Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Paperback. The essence of this book is to assist educators to improve eduational practice in the constantly changing cultural contexts of school and society. Cross cultural dimensions such as diversity; uniformity; individualism, and collectivism emerge as key focus areas of discussion. Series: Wiley Series in Culture & Professional Practice. Num Pages: 328 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM; JNC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471897880
- ISBN
- 9780471897880
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Condition: New
€ 92.09
€ 92.09
Paperback. These essays consider alternative models of the recognition of diverse cultures and the significance of cultural and national identity within democratic societies. The impact of this recognition is examined, as is the tension between the recognition of diverse cultures. Editor(s): Gould, Carol C.; Pasquino, Pasquale. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 149 x 10. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847696772
- ISBN
- 9780847696772
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Condition: New
€ 61.95
€ 61.95
Hardback. However we react to it, the global trend towards mixing or hybridization is impossible to miss, from curry and chips to Thai saunas, Zen Judaism, Nigerian Kung Fu, 'Bollywood' films or salsa or reggae music. Some people celebrate these phenomena and others condemn them. This book considers these phenomena. Num Pages: 154 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 146 x 17. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 154
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745646961
- ISBN
- 9780745646961
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Condition: New
€ 58.86
€ 58.86
Paperback. However we react to it, the global trend towards mixing or hybridization is impossible to miss, from curry and chips to Thai saunas, Zen Judaism, Nigerian Kung Fu, 'Bollywood' films or salsa or reggae music. Some people celebrate these phenomena and others condemn them. This book considers these phenomena. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 121 x 13. Weight in Grams: 164.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745646978
- ISBN
- 9780745646978
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Condition: New
€ 21.96
€ 21.96
Paperback. Drawing on diverse research literature from the fields of anthropology, cultural studies, cultural geography, and media studies, Cultural Globalization: A User's Guide presents a new perspective through which to raise questions about globalization, a perspective framed by the concepts of territory, identity, and culture. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 220 x 12. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631235392
- ISBN
- 9780631235392
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 38.94
€ 38.99
€ 38.94
Hardcover. Drawing on diverse research literature from the fields of anthropology, cultural studies, cultural geography, and media studies, Cultural Globalization: A User's Guide presents a new perspective through which to raise questions about globalization, a perspective framed by the concepts of territory, identity, and culture. Num Pages: 186 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 223 x 20. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 186
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631235385
- ISBN
- 9780631235385
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.32
€ 108.32
Paperback. Num Pages: 462 pages, 33 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTP; JFCX; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 178 x 22. Weight in Grams: 820.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 462
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226317588
- ISBN
- 9780226317588
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Condition: New
€ 56.45€ 47.72
€ 56.45
€ 47.72
Hardback. Series: Jews, Christians and Muslims from the Ancient to the Modern World. Num Pages: 208 pages, 14 halftones. 2 line illus. BIC Classification: HBLC1; HBTB; JFSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 242 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691156996
- ISBN
- 9780691156996
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.92€ 41.98
€ 52.92
€ 41.98
Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1KBB; JFC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780271025322
- ISBN
- 9780271025322
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Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 38.34
€ 49.99
€ 38.34
Paperback. Covering a range of topics, including fads, public policy, the spread of religion, and herd behavior in markets, this title shows that human culture is itself an evolutionary process that exhibits the key Darwinian mechanisms of variation, competition, and inheritance. It focuses on the ways cultural phenomena can be studied scientifically. Num Pages: 280 pages, 11 line drawings, 2 tables. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 230 x 16. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226520445
- ISBN
- 9780226520445
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 30.94
€ 40.99
€ 30.94
Paperback. Tim Lewens explores what it means to take an evolutionary approach to cultural change, and why this approach is often treated with suspicion. He makes an original case for the value of evolutionary thinking for students of culture, and shows why the concerns of sceptics should not be dismissed as mere prejudice, confusion, or ignorance. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HP; JF; JH; JM; PDA; PSAJ. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198801191
