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Society & culture: general
Paperback. How does a so-called bad neighborhood go about changing its reputation? Is it simply a matter of improving material conditions or picking the savviest marketing strategy? What kind of role can or should the arts play in that process? This title examines one neighborhood's fight to erase the stigma of devastation. Num Pages: 248 pages, 23 halftones, 2 maps, 2 line drawings, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; JFC; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 299.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226894324
- ISBN
- 9780226894324
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 32.34
€ 41.99
€ 32.34
Hardback. * This book offers an important and original contribution to feminist theory* It is wide--ranging, covering a number of key figures from both the continental and analytic tradition* The author is well--known and respected in this field. . Num Pages: 250 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ; JFC; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 505.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745615547
- ISBN
- 9780745615547
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.40
€ 72.40
Hardback. Editor(s): Cantwell, Christopher D.; Carter, Heath W.; Drake, Janine Giordano. Series: Working Class in American History. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: HRAM2; JFSR; JP; KNXB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 237 x 22. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252039997
- ISBN
- 9780252039997
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.40
€ 117.40
Paperback. Editor(s): Cantwell, Christopher D.; Carter, Heath W.; Drake, Janine Giordano. Series: Working Class in American History. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HRAM2; JFSR; JP; KNXB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 27. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252081484
- ISBN
- 9780252081484
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.31
€ 30.99
€ 27.31
The Perversion of Autonomy: Coercion and Constraints in a Liberal Soci...
Gaylin, Willard; Jennings, Bruce
paperback. Investigate the contentious intersections of interdependence and autonomy, rights and public responsibility. This title examines the abrasion occurring between America's tradition of personal freedom and privacy, as it rubs against the still valuable if almost vanishing ideals of sacrifice and social order. Num Pages: 304 pages, bibliographical references , index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFF; JKS; JPFK; MBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Edition
- Revised and Expanded
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780878409068
- ISBN
- 9780878409068
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.45
€ 72.45
Paperback. An interdisciplinary anthology of work from and about Peru, including nonfiction, poetry, journalism, history, and cultural analysis, that includes many primary resources never before published in English Editor(s): Starn, Orin; Degregori, Carlos Ivan; Kirk, Robin. Series: The Latin America Readers. Num Pages: 600 pages, 62 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 154 x 39. Weight in Grams: 850.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 600
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- Second Edition, Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822336495
- ISBN
- 9780822336495
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
€ 32.99
€ 29.60
Paperback. Having been sobered by this thought, the student may ponder what more might conceivably be done to reduce the incidence of that endemic economic and social disease."-from the Preface Num Pages: 144 pages, 6, 6 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFA; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 9. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801871306
- ISBN
- 9780801871306
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.53
€ 32.53
Paperback. The recent focus on reducing child poverty stems mainly from worries about the future consequences of poverty on children's later achievement. This report explores the link between childhood poverty and poverty later in life, and asks whether this link has grown stronger or weaker in recent decades. Free PDF available at www.jrf.org.uk Num Pages: 64 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 298 x 193 x 5. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 64
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861348524
- ISBN
- 9781861348524
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 24.38
€ 24.99
€ 24.38
Hardback. In this timely new book Wellmer intervenes in the highly topical debates on modernity and post--modernity. Discussing the work of Adorno, Habermas, Peter Burger and Jean--Francois Lyotard, among others, he offers a penetrating analysis of the aesthetic, ethical and philosophical dimensions of the modern era. Num Pages: 236 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPCF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745605388
- ISBN
- 9780745605388
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.21
€ 72.21
Hardcover. Despite centuries of campaigning, women still earn less and have less power than men. Equality remains a goal not yet reached. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745689913
- ISBN
- 9780745689913
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.50
€ 66.50
Paperback. Despite centuries of campaigning, women still earn less and have less power than men. Equality remains a goal not yet reached. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 139 x 216 x 19. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Publisher
- Polity
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745689920
- ISBN
- 9780745689920
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.23
€ 23.23
Paperback. While the caste system has been formally abolished under the Indian constitution, according to official statistics, every 18 minutes a crime is committed in India on a member of the dalit caste. This book explodes the myth that caste is a feudal relic, and argues that it has been well assimilated by both capitalist India and globalising India. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFFJ; JFSC; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 142 x 13. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Zed Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848134492
