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Society & culture: general

hardcover. Series: Palgrave Studies in African Leadership. Num Pages: 278 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; JFC; KJC; KJMB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 493.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2017
Number of pages
278
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137591197
ISBN
9781137591197
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 148.80

Hardback. Twitchell embarks on an insightful, fearless, and funny exploration of two of the central themes of modern American culture -- materialism and consumerism -- and counters the notion of the "used and abused consumer" with an unflinching look at commercial culture, starting from the observation that "we are powerfully attracted to the world of goods (after all, we don't call them 'bads')." Num Pages: 310 pages, 36 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFFT; KNTY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 226 x 28. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
310
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231115186
ISBN
9780231115186
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 108.13
€ 83.75

Paperback. Twitchell embarks on an insightful, fearless, and funny exploration of two of the central themes of modern American culture -- materialism and consumerism -- and counters the notion of the "used and abused consumer" with an unflinching look at commercial culture, starting from the observation that "we are powerfully attracted to the world of goods (after all, we don't call them 'bads')." Num Pages: 310 pages, 36 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFFT; KNTY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 226 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
310
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231115193
ISBN
9780231115193
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.32

Paperback. Num Pages: 155 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; HRH; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 149 x 13. Weight in Grams: 216.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
The Light Inc United States
Number of pages
155
Condition
New
SKU
V9781597840033
ISBN
9781597840033
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.12

Paperback. How the public debate on jazz shaped French identity Num Pages: 312 pages, 23 black & white photographs. BIC Classification: 1DDF; AVGJ; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 434.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780252077067
ISBN
9780252077067
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.56

Hardback. How the public debate on jazz shaped French identity Num Pages: 312 pages, 23 black & white photographs. BIC Classification: 1DDF; AVGJ; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252035166
ISBN
9780252035166
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 134.40

Paperback. After years of researching Johnson and the JFK assassination, the author shows that LBJ had an active role in JFK's assassination, and he includes newly-uncovered photographic evidence proving that Johnson knew when and where Kennedy's assassination would take place. Num Pages: 656 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3; JFHC; JPWL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 152 x 34. Weight in Grams: 866.
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing United States
Number of pages
656
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781620876107
ISBN
9781620876107
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 21.80

Paperback. Num Pages: 344 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3; JFHC; JPWL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 516.
Publisher
Adventures Unlimited Press United States
Number of pages
344
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781935487180
ISBN
9781935487180
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 21.79

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, b/w photos & illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBFG; 2ABM; BTC; HBTS; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 384.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Chicago Review Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781556524479
ISBN
9781556524479
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.81

Hardcover. Changes in the welfare state and in the market place have forced professions to change the ways in which they perform their jobs. This book analyzes these changes in relation to the legal industry and other professions such as doctors. Num Pages: 214 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSC; KCF; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 475.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333722275
ISBN
9780333722275
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.69

Paperback. Chronicles the first decades of an informal lottery called the jogo do bicho, or animal game, which originated in Rio de Janeiro in 1892, and remains popular in Brazil today. Series: Radical Perspectives. Num Pages: 368 pages, 30 photos, 11 tables, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822349884
ISBN
9780822349884
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.11

Hardcover. This volume describes the laws and ordinances from the colony of New Netherland from 1647 to 1658 and writs of appeal from 1658 to 1663. The laws reveal the legal thinking of the Dutch on subjects such as Indians, smuggling, crime and everyday issues including wages, fencing and land allocation. Editor(s): Gehring, Charles T. Translator(s): Gehring, Charles T. Series: New Netherland Documents Series. Num Pages: 200 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JD; HBJK; HBLH; JFC; LAFR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 174 x 21. Weight in Grams: 503.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815625223
ISBN
9780815625223
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.99

Paperback. Editor(s): Dew, Richard. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: JFF; VSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 311 x 224 x 9. Weight in Grams: 186.
Publisher
Lawpack Publishing Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2023
Edition
9th Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910143100
ISBN
9781910143100
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.61

Paperback. This comprehensive volume assesses the relationship between legal rights and disability and the effect of law, legal process and third party professional intervention on the lives of people with disabilities. The contributors, who are all either academics or other professional experts in their field, write in a jargon free accessible style. Editor(s): Cooper, Jeremy. Num Pages: 320 pages, references, index. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DBKW; JFFG; LBBR; LNA; LNDA; LNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853028366
ISBN
9781853028366
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.75

Hardcover. A fresh theory on how individuals respond to inequalities occurring within their own communities. This original and insightful study draws on empirical research on the Santal people of Asia, examining power relations within social fields, and the state, to reveal a typology of power practices, and applies these to forced marriage in the West. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Socio-Legal Studies. Num Pages: 208 pages, 1 maps. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM; LAQ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 242 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 446.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230304536
ISBN
9780230304536
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.90

Paperback. This study strives to illustrate the lingering second-class status of women under the current legal system in the United States, and questions whether a "one-size-fits-all" vision of individual rights will ever improve the situation. Num Pages: 580 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; JPVH; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 794.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
580
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780814735091
ISBN
9780814735091
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Paperback. Num Pages: 430 pages, 11 tables. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HBLH; JFSJ1; JHBK; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 588.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New
Number of pages
430
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226457642
ISBN
9780226457642
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.82

hardcover. Shows that early rabbinic jurisprudence is characterized by fundamental uncertainty. This book argues that while the Hebrew Bible created a sense of confidence and transparency before the law, the rabbis complicated paths to knowledge and undermined the stability of personal status and ownership, and notions of guilt or innocence. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCM; HRJS; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 162 x 51. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253354112
ISBN
9780253354112
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.82

Paperback. Editor(s): Cook, M.; Haider, Najam; Rabb, Intisar; Sayeed, Asma. Series: Palgrave Series in Islamic Theology, Law. Num Pages: 345 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRAB; HRAX; HRH; HRHT; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
345
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349295074
ISBN
9781349295074
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 128.15

Paperback. From birth certificates and marriage licenses to food safety regulations and speed limits, law shapes nearly every moment of our lives. Ubiquitous and ambivalent, the law is charged with both maintaining social order and protecting individual freedom. This title explores this ambivalence. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: JFM; LAF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 280 x 216 x 17. Weight in Grams: 703.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Georgetown University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780878408603
ISBN
9780878408603
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 77.29

Hardback. .
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813568713
ISBN
9780813568713
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.93

Paperback. In its exploration of legal issues presented in novels of the Bronte sisters, this book represents a significant and original contribution to the study, not just of the Brontes and the mid-nineteenth century 'woman's novel', but also the situation of women in nineteenth century English law and the debates which moved around its prospective reform." Num Pages: 201 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBF; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
201
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349321322
ISBN
9781349321322
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.96

Hardcover. A multidisciplinary analysis of the jurisprudence and related law underlying the modern Chinese transition to the "socialist market economy". The authors examine the changing approach in law to the adjustment of social interests in the context of profound economic change. Num Pages: 327 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPR; 3JM; JFC; JP; KCS; LAB; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 25. Weight in Grams: 610.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333770900
ISBN
9780333770900
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.81

Paperback. What's going on with the rise of tv law programs - both fictional and documentary, and how does that affect our lives and real court rooms. Num Pages: 309 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APT; JFD; LNAA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 442.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
309
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814775615
ISBN
9780814775615
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.02

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