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Society & culture: general
Paperback. Not since the Crusades of the Middle Ages has Islam evoked the degree of fear, hostility, and ethnic and religious stereotyping that is evident throughout Western culture today. This book explores the historical, political, and institutional forces that have raised the specter of a threatening and monolithic Muslim enemy. Editor(s): Qureshi, Emran; Sells, Michael A. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: JFSR2; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231126670
- ISBN
- 9780231126670
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.70
€ 40.99
€ 28.70
Paperback. Suitable for students, teachers, and general readers interested in the future of history, this book includes such topics as diverse as parades in 19th-century America, 16th-century Spanish texts, English medical writing, and the visual practices implied in Italian Renaissance frescoes. Editor(s): Hunt, Lynn. Series: Studies on the History of Society & Culture. Num Pages: 244 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBAH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 244
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520064294
- ISBN
- 9780520064294
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.43
€ 33.99
€ 24.43
Paperback. Editor(s): Longmore, Paul K.; Umansky, Lauri. Series: The History of Disability. Num Pages: 422 pages, black & white. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Publisher
- New York University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814785645
- ISBN
- 9780814785645
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.63
€ 33.99
€ 33.63
Hardback. * Giddens' latest policy manifesto, which takes further some of the arguments of 'The Third Way'. * Publication to be timed before the next general election. * Comprises a collection of essays from globally renowned thinkers, as well as Anthony Giddens and senior New Labour figures. Editor(s): Giddens, Anthony; Diamond, Patrick. Num Pages: 224 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFS; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 496. 224 pages, 0. Editor(s): Giddens, Anthony; Diamond, Patrick. * Giddens' latest policy manifesto, which takes further some of the arguments of 'The Third Way'. * Publication to be timed before the next general election. * Comprises a collection of essays from globally renowned thinkers, as well as Anthony Giddens and senior New Labour figures. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: JFS; JP. Dimension: 237 x 160 x 24. Weight: 496.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745634302
- ISBN
- 9780745634302
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.25
€ 71.25
Paperback. * Giddens' latest policy manifesto, which takes further some of the arguments of 'The Third Way'. * Publication to be timed before the next general election. * Comprises a collection of essays from globally renowned thinkers, as well as Anthony Giddens and senior New Labour figures. Editor(s): Giddens, Anthony; Diamond, Patrick. Num Pages: 266 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFS; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 361.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745634319
- ISBN
- 9780745634319
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.65
€ 26.65
The New Gilded Age. The Critical Inequality Debates of Our Time.
. Ed(S): Grusky, David B.; Kricheli-Katz, Tam...
hardcover. This book asks leading scholars to debate the causes of inequality, whether we have an obligation to help the poor, and the types of reforms that are most likely to eliminate or reduce inequality. Editor(s): Grusky, David B.; Kricheli-Katz, Tamar. Series: Studies in Social Inequality. Num Pages: 312 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFA; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 23. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804759359
- ISBN
- 9780804759359
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.74
€ 126.74
The New Gilded Age. The Critical Inequality Debates of Our Time.
. Ed(S): Grusky, David B.; Kricheli-Katz, Tam...
Paperback. This book asks leading scholars to debate the causes of inequality, whether we have an obligation to help the poor, and the types of reforms that are most likely to eliminate or reduce inequality. Editor(s): Grusky, David B.; Kricheli-Katz, Tamar. Series: Studies in Social Inequality. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, charts, graphs. BIC Classification: JFFA; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 20. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804759366
- ISBN
- 9780804759366
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.57
€ 32.99
€ 31.57
Hardback. Over the years, governments have delegated extensive regulatory authority to international private-sector organizations. This book examines who writes the rules in international private organizations, as well as who wins, who loses - and why. Num Pages: 320 pages, 13 halftones. 9 line illus. 20 tables. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPSN; KCL; LNPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 244 x 164 x 26. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691144795
- ISBN
- 9780691144795
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 32.90
€ 46.99
€ 32.90
Paperback. In this provocative book, Boyd suggests that hip hop culture has emerged as a social movement in its own right, replacing the Civil Rights and Black Power movements in influencing and defining today's generation. Num Pages: 169 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 206 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 169
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814798966
- ISBN
- 9780814798966
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 29.14
€ 29.99
€ 29.14
paperback. Discusses developments in new historicism, containing essays on the emergence of the Third World as a signifier, the relationship of feminism and new historicism, and the loss of the category "class" in new historicism. This work should be of interest to students of literature and history. Editor(s): Veeser, Harold. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; HBA; JFFK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780415900706
- ISBN
- 9780415900706
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.11
€ 55.11
Paperback. An exploration of 'historical truth' as presented at Colonial Williamsburg. This book examines the packaging of American history, and consumerism and the manufacturing of cultural beliefs. Containing anecdotes, ethnography, and layers of cultural meaning, it is for anyone interested in how the story of American history is told. Num Pages: 272 pages, 18 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GM; HBJK; JFC; WTHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822319740
