Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Hardcover. During the late 19th century, Baku was an important centre for collecting information on neighbouring Muslim countries. This tradition was maintained, resulting in an extensive and unique collection of documents. This catalogue lists documents published between the 1870s and the 1990s. Editor(s): Atabaki, Touraj; Rustamova, Solmaz. Num Pages: 224 pages, indexes. BIC Classification: GBCR; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 186 x 123 x 30. Weight in Grams: 649.
- Publisher
- I. B. Tauris
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781850438366
- ISBN
- 9781850438366
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 142.11€ 126.76
€ 142.11
€ 126.76
Hardcover. On August 4, 1578, in an ill-conceived attempt to wrest Morocco back from the hands of the infidel Moors, King Sebastian of Portugal led his troops to slaughter and was himself slain. Sixteen years later, King Sebastian rose again. The author recalls this conspiracy, marked both by scheming and absurdity, and the legal inquest that followed. Num Pages: 312 pages, 2 colour plates, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1DSP; 3JB; HBJD; HBLH; JFHF. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 152 x 224 x 28. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226501086
- ISBN
- 9780226501086
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 32.69
€ 41.99
€ 32.69
Paperback. Tells the remarkable story of the bagel's journey from the tables of seventeenth-century Poland to the freezers of middle America, a story of often surprising connections between a cheap market-day snack and centuries of Polish, Jewish, and American history. Num Pages: 242 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300158205
- ISBN
- 9780300158205
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.98
€ 23.99
€ 17.98
Hardcover. Series: Carsten Niebuhr Institute Publications. Num Pages: 580 pages, 49 b/w pls. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; HBLA; HP; HRAB; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 276 x 214 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1920.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 541
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788772896205
- ISBN
- 9788772896205
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.42€ 95.26
€ 118.42
€ 95.26
Paperback. Num Pages: 332 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; JFFJ; JFSL; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 159 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2020
- Publisher
- Tulika Book India
- Number of pages
- 332
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789382381464
- ISBN
- 9789382381464
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.82
€ 33.99
€ 24.82
paperback. Num Pages: 468 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; JFFJ; JFSL; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 159 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Tulika Book India
- Number of pages
- 468
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789382381457
- ISBN
- 9789382381457
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.49
€ 46.99
€ 33.49
Paperback. Num Pages: 334 pages, maps. BIC Classification: JFSL; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 151 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publisher
- Hoover Institution Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 355
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- First Edition. hc and pub published simultaneously
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817991821
- ISBN
- 9780817991821
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.17
€ 27.17
Paperback. Explores the themes behind the action of Marvel Comics' all-star superhero team. This title arms you with insights into the characters and themes of "The Avengers"; and deepens your appreciation both of "The Avengers" comics and the Joss Whedon movie adaptation. Editor(s): White, Mark D. Series Editor(s): Irwin, William. Series: The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: AKLC; HP; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 16. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118074572
- ISBN
- 9781118074572
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.18
€ 23.18
Paperback. This is a portrait of life, thought and art in 14th- and 15th-century France and the Netherlands. Regarded as an historical classic by many scholars, it has also been criticized and incorrectly translated. This edition corrects changes made by other translators to the original Dutch text of 1919. Translator(s): Payton, Rodney J.; Mammitzsch, Ulrich. Num Pages: 560 pages, 45 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDN; HBJD; HBLC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 35. Weight in Grams: 762.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Number of pages
- 560
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226359946
- ISBN
- 9780226359946
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.63
€ 37.99
€ 29.63
Hardback. Series: Columbia Themes in Philosophy, Social Criticism, and the Arts. Num Pages: 40 pages, 40 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; HPN; JFC; JHBK5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231151580
- ISBN
- 9780231151580
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.42€ 56.67
€ 73.42
€ 56.67
The Autobiography of W. E. B. Du Bois (the Oxford W. E. B. Du Bois). A...
Du Bois, W. E. B.; Sollors, Werner. Ed(S): Ga...
