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Society & culture: general
Paperback. Series: Literatures of the Americas. Num Pages: 277 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSBH5; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- Number of pages
- 277
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349478965
- ISBN
- 9781349478965
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.10
€ 66.10
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
- Edition
- Expanded
- Number of pages
- 612
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781580463720
- ISBN
- 9781580463720
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 44.57
€ 52.99
€ 44.57
Hardcover. Over decades the concept of literacy has been an important field of discussion in Medieval and Early Modern studies. This volume introduces Scandinavian literacy to the international field of research. It provides a basis that can contribute to a general understanding of literacy. Num Pages: 355 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1DN; HBJD; HBLC; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Publisher
- University Press of Southern Denmark Denmark
- Number of pages
- 355
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788776740405
- ISBN
- 9788776740405
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.86
€ 19.99
€ 15.86
Paperback. This accessible book captures the reality of young people's experiences, their relationships and the things that are important to them. Using in-depth examples from his many years' experience, Nick Luxmoore outlines a creative approach that will enable professionals to respond appropriately to the complex needs of young people. Num Pages: 144 pages, references, index. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JFSP2; JKSN; JNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 143 x 9. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853029097
- ISBN
- 9781853029097
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.81
€ 24.81
Interpreting or expanding on Tillie Olsen's "Silences", a group of distinguished feminist critics explores the subject of silence and silencing in literature and criticism. They interpret a debate which includes aspects of feminism, multiculturalism and literature. Editor(s): Hedges, Elaine; Fishkin, Shelley Fisher. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 477.
- Publisher
- New York
- Edition
- Trade (softback)
- Number of pages
- 334
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195073072
- ISBN
- 9780195073072
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 120.74
€ 120.74
Paperback. Reveals the pivotal role of music - musical works and musical culture - in debates about society, self, and culture that forged European modernity through the 'long nineteenth century'. This book argues that from the late 1700s to the early 1900s, music not only reflected but also embodied modern subjectivity. Num Pages: 264 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JH; AVA; AVGC4; AVGC5; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691126166
- ISBN
- 9780691126166
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.81
€ 46.99
€ 33.81
Paperback. Bringing together the most recent research on the Cultural Revolution in China, musicologists, historians, literary scholars, and others discuss the music and its political implications. Combined, these chapters, paint a vibrant picture of the long-lasting impact that the musical revolution had on ordinary citizens, as well as political leaders. Editor(s): Pang, Laikwan; Clark, Paul; Tsai, Tsan-Huang. Series: Chinese Literature and Culture in the World. Num Pages: 289 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; AV; HBJF; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349565085
- ISBN
- 9781349565085
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 116.14
€ 116.14
Paperback. Using classical, popular, and avant-garde music as texts, this title addresses such questions as: why do bodies develop goose bumps when listening to music and why does music sound so good when heard 'all around'. It shows how the historical conditions under which music is created affect the listening experience. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1 b&w photograph, 65 musical examples. BIC Classification: AVA; JFC; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 17. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822319221
- ISBN
- 9780822319221
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.63
€ 27.99
€ 26.63
Hardback. Advocates an expanded concept of learning for museums, and for more formal schooling environments. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: GM; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 169 x 19. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780759104419
- ISBN
- 9780759104419
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 152.06
€ 152.06
paperback. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APW; JFCA; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 222 x 146 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816644230
- ISBN
- 9780816644230
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 23.21
€ 24.99
€ 23.21
Paperback. Editor(s): Findlen, Barbara. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Seal Press
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781580050548
- ISBN
- 9781580050548
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.33
€ 25.99
€ 24.33
Paperback. In many South Asian oral traditions, women are viewed as fragmented identities, dangerously split between virtue and virtuosity. This ethnographical study of women in certain North Indian villages criticizes local ideologies of gender and kinship that place women in subordinate positions. Num Pages: 288 pages, 26 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFFK; JFS; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 63.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520083714
- ISBN
- 9780520083714
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.81
€ 36.99
€ 26.81
Paperback. Editor(s): Bell, Diane. Num Pages: 146 pages, colour photos & illus. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 248 x 176 x 10. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Spinifex Press Australia
- Number of pages
- 146
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781876756697
