Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Paperback. This book takes an innovative approach to the American Civil War, exploring its cultural origins and enduring cultural legacy. Series: British Association for American Studies (BAAS) Paperbacks. Num Pages: 208 pages, 12 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 22. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748619351
- ISBN
- 9780748619351
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.25
€ 36.99
€ 33.25
Paperback. This volume deals with two momentous and interrelated events in American history. The American Civil War is the country's largest and most significant war, as northern victory created national sovereignty and ended legal slavery. Reconstruction, although intricately linked to the Civil War, has a more complicated and darker legacy. Editor(s): Harrold, Stanley. Series: Uncovering the Past: Documentary Readers in American History. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405156646
- ISBN
- 9781405156646
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99
€ 43.99
Paperback. This volume offers a collection of 12 essays covering arguably the most important American social movement of the 20th century. The readings cover pre-World War II activism to the era of affirmative action, addressing historiographic problems found in recent studies of the movement. Editor(s): Davis, Jack E. Series: Blackwell Readers in American Social and Cultural History. Num Pages: 344 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFC; JPVH1; JPWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631220442
- ISBN
- 9780631220442
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.89
€ 57.89
Hardback. This volume offers a collection of 12 essays covering arguably the most important American social movement of the 20th century. The readings cover pre-World War II activism to the era of affirmative action, addressing historiographic problems found in recent studies of the movement. Editor(s): Davis, Jack E. Series: Blackwell Readers in American Social and Cultural History. Num Pages: 344 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFC; JPVH1; JPWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 162 x 30. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631220435
- ISBN
- 9780631220435
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.06
€ 133.06
Paperback. Presents lively, research-based essays by premier social scientists on the positive and negative roles of religious groups in American public life. Editor(s): Lichterman, Paul; Potts, C. Brady. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 249.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804757966
- ISBN
- 9780804757966
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.38
€ 26.99
€ 25.38
Paperback. Series: The Basics. Num Pages: 232 pages, 4 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFSG; RGC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 193 x 122 x 18. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415670791
- ISBN
- 9780415670791
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.63
€ 28.63
Paperback. Editor(s): Judd, Dennis R.; Simpson, Dick. Num Pages: 368 pages, 24 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSG; RG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816665761
- ISBN
- 9780816665761
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.67
€ 30.99
€ 27.67
Hardback. Editor(s): Judd, Dennis R.; Simpson, Dick. Num Pages: 368 pages, 24 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 1KBBNC; 1KBBWF; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816665754
- ISBN
- 9780816665754
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.16
€ 82.16
Hardback. An internationally renowned architect, urban planner, and scholar describes the major technological forces driving the future of cities Series: The Future Series. Num Pages: 184 pages, 22 b/w illus. BIC Classification: JFSG; RPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 127. .
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300204803
- ISBN
- 9780300204803
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.81
€ 24.81
Paperback. Num Pages: 199 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JHB; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 297 x 210 x 11. Weight in Grams: 547.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349293841
- ISBN
- 9781349293841
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.57
€ 67.57
Hardcover. Offers an innovative, interdisciplinary approach which opens up new ways of understanding urban culture and space. The author approaches the city as essentially a 'material' place where people live, work, and participate in social practices within historical limits set not by sensory experience or cultural meanings but material social conditions. Num Pages: 199 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 136 x 16. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230111592
- ISBN
- 9780230111592
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.52
€ 66.52
Hardback. The aim of this book is to present a long-term perspective on the City of London, seeking to examine, explain and evaluate the combination of trends and circumstances that have made it what it is today. Num Pages: 249 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD1; JFSG; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 249
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333550250
- ISBN
- 9780333550250
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.85
€ 127.85
Hardcover. Series: Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books. Num Pages: 352 pages, 44 black & white illustrations, 5 maps, 6 black & white tables, 44 b&w illus., 5 maps, 6. BIC Classification: 1KBBWS; HBTB; JFFZ; PSVS; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780295999340
- ISBN
- 9780295999340
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.85
€ 52.85
Hardcover. The contributors respond to the absence of critical debate surrounding the ways in which spaces of the city do not merely contain, but also constitute, urban poverty. The volume explores how the spaces of the city actively produce and reproduce urban poverty. Editor(s): Lemanski, Charlotte; Marx, Colin. Series: EADI Global Development Series. Num Pages: 259 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFFA; JFSG; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 20. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137367426
- ISBN
- 9781137367426
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.90
€ 66.90
Paperback. The contributors respond to the absence of critical debate surrounding the ways in which spaces of the city do not merely contain, but also constitute, urban poverty. The volume explores how the spaces of the city actively produce and reproduce urban poverty. Editor(s): Lemanski, C; Marx, C. Series: EADI Global Development Series. Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFF; JPQB; KCM; RGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 335.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 239
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349474493
- ISBN
- 9781349474493
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.94
€ 65.94
Paperback. Tells the dramatic story of how the nation's second-largest city completed a major reform of its government in the face of a deeply threatening movement for secession by the San Fernando Valley. The afterword by the author analyzes the 2005 election of Los Angeles's first modern Latino mayor, Antonio Villaraigosa. Num Pages: 352 pages, 12 halftones. 23 tables. 2 line illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; JFSG; JPR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691126036
- ISBN
- 9780691126036
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.92
€ 46.99
€ 33.92
Paperback. In 1996, an older woman in Lima, Peru - part of a group of women street sweepers protesting the privatization of the city's cleaning services - stripped to the waist in full view of the crowd that surrounded her. This title analyzes the ramifications of this act within the city's conflicted history and across its class divisions. Num Pages: 256 pages, 10 halftones, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; JFSG; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226280981
- ISBN
- 9780226280981
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.96
€ 36.99
€ 28.96
Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, 74 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSG; JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 180 x 16. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816665655
- ISBN
- 9780816665655
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.67
€ 30.99
€ 27.67
Hardback. This edited collection explores the relationship between urban space, architecture and the moving image. Drawing on interdisciplinary approaches to film and moving image practices, the book explores the recent developments in research on film and urban landscapes, pointing towards new theoretical and methodological frameworks for discussion. Editor(s): Koeck, Richard; Roberts, Les. Num Pages: 298 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AM; APF; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 143 x 22. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 2010th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230243385
- ISBN
- 9780230243385
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.07
€ 128.07
Paperback. This edited collection explores the relationship between urban space, architecture and the moving image. Drawing oninterdisciplinary approaches to film and moving image practices, the book explores the recent developments in research on film and urban landscapes, pointing towards new theoretical and methodological frameworks for discussion." Editor(s): Koeck, Richard; Roberts, L. Num Pages: 296 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AF; AMC; APF; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349318315
- ISBN
- 9781349318315
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.28
€ 127.28