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Society & culture: general
Paperback. Although the role of the visual is essential to Indian tradition and culture, most attempts to understand its images are laden with misperceptions. Darsan, a Sanskrit word that means "seeing," is an aid to our vision, a book of ideas to help us read, think, and look at Hindu images with tolerance and imagination. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 97 pages, 30 photos. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HRG; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 10. Weight in Grams: 194.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 97
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 3rd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231112659
- ISBN
- 9780231112659
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.89
€ 24.99
€ 18.89
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; KJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Harper
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062342959
- ISBN
- 9780062342959
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 19.30
€ 21.99
€ 19.30
Paperback. Essential reading for students of African-American history Series: Radical Thinkers. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTS; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 196 x 14. Weight in Grams: 206.
- Publisher
- Verso Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784787752
- ISBN
- 9781784787752
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.97
€ 21.99
€ 17.97
Paperback. "Darkroom: A Memoir in Black and White" is an arresting and moving personal story about childhood, race, and identity in the American South, rendered in stunning illustrations by the author, Lila Quintero Weaver. Num Pages: 264 pages, chiefly Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFK; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 159 x 22. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817357146
- ISBN
- 9780817357146
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.88
€ 26.99
€ 25.88
Paperback. Chronicles the lives of a group of fishermen from Ghana who took the long and dangerous journey to Southern Italy in search of work in a cutthroat underground economy. Illuminating the nature of high-risk migration around the world, this title reveals the challenges and experiences of these international migrants. Num Pages: 306 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1HFDH; JFFN; JFSL3; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 306
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520270732
- ISBN
- 9780520270732
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.01
€ 33.99
€ 25.01
Paperback. Darkening Mirrors analyzes the complicated relationships between African American identity, as reflected in performances, and the forces of imperialist and racial oppression. Num Pages: 352 pages, 35 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; 1K; AN; GTB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822349235
- ISBN
- 9780822349235
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.42
€ 41.99
€ 37.42
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; VXQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781628602548
- ISBN
- 9781628602548
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.65
€ 23.99
€ 17.65
Paperback. In Dark Threats and White Knights, Sherene H. Razack explores the racism implicit in the Somalia Affair and what it has to do with modern peacekeeping. Num Pages: 230 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFGS; JFFJ; JFSL; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802086631
- ISBN
- 9780802086631
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 38.78
€ 43.99
€ 38.78
Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages, b&w illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AMA; AMX; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 133. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Columbia Books on Architecture and the City
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781941332139
- ISBN
- 9781941332139
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.98
€ 23.99
€ 17.98
Hardback. Features armor and weapon designs, character concepts, creatures, locations, rough sketches, an exclusive interview with the game's creators, and more. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; JFCA; UDX. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 299 x 210. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Udon Entertainment Corp United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781927925560
- ISBN
- 9781927925560
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 50.59
€ 52.99
€ 50.59
Paperback. Revelations of child sexual abuse by Roman Catholic clergy in Ireland - and its 'cover-up' by Church authorities - have given rise to one of the greatest institutional scandals of modern history. Through in-depth analysis of 20 years of media representation the book draws significant insights on the media's influence and its impact on civil society Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JFD; JFFE1; JKSN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 159 x 234 x 19. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Publisher
- Bristol University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447317852
- ISBN
- 9781447317852
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 39.85
€ 41.99
€ 39.85
Paperback. First published in 1903, this eloquent collection of essays exposed the magnitude of racism in our society. The book endures today as a classic document of American social and political history: a manifesto that has influenced generations with its transcendent vision for change. Editor(s): Gates, Henry Louis, Jr. Num Pages: 274 pages. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBTS; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 263 x 18. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199387434
- ISBN
- 9780199387434
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.67
€ 35.67
Paperback. This edition offers an interpretation of a puzzling chapter in American social and medical history: the dramatic change in the pattern of opiate addiction-from respectable upper-class matrons to lower-class urban males, often with a criminal record. Num Pages: 352 pages, 1 map, 10 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- Enlarged
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674005853
- ISBN
- 9780674005853
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 43.25
€ 51.99
€ 43.25
paperback. Num Pages: 612 pages, Illustrations (some col.), ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFH; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 156 x 32. Weight in Grams: 860.
- Publisher
- Feral House,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 612
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Revised Edition, Enlarged
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781932595482
- ISBN
- 9781932595482
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.62
€ 33.99
€ 24.62
Hardback. Simone Browne shows how racial ideologies and the long history of policing black bodies under transatlantic slavery structure contemporary surveillance technologies and practices. Analyzing a wide array of archival and contemporary texts, she demonstrates how surveillance reifies boundaries, borders, and bodies around racial lines. Num Pages: 224 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822359197
- ISBN
- 9780822359197
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.33
€ 111.33
Paperback. Simone Browne shows how racial ideologies and the long history of policing black bodies under transatlantic slavery structure contemporary surveillance technologies and practices. Analyzing a wide array of archival and contemporary texts, she demonstrates how surveillance reifies boundaries, borders, and bodies around racial lines. Num Pages: 224 pages, 18 illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSL4; JHB; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 10. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822359388
- ISBN
- 9780822359388
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 26.41
€ 31.99
€ 26.41
Paperback. Num Pages: 464 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 625.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252061561
- ISBN
- 9780252061561
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.09
€ 32.09
Paperback. An investigation into poverty, corruption, crime and related issues in Britain including drugs and prostitution amongst children. The investigation moves from the slums and ghettos of our cities, to crack houses and brothels, contacts with street gangs and drug dealers uncovering secret rites and a bizarre and cruel world. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BT; JFMX; JFSP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099583011
- ISBN
- 9780099583011
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.37
€ 17.99
€ 13.37
Paperback. 192 pages, 22 ills. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: JFHF. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 13. Weight: 316.
- Publisher
- Red Wheel/Weiser
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781601631107
- ISBN
- 9781601631107
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.81
€ 18.99
€ 17.81
Paperback. Series: American Culture. Num Pages: 328 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780816619870
- ISBN
- 9780816619870
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.53
€ 29.99
€ 26.53
Paperback. Argues that the psychoanalytic self was constituted through the specifically national-colonial encounters of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and that therefore somewhat paradoxically perhaps, psychoanalysis is crucial for understanding postcoloniality and decolonization. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822330677
- ISBN
- 9780822330677
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.32
€ 37.99
€ 34.32
Paperback. Shows how politics and aesthetics merge in American film noirs made between the late 1930s and the mid-1950s; their oft-noted uncanniness betrays the fear that un-American foes lurk within the homeland. Num Pages: 280 pages, 24 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFN; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822350064
- ISBN
- 9780822350064
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.45
€ 30.99
€ 27.45
paperback. Forget the comfortable platitudes--this is our most likely future. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFFR; JFFS; RNPG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 385.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- New Society Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780865718333
- ISBN
- 9780865718333
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.72
€ 24.99
€ 21.72
Paperback. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSG; JHBA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 136 x 203 x 21. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781400076703
- ISBN
- 9781400076703
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.29
€ 17.99
€ 14.29