- ISBN
- 9781876756697
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 19.05
€ 26.99
€ 19.05
Paperback. This book is written for those who have responsibilities for people with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities. It considers how to cope with the complex problems of someone with this level of disability, interpret their needs, and maintain effective contact with all the professionals and organisations who deal with them. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFZ; JFFG; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 235 x 2. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Pub
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853022449
- ISBN
- 9781853022449
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.82
€ 38.82
Paperback. Editor(s): Mews, Dr Constant J. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 306 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBJD; HBLA; HRA; JFSJ; MMJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 413.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2001
- Number of pages
- 306
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349633272
- ISBN
- 9781349633272
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. The 12th century was a period of dramatic growth in the involvement of women in various forms of religious life. This volume examines new ways in which religious life for women was conceived by men as well as interpreted in practice by women within a society firmly patriarchal in character. Editor(s): Mews, Dr Constant J.; Wheeler, Bonnie. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 319 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HBJD; HBLC; HRCC2; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Publisher
- St Martin's Press United States
- Number of pages
- 319
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 2002 ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312240080
- ISBN
- 9780312240080
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.63
€ 67.63
Hardback. In June 1976 political demonstrations in the black township of Soweto exploded into an insurrection that would continue sporadically and spread to urban areas across South Africa. This title sets out to demonstrate that liquor outlets were not simply convenient symbols of oppression. Editor(s): Crush, Jonathan; Ambler, Charles H. Num Pages: 447 pages, Maps, notes. BIC Classification: JFF; JHM; JKS; JPWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 162 x 33. Weight in Grams: 894.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 447
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780821410271
- ISBN
- 9780821410271
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.06
€ 77.06
Paperback. aeo A major new book by one of the most original thinkers today. aeo Develops a distinctive argument about the a liquida nature of modernity. aeo Re--examines key concepts which look at the heart of orthodox accounts of the human condition, including the concepts of emancipation, individuality, work and community. Num Pages: 240 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFC; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745624105
- ISBN
- 9780745624105
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.76
€ 22.76
Paperback. Why would a country strongly influenced by Buddhism's reverence for life allow legalized, widely used abortion? This title examines abortion as a window on the culture and ethics of Japan. Num Pages: 275 pages, 12 b&w photos 3 graphs. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HRE; JFC; JFMA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 275
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780691029658
- ISBN
- 9780691029658
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 38.20
€ 52.99
€ 38.20
Hardback. * This is an engaging new book from one of the most influential and widely read sociologists in the world today * Bauman, in conversation with Leonidas Donskis, reflects on the nature of evil in our liquid modern world. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFF; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509508112
- ISBN
- 9781509508112
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.86
€ 66.86
Paperback. * This is an engaging new book from one of the most influential and widely read sociologists in the world today * Bauman, in conversation with Leonidas Donskis, reflects on the nature of evil in our liquid modern world. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFF; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509508129
- ISBN
- 9781509508129
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.53
€ 23.53
paperback. Late in 1976 a record called "Anarchy in the UK" was issued in London, and this event launched a transformation of pop music all over the world. The song distilled, in crudely poetic form, a critique of modern society once set out by a small group of Paris intellectuals. This title unravels the secret history of the twentieth century. Num Pages: 496 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 3JJ; AB; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 221 x 38. Weight in Grams: 786.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571277100
- ISBN
- 9780571277100
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 17.36
€ 24.99
€ 17.36
Paperback. Xiaomei Martell was born on the borders of the Mongolian steppes just two years before Mao launched the Cultural Revolution that was to change China forever. The youngest of four daughters - her name translates as 'Little Sister' - her family had few material goods. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; BM; JFC; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 160.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099532095
- ISBN
- 9780099532095
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.31
€ 11.99
€ 10.31
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HRCV4; HRCV9; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 229 x 17. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Publisher
- Waterbrook Press (A Division of Random House Inc) United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 8.7.2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780307457790
- ISBN
- 9780307457790
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.54
€ 15.99
€ 14.54