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Society & culture: general
Paperback. A book about reading women's poems, rather than forming theories about them. Beginning with Katherine Philips, the first Englishwoman to achieve fame as a poet, it covers three centuries to the work of Marianne Moore and Stevie Smith, but does not include the many living women poets who deserve a volume to themselves. Num Pages: 194 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSC; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 12. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 194
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845193348
- ISBN
- 9781845193348
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.83
€ 32.99
€ 29.83
Paperback. Editor(s): Kniffel, Leonard. Num Pages: 168 pages, Color photos. BIC Classification: CFC; GBCQ; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 385.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Skyhorse Publishing United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781626365490
- ISBN
- 9781626365490
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.13
€ 16.13
Hardback. The role of cultural elites and journalists in promoting reading as a means of self-improvement and social mobility Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781439906675
- ISBN
- 9781439906675
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.46
€ 82.46
Paperback. Series: Asian American Experience. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; CFB; CJBR; DSA; JFC; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252081958
- ISBN
- 9780252081958
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.35
€ 27.99
€ 26.35
Hardback. Series: Asian American Experience. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; CFB; DSA; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780252040481
- ISBN
- 9780252040481
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.95
€ 118.95
Paperback. Learning to read in a second language is as much about understanding a different culture as it is about learning new grammar and vocabulary. This title contains original readings designed to help lower-level students develop academic reading skills and build American cultural literacy. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ELHB; ELP; ELXJ; JFCA. Category: (LS) English as a second language. Dimension: 286 x 216 x 13. Weight in Grams: 789.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of Michigan Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472030712
- ISBN
- 9780472030712
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.48
€ 39.48
Hardback. Editor(s): Harper, Thomas L.; Shirane, Haruo. Num Pages: 632 pages, 13 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; DSBD; DSK; HBJF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 0. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 632
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231166584
- ISBN
- 9780231166584
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.31
€ 97.31
Paperback. Reading the Romance: Women, Patriarchy, and Popular Literature Num Pages: 276 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 231 x 19. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807843499
- ISBN
- 9780807843499
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.69
€ 44.69
Hardback. From the rise of ticker-tape technology to the development of conspiracy theories, Reading the Market argues that commentary on the Stock Exchange between 1870 and 1915 changed how Americans understood finance-and explains what our pervasive interest in Wall Street says about us now. Series: New Studies in American Intellectual and Cultural History. Num Pages: 336 pages, 19, 19 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJC; HBTB; JFCA; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421420608
- ISBN
- 9781421420608
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.57€ 47.61
€ 50.57
€ 47.61
Paperback. Betty Joseph offers an account of how archives - and the practice of archiving - shaped colonial ideologies in Britain and British-controlled India during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Num Pages: 216 pages, 2 halftones. BIC Classification: DSA; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226412030
- ISBN
- 9780226412030
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 26.08
€ 32.99
€ 26.08
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; 2ADS; DSA; DSB; JFFK; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816619481
- ISBN
- 9780816619481
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.53
€ 37.53
hardcover. Features twelve essays on southern indigence between the World Wars, which share a conviction that poverty is not just a dilemma of the marketplace but also a cultural and political construction. This volume shows that those who work to eradicate poverty can hesitate to cross the line of race, gender, memory, or tradition in pursuit of their goal. Editor(s): Godden, Richard; Crawford, Martin. Num Pages: 312 pages, 19 b&w photos, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; 3JJG; JFFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 513.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780820327082
- ISBN
- 9780820327082
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.11
€ 65.11
hardcover. Num Pages: 368 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 237 x 27. Weight in Grams: 606.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226312644
- ISBN
- 9780226312644
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 157.06
€ 157.06
Paperback. Philosophers, legal scholars and social scientists amongst others explore the issues provoked by the Rodney King beating, they illuminate the interplay of ideological, political and economic forces impinging on urban America. Editor(s): Gooding-Williams, Robert. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFF; JFSG; JFSL1; JFSL3; JHMP; JPVH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415907354
- ISBN
- 9780415907354
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.87
€ 63.87
Paperback. This collection of original essays develops new, intertextual approaches to thinking about rock music. Editor(s): Dettmar, Kevin J. H.; Richey, William. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: AVG; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231113991
- ISBN
- 9780231113991
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 27.67
€ 36.99
€ 27.67
Paperback. Series: Cornell Studies in the History of Psychiatry. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; JFCX; JMAF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 151 x 21. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press Ithaca
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801488252
- ISBN
- 9780801488252
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 41.71
€ 46.99
€ 41.71
Hardback. Derided by the Right as dangerous and by the Left as spineless, Barack Obama puzzles observers. This title reveals the sources of Obama's ideas and explains why his principled aversion to absolutes does not fit contemporary partisan categories. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFCX; JPA; JPF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691147468
- ISBN
- 9780691147468
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.67
€ 26.99
€ 20.67
Paperback. Reveals the sources of Barack Obama's ideas and explains why his principled aversion to absolutes does not fit contemporary partisan categories. This title traces the origins of his ideas and establishes him as the most penetrating political thinker elected to the presidency in the past century. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFCX; JPA; JPF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 217 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 344
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- With a New preface by the author
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691154336
- ISBN
- 9780691154336
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.26
€ 19.99
€ 16.26
Hardback. Sonia Ryang casts new light on the study of North Korean culture and society by reading literary texts as sources of ethnographic data. Ryang focuses critical attention on three central themes--love, war, and self--that reflect the nearly complete overlap of the personal, social, and political realms in North Korean society. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 244 pages, 4 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPKN; 3JJP; HBJF; HBLW3; JFC; JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 233 x 21. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674062474
- ISBN
- 9780674062474
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 38.21
€ 44.99
€ 38.21
Paperback. Reveals the vitality of the intellectual and creative work of Native American women. This collection examines the avenues that Native American women have chosen for creative, cultural, and political expressions, and discuss points of convergence between Native American feminisms and other feminisms. Editor(s): Hernandez-Avila, Ines. Series: Contemporary Native American Communities. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; GBC; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 167 x 17. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780759103726
- ISBN
- 9780759103726
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.84
€ 66.84