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Society & culture: general

Paperback. The 1973 military coup in Chile deposed the democratically elected Salvador Allende and installed a dictatorship that terrorized the country for almost twenty years. This title examines cultural sites and representations in postdictatorship Chile - what the author calls "memory symbolics" - to uncover the impact of state-sponsored violence. Num Pages: 240 pages, 21 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KLSH; JFC; JPHX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 207 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 278.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520255845
ISBN
9780520255845
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.27

Paperback. Documents both traditional and contemporary male haunts, such as bars, barbershops, lodges, pool halls, strip clubs, garages, deer camps, megachurches, the basement Barcalounger, and examines their provenance, purpose, and appeal. Num Pages: 264 pages, 79 photographs. BIC Classification: JFCA; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 178 x 17. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231137355
ISBN
9780231137355
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.30

Hardcover. Transnationalism - and the connected issues of race, migration, and diaspora - has been an area of increasing interest in Irish Studies. Where Motley Is Worn is one of the first collections to focus on transnationalism in Irish literature. Editor(s): Tucker, Amanda; Casey, Moira. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AFR; DSBF; DSBH; JFFN; JFSL1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 241 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 554. Good copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Cork University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
SKU
KIN0035176
ISBN
9781782051008
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

board_book. Num Pages: 12 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HRJP; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 162 x 8. Weight in Grams: 118.
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Kar-Ben United States
Number of pages
12
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822589464
ISBN
9780822589464
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 9.30

Paperback. Sandke tackles the stubborn and controversial question of whether jazz is the product of an insulated African-American environment, shut off from the rest of society by strictures of segregation and discrimination; or whether it is more properly understood as the juncture of a variety of influences under the broader umbrella of American culture. Series: Studies in Jazz. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: AVGJ; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 224 x 18. Weight in Grams: 424.
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442243545
ISBN
9781442243545
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 38.76

Paperback. Where the River Ends examines the response of the Cucapa people of Mexico's northwest coast to the state's claim that they are not "indigenous enough" to merit the special fishing rights which would allow them to subsist during environmental crisis. Num Pages: 240 pages, 11 photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JFSL9; RNFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822354451
ISBN
9780822354451
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.29

Hardback. An examination of Sahtu Dene participation in the assessment of the Mackenzie Gas pipeline and other resource extraction projects, this book provides an in-depth account of the workings and effects of participatory environmental assessment in the Canadian North and its implications for the legitimization of resource co-management. Series: Nature / History / Society Series. Num Pages: 480 pages, 6 b&w photos, 2 maps, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1MBF; JFSL9; RNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 825.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774828451
ISBN
9780774828451
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.48

Paperback. An examination of Sahtu Dene participation in the assessment of the Mackenzie Gas pipeline and other resource extraction projects, this book provides an in-depth account of the workings and effects of participatory environmental assessment in the Canadian North and its implications for the legitimization of resource co-management. Series: Nature | History | Society. Num Pages: 480 pages, 6 b&w photos, 2 maps, 3 tables. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSL9; JHMP; RND; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780774828468
ISBN
9780774828468
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.15

Paperback. Explores the issues of borders and borderland identities that have accompanied the many transitions since 1990. This book combines an ethnographic account of everyday life under socialist rule and after German reunification with an investigation of the paradoxical human condition of a borderland. Num Pages: 307 pages, 30 b/w photographs, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DFG; JFC; JHM; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
307
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520214774
ISBN
9780520214774
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 25.78

Hardcover. This latest title in the hugely popular series of proverbs from around the world focuses on the richness of Japanese culture and language and highlights the uncanny similarity of inherited wisdom between the East and West. Num Pages: 96 pages, black, white and blue illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GJ; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 216. .
Edition
Bilingual
Publisher
Medina Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909339996
ISBN
9781909339996
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 9.30

Paperback. Explains why the working class was largely missing from the 1989-90 revolution which led to the fall of socialism in Germany. This book documents workers' day-to-day experience of the labor process, workplace union politics, and class. It shows how three factors led most workers to withdraw from politics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFGE; HBTV; JFSC; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 385.
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252067518
ISBN
9780252067518
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.60
€ 55.39

Paperback. Where We Stand is a successful black woman's reflection on how our dilemmas of class and race are intertwined, and how we can find ways to think beyond them. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; JFSC; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 10. Weight in Grams: 264.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415929134
ISBN
9780415929134
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.63

Paperback. Far more Irishmen live outside Ireland than within it. This study, by Ireland's most controversial contemporary historian, reveals why this is, how it has come about and what the realities are - political, economic, religious and cultural - for the populations of the 'Irish Diaspora' and the countries they now inhabit. Num Pages: 768 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1; JFFN; JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 49. Weight in Grams: 560.
Publisher
Arrow
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099958505
ISBN
9780099958505
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 20.00

Paperback. Anna Maria van Schurman (1607-1678) was an advocate and exemplar of women's education, this text contains her writings on the defence of women's education, her letters to other learned women, her own account of her early life as well as responses to her work from male contemporaries Translator(s): Irwin, Joyce L. Series: Other Voice in Early Modern Europe. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; DNF; HRC; JFSJ1; JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 16. Weight in Grams: 284.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226849997
ISBN
9780226849997
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.85

Paperback. Democracy and democratization are now high on the political agenda, but there is growing indifference to the gap between rich and poor. Political equalities matter more than ever, while economic inequality is accepted almost as a fact of life. It is the separation between economic and political that lies at the heart of this book. Num Pages: 168 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFC; JFF; JFSL1; JHM; JPA; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 229 x 9. Weight in Grams: 254.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745621098
ISBN
9780745621098
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.41

Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; JFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240. . New.
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
Veritas Publications
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
9781853908637
ISBN
9781853908637
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.99

Paperback. Public health has made our lives safer - but it often works behind the scenes, without our knowledge, that is, 'while we are sleeping'. This book illuminates how public health works with more than sixty success stories drawn from the area of injury and violence prevention. Num Pages: 248 pages, 7 tables. BIC Classification: JFFE; MBN; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 346.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520258464
ISBN
9780520258464
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.41

Hardback. The women who made & bootlegged whiskey Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: KNDF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 524.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9781612345642
ISBN
9781612345642
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 32.08

Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 143 x 13. Weight in Grams: 302.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Blacksmith Books Hong Kong
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9789628673285
ISBN
9789628673285
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.06

Paperback. Given that matters relevant to race remain confused and divisive in many corridors of American society, it is not surprising that rumors and legends that reflect racial misunderstanding and mistrust frequently circulate. This work focuses on a wide array of tales told in black and white communities across America. Num Pages: 270 pages, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 63.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520228559
ISBN
9780520228559
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.24

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