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Series: Transits: Literature, Thought & Culture. Num Pages: 260 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JJ; AN; JFCA; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 566.
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Bucknell University Press United States
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611483819
ISBN
9781611483819
Condition: New

€ 145.69

Hardcover. Charting the experiences of migrant communities, the volume examines the relationship between movement, reproduction, & health. Informed by research in Europe, Britain, South & East Asia, Canada & Northern America, the chapters examine how healthcare experiences of migrants are embedded in their own worldviews & influenced by wider state systems. Editor(s): Unnithan-Kumar, Maya; Khanna, Sunil K. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFN; JHB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 161 x 15. Weight in Grams: 442.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782385448
ISBN
9781782385448
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 162.28

Hardcover. The Cultural Politics of Food and Eating offers an ethnographically informed perspective on the ways in which people use food to make sense of life in an increasingly interconnected world. . Editor(s): Watson, James L.; Caldwell, Melissa L. Series: Wiley Blackwell Readers in Anthropology. Num Pages: 336 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 255 x 180 x 24. Weight in Grams: 762.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631230922
ISBN
9780631230922
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.90

Paperback. The Cultural Politics of Food and Eating offers an ethnographically informed perspective on the ways in which people use food to make sense of life in an increasingly interconnected world. . Editor(s): Watson, James L.; Caldwell, Melissa L. Series: Wiley Blackwell Readers in Anthropology. Num Pages: 336 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 173 x 32. Weight in Grams: 626.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631230939
ISBN
9780631230939
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.25

Hardback. The Cultural Politics of European Prostitution Reform traces case studies of four European Union countries to reveal the way anxieties over globalization translates into policies to recognize sex workers in some countries, punish prostitutes' clients in others, and protect victims of human trafficking in them all. Num Pages: 259 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; JFFK; JFFS; JFMX; JFSS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 455.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137517166
ISBN
9781137517166
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. This timely book examines austerity's conflicted meanings, from austerity chic and anti-austerity protest to economic and eco-austerity. Bramall's compelling text explores the presence and persuasiveness of the past, developing a new approach to the historical in contemporary cultural politics. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies. Num Pages: 186 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBAH; JFC; JFD; JFSR; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
186
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349347766
ISBN
9781349347766
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.56

Hardcover. This timely book examines austerity's conflicted meanings, from austerity chic and anti-austerity protest to economic and eco-austerity. Bramall's compelling text explores the presence and persuasiveness of the past, developing a new approach to the historical in contemporary cultural politics. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies. Num Pages: 186 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFD; JFFA; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 145 x 17. Weight in Grams: 374.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230360471
ISBN
9780230360471
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. Analyzes the causes of the French Revolution not simply by investigating its "cultural origins", but by pinpointing the conditions that "made it possible because conceivable". Translator(s): Cochrane, Lydia G. Series: Bicentennial Reflections on the French Revolution S. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; HBTV; JFC; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 144 x 19. Weight in Grams: 424.
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
260
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822309932
ISBN
9780822309932
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.67

Paperback. Editor(s): Baumbach, Nico; Young, Damon R.; Yue, Genevieve. Num Pages: 140 pages, 17. BIC Classification: DSA; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 170 x 10. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822368472
ISBN
9780822368472
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.53

Paperback. Illuminating the question of what it means to be a mobile human anywhere in the modern world, this strikingly original work of cultural history examines how changes in consciousness, identity, and expression, both national and individual, resulted from the technological innovation and freedom of access represented by cars Translator(s): Mayagoitia, Anne; Nagao, Debra. Series: LLILAS Translations from Latin America Series. Num Pages: 260 pages, 22 b&w illus. BIC Classification: JFCD; TRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Edition
Tra
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292737846
ISBN
9780292737846
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.44

Hardback. Editor(s): Jelaca, Dijana. Num Pages: 10 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBJ; JFC; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st ed. 2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319474816
ISBN
9783319474816
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 140.89

paperback. Based on the Port au Choix Archaeology Project, this volume provides a comparative understanding of how different cultures adapted to the changing physical environment, impacted their physical surroundings, created cultural landscapes and interacted with each other. Editor(s): Renouf, M. A. P. Series: Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology. Num Pages: 324 pages, 10 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBCF; HDD; JFSL9; JHM; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 516.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Edition
2011th Edition
Number of pages
324
Condition
New
SKU
V9781461428541
ISBN
9781461428541
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 194.46

Paperback. Through rap and hip hop, entertainers have provided a voice questioning and challenging the sanctioned view of society. Examining the moral and social implications of Kanye West's art in the context of Western civilization's preconceived ideas, the contributors consider how West both challenges religious and moral norms and propagates them. Editor(s): Bailey, Julius. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVC; AVGR; AVH; JFCA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 142 x 217 x 20. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137574251
ISBN
9781137574251
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.73

Hardcover. Through rap and hip hop, entertainers have provided a voice questioning and challenging the sanctioned view of society. Examining the moral and social implications of Kanye West's art in the context of Western civilization's preconceived ideas, the contributors consider how West both challenges religious and moral norms and propagates them. Editor(s): Bailey, Julius. Num Pages: 291 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AVGR; AVH; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 136 x 21. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137395818
ISBN
9781137395818
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 149.68

Hardcover. Contemporary culture offer contradictory views of the internet and new media technologies, painting them in extremes of optimistic enthusiasm and pessimistic concern. This book explores such representations, uncovering the roots of our cultural responses to the internet, centred upon a profoundly ambivalent reaction to technological modernity. Num Pages: 122 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; PDR; UYV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 149 x 14. Weight in Grams: 288.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Pivot
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137436689
ISBN
9781137436689
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.92

Hardback. Is there a sharp dividing line separating Europe into "East" and "West"? This volume brings together scholars to examine the evolution of the conception of Europe over the two centuries since the French Revolution. Editor(s): Evtuhov, Catherine; Kotkin, Stephen. Num Pages: 320 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 562.
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742520622
ISBN
9780742520622
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 174.68

Paperback. Is there a sharp dividing line separating Europe into "East" and "West"? This volume brings together scholars to examine the evolution of the conception of Europe over the two centuries since the French Revolution. Editor(s): Evtuhov, Catherine; Kotkin, Stephen. Num Pages: 320 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 433.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742520639
ISBN
9780742520639
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 68.51

Hardcover. Yamamoto Sanehiko's (1885-1952) achievements as a publisher, writer, and politician in the interwar period served as both a catalyst and a template for developments after the wars. While exploring the accomplishments the compelling figure, this study sheds new light on the social, cultural, and political changes that occurred in postwar Japan. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; 3JJP; DSK; HBTB; JFC; KNTP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 217 x 20. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137366214
ISBN
9781137366214
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.34

Paperback. Series: Rethinking Peace and Conflict Studies. Num Pages: 259 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTJ; JFC; JHB; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 364.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
259
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st ed. 2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349574759
ISBN
9781349574759
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.97

Hardback. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 146 x 28. Weight in Grams: 640.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761810292
ISBN
9780761810292
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.52

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