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Society & culture: general
Paperback. Series: Public Worlds Series. Num Pages: 330 pages, 14 halftones, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1DND; APF; JFFS; KNTC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 162 x 18. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 330
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816646494
- ISBN
- 9780816646494
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.28
€ 27.99
€ 26.28
Hardcover. Drawn from the collections of the National Library of Ireland, and based on their extremely successful exhibition of the same name, Small Lives offers an eclectic survey of Irish childhood as captured by the camera. Editor(s): O'Connor, Aoife. Num Pages: 224 pages, chiefly Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; 3JJ; AJCP; HBTB; JFSP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 283 x 230 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1212.
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- Gill & Macmillan Dublin
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780717154623
- ISBN
- 9780717154623
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
Hardcover. Editor(s): Ram Pillarisett, J.; Teo, Joyce S.Y.; Lawry, Roger; Ahmad, Azman. Num Pages: 521 pages, b/w & colour illus, tables & charts. BIC Classification: JFFS; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 264 x 182 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1116.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Edition
- Har/Dis
- Number of pages
- 521
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781604564778
- ISBN
- 9781604564778
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.24€ 81.09
€ 115.24
€ 81.09
Paperback. A reflection on the amusements and anxieties of growing older. It examines a variety of lifelong obsessions and frustrates various expectations that life's fogs dissipate as we age. It embodies midlife retrospection suitable for middle-aged population. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: JFSP3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 277.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Kent State University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780873389464
- ISBN
- 9780873389464
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.42
€ 23.42
Hardcover. This text presents the findings of a theological consultation held in 1996, which discussed the future of the Christian Church. It describes how small communities can enrich the life of the Church by drawing together people of diverse cultures and economic situations for spiritual renewal. Editor(s): Pelton, Robert S. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: HRCV; JFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 140 x 9. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268017613
- ISBN
- 9780268017613
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.96
€ 20.99
€ 20.96
Paperback. A unit that saw significant action in many of the engagements of the Civil War s eastern theater." Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; HBJK; HBWJ; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817357740
- ISBN
- 9780817357740
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.78
€ 35.78
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442612099
- ISBN
- 9781442612099
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 34.41
€ 36.99
€ 34.41
In Small Business and the City, Rafael Gomez, Andre Isakov, and Matt Semansky highlight the power of small-scale entrepreneurship to transform local neighbourhoods and the cities they inhabit. Series: Rotman-UTP Publishing. Num Pages: 312 pages, 10, 15 figures. BIC Classification: JFSG; KJH; KJVS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 161 x 26. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442643628
- ISBN
- 9781442643628
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 74.77
€ 74.77
Small Batch details the history and changing social implication of artisanal foods, from the days of early American settlers to the present explosion of small-batch and artisanal food businesses. Interviewing over fifty artisanal producers, Cope details the influences, challenges, and evolving identity of these modern craft industries. Series: Rowman & Littlefield Studies in Food and Gastronomy. Num Pages: 244 pages, 20 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442227347
- ISBN
- 9781442227347
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.99
€ 68.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DD; JFFE2; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 141 x 22. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Publisher
- The Feminist Press at CUNY
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558618701
- ISBN
- 9781558618701
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.16
€ 19.99
€ 19.16
Paperback. From Jacob Riis' How The Other Half Lives (1890) to Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire (2008), Igor Krstic outlines a transnational history of films that either document or fictionalise the favelas, shantytowns, barrios poulares or chawls of our 'planet of slums'. BIC Classification: APFA; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474425933
- ISBN
- 9781474425933
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.14
€ 40.99
€ 36.14
Paperback. Paints a portrait of the practitioners of slumming and their world: who they were, why they went, what they claimed to have found, how it changed them, and how slumming, in turn, shaped both Victorian and twentieth-century understandings of poverty and social welfare, gender relations, and sexuality. Num Pages: 424 pages, 26 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBJD1; HBLL; JFFA; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 2006, Third Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691128009
