Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Paperback. Recounts the author's experiences in the cauldron of change that was California in 1969, including his encounters with some of the leading minds of that time. This book combines the author's accounts of his experiences with his own search for answers to fundamental questions about the human condition. Num Pages: 162 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; HBTB; JFCA. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 7. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 162
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845192754
- ISBN
- 9781845192754
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.27
€ 31.99
€ 28.27
Paperback. Tells how the California Indians lived in vibrant polities, each boasting a rich village life including chiefs, religious specialists and master craftspeople. This book emphasizes how these communities interacted with the state's varied landscape, enhancing its bountiful natural resources through practices centered around prescribed burning. Series: California Natural History Guides. Num Pages: 512 pages, 130 color illustrations, 3 line illustrations, 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; JFSL9; RNK; WN. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 185 x 116 x 33. Weight in Grams: 706.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520256903
- ISBN
- 9780520256903
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.28
€ 37.99
€ 27.28
Paperback. Tracing the history of seismology and the rise of the regulatory state and of environmental awareness, California Earthquakes tells how earthquake-hazard management came about, why some groups assisted and others fought it, and how scientists and engineers helped shape it. Num Pages: 352 pages, 1, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; JFFC; RBC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801889769
- ISBN
- 9780801889769
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.95
€ 40.95
Hardback. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 302 x 229 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1414.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Counterpoint United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781593765460
- ISBN
- 9781593765460
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 44.10
€ 49.99
€ 44.10
Clothing designers from California produced trend-setting styles in the mid-20th century. Adrian, Irene, Helen Rose, Jean Louis, William Travilla, James Galanos, Rudi Gernreich, and Lilli Ann fashions are shown in hundreds of color photos that display the originality and diversity of these American styles that spread around the world. Num Pages: 208 pages, hundreds of color photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; AK; JFCK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 286 x 223 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1596.
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764309403
- ISBN
- 9780764309403
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.28€ 38.86
€ 54.28
€ 38.86
Num Pages: 176 pages, 275 color photos, 65 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; AK; JFCK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 222 x 288 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1266.
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764312465
- ISBN
- 9780764312465
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 31.88
€ 48.99
€ 31.88
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSJ1; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Publisher
- Autonomedia
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781570270598
- ISBN
- 9781570270598
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.93
€ 19.99
€ 19.93
Hardcover. Why does contemporary calculation develop as calculation of the quality of everything? How should we consider calculation of quality and the relationship between calculation and enhancement of life? These and related questions are addressed through phenomenological investigation and a critical analysis of the social science debate. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JF; JHB; KCA; KJMQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230353749
- ISBN
- 9780230353749
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.84
€ 61.84
paperback. The immigrant case studies in this text - Ghanaian women learning English, migrant women sex-workers in our cities, East Asian women and sexual harassment, and Canadian aid workers in the South - all contribute to performa reality check for the notion of Canada as a "caring and sharing" country. Num Pages: 172 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 172 x 230 x 9. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Fernwood Pub Co Ltd Canada
- Number of pages
- 172
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781552661314
- ISBN
- 9781552661314
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.30
€ 26.99
€ 23.30
Paperback. The first history of Italian football to be written in English, 'Calcio' is a mix of serious analysis and comic storytelling, with vivid descriptions of games, goals, dives, missed penalties, riots and scandals in the richest and toughest league in the world. Num Pages: 592 pages, Illustrations map. BIC Classification: 1DST; JFCA; WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 146 x 40. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Number of pages
- 592
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- Updated Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007175758
- ISBN
- 9780007175758
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.16
€ 19.99
€ 14.16
Paperback. This is the first book-length treatment of the political causes and consequences of the Great Leap Famine (1959-61), one of the worst tragedies in human history. Num Pages: 368 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; JFFC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804734707
- ISBN
- 9780804734707
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 35.59
€ 37.99
€ 35.59
hardcover. This is the first book-length treatment of the political causes and consequences of the Great Leap Famine (1959-61), one of the worst tragedies in human history. Num Pages: 368 pages, 1 map, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; JFFC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 162 x 27. Weight in Grams: 705.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804725576
- ISBN
- 9780804725576
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 159.65
€ 159.65
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861891877
- ISBN
- 9781861891877
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.10
€ 36.10
Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, 15 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBE; AVA; HBJH; JFCA; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816689286
- ISBN
- 9780816689286
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 29.14
€ 29.99
€ 29.14
Paperback. Editor(s): Rizzo, Associate Professor of Sociology Helen (American University in Cairo). Num Pages: 141 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 216 x 9. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Publisher
- The American University in Cairo Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789774166563
- ISBN
- 9789774166563
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.09
€ 37.09
Hardcover. While tracing the historical emergence of the cafe as a social institution and noting its multiple faces and functions in the modernity of the occident, three themes run like threads of varying texture through the chapters: the social connectivity and inclusion of cafes, cafe as surrogate office, and cafe as site of exchange for news and views. Editor(s): Scambler, Graham; Tjora, Aksel. Num Pages: 219 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCX; JFFP; RGC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 219 x 149 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137275929
- ISBN
- 9781137275929
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.85
€ 128.85
Paperback. While tracing the historical emergence of the cafe as a social institution and noting its multiple faces and functions in the modernity of the occident, three themes run like threads of varying texture through the chapters: the social connectivity and inclusion of cafes, cafe as surrogate office, and cafe as site of exchange for news and views. Editor(s): Tjora, Aksel; Scambler, Graham. Num Pages: 208 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSR; JHB; JHBS; RGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349446438
- ISBN
- 9781349446438
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 128.24
€ 128.24
Paperback / so. Series: Nordrhein-Westfalische Akademie Der Wissenschaften. Num Pages: 40 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 170 x 3. Weight in Grams: 91.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- VS Verlag f?r Sozialwissenschaften United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 40
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783663000365
- ISBN
- 9783663000365
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.46
€ 55.46
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814708675
- ISBN
- 9780814708675
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.35
€ 32.99
€ 29.35
Paperback. Looks beyond broadcasting's mainstream, toward cable's alternatives, to critically consider the capacity of commercial media to serve the public interest. This work offers an overview of the industry's history and regulatory trends, case studies of cable newcomers aimed at niche markets, and analyses of programming forms introduced by cable TV. Editor(s): Banet-Weiser, Sarah; Chris, Cynthia; Freitas, Anthony. Num Pages: 384 pages, 19 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APT; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814799505
- ISBN
- 9780814799505
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.47
€ 33.99
€ 30.47