Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Hardcover. This collection of essays explores the phenomenon of antiurbanism: the antipathy and fear of the city. Editor(s): Thompson, Michael J. Num Pages: 256 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFSG; RPC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 218 x 146 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230610590
- ISBN
- 9780230610590
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.23
€ 119.23
Paperback. Fleeing from the Fuhrer Num Pages: 192 pages, 140 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJG; 3JJH; HBG; HBLW; HBWQ; JFFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 248 x 13. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750961882
- ISBN
- 9780750961882
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.37
€ 19.99
€ 18.37
Hardback. Explores the range of institutional fads, analyzing the features of our culture that foster them, and identifying the major stages of the fad cycle - emerging, surging, and purging. This book examines the causes and consequences of fads and suggests ways of fad-proofing our institutions. Num Pages: 222 pages, 14 line illustrations, 15 text boxes. BIC Classification: JFS; JMJ; JPVK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 144 x 21. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520246263
- ISBN
- 9780520246263
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.13
€ 35.99
€ 26.13
Paperback. Series: Palgrave Studies in Modern European Literature. Num Pages: 261 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 359.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Number of pages
- 261
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349452125
- ISBN
- 9781349452125
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.75
€ 61.75
Paperback. Exposes the national stories which turn out to be pseudo events manufactured by the PR industry, and the global news stories which prove to be fiction generated by a machinery of international propaganda. This book shows the impact of this on a world where consumers believe a mass of stories which are as false as the idea that the Earth is flat. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: JFD; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Edition
- Paperback – 1 Jan 2009
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099512684
- ISBN
- 9780099512684
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.87
€ 13.99
€ 10.87
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: JFFA; JFSJ; JHBL; JKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 204 x 136 x 15. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195176018
- ISBN
- 9780195176018
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.95
€ 23.99
€ 21.95
Paperback. During post-WWI's economic revival, women emerged from an era of corsets, long gowns and formality to express their independence. This volume contains more than 380 images featuring hundreds of clothing styles of the era from the catalogs of Bellas Hess & Company, and The Charles William Stores,Inc. Num Pages: 160 pages, 384 black and white and color images. BIC Classification: JFCK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 217 x 282 x 12. Weight in Grams: 800.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764320750
- ISBN
- 9780764320750
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 24.89
€ 37.99
€ 24.89
Paperback. Editor(s): Dery, Mark. Num Pages: 355 pages, 12 b&w photographs, 4 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; UBJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 229 x 27. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 355
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822315407
- ISBN
- 9780822315407
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.35
€ 32.99
€ 29.35
Paperback. Investigates the ongoing politics, folly, and avarice shaping the production of increasingly widespread yet dangerous suburban and exurban landscapes. In this book, the 1991 Oakland Hills Tunnel Fire is used as a starting point to better understand these complex social-environmental processes. Series: Critical Environments: Nature, Science, and Politics. Num Pages: 272 pages, 37 b/w images. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; JFSG; RND; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520292796
- ISBN
- 9780520292796
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.51
€ 33.99
€ 24.51
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; JFCV; WBXN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Chicago Review Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781613747223
- ISBN
- 9781613747223
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.29
€ 20.29
Paperback. Explores representations of "monstrous" women in mid-Victorian literature, tracing male responses to the feminist movement of the era. This text argues that Victorian patriarchy was a fluid theory and set of practices through which Victorian men attempted unsuccessfully to fix gender definitions. Num Pages: 245 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan Dublin, Ireland
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333655788
- ISBN
- 9780333655788
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 118.57
€ 118.57
Hardback. Explores representations of "monstrous" women in mid-Victorian literature, tracing male responses to the feminist movement of the era. This text argues that Victorian patriarchy was a fluid theory and set of practices through which Victorian men attempted unsuccessfully to fix gender definitions. Num Pages: 245 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 465.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 245
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333655771
- ISBN
- 9780333655771
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.21
€ 119.21
Hardcover. In this unique and engaging book, Sue Pryce tackles the major issues surrounding drug policy. Why do governments persist with prohibition policies, despite their proven inefficacy? Why are some drugs criminalized, and some not? And why does society care about drug use at all? Pryce guides us through drug policy around the world. Num Pages: 193 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFH; JKVG; JPB; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 375.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 194
