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Society & culture: general

Paperback. Council Housing and Culture makes clear the importance of council housing to twentieth-century life and culture. A major thread through the work is the interaction of council housing with evolving working-class patterns and aspirations. Series: Planning, History and Environment Series. Num Pages: 272 pages, 10 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFC; JKSB; RP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 158 x 16. Weight in Grams: 434.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415239462
ISBN
9780415239462
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.17

Paperback. This groundbreaking book identifies six distinctly different types of underachievers--coaster-cruisers, overanxious underachievers, identity-searchers, wheeler-dealers, sad underachievers, and defiant underachievers--and offer parents and teachers simple steps for helping each type get back on the achievement track. HARVEY P. Num Pages: 292 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JFSP2; JNC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 143 x 19. Weight in Grams: 432.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc Dublin, Ireland
Edition
New edition
Number of pages
292
Condition
New
SKU
V9780471158479
ISBN
9780471158479
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 20.09

Paperback. .
Publisher
Transcript Verlag
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9783837622553
ISBN
9783837622553
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.40

Paperback. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBN; HBJF; JF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 141 x 11. Weight in Grams: 260.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231148375
ISBN
9780231148375
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.32

Paperback. Costume and clothes are the most visible means we have of expressing ourselves. This title presents the fascinating evolvement of costume and clothes throughout the period from 15th century to the present day. Series: History. Num Pages: 32 pages, 52 colour 15 b/w images. BIC Classification: AKTA; HBTB; JFCK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 171 x 4. Weight in Grams: 166.
Publisher
Pitkin Guides
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841651026
ISBN
9781841651026
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 8.07

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 140 colour illus. BIC Classification: AKTH; JFCK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 428 x 246 x 19. Weight in Grams: 878.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472524249
ISBN
9781472524249
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 33.01

Paperback. In most parts of highland Ecuador, people still identify themselves as indigenous and as belonging to a particular ethnic subgroup by the clothes and ornaments they wear. This book offers insight into the role of costume-clothing, jewelry, and bodily adornment - in a society changing from a subsistence economy to one based on wage income. Editor(s): Rowe, Ann Pollard. Series: Samuel and Althea Stroum Books. Num Pages: 400 pages, 286 illus. BIC Classification: 1KLSE; AKTA; JFCK; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 204 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1225.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295977423
ISBN
9780295977423
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 86.40

Hardback. Using a wide variety of archaeological and archival evidence of indigenous clothing, jewelry, and hairstyles, scholars trace the history of costume in Ecuador from prehistory to the twentieth century. Series: Joe R. and Teresa Lozana Long Series in Latin American and Latino Art and Culture. Num Pages: 382 pages, 9 color and 194 b&w photos, 7 line drawings, 8 maps, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KLSE; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 33. Weight in Grams: 816.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
382
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292725911
ISBN
9780292725911
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.93

Paperback. Num Pages: 592 pages, black & white illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: HPK; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 33. Weight in Grams: 580. Intimations of a New World View. 592 pages, black & white illustrations throughout. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: HPK; JFCX. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 33. Weight: 600.
Publisher
Plume
Number of pages
592
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780452288591
ISBN
9780452288591
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.20

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JHMP; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 131 x 198 x 11. Weight in Grams: 230.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816627318
ISBN
9780816627318
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.37

Paperback. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JPA; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816630684
ISBN
9780816630684
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.48

Paperback. Told through a range of characters and events, this title illuminates many aspects of Jewish life in the area: the high profile of Jewish women, extraordinary achievements in the business world, the cultural creativity of the second generation, the bitter debate about the proper response to the Holocaust and Zionism, and more. Num Pages: 464 pages, 38 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; JFC; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 31. Weight in Grams: 692.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520271302
ISBN
9780520271302
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.98

