Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Hardback. This book tests the proposition that the humanities can, and at their best do, represent a commitment to ethical reading. And that this commitment, and the training and discipline of close reading that underlie it, represent something that the humanities need to bring to other fields: to professional training and to public life. Editor(s): Brooks, Peter. Num Pages: 172 pages, 3 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; JFC; JNA; JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 17. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 172
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823257041
- ISBN
- 9780823257041
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 101.80
€ 101.80
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137440426
- ISBN
- 9781137440426
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.44€ 23.06
€ 59.44
€ 23.06
Paperback. Num Pages: 326 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBB; DSBH; JFD; UT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2005
- Number of pages
- 326
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349517640
- ISBN
- 9781349517640
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.70
€ 66.70
Paperback. This collection of essays by scholars with expertise in a range of fields, cultural professionals and policy makers explores different ways in which the arts and humanities contribute to dealing with the challenges of contemporary society in ways that do not rely on simplistic and questionable notions of socio-economic impact as a proxy for value. Editor(s): Belfiore, Eleonora; Upchurch, Anna. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: AB; H; JF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 149 x 19. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230366633
- ISBN
- 9780230366633
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.42
€ 66.42
Hardback. This collection of essays by scholars with expertise in a range of fields, cultural professionals and policy makers explores different ways in which the arts and humanities contribute to dealing with the challenges of contemporary society in ways that do not rely on simplistic and questionable notions of socio-economic impact as a proxy for value. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; H; JF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230366657
- ISBN
- 9780230366657
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.21
€ 67.21
Hardback. Social thinkers in all fields are faced with one unavoidable question: What does it mean to be human in the 21st century? This ambitious and groundbreaking book provides the first synthesis of historical, philosophical and sociological insights needed to address this question in a thoughtful and creative manner. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRAM3; JFMG; JHB; PDA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230233423
- ISBN
- 9780230233423
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.53
€ 67.53
Paperback. Social thinkers in all fields are faced with one unavoidable question: What does it mean to be human in the 21st century? This ambitious and groundbreaking book provides the first synthesis of historical, philosophical and sociological insights needed to address this question in a thoughtful and creative manner. Num Pages: 280 pages, 4 figures. BIC Classification: HRAM3; JFMG; JHMC; TCB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 146 x 216 x 17. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 280
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 2011th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230233430
- ISBN
- 9780230233430
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.66
€ 66.66
Paperback. Num Pages: 210 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFP; JMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 144 x 14. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442206496
- ISBN
- 9781442206496
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.32
€ 19.99
€ 18.32
Paperback. Editor(s): Daveluy, Michelle; Levesque, Francis; Ferguson, Jenanne. Series: Occasional Publications Series. Num Pages: 328 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 170 x 20. Weight in Grams: 664.
- Publisher
- CCI Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781896445540
- ISBN
- 9781896445540
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 37.31
€ 51.99
€ 37.31
Hardcover. Series: Decolonizing Feminisms. Num Pages: 347 pages, 20 black & white illustrations, 20 illus. BIC Classification: JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 688.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 347
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295995311
- ISBN
- 9780295995311
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.11
€ 119.11
Paperback. Series: Decolonizing Feminisms. Num Pages: 20 black & white illustrations, 20 illus. BIC Classification: 1FM; HBJF; JFSJ5; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 26. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295995328
- ISBN
- 9780295995328
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: JFFZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Lantern Books,US United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590564233
- ISBN
- 9781590564233
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.67
€ 24.99
€ 21.67
Num Pages: 470 pages, 4 b&w illus., 13 tables. BIC Classification: JFHF; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 776.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253022912
- ISBN
- 9780253022912
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 87.52
€ 87.52
Paperback. Num Pages: 470 pages, 4 b&w illus., 13 tables. BIC Classification: JFHF; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 27. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 470
- Condition
- New
- Publication date
- 2016
- SKU
- V9780253023148
- ISBN
- 9780253023148
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 38.84
€ 43.99
€ 38.84
Paperback. A fully annotated edition of Hume's most important political essays. Editor(s): Haakonssen, Knud. Series: Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPC; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 206 x 136 x 27. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521466394
- ISBN
- 9780521466394
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.49
€ 41.49
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Lexington Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739197493
- ISBN
- 9780739197493
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.64€ 38.30
€ 104.64
€ 38.30
Hardcover. Series: Syracuse Studies on Peace and Conflict Resolution. Num Pages: 288 pages, 9 blac and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVWYS; GTJ; JFD; JPF; JPWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815634072
- ISBN
- 9780815634072
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.38
€ 51.38
paperback. Humor in the Caribbean Literary Canon intimately examines Caribbean writers who engage canonical Western texts and forms, while using humor to challenge Western representations of people of African descent. Series: New Caribbean Studies. Num Pages: 222 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; DSBH5; JFC; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2012
- SKU
- V9781349436323
- ISBN
- 9781349436323
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardback. Humor and entertainment were vital to the war effort during World War I. While entertainment provided relief to soldiers in the trenches, it also built up support for the war effort on the home front. This book looks at transnational war culture by examining seemingly light-hearted discourses on the Great War. Editor(s): Ritzenhoff, Karen A.; Tholas-Disset, Clementine. Num Pages: 308 pages, 17 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJF; HBG; HBLW; HBWN; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 241 x 23. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 2015th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137449092
- ISBN
- 9781137449092
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.53
€ 128.53
Humor, Entertainment, and Popular Culture During World War I
Tholas-Disset, Clementine; Ritzenhoff, Karen ...
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; AP; HBTB; HBWQ; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349496624
- ISBN
- 9781349496624
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.61
€ 127.61
Paperback. Editor(s): Cheaure, Elisabeth; Nohejl, Regine. Num Pages: 138 pages, 17 b/w & 13 colour illus. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 224 x 9. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Publisher
- Transcript Verlag
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783837628586
- ISBN
- 9783837628586
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.68
€ 37.99
€ 27.68
Hardcover. This text, based on a manuscript of 2000 jokes, sheds light on the lost laughter of the "Golden Age" in the Netherlands, and provides insight on their attitudes towards sexuality and religion and other aspects of life, before religious treatises and books of manners warned against laughter. Num Pages: 200 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDN; 3JD; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333746745
- ISBN
- 9780333746745
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.92
€ 126.92
Hardback. Anthropological writings on humour are not numerous, but they do contain insight into the social processes that underlie joking and laughter. This volume examines the cognitive, social, and moral aspects of humour and its potential to bring about a sense of mutual understanding, even among different and possibly hostile people. Editor(s): Sciama, Lidia Dina. Series: Social Identities. Num Pages: 216 pages, 20 illustrations, 2 tables. BIC Classification: JFC; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 160 x 236 x 20. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857450746
- ISBN
- 9780857450746
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.40
€ 162.40
Paperback / so. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JF; JPS; KCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 8. Weight in Grams: 159.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Vs Verlag Fur Sozialwissenschaften United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783322949509
- ISBN
- 9783322949509
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.05
€ 54.05