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Society & culture: general

Hardcover. What accounts for the persistence of the figure of the black criminal in popular culture created by African Americans? This title explores the rationale behind this tradition of criminal self-representation from the Harlem Renaissance to the gangsta culture. It traces the legacy of badness in Rudolph Fisher and Chester Himes' detective fiction. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCA; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 503.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226550350
ISBN
9780226550350
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.22
€ 79.61

Paperback. What accounts for the persistence of the figure of the black criminal in popular culture created by African Americans? This title explores the rationale behind this tradition of criminal self-representation from the Harlem Renaissance to the gangsta culture. It traces the legacy of badness in Rudolph Fisher and Chester Himes' detective fiction. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCA; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 227 x 21. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226550367
ISBN
9780226550367
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 28.08

Hardback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 27 illus. BIC Classification: CBV; DSB; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231149907
ISBN
9780231149907
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 82.44
€ 64.47

Paperback. An insider's account of the negotiations which ended the Rhodesia conflict and of the British role in South Africa in the period leading up to the release of Nelson Mandela. Num Pages: 169 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBJH; JFF; JFSL; JPS; JPSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 227.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 1997
Number of pages
169
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349254019
ISBN
9781349254019
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.45

Hardback. The Iroquois waged wars for a variety of reasons; while economic competition and rivalry for trade were important factors in Iroquois warfare, so were elements within their own culture. This book gives an overview of Iroquois warfare and explores major conflicts with an emphasis on how and why the Iroquois fought. Series: Modern Military Tradition. Num Pages: 216 pages, maps. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLH; HBW; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 485.
Publisher
ABC-CLIO
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Edition
Annotated edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780275984663
ISBN
9780275984663
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 78.89

paperback. Num Pages: 266 pages. BIC Classification: HRCV; JFSJ2; VSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. United States
Number of pages
266
Condition
New
Edition
Enlarged
SKU
V9781414326825
ISBN
9781414326825
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.12

hardcover. Num Pages: 260 pages, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRCV; JFSJ2; VSP; WSJS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 165 x 25. Weight in Grams: 463.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
SKU
V9781414326818
ISBN
9781414326818
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 25.38

Paperback. On December 5, 2004, the still-developing blogosphere took one of its biggest steps toward mainstream credibility, as Nobel Prize - winning economist Gary S Becker and renowned jurist and legal scholar Richard A Posner announced the formation of the Becker-Posner Blog. This book gathers the most important and innovative entries from the blog. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFF; KC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 232 x 25. Weight in Grams: 532.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Reissue
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226041025
ISBN
9780226041025
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 19.41

hardcover. Uncommon Schools explores the emergence of postsecondary institutions for indigenous peoples worldwide over the past fifty years. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 517.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804772105
ISBN
9780804772105
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.87

Hardback. Crete was a Venetian colony from the thirteenth to the seventeenth century. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, 19 tables. BIC Classification: 1DVG; 3H; HBJD; HBLC; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 163 x 239 x 28. Weight in Grams: 602.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812235623
ISBN
9780812235623
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.86

Paperback. " Examining the impact of digital media on surveillance, power and people's capacity for action, this book explores how people act, and are acted upon, in an increasingly connected world"-- Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTC; JFD; JPA; JPB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
246
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349326013
ISBN
9781349326013
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. Stowe's rich, panoramic novel passionately dramatises why the whole of America is implicated in and responsible for the sin of slavery Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DNF; FC; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 133 x 27. Weight in Grams: 306.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Wordsworth Editions
Condition
New
SKU
V9781840224023
ISBN
9781840224023
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.33

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The New Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781595589408
ISBN
9781595589408
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.21

paperback. A powerful account of America's first mass mobilization, revealing how the homefront tensions of World War I dramatically changed the modern American state. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBTB; HBWN; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 518.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199734795
ISBN
9780199734795
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.24

Paperback. Soo Ah Kwon explores youth of color activism, focusing on the political conditions that enable-and limit-youth of color from achieving meaningful change given the entrenchment of nonprofits within the logic of the neoliberal state. Num Pages: 184 pages, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL; JFSP2; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 12. Weight in Grams: 266.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822354239
ISBN
9780822354239
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.58

Paperback. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; HRAM; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 292.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
David Paul
Condition
New
SKU
V9780992667306
ISBN
9780992667306
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.48

hardcover. This book explores the significance of riots and public disturbances caused by marginalized youth with a migrant background in France and the Netherlands, and how their demands for recognition, justice and equal opportunities are voiced in uncivil, yet politically meaningful ways. Num Pages: 215 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSP2; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 415.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2015
Number of pages
215
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137480958
ISBN
9781137480958
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.65

Paperback. Examines the roles violence and terrorism have played in the exercise of democratic ideals in America. This book explores how crowds, rallying behind the principle of popular sovereignty and desiring to make law conform to justice, can disdain law and engage in violence. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFE; JPHV; JPW. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 228.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
152
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691138770
ISBN
9780691138770
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

Paperback. Editor(s): Hogg, Michael A.; Kruglanski, Arie; Bos, Kees van den; Levy, Sheri R. Series: Journal of Social Issues (JOSI). Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: JFF; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 12. Weight in Grams: 294.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118843635
ISBN
9781118843635
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.61

Paperback. Sharing a commitment to the theory of communication to Habermas' Theory of Communicative Action, Grant here issues a range of challenges to it. He critiques theories of dialogism and intersubjectivity, proposes a rethinking of the communicating subject in society and explores the new contingencies of culture and media in today's world. Num Pages: 214 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CBX; CFA; DSB; HP; JFD; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
214
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349355259
ISBN
9781349355259
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.81

Paperback. By providing an in-depth analysis of the news media's role in the American political system, Uncertain Guardians challenges us to re-evaluate much of what we take for granted as news consumers and to think about how to improve political communication. Series: Interpreting American Politics. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFD; JP; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801860362
ISBN
9780801860362
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.15

Paperback. A detailed look into the economic and political conditions of our present moment from a Marxist perspective. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 196.
Publisher
John Hunt Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785355004
ISBN
9781785355004
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 21.59

Hardback. A bold analysis of what happened when Canada attempted to extend group rights to Aboriginal people in the early 1980s and why it went wrong. Series: Law and Society. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFSL9; LNAA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774832380
ISBN
9780774832380
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 102.55

paperback. This book explores the sense in which the uncanny may be a distinctively modern experience, the way these unnerving feelings and unsettling encounters disturb the rational presumptions of the modern world view and the security of modern self-identity, just as the latter may themselves be implicated in the production of these experiences as uncanny. Editor(s): Jervis, John. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; JFC; JM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2008
Number of pages
242
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349355396
ISBN
9781349355396
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.05

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