Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Hardcover. When people say the Dreyfus Affair split a nation or inaugurated a new era, they exaggerate and use figurative language. In this book, the author tries to engage with many of these changes in the social and intellectual milieu, as they push and pull, influence and reshape each other. Series: Reference Library of Jewish Intellectual History. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Academic Studies Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781936235391
- ISBN
- 9781936235391
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 158.26
€ 158.26
Hardback. With a sharp eye for social detail and the pressures of class inequality, Alfred Hitchcock brought to the American scene a perspicacity and analytical shrewdness unparalleled in American cinema. Series: Polity America Through the Lens Series. Num Pages: 336 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APFB; JFC; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745653020
- ISBN
- 9780745653020
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.61
€ 79.61
Paperback. With a sharp eye for social detail and the pressures of class inequality, Alfred Hitchcock brought to the American scene a perspicacity and analytical shrewdness unparalleled in American cinema. Series: Polity America Through the Lens Series. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APFB; JFC; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 143 x 25. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745653037
- ISBN
- 9780745653037
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Condition: New
€ 32.45
€ 32.45
Hardcover. Alfred Weber was an important participant in the dialogue over the political and cultural crises of the late Empire and Weimar Republic. This study connects Weber's career to the social, political, intellectual, cultural, and institutional contexts of the period. Series: Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137031143
- ISBN
- 9781137031143
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Condition: New
€ 66.99
€ 66.99
Paperback. Algeria Cuts discusses the figure of woman under colonial rule in Algeria as well as within the postcolonial independent nation-state through an interdisciplinary framework that spans fine art, film, colonial and legal policy, manifestoes, prose fiction, and theoretical and philosophical texts concerning the relationship between France and Algeria. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 328 pages, 31 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBA; DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 458. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804752626
- ISBN
- 9780804752626
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.02
€ 33.99
€ 31.02
Hardback. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; DSK; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231172561
- ISBN
- 9780231172561
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.48€ 46.87
€ 59.48
€ 46.87
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ACV; AFC; BG; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 209 x 139 x 11. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Edition
- 58461st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801486098
- ISBN
- 9780801486098
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 22.10
€ 23.99
€ 22.10
Paperback. Among the first critical works on Alice Munro's writing, this study of her short fiction is informed by the disciplines of narratology and literary linguistics. Through examining Munro's narrative art, Isla Duncan demonstrates a rich understanding of the complex, densely layered, often unsettling stories. Num Pages: 201 pages, biography. BIC Classification: D; DS; JFSJ; JHM; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2011
- Number of pages
- 201
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349341597
- ISBN
- 9781349341597
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.64
€ 65.64
Hardback. Among the first critical works on Alice Munro's writing, this study of her short fiction is informed by the disciplines of narratology and literary linguistics. Through examining Munro's narrative art, Isla Duncan demonstrates a rich understanding of the complex, densely layered, often unsettling stories. Num Pages: 201 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBC; DSBH; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 222 x 17. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 201
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230338579
- ISBN
- 9780230338579
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.44
€ 66.44
Paperback. The first analysis of suffragist Alice Paul's controversial rhetorical strategies Num Pages: 296 pages, 18 photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252074714
- ISBN
- 9780252074714
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.67
€ 30.99
€ 27.67
Hardback. In Alien Capital Iyko Day retheorizes the history and logic of settler colonialism by examining its intersection with Asian racialization and capitalism, showing how the conflation of Asian immigrants to Canada and the United states with the abstract dimensions of capital became settler colonialism's defining feature. Num Pages: 256 pages, 29 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DS; HBTB; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 264 x 19. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822360797
- ISBN
- 9780822360797
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.46
€ 111.46
Paperback. In Alien Capital Iyko Day retheorizes the history and logic of settler colonialism by examining its intersection with Asian racialization and capitalism, showing how the conflation of Asian immigrants to Canada and the United states with the abstract dimensions of capital became settler colonialism's defining feature. Num Pages: 256 pages, 29 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DS; HBTB; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822360933
- ISBN
- 9780822360933
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.63
€ 27.99
€ 26.63
