Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Hardback. "Tracing what the library has meant since its beginning, examining how its significance has shifted, and pondering its importance in the twenty-first century, significant contributors--including the librarian of the Congress and the former executive director of the HathiTrust--present a cultural history of the library"--Dust jacket flap. Editor(s): Crawford, Alice. Num Pages: 336 pages, 33 halftones. BIC Classification: GL; JFC; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 166 x 243 x 27. Weight in Grams: 656.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691166391
- ISBN
- 9780691166391
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 35.96
€ 50.99
€ 35.96
Paperback. Editor(s): Crawford, Alice. Num Pages: 336 pages, 26 color illus. 6 halftones. BIC Classification: GLM; JFC; JFD; KNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691175744
- ISBN
- 9780691175744
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.68
€ 24.99
€ 18.68
Paperback. This work throws new light on the nature and origins of ideas of racial difference. It reconstructs the evolution of the modern discourse of race and investigates its meaning in contemporary society. It presents a critique of postmodern theories of cultural "difference". Num Pages: 336 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCX; JFF; JFSL1; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 515.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- 1996th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333628584
- ISBN
- 9780333628584
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.87
€ 60.87
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- City Lights Books United States
- Number of pages
- 201
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872865808
- ISBN
- 9780872865808
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.54
€ 16.99
€ 15.54
Paperback. In 1785 James Boswell and Dr Johnson were trying to come up with a way of distinguishing human beings from animals. The beasts have memory, judgement, and all the faculties and passions of our mind, in a certain degree,' said Boswell, but no beast is a cook. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: JFCV; JHB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745646916
- ISBN
- 9780745646916
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.82
€ 25.82
Paperback. This work aims to present a controversial but persuasive analysis of alcohol and drug addiction: not as a biologically or genetically based disease, but rather an adaptation, however poor, to intrapsychic, family system, social and cultural environment. Num Pages: 224 pages, figures, references, index. BIC Classification: JFFH1; VFJK; VSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 13. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Edition
- 1998 Reissued Paper Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780787943820
- ISBN
- 9780787943820
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.07
€ 42.07
Hardback. Num Pages: 216 pages, 31 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNN; JFFN; JFSJ1; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803284616
- ISBN
- 9780803284616
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.55
€ 33.55
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFH; VXA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 312. The Cosmis Cycles Come Full Circle: The True Positive Mayan Prophecy is Revealed. 192 pages, illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: JFH; VXA. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 14. Weight: 312.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Weiser Books
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781578635337
- ISBN
- 9781578635337
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.99
€ 23.99
€ 20.99
Paperback. This twentieth-century history of Guatemala begins with an analysis of the Grand Tikal Futura, a postmodern shopping mall with a faux-Mayan facade that is surrounded by a landscape of gated subdivisions, evangelical churches, motels, Kaqchikel-speaking villages, and some of the most poverty-stricken ghettos in the hemisphere. Num Pages: 328 pages, 8 photographs, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCG; GTF; HBJK; HBLW; JFFS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5906 x 3971 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822351313
- ISBN
- 9780822351313
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.51
€ 31.99
€ 28.51
Paperback. Path Beyond Technology. 224 pages, 20ill. Examines various aspects of the history of the ancient Mayan Indians. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1K; JFHF. Dimension: 227 x 180 x 8. Weight: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- Bear & Company
- Edition
- Original ed.
