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Paperback. An All-Consuming Century is a rich history of how market goods came to dominate American life over the hundred years between 1900 and 2000 and why for the first time in history there are no practical limits to consumerism. Num Pages: 256 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; GTB; HBJK; HBLW; JFFT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 556. Why Commercialism Won in Modern America. 256 pages, 20 halftones. An All-Consuming Century is a rich history of how market goods came to dominate American life over the hundred years between 1900 and 2000 and why for the first time in history there are no practical limits to consumerism. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; GTB; HBJK; HBLW; JFFT. Dimension: 226 x 156 x 20. Weight: 556.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231113137
ISBN
9780231113137
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.61

Paperback. This book explores how the Internet presents radical ways of organising and producing media that offer political and cultural alternatives to ways of doing business and to how we understand the world and our place in it. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: JFD; UDB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 308.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748617708
ISBN
9780748617708
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.49

Paperback. This text is a history of how the obsession with homosexuality is deeply tied to changing American anxieties about social and sexual order in the modern age. It argues that homosexuality served as a marker of the "abnormal" against which contradictory concepts of the "normal" were defined. Num Pages: 416 pages, 14 halftones, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFSK1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 180 x 229 x 33. Weight in Grams: 858.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226793672
ISBN
9780226793672
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.64

Paperback. An Amish Paradox captures the complexity and creativity of the Holmes County Amish, dispelling the image of the Amish as a vestige of a bygone era and showing how they reinterpret tradition as modernity encroaches on their distinct way of life. Series: Young Center Books in Anabaptist and Pietist Studies. Num Pages: 376 pages, 46, 4 maps, 39 black & white halftones, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBBNH; JFSR; JFSS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 518.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
First
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801893995
ISBN
9780801893995
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 34.04

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
700
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814781449
ISBN
9780814781449
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.15

Paperback. This reader introduces core cultural and historic themes of Russia's civilisation. Each text has resonance throughout the arts - in Rublev's icons, Meyerhold's theatre, Mousorgsky's operas, and Prokofiev's symphonies. The material is supported by introductions, annotations and bibliographies. Num Pages: 608 pages, illustrations, multi-media resource guides. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 2AGR; DQ; JFC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 45. Weight in Grams: 921.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Inc United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
608
Condition
New
SKU
V9781563244223
ISBN
9781563244223
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.84

Hardback. The great demonstrations at Seattle and Genoa have shown that we are in a new era of protest. The neo--liberal economic policies pursued by the Group of Seven leading industrial countries and the international institutions they control are provoking widespread resistance. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPWF; KCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 371.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745629032
ISBN
9780745629032
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.16

Paperback. The great demonstrations at Seattle and Genoa have shown that we are in a new era of protest. The neo--liberal economic policies pursued by the Group of Seven leading industrial countries and the international institutions they control are provoking widespread resistance. Num Pages: 192 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPWF; KCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 14. Weight in Grams: 246.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745629049
ISBN
9780745629049
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.39

Paperback. The life of Usamah ibn-Munqidh epitomized the height of Arab civilization as it flourished during the early Crusading period. His memoirs provide a valuable non-European perspective and insight into the military and cultural contact between medieval West and East, between Christian and Muslim. Translator(s): Hitti, Phillip K. Series: Records of Western Civilization Series. Num Pages: 265 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1FBS; DN; HBJF1; HBLC; HBTB; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 420. Memoirs of Usamah Ibn-Munqidh. Series: Records of Western Civilization Series. 265 pages, bibliography. The life of Usamah ibn-Munqidh epitomized the height of Arab civilization as it flourished during the early Crusading period. His memoirs provide a valuable non-European perspective and insight into the military and cultural contact between medieval West and East, between Christian and Muslim. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FBS; DN; HBJF1; HBLC; HBTB; JFSR2. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 19. Weight: 420. Translator(s): Hitti, Phillip K.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
265
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231121255
ISBN
9780231121255
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.47

paperback. Adopting a material culture perspective, this study examines the social and cultural history of the Soviet period, looking particularly at social relations and the way individuals variously appropriated architectural space and material culture in order to cope with daily life. Series: Materializing Culture. Num Pages: 256 pages, 26 b/w figs. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJ; AM; HBJD; HBLW; JFC; JHM; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 160 x 14. Weight in Grams: 364.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781859734261
ISBN
9781859734261
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.63

