Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Hardback. For the Record focuses on the experiences of journalists, primarily in their own words, who worked in Rochester, New York, on the Gannett owned Democrat & Chronicle and the Times Union. Series: Communications & Media Studies. Num Pages: 181 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 1KBBF; JFD; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3233 x 5193 x 17. Weight in Grams: 429.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 181
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823221363
- ISBN
- 9780823221363
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.12
€ 103.12
Paperback. A piercing appeal against Islamophobia in France, in the steps of Emile Zola Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 274 x 11. Weight in Grams: 132.
- Publisher
- Verso Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784784867
- ISBN
- 9781784784867
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 13.84
€ 15.99
€ 13.84
Hardback. The funeral laments of Upper Egypt have an elaborate and ancient history stretching back more than 5,000 years. This book explores the performance, motifs and meanings of the laments and reveals their relation to myth, religion, cosmology and the ancient Egyptian funerary texts. Num Pages: 328 pages, 32 black and white integrated illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 1QDAE; JFC; JHBZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 168 x 24. Weight in Grams: 878.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 328
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848850507
- ISBN
- 9781848850507
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.31€ 94.57
€ 106.31
€ 94.57
Hardcover. This volume draws on disciplines as different as Psychology, Anthropology, History and Biology to explain when and why individuals act to promote their own self-interest and when they sacrifice their own outcomes so that others can benefit. Editor(s): Forsyth, Donelson R.; Hoyt, Crystal L. Series: Jepson Studies in Leadership. Num Pages: 186 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFP; KJMB; KJMD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 220 x 16. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 198
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230104037
- ISBN
- 9780230104037
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.06
€ 62.06
Paperback. Argues that, whether we like it or not, people acting for the glory of God have formed our modern culture. This book shows that the Christian conception of God resulted - almost inevitably and for the same reasons - in the Protestant Reformation, the rise of modern science, the European witch-hunts, and the Western abolition of slavery. Num Pages: 504 pages, 30 halftones. 13 tables. BIC Classification: HRAB1; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 154 x 31. Weight in Grams: 704.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 504
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691119502
- ISBN
- 9780691119502
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 32.90
€ 46.99
€ 32.90
Paperback. Based on research with 80 women, For the Family? debunks the myth that financial needs determine women's workforce participation, revealing that financial resources make it easier for women to remain at work, not easier to leave it. Num Pages: 248 pages, 4 b/w line. BIC Classification: JFSC; JFSJ1; JHBK; JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199791491
- ISBN
- 9780199791491
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Condition: New
€ 58.97
€ 58.97
Paperback. A study of how colonial and postcolonial legacies manifest in African cities and African urban planning Num Pages: 312 pages, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454. Changing African Life in Four Cities. 336 pages, 5 illustrations. A study of how colonial and postcolonial legacies manifest in African cities and African urban planning. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: JFSG. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight: 454.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 312
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822334453
- ISBN
- 9780822334453
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 30.18
€ 31.99
€ 30.18
paperback. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JKVP; JNA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 137 x 15. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816692767
- ISBN
- 9780816692767
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.18
€ 28.18
Paperback. This book demonstrates the international dimension of eugenic racial policy and of scientific racism over the course of the twentieth century. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBT; JFSL; JHBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137497000
- ISBN
- 9781137497000
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.37
€ 67.37
Hardcover. This book demonstrates the international dimension of eugenic racial policy and of scientific racism over the course of the twentieth century. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBLW; HBTB; HBTZ; JFFJ; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137286116
- ISBN
- 9781137286116
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.23
€ 63.23
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Career Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781601632883
- ISBN
- 9781601632883
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.51
€ 16.99
€ 16.51
Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, 16 halftones. BIC Classification: 1HBS; HRHP; JFSR2; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 374 x 20. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691165158
- ISBN
- 9780691165158
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.70
€ 40.99
€ 28.70
Hardcover. Presents a cultural analysis of the motor car in Germany. This work starts from the assumption that the automobile is more than a means of transportation and that its history cannot be understood merely as a triumphant march of technological innovation. Translator(s): Reneau, Don. Num Pages: 244 pages, 50 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; 3JJ; JFC; PDR; TBX; WGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 150 x 230 x 21. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520068780
- ISBN
- 9780520068780
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.60€ 48.64
€ 62.60
€ 48.64
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- University of Manitoba Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780887557286
- ISBN
- 9780887557286
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.03
€ 51.03
Paperback. Work has always been central to the African American experience. Whether as slaves or freedmen, African Americans have struggled to gain economic opportunity. This title analyzes the position of African American workers in the US economy and social order over the past century and a half. Series: African American Studies. Num Pages: 312 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Press of Kentucky
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813192598
- ISBN
- 9780813192598
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.22
€ 31.22
Hardback. A discussion of how Muslim NGOs function and their global impact in disaster relief and development that challenges stereotypes that Muslim NGOs are simply fronts for jihadist networks or backers of resistance groups. Num Pages: 356 pages. BIC Classification: 1QFM; JFSR2; JPWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 356
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849044325
- ISBN
- 9781849044325
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 46.89
€ 52.99
€ 46.89
Paperback. Argues for the restoration of humanist emphases to the projects of the left. Editor(s): Spencer, Robert; Alderson, David. Series: Marxism and Culture. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 137 x 215 x 18. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Publisher
- Pluto Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745336145
- ISBN
- 9780745336145
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 19.06
€ 23.99
€ 19.06
Paperback. Editor(s): Funnell, Lisa. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: APFN; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231176156
- ISBN
- 9780231176156
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.36
€ 37.99
€ 27.36
Hardback. Editor(s): Funnell, Lisa. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: APFN; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 672.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231176149
- ISBN
- 9780231176149
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.95€ 77.94
€ 103.95
€ 77.94
Paperback. Tells the little-known story of a highly celebrated auto-racing event for African Americans, the Gold and Glory Sweepstakes. These races were held in Indiana and throughout the Midwest during the racial turbulence of the 1920s and 1930s, when the Ku Klux Klan cast a shadow over the social and political landscape of the state and region. Num Pages: 240 pages, 45 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; JFSL3; WSPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 15. Weight in Grams: 397.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253219626
- ISBN
- 9780253219626
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.19
€ 17.19
paperback. Editor(s): Randall, Ronne; Ross, Mandy. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: HRJ; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 196 x 22. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Unknown United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780907123644
- ISBN
- 9780907123644
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.24
€ 13.99
€ 13.24
Paperback. A biography of Fannie Lou Hamer, one of the most important civil rights activists of the 20th century. It documents Hamer's lifelong crusade to empower the poor through collective action and the personal costs of her struggle to win a political voice and economic self-sufficiency for blacks in the segregated South. Series: Women in American History. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252069369
- ISBN
- 9780252069369
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 22.64
€ 23.99
€ 22.64
Paperback. For many Egyptians in the early twentieth century, the biggest national problem was a 'marriage crisis' heralded in the press as a devastating rise in the number of middle-class men refraining from marriage. This title explores how marriage became the lens through which Egyptians critiqued larger socioeconomic and political concerns. Num Pages: 200 pages, 4 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBE; JFSJ; JHBK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 18. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804769600
- ISBN
- 9780804769600
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 29.11
€ 29.99
€ 29.11
Hardback. For Better, For Worse explores how marriage became the lens through which Egyptians critiqued larger socioeconomic and political concerns under British rule in the early twentieth century. Num Pages: 200 pages, 4 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBE; JFSJ; JHBK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 20. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804769594
- ISBN
- 9780804769594
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.99
€ 123.99