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Society & culture: general

Paperback. Presents an extended case study of the 20th-century AIDS epidemic and the cultural circumstances from which it emerged. The book brings together anthropology, demography and epidemiology to explain how the Chagga people of Tanzania in Africa experience AIDS. Series: Worlds of Desire S. Num Pages: 272 pages, 2 maps, 6 line drawings, 11 tables. BIC Classification: 1HFGT; JFFH2; JHMC; MBNS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226748863
ISBN
9780226748863
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 28.79

Hardback. Addresses how gender became a defining category in the political and social modernization of Japan. This book shows how 'a woman's place' in late-nineteenth-century Japan was characterized by contradictions and unexpected consequences, by new opportunities and new constraints. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 266 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; HBTB; JFSJ1; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 517.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center
Number of pages
266
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674056053
ISBN
9780674056053
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 38.07

Paperback. A Place in History is a cultural study of Tel Aviv, Israel's population center and one of the original settlements, established in 1909. The book describes how a largely European Jewish immigrant society attempted to forge a home in the Mediterranean, and explores the difficulties and challenges of this endeavor. Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture. Num Pages: 336 pages, 4 figures, 66 illustrations, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1FBH; HBJF1; HBLW; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 445.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804750196
ISBN
9780804750196
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.70

Hardback. A Place in History is a cultural study of Tel Aviv, Israel's population center and one of the original settlements, established in 1909. The book describes how a largely European Jewish immigrant society attempted to forge a home in the Mediterranean, and explores the difficulties and challenges of this endeavor. Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture. Num Pages: 336 pages, 4 figures, 66 illustrations, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1FBH; HBJF1; HBLW; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 549.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804750189
ISBN
9780804750189
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 139.97

Paperback. Offers a reconsideration of the philosophy of culture in the twentieth century. This book defends the holistic view that scientific belief is tested by experience but that such testing is rightly applied to systems or conjunctions of beliefs, not isolated beliefs. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: HP; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691123981
ISBN
9780691123981
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 31.01

Hardback. Series: Columbia Themes in Philosophy. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1434.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231153003
ISBN
9780231153003
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.29
€ 42.46

Paperback. Tackles the pressing question of how Canadian engagement with globalization can be marshaled to advance rather than impair human security, ecological integrity, and social emancipation. Series: Law and Society. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFFS; JPA; LB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 4039. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780774814898
ISBN
9780774814898
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.49

Paperback. Climate change is arguably the great problem confronting humanity, but we have done little to head off this looming disaster. In The Perfect Moral Storm, Stephen Gardiner illuminates our dangerous inaction by placing the environmental crisis in an entirely new light, considering it as an ethical failure. Series: Environmental Ethics & Science Policy Series. Num Pages: 518 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFM; RNP; RNPG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 734.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199985142
ISBN
9780199985142
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.26

Paperback. Providing practical alternatives to economic globalization, this book is based on original interviews with prominent thinkers and campaigners from across the world. Particular attention is given to regulating transnational corporations and cancelling foreign debt. Series: Global Issues S. Num Pages: 224 pages, notes, further reading, index. BIC Classification: JFFS; KCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 17. Weight in Grams: 210. Used paperback in good condition. Some shelf wear. Ex library with usual markings otherwise remains a good copy.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Zed Books Ltd
Number of pages
224
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KRF0019224
ISBN
9781842772232
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Providing practical alternatives to economic globalization, this book is based on original interviews with prominent thinkers and campaigners from across the world. Particular attention is given to regulating transnational corporations and cancelling foreign debt. Series: Global Issues S. Num Pages: 224 pages, notes, further reading, index. BIC Classification: JFFS; KCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 17. Weight in Grams: 210. Used paperback in good condition. Some shelf wear. Ex library with usual markings otherwise remains a good copy.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Zed Books Ltd
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
SKU
KRF0019083
ISBN
9781842772232
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Hardback. Num Pages: 188 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVT; HBJF1; HBTB; JFSL9; JPF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 432. Weight in Grams: 415.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
188
Condition
New
SKU
V9781477309117
ISBN
9781477309117
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.98

Paperback. .
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781477311073
ISBN
9781477311073
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.25

paperback. Series: Fesler-Lampert Minnesota Heritage Book. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBN; HBJK; JFSL3; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Univ Of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816697304
ISBN
9780816697304
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.03

Hardcover. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 150. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Zubaan Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9789384757830
ISBN
9789384757830
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.74

Hardback. What does human suffering mean for society? And how has this meaning changed from the past to the present? In what ways does "the problem of suffering" serve to inspire us to care for others? How does our response to suffering reveal our moral and social conditions? The author offers some answers to these questions. Series: California Series in Public Anthropology. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: JFF; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520287228
ISBN
9780520287228
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.73
€ 72.62

Paperback. What does human suffering mean for society? And how has this meaning changed from the past to the present? In what ways does "the problem of suffering" serve to inspire us to care for others? How does our response to suffering reveal our moral and social conditions? The author offers some answers to these questions. Series: California Series in Public Anthropology. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: JFF; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
328
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520287235
ISBN
9780520287235
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.98

Hardback. Offers an account of a French woman's impressions of America in the late nineteenth century that reveals an unusual cross-cultural journey through fin de siecle Paris, Chicago, and New York. This translation includes an introductory essay that situates the author's account in the larger context of European visitors to Chicago in the 1890s. Num Pages: 264 pages, 22 black & white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KB; BG; HBJK; JFSJ1; RGL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 160 x 22. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780252035135
ISBN
9780252035135
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 57.77

Paperback. Suitable for those interested in cultural studies, film and video studies, American studies, twentieth century history, German studies, rhetoric, and sexuality studies, this book investigates the influence of images of Nazism on debates about sexuality that are central to contemporary American political rhetoric. Num Pages: 384 pages, 21 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; GTE; JFC; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 24. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822326939
ISBN
9780822326939
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.73

Paperback. Parents, teachers and other professionals often struggle to know how to deal with disruptive, abusive or aggressive behaviour. This book addresses the urgent need for a realistic, practical and effective approach to dealing with severe disruptive behaviour in children and adolescents. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JNSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 288.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843104841
ISBN
9781843104841
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.13

Paperback. Series: Urban Life, Landscape and Policy. Num Pages: 234 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
234
Condition
New
SKU
V9781439913468
ISBN
9781439913468
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.73

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