Paperback. Num Pages: 202 pages, 17 black & white halftones, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: HDA; JFCD; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 140 x 216 x 17. Weight in Grams: 232.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415840507
ISBN
9780415840507
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.15

Hardback. Series: Global Research Studies. Num Pages: 196 pages, 10 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1FMP; JFFN; JFFS; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 13. Weight in Grams: 448.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
196
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253024671
ISBN
9780253024671
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.75

paperback. Series: Global Research Studies. Num Pages: 196 pages, 10 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1FMP; JFFN; JFFS; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 11. Weight in Grams: 284.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
196
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253024831
ISBN
9780253024831
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.73

Paperback. Argues for the importance of recognizing - and archiving - accounts of trauma that belong as much to the ordinary and everyday as to the domain of catastrophe. This title contends that the field of trauma studies, limited by too strict a division between the public and the private, has overlooked the experiences of women and queers. Series: Series Q. Num Pages: 368 pages, 41 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 512.
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822330882
ISBN
9780822330882
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.82

Paperback. The author was one of the first openly and politically gay public officials in the United States, and his remarkable activism put him at the very heart of a pivotal civil rights movement reshaping America in the 1970s. This title brings together a substantial collection of his speeches, editorials, political campaign materials, and press releases. Editor(s): Black, Jason Edward; Morris, Charles E., III. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJ; HBJK; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 17. Weight in Grams: 378. Harvey Milk's Speeches and Writings. 280 pages. Editor(s): Black, Jason Edward; Morris, Charles E., III. The author was one of the first openly and politically gay public officials in the United States, and his remarkable activism put him at the very heart of a pivotal civil rights movement reshaping America in the 1970s. This title brings together a substantial collection of his speeches, editorials, political campaign materials, and press releases. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJ; HBJK; JFSJ. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 17. Weight: 378.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
280
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520275492
ISBN
9780520275492
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.27

Paperback. Now available for the first time in paper, the classic translation of the autobiography of one of the great thinkers of the eighteenth century Translator(s): Murray, J. Num Pages: 324 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; HPC; HRAB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 190 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 334.
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
324
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252069772
ISBN
9780252069772
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.51

paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; JFF; KNDF; RNFF; RNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Jacana Media South Africa
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9781431424238
ISBN
9781431424238
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.53

Paperback. Demonstrates that Islam and modernity are not merely compatible, but actually go hand-in-hand. This ethnographic portrayal of an Islamic community articulates how an alternative modernity, and specifically an enchanted modernity, may be constructed by Shi'I Muslims who consider themselves simultaneously deeply modern, cosmopolitan, and pious. Series: Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics. Num Pages: 288 pages, 18 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FBL; JFSJ1; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 420.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
275
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691124216
ISBN
9780691124216
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.61

Paperback. This is a history of the environment of England, Wales and Scotland, and of the interactions of people, place and nature since the last ice sheet withdrew some ten thousand years ago. Num Pages: 432 pages, 50 photographs, maps, diagrams. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; JFC; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 175 x 244 x 26. Weight in Grams: 736.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748612833
ISBN
9780748612833
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.54

Hardback. In this original, topical book, leading experts from eight countries examine how early education and care is organised, funded and regulated in their countries. Bringing together recent statistical evidence, the book gives an up-to-date picture of access to services by different groups, providing rich insights on how policies play out in practice Editor(s): Gambaro, Ludovica; Stewart, Kitty; Waldfogel, Jane. Series: Case Studies on Poverty, Place and Policy. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFA; JKSB1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 167 x 241 x 21. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Bristol University Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447310518
ISBN
9781447310518
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.19

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