Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Paperback. Includes nine sections organized around themes such as everyday life, sex and gender, and science. This title features articles and book excerpts focused on bodies using tools and participating in rituals, on bodies walking and eating, and on the female circumcision controversy, as well as pieces on medical classifications, and spirit possession. Editor(s): Lock, Margaret M.; Farquhar, Judith. Series: Body, Commodity, Text. Num Pages: 704 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JHBA; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 163 x 93. Weight in Grams: 970.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 688
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822338451
- ISBN
- 9780822338451
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.22
€ 41.99
€ 37.22
Hardback. Sets the lives and work of Huguenot goldsmiths in the context of the different societies in which they lived and worked. This title examines the lives and work of Huguenot goldsmiths in France during times of tolerance of the Protestant religion in the 16th and 17th centuries. Editor(s): Murdoch, Tessa. Num Pages: 172 pages, colour & b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DVGS; JFSR1; KCZ; KJH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 304 x 220 x 15. Weight in Grams: 992.
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 172
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845192624
- ISBN
- 9781845192624
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.51
€ 129.51
Hardback. The German-Jewish experience through the rise of Nazism in 1933 was characterized by an explosion of cultural and intellectual creativity. This work seeks to explain this phenomenon and analyze how the German-Jewish legacy has permeated modes of Western thought and sensibility, and why these emigres occupy an iconic place in contemporary society. Num Pages: 216 pages, 16 halftones. BIC Classification: JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691122236
- ISBN
- 9780691122236
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.48€ 42.15
€ 53.48
€ 42.15
Paperback. Over the years, migration from Mexico to the United States has moved beyond the borderlands to diverse communities across the country, with the most striking transformations in American suburbs and small towns. This title explores the challenges encountered by Mexican families as they endeavor to find their place in the US. Num Pages: 312 pages, 6 b/w photographs, 4 line illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; JFFN; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520269590
- ISBN
- 9780520269590
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.74
€ 33.99
€ 24.74
Paperback. Beyond the Box gives students and couch potatoes alike a better understanding of what it means to watch television in an era of profound technological change. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: APT; JFD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405161244
- ISBN
- 9781405161244
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.07
€ 42.07
Hardback. Beyond the Box gives students and couch potatoes alike a better understanding of what it means to watch television in an era of profound technological change. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APT; JFD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 164 x 25. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405161237
- ISBN
- 9781405161237
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.53
€ 105.53
Hardback. Num Pages: 178 pages, 49 b&w photos, 64 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KLS; AMVD; HBJK; JFSG; KCN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 270 x 201 x 23. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 178
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781477309414
- ISBN
- 9781477309414
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 43.47
€ 43.99
€ 43.47
Paperback. Examining the significant influence of the Soviet Union on the work of four major African American authors - and on twentieth-century American debates about race, this book remaps black modernism, that reveals the importance of the Soviet experience in the formation of a black transnationalism. Series: New Americanists. Num Pages: 360 pages, 19 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 1KBB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822329909
- ISBN
- 9780822329909
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.51
€ 32.99
€ 29.51
Paperback. The much-anticipated book from former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown about the global economic crisis and the way forward Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: JFFS; KCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780857202888
- ISBN
- 9780857202888
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 4.99
€ 15.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Nothing has generated more controversy in the social sciences than the turn toward culture, variously known as the linguistic turn, culturalism, or postmodernism. This book examines the impact of the cultural turn on two prominent social science disciplines, history and sociology. Editor(s): Bonnell, Victoria E.; Hunt, Lynn. Series: Studies on the History of Society & Culture. Num Pages: 361 pages, 4 figures. BIC Classification: HBA; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 564.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 361
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520216792
- ISBN
- 9780520216792
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.34
€ 38.99
€ 28.34
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF7; JFFK; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 142 x 13. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231149297
- ISBN
- 9780231149297
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.32
€ 37.99
€ 27.32
Hardback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF7; JFFK; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231149280
- ISBN
- 9780231149280
