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Society & culture: general

Hardback. In this collection of essays, historians discuss the applications of evolutionary theory to cultural, social, economic and political phenomena. Contributors include anthropologist Donald Brown, archaeologist Albert Naccache and demographer Noel Bonneuil. Editor(s): Pomper, Philip; Shaw, David Gary. Num Pages: 320 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HBAH; JFCX; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 588.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742521605
ISBN
9780742521605
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 195.08

Hardback. The theme of scepticism has been central in the study of the history of ideas in modern times since Richard Popkin's and Charles Schmitt's works. This work, a collection of articles, is dedicated to placing the theme of scepticism within its philosophical tradition. Editor(s): Paganini, Gianni (Universita del Piemonte Orientale, Vercelli, Italy). Series: International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Idees. Num Pages: 495 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HPC; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 901.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
495
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402013775
ISBN
9781402013775
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 250.52

Paperback. The clever peasant Arnaud du Tilh had almost won his case, when a man with a wooden leg swaggered into the French courtroom, denounced du TiIh, and reestablished his claim to the identity, property, and wife of Martin Guerre. This book, by the noted historian who served as a consultant for the film, adds new dimensions to this famous legend. Num Pages: 176 pages, 9 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLC; HBLH; JFHX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 153 x 11. Weight in Grams: 212.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1984
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674766914
ISBN
9780674766914
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.71

Hardback. Brown demonstrates how Florentine thinkers used Lucretius--earlier and more widely than has been supposed--to provide a radical critique of prevailing orthodoxies. She enhances our understanding of the "revolution" in sixteenth-century political thinking and our definition of the Renaissance within newly discovered worlds and new social networks. Series: I Tatti Studies in Italian Renaissance History. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HBLH; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 167 x 17. Weight in Grams: 392.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
160
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674050327
ISBN
9780674050327
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 45.42

Paperback. Suitable for those who wish to understand the peril confronting Jews, Israel, and Western democracy as a whole. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: JFSR1; JPVR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 145 x 16. Weight in Grams: 300.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Encounter Books,USA United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
180
Condition
New
SKU
V9781594030895
ISBN
9781594030895
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.09

Bynum examines several periods between the third and fourteenth centuries in which discussions of the body were central to Western eschatology, and suggests that Western attitudes toward the body that arose from these discussions still undergird our modern notions of the individual. Series: ACLS Lectures on the History of Religions S. Num Pages: 384 pages, 35 illus. BIC Classification: 3D; 3F; 3H; HRCM; HRCS1; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 235 x 28. Weight in Grams: 817.
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231081269
ISBN
9780231081269
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 149.07

Hardback. Addresses the issue of whether, and to what extent, the opposition to Israel on the liberal-left embodies anti-Semitic stances. This book argues that the dominant climate of liberal opinion does, however inadvertently, disseminate a range of anti-Semitic assertions and motifs of the most traditional kind. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSR1. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 159 x 22. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742552265
ISBN
9780742552265
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.65

Hardback. Num Pages: 8 pages, illustrations, portraits. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSL3; JHBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 248 x 165 x 19. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
8
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813116747
ISBN
9780813116747
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.25

Hardback. Leveraging Big Data and 21st century technology to renew cities and citizenship in America The Responsive City: Engaging Communities Through Data-Smart Governance. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: JFD; JFSG; JPP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 237 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118910900
ISBN
9781118910900
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 30.77

Hardcover. Examines the challenges of social, moral, and legal responsibility faced by scientists. Focusing on moral responsibility, this work argues that scientists have a responsibility not to do work that has harmful outcomes and that they are encouraged to do work that prevents harm. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFMG; PDA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822943495
ISBN
9780822943495
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.83

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Broadman & Holman Publishers United States
Edition
Original
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781433671227
ISBN
9781433671227
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.12

Paperback. Num Pages: 376 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSP2; JMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 388.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Da Capo Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780738205687
ISBN
9780738205687
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 21.38

Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 136 x 19. Weight in Grams: 417.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761807797
ISBN
9780761807797
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 73.17

Hardback. The story of the global response to the HIV epidemic, told from the perspective of community organizers, activists, and people living with HIV in West Africa between 1994 and 2000. Series: Body, Commodity, Text. Num Pages: 256 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1HFD; JFFH2; MBNH; MBS; PSXM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 164 x 22. Weight in Grams: 503.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780822348627
ISBN
9780822348627
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 109.87

Paperback. The story of the global response to the HIV epidemic, told from the perspective of community organizers, activists, and people living with HIV in West Africa between 1994 and 2000. Series: Body, Commodity, Text. Num Pages: 256 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1HFD; JFFH2; MBNH; MBS; PSXM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 372.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
248
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822348740
ISBN
9780822348740
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.21

Paperback. Carefully drawing on interdisciplinary communication research, The Republic of Mass Culture presents a lively analysis of the shifting objectives and challenges of the media industries. Series: The American Moment. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 431.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
3rd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801883163
ISBN
9780801883163
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.19

Hardcover. Presents the voices of three musicians - queer nightclub star Zeki Muren, arabesk originator Orhan Gencebay, and pop diva Sezen Aksu - who collectively have dominated mass media in Turkey since the early 1950s. Using these three singers as a lens, the author examines Turkey's repressive politics and civil violence as well as its public life. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 280 pages, 7 halftones, 1 map, 20 line drawings, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1DVT; AVG; JFCA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 162 x 236 x 18. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226775050
ISBN
9780226775050
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 108.14
€ 89.84

Paperback. Presents the voices of three musicians - queer nightclub star Zeki Muren, arabesk originator Orhan Gencebay, and pop diva Sezen Aksu - who collectively have dominated mass media in Turkey since the early 1950s. Using these three singers as a lens, the author examines Turkey's repressive politics and civil violence as well as its public life. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 280 pages, 7 halftones, 1 map, 20 line drawings, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1DVT; AVG; JFCA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 164 x 226 x 13. Weight in Grams: 328.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226775067
ISBN
9780226775067
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 32.34

Paperback. The Republic of Elsewhere is a sequel to Carty's thought-provoking, critically acclaimed Intimacy with Strangers: a Life of Brief Encounters. It employs a similar structure of overlapping conversations and personal memories to reveal how leading writers see the world differently. BIC Classification: BM; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
Publisher
The Lilliput Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843516743
ISBN
9781843516743
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.00
€ 14.39

Paperback. Examines feminist critiques of medical knowledge and practice; and the legal regulation of pregnancy termination, conception and child-bearing, and behavior during pregnancy. This book demonstrates that the right to choice isn't an automatic guarantee of reproductive justice and gender equality. Editor(s): Ehrenreich, Nancy. Series: Critical America. Num Pages: 419 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; JPVH; MBQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 253 x 178 x 20. Weight in Grams: 750.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814722312
ISBN
9780814722312
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.86

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