Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Paperback. In this fascinating book, futurist Brian David Johnson and cultural historian James Carrott offer insights into what Steampunk's alternative history says about our own world and its technological future. Num Pages: 420 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFR; TBY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- O´Reilly Media United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 420
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781449337995
- ISBN
- 9781449337995
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 22.98
€ 26.99
€ 22.98
Hardback. Four decades of style from the mid-twentieth century beautifully illustrated with nearly 400 color photos that demonstrate the quality fabrics, dynamic designs, and careful workmanship that made the clothing last, both in condition and popularity. The text places the clothing in its cultural context, showing how the styles evolved with the times. Num Pages: 256 pages, 384 photos. BIC Classification: AKTA; JFCK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 287 x 222 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1600.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764303029
- ISBN
- 9780764303029
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.65€ 39.25
€ 54.65
€ 39.25
Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages, 519 color photos. BIC Classification: 3JJPG; 3JJPK; AKTA; JFCK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 278 x 215 x 15. Weight in Grams: 882.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764301971
- ISBN
- 9780764301971
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 25.12
€ 37.99
€ 25.12
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 403 color photos. BIC Classification: 3JJG; 3JJH; AC; AKTA; JFCK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 279 x 218 x 14. Weight in Grams: 888.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2022
- Edition
- First edition.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780887409868
- ISBN
- 9780887409868
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 25.12
€ 37.99
€ 25.12
Paperback. Mary Wollstoncraft's passionate declaration of female independence shattered the stereotype of docile, decorative womanhood, anticipated a new era of equality and established her as the founder of modern feminism. Series: Penguin Great Ideas. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 114 x 9. Weight in Grams: 90.
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- Format
- Paperback
- SKU
- 9780141018911
- ISBN
- 9780141018911
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.99€ 8.12
€ 8.99
€ 8.12
Paperback. Mary Wollstoncraft's passionate declaration of female independence shattered the stereotype of docile, decorative womanhood, anticipated a new era of equality and established her as the founder of modern feminism. Series: Penguin Great Ideas. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 114 x 9. Weight in Grams: 90. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Format
- Paperback
- SKU
- KKD0006131
- ISBN
- 9780141018911
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 8.99€ 8.12
€ 8.99
€ 8.12
Hardcover. First published in 1792, this book was written in a spirit of outrage and enthusiasm. In an age of ferment, following the American and French revolutions, Mary Wollstonecraft took prevailing egalitarian principles and dared to apply them to women. The introduction discusses her ideas. Num Pages: 213 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 147 x 188 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- Everyman United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 213
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857150865
- ISBN
- 9781857150865
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.39
€ 17.99
€ 13.39
Paperback. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Adventures Unlimited Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781939149039
- ISBN
- 9781939149039
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 23.13
€ 24.99
€ 23.13
Paperback. Num Pages: 213 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: JFSF; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 162 x 14. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 213
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788772893440
- ISBN
- 9788772893440
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 36.94
€ 51.99
€ 36.94
Paperback. Describes the reception of medical ideas and practices by three generations of Russian and Tatar village women in the 20th century. This book shows how the women mediated the inherited beliefs of their families and communities, the claims of the state to control reproduction, and their personal desires for a better life. Series: Indiana-Michigan Series in Russian & East European Studies. Num Pages: 328 pages, 30 b&w photos, 1 maps, 1 bibliog., 1 index. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; GTB; HBJD; HBLW; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 169 x 22. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253218209
- ISBN
- 9780253218209
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.43
€ 27.99
€ 26.43
Hardback. A study of village governance in late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century China that reinterprets peasant behavior, village community, and state-society relations. Num Pages: 344 pages, 13 tables, 2 figures, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFSF; JPR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804750912
- ISBN
- 9780804750912
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 91.35
€ 91.35
paperback. Village among Nations recuperates a missing chapter of Canadian history: the story of traditionalist Mennonites who emigrated from Canada for cultural reasons, but then in later generations "returned" in large numbers for economic and social security. Num Pages: 340 pages, 20, 7 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJ; 3JMC; HBJK; JFSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 340
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442614673
- ISBN
- 9781442614673
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 38.65
€ 43.99
€ 38.65