- ISBN
- 9781848134492
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 30.90
€ 36.99
€ 30.90
paperback. In 2004, one of the region's notorious paramilitary groups famously arrested and killed a young woman named Thangjam Manorama. This title takes its inspiration from the mass demonstrations that arose after her death and the unprecedented protests against the violence that has wracked the area. Editor(s): Gill, Preeti. Num Pages: 516 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 133 x 21. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Zubaan India
- Number of pages
- 516
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9789381017951
- ISBN
- 9789381017951
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.52
€ 40.99
€ 31.52
Hardcover. This text offers a rich investigation, both historical and ethnographic, of conflicting and transforming attitudes toward festivals in contemporary Egypt. Num Pages: 296 pages, ill. BIC Classification: JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815633006
- ISBN
- 9780815633006
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 55.99
€ 55.99
Paperback. Caroline Dick asks how group identity claims, especially in the courts, obscure significant intragroup differences. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSL9; LNDC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774820639
- ISBN
- 9780774820639
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.92
€ 34.99
€ 31.92
Paperback. * As is an anthropologist, Barfield succeeds in testing abstract models of society against the detailed historical record* The author has an accessible, narrative style. . Series: Studies in Social Discontinuity. Num Pages: 342 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLA; HBLC; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Publisher
- Basil Blackwell Inc, US United States
- Number of pages
- 342
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557863249
- ISBN
- 9781557863249
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 45.78
€ 45.99
€ 45.78
Paperback. Num Pages: 323 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JF; PNR; TC; TDCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Publisher
- Springer
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1992
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789401050159
- ISBN
- 9789401050159
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 124.65
€ 124.65
Hardback. This book reflects on the aftermath of shifts encountered in the maturing of digital culture in areas of critical theory and artistic practices, focusing on the awareness that contemporary subjectivity is one that dwells within both the virtual and the real. Editor(s): Causey, Matthew; Meehan, Emma; O'Dwyer, Neill. Series: Palgrave Studies in Performance and Technology. Num Pages: 264 pages, 22 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AB; AN; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 2015th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137438157
- ISBN
- 9781137438157
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.97
€ 134.97
Paperback. The Perfect Baby is the most popular introduction to ethical issues in genetics. This new edition has been updated to discuss and debate advances in high tech reproduction, genetic testing, gene therapy, human cloning, and stem cell research. It includes a new epilogue by cloning pioneer Ian Wilmut and Glenn McGee. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: JF; MBDC; MFK; MFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847697595
- ISBN
- 9780847697595
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.49
€ 34.49
Paperback. Beginning with Vera Lynn's 'We'll Meet Again', a song that reassured a nation parted from their loved ones by the turmoil of war, and culminating with the manic energy of 'Bonkers', Dizzee Rascal's anthem for the push and rush of the 21st century, this is an entertaining tour of Britain's popular music, and how it reflects society and the times. Num Pages: 448 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; AVGP; HBTB; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 31. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Publisher
- Ebury Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780091933807
- ISBN
- 9780091933807
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.54
€ 23.99
€ 16.54
Hardback. Bernhard Rieger reveals how a car commissioned by Hitler and designed by Ferdinand Porsche became a global commodity on a par with Coca-Cola. The Beetle's success hinged on its uncanny ability to capture the imaginations of executives, engineers, advertisers, car collectors, suburbanites, hippies, and everyday drivers across nations and cultures. Num Pages: 384 pages, 28 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJ; HBLW; HBTB; JFC; KNDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 144 x 32. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674050914
- ISBN
- 9780674050914
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.74
€ 34.99
€ 29.74
Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 128 x 35. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Publisher
- Trinacria Editions LLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780615796949
- ISBN
- 9780615796949
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 37.57
€ 44.99
€ 37.57
Paperback. A picture of Philadelphia radically different from the conventional portrait of a staid old city, corrupt and contented. The men and women of Philadelphia who emerge in these pages are anything but staid, and certainly not contented. Editor(s): Davis, Allen F.; Haller, Mark H. Series: Pennsylvania Paperbacks. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812216707
- ISBN
- 9780812216707
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.12
€ 37.99
€ 34.12
"A major contribution to the historiography of the New Left in the United Sates."-Journal of American History Num Pages: 288 pages, 22 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFSL; JPA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 161 x 232 x 25. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812237153
- ISBN
- 9780812237153
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.73
€ 73.73