Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Paperback. Features the essays that consider how Western societies think about and use goods, how goods shape female, as well as male, identities, how labor in the family came to be divided between a male breadwinner and a female consumer, and how fashion and cosmetics shape women's notions of themselves and the society in which they live. Editor(s): Grazia, Victoria De; Furlough, Ellen. Num Pages: 443 pages, 44 b&w photographs, 13 tables. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; JFC; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 443
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520201972
- ISBN
- 9780520201972
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.19
€ 38.99
€ 28.19
paperback. In this text, Le Doeuff argues that the conceptual links between "masculinity" and "rationality" are deeply rooted in the public imagination and continue to have devastating effects on what women are able to achieve. Translator(s): Code, Lorraine; Hamer, Kathryn. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPK; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Routledge United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415928601
- ISBN
- 9780415928601
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Condition: New
€ 57.34
€ 57.34
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BT; JFSJ1; VFVC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Profile Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781254615
- ISBN
- 9781781254615
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Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.70
€ 15.99
€ 11.70
Paperback. Translator(s): Gladding, Jody. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 176 pages, 18 illus. BIC Classification: AC; HPN; JFCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 202 x 131 x 12. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231157216
- ISBN
- 9780231157216
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.36
€ 30.99
€ 22.36
paperback. Most would agree that American culture in the 1980s differed dramatically from that of the 1960s. Yet the 1970s is still thought of as a cultural wasteland. This text debunks this notion by examining a wide range of political and cultural phenomena. Series: New Americanists. Num Pages: 432 pages, 29 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPL; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 31. Weight in Grams: 699.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822321668
- ISBN
- 9780822321668
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.61
€ 33.99
€ 30.61
Paperback. An examination both of the arts as an expression of cultural attitudes, emphasizing court culture as a focal point and source of patronage, and also of developments in science, religion and political theory. It is suitable for upper school, undergraduate and Open University students. Series: Longman Literature in English Series. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; A; DSBD; HBJD1; HBLH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 400. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAC0002197
- ISBN
- 9780582493766
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. Many people are familiar with the German tales of the Brothers Grimm, but in the versions of picture books and Hollywood cartoons. This collection includes many German tales, such as "Rapunzel", "Snow White", "Rumpelstiltskin", "Hansel and Gretel", and "The Bremen Town Musicians"; and other tales like "The Seven Swabians" and "The Master Thief". Series: World Folklore Series. Num Pages: 328 pages, 33halftones, 30line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DFG; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 263 x 185 x 25. Weight in Grams: 834.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- ABC-CLIO United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781563089671
- ISBN
- 9781563089671
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Condition: New
€ 55.85€ 51.29
€ 55.85
€ 51.29
Hardcover. Colonel John Henry Patterson was an Irish-born soldier, lion hunter, bridge builder, East African game warden, author, man-about-town, and Zionist. This biography traces Patterson's life from his days as a British socialite to his command of the Jewish Legion of volunteers who helped drive the Turks out of Palestine. Num Pages: 280 pages, illustrations, notes, bibliography. BIC Classification: BGH; JFSR1; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815609278
- ISBN
- 9780815609278
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.71
€ 29.99
€ 26.71
Paperback. Identifies and explores the seven physiological life processes and how they relate to the healthy development of children. Translator(s): Kuettel, Nina. Num Pages: 180 pages, b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JHM; JMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 151 x 14. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Publisher
- Waldorf Early Childhood Association North America
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781936849345
- ISBN
- 9781936849345
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.21
€ 26.99
€ 20.21
Paperback. Series: Globalization and Community. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: JFSG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 139 x 215 x 20. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816697489
- ISBN
- 9780816697489
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.40
€ 30.99
€ 27.40
Paperback. Series: Conjunctions of Religion and Power in the Medieval Past. Num Pages: 224 pages, 2. BIC Classification: 1DSE; HBJD; HBLC; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 156 x 234 x 16. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780801474514
- ISBN
- 9780801474514
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.37
€ 26.99
€ 25.37
Hardback. Since the 1990s, there has been a resurgence of interest in single-sex education across the United States, and many public schools have created all-boys and all-girls classes for students in grades K through 12. This title provides an analysis of controversies sparked by efforts to separate boys and girls at school. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFSJ; JNKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520288959
- ISBN
- 9780520288959
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Condition: New
€ 95.07€ 72.70
€ 95.07
€ 72.70
Paperback. Since the 1990s, there has been a resurgence of interest in single-sex education across the United States, and many public schools have created all-boys and all-girls classes for students in grades K through 12. This title provides an in-depth analysis of controversies sparked by recent efforts to separate boys and girls at school. Num Pages: 238 pages. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFSJ; JNKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 210 x 140. .
