Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Hardcover. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBFN; 1KBBSM; JFSL3; JNB; JNFR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226394626
- ISBN
- 9780226394626
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.03€ 48.90
€ 57.03
€ 48.90
Hardback. An exploration of the history, ideology and aesthetics of China's left-wing cinema movement, a quixotic film culture that was as political as commercial, as militant as sensationalist. The author demonstrates that the movement was a product of the era's social, economic and political discourses. Num Pages: 304 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJG; APF; HBJF; HBLW; JFC; JPFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 603.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742509450
- ISBN
- 9780742509450
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 183.67
€ 183.67
Paperback. Building a Housewife's Paradise: Gender, Politics, and American Grocery Stores in the Twentieth Century Num Pages: 337 pages, black & white halftones, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; JFCV; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807859766
- ISBN
- 9780807859766
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.51
€ 43.51
Paperback. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 201 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780375701276
- ISBN
- 9780375701276
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.64
€ 17.99
€ 15.64
Paperback. A contributor to "The Tactile Mind Weekly" and the National Association of the Deafs "Mind Over Matter" writes about the biases he has faced in both the hearing and deaf communities, and addresses such topics as Christmas trips and marriage with a withering wit. Num Pages: 232 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA; JFFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 215 x 17. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Gallaudet University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781563683572
- ISBN
- 9781563683572
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Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 21.27
€ 25.99
€ 21.27
paperback. Born in a small village in the Everglades in 1920, Buffalo Tiger grew up immersed in the traditional customs and language of the Miccosukees. As the modern world encroached on the Miccosukees and the Everglades shrank around them, he became an energetic and outspoken leader of the community. This is the biography of a tireless leader. Series: Indians of the Southeast. Num Pages: 208 pages, 14 photographs, map. BIC Classification: 1KBBFL; 3JJ; BGA; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 4039 x 13. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803218857
- ISBN
- 9780803218857
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.62
€ 17.99
€ 17.62
Paperback. In the decades following the Civil War, scores of African Americans served in the US Army in the West. This anthology focuses on the careers and accomplishments of black soldiers, the lives they developed for themselves, their relationships to their officers, and the discrimination they faced from the very whites they were trying to protect. Editor(s): Glasrud, Bruce A.; Searles, Michael N. Num Pages: 320 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1K; GTB; HBW; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 513.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Texas A & M University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781585446209
- ISBN
- 9781585446209
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.02
€ 33.02
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, colour plates. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AGH; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- Hancock House Publishers Ltd ,Canada Canada
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780888394798
- ISBN
- 9780888394798
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 19.73
€ 27.99
€ 19.73
Paperback. Editor(s): Wilson, Gilbert L. Series: Borealis Book S. Num Pages: 129 pages, Ill.d. BIC Classification: 1KB; JFSL9; TV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 154 x 9. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- Minnesota Historical Society Press,U.S. United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 129
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780873512190
- ISBN
- 9780873512190
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.94
€ 19.99
€ 17.94
Hardcover. As symbols of America's version of the "good life," cultural products became a primary means for people around the world, especially in Europe, to reimagine both America and themselves in the context of America's growing global sphere of influence. Num Pages: 232 pages, 37halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 163 x 20. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226732428
- ISBN
- 9780226732428
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 41.36
€ 52.99
€ 41.36
Paperback. Reveals that the globalization of American mass culture that seems unstoppable today began as early as the mid-nineteenth century. This book narrates how the circuses, amusement parks, vaudeville, mail-order catalogs, dime novels, and movies that developed after the Civil War actually doubled as agents of American cultural diplomacy abroad. Num Pages: 232 pages, 37 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; HBTB; JFCA; JFFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226007120
- ISBN
- 9780226007120
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 24.70
€ 31.99
€ 24.70
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- North Atlantic Books,U.S.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781556432033
- ISBN
- 9781556432033
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.89
€ 19.99
€ 18.89
Paperback. Nirmala S. Salgado offers a groundbreaking study of the politics of representation of Buddhist nuns. Challenging assumptions about writing on gender and Buddhism, Salgado raises important theoretical questions about the applicability of liberal feminist concepts and language to the practices of Buddhist nuns. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HREP; JFFK; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 233 x 22. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199760015
