×


 x 

Shopping cart

Society & culture: general

Results 24581 - 24600 of 31407

Society & culture: general

Hardback. Series: The United States in the World. Num Pages: 320 pages, 10, 5 black & white tables, 5 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; JFFN; JPQB; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 571.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781501700149
ISBN
9781501700149
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 57.14

Paperback. Signed into law in July 1990, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) became effective two years later, and court decisions about the law began to multiply in the middle of the decade. This book presents the first legislative history of the enactment of the ADA in Congress and analyzes the first decade of judicial decisions under the act. Num Pages: 245 pages, 17 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFG; LND. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 146 x 16. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
245
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814716809
ISBN
9780814716809
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Paperback. A newly updated account of the struggle for disability rights in the U.S. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFG; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 179 x 17. Weight in Grams: 638.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
Edition
2nd
SKU
V9781439907443
ISBN
9781439907443
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.09

Paperback. Editor(s): Davis, Lennard J. Num Pages: 570 pages. BIC Classification: JFFG; MBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 191 x 235 x 35. Weight in Grams: 994.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
5th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138930230
ISBN
9781138930230
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 111.27

Paperback. Looking at what it meant to be mestizo (of mixed parentage) in early colonial Spanish America, Joanne Rappaport finds fluid identification processes rooted in an epistemology entirely distinct from modern racial discourses. Num Pages: 368 pages, 6 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBG; HBLL; JFC; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 20. Weight in Grams: 492.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822356363
ISBN
9780822356363
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.73

Hardcover. Drawing on the disarticulate figures in modern fictional works such as Billy Budd, The Sound and the Fury, Nightwood, White Noise, and The Echo Maker, among others, this book shows how these characters mark sites at which aesthetic, philosophical, ethical, political, medical, and scientific discourses converge. Series: Cultural Front. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CF; JFFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 150 x 25. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
NYU Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814708460
ISBN
9780814708460
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.77

Paperback. Drawing on the disarticulate figures in modern fictional works such as Billy Budd, The Sound and the Fury, Nightwood, White Noise, and The Echo Maker, among others, this book shows how these characters mark sites at which aesthetic, philosophical, ethical, political, medical, and scientific discourses converge. Series: Cultural Front. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CF; JFFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
NYU Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814725306
ISBN
9780814725306
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.61

paperback. This book traces the intertwined histories of disaster experts-specialists in predicting the unpredictable and managing the unmanageable-revealing how their interdisciplinary research and practices over the past century have shaped modern America. Series: The City in the Twenty-First Century. Num Pages: 360 pages, 22 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; GPQD; JFFC; RNR. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812222463
ISBN
9780812222463
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.09

Paperback. This fully revised edition shows how and why notions of 'race' became so widespread in China, now updated to include the continuation of this trend into the twenty-first century. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFSL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 216 x 16. Weight in Grams: 320.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849044882
ISBN
9781849044882
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.37

Hardback. Num Pages: 330 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; G; HBJD; HBLA; JFSJ; JM; VFVC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 531.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
330
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761808268
ISBN
9780761808268
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 139.47

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, illus. BIC Classification: AC; BGF; JFC. Dimension: 230 x 155. .
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845197445
ISBN
9781845197445
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.38

Paperback. The discovery of King Arthur Num Pages: 244 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 199 x 14. Weight in Grams: 290.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750942119
ISBN
9780750942119
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.47

Hardback. Argues that before the formation of Israel, Jewish experts participated in constructing the Orient as both a metaphor for the rejuvenation of the Jewish nation, and an enchanted space populated by hybrid figures that mixed Jewish and Arab elements. Num Pages: 336 pages, 2 tables, 6 figures, 6 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBH; HBJF1; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804754033
ISBN
9780804754033
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.89

Paperback. A historical narrative of how Israeli expertise in Arab affairs has contributed to the creation of cultural separatism between Jews and Arabs, a separatism that exacerbates the conflict between the two peoples. Num Pages: 336 pages, 2 tables, 6 figures, 6 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804761017
ISBN
9780804761017
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Paperback. Interprets the development of the modern west, with its political and psychological complexities, in terms of mankind's changing relation to religion. This book views Western history as a movement away from religious society, beginning with prophetic Judaism, gaining momentum in Christianity, and leading to the rise of the political state. Translator(s): Burge, Oscar. Series: New French Thought Series. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAB; JFCX; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 372.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691029375
ISBN
9780691029375
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.62

Paperback. .
Publisher
SAGE Publications Inc United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761967651
ISBN
9780761967651
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.02

Hardback. Establishing asylum seekers in the UK as a socially excluded group, this book provides readers with an understanding of how they experience the dispersal system and gives an insight into how this impacts on their lives. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, maps, figures. BIC Classification: JFFD; JFSL; JKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 247 x 171 x 18. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847423269
ISBN
9781847423269
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.30

Hardback. Num Pages: 296 pages, 11 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTW; JFM; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 878.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231158725
ISBN
9780231158725
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.57
€ 56.67

Hardcover. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSL; JNKS; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 237 x 26. Weight in Grams: 554.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226400143
ISBN
9780226400143
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 24.90

Hardcover. Grappling with the dilemmas of contemporary Jewishness, this book sketches the faultlines in the Jewish sense of identity. It offers a different reading of Jewish history, arguing that the narrative of relentless woe and suffering popularised by nineteenth-century writers, such as George Eliot was based on a highly selective reading of the past. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 422.
Publisher
I. B. Tauris
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Edition
1St Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845110543
ISBN
9781845110543
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.33
€ 54.65

Subscribe to our newsletter

News on special offers, signed editions & more!