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Society & culture: general
Hardcover. A detailed history showing that the free blacks and "contraband" slaves who joined the US Navy during the Civil War were essential to Northern victories at sea. Through their role in preserving the Union, they helped to win recognition for African Americans as full citizens. Num Pages: 252 pages, 12ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; JFSL3; JWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 152 x 226 x 25. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875802862
- ISBN
- 9780875802862
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.01
€ 46.01
Paperback. Continuing film lovers' ongoing conversation about the low, the bad, and the sleazy face of cinema, this book examines the ineffable quality of "sleaze" in relation to a range of issues, including the production realities of low-budget exploitation pictures and the ever-shifting terrain of reception and taste. Editor(s): Sconce, Jeffrey. Num Pages: 352 pages, 59 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; APFA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822339649
- ISBN
- 9780822339649
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.67
€ 32.99
€ 29.67
Hardback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; JFF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 25. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Seven Stories Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781583224786
- ISBN
- 9781583224786
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.00
€ 23.99
€ 20.00
paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Seven Stories Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781583227015
- ISBN
- 9781583227015
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.07
€ 15.99
€ 14.07
Paperback. Editor(s): Bendix, Regina F.; Bendix, John. Num Pages: 131 pages, illus. BIC Classification: JFFE; JHMP; JKVC; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 169 x 8. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 131
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788772899879
- ISBN
- 9788772899879
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.22
€ 30.99
€ 22.22
Paperback. There's more than one way to make a bed, and humans throughout history have devised every sort they could imagine. This book, illustrated with 140 images, takes readers on a tour of beds and sleeping customs around the world. It offers a look at the history of beds and - under the impetus of both functional needs and aesthetic tastes. Num Pages: 200 pages, 140 color illus. BIC Classification: AFT; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 7459 x 5499 x 11. Weight in Grams: 790.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295985985
- ISBN
- 9780295985985
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.98
€ 43.98
Paperback. Israel: Jewish state and national homeland to Jews the world over. But a fifth of its population is Arab. In the summer of 1991, the author set out on a journey into the world of Arab citizens of his country. This title presents an account of what he found. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1FBP; JFSL; JPV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 22. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099552284
- ISBN
- 9780099552284
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.00€ 16.85
€ 19.00
€ 16.85
Studies the ways the media put their own spin on the news of our sound-bite generation. This book shows how the media follow their biased agenda, unaware of the deep wells of history, prejudice, and primal fear that inform their version of reality, making the reader think twice about "the news". Num Pages: 250 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231101523
- ISBN
- 9780231101523
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.29
€ 50.29
Paperback. "Sligo has everything. From the Curlew Mountains to Benbulben, every hill and valley is linked by the gossamer threads of myth, folklore and legend and, in this new work by Joe McGowan, those stories are brought back to life in all their heroic detail.Includes bibliographical references."-- Num Pages: 192 pages, 30 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; JFHF; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845888367
- ISBN
- 9781845888367
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 13.21
€ 14.99
€ 13.21
Paperback. A profile of the black men who congregate at Slim's Table at the Valois "See Your Food" cafeteria on Chicago's South Side. Num Pages: 200 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFF; JFSJ; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 212 x 145 x 13. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226170312
- ISBN
- 9780226170312
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.54
€ 17.99
€ 15.54
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFCV; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 160 x 27. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Publisher
- Prospect Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909248373
- ISBN
- 9781909248373
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.52
€ 24.99
€ 21.52
Paperback. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JM; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 197 x 40. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447270201
- ISBN
- 9781447270201
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.80
€ 15.99
€ 11.80
Paperback. Charts the studio's fortunes, which peaked during World War II, declined in the post-war period, and finally collapsed in the 1950s. With unparalleled access to archival materials, the author chronicles the period from 1942 to the company's demise in 1957. It represents the most insightful exploration of the Hollywood studio system to date. Num Pages: 296 pages, 26 b/w. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFA; HBJK; HBLW; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520289673
- ISBN
- 9780520289673
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.35
€ 40.99
€ 29.35
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Greystone Books,Canada
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781771640497
- ISBN
- 9781771640497
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.45
€ 20.99
€ 20.45
Paperback. Urban slum dwellers - especially in emerging-economy cities - are often poor, live in squalor, and suffer unnecessarily from disease, disability, premature death, and poor life expectancy. Yet living in a city can and should be healthy. This title shows why and how slums can be unhealthy, and more. Editor(s): Corburn, Jason; Riley, Lee. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: JFSG; KCN; MB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520281073
- ISBN
- 9780520281073
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.24
€ 40.99
€ 29.24
Paperback. Paints a portrait of the practitioners of slumming and their world: who they were, why they went, what they claimed to have found, how it changed them, and how slumming, in turn, shaped both Victorian and twentieth-century understandings of poverty and social welfare, gender relations, and sexuality. Num Pages: 424 pages, 26 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBJD1; HBLL; JFFA; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 2006, Third Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691128009
- ISBN
- 9780691128009
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 37.69
€ 52.99
€ 37.69
Paperback. From Jacob Riis' How The Other Half Lives (1890) to Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire (2008), Igor Krstic outlines a transnational history of films that either document or fictionalise the favelas, shantytowns, barrios poulares or chawls of our 'planet of slums'. BIC Classification: APFA; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474425933
- ISBN
- 9781474425933
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.38
€ 38.99
€ 35.38
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DD; JFFE2; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 141 x 22. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Publisher
- The Feminist Press at CUNY
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558618701
- ISBN
- 9781558618701
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.52
€ 19.99
€ 18.52
Paperback. SlutWalk explores representations of the global anti-rape movement of the same name, in mainstream news and feminist blogs around the world. It reveals strategies and practices used to adapt the movement to suit local cultures and contexts and explores how social media organized, theorized and publicized this contemporary feminist campaign. Num Pages: 248 pages, 2 black & white tables, 3 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFE2; JFFK; JKV; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2015th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137378903
- ISBN
- 9781137378903
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.55
€ 34.55
Small Batch details the history and changing social implication of artisanal foods, from the days of early American settlers to the present explosion of small-batch and artisanal food businesses. Interviewing over fifty artisanal producers, Cope details the influences, challenges, and evolving identity of these modern craft industries. Series: Rowman & Littlefield Studies in Food and Gastronomy. Num Pages: 244 pages, 20 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442227347
- ISBN
- 9781442227347
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.69
€ 65.69