- ISBN
- 9780822319740
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 29.11
€ 29.99
€ 29.11
Paperback. This work aims to explore the sources and dynamics of the political, economic and diplomatic transformations taking place in Southern Africa. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; JFF; JFSL1; JPH; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 480. Africa. 332 pp. Ex Libris
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Brookings Institution Press
- Number of pages
- 280
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Edition
- F First Edition
- SKU
- KNW0001692
- ISBN
- 9780815764519
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.99€ 4.99
€ 15.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Critical introductions to fifteen contemporary novelists whose work is of international calibre. Series: Writers of Italy. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 2ADT; DSBH; DSK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 451.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748609185
- ISBN
- 9780748609185
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 36.86
€ 41.99
€ 36.86
Paperback. Presenting a social history of "the new woman" that emerged in Japanese culture between the world wars, this title shows how images of modern women burst into Japanese life in the midst of the urbanization, growth of the middle class, and explosion of consumerism resulting from the postwar economic boom, particularly in the 1920s. Series: Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society. Num Pages: 256 pages, 33 illustrations, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822330448
- ISBN
- 9780822330448
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.04
€ 28.04
Paperback. In 1900 over five million Jews lived in the Russian empire; today, there are four times as many Russian-speaking Jews residing outside the former Soviet Union than there are in that region. The New Jewish Diaspora is the first English-language study of the Russian-speaking Jewish diaspora. Editor(s): Gitelman, Zvi. Num Pages: 320 pages, 3 figures, 22 tables. BIC Classification: JFFN; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813576282
- ISBN
- 9780813576282
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 41.39
€ 46.99
€ 41.39
Hardback. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813576299
- ISBN
- 9780813576299
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 169.87
€ 169.87
Paperback. This text offers advice on bringing women and people of colour into the leadership ranks of organizations, that will appeal to both ends of the political spectrum. It includes research on 16 organizations to reveal "best practices" for achieving diversity in executive positions. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; KJMV2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 23. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780787901844
- ISBN
- 9780787901844
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.36
€ 38.36
paperback. Num Pages: 414 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ2; VFVC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Publisher
- Bantam
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- Rev. Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780553380422
- ISBN
- 9780553380422
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.30
€ 22.30
Hardback. The New Media and Cybercultures Anthology collects essential readings of a diverse range of fields, including new and digital media, Internet studies, digital arts and culture studies, network culture studies, and the information society. Editor(s): Nayar, Pramod K. Num Pages: 568 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 251 x 174 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1126.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 568
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405183086
- ISBN
- 9781405183086
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.16
€ 108.16
Paperback. Providing an accessible, critical intervention into the field of moving image studies, this book features 20 commissioned essays in a format designed to be of wide use to a range of course in digital media, film and television studies. Editor(s): Harries, Dan. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APF; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 172 x 21. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Publisher
- British Film Institute
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780851709253
- ISBN
- 9780851709253
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 37.29
€ 45.99
€ 37.29
Paperback. Media Studies examines the new and rapidly developing fieldof media studies to discover what insights it has to offer studentsand general readers as they negotiate their way through the new -and thoroughly saturated - media environment. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFD. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405127684
- ISBN
- 9781405127684
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 40.24
€ 40.99
€ 40.24
Hardcover. A sourcebook of historical written texts, video documentation, and working programs that form the foundation of new media. Editor(s): Wardrip-Fruin, Noah; Montfort, Nick. Num Pages: 840 pages, 551 illus. BIC Classification: JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 205 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1550.
- Publisher
- MIT Press Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 840
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- HAR/CDR
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780262232272
- ISBN
- 9780262232272
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.76€ 80.08
€ 84.76
€ 80.08
Paperback. In this daring and insightful book, Justin Gest studies white working class people's attitudes and political behavior in the United States and Britain. Based on ethnographies and original surveys, the book offers a rich, nuanced and generalizable account of the marginality sensed by one of society's most misunderstood groups. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; JFSC; JFSL1; JPB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 235 x 22. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190632557
- ISBN
- 9780190632557
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.96
€ 54.96
Paperback. In this new reading of maps and map making, Harley undertakes a surprising journey into the nature of the social and political unconscious. Num Pages: 352 pages, 36, 36 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBT; JFCX; RGV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 22. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801870903
- ISBN
- 9780801870903
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.05
€ 35.99
€ 30.05