Paperback. Editor(s): Gates, Henry Louis, Jr. Num Pages: 330 pages. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBTS; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 17. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 330
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199387052
- ISBN
- 9780199387052
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.87
€ 40.87
Paperback. One of America's leading black intellectuals teams up with Myrlie Evers-Williams to bring us the first-ever definitive look at the life, work, and tragic death of civil rights hero Medgar Evers Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; BGHA; JFSL3; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 157 x 32. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Basic Civitas Books
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465021789
- ISBN
- 9780465021789
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.65
€ 23.99
€ 20.65
Paperback. From hustling, drug addiction and armed violence in America's black ghettos Malcolm X turned to the puritanical fervour of the Black Muslims. He became identified in the white press as a teacher of race hatred. This autobiography reveals his integrity and the fierce idealism which led him to reject both liberal hypocrisies and black racialism. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJP; BGA; JFSL3; JPVH; JPWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 23. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 528
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141185439
- ISBN
- 9780141185439
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
Paperback. This sombre biography of an urban slave who taught himself to read and write, and who ultimately achieved fame as a poet in Cuba's slave society, is presented in both Spanish and English. There is an introduction which sets the text in its historical and cultural context. Translator(s): Garfield, Evelyn Picon. Series: Latin American Literature & Culture S. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations, 1 facsim. BIC Classification: 1KJC; 2ADS; BGA; DSBD; HBTS; JFSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 11. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Wayne State University Press United States
- Edition
- Bilingual Ed
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814325384
- ISBN
- 9780814325384
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.46
€ 37.46
Paperback. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: JFFH; JFHC; MJNA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 390 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 166.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Trine Day United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781937584832
- ISBN
- 9781937584832
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.20
€ 20.99
€ 18.20
Paperback. Analyzing the rise of art in the 18th century, this treatise demonstrates how painting, sculpture and literature were not regarded as valuable art forms before the emergence of a new bourgeois culture. The author reveals how Romantic poets and philosophers invented "art" as we know it today. Series: The Social Foundations of Aesthetic Forms S. Num Pages: 224 pages, 5 illus. BIC Classification: 3JF; ABA; ACV; HPN; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 150 x 14. Weight in Grams: 317.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231106016
- ISBN
- 9780231106016
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.15
€ 40.99
€ 29.15
Paperback. Num Pages: 540 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 209 x 143 x 32. Weight in Grams: 638.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 540
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520049550
- ISBN
- 9780520049550
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 31.76
€ 44.99
€ 31.76
Paperback. Pioneering research into how housing tenure affects the life quality of older Australians. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1MBF; JFFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 153. Weight in Grams: 618.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- CSIRO Publishing Australia
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781486301454
- ISBN
- 9781486301454
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.44
€ 61.44
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472569028
- ISBN
- 9781472569028
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.03
€ 51.03
Paperback. Suitable for those in cultural studies, media and communication studies, the musicology, and the history of technology, this book explores the cultural origins of sound reproduction. It describes a distinctive sound culture that gave birth to the sound recording and transmission devices so ubiquitous in modern life. Num Pages: 472 pages, 48 illustrations. BIC Classification: GTC; JFC; TJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 32. Weight in Grams: 750. Cultural Origins of Sound Reproduction. 448 pages, 48 illustrations. Explores the cultural origins of sound reproduction. This book describes a distinctive sound culture that gave birth to the sound recording and transmission devices so ubiquitous in modern life. It is of interest to those in cultural studies, media and communication studies, musicology, and the history of technology. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: GTC; JFC; TJK. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 32. Weight: 734.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 472
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822330134
- ISBN
- 9780822330134
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 32.04
€ 34.99
€ 32.04
Paperback. This revelatory investigation of Bin Laden's tape archive suggests that much of the received wisdom about al-Qa'ida's early years has to be reconsidered in light of this new evidence. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 3JM; JFSR2; JPFR; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 217 x 31. Weight in Grams: 618.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849044677
- ISBN
- 9781849044677
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.41
€ 30.99
€ 27.41
Paperback. The Irish are an amalgam of peoples, their culture and language shaped as much by Middle Eastern civilizations as by European ones. Bob Quinn traces these archaelogical, linguistic, religious and economic connections. Num Pages: 256 pages, colour and b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 165 x 236 x 15. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Publisher
- The Lilliput Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843510246
- ISBN
- 9781843510246
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.00€ 17.10
€ 20.00
€ 17.10
Hardback. This collection of outstanding essays addresses the concern of an astructural bias. Contemporary interactionists and their critics, social theorists, and students of sociology who are interested in assessing the ability of SI to fully address the social circumstances and social problems of an increasingly precarious world should read this book. Editor(s): Musolf, Gil Richard. Series Editor(s): Denzin, Norman K. Series: Studies in Symbolic Interaction. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: JFFP; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 161 x 287 x 18. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781786350367
- ISBN
- 9781786350367
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.28€ 35.94
€ 98.28
€ 35.94
Paperback. This new edition provides a complete ethnology of the Assiniboine Indians, including information on their history, tribal organization and government, religion, manners and customs, warfare, dances, and language. Editor(s): Hewitt, J. N. B. Num Pages: 290 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLL; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 252 x 170 x 22. Weight in Grams: 692.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Canadian Plains Research Center
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780889771321
- ISBN
- 9780889771321
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.72
€ 24.99
€ 21.72