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.33€ 82.56
€ 109.33
€ 82.56
Paperback. A generation ago, they wrote Beyond the Fragments. Inspired by the activism of the 1970s and facing the imminent triumph of the Right under Margaret Thatcher, they sought to apply our experiences as feminists to creating stronger bonds of solidarity in a new kind of Left movement. Num Pages: 326 pages. BIC Classification: JFFK; JPFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 141 x 26. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Publisher
- The Merlin Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 326
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 3rd Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780850366396
- ISBN
- 9780850366396
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.58
€ 25.99
€ 22.58
Paperback. Editor(s): Tadiar, N.; Davis, A. Num Pages: 245 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JFSJ; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 339.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 245
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349999668
- ISBN
- 9781349999668
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 115.13
€ 115.13
Paperback. Editor(s): Gozdziak, Elzbieta M.; Martin, Susan F. Series: Program in Migration and Refugee Studies. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739106365
- ISBN
- 9780739106365
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.74
€ 66.74
Paperback. Alan Sokal, best-known for his role in the 'Sokal Hoax', here turns his attention to a new set of targets - pseudo-science, religion, and misinformation in public life. He argues that clear thinking, combined with a respect for evidence, are of the utmost importance to the survival of the human race in the twenty-first century. Num Pages: 488 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JFC; JFHX; PDA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 244 x 173 x 27. Weight in Grams: 840.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 488
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199561834
- ISBN
- 9780199561834
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.65
€ 23.99
€ 17.65
Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCX; KCA; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691173696
- ISBN
- 9780691173696
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.15
€ 30.99
€ 22.15
Paperback. A new perspective on Italian masculinity Num Pages: 248 pages, 42 b&w photos, 1 bibliog., 1 index. BIC Classification: 1DST; APF; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 13. Weight in Grams: 413.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253216441
- ISBN
- 9780253216441
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.10
€ 25.99
€ 24.10
Paperback. Focusing on the period of colonization in the Andean region, this title argues that the European cultural literacy that the authors imposed on the indigenous population was not just a tool for oppression and control but was used by the local people as a means to assert their own cultural identity. Series: Narrating Native Histories. Num Pages: 392 pages, 58 b&w illustrations, 2 charts, 9 color plates. BIC Classification: 1KLSX; JFC; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822351283
- ISBN
- 9780822351283
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
€ 32.99
€ 29.60
Hardback. Editor(s): Giordano, Paolo A.; Tamburri, Anthony Julian. Num Pages: 305 pages, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ADT; DSBH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 25. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 305
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780838637326
- ISBN
- 9780838637326
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 147.14
€ 147.14
paperback. An incisive and readable book which applies the insights of complex areas of contemporary social theory, first to investigate the history of racist psychology, and then to theorise the dynamics of black feminism. Series: Critical Psychology S. Num Pages: 216 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; JFSJ; JFSL3; JMH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 158 x 12. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780415035446
- ISBN
- 9780415035446
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.12
€ 61.12
Hardcover. Draws on previously unexplored visual and ephemeral sources to re-evaluate the British city, its changing form, representation and impact. Num Pages: 256 pages, 63 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719099694
- ISBN
- 9780719099694
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.83
€ 150.83
Hardback. In Japan, as elsewhere, cities became the staging ground for wide ranging social, cultural, economic, and political transformations. This title looks at the emergence of urbanism in the interwar period, a global moment when the material and ideological structures that constitute "the city" took their characteristic modern shape. Series: Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute. Num Pages: 326 pages, 4 maps, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJG; HBTB; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 227 x 30. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 326
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520275201
- ISBN
- 9780520275201
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.37€ 64.66
€ 84.37
€ 64.66
Hardback. Examines the effects of education in creating global citizens who share a world culture. This title also examines the role of education in diffusing such attitudes and models, as global citizens confront national institutions. Series Editor(s): Hannum, Emily. Series: Research in the Sociology of Education. Num Pages: 379 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFS; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 158 x 32. Weight in Grams: 656.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 379
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780527086
- ISBN
- 9781780527086
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.20
€ 127.20