Village among Nations recuperates a missing chapter of Canadian history: the story of traditionalist Mennonites who emigrated from Canada for cultural reasons, but then in later generations "returned" in large numbers for economic and social security. Num Pages: 340 pages, 20, 7 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJ; 3JMC; JFSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 340
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442646858
- ISBN
- 9781442646858
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 80.64
€ 80.64
Paperback. Villa Victoria is a neglected Puerto Rican enclave in Boston and provides the focus for this study of social capital. Small criticizes the theory that poor urban neighbourhoods are inevitably deprived of social capital and shows how a complex of social and economic factors needs to be considered. Num Pages: 232 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 149 x 25. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226762920
- ISBN
- 9780226762920
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.58
€ 36.99
€ 28.58
Paperback. Series: Classics in the History and Development of Economics. Num Pages: 155 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCX; JHB; KCA; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 9. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 155
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349133246
- ISBN
- 9781349133246
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 120.60
€ 120.60
Paperback. Series: Electronic Mediations. Num Pages: 200 pages, 5 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HPCF; JFC; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 128 x 16. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816674794
- ISBN
- 9780816674794
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.02
€ 25.99
€ 24.02
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Talking Stone
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780953745470
- ISBN
- 9780953745470
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.21
€ 17.99
€ 14.21
Paperback. Describing the different garments worn by women and men, this book looks at the aspects of cloth production - raw materials, production tools and techniques for woven and non-woven textiles, decorative textiles and embroidery. It also shows how much can be reconstructed from the discoveries of archaeological excavation. Num Pages: 176 pages, 100. BIC Classification: 1DN; HBTB; JFCK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 173 x 13. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Publisher
- The History Press LTD
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752435879
- ISBN
- 9780752435879
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 25.60
€ 30.99
€ 25.60
Hardcover. Throughout southwestern Nigeria, Yoruba men and women create objects called aale to protect their properties-farms, gardens, market goods, piles of collected firewood-from the ravages of thieves and Vigilant Things argues that aale are keys to understanding how images function in Yoruba social and cultural life. Num Pages: 416 pages, 87 illus., 77 in color. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; ACBK; JFCD; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 257 x 185 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1228.
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295990736
- ISBN
- 9780295990736
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.93
€ 65.93
Hardcover. In 1799, the authors set out to determine whether the Orinoco River connected with the Amazon. This title brings together drawings and detailed texts to achieve multifaceted views of cultures and landscapes across the Americas. Editor(s): Kutzinski, Vera M.; Ette, Ottmar. Series: Alexander von Humboldt in English. Num Pages: 576 pages, 30 colour plates, 41 halftones, 17 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 165 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1676.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Critical
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226865065
- ISBN
- 9780226865065
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.24€ 64.91
€ 77.24
€ 64.91
Hardcover. A study of the innovations, obligations, and fresh possibilities in the field of visual anthropology. It concentrates on documentary photography and ethnographic film, as well as lesser-known areas of study and presentation including dance, painting, architecture, archaeology, and primate research. Editor(s): Strong, Mary; Wilder, Laena. Num Pages: 384 pages, 166 colour and b&w figures, 3 tables, 1 diagram, 1 box. BIC Classification: AJCR; APF; JFC; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 284 x 223 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1988.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292706712
- ISBN
- 9780292706712
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 101.00
€ 101.00
Hardcover.
- Publisher
- Cork University Press
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781859184967
- ISBN
- 9781859184967
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 39.00€ 31.26
€ 39.00
€ 31.26
Hardback. A history of public broadcasting, the book questions public television's common-sense priorities and argues that its tendency to reject popular culture has undermined its capacity to serve the people it claims to represent. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APT; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 21. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231119429
- ISBN
- 9780231119429
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.33€ 82.56
€ 109.33
€ 82.56
Hardback. Shows where our media has gone wrong and what we can do about it. This title illustrates the problems with much of contemporary media content, why it is this way, how to better manage children's media use, how to become more critical audience members, and more. It also includes a chapter on how readers can actively challenge media companies. Num Pages: 172 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 149 x 17. Weight in Grams: 331.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 172
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742555198
- ISBN
- 9780742555198
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.21
€ 141.21