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Society & culture: general

Hardcover. Based on a 12-year long project, this book demonstrates the contested character of the communicative construction of Europe. It does so by combining an investigation of journalistic practices with content analysis of print media, an examination of citizens' online interactions and audience studies with European citizens. Series: Transformations of the State. Num Pages: 320 pages, 25 black & white tables, 46 figures. BIC Classification: 1D; JFD; JPB; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 222 x 22. Weight in Grams: 504.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137453129
ISBN
9781137453129
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.29

Hardback. Since 2002 the author has written the chief "Comment" column for the "Jewish Chronicle", the world's oldest continuously circulating Jewish newspaper. This work brings together over a hundred of these contributions, on subjects such as Jewish Orthodoxy, Ultra-Orthodoxy, Non-Orthodoxy, Islamic Judeophobia, and Jewish approaches to politics and sex. Num Pages: 290 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 165 x 29. Weight in Grams: 560.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Academic Studies Press United States
Number of pages
290
Condition
New
SKU
V9781934843468
ISBN
9781934843468
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.45

Paperback. Num Pages: 512 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 154 x 27. Weight in Grams: 650.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1978
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226854588
ISBN
9780226854588
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.51
€ 46.16

Paperback. Series: Indigenous Americas. Num Pages: 352 pages, 11 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 580.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816647842
ISBN
9780816647842
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.44

Paperback. Series: Working Class in American History. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252066290
ISBN
9780252066290
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.33

Paperback. Through a study of industry publications over much of the century, shows how the U.S. children's clothing industry produced increasingly refined categories of childhood Num Pages: 224 pages, 9 illus., 2 tables. BIC Classification: JFSP1; KNSX; TDPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 19. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822332688
ISBN
9780822332688
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.56

Paperback. Gathers some of the author's widely read articles. This book reflects on the complex negotiations we make day to day to juggle the conflicting demands of love and work. Num Pages: 322 pages, 2 charts. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 163 x 27. Weight in Grams: 462.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
322
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520214880
ISBN
9780520214880
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

Paperback. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, best known as the author of Sherlock Holmes stories, was entirely convinced by a set of photographs showing two young girls from Cottingley in Yorkshire playing with a group of tiny, translucent fairies. This book lays out the story of the photographs, their supposed provenance, and the implications of their existence. Series: Extraordinary World. Num Pages: 189 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 136 x 12. Weight in Grams: 256.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Edition
Bison Books ed.
Number of pages
189
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803266551
ISBN
9780803266551
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.63

Paperback. This work provides a context for understanding what globilization means for human society. It describes the underlying processes which have led to globilization and then sets out the present stage in the evolution of these processes in three vital areas. Num Pages: 170 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBT; JFFS; JPS; KJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 9. Weight in Grams: 391.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
170
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333947180
ISBN
9780333947180
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.44

Paperback. : A call to arms by a group of French intellectuals that rejects leftist reform and aligns itself with younger, wilder forms of resistance. Series: Semiotext(e) / Intervention Series. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JPFB; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 117 x 10. Weight in Grams: 128.
Publisher
Autonomedia
Number of pages
136
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781584350804
ISBN
9781584350804
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.29

Paperback. Lays out a picture of impending planetary crisis - a global food shortage that threatens to hit by mid-century - that would dwarf any in our previous experience. This book describes a dangerous confluence of shortages - of water, land, energy, technology, and knowledge - combined with the increased demand created by population and economic growth. Num Pages: 264 pages, 8 line illustrations, 3 maps, 13 tables. BIC Classification: JFFR; RNF; RNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 223 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376. The Global Food Crisis and What We Can Do to Avoid it. 264 pages, illustrations. Lays out a picture of impending planetary crisis - a global food shortage that threatens to hit by mid-century - that would dwarf any in our previous experience. This book describes a dangerous confluence of shortages - of water, land, energy, technology, and knowledge - combined with the increased demand created by population and economic growth. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: JFFR; RNF; RNT. Dimension: 154 x 223 x 17. Weight: 370.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520271234
ISBN
9780520271234
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 25.06

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Random House USA Paperbacks
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780375707599
ISBN
9780375707599
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 18.52

Paperback. Num Pages: 300 pages, 7tabs.5M. BIC Classification: 1H; JFMX; JFSJ1; JHM; JMU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 231 x 23. Weight in Grams: 484.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226895079
ISBN
9780226895079
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.82

Paperback. In an era marked by atrocities perpetrated on a grand scale, the tragedy of the comfort women - mostly Korean women forced into prostitution by Japanese army - endures as one of the darkest events of World War II. This study reveals that the forces of Japanese colonialism and Korean patriarchy together determined the fate of Korean comfort women. Series: Worlds of Desire: The Chicago Series on Sexuality, Gender & Culture. Num Pages: 304 pages, 16 halftones, 4 maps, 1 line drawing, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1FPK; 3JJH; HBTB; JFMX; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 21. Weight in Grams: 530.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226767772
ISBN
9780226767772
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.84

Hardback. The diversity of contemporary London is extraordinary, and begs to be better understood. Never before have so many people from such diverse backgrounds been free to mix and not to mix in close proximity to each other. But increasingly people's lives take place behind the closed doors of private houses. Num Pages: 316 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 163 x 31. Weight in Grams: 654.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
316
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745644035
ISBN
9780745644035
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.70

Paperback. The diversity of contemporary London is extraordinary, and begs to be better understood. Never before have so many people from such diverse backgrounds been free to mix and not to mix in close proximity to each other. But increasingly people's lives take place behind the closed doors of private houses. Num Pages: 300 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Number of pages
300
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745644042
ISBN
9780745644042
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.76

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
588
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803277922
ISBN
9780803277922
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Paperback. In the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, at the high tide of imperial struggles in North America, an indigenous empire built by Comanche Indians rose to dominate the fiercely contested lands of the American Southwest, the southern Great Plains, and northern Mexico. This book uncovers the lost story of Comanches. Series: The Lamar Series in Western History. Num Pages: 512 pages, 12 black-&-white illustrations + 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 31. Weight in Grams: 618.
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300151176
ISBN
9780300151176
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.53

Paperback. Translator(s): King, John. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: GBC; HRH; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 27. Weight in Grams: 730.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231146418
ISBN
9780231146418
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.81

Hardback. Aiming to provide a corrective to the rhetoric of suspicion and fear surrounding discussions of Muslims in the United States, this book emphasizes Muslims' continuing impact on American society and culture. It also includes records from the large-scale migrations of the 1880s; and racial, ethnic, and religious trends of the 1960s. Editor(s): Curtis, Edward E., IV. Num Pages: 448 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 35. Weight in Grams: 798.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231139564
ISBN
9780231139564
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 173.33

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