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Society & culture: general

Hardback. Num Pages: 264 pages, 4. BIC Classification: HPCF7; JFFK; JHBK5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231164160
ISBN
9780231164160
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.76
€ 80.20

Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, 4. BIC Classification: HPCF7; JFFK; JHBK5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 356.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231164177
ISBN
9780231164177
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.33

Hardcover. Series: Biopolitics. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSL1; JMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 38. Weight in Grams: 703.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9781479856121
ISBN
9781479856121
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.82

Paperback. When Italian immigrants landed on American shores they were outsiders but over time this community moved from being ethnically suspect to being racially privileged. Asking "are Italians white?", this collection of essays explores how, when and why whiteness became important to Italian Americans. Editor(s): Guglielmo, Jennifer; Salerno, Salvatore; Gugliemo, Jennifer. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSL1; JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 476.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415934510
ISBN
9780415934510
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.11

Paperback. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 136.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Beacon Press United States
Number of pages
120
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807043233
ISBN
9780807043233
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.15

Paperback. Analyzing archaeological data and ancient texts, this book explores these colonial encounters over six centuries, focusing on material culture, urban landscapes, economic practices, and forms of violence. It also shows how selective consumption linked native societies and colonists and created transformative relationships for each. Num Pages: 480 pages, 43 b/w photographs, 52 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1QDA; 3B; HDDA; JFC; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1007.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520287570
ISBN
9780520287570
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.40

Hardback. Argues that cultural politics - specifically America's often covert patronage of the arts - played a highly important role in the transfer of imperial authority from Britain to the United States during a critical period after World War II. Series: Translation/Transnation. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 3JJP; DSBH; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 446.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691154152
ISBN
9780691154152
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.00
€ 39.22

Paperback. Num Pages: 408 pages, 162 b&w illustrations, 18 colour plates. BIC Classification: AMC; AMV; AMX; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 251 x 180 x 19. Weight in Grams: 868.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816673056
ISBN
9780816673056
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 33.99

Hardcover. Starting with the dawn of human society, through early civilizations, to the pre-Columbian American tribes, Architecture of First Societies: A Global Perspective traces the different cultural formations that developed in various places throughout the world to form the built environment. Num Pages: 672 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: AMX; HD; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 276 x 40. Weight in Grams: 2336.
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Number of pages
672
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118142103
ISBN
9781118142103
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 157.17

Paperback. This collection brings together the essays of avant-garde theorist and architect, Bernard Tschumi, from 1975-1990. These essays develop themes in contemporary theory as they relate the actual making of architecture, attempting to realign the discipline with late-20th-century world culture. Num Pages: 278 pages, 59. BIC Classification: 3JJPL; 3JJPN; AMA; DNF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 458.
Publisher
MIT Press Ltd United States
Number of pages
278
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780262700603
ISBN
9780262700603
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 34.65

Paperback. With more than 35 years experience of jihadist activism, Abu Mus'ab al-Suri remains the foremost theoretician in the global jihadist movement today, despite his capture in Pakistan in late 2005. This book includes a translation of two key chapters from al-Suri's seminal work "The Global Islamic Resistance Call". Num Pages: 550 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; JFSR2; JPF; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 147 x 217 x 28. Weight in Grams: 660.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Number of pages
550
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781850659914
ISBN
9781850659914
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.57

Paperback. Series: Studies in Jungian psychology by Jungian analysts. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FPC; 1H; DSB; JFC; JFHF; JMAF; JMTD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 149 x 10. Weight in Grams: 252.
Publisher
Inner City Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9780919123779
ISBN
9780919123779
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 15.38

Paperback. Clastres's final, posthumous book on the affirmative role of violence in "primitive societies." Translator(s): Herman, Jeanine; Lebner, Ashley. Series: Semiotext(e) / Foreign Agents. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: GTJ; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 512.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Autonomedia United States
Edition
new edition
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9781584350934
ISBN
9781584350934
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.65