Paperback. A lively reexamination of the 'alien' as metaphor in film and fiction. Case studies include The Fly movies, Alien series, and Dracula. Editor(s): Cartmell, Deborah; Hunter, I. Q.; Kaye, Heidi; Whelehan, Imelda. Series: Film/Fiction. Num Pages: 208 pages, index. BIC Classification: APFA; DSB; JFC; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 15. Weight in Grams: 465.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745314006
- ISBN
- 9780745314006
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.90
€ 37.99
€ 29.90
hardcover. Ming and Quing China were well populated with foxes, shape-changing creatures who transgressed the boundaries of species, gender and the metaphysical realm. Each section of this book traces a particular boundary violated by the fox and examines how maneuvers across that boundary change over time. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 350 pages, 5 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTB; JFHF; VXQG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 165 x 32. Weight in Grams: 688.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674010949
- ISBN
- 9780674010949
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 42.36
€ 50.99
€ 42.36
Paperback. Between the early 1900s and the late 1950s, the attitudes of white Californians toward their Asian American neighbors evolved from outright hostility to relative acceptance. The author examines this transformation through the lens of California's urban housing markets. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 352 pages, 8 halftones, 9 line drawings, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJ; HBTB; JFFB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226004181
- ISBN
- 9780226004181
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.96
€ 36.99
€ 28.96
Hardback. Uses cinema and the films it shows to think about the church and the visions of desire it displays. This book discusses various films, including "The Alien Quartet", Christopher Nolan's "Memento", Stanley Kubrick's "2001: A Space Odyssey and A Clockwork Orange", Nicolas Roeg's "The Man Who Fell to Earth" and Derek Jarman's "The Garden". Series: Challenges in Contemporary Theology. Num Pages: 336 pages, 0. BIC Classification: APFA; HRCM; JFC; JFSJ; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 164 x 30. Weight in Grams: 618.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631211792
- ISBN
- 9780631211792
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.72
€ 154.72
Paperback. Uses cinema and the films it shows to think about the church and the visions of desire it displays. This book discusses various films, including "The Alien Quartet", Christopher Nolan's "Memento", Stanley Kubrick's "2001: A Space Odyssey and A Clockwork Orange", Nicolas Roeg's "The Man Who Fell to Earth" and Derek Jarman's "The Garden". Series: Challenges in Contemporary Theology. Num Pages: 336 pages, 0. BIC Classification: APF; HRCM; JFC; JFSJ; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 25. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631211808
- ISBN
- 9780631211808
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.34
€ 55.34
paperback. Editor(s): Neuhouser, Frederick. Translator(s): Neuhouser, Frederick; Smith, Alan E. Series: New Directions in Critical Theory. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF7; HPS; JFFN; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 230 x 25. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780231151993
- ISBN
- 9780231151993
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 20.34
€ 29.99
€ 20.34
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 23 halftones. BIC Classification: JFSL1; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 150 x 12. Weight in Grams: 299.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780816645770
- ISBN
- 9780816645770
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.67
€ 30.99
€ 27.67
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 12. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; VXQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 151 x 17. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801484681
- ISBN
- 9780801484681
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.36
€ 37.99
€ 34.36
paperback. Looks at the global culture of sci-fi-- covering European, American and Asian films--to ask what it reveals about international culture and society Editor(s): Sardar, Ziauddin; Cubitt, Sean. Num Pages: 200 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF; FL; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 150 x 19. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780745315393
- ISBN
- 9780745315393
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.81
€ 40.99
€ 31.81
Paperback. Editor(s): Kriebernegg, Ulla; Maierhofer, Roberta; Ratzenbock, Barbara. Num Pages: 324 pages, 21 b/w illus. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFFH; JFSP31. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Transcript Verlag Germany
- Number of pages
- 324
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783837625820
- ISBN
- 9783837625820
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.00€ 35.56
€ 44.00
€ 35.56
Paperback. From the effects of drugs and drug laws to how best to support young people, this book is packed with information and guidance to help you understand drugs and how and why young people use them. As well as practical advice and up-to-date information, the book has a drugs glossary which includes the newest drugs such as legal highs. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFFH1; VFJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 176 x 17. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849054270
- ISBN
- 9781849054270
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.40
€ 29.40
Paperback. From one of America's most revered thinkers offers radical new ways to think about love, and examines the relationship between love and sexuality, and the connections between the public and the private. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: JFCA; VFJ; VFV; VS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 135 x 202 x 33. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Publisher
- WmMorrowPB
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780060959470
- ISBN
- 9780060959470
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.20
€ 13.99
€ 11.20