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Society & culture: general
Paperback. At various times, homosexuality has been considered the noblest of loves, a horrible sin, a psychological condition or grounds for torture and execution. This book argues that homosexuality is only deviant because society has constructed, or defined, it as deviant. Num Pages: 646 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 167 x 44. Weight in Grams: 990.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 646
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226306285
- ISBN
- 9780226306285
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.01
€ 40.99
€ 31.01
Paperback. This book is a major contribution to the literature on race, identity and child development, and offers a radically new way of looking at some of these issues. Based on intensive research on interracial families, the book reviews the previous literature relating to racial identity development, and shows it to be based on flawed assumptions. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFF; JFSL1; JFSP1; JFSP2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Pub
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853023767
- ISBN
- 9781853023767
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Condition: New
€ 38.14
€ 38.14
Paperback. This volume is a collection of contemporary and classic literature on consumption and consumer society. From Karl Marx to Jean Baudrillard, it introduces students and researchers to the topics, themes, and preoccupations of 20th-century consumer culture. Editor(s): Lee, Martyn J. Num Pages: 352 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 186 x 19. Weight in Grams: 664.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631207986
- ISBN
- 9780631207986
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Condition: New
€ 52.61
€ 52.61
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Sage Publications Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781473982383
- ISBN
- 9781473982383
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.67
€ 55.67
Hardback. Includes most organized discussion of mass media culture, the meaning of leisure, and anomie in affluent society. Series: Published in Association with Theory, Culture & Society. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JFFT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 165 x 241 x 19. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Ltd
- Edition
- Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781473982376
- ISBN
- 9781473982376
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.83
€ 162.83
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- The MIT Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780262028578
- ISBN
- 9780262028578
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 27.61
€ 38.99
€ 27.61
Paperback. A comprehensive collection of contemporary writings on political Islam from key thinkers in the field. Includes a substantial introduction. Editor(s): Abu-Rabi', Ibrahim M. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; HRAM2; HRH; JFSR2; JPFR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 19. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745328898
- ISBN
- 9780745328898
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 30.95
€ 40.99
€ 30.95
Hardback. This exciting new reader brings together some of the best recent sociological writing on British society. The volume features carefully selected extracts from books and journals, which have been chosen for the high quality of their sociological analysis and their relevance to understanding social change. Editor(s): Abercrombie, Nicholas; Warde, Alan. Num Pages: 376 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFC; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 33. Weight in Grams: 786.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745622620
- ISBN
- 9780745622620
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.52
€ 83.52
Paperback. This exciting new reader brings together some of the best recent sociological writing on British society. The volume features carefully selected extracts from books and journals, which have been chosen for the high quality of their sociological analysis and their relevance to understanding social change. Editor(s): Abercrombie, Nicholas; Warde, Alan. Num Pages: 560 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFC; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 178 x 249 x 34. Weight in Grams: 770.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 560
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745622637
- ISBN
- 9780745622637
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.05
€ 47.05
hardcover. Essays from prominent American thinkers on what individuals can do to re-establish their bonds with society. Num Pages: 328 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JF; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Madison Books United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781568330556
- ISBN
- 9781568330556
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 25.94
€ 27.99
€ 25.94
Paperback. At a time when women were generally excluded from scholarly discourse in the intellectual centers of Europe, four extraordinary female letterate proved their parity as they lectured in prominent scientific and literary academies and published in respected journals. Editor(s): Messbarger, Rebecca; Findlen, Paula. Translator(s): Messbarger, Rebecca; Findlen, Paula. Series: Other Voice in Early Modern Europe. Num Pages: 208 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JF; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL; JFSJ1; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226010557
- ISBN
- 9780226010557
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.29
€ 34.99
€ 27.29
Paperback. A seemingly familiar tale of Indians, goldseekers and the resulting conflict, yet in this text Elliot West assesses the cataclysmic changes that the Colorado gold rush brought to the Great Plains, in particular the disruption to Plains Indian cultures. Num Pages: 446 pages, 31 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 704.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700610297
- ISBN
- 9780700610297
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Condition: New
€ 43.49
€ 43.49
Paperback. This study is a major appraisal of the contributions of German-speaking emigres to British cinema from the late 1920s to the end of World War II. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJG; 3JJH; APF; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 143 x 216 x 15. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780719097478
- ISBN
- 9780719097478
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 6.23
€ 19.99
€ 6.23
Paperback. "Jean Liedloff, an American writer, spent two and a half years in the South American jungle living with Stone Age Indians. The experience demolished her Western preconceptions of how we should live and" Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLS; JFSL9; JHBA; JHMC; JMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- Da Capo Press
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780201050714
- ISBN
- 9780201050714
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.83
€ 19.99
€ 16.83
Hardback. The Contours of American Politics takes a fresh look at the political culture of the United States. In its complexity and diversity, America fascinates. Its politics are brash and exciting, and its political impact upon the wider world is profound. Num Pages: 232 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745620602
- ISBN
- 9780745620602
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.45
€ 78.45
Paperback. The Contours of American Politics takes a fresh look at the political culture of the United States. In its complexity and diversity, America fascinates. Its politics are brash and exciting, and its political impact upon the wider world is profound. Num Pages: 234 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 319.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745620619
- ISBN
- 9780745620619
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.42
€ 25.42
Paperback. Contract and Domination offers a bold challenge to contemporary contract theory, arguing that it should either be fundamentally rethought or abandoned altogether. Since the publication of John Rawls's A Theory of Justice, contract theory has once again become central to the Western political tradition. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JFSL3; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 176 x 21. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745640044
- ISBN
- 9780745640044
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.89
€ 27.89
Paperback. This practical resource offers behavioural health professionals a nuanced view of diversity beyond race, culture, and ethnicity to include and interrogate intersectionality among race, culture, gender, sexuality, age, class, nationality, religion, and disability. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JFSL; JKSN2; MMJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 234 x 24. Weight in Grams: 736.
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 5th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781506305752
- ISBN
- 9781506305752
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 152.93
€ 152.93
Hardback. From romanticism through postmodernism, the imagination has become a reference point for thinking about the self, culture, philosophy and politics. How has imagination influenced our understanding of experience? This title uncovers a history of French thought that casts the imagination as a dominant faculty in our experience of the world. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 298 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HP; JFCX. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 584.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 298
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674021884
- ISBN
- 9780674021884
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.31€ 114.80
€ 129.31
€ 114.80
Paperback. Over a lifetime of studying Cuban Santeria and other religions related to Orisha worship - a practice also found among the Yoruba in West Africa. This title provides an analysis of these assumptions, in the process offering an incisive critique both of the anthropology of religion and of scholarship on the cultural history of Afro-Atlantic World. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; JFSL3; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226019567
- ISBN
- 9780226019567
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.27
€ 34.99
€ 27.27