- ISBN
- 9780199760015
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 74.75
€ 74.75
Paperback. Demonstrating how the Buddhist revival in Tibet must contend with tensions between the Chinese state and aspirations for greater Tibetan autonomy, the authors discuss ways that Tibetan Buddhists are restructuring their religion through a process of social, political and economic adaptation. Editor(s): Goldstein, Melvyn C.; Kapstein, Matthew T. Num Pages: 235 pages, 37 black-and-white photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; HREX; JFC; JHM; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 49. Religious Revival and Cultural Identity. 235 pages, 37 b&w photographs. Editor(s): Goldstein, Melvyn C.; Kapstein, Matthew T. Demonstrating how the Buddhist revival in Tibet must contend with tensions between the Chinese state and aspirations for greater Tibetan autonomy, the authors discuss ways that Tibetan Buddhists are restructuring their religion through a process of social, political and economic adaptation. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; HREX; JFC; JHM; JPS. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 15. Weight: 314.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520211315
- ISBN
- 9780520211315
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.05
€ 33.99
€ 25.05
Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: HRAX; HREC; JFSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472581938
- ISBN
- 9781472581938
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.38
€ 46.38
Paperback. A poignant piece of self-revelation, sprinkled with some trenchant observations on the way the dead hand of history has weighed down the former Warsaw Pact countries Editor(s): Gilman, Sander L. Series: Texts and Contexts. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVH; BG; DSA; HBJD; HBLW3; JFFN; JPFC; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 313.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803292611
- ISBN
- 9780803292611
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.97
€ 20.97
Paperback. Editor(s): Cooper, Kim; Smay, David. Num Pages: 326 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGP; HBT; JFCA; JFSP1; JFSP2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 255 x 184 x 22. Weight in Grams: 728.
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- Feral House,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 326
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780922915699
- ISBN
- 9780922915699
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.67
€ 22.67
Paperback. The Student Book covers all the mandatory units and supports learners by providing detailed sector information on all the pathways, covering current practice, careers and skills. Series: Level 3 BTEC National Creative Media Production. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.), ports. (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: 4KVTJ; 4KVTK; 4KVTL; JFD. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education; (XS) Student text. Dimension: 221 x 277 x 16. Weight in Grams: 812.
- Publisher
- Pearson Education Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846906725
- ISBN
- 9781846906725
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.14
€ 53.14
Paperback. This timely assessment of the evolution of masculine culture will be welcomed and debated by social and intellectual historians for years to come. Series: Gender Relations in the American Experience. Num Pages: 424 pages, 24, 24 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFFP; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 27. Weight in Grams: 616.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421407647
- ISBN
- 9781421407647
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 37.30
€ 44.99
€ 37.30
Paperback. A timely analysis of mass media representations of the 'War on Terror' that dismantles the myths and rhetoric used to consolidate western power. Num Pages: 240 pages, 3 Illustrations. BIC Classification: GTJ; JFC; JFD. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 215 x 14. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745320793
- ISBN
- 9780745320793
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.58
€ 37.99
€ 29.58
Paperback. Tropicalia was a watershed cultural movement in Brazil. This title shows how the tropicalists appropriated and parodied cultural practices in order to expose the fissure between their nation's idealized image as a tropical "garden" and the daily brutality visited upon its citizens. Num Pages: 276 pages, 12 colour and 18 b&w illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 237 x 17. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press United States
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807849767
- ISBN
- 9780807849767
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.00
€ 48.00
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252074240
- ISBN
- 9780252074240
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.45
€ 30.99
€ 27.45
Paperback. The first narrative history in 25 years of the landmark Supreme Court case that outlawed school segregation in America and its aftermath. Series: Pivotal Moments in American History. Num Pages: 320 pages, numerous halftones, 2 maps, 4 line drawings, 7 tables and 2 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JFFJ; JFSL; JN; JPVH1; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 318
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195156324
- ISBN
- 9780195156324
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.82
€ 36.82
Paperback. Since 1993, metaphorical language has permeated mainstream media reporting on the United States' growing Latino population. In this book, the author reveals how metaphorical language portrays Latinos as invaders, outsiders, burdens, parasites, diseases, animals, and weeds. Num Pages: 424 pages, 2 figures, 20 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; CFB; JFC; JFFN; JFSL4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 226 x 25. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292777675
- ISBN
- 9780292777675
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.42
€ 41.99
€ 37.42