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Society & culture: general

Paperback. Much is known about the media's role in conflict, but far less about the media's role in peace. Graham Spencer's groundbreaking study, now available in paperback, addresses this deficiency by providing a comparative analysis of the reporting of conflicts from around the world and examining media receptiveness to the development of peace. Num Pages: 221 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTJ; JFC; JFD; JPWL; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 215 x 138 x 13. Weight in Grams: 298.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
221
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230202290
ISBN
9780230202290
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.86

Hardcover. Although the impact of Hurricane Katrina has certainly been felt in political, economic, and social terms, the impacts on and of the media have largely been ignored. This book tells the stories of the reporters, newspapers, and broadcast stations most affected by Katrina and details their struggles to cover the aftermath. Num Pages: 250 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFD; JFFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 146 x 217 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230600843
ISBN
9780230600843
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.88

Paperback. Num Pages: 360 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 208 x 146 x 20. Weight in Grams: 470.
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1967
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252745393
ISBN
9780252745393
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.79

Hardback. Drawing on hundreds of unpublished court records, Marie Kelleher examines how women in the fourteenth-century Crown of Aragon engaged with patriarchal assumptions to shape their own legal identities, thus playing a crucial role in the formation of a gendered legal culture that shaped women's lives throughout Europe for centuries afterwards. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 232 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3H; HBJD; HBLC1; HBTB; JFSJ1; LAZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 239 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812242560
ISBN
9780812242560
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 77.06

Hardback. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: JF. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 709.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691155685
ISBN
9780691155685
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.62

Paperback. This fully illustrated report is based on the groundbreaking American Human Development Index, which provides a single measure of the well-being for all Americans, disaggregated by state and congressional district, as well as by race, gender, and ethnicity. Series: Social Science Research Council. Num Pages: 336 pages, 130 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 209 x 18. Weight in Grams: 810.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780814783801
ISBN
9780814783801
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.02

Paperback. Num Pages: 175 pages. BIC Classification: HRCV4; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 137 x 15. Weight in Grams: 181.
Publisher
Baker Publishing Group United States
Number of pages
175
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780800725181
ISBN
9780800725181
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.65

Paperback. Num Pages: 262 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCV; JFSJ2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 137 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
Publisher
Fleming H. Revell Company
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Updated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780800722388
ISBN
9780800722388
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.40

Paperback. Presents an approach to how culture works in societies. Exposing our everyday myths and narratives in a series of empirical studies that range from Watergate to the Holocaust, this work shows how these unseen cultural structures translate into concrete actions and institutions. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 472.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
307
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195306408
ISBN
9780195306408
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.46

Paperback. A study of machismo in Mexico City, this work overturns many stereotypes of male culture in Mexico and looks at how Mexican men see themselves, parent their children, relate to women, and talk about sex. Series: Men & Masculinity S. Num Pages: 362 pages, 20 b/w photographs, 2 maps, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JFC; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 496.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
10 Anv
Number of pages
362
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520250130
ISBN
9780520250130
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

Paperback. Focusing on the cultural meanings of whitemen in the Orokaiva society of Papua New Guinea, this book provides a fresh approach to understanding how race is symbolically constructed and why racial stereotypes endure in the face of counter evidence. It provides an analysis of whiteness and race in a non-Western society. Num Pages: 328 pages, 24 halftones, 2 maps, 4 figures, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 568.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
2nd Paperback Edition
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226038919
ISBN
9780226038919
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.92

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
€ 36.45

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
€ 18.92

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

€ 61.36

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
€ 15.58

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

€ 26.08

Paperback. Bernhard Weicht provides a multi-layered analysis of how we understand and construct care in everyday life, the meanings it has for ourselves, our families, our relationships, identities and our sense of society and what is right and proper, making an original contribution to the discussion of the nature of care ethics and its political potential. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSP31; JHB; JHBC; JHBK; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 216 x 19. Weight in Grams: 330.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st ed. 2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349445943
ISBN
9781349445943
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.94

Hardback. Bernhard Weicht provides a multi-layered analysis of how we understand and construct care in everyday life, the meanings it has for ourselves, our families, our relationships, identities and our sense of society and what is right and proper, making an original contribution to the discussion of the nature of care ethics and its political potential. Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSP31; JKSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 21. Weight in Grams: 448.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
262
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137274939
ISBN
9781137274939
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.67

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

€ 42.64

paperback. Series: Space and Society. Num Pages: 236 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 20 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JHBC; JPA; PDR; TRP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 373.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319381060
ISBN
9783319381060
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 126.98

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