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Society & culture: general
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 255
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861342997
- ISBN
- 9781861342997
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 37.55
€ 38.99
€ 37.55
Paperback. This book describes how an awareness of culture must be applied to the study and provision of welfare in Europe. It shows how the cultures underpinning social welfare systems are starting to be exposed and explored. The assumption that the values and beliefs which constitute welfare systems are universal and absolute has been overturned. Editor(s): Chamberlayne, Prue; etc.; Cooper, Andrew (Professor of Social Work, Tavistock Clinic and University of East London); Freeman, Richard (Lecturer in European Policy and Politics, Department of Politics, University of Edinburgh). Num Pages: 300 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; JFC; JFF; JKSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Pub
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853027000
- ISBN
- 9781853027000
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.03
€ 51.03
Paperback. Looks at a range of commercial objects and phenomenon, from television and toys to comic books and magazines. The author looks at the often unspoken assumptions about class, nation, ethnicity, race, and sexual orientation that underscored both media images (like those of 1960s space missions) and social policies of the mass-produced suburb. Series: Console-ing Passions. Num Pages: 440 pages, 37 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1K; 3JJP; GTB; JFC; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 694.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822326960
- ISBN
- 9780822326960
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.83
€ 33.99
€ 30.83
Paperback. The construction of "midlife", most often rendered in chronological, biological and medical terms, has become an accepted reality to European Americans. This study explores the significance of this pervasive cultural representation compared to other cultures where "middle age" does not exist. Series: John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Series on Mental Health and Development. Num Pages: 318 pages, 21 line drawings, 11 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFSP3; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 318
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226756080
- ISBN
- 9780226756080
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.66
€ 40.99
€ 31.66
Paperback. Provides an account of the English and a portrait of its people and a story about being an alien in your own land. This book shows a country in which the familiar becomes strange, and the strange familiar. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Publisher
- Granta Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781862079984
- ISBN
- 9781862079984
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.02
€ 11.99
€ 10.02
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: GB; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 135 x 21. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Blue Bike Books
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781897278581
- ISBN
- 9781897278581
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.99
€ 19.99
€ 14.99
Paperback. Dioramas and panoramas, freaks and magicians, waxworks and menageries, obscure relics and stuffed animals - a dazzling assortment of curiosities attracted the gaze of the nineteenth-century spectator at the dime museum. This title recaptures this ephemeral and scarcely documented institution of American culture from the margins of history. Num Pages: 214 pages, 24 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ASZ; GM; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780814718865
- ISBN
- 9780814718865
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.40
€ 30.99
€ 27.40
Paperback. This study revisits Weimar Germany via the lens of metropolitan visual culture, analyzing the power that 1920s Germany holds for today's visual codes of consumerism. Series: Weimar & Now: German Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 374 pages, 63 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJ; AM; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 28. Weight in Grams: 544. Urban Visual Culture in 1920s Germany. Series: Weimar & Now: German Cultural Criticism. 374 pages, 64 b&w photographs. This study revisits Weimar Germany via the lens of metropolitan visual culture, analyzing the power that 1920s Germany holds for today's visual codes of consumerism. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJ; AM; JFC. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 28. Weight: 568.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 374
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520222991
- ISBN
- 9780520222991
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.42
€ 38.99
€ 28.42
Paperback. Takes on the 'obesity epidemic,' challenging many widely held assumptions about its causes and consequences. This title examines fatness and its relationship to health outcomes to ask if our efforts to prevent 'obesity' are sensible, efficacious, or ethical. Series: California Studies in Food and Culture. Num Pages: 248 pages, 2 maps, 1 table. BIC Classification: JFCV; JHB; MMZF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 230 x 15. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520266254
- ISBN
- 9780520266254
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.92
€ 33.99
€ 24.92
Paperback. Editor(s): Murphy, Lizz. Num Pages: 373 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DQ; DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 197 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Spinifex Press Australia
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 373
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781875559510
- ISBN
- 9781875559510
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.96
€ 19.99
€ 14.96
Hardcover. What can post/colonial studies and their approaches contribute to our understanding of the Austro-Hungarian (k u k) occupation and administration of Bosnia-Herzegovina from 1878 to 1914? This anthology presents some possible answers to this research question. Editor(s): Ruthner, Clemens; Cordileone, Diana Reynolds; Reber, Ursula; Detrez, Raymond. Series: Austrian Culture. Num Pages: 427 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; DSBH; HBLL; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 231 x 28. Weight in Grams: 714.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Peter Lang Publishing Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 427
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820497259
- ISBN
- 9780820497259
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 100.85€ 63.59
€ 100.85
€ 63.59
Hardback. Num Pages: 374 pages. BIC Classification: 1MBN; HBTQ; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 29. Weight in Grams: 744.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 374
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774828161
- ISBN
- 9780774828161
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.94
€ 106.94
Paperback. An investigation of the experiences of families of Irish political prisoners in British and Northern Irish jails. Num Pages: 160 pages, plans coats of arms, bibliographical references, index. BIC Classification: JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220. Weight in Grams: 178. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Attic Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSS0001824
- ISBN
- 9781855940222
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Provides an analytical account of the implications of interactive participation in the construction of media content. This work seeks to critically assess Internet news production. It is suitable for those engaged in the debate over Web reporting and citizen journalism. Editor(s): Tunney, Sean; Monaghan, Garrett. Num Pages: 347 pages, tables & charts. BIC Classification: JFD; KNTJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 170 x 22. Weight in Grams: 664.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 347
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845192792
- ISBN
- 9781845192792
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.56
€ 36.99
€ 33.56
Hardback. Provides an analytical account of the implications of interactive participation in the construction of media content. This work seeks to critically assess Internet news production. It is suitable for those engaged in the debate over Web reporting and citizen journalism. Editor(s): Tunney, Sean; Monaghan, Garrett. Num Pages: 347 pages, tables & charts. BIC Classification: JFD; KNTJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 179 x 26. Weight in Grams: 778.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 347
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845192785
- ISBN
- 9781845192785
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.54
€ 50.54
Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HRA; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780060613839
- ISBN
- 9780060613839
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.68
€ 25.99
€ 22.68
Paperback. One woman's determination to educate Malawian girls and change the future of a nation. Series: Wayfarer. Num Pages: 440 pages, 29. BIC Classification: 1HFMM; BGB; JFC; JFSJ1; JNB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 800.
- Publisher
- University of Alberta Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 440
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781772120868
- ISBN
- 9781772120868
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 32.66
€ 45.99
€ 32.66
Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: GTF; JFSJ1; JKSR; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 163 x 8. Weight in Grams: 195. Library markings to spine, with usual markings inside. However, remains in a good to very good condition
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- International Books
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- SKU
- KLJ0006622
- ISBN
- 9789062249725
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. A charming and beautifully illustrated book, first published in 1893, covering all aspects of the weather. This new edition has been completely redesigned and is fully illustrated with reproductions of woodcuts, photographs and drawings throughout. Num Pages: 128 pages, full colour photographs and diagrams. BIC Classification: JFHF; WNWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Papadakis
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906506599
- ISBN
- 9781906506599
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 11.37
€ 11.37
Paperback. Features a collection of more than one hundred Native American songs that celebrate the rich and vibrant oral traditions of the Indigenous peoples of North America. Some songs included in this work have familiar themes, while others illuminate the complexities and differences of the Native cultures. Editor(s): Swann, Brian. Num Pages: 182 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; DSC; HBJK; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3429 x 11. Weight in Grams: 231.
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 182
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803293403
- ISBN
- 9780803293403
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.98
€ 23.99
€ 21.98