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Society & culture: general

Paperback. An honest look at U.S. racism, and the liberal platitudes that attempt to conceal it. Num Pages: 124 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFJ; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 185 x 134 x 10. Weight in Grams: 136.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
City Lights Publishers
Edition
59530th
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872864498
ISBN
9780872864498
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.42

Paperback. Gilded Age elites defined white civilization as the triumphant achievement of exceptional people hewing to a relational ethic of strict self-discipline for the common good. This title demonstrates that between 1880 and 1940, cultural discourses of whiteness and heterosexuality fused to form a new concept of the 'normal' American. Num Pages: 232 pages, 1 photo, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; JFSK; JHMP; VFVC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822339489
ISBN
9780822339489
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.98

Hardcover. If there's one distinctive feature of the British countryside, it has to be the hedgerow. Hedgerows can provide a great fund of fresh, wild food for us. In this book, the author reintroduces the wild and natural hedgerow ingredients that our grandmothers used on a regular basis - but gives them a fresh and contemporary twist. Num Pages: 240 pages, col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFHF; VSZ; VXHT; WBH; WNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 189 x 141 x 28. Weight in Grams: 516.
Publisher
Square Peg
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780224086714
ISBN
9780224086714
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.65

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 38 b/w photos. BIC Classification: AVGU; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 10. Weight in Grams: 402.
Publisher
A Cappella Books United States
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781556527616
ISBN
9781556527616
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.41

Paperback. The construction of masculinity is becoming a field of growing interest because it is opening up new and fascinating perspectives, thus adding a further dimension to Gender Studies. However, so far the analysis has focused mostly on homosexuality. By contrast, the author examines social processes and relations that constitute hegemonic masculinity. Series: New Directions in Anthropology. Num Pages: 192 pages, Bibliog., Index. BIC Classification: 1DSP; JFSJ2; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 213 x 162 x 10. Weight in Grams: 234.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571818911
ISBN
9781571818911
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 30.79

Paperback. The Hell-Fire Clubs scandalized eighteenth-century English society. This book explores the social and economic context in which the clubs emerged and flourished; their various phases, which first involved violence as an assertion of masculinity, then religious blasphemy, and later sexual indulgence. Num Pages: 250 pages, black-&-white plate section. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 199 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 330.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Number of pages
250
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300164022
ISBN
9780300164022
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.98

Paperback. Winner of the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize: "[A] commanding and important book."-Jill Lepore, The New Yorker Num Pages: 816 pages, 37 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; HBTS; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1044.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
800
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393337761
ISBN
9780393337761
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.63

Paperback. 'I loved it .. funny, serious, richly vivid .. Read this book.' Daily Telegraph Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: JFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 30. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
Pan Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprints
Condition
New
SKU
V9780330535861
ISBN
9780330535861
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.72

Hardback. The Heritage Arena describes the ways in which cheese has been reinvented as a form of cultural heritage through the negotiation and competition of many actors, including cheese-makers, merchants, and Slow Food activists. Series: Food, Nutrition, and Culture. Num Pages: 216 pages, 13 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; GM; JFC; JHMC; KNDF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 408.
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785332944
ISBN
9781785332944
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 161.18

Paperback. Num Pages: 464 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 3JH; JFSV1; VXW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 648.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Red Wheel/Weiser United States
Edition
New edition
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9780877288381
ISBN
9780877288381
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 29.87

Hardback. Num Pages: 440 pages, 11 line illus. 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBFM; 3JM; JFFA; JFSL3; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 243 x 158 x 32. Weight in Grams: 760.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691162843
ISBN
9780691162843
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.72

Paperback. Num Pages: 440 pages, 10 line illus. 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBFM; 3JM; JFFA; JFSL3; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 277 x 29. Weight in Grams: 626.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691173054
ISBN
9780691173054
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.65

Paperback. Series: Collected Works of Joseph Campbell. Num Pages: 352 pages, 72 Black and White Photos, 24 Black and White Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGXA; HRAC; HRKP; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 404.
Publisher
New World Library United States
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781608681891
ISBN
9781608681891
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 16.93

Paperback. Adam Smith turned economic theory on its head in 1776 when he declared that the pursuit of self-interest mediated by the market itself - not by government - led, via an invisible hand, to the greatest possible welfare for society as a whole. This title examines how subsequent economic thinkers have challenged or reaffirmed Smith's doctrine. Num Pages: 248 pages, 1 line illus. 1 table. BIC Classification: JFCX; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 364.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691150000
ISBN
9780691150000
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.80

Paperback. Num Pages: 376 pages, 2 line illus. 3 tables. BIC Classification: JFM; JHB; JMH; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 150 x 263 x 25. Weight in Grams: 496.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691173245
ISBN
9780691173245
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.40

Paperback. Shapiro argues that what separates the races is not industriousness or a culture of poverty but rather the presence of absence of financial safety nets, particularly those that come in the form of parental financial support and inheritance. Num Pages: 258 pages, numerous line drawings and tables. BIC Classification: JFSL3; KFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 356.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Number of pages
253
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195181388
ISBN
9780195181388
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.33

Paperback. This study of ethnicity, identity, and nation-building has a new introduction that shows the continuing validity of the book's approach to ethnography, ecology, culture and politics. The authors investigated two Alpine villages only a mile apart in the same mountain valley. Num Pages: 372 pages, 20 black-and-white photos, 12 line illustrations, 27 tables, 9 maps. BIC Classification: 1DFHA; JFSL; JHM; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 463.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
First Edition, With a New Introduction
Number of pages
372
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520216815
ISBN
9780520216815
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.54

Paperback. A fast-paced, brilliantly researched expose of the homosexuality of Hitler and his entourage Num Pages: 462 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; JFSK2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 28. Weight in Grams: 678.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Basic Books
Number of pages
462
Condition
New
SKU
V9780465043095
ISBN
9780465043095
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.21

Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 142 x 13. Weight in Grams: 226.
Publisher
Ig Publishing
Number of pages
200
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Reissue Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780978843106
ISBN
9780978843106
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.79

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447308485
ISBN
9781447308485
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.97

Hardback. A woman will one day occupy the Oval Office because women themselves have made it inevitable, says best-selling historian Ellen Fitzpatrick. She tells the remarkable 150-year story of the candidates, voters, activists, and citizens who, despite overwhelming odds against women in politics, set their sights on the highest glass ceiling in the land. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674088931
ISBN
9780674088931
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 25.85

Paperback. Using a variety of sources - official papers, travel documents, diaries and newspapers - Duane Meyer presents a complete reconstruction of the settlement of Highlanders in North Carolina. He examines their motives for migaration, their life in America and their curious allegiance to George III. Num Pages: 216 pages, maps, diagrams. BIC Classification: 1KBBFN; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Edition
Reprint Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807841990
ISBN
9780807841990
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.02

Paperback. Editor(s): Caulfield, Jonathan. Num Pages: 65 pages. BIC Classification: JFFE3; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 158 x 234 x 10. Weight in Grams: 154.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Nova Science Pub Inc
Condition
New
SKU
V9781634820127
ISBN
9781634820127
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 101.35
€ 76.95

Hardback. This text introduces a group of young black artists who painted their way out of the despair awaiting them in 1950s Florida. Emerging in the late 1950s, the Highwaymen created idyllic, quickly realized images of the Florida dream and peddled some 100,000 of them from the trunks of their cars. Num Pages: 128 pages, 63 colour photographs, notes. BIC Classification: 1KBBFL; ACXD; AFC; AFTB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 203 x 20. Weight in Grams: 835.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University Press of Florida United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813022819
ISBN
9780813022819
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 39.70

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