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Society & culture: general
The Curious Case of Kiryas Joel. The Rise of a Village Theocracy and t...
Grumet, Louis; Caher, John M.
Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; HRAM2; JFSR1; JPVH; LNDC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152. .
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Chicago Review Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781613735008
- ISBN
- 9781613735008
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 26.39
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Paperback. Paul Mason's father was a policeman. He was also a member of a sadistic paedophile ring. He would keep Paul locked up and naked in a tiny cupboard under the stairs of their home before sexually abusing him. This cycle of abuse continued for several years and also affected his brother. Num Pages: 336 pages, 1 x 8pp b/w. BIC Classification: BM; JFFE1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 22. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845967895
- ISBN
- 9781845967895
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Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.88
€ 15.99
€ 11.88
Paperback. Argues that the multicultural legacy of colonialism perpetuates unequal systems of power, not by demanding that colonized subjects identify with their colonizers but by demanding that they identify with an impossible standard of authentic traditional culture. Series: Politics, History, & Culture. Num Pages: 352 pages, 7 b&w photos, 9 figures. BIC Classification: 1MBF; JFSL1; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822328681
- ISBN
- 9780822328681
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.51
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Paperback. Explores the concept of globalization in a variety of cultural settings, and its effect on world-wide cultural transformation of nation, place, race, class, ethnos and gender. Editor(s): Jameson, Fredric; Miyoshi, Masao. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 416 pages, 5 b&w photographs, 2 tables. BIC Classification: HPCF; JFC; JH; JPA; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 235 x 29. Weight in Grams: 712.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- Highlighting, Underlined
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822321699
- ISBN
- 9780822321699
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
€ 32.99
€ 29.60
Paperback. Shows how three notions of culture - as ethnicity, aesthetic, and marketing tool - reshape urban places and conflicts over revitalization. This book rejects the idea that cities have either a singular urban culture or many different subcultures to argue that cultures are constantly negotiated in the city's central spaces. Num Pages: 336 pages, 6. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 151 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557864376
- ISBN
- 9781557864376
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 44.69
€ 44.99
€ 44.69
Paperback. Num Pages: 480 pages, 24 b&w illus. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 230 x 35. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Publisher
- Zone Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- revised and updated edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781935408451
- ISBN
- 9781935408451
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.32
€ 37.99
€ 27.32
Paperback. His new epilogue is partly a guide for new historians to tackle the complexities of Cold War studies. Series: The American Moment. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801851957
- ISBN
- 9780801851957
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 26.89
€ 30.99
€ 26.89
Hardback. 264 pages, 2 tables. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; HBTB; JFCX. Dimension: 237 x 163 x 20. Weight: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231147163
- ISBN
- 9780231147163
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.22€ 79.12
€ 104.22
€ 79.12
Paperback. Are you writing about physical pain or mental pain? This is a book about the meanings we make out of pain. Num Pages: 354 pages, 31 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 150 x 228 x 22. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 354
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520082762
- ISBN
- 9780520082762
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.48
€ 38.99
€ 28.48
Hardback. Offers a view of opera buffa in the theatrical world of late-eighteenth-century Vienna. This book attributes opera buffa's success to its ability to provide 'sheer' pleasure and hence explores how the genre functioned as entertainment. It shows how the arias and ensembles convey a multifaceted picture of the repertory's social values and habits. Series: Princeton Studies in Opera. Num Pages: 312 pages, 54 music examples. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 2ADT; AVGC4; AVGC9; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 657.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691058122
- ISBN
- 9780691058122
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.09€ 97.61
€ 129.09
€ 97.61
Hardcover. Num Pages: 288 pages, 50 bw integrated. BIC Classification: JFFN; JHB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 224 x 149 x 32. Weight in Grams: 774.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Sew
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784533106
- ISBN
- 9781784533106
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 153.96€ 137.06
€ 153.96
€ 137.06
Paperback. Explores the complex constellation of factors that cause rural migration and determine its outcomes. Num Pages: 207 pages, 20 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 509. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 207
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292705920
- ISBN
- 9780292705920
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.82
€ 23.99
€ 21.82
Hardback. * Develops an exciting new cultural approach to the study of markets that helps to explain some of the puzzles and oddities in the way markets work. * Reveals the important and implicit role that cultural dynamics play in the way markets are organized and the way people operate within them. Series: Cultural Sociology. Num Pages: 180 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745647449
- ISBN
- 9780745647449
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.93
€ 65.93
Paperback. * Develops an exciting new cultural approach to the study of markets that helps to explain some of the puzzles and oddities in the way markets work. * Reveals the important and implicit role that cultural dynamics play in the way markets are organized and the way people operate within them. Series: Cultural Sociology. Num Pages: 180 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 14. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745647456
- ISBN
- 9780745647456
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.31
€ 23.31
Paperback. Num Pages: 720 pages, index, bibliography. BIC Classification: HPS; JFFJ; JFSL; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 42. Weight in Grams: 967.
