×


 x 

Shopping cart

Society & culture: general

Results 30745 - 30768 of 32173

Society & culture: general

Hardback. When Alfred Kinsey's studies "Sexual Behavior in the Human Male" and "Sexual Behavior in the Human Female" appeared in 1948 and 1953, their data spurred an unprecedented public discussion of the nation's sexual practices and ideologies. This work examines national debates about sexuality, gender, and Americanness after World War II. Num Pages: 305 pages, 17 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
305
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520238350
ISBN
9780520238350
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.37
€ 64.45

Hardback. Editor(s): Liste-Noya, Jose; Barros-Grella, Eduardo. Num Pages: 274 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 237 x 23. Weight in Grams: 578.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
Number of pages
274
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611470062
ISBN
9781611470062
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.63

Paperback. Written as a cultural weapon and a call to arms, Howl touched a raw nerve in Cold War America and has been controversial from the day it was first read aloud nearly fifty years ago. This study of Howl elucidates the nexus of politics and literature in which it was written and gives portraits of Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, and William Burroughs. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 388.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520246775
ISBN
9780520246775
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 23.09

Paperback. From "The Next Generation" and "The X-Files", to "Farscape" and "Enterprise", sci-fi television series in the US have multiplied since the 1980s. Jan Johnson-Smith shows how, in line with national political upheavals, this genre expands the myth of the Western frontier into deep space. Series: Popular TV Genres. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPR; APT; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 148 x 30. Weight in Grams: 408.
Publisher
I.B.Tauris
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9781860648823
ISBN
9781860648823
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 27.87

Hardback. American Routes provides a comparative and historical analysis of the migration and integration of white and free black refugees from nineteenth century St. Domingue/Haiti to Louisiana and follows the progress of their descendants over the course of two hundred years. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFFN; JFSL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190624750
ISBN
9780190624750
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 135.53

Hardback. Editor(s): Lavigne, Carlen; Marcovitch, Heather. Num Pages: 258 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; APT; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 536.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Lexington Books United States
Number of pages
258
Condition
New
SKU
V9780739146729
ISBN
9780739146729
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.93

Hardback. Editor(s): Owen, Isabel. Num Pages: 95 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFC; JKSN1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 158 x 233 x 12. Weight in Grams: 294.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781634848725
ISBN
9781634848725
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 179.43
€ 133.98

Paperback. Num Pages: 408 pages, 24 color illus. 42 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJP; DSA; DSB; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 136 x 209 x 29. Weight in Grams: 560.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691173382
ISBN
9780691173382
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.43

Series: Cornell Studies in Money. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; HBJK; HBLX; JFFS; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 163 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801450990
ISBN
9780801450990
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 26.81

Hardback. One out of three Americans is now living at or below the poverty line, according to recent studies. How did this happen? Woody Klein explores the anti-poverty programs - or lack thereof - during each successive administration, explaining how and why no president thus far has been able to end poverty. Num Pages: 248 pages, appendixes; notes; bibliography; index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFA; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 503.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9781612341941
ISBN
9781612341941
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.63

Paperback. Examines a cycle of postfeminist films that adopt the conventions of romance. This book explores the symbiotic relationship between heterosexual romance and postfeminist culture. It offers a fresh perspective on both popular American romance films and postfeminist cultural criticism. Series: Traditions in American Cinema. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFN; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 324.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474405560
ISBN
9781474405560
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Hardcover. Examines the symbiotic relationship between heterosexual romance and postfeminist culture. The book argues that since 1980, postfeminism's most salient tensions and anxieties have been reflected in the American romance film. It offers a new perspective on romance films by examining the symbiotic relationship between romance and postfeminism. Series: Traditions in American Cinema. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 162 x 17. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748693368
ISBN
9780748693368
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.95
€ 102.99

Hardback. Articulates a new, post-ethnic American Jewishness Series: Religion in North America. Num Pages: 408 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 163 x 30. Weight in Grams: 718.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Edition
2nd
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253008022
ISBN
9780253008022
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 43.34

Paperback. On July 2 and 3, 1917, race riots rocked the small industrial city of East St Louis, Illinois. This title takes the reader beyond that pivotal time in the city's history to explore black people's activism from the antebellum era to the eve of the post - World War II civil rights movement. Series Editor(s): Finkelman, Paul; Barnes, L. Diane. Series: Law Society & Politics in the Midwest. Num Pages: 360 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; JFSL3; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780821418031
ISBN
9780821418031
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Paperback. Editor(s): Newlin, Keith. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DD; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 143 x 20. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566632997
ISBN
9781566632997
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.70

Russell Goodman tells the story of the development of philosophy in America from the mid-18th century to the late 19th century. The key figures, including Franklin, Jefferson, Emerson, and Thoreau, were not professors but men of the world, whose deep influence on American thought brought philosophy together with religion, politics, and literature. Series: The Oxford History of Philosophy. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPCD; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 243 x 166 x 26. Weight in Grams: 600.
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199577545
ISBN
9780199577545
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 102.32

"American Organic" analyzes the history and significance of organic gardening, farming, shopping, and eating as a cultural movement in the United States. Series: CultureAmerica. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFCV; TVG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 33. Weight in Grams: 825.
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University Press of Kansas United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700621330
ISBN
9780700621330
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.02

Paperback. Takes readers back to the Civil War's centennial celebration to determine how Americans made sense of the suffering, loss, and liberation a century earlier. The author shows how four of America's most incisive writers - Robert Penn Warren, Bruce Catton, Edmund Wilson, and James Baldwin - explored the gulf between remembrance and reality. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JFFJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 136 x 20. Weight in Grams: 396.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
328
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674725973
ISBN
9780674725973
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.53

Paperback. Scholars in the history of medicine, nursing, and public policy, those interested in the intersections of identity, work, gender, education, and race, and nurses will find this a provocative book. Num Pages: 272 pages, 6, 6 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSJ1; MQCW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 370.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801895654
ISBN
9780801895654
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 33.09

Paperback. Surveys the evolution of the idea of intellectual non-violence from the colonial era to the present focussing on representative movements and key individuals, including non-Americans like Monhandas Gandhi or Thich Nhat Hanh, who have helped form the idea of nonviolence in the United States. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: JFFE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Orbis Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781570755477
ISBN
9781570755477
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 31.09

Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFHF; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 24. Weight in Grams: 466.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc.
Edition
First Edition, First
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486796802
ISBN
9780486796802
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.25

Paperback. Details how Americans have traditionally relied on narratives to address what it means to be strong, morally responsible individuals and to explain why some people are more successful than others - in short, to help us make sense of our lives. This title argues that these narratives have done little to help Americans confront new challenges. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691138558
ISBN
9780691138558
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.81

Paperback. Probing the effect of the Vietnam War on the American self-image, the author uses popular culture, literature, and film to study how the myths and symbols of the war reflected the politics of Americans. Num Pages: 241 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 16. Weight in Grams: 442.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
241
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231058797
ISBN
9780231058797
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.35

Paperback. Explores how Islamic ideals of racial harmony and equality create hopeful possibilities in an American society that remains challenged by race and class inequalities Series: Religion, Race, & Ethnicity. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRH; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 478.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814748107
ISBN
9780814748107
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.86

Subscribe to our newsletter

News on special offers, signed editions & more!