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Society & culture: general

Paperback. A New book by one of the most important names on the Polity list. Stan Cohen is one of the world's most respected criminologists, and author of many classic studies in the field. Num Pages: 360 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFFE; JFFH; JMAL; JPVR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 27. Weight in Grams: 518.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745623924
ISBN
9780745623924
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.13

Paperback. Illuminates the construction of national memory from a comparative, cross-case perspective. This book emphasizes that memory itself has a history: not only do particular meanings change, but the very faculty of memory - its place in social relations and the forms it takes-varies over time. Series: Politics, History, & Culture. Num Pages: 352 pages, 6 tables, 3 figures. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 499.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822330639
ISBN
9780822330639
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.58

Paperback. Exploring violence as part of political economy and rejecting stereotypical explanations of African violence as endemic or natural to African cultures, this work examines a continent where the boundaries on acceptable force are always shifting and the distinction between violence by the state and against the state is not always clear. Editor(s): Bay, Edna G.; Donham, Donald L. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1HF; 3JMC; JFFE; JFSP2; JPWS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813925776
ISBN
9780813925776
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.45

Paperback. Argues that demographic and environmental stress - the interactions among rapid population growth, environmental degradation, inequality, and emerging scarcities of vital natural resources - represents one important source of turmoil in today's world. Num Pages: 368 pages, 6 line illus. 10 tables. BIC Classification: 1QFG; JFFE; JPB; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 158 x 23. Weight in Grams: 582.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691138350
ISBN
9780691138350
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.80

Paperback. Reflections on how Americans are constrained by cultural scripts for age-, race-, and gender-proper emotional behavior and how our increasingly media-saturated culture impoverishes our interior lives. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: DS; JFD; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822343776
ISBN
9780822343776
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.32

Paperback. This collection of essays examines in detail the history of some of the concepts involved in bringing statistical argument "to the table", and some of the pitfalls that have been encountered. Topics range from 17th century medicine and blood circulation to the meter of Virgil's poetry. Num Pages: 512 pages, 24 line illustrations, 34 tables. BIC Classification: DN; JFCX; PBT; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 151 x 33. Weight in Grams: 526.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
n Third printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674009790
ISBN
9780674009790
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 35.95

Hardback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA1; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 147 x 17. Weight in Grams: 396.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
160
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691138138
ISBN
9780691138138
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 38.16

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: JFSC; MBNH; VFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 226.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408872680
ISBN
9781408872680
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.28

Paperback. A book that analyzes status-building techniques - such as self-branding, micro-celebrity, and life-streaming - to show that Web 2.0 did not provide a cultural revolution, but only furthered inequality and reinforced traditional social stratification, demarcated by race, class and gender. Num Pages: 368 pages, 1 b/w illustration. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFD; JFSC; UDBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 158 x 29. Weight in Grams: 464.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300209389
ISBN
9780300209389
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.33

Hardcover. Scouted at the age of ten, signed to an international modeling agency by twelve, and now considered the most in-demand model at only eighteen, the author is lucky. In this book, you can get a front row look at the fashion and modeling world, through his eyes, as he shares his personal stories, photographs and letters. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: BGFA; JFCA; JFCK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 165 x 241 x 25. Weight in Grams: 730.
Publisher
Bantam Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780593077764
ISBN
9780593077764
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.67

Paperback. Many thousands of people kill themselves every year, and many more are left behind to grieve. This book recounts individual suicide cases from the Bible and ancient Greeks to the present day and analyzes how ideas about suicide have changed over time. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 206 x 25. Weight in Grams: 316.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300209365
ISBN
9780300209365
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.52

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JFCV; JFFK; JPQB; RND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 367.
Publisher
Frog Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781623170516
ISBN
9781623170516
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.51

Hardback. This book explores the interplay of those memories, social networks and state policies which play a role in the 'construction' of a Kazakhstani German identity. Based on extensive ethnographic fieldwork in Kazakhstan. Series: Integration and Conflict Studies. Num Pages: 270 pages, 14 figures, 13 tables. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1FCZ; JFFN; JFSL1; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785331923
ISBN
9781785331923
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 161.25

Hardcover. Num Pages: 136 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APT; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Popular Press 1
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780879725372
ISBN
9780879725372
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.30

paperback. Donna J. Haraway refigures our current epoch, moving away from the Anthropocene toward the Chthulucene: an epoch in which we stay with the trouble of living and dying on a damaged earth while living with and understanding the nonhuman in complex ways conducive to building more livable futures. Series: Experimental Futures. Num Pages: 312 pages, 31 illustrations, incl. 2 in color. BIC Classification: JFFK; PDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 490.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822362241
ISBN
9780822362241
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.99

Paperback. .
Publisher
Periscope
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781902932538
ISBN
9781902932538
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.73

Hardback. Drawing on sources that include interviews, government documents, patents, sociological and psychological studies, magazines, monographs, scholarly periodicals, film, fiction, and digital gaming, Heitmann and Morales tell a story that highlights both human creativity and some of the paradoxes of American life. Num Pages: 232 pages, 13, 8 black & white halftones, 5 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; PDX; WGCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 235 x 20. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421412979
ISBN
9781421412979
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 41.43

Hardback. Num Pages: 448 pages, 19 halftones. 11 line illus. 2 tables. 2 maps. BIC Classification: DSB; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 166 x 243 x 35. Weight in Grams: 786.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691165127
ISBN
9780691165127
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 57.05
€ 45.14

Paperback. A study of African American actors in Hollywood during the 1930s, a decade that saw the consolidation of stardom as a potent cultural and industrial force. This title focuses on performers whose Hollywood film careers flourished during this period - Louise Beavers, Fredi Washington, Lincoln "Stepin Fetchit" Perry, and more. Num Pages: 312 pages, 35 b/w images. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; APFA; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520279773
ISBN
9780520279773
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.36

Hardcover. Public relations is, by design, the least visible of the persuasive industries. It operates behind the scenes, encouraging us to consume, vote, believe and behave in ways that keep economies moving and citizens from storming the citadels of power. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: GTC; JFD; KJSP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 158 x 24. Weight in Grams: 512.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780745664811
ISBN
9780745664811
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.18

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