Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Paperback. The world's largest and longest-running song competition, the Eurovision Song Contest is a significant and extremely popular media event throughout the continent and abroad. This title explores how the contest sheds light on issues of European politics, national and European identity, race, gender and sexuality, and the aesthetics of camp. Editor(s): Tobin, Robert Deam; Raykoff, Ivan. Series Editor(s): Scott, Professor Derek B.; Burns, Professor Lori; Hawkins, Professor Stan. Series: Ashgate Popular and Folk Music Series. Num Pages: 216 pages, Includes 11 music examples. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJP; AVGP; JFC; JFD; JPS. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 157 x 13. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 218
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780754658795
- ISBN
- 9780754658795
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.89
€ 57.89
Paperback. Spanning three centuries and four continents, from the late medieval period to the present day, this collection builds a picture of the practical and ideological issues surrounding women soldiers, and the ambiguous place they inhabit, uncovering in the process a remarkable continuity across cultures and periods. Series: Women & Men in History. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3H; 3J; HBTB; JFSJ1; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 398
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780582414389
- ISBN
- 9780582414389
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 93.25
€ 93.25
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JFF; JHB; JHBA; JPWS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 247 x 21. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138702073
- ISBN
- 9781138702073
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.21
€ 53.21
Paperback. This bookproposes a new theoretical framework for the study of immigration. It examines four major issues informing current sociological studies of immigration: mechanisms and effects of international migration, processes of immigrants' assimilation and transnational engagements, and the adaptation patterns of the second generation. Num Pages: 302 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KB; JFFN; JFSL; JPS; JPVR. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230321762
- ISBN
- 9780230321762
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 104.97€ 66.13
€ 104.97
€ 66.13
Paperback. This groundbreaking study focuses on the importance of place, scale, and nation to the study of globalization. Series: Contemporary Societies Series. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: JFFS; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 210 x 20. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393927269
- ISBN
- 9780393927269
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.81
€ 26.99
€ 24.81
Paperback. This book explores sociological debates in relation to culture, taste and value. It argues that sociology can contribute to debates about aesthetic value and to an understanding of how people evaluate. Num Pages: 204 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; JFC; JFCX; JFSR; JHM; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- SKU
- V9781349477906
- ISBN
- 9781349477906
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.22
€ 63.22
Paperback. Suitable for historians of Europe, sociologists, political scientists, and those interested in French social history, this book demonstrates how French reformers grappled with social problems that are relevance and how they initiated a process that assigned to welfare state the task of achieving social cohesion within an industrialising republic. Num Pages: 344 pages, 15 b&w photos, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; JFF; JKSB; JPH; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3971 x 26. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822327929
- ISBN
- 9780822327929
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.48
€ 34.99
€ 31.48
Paperback. This work employs detailed historical narrative to argue about the establishment of factual knowledge both in science and in everyday practice. Accounts of gentlemen-philosophers are used to illustrate the study's claim that trust is imperative for constituting every kind of knowledge. Series: Science & Its Conceptual Foundations S. Num Pages: 516 pages, 12 halftones, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: JFCX; JHM; PDA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 27. Weight in Grams: 788. Civility and Science in Seventeenth-century England. Series: Science & Its Conceptual Foundations S. 516 pages, 12 halftones, 2 line drawings. This work employs detailed historical narrative to argue about the establishment of factual knowledge both in science and in everyday practice. Accounts of gentlemen-philosophers are used to illustrate the study's claim that trust is imperative for constituting every kind of knowledge. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: JFCX; JHM; PDA; PDX. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 27. Weight: 700.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 516
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226750194
- ISBN
- 9780226750194
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 36.57
€ 41.99
€ 36.57
Paperback. aeo Takes a sweeping account of labor history from a social perspective from colonial times to the present, chronologically arranged. aeo Addresses black, white, native American, male, female, adult and child labor into a single volume. Series: Problems in American History. Num Pages: 256 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JFSC; JHBL; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631207702
- ISBN
- 9780631207702
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.31
€ 56.31
Paperback. In the twentieth century Marxism challenged laissez-faire economics, psychoanalysis reinterpreted the processes of thought, and evolution discredited the idea of creation. These changes profoundly affected American Protestantism. Ferre examines the belief system that underlies what middle-class Protestants chose to read." Num Pages: 122 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 7. Weight in Grams: 191.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Popular Press 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780879724382
- ISBN
- 9780879724382
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.29
€ 17.29
Hardback. Num Pages: 460 pages. BIC Classification: GBC; HBTB; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 278 x 153 x 36. Weight in Grams: 817.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1976
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 460
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- SKU
- V9780231088534
- ISBN
- 9780231088534
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 145.81€ 110.24
€ 145.81
€ 110.24
Hardback. Num Pages: 412 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: GBC; HBTB; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 33. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1970
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd
- Number of pages
- 412
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231088510
- ISBN
- 9780231088510
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 145.81€ 109.50
€ 145.81
€ 109.50
Hardback. Num Pages: 436 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: GBC; HBG; HBTB; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 200 x 36. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1952
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 436
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Volume 2
- SKU
- V9780231088398
- ISBN
- 9780231088398
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 145.81€ 110.24
€ 145.81
€ 110.24
Hardback. A long-overdue challenge to the commonplace assumption that the Second World War was a period of consumer austerity in Canada. Series: Studies in Canadian Military History. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBWQ; JFCD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 0. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774823630
- ISBN
- 9780774823630
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.45
€ 113.45
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: HBLW; JFFS; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 153. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- Monash University Publishing Australia
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781921867385
- ISBN
- 9781921867385
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.27
€ 26.99
€ 20.27
Paperback. The author's childhood had been far from normal, but when she was just nine years old her life changed forever. He discovered that her neighbour was abusing her younger sister, Laraine - and there was a price to pay to make him stop. This book tells his story. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; BM; BTP; JFFE1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 149 x 20. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Publisher
- Ebury Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780091958442
- ISBN
- 9780091958442
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.70
€ 14.99
€ 11.70
Paperback. Editor(s): Glassford, Sarah; Shaw, Amy J. Num Pages: 356 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press
- Number of pages
- 356
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774822572
- ISBN
- 9780774822572
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 39.97
€ 44.99
€ 39.97
Hardback. A Short History of the Modern Media is a concise history of the major media of the last 150 years, including print, stage, film, radio, television, sound recording, and the Internet. Each chapter includes focus boxes to help students explore the ways specific genres and specific works have impacted the media and popular culture. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBT; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 164 x 19. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781444351415
- ISBN
- 9781444351415
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.41
€ 134.41
Paperback. A Short History of the Modern Media is a concise history of the major media of the last 150 years, including print, stage, film, radio, television, sound recording, and the Internet. Each chapter includes focus boxes to help students explore the ways specific genres and specific works have impacted the media and popular culture. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: HBT; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444351422
- ISBN
- 9781444351422
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 42.75
€ 42.99
€ 42.75
Paperback. Presents the narrative history of the Jewish people from biblical times to today. This book tells a dramatic story of change and migration deeply rooted in tradition, taking readers from the mythic wanderings of Moses to the unspeakable atrocities of the Holocaust; and from the Babylonian exile to the founding of the modern state of Israel. Translator(s): Riemer, Jeremiah. Num Pages: 440 pages, 92 halftones. 1 table. 5 maps. BIC Classification: HRJP; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 29. Weight in Grams: 604.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691154978
- ISBN
- 9780691154978
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 20.17
€ 29.99
€ 20.17