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520288966
- ISBN
- 9780520288966
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.81
€ 33.99
€ 24.81
Paperback. This volume brings together essays by five scholars concerned with the senses and the anthropology of everyday life. Covering a wide range of topics from film to food, the authors describe ways in which sensory memories have preserved cultures otherwise threatened by urbanism and modernity. Num Pages: 158 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 10. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 158
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- Univ of Chicago PR ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226748771
- ISBN
- 9780226748771
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.41
€ 40.99
€ 31.41
Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801456664
- ISBN
- 9780801456664
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.28
€ 38.99
€ 35.28
Paperback. A collection of essays on the history of philosophy. It covers subjects such as the sixth century BC to the twentieth AD, from Homer to Wittgenstein by way of Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Descartes, Hume, Sidgwick, Collingwood, and Nietzsche. Editor(s): Burnyeat, Myles. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: HPC; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691134086
- ISBN
- 9780691134086
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.48
€ 46.99
€ 33.48
Hardback. Linguist, psychoanalyst and cultural theorist Julia Kristeva explores one aspect of 20th-century culture - rebellion - in this text. She illustrates the advances and impasses of rebel culture through the experiences of three 20th-century writers: Jean-Paul Sartre, Louis Aragon and Roland Barthes. Translator(s): Herman, Jeanine. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 288 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: DSA; JFC; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231109963
- ISBN
- 9780231109963
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.58€ 79.41
€ 104.58
€ 79.41
Paperback. Linguist, psychoanalyst and cultural theorist Julia Kristeva explores one aspect of 20th-century culture - rebellion - in this text. She illustrates the advances and impasses of rebel culture through the experiences of three 20th-century writers: Jean-Paul Sartre, Louis Aragon and Roland Barthes. Translator(s): Herman, Jeanine. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; JFC; JMAF; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 14. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231109970
- ISBN
- 9780231109970
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.32
€ 37.99
€ 27.32
Hardback. This book examines how Asian American fiction reveals with the limitations of identity while continuing to rely on its theoretical logic as the basis of oppositional knowledge and political practices. Series: Asian America. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 585. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804778701
- ISBN
- 9780804778701
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Condition: New
€ 72.10
€ 72.10
hardcover. This book is a fascinating analysis of news management in the 1780s that sheds new light on the role of the press in early America. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFD; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780945612155
- ISBN
- 9780945612155
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.68
€ 62.68
Paperback. This volume takes political, social and cultural approaches to the study of the Seljuq dynasty, shedding new light on a variety of subjects. Num Pages: 318 pages, black & white illustrations, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1FB; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 556. Politics, Society and Culture. 318 pages, illustrations. This volume takes political, social and cultural approaches to the study of the Seljuq dynasty, shedding new light on a variety of subjects. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1FB; JFSR2. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 16. Weight: 556.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 318
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748668571
- ISBN
- 9780748668571
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.12
€ 38.99
€ 35.12
Paperback. BIC Classification: JF; JMH; JMP; JMS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 190 x 13. Weight in Grams: 122.
- Publisher
- FSG Originals
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780865478237
- ISBN
- 9780865478237
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.80
€ 18.99
€ 15.80
Paperback. Written by a dyslexic college tutor for dyslexic students, this book contains a wealth of tips and advice to aid successful learning. With ways to improve reading, writing, numeracy and organisational skills, this book offers solutions to common problems and will empower students with dyslexia to help themselves. Num Pages: 128 pages, 2 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSP2; MMZL; VFJB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 21. Weight in Grams: 132.
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849056496
- ISBN
- 9781849056496
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.59
€ 19.59
Hardback. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: GBC; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 166 x 18. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Bucknell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611482300
- ISBN
- 9781611482300
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.07
€ 111.07