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Society & culture: general

Paperback. Examines the role of television in public space at different points in the history of the medium. The author explores the significance of this pervasive phenomenon, tracing the forms of conflict, commerce, and community that television generates outside the home. Series: Console-ing Passions. Num Pages: 328 pages, 32 b&w photographs, 15 figures. BIC Classification: 1K; APF; APT; GTB; JFC; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 562.
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822326922
ISBN
9780822326922
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.87

Paperback. Num Pages: 394 pages, 1 b/w illus. BIC Classification: AFKV; APF; HPCF7; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 150 x 29. Weight in Grams: 624.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Transcript Verlag Germany
Number of pages
394
Condition
New
SKU
V9783837621488
ISBN
9783837621488
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.31
€ 45.08

Hardback. Among both male and female young urban professionals in Nairobi, sexuality is a key to achieving a "modern" identity. These young men and women see themselves as the avant garde of a new Africa, while they also express the recurring worry of how to combine an "African" identity with the new lifestyles with which they are experimenting. Num Pages: 324 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; JFSC; JFSJ; JHBK5; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 603.
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Number of pages
324
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857454782
ISBN
9780857454782
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 162.23

Hardcover. Num Pages: 164 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; JFFN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 19. Weight in Grams: 547.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University of Arizona Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816514731
ISBN
9780816514731
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.48

Hardcover. Series: Race, Ethnicity and Politics. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: HRCC99; JFFJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 608.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813935317
ISBN
9780813935317
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.95

Paperback. New edition of this classic study of the US, with a new introduction by Geoff Dyer. Num Pages: 160 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 134 x 13. Weight in Grams: 178.
Publisher
Verso Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
New Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844676828
ISBN
9781844676828
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 17.85

Paperback. Bringing the psychology of uncertainty together with contemporary case studies, this book is a sweeping diagnostic for-and antidote to-ineffective political discourse in a globalized world that imports bads as well as goods. Series: Themes in Global Social Change. Num Pages: 256 pages, 22 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; JFC; JHB; JPA; JPS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421419602
ISBN
9781421419602
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 33.15

Hardcover.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Little, Brown & Company
Number of pages
466
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Edition
First Edition
SKU
KNW0010655
ISBN
9780446532730
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.49

Paperback. Intends to challenge the black-white dichotomy that historically has defined race and ethnicity, not by a small minority, but by the most vocal segment of the increasingly diverse American population - Mexicans, Chinese, Japanese, Koreans, Indians, and Arabs - who are breaking down and recreating the very definitions of race. Series: Contemporary Political and Social Issues. Num Pages: 296 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Michigan Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472033201
ISBN
9780472033201
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.02

Paperback. Num Pages: 30 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFB; JFSG; KNG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 269 x 185 x 11. Weight in Grams: 122.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Urban Land Institute
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874203639
ISBN
9780874203639
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.61

Paperback. Shows how the issues confronted America in the late twentieth century have roots in the fifties, some apparent at the time, others only in retrospect: civil rights, environmentalism, the counterculture, and "movements" on behalf of women, Chicanos, and Native Americans. This book is useful for instructors of American history survey courses. Series: America in the Twentieth Century. Num Pages: 336 pages, 11 black-&-white photographs, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 520.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815631286
ISBN
9780815631286
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.42

Hardcover. Shows how the issues confronted America in the late twentieth century have roots in the fifties, some apparent at the time, others only in retrospect: civil rights, environmentalism, the counterculture, and "movements" on behalf of women, Chicanos, and Native Americans. This book is useful for instructors of American history survey courses. Series: America in the Twentieth Century. Num Pages: 336 pages, 11 black-&-white photographs, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 626.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815631033
ISBN
9780815631033
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.28

Hardback. Series: America in the Twentieth Century. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 581.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Syracuse University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815634805
ISBN
9780815634805
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.70

Paperback. Num Pages: 392 pages, 86 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFSG; TTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 150 x 21. Weight in Grams: 572.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780816649532
ISBN
9780816649532
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.14

Paperback. History of advertising using paper dolls from 1890s to First World War in America. Series: Schiffer Book for Collectors. Num Pages: 160 pages, 508 color photos. BIC Classification: AFH; JFCA; WC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 278 x 216 x 14. Weight in Grams: 880.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Schiffer Pub Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764307027
ISBN
9780764307027
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 25.42

Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; JFSL3; JPFF; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 635.
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813140773
ISBN
9780813140773
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.49

Paperback. An examination of early television censorship, centered around the papers of Stockton Helffrich, the first manager of the censorship department at NBC. It explores the ways in which Helffrich's personal history and social class influenced his perception of his role as NBC-TV censor and his tendency to ignore certain political and cultural taboos. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Southern Illinois University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780809329182
ISBN
9780809329182
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.79

Paperback. America's Four Gods is an unprecedented investigation into what average Americans think about God. Utilizing survey data and in-depth interviews, Froese and Bader demonstrate how Americans have four distinct conceptions of God and how these different Gods lie at the heart of the major social, moral, and political divisions in our country. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAF; HRAX; HRLM; JFSR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Edition
Updated Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190248857
ISBN
9780190248857
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.11

Hardcover. Num Pages: 280 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AN; AS; AV; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Michigan Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472118854
ISBN
9780472118854
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.69

Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 10 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; JFHC; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Trine Day United States
Edition
Second Edition, Second edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781936296040
ISBN
9781936296040
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 24.30

Paperback. Num Pages: 426 pages, 11 black & white tables, 25 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTK; JFSG. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 592.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Routledge
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415537605
ISBN
9780415537605
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 69.48

Paperback. Situates dance within a larger Chicago landscape of segregated social practices. Focusing on new forms of appropriation in an era of multiculturalism, the author underscores the institutionalization of racial disparities and offers insights into the intersection of race and culture in America. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ASD; JFC; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 230 x 15. Weight in Grams: 388.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226043104
ISBN
9780226043104
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 29.90

Hardcover. Situates dance within a larger Chicago landscape of segregated social practices. Delving into two Chicago dance worlds, lindy hop and steppin', the author uses a combination of participant observation and interviews to bring to the surface the racial tension that surrounds white use of black cultural forms. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ASD; JFC; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226043074
ISBN
9780226043074
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.26

Paperback. Challenges cliches about race and gender while looking at current debates about multiculturalism and difference while simultaneously exposing the ways in which white racial supremacy has been reconfigured since the institutional demise of segregation Series: New Americanists. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822315919
ISBN
9780822315919
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 34.32

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