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Society & culture: general

Paperback. During the Progressive Era, a rehabilitative agenda took hold of American juvenile justice. Alongside this liberal "manufactory of citizens," a parallel structure was enacted: a Jim Crow juvenile justice system that endured across the nation for most of the twentieth century. This title studies the rise and fall of Jim Crow juvenile justice. Num Pages: 352 pages, 1 line drawing, 9 halftones, 8 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; JFSL3; LNFQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226873183
ISBN
9780226873183
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 33.29

Paperback. Rewrites black feminism's theory of representation. This title offers an analysis and that moves beyond black feminism's preoccupation with injury and recovery to consider how racial fictions can create a space of agency and even pleasure for black female subjects. Series: Next Wave: New Directions in Women's Studies. Num Pages: 240 pages, 40 photographs. BIC Classification: APF; JFFK; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 324.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Duke University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822356202
ISBN
9780822356202
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.35

Paperback. This anthology on race in early cinema examines the origins, dynamics, and ramifications of racism and Eurocentrism and the resistance to both during the early years of American motion pictures. It addresses such subjects as miscegenation and assimilation and their impact on early cinema. Editor(s): Bernardi, Daniel. Num Pages: 350 pages, 66 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF; JFC; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 151 x 27. Weight in Grams: 621.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813522760
ISBN
9780813522760
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.45

Paperback. Part of a series, this collection contains essays delivered as papers, which focus on 18th-century British culture. Other titles in the series, by various authors, include "The Crisis in Historical Materialism", "The Freudian Subject" and "Alice Doesn't: Feminism, Semiotics and Cinema". Series: Language, Discourse, Society. Num Pages: 280 pages, 43 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; DSBD; JFC; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 364.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333482889
ISBN
9780333482889
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 69.35

Paperback. The author argues that the fascism possessed a coherent ideology with deep roots in European civilization. Long before fascism became a political force, he maintains, it was a major cultural phenomenon. Translator(s): Maisel, David. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCX; JPFQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
348
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691044866
ISBN
9780691044866
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.29
€ 42.46

Hardcover. Analyses the developments in critical reasoning that transformed the conception of tradition, authority, knowledge and power in the late Republic. Translator(s): Lloyd, Janet. Num Pages: 404 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 163 x 30. Weight in Grams: 730.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Edition
Translation
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521895781
ISBN
9780521895781
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 135.49

Hardback. Editor(s): Liu, Lydia H.; Karl, Rebecca E.; Ko, Dorothy. Series: Weatherhead Books on Asia. Num Pages: 328 pages, 6. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFFK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 237 x 23. Weight in Grams: 582.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231162906
ISBN
9780231162906
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.43
€ 89.47

Paperback. Editor(s): Liu, Lydia H.; Karl, Rebecca E.; Ko, Dorothy. Series: Weatherhead Books on Asia. Num Pages: 328 pages, 6. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFFK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 432.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231162913
ISBN
9780231162913
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.06

Hardback. Editor(s): Duncan, Sarah; Schutte, Valerie. Series: Queenship and Power. Num Pages: 306 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 3 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JB; HBJD; HBTB; JFSJ; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 21. Weight in Grams: 529.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137597489
ISBN
9781137597489
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.47

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 484 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFMA; JHB; MBNH4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 857.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691640815
ISBN
9780691640815
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 237.89

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Rochester Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580464895
ISBN
9781580464895
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 36.10

Paperback. Translator(s): Collis, Johanna. Num Pages: 288 pages, halftones. BIC Classification: JFHC; JPV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 236 x 26. Weight in Grams: 534.
Publisher
Clairview Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905570751
ISBN
9781905570751
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.21

Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: JFS; JHB; JPVK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 264.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300223842
ISBN
9780300223842
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.55

Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: GBC; JFH; WNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 171 x 28. Weight in Grams: 498.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062282750
ISBN
9780062282750
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.29

Paperback. In The Big Truck That Went By award-winning writer Jonathan Katz ties together the two crises that continue to cripple Haiti: the aftermath of the earthquake and government corruption. Asking the hard questions about Western aid, this is a vividly told narrative of how the affluent nations can help the less fortunate in a smarter way. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJH; 3JM; JFFC; JKSR; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 234 x 22. Weight in Grams: 352.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137278975
ISBN
9781137278975
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 19.75

Major criminal trials have fascinated the American public for centuries; this book is the first to explain their nature, and their role in society. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFD; LAQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 440.
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University Press of Kansas United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700620777
ISBN
9780700620777
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.09

Hardback. The Big Show looks at the role played by cinema in British cultural life during World War One. Hammond shows how the British film industry and British audiences responded to the traumatic effects of the War, and contends that the War's significant effect was to expedite the cultural acceptance of cinema into the fabric of British social life. Series: Exeter Studies in Film History. Num Pages: 316 pages, 20 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJF; APFA; HBTB; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
316
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859897587
ISBN
9780859897587
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.97

Paperback. Takes us underground to the sewers of NYC and London and overground, to meet the heroes of India's sanitation movement, American sewage schoolteachers, the Japanese genius of toilet technology, and the biosolids lobbying team. This title also proves that shit doesn't have to be a dirty word. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; VF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 252.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Portobello Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9781846270703
ISBN
9781846270703
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 8.89

paperback. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ5; JFSP31; JHBZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5182 x 3404 x 7. Weight in Grams: 227.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253020642
ISBN
9780253020642
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.58

Paperback. Kate Figes's offers a brilliant new take on the age-old pastime in this witty and enlightening miscellany of bitching. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JM; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 306.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Number of pages
288
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KLN0017645
ISBN
9781844082957
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.49

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