Paperback. Num Pages: 228 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; BG; HRCC1; HRCC8; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 137 x 11. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
International Scholars Publications,U.S. United States
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
SKU
V9781573093415
ISBN
9781573093415
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 101.88

paperback. An introduction to the art of archaic and classical Greece. Looking at the social and cultural contexts in which the rich diversity of Greek arts were produced, Robin Osborne shows how artistic developments were both a product of, and contributed to, the intensely competitive life of the Greek city. Series: Oxford History of Art. Num Pages: 272 pages, numerous colour plates and black and white halftones, 3 plans, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; ACG; AFC; AFK; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 170 x 16. Weight in Grams: 668.
Publisher
OUP Oxford
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192842022
ISBN
9780192842022
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 23.34

Paperback. Offers a compilation of twenty-four articles covering a wide spectrum of topics in Iroquoian archaeology. These essays collectively represent the state of knowledge and research in the field. This book also includes responses by Haudenosaunee writers to the political context of contemporary archaeological work. Editor(s): Kerber, Jordan E. Series: Iroquois & Their Neighbors S. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 colour & 109 black-&-white illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KB; GBCR; HDD; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1012.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815631392
ISBN
9780815631392
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 426 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; JFSF; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 656.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1977
Publisher
Liberty Fund Inc United States
Edition
8 Rev ed
Number of pages
426
Condition
New
SKU
V9780913966266
ISBN
9780913966266
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 11.00

Hardcover. Demonstrates how more diverse representations do not in themselves solve the problem of racial stereotyping Series: Critical Cultural Communication. Num Pages: 239 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFD; JFSL1; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
239
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814707319
ISBN
9780814707319
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.22

Paperback. Arabic literary salons emerged in ninth-century Iraq and, by the tenth, were flourishing in Baghdad and other urban centers. Looking at the period from 500 to 1250 AD, this title interprets Arabic manuscripts in order to answer fundamental questions about literary salons as a social institution. Series: Poetics of Orality & Literacy S. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; DSB; HBLC1; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268020323
ISBN
9780268020323
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.27

Paperback. The pre-modern period saw a background of inter-ethnic strife among Arabs and non-Arabs, mainly Persians. Starting from the symbolic and cognitive roles of language, the author shows how discussions about the inimitability and (un)translatability of the Qur'an in this period were, at some deep level, concerned with issues of ethnic election. Num Pages: 320 pages, 16 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 498.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748680313
ISBN
9780748680313
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.54

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, 35. BIC Classification: 3JJPL; APFA; JFSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 204.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Arsenal Pulp Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551526669
ISBN
9781551526669
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.35

Paperback. Series: Modern Library. Num Pages: 960 pages. BIC Classification: FA; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 134 x 31. Weight in Grams: 520.
Publisher
Modern Library Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
1st Modern Library
Condition
New
SKU
9780375756757
ISBN
9780375756757
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.18

Hardback. Bedouins, who refer to themselves simply as Arabs (originally, Arab was synonymous with Bedouin), are nomads who live in the desert, mainly on the Arabian Peninsula, raising sheep, camels and goats. This volume tells their stories through pictures. Num Pages: 280 pages, 217 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBS; AJB; AJCP; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 308 x 286 x 32. Weight in Grams: 2116.
Publisher
Skira
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9788857222189
ISBN
9788857222189
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 37.52

Hardcover. Examining late 20th-century autobiographical writing by Arab women novelists, poets, and artists, this work explores the ways in which Arab women have portrayed and created their identities within differing social environments. It explores the many routes Arab women writers have taken to speak to each other, to their readers, and to the world. Editor(s): Golley, Nawar Al-Hassan. Num Pages: 256 pages, 3 illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 3JJP; JFSJ1; JFSL3; JFSR2. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 549.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815631224
ISBN
9780815631224
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.27

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