- ISBN
- 9780691128009
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 38.16
€ 52.99
€ 38.16
Paperback. Urban slum dwellers - especially in emerging-economy cities - are often poor, live in squalor, and suffer unnecessarily from disease, disability, premature death, and poor life expectancy. Yet living in a city can and should be healthy. This title shows why and how slums can be unhealthy, and more. Editor(s): Corburn, Jason; Riley, Lee. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: JFSG; KCN; MB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520281073
- ISBN
- 9780520281073
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.40
€ 40.99
€ 29.40
Paperback. Charts the studio's fortunes, which peaked during World War II, declined in the post-war period, and finally collapsed in the 1950s. With unparalleled access to archival materials, the author chronicles the period from 1942 to the company's demise in 1957. It represents the most insightful exploration of the Hollywood studio system to date. Num Pages: 296 pages, 26 b/w. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFA; HBJK; HBLW; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520289673
- ISBN
- 9780520289673
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.38
€ 40.99
€ 29.38
Paperback. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JM; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 197 x 40. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447270201
- ISBN
- 9781447270201
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.81
€ 14.99
€ 11.81
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFCV; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 160 x 27. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Publisher
- Prospect Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909248373
- ISBN
- 9781909248373
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.74
€ 24.99
€ 21.74
Paperback. A profile of the black men who congregate at Slim's Table at the Valois "See Your Food" cafeteria on Chicago's South Side. Num Pages: 200 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFF; JFSJ; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 212 x 145 x 13. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226170312
- ISBN
- 9780226170312
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.56
€ 17.99
€ 15.56
Paperback. "Sligo has everything. From the Curlew Mountains to Benbulben, every hill and valley is linked by the gossamer threads of myth, folklore and legend and, in this new work by Joe McGowan, those stories are brought back to life in all their heroic detail.Includes bibliographical references."-- Num Pages: 192 pages, 30 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; JFHF; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845888367
- ISBN
- 9781845888367
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 13.21
€ 14.99
€ 13.21
Paperback. There's more than one way to make a bed, and humans throughout history have devised every sort they could imagine. This book, illustrated with 140 images, takes readers on a tour of beds and sleeping customs around the world. It offers a look at the history of beds and - under the impetus of both functional needs and aesthetic tastes. Num Pages: 200 pages, 140 color illus. BIC Classification: AFT; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 7459 x 5499 x 11. Weight in Grams: 790.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295985985
- ISBN
- 9780295985985
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.18
€ 46.18
Paperback. Editor(s): Bendix, Regina F.; Bendix, John. Num Pages: 131 pages, illus. BIC Classification: JFFE; JHMP; JKVC; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 169 x 8. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 131
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788772899879
- ISBN
- 9788772899879
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 22.39
€ 29.99
€ 22.39
paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Seven Stories Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781583227015
- ISBN
- 9781583227015
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 14.64
€ 14.99
€ 14.64
Hardback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; JFF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 25. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Seven Stories Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781583224786
- ISBN
- 9781583224786
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.89
€ 23.99
€ 20.89
Paperback. Continuing film lovers' ongoing conversation about the low, the bad, and the sleazy face of cinema, this book examines the ineffable quality of "sleaze" in relation to a range of issues, including the production realities of low-budget exploitation pictures and the ever-shifting terrain of reception and taste. Editor(s): Sconce, Jeffrey. Num Pages: 352 pages, 59 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; APFA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822339649
- ISBN
- 9780822339649
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.95
€ 32.99
€ 29.95
Paperback. Shows that although plantation slavery was a horrible reality for many Africans and their descendants in Latin America, blacks experienced many other realities in Iberian colonies. This work analyses a treatise by a seventeenth-century Muslim scholar in Morocco and argues it shaped the slave trade to Latin America. Editor(s): Landers, Jane G.; Robinson, Barry M. Series Editor(s): Johnson, Lyman L. Series: Dialogos. Num Pages: 328 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBTS; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826323972
- ISBN
- 9780826323972
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 41.94
€ 41.99
€ 41.94