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Society & culture: general

Hardback. Editor(s): Judd, Dennis R.; Simpson, Dick. Num Pages: 368 pages, 24 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 1KBBNC; 1KBBWF; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816665754
ISBN
9780816665754
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.31

Hardback. An internationally renowned architect, urban planner, and scholar describes the major technological forces driving the future of cities Series: The Future Series. Num Pages: 184 pages, 22 b/w illus. BIC Classification: JFSG; RPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 127. .
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300204803
ISBN
9780300204803
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.88

Hardcover. Series: Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books. Num Pages: 352 pages, 44 black & white illustrations, 5 maps, 6 black & white tables, 44 b&w illus., 5 maps, 6. BIC Classification: 1KBBWS; HBTB; JFFZ; PSVS; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 636.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780295999340
ISBN
9780295999340
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.12

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University College Dublin Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904558088
ISBN
9781904558088
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 37.97

Paperback. Tells the dramatic story of how the nation's second-largest city completed a major reform of its government in the face of a deeply threatening movement for secession by the San Fernando Valley. The afterword by the author analyzes the 2005 election of Los Angeles's first modern Latino mayor, Antonio Villaraigosa. Num Pages: 352 pages, 12 halftones. 23 tables. 2 line illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; JFSG; JPR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691126036
ISBN
9780691126036
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.64

Paperback. In 1996, an older woman in Lima, Peru - part of a group of women street sweepers protesting the privatization of the city's cleaning services - stripped to the waist in full view of the crowd that surrounded her. This title analyzes the ramifications of this act within the city's conflicted history and across its class divisions. Num Pages: 256 pages, 10 halftones, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; JFSG; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226280981
ISBN
9780226280981
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 28.58

Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, 74 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSG; JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 180 x 16. Weight in Grams: 578.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816665655
ISBN
9780816665655
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.40

Hardback. What do we mean by a city, beyond a built-up area with a sizeable population? This book examines the social meanings of cities - as places of work, leisure, night-life, danger, creativity, etc. - to contribute to understand how our lives are changing as more than half of the world s population now lives in cities. Series: Key Concepts. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 149 x 17. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745648897
ISBN
9780745648897
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.16

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
349
Condition
New
SKU
V9781479881345
ISBN
9781479881345
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Paperback. Explores "child circulation," informal arrangements in which indigenous Andean children are sent by their parents to live in other households. This title demonstrates that such an understanding of the practice is simplistic and misleading. Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 248 pages, 11 illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; JFSP1; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 232 x 158 x 17. Weight in Grams: 366.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822341970
ISBN
9780822341970
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.48

Paperback. With a precise and hypnotic intensity, Nawal El Saadawi pursues the conflicts of sex, class, gender and military violence deep into the psyche. Num Pages: 104 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 196 x 8. Weight in Grams: 126.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
112
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848132269
ISBN
9781848132269
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.44

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 23 halftones, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1H; APF; JFC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 367.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226775487
ISBN
9780226775487
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.52

Paperback. The Italian art cinema of the 1960s is known worldwide for its brilliance and vitality. This title argues for an understanding of that cinema as a negotiation between a national aesthetic tradition of realism and a nascent post-modern image culture. It is suitable for scholars and students in different areas of film studies. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 224 pages, 33 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJPK; APF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 235 x 23. Weight in Grams: 362.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822327998
ISBN
9780822327998
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.43

paperback. Num Pages: 360 pages, 40 halftones. BIC Classification: APF; JFD; UDB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 149 x 19. Weight in Grams: 467.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816635993
ISBN
9780816635993
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.43

Paperback. A gendered consideration of cultural change and the religious encounter among the Maasai. Num Pages: 336 pages, 29 b&w photos, 5 maps, 1 bibliog., 1 index. BIC Classification: 1HFG; HRCX7; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253217622
ISBN
9780253217622
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.21

Paperback. BIC Classification: HRAX; HRCM; HRCX4; JFSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
InterVarsity Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780830840663
ISBN
9780830840663
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 21.05

Hardback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: HRCC7; HRCV4; JFMA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 414.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442205772
ISBN
9781442205772
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.99

Paperback. When Spanish explorers and missionaries came onto Southern California's shores in 1769, they encountered the large towns and villages of the Chumash, a people who at that time were among the most advanced hunter-gatherer societies in the world. This title weaves together multiple sources of evidence to re-create the tapestry of Chumash society. Num Pages: 376 pages, 24 b/w photographs, 30 line illustrations, 17 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 230 x 28. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520271241
ISBN
9780520271241
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.06

Paperback. Why has Christianity, a religion premised upon neighbourly love, failed in its attempts to heal social divisions? This title delves into the late medieval soil in which the modern Christian imagination grew, to reveal how Christianity's highly refined process of socialization has inadvertently created and maintained segregated societies. Num Pages: 366 pages. BIC Classification: HRCM; JFSL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 149 x 21. Weight in Grams: 510.
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
366
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300171365
ISBN
9780300171365
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.82

Hardback.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
344
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691144870
ISBN
9780691144870
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.69
€ 53.22

Paperback. Series: The Princeton Economic History of the Western World. Num Pages: 344 pages, 4 line illus. 29 tables. 11 maps. BIC Classification: HBTB; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 168 x 21. Weight in Grams: 484.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691163512
ISBN
9780691163512
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.49

Paperback. This book examines how the social and cultural paradigms of contemporary Israel are articulated through the body, constructing a panoramic view of how the Israeli body is chosen, regulated, cared for, and ultimately made perfect. Series: Contraversions: Jews & Other Differences. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; JFC; JFSR1; JHMP; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 11. Weight in Grams: 259.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804750806
ISBN
9780804750806
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

hardcover. This book examines how the social and cultural paradigms of contemporary Israel are articulated through the body, constructing a panoramic view of how the Israeli body is chosen, regulated, cared for, and ultimately made perfect. Series: Contraversions: Jews & Other Differences. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; JFC; JFSR1; JHMP; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804732727
ISBN
9780804732727
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.93

hardcover. This is the story of how the women's movement in China took advantage of the government's official efforts to position women in the rural economic reforms of the 1980s to achieve a significant and ever-increasing role in China's developing turn toward a market economy, which was not the state's intent. Num Pages: 232 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; JFFK; JHMC; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804744058
ISBN
9780804744058
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.47

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