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230359703
- ISBN
- 9780230359703
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.06
€ 62.06
Paperback. In this unique and engaging book, Sue Pryce tackles the major issues surrounding drug policy. Why do governments persist with prohibition policies, despite their proven inefficacy? Why are some drugs criminalized, and some not? And why does society care about drug use at all? Pryce guides us through drug policy around the world. Num Pages: 200 pages, 1 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFFH; JKVG; JPB; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 12. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 2012 ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230359710
- ISBN
- 9780230359710
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.33
€ 61.33
Paperback. Violent movements opposing existing political orders erupted throughout nineteenth-century Europe, but nowhere was this revolutionary impulse made more dramatically visible than in Russia. This title presents English translations of the memoirs of five Russia's female revolutionaries. Editor(s): Engel, Barbara Alpern; Rosenthal, Clifford N. Num Pages: 212 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JH; BM; HBJD; HBLL; JFSJ1; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press United States
- Edition
- 2, reprint with new introduction and bibliography
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875806907
- ISBN
- 9780875806907
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.01
€ 26.99
€ 25.01
Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSG; JFSL3; JNF; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 33. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199836857
- ISBN
- 9780199836857
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.27
€ 57.27
Paperback. Representing a historical cross-section of performance and training in Western music since the seventeenth century, this book brings to light the private and performance lives of five remarkable women musicians and composers. Num Pages: 264 pages, 21 black and white photographs, 11 musical examples. BIC Classification: AV; BGF; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 235 x 19. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252080098
- ISBN
- 9780252080098
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.39
€ 32.99
€ 29.39
Paperback. Num Pages: 422 pages. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 150 x 30. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 422
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822307679
- ISBN
- 9780822307679
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.39
€ 32.99
€ 29.39
Paperback. Five Faces of Exile is the first transnational history of Asian American intellectuals. Espiritu explores five Filipino American writers whose travels, literary works, and political reflections transcend the boundaries of nations and the categories of "Asia" and "America." Series: Asian America. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMP; 1KBB; JFSC; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 445.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804751216
- ISBN
- 9780804751216
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.45
€ 32.99
€ 31.45
hardcover. Five Faces of Exile is the first transnational history of Asian American intellectuals. Espiritu explores five Filipino American writers whose travels, literary works, and political reflections transcend the boundaries of nations and the categories of "Asia" and "America." Series: Asian America. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMP; 1KBB; JFSC; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 549.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804751209
- ISBN
- 9780804751209
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.74
€ 126.74
paperback. Pulitzer Prize winner Sheri Fink's gripping and riveting true story of the hospital doctors who struggled to survive and maintain life in a New Orleans hospital ravaged by Hurricane Katrina. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBSL; 3JMC; JFFC; JFFH; JHBZ; JKSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 42. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782393757
- ISBN
- 9781782393757
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.42
€ 19.99
€ 14.42
Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 12. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- Academy Chicago Publishers
- Number of pages
- 232
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- 2nd Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780897333764
- ISBN
- 9780897333764
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 15.38
€ 15.99
€ 15.38
Hardcover. This book provides a sociological perspective on fitness culture as developed in commercial gyms, investigating the cultural relevance of gyms in terms of the history of the commercialization of body discipline, the negotiation of gender identities and distinction dynamics within contemporary cultures of consumption. Series: Consumption and Public Life. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFT; JHBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 392. Gyms and the Commercialisation of Discipline and Fun. Series: Consumption and Public Life. 248 pages, 0. This book provides a sociological perspective on fitness culture as developed in commercial gyms, investigating the cultural relevance of gyms in terms of the history of the commercialization of body discipline, the negotiation of gender identities and distinction dynamics within contemporary cultures of consumption. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFT; JHBS. Dimension: 226 x 148 x 19. Weight: 392.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230507494
- ISBN
- 9780230507494
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.39
€ 62.39
Paperback. BIC Classification: BM; JFFE; JFSP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 249.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Beacon Press United States
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780807044612
- ISBN
- 9780807044612
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.08
€ 16.99
€ 15.08