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780939680382
- ISBN
- 9780939680382
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.81
€ 19.99
€ 19.81
Paperback. Reveals the Mayan calendar to be a spiritual device that describes the evolution of human consciousness from ancient times into the future. Num Pages: 320 pages, 93 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCG; JFSL9; PGZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 414. 288 pages, 68 b&w illustrations. Reveals the Mayan calendar to be a spiritual device that describes the evolution of human consciousness from ancient times into the future. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KLCG; JFSL9; PGZ. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 19. Weight: 414.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Inner Traditions Bear and Company
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781591430285
- ISBN
- 9781591430285
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 23.85
€ 25.99
€ 23.85
Hardcover. Reviews and analyzes the impact of the May 1968 events in France, initially through a narrative account of the events themselves and then through a systematic survey of the various manners in which they have been interpreted and reproduced in France - in political, sociological and fictional texts. Num Pages: 219 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJPK; JFC; JH; JPWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- 1993rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333497579
- ISBN
- 9780333497579
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 187.25
€ 187.25
Hardback. Num Pages: 176 pages, 1 line drawings, 1 tables. BIC Classification: JFSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231149488
- ISBN
- 9780231149488
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.43
€ 37.99
€ 27.43
Hardback. This collection opens up spaces where lives end, bodies are disposed of and memories generated: hospitals, hospices, care homes, coroners' courts, funeral premises, cemeteries, roadsides, the spirit world. Using material culture studies it illuminates the ways human beings make meaningful the challenges of death, dying and bereavement. Editor(s): Hockey, Jenny; Komaromy, Carol; Woodthorpe, Kate. Num Pages: 285 pages, 18 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JHBZ; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 285
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230224162
- ISBN
- 9780230224162
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.35
€ 122.35
Paperback. Drawing on research and models from anthropology, material culture and art history, this study explores topics as diverse as Inka stonework, cork platforms for shoes and the Christian Eucharist. Editor(s): Anderson, Christy; Dunlop, Anne; Smith, Pamela H. Series: Studies in Design & Material Culture. Num Pages: 368 pages, 75 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ACN; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 170. .
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784992828
- ISBN
- 9781784992828
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 32.85
€ 33.99
€ 32.85
Paperback. Miller shows how our brains are the products of sexual selection, rather than natural selection and how this alters and illuminates our understanding of intelligence, art, language, mortality, sex and the differences between men and women. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JMU; VFVC; VSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 35. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Number of pages
- 544
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099288244
- ISBN
- 9780099288244
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.47
€ 17.99
€ 13.47
The Maternal Wall. Research and Policy Perspectives on Discrimination ...
. Ed(S): Biernat, Monica; Crosby, Faye J.; Wi...
Paperback. Over the years, the feminist revolution has brought a lot of changes. There is evidence that the glass ceiling is being shattered. For one particular group, however, gender equity remains elusive. That group is working mothers. This title deals with the topic of working mothers. It discusses various aspects of the problem of the maternal wall. Editor(s): Biernat, Monica; Crosby, Faye J.; Williams, Joan C. Series: Journal of Social Issues (JOSI). Num Pages: 248 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405130486
- ISBN
- 9781405130486
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.80
€ 52.80
Paperback. A new approach to knowledge and to aspects of knowing Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253221964
- ISBN
- 9780253221964
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.02
€ 25.99
€ 24.02
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Number of pages
- 303
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814790687
- ISBN
- 9780814790687
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.51
€ 32.99
€ 29.51
Hardcover. Situates contemporary genomics within a history of genetics research yet is attentive to the new ways in which knowledge claims about heredity, race, and gender emerge and are articulated Series: Biopolitics. Num Pages: 303 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFH; JHMC; PSAK1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 303
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814790670
- ISBN
- 9780814790670
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 91.38
€ 91.38
Paperback. * An original examination of the effects of consumer culture on children. * Draws on a major study the author was commissioned to lead for the UK Government on this topic. * Written by one of the world's top scholars on childhood and media/culture. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JFFT; JFSP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 21. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745647715
- ISBN
- 9780745647715
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.00
€ 27.00
Paperback. Describes the youth culture of Japan, drawing comparisons with the interests and activities pursued by teenagers in the United States and the contrasting attitudes of adults in Japan and the U.S. towards adolescence. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JFSP2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 68.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520089402
- ISBN
- 9780520089402
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.73
€ 36.99
€ 26.73
Paperback. Num Pages: 464 pages, 79 halftones. BIC Classification: HBLL; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691171319
- ISBN
- 9780691171319
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.50
€ 38.50
paperback. Num Pages: 210 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ; VFV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 186 x 127 x 17. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Amber-Allen Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781878424426
- ISBN
- 9781878424426
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 13.23
€ 15.99
€ 13.23