Paperback. Cosmopolitanism is a key concept in social and political thought, standing in opposition to closed human group ideologies such as tribalism, nationalism and fundamentalism. Recent discussions of it have been situated within Western self-perceptions. This volume explores it from Muslim perspectives. Editor(s): Maclean, Derryl N.; Ahmed, Sikeena Karmali. Series: Exploring Muslim Contexts. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: JFSR2. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 159 x 12. Weight in Grams: 320.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748689859
ISBN
9780748689859
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.31

Hardback. Num Pages: 215 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st ed. 2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319525235
ISBN
9783319525235
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 113.32

Paperback. Fojas engages the work of Enrique Gomez Carrillo, the travel writings of Aurelia Castillo de Gonzalez, and Rodo's Ariel, which share a common principle of the practical application of cosmopolitanism. They sometimes conceptualize models of hospitality and sometimes fail, but keep the broken promise of utopist spaces and their imagined cities. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1K; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 331.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Purdue University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781557533821
ISBN
9781557533821
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.01

Paperback. Today, more than at any other point in history, we are aware of the cultural impact of global processes. This has created new possibilities for the development of a cosmopolitan culture but, at the same time, it has created new risks and anxieties linked to immigration and the accommodation of strangers. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 230 x 19. Weight in Grams: 360.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745653839
ISBN
9780745653839
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.94

Hardback. Today, more than at any other point in history, we are aware of the cultural impact of global processes. This has created new possibilities for the development of a cosmopolitan culture but, at the same time, it has created new risks and anxieties linked to immigration and the accommodation of strangers. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 236 x 24. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745653822
ISBN
9780745653822
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.21

Hardback. In this new book, Ulrich Beck develops his now widely used concepts of second modernity, risk society and reflexive sociology into a radical new sociological analysis of the cosmopolitan implications of globalization. Num Pages: 212 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 483.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
212
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745633985
ISBN
9780745633985
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.21

Hardcover. How are we to live with the wide varieties of sexuality and gender found across the rapidly changing global order? Whilst some countries have legislated in favour of same-sex marriage and the United Nations makes declarations about gender and sexual equality, many countries across the world employ punitive responses to such differences. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JFSK; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 140 x 51. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Polity Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745670997
ISBN
9780745670997
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.21

Paperback. How are we to live with the wide varieties of sexuality and gender found across the rapidly changing global order? Whilst some countries have legislated in favour of same-sex marriage and the United Nations makes declarations about gender and sexual equality, many countries across the world employ punitive responses to such differences. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JFSK; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 140 x 217 x 25. Weight in Grams: 386.
Publisher
Polity Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745671000
ISBN
9780745671000
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.49

Hardback. Cosmopolitan Animals asks what new possibilities and permutations of cosmopolitanism can emerge by taking seriously our sharing and 'becoming-with' animals. It calls for a fresh awareness that animals are important players in cosmopolitics, and that worldliness is far from being a human monopoly. Editor(s): Nagai, Kaori; Jones, Karen; Landry, Donna; Mattfeld, Monica; Rooney, Caroline; Sleigh, Charlotte. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; JFFZ; JFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 22. Weight in Grams: 478.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st ed. 2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137376275
ISBN
9781137376275
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.24

Paperback. An ethnographic account of the logics and regimes of value propelling desires for transnational mobility-largely via human smuggling networks-throughout Fuzhou, China. Num Pages: 360 pages, 20 illustrations, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFFN; JKVM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 496.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822348061
ISBN
9780822348061
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Paperback. Bestselling author and highly respected BBC news correspondent Kate Adie brings a century of dramatic change for women in uniform vividly to life in this newly reformatted paperback edition of her successful hardback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 2x8. BIC Classification: 3JJ; JFSJ1; JWTU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 137 x 20. Weight in Grams: 260.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New Ed
SKU
KNW0008532
ISBN
9780340820605
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.49

Paperback. A thought-provoking examination of the causes and consequences of corruption, as well as ways to overcome it, Corruption: What Everyone Needs to Know(R) provides a wide-ranging overview of the key questions and issues. Series: What Everyone Needs to Know. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: JFFX; JPZ; KCP; KJG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190463977
ISBN
9780190463977
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.50

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