Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Hardcover. This collection is designed to offer a comparative analysis of street-level protest movements, setting them in international, socio-economic, and cross-cultural perspective in order to help us understand why movements emerge, what they do, how they spread, and how they fit into both local and worldwide historical contexts. Editor(s): Ancelovici, Marcos; Dufour, Pascale; Nez, Heloise. Series: Protest and Social Movements. Num Pages: 312 pages, 0 black and white; 7 full color. BIC Classification: JFFP; JPWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 241 x 23. Weight in Grams: 632.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Amsterdam University Press
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789089647634
- ISBN
- 9789089647634
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 148.48
€ 148.48
Hardback. This volume focuses on two dimensions of globalization: the cultural and social realities of global connection and the uneasily shifting role of the state. Through a series of case studies, the editors assess the choices states have and the consequences of those choices for culture and society. Editor(s): Cameron, David R.; Stein, Janice Gross. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFFS; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 4039. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774808804
- ISBN
- 9780774808804
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.86
€ 113.86
Paperback. De-stigmatization of sex work encourages efforts toward legal changes to create safe communities for all. Num Pages: 272 pages, 11. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFFE; JFSJ1; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Publisher
- University of Alberta Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781772120059
- ISBN
- 9781772120059
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.39
€ 40.99
€ 29.39
Paperback. Series: Dress, Body, Culture. Num Pages: 336 pages, 148 colour illus. BIC Classification: JFCK; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857855756
- ISBN
- 9780857855756
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 42.64
€ 49.99
€ 42.64
Paperback. Drawing from almost a decade of ethnographic research in largely Brazilian and Puerto Rican neighborhoods in Newark, New Jersey, the author examines how affect, emotion, and sentiment serve as waypoints for the navigation of interracial relationships among US-born Latinos, Latin American migrants, blacks, and white ethnics. Num Pages: 440 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSG; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 617.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226703626
- ISBN
- 9780226703626
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 33.47
€ 43.99
€ 33.47
Hardback. From a multifaceted, global, and transnational perspective, the volume examines street vending and urban policies around the globe, comparing practices in the Global South to that in the Northern hemisphere. Essays show that though street vending activities vary depending on site-specific regulations.. Editor(s): Graaff, Kristina; Ha, Noa. Num Pages: 260 pages, 14 illustrations, 2 tables. BIC Classification: JFF; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 160 x 19. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782388340
- ISBN
- 9781782388340
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.69
€ 161.69
paperback. "A wonderful example of contemporary anthropology." - Irene Glasser, Community Renewal Team (CRT), Hartford, Connecticut Series: Teaching Culture: UTP Ethnographies for the Classroom. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- SKU
- V9781551115337
- ISBN
- 9781551115337
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 32.89
€ 36.99
€ 32.89
Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: JFSG; JPQB; KNG; RPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 213 x 33. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Publisher
- Penguin Putnam Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780143128977
- ISBN
- 9780143128977
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 20.15
€ 25.99
€ 20.15
Paperback. Emphasizing the importance of cultural theory for film history, this book guides readers on a series of "inferential walks" through Italian culture in the first decades of the 21st century. It draws a cultural history that persuasively argues for a spatial, corporal interpretation of film language. Num Pages: 436 pages, 100 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DST; APFA; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 657.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 436
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691025339
- ISBN
- 9780691025339
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.52€ 42.44
€ 53.52
€ 42.44
Paperback. A portrait of city life which explores the dilemma of both blacks and whites, the underclass and the middle class, caught up in the new struggle not only for common ground--prime real estate in a racially changing neighborhood--but for shared moral community. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: JFF; JFSG; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226018164
- ISBN
- 9780226018164
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 20.96
€ 25.99
€ 20.96
Hardcover. Editor(s): Daniels, Krista. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: JFFD; JFFN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 160 x 232 x 16. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Nova Science Pub Inc
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781634848237