- Publisher
- Chelsea Green Publishing Co United States
- Number of pages
- 720
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- Second Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781931498579
- ISBN
- 9781931498579
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 35.52
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€ 35.52
Hardback. From hunting ethics to animal rights to tensions between hunting sub-groups, this towering collection of essays address important historical and contemporary issues regarding the culture and practice of hunting. Editor(s): Manore, Jean L.; Miner, Dale G. Num Pages: 304 pages, 2 figures, 2 tables, 4 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFC; WSXH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774812931
- ISBN
- 9780774812931
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.37
€ 113.37
Paperback. aeo A 2000 year history of the linked histories of food, culture and regional identity -- from Roman antiquity to the present. aeo The first book of its kind. aeo Scholarly in its range of reference, witty and accessible in style. aeo Covers all the regions of Europe. Series: Making of Europe. Num Pages: 232 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1D; HBG; HBTB; JFC; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631202837
- ISBN
- 9780631202837
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.24
€ 52.24
Paperback. This illustrated survey of 600 years of fashion investigates its cultural and social meanings from medieval Europe to 20th-century America. It provides a guide to the changes in style and taste, showing that clothes have always played a pivotal role in defining a sense of identity and society. Series: Studies in Design. Num Pages: 304 pages, 100 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AC; JFCK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 169 x 14. Weight in Grams: 650.
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719041259
- ISBN
- 9780719041259
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.88
€ 26.99
€ 26.88
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, notes, credits, index. BIC Classification: JFC; JNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674179530
- ISBN
- 9780674179530
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.77
€ 34.99
€ 31.77
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781446273593
- ISBN
- 9781446273593
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.61
€ 53.61
paperback. The Spanish terms cursi and cursileria are not easily translated, but they refer to a cultural phenomenon widely prevalent in Spanish society since the nineteenth century. This book examines the social meanings of cursi, viewing it as a window into modern Spanish history and particularly into the development of middle-class culture. Num Pages: 424 pages, 19 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1DSE; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3887 x 27. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822329978
- ISBN
- 9780822329978
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.78
€ 33.99
€ 30.78
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1 b/w figure. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFD; KNTX1; UDBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 15. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199970780
- ISBN
- 9780199970780
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.79
€ 57.79
Hardback. Details colonial authority and progress in rural Africa Series: African Systems of Thought. Num Pages: 414 pages, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFGT; 3JJ; GTB; HBJH; HBLW; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 704.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 414
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253002150
- ISBN
- 9780253002150
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 91.05
€ 91.05
Paperback. Details colonial authority and progress in rural Africa Series: African Systems of Thought. Num Pages: 414 pages, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFGT; 3JJ; GTB; HBJH; HBLW; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 414
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253002082
- ISBN
- 9780253002082
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.51
€ 32.99
€ 29.51