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Paperback. Examines the Independence holiday, exploring how this most important public festival in the civic calendar has given Mexicans a rich tradition of national celebration that is part creation myth, part official pomp, and part popular merrymaking. This work looks at how Independence Day festivities have provided a medium for informal education. Editor(s): Beezley, William H.; Lorey, David E. Series: Latin American Silhouettes. Num Pages: 261 pages, photographs, index. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; ASZP; HBTQ; HBTR; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
261
Condition
New
SKU
V9780842029155
ISBN
9780842029155
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 50.66

Paperback. Analyzing slavery and other forms of servitude in six non-state indigenous societies of tropical America at the time of European contact, this work offers a fresh approach to the study of slavery based on the notion of 'political economy of life'. Num Pages: 316 pages, 40 halftones in section, 7 maps. BIC Classification: 1KL; HB; JFC; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 235 x 26. Weight in Grams: 492.
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292719132
ISBN
9780292719132
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Hardback. Series: Global Cinema. Num Pages: 175 pages, 8 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: APF; JFC; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 218 x 15. Weight in Grams: 364.
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319397764
ISBN
9783319397764
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.70

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 60. BIC Classification: 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780801488481
ISBN
9780801488481
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.34

Paperback. Re-assesses the myths that have come to shape and limit our understanding of the Nazi genocide as well as totalitarianism's broader, constitutive, and recurrent features Series: Critical Cultural Communication. Num Pages: 205 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: HBTZ; JFC; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 330.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
205
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814769768
ISBN
9780814769768
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.40

Paperback. .
Publisher
Orphans Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903360163
ISBN
9781903360163
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.84

Hardcover. Data journalism design is a new form of visual communication that is refined from data visualisation and news design. The innovative graphics showcased are created by professional designers from around the world. Editor(s): Yikun, Liu; Zhao, Dong. Num Pages: 240 pages, 400 colour. BIC Classification: AKC; AKLB; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 300 x 200. .
Publisher
Images Publishing Group Pty Ltd Australia
Number of pages
240
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781864706499
ISBN
9781864706499
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 39.30

Paperback. Critiques some deployments of media in education, in and out of school, while exploring progressive possibilities in others. Num Pages: 280 pages, 28 b&w photos. BIC Classification: JFD; JNV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 20. Weight in Grams: 467.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Edition
Annotated
SKU
V9780822329640
ISBN
9780822329640
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.31

Paperback. Editor(s): Marriott, Kim; Meyer, Bernd. Num Pages: 381 pages, 2 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JFD; UMX; UYQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 235 x 29. Weight in Grams: 564.
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9781461272403
ISBN
9781461272403
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 125.19

hardcover. From The Nun's Story to The Flying Nun to The Singing Nun, nuns were a major presence in the mainstream media. Sullivan discusses these images in the context of the period's seemingly unlimited potential for social change. Num Pages: 340 pages, 16 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KB; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; HRCX8; JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 147 x 23. Weight in Grams: 464.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
340
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802039354
ISBN
9780802039354
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 88.24

paperback. From The Nun's Story to The Flying Nun to The Singing Nun, nuns were a major presence in the mainstream media. Sullivan discusses these images in the context of the period's seemingly unlimited potential for social change. Num Pages: 340 pages, 16 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KB; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; HRCX8; JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 360.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
340
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802037763
ISBN
9780802037763
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.76

Paperback. Visual Culture: The Reader provides an invaluable resource of over 30 key statements from a wide range of disciplines. Although underpinned by a focus on contemporary cultural theory, this Reader puts the study of visual culture and the rhetoric of the image at centre stage. Editor(s): Evans, Jessica; Hall, Stuart. Series: Published in Association with the Open University. Num Pages: 512 pages, b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; CFG; JFD; JHM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 243 x 169 x 35. Weight in Grams: 876.
Publisher
SAGE Publications Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761962489
ISBN
9780761962489
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.00

paperback. If the 21st century is the digital age, the 20th century can be characterized as the visual age - the era in which visual activity achieved prominence. This book explores the visual media in 20th-century Germany in their critical and social contexts. It also presents the German cultural history during the 1900s. Editor(s): Finney, Gail. Num Pages: 320 pages, 22 b&w photos, 1 index. BIC Classification: 1DFG; GTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 498.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Edition
Annotated
SKU
V9780253218339
ISBN
9780253218339
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.29

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
302
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Edition
2005th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403964441
ISBN
9781403964441
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 93.89

Paperback. Editor(s): Finn, Jonathan M. Num Pages: 464 pages, 140 photos; 2 figures; 1 table. BIC Classification: GTC; JFC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 178 x 16. Weight in Grams: 600.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Oxford University Press, Canada Canada
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195426625
ISBN
9780195426625
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 178.79

Paperback. Editor(s): Grodal, Torben; Larsen, Bente; Laursen, Iben Thorving. Series: North Lights. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 162 x 18. Weight in Grams: 560.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9788763501286
ISBN
9788763501286
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 31.74

Paperback. Series: Language, Discourse, Society. Num Pages: 272 pages, 13. BIC Classification: APFA; JFC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 213 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 356.
Publisher
Palgrave USA
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403992468
ISBN
9781403992468
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.27

Paperback. Series: Contemporary Issues in Biomedicine, Ethics and Society. Num Pages: 490 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 743.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1983
Publisher
Humana Press Inc. United States
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1983
Number of pages
490
Condition
New
SKU
V9780896030541
ISBN
9780896030541
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 125.22

Hardback. Series: Contemporary Issues in Biomedicine, Ethics and Society. Num Pages: 490 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HP; JFSJ1; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 919.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1983
Publisher
Humana Press Inc. United States
Number of pages
490
Condition
New
SKU
V9780896030442
ISBN
9780896030442
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.29

Paperback. In this work, Don Levine moves from the origins of systematic knowledge in ancient Greece to the present day in order to present an account that is at once a history of the social science enterprise and an introduction to the cornerstone works of Western social thought. Num Pages: 380 pages, 15 tables. BIC Classification: JFCX; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 634.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
380
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226475479
ISBN
9780226475479
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 37.83

Hardback. Representations of Joan of Arc have been used in the United States for the past 200 years, appearing in advertising, cartoons, popular song, art, criticism and propaganda. "Visions of the Maid" examines three pivotal films on the heroine as well as a broad array of popular culture references. Series: Cultural Frames, Framing Culture. Num Pages: 304 pages, 34 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AB; APFA; GTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 630.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813920757
ISBN
9780813920757
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 87.51

paperback. Offers an analysis of how Mexicans living in Oaxaca City experienced "modernity" during the lengthy "Order and Progress" dictatorship of Porfirio Diaz. This book describes how Oaxacans, both elites and commoners, crafted and manipulated practices of tradition and modernity to define themselves and their city as integral parts of a modern Mexico. Num Pages: 248 pages, 30 b&w photos, 3 tables, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 367.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822337904
ISBN
9780822337904
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.48

Hardback. Visions of the City is a dramatic account of utopian urbanism in the twentieth century. It explores radical demands for new spaces and ways of living, and considers their effects on planning, architecture and struggles to shape urban landscapes. Num Pages: 320 pages, 80 illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; AM; JFC; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 790.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
320
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748614875
ISBN
9780748614875
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.84
€ 114.08

Hardcover. Providing historical context to help us reevaluate the current furor over homosexuality in the Church, this book brings to light the myriad ways that modern churches and openly gay men and women can learn from the wealth of each other's cultural and spiritual experience. Num Pages: 240 pages, 51 halftones. BIC Classification: HRCV4; HRCX6; JFSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226250618
ISBN
9780226250618
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.29
€ 45.08

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