- ISBN
- 9780198801191
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.09
€ 44.09
Hardcover. Covering a range of topics, including fads, public policy, the spread of religion, and herd behavior in markets, this title shows that human culture is itself an evolutionary process that exhibits the key Darwinian mechanisms of variation, competition, and inheritance. It focuses on the ways cultural phenomena can be studied scientifically. Num Pages: 280 pages, 11 line drawings, 2 tables. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226520438
- ISBN
- 9780226520438
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.02€ 87.64
€ 107.02
€ 87.64
Hardback. Explores cultural influences in relation to concerns of ergonomics and human factors. These include scientific-philosophical considerations, aircraft and maritime safety, cross-national training, effective use of the world-wide web, multinational decision making, third-world industrial development, implementation of technology transfer, and more. Editor(s): Kaplan, Michael. Series: Advances in Human Performance & Cognitive Engineering Research. Num Pages: 404 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 742.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United States
- Number of pages
- 404
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762310494
- ISBN
- 9780762310494
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.55
€ 138.55
Hardback. An A-to-Z encyclopedia devoted to the penis, offering refreshing, thoughtful, and wide-ranging insight into how we have thought about this malleable, meaningful body part over the centuries and across cultures. Editor(s): Kimmel, Michael; Milrod, Christine; Kennedy, Amanda. Num Pages: 262 pages, 27 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: GBC; JFC; JFSJ2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 263 x 179 x 21. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780759123120
- ISBN
- 9780759123120
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 143.94
€ 143.94
Paperback. Examines how "otherness" has been constituted, communicated and transformed in cultural representation. Covering a diverse range of media, the contributors explore the cultural politics of Europe's encounters with Brazil, India, Israel, Australia and Africa. Editor(s): Hallam, Elizabeth; Street, Brian. Series: Sussex Studies in Culture and Communication. Num Pages: 320 pages, 66 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415202800
- ISBN
- 9780415202800
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.32
€ 55.32
paperback. This text aims to provide a fresh view of contemporary geography. The authors explore the role of four traditional themes in the "new cultural geography" including the interplay between the evolution of particular biophysical niches and the activities of the culture groups that inhabit them. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; RNA; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 149 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742501065
- ISBN
- 9780742501065
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 81.65
€ 81.65
Paperback. Adopts an ethnographically based approach to the meanings of 'modernness' in the Arab context. Within a relational framework, this title focuses on structures of thought, everydayness and self-referentiality to explore the process of building a bridge that rejoins the 'modern' in Arab thought with the 'modern' in Arab lived experience. Series: Library of Modern Middle East Studies. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, charts. BIC Classification: 1FB; JFC; JFD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 217 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848853607
- ISBN
- 9781848853607
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 27.52
€ 32.99
€ 27.52
Hardcover. Editor(s): Snider, Meryl. Num Pages: 186 pages. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Nova Science Pub Inc
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611220636
- ISBN
- 9781611220636
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 239.90€ 161.77
€ 239.90
€ 161.77
Paperback. An anthology that investigates the problematic linkages between conserving cultural heritage, maintaining cultural diversity, defining and establishing cultural citizenship, and enforcing human rights. It addresses the notions of cultural diversity, cultural heritage and human rights, focusing on the intersection between the three concepts. Editor(s): Logan, William; Craith, Mairead Nic; Langfield, Michele. Series: Key Issues in Cultural Heritage. Num Pages: 288 pages, 17 black & white illustrations, 2 black & white tables, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: JFSL1; JPVH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415563673
- ISBN
- 9780415563673
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.30
€ 58.30
Paperback. * Unprecedented collection of contemporary writings from across the anthropological subfields on the vital issue of cultural diversity in the United States. * Provides fundamental tools for analyzing and understanding critical political issues in the United States. Editor(s): Susser, Ida; Patterson, Thomas C. Num Pages: 496 pages, 3. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 174 x 25. Weight in Grams: 802.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631222132
- ISBN
- 9780631222132
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.86
€ 69.86