- ISBN
- 9781634848237
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 179.58€ 135.25
€ 179.58
€ 135.25
Paperback. Proulx explores many aspects of dyad art therapy including attachment relationship theories, roles in dyad interventions, the importance of the tactile experience and ways in which dyad art therapy can be used. This original book will be invaluable to mental health professionals and to parents wishing to enrich interactions with their children. Num Pages: 208 pages, references, index. BIC Classification: JFSP1; MMZ; MQTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 11. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843107132
- ISBN
- 9781843107132
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.32
€ 41.32
Hardback. * Synthesizes literature from a wide variety of disciplines to examine family interaction in the context of stressful situations. * Designed as a textbook within Polity s Key Themes in Family Communication series. * Looks at the topic of stress and coping across the individual, relational and family levels. Series: Polity Key Themes in Family Communication Series. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: GTC; JFFP; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745650746
- ISBN
- 9780745650746
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.78
€ 66.78
Paperback. Body image. Friendships. Career. Money. Dating. All these issues serve as points of stress for the 20-something woman, and combined they can make for a decade of drama in a girl's life. Sarah Francis Martin's Bible study helps young adult women address each stress point by encouraging them to wait on the Lord and make Him the focus of their lives. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCV4; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Publisher
- HarperChristian Resources
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781418550790
- ISBN
- 9781418550790
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.17
€ 16.99
€ 16.17
Hardcover. In every Haredi [ultra-Orthodox] neighbourhood, bookstores overflow with titles written by and for Haredi Jews. This title offers a reading of contemporary Haredi fiction, self-help, history, and theology, explaining how this isolationist religious community constructs its complex and paradoxical relationship with contemporary culture. Series: Jewish Identity in Post Modern Society. Num Pages: 250 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 162 x 241 x 20. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Academic Studies Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781936235377
- ISBN
- 9781936235377
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.66
€ 106.66
Paperback. In July 1888, fourteen hundred women and girls employed by the matchmakers Bryant and May walked out of their East End factory and into the history books. The author gives us a challenging new interpretation of events proving that the women themselves, not celebrity socialists like Annie Besant, began it. Num Pages: 288 pages, 4 bw illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; HBTB; HBTK; JFSJ1; KNXB1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Publisher
- Continuum Publishing Corporation
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441114266
- ISBN
- 9781441114266
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.08
€ 40.08
Hardback. Religion and AIDS are transforming African public and private domains. This book questions why so much of the transnational religious engagement has seemed to serve conservative values, and explores connections between Europe/North America and Africa highlighting how these carry both financial resources for HIV/AIDS work and moral values. Editor(s): Beckmann, Nadine; Gusman, Alessandro; Schroff, Catrine. Series: Proceedings of the British Academy. Num Pages: 330 pages, c 16 small figures. BIC Classification: 1H; HRAM2; JFFH2; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 242 x 168 x 28. Weight in Grams: 766.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 330
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780197265680
- ISBN
- 9780197265680
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.49
€ 129.49
Paperback. The lap dancing industry has long argued that it offers an everyday service within free market guidelines, but in 2010 the UK government legislated that lap dancing venues in the UK should be classed as sex establishments. This title tells the author's story as she has worked as a lap dancer herself. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: BTX; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 137 x 14. Weight in Grams: 224. The Bare Reality of Lap Dancing. 152 pages. The lap dancing industry has long argued that it offers an everyday service within free market guidelines, but in 2010 the UK government legislated that lap dancing venues in the UK should be classed as sex establishments. This title tells the author's story as she has worked as a lap dancer herself. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BTX; JFFK. Dimension: 215 x 137 x 14. Weight: 224.
- Publisher
- Clairview Books
- Number of pages
- 152
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905570324
- ISBN
- 9781905570324
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.85
€ 11.99
€ 10.85
Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- SKU
- V9781479897285
- ISBN
- 9781479897285
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.31
€ 97.31
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 14. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479815692
- ISBN
- 9781479815692
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.38
€ 32.99
€ 29.38