages: 232 pages, 4 illustrations, 10 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JFSJ1; JHM; MJCL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 327.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804747561
ISBN
9780804747561
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.37

Hardback. This book examines the conflict between cultural ideals of female sexuality in Brazil and the lived reality of sex for women in a poor shantytown in the country's northeast, probing the interplay between sexual expectations, sexual reality, and disease. Num Pages: 232 pages, 4 illustrations, 10 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JFSJ1; JHM; MJCL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 463.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804747554
ISBN
9780804747554
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.34

Hardback. More than half a century after the Holocaust, in countries where Jews make up just a tiny fraction of the population, products of Jewish culture have become very viable components of the popular public domain. But how can there be a growing Jewish presence in Europe, without the significant presence of Jews? The author explores this phenomenon. Num Pages: 317 pages, 6 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; GTB; JFC; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 481.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
317
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780520213630
ISBN
9780520213630
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.40
€ 42.15

Hardback. Editor(s): Webster, Juliet; Randle, Dr. Keith. Series: Dynamics of Virtual Work. Num Pages: 296 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 2 colour illustrations, 4 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JFD; JFF; JHBL; KC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 22. Weight in Grams: 519.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137479181
ISBN
9781137479181
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 135.19

Hardback. Editor(s): Sharkey, Paul M.; Merrick, Professor Joav, MD, MMedSci, DMSc. Num Pages: 161 pages. BIC Classification: JFFG; MQV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 158 x 230 x 17. Weight in Grams: 418.
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781633217737
ISBN
9781633217737
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 200.53
€ 136.28

Hardback. Editor(s): Sharkey, Paul M.; Merrick, Professor Joav, MD, MMedSci, DMSc. Num Pages: 145 pages. BIC Classification: JFFG; MQV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 239 x 161 x 17. Weight in Grams: 448.
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781633217294
ISBN
9781633217294
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 252.75
€ 170.94

Hardback. A collection of interdisciplinary essays that examine how the internet has affected conceptions of community and public life. Editor(s): Kolko, Beth E. Num Pages: 383 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCX; UBJ; UYV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 32. Weight in Grams: 817.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
383
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231118262
ISBN
9780231118262
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.35
€ 97.61

Paperback. Jane Iwamura examines contemporary fascination with Eastern spirituality and provides a cultural history of the representation of Asian religions in American mass media. At the heart of her study is the Oriental Monk, a non-sexual, solitary, conventionalized icon who generously and purposefully shares his wisdom with the West. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings, figures. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KBB; HR; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199738618
ISBN
9780199738618
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.58

Paperback. Cultural studies at the intersections of global media and everyday life: the Gulf War, the Beijing massacre, the fall of the Berlin Wall, the stock market crash of 1987. Series: Arts & Politics of the Everyday. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFD; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 21. Weight in Grams: 452.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253208941
ISBN
9780253208941
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 22.00

Paperback. * Cutting-edge introduction to and extension of the work of Paul Virilio and its current directions. * Contains contributions by the world s leading Virilio scholars, as well as a newly-translated text by Virilio. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 21. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745648781
ISBN
9780745648781
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.49

Hardback. * Cutting-edge introduction to and extension of the work of Paul Virilio and its current directions. * Contains contributions by the world s leading Virilio scholars, as well as a newly-translated text by Virilio. Num Pages: 232 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 222 x 136 x 26. Weight in Grams: 466.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745648774
ISBN
9780745648774
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.21

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