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Society & culture: general
Paperback. Much ink has been spilled lamenting or championing the decline of printed books. The author shows that the rich history of reading itself offers unexpected clues to what lies in store for books. From medieval manuscript books to today's interactive urban fictions, he explores the manifold ways that physical media have shaped how we read. Num Pages: 208 pages, 40 halftones. BIC Classification: DSB; JFD; KNTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 139 x 15. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226103488
- ISBN
- 9780226103488
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.14
€ 19.99
€ 17.14
Hardback. Du Bois and other black leaders. Editor(s): Bieze, Michael Scott; Gasman, Marybeth. Num Pages: 280 pages, 163, 163 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BJ; JFSL3; JN. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 280 x 216 x 26. Weight in Grams: 953.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421404707
- ISBN
- 9781421404707
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.27€ 67.53
€ 75.27
€ 67.53
Paperback. The beginning of the twentieth century was an important time in African-American history. Segregation and discrimination were on the rise. Two seminal African American figures - Booker T Washington and W E B Du Bois - began to debate on ways to combat racial problems. Series: The African American History Series. Num Pages: 194 pages, photographs, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFFJ; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842029957
- ISBN
- 9780842029957
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 44.29
€ 46.99
€ 44.29
Hardback. Until the late 19th century, Jews were identified in their own religious and poetic imagination as wanderers, their sacred center - Jerusalem, Zion - fatefully out of reach. This book examines the work of medieval Hebrew poet Yehuda Halevi to chart a journey whose end was envisioned as the realignment of the people with their original center. Series: Contraversions: Critical Studies in Jewish Literature, Culture & Society. Num Pages: 370 pages, 1 b/w illustration. BIC Classification: 2CSJ; DSB; DSK; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 370
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520206458
- ISBN
- 9780520206458
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.33€ 48.50
€ 62.33
€ 48.50
Paperback. This first examination of the trade in erotica during the 1920s and '30s provides an understanding of the evolution of both obscenity law and sexual explicitness in literature, and raises fascinating questions about moral control, idealism, and the marketplace in ways that continue to resonate today. Num Pages: 424 pages, 53 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; GTB; JFC; JFMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812217988
- ISBN
- 9780812217988
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.14
€ 42.14
Paperback. Examines readers, reading, and publication practices from the Renaissance to the Restoration. This work includes essays that draw on an array of documentary evidence - such as library catalogs and prefaces - to explore individual reading habits and experiences in a period of religious dissent, political instability, and cultural transformation. Editor(s): Andersen, Jennifer; Sauer, Elizabeth. Series: Material Texts. Num Pages: 312 pages, 25 illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; DSBB; JFC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 475.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812217940
- ISBN
- 9780812217940
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 35.75
€ 36.99
€ 35.75
Paperback. How to prepare your home for Doomsday on a.. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: GBC; JFFC; JKSR; VS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 181.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Skyhorse Publishing
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781620878743
- ISBN
- 9781620878743
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.74
€ 10.74
Paperback. A tribute to the enduring power of the printed word. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: DS; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Quercus
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782069423
- ISBN
- 9781782069423
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.65
€ 14.99
€ 11.65
paperback. Series: Object Lessons. Num Pages: 152 pages, 7 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: HPN; JFCD; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 123 x 165 x 15. Weight in Grams: 146.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Academic
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781501307324
- ISBN
- 9781501307324
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 11.67
€ 12.99
€ 11.67
Paperback. Following the story of the story of the displacement of a Maytag refrigerator plant from Galesburg, Illinois, to Reynosa, Mexico in 2004, Boom, Bust, Exodus puts a human face on globalization, exploring the social side of the fast-moving changes sweeping across the U.S. and Mexico. Num Pages: 408 pages, 25 b/w images. BIC Classification: HBJK; JFFN; JPA; KC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 211 x 142 x 27. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190608866
- ISBN
- 9780190608866
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Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.11
€ 25.99
€ 24.11
Hardback. Brooks chronicles the peaceful children's invasion of America that occurred from Dr. Spock to Woodstock. The author explores the home life, leisure activities, and school environment of children who grew up during the Cold War years. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSP3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566637244
- ISBN
- 9781566637244
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.87
€ 25.99
€ 22.87
Paperback. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: JFSP3; VFJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781560724797
- ISBN
- 9781560724797
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 22.82
€ 31.99
€ 22.82
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Publisher
- Hancock House Publishers Ltd ,Canada Canada
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780888399762
- ISBN
- 9780888399762
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 17.15
€ 24.99
€ 17.15
Paperback. Num Pages: 478 pages, 25 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJPG; HBTB; JFFK; JFSJ1; JFSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 166 x 27. Weight in Grams: 708.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138785854
- ISBN
- 9781138785854
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.78
€ 50.78
Paperback. This book investigates participatory budgeting--a mainstay now of World Bank, UNDP, and USAID development programs--to ask whether its reforms truly make a difference in deepening democracy and empowering civil society. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JFFS; JPHV; JPR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804760560
- ISBN
- 9780804760560
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.98
€ 26.99
€ 24.98
Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 76 colour photos & 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; HBJK; HBLW; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Stackpole Books United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811703932
- ISBN
- 9780811703932
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 20.76
€ 25.99
€ 20.76
Hardcover. Num Pages: 188 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1KB; ACXJ; AGH; JFCA; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 178. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Publisher
- Cernunnos France
- Edition
- Bilingual Edition: English & Spanish ed.
- Number of pages
- 188
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9782374950419
- ISBN
- 9782374950419
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.33
€ 24.99
€ 18.33
Paperback. The history of Mexican and Mexican-American working classes has been segregated by the political boundary that separates the United States of America from the United States of Mexico. Editor(s): Hart, John Mason. Series: Latin American Silhouettes. Num Pages: 246 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; HBTB; JFC; JFFN; JFSC; JFSL; JPS; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Publisher
- Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 246
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842027175
- ISBN
- 9780842027175
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.63
€ 61.63
Paperback. Addresses the changes in European political frontiers. Investigates border encounters from a local, ground-up perspective. Uses anthropological case studies from European borderlands to explain the changing interactions and social relationships between people at a political frontier. Editor(s): Lauth Bacas, Jutta; Kavanagh, William. Num Pages: 302 pages, 26 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; JFC; JHM; JPSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 168 x 18. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785332197
- ISBN
- 9781785332197
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 34.43
€ 36.99
€ 34.43
Paperback. From the sweaty summer days of a junky's nightmare to the bittersweet success of true surrender and emergence into a new way of life, Border Junkies paints a searing, first-hand portrait of addiction, poverty, and recovery on the U.S.-Mexico border Series: Inter-America Series. Num Pages: 246 pages, 26 b&w photos in section. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; 1KLCM; JFFA; JFFH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 228 x 21. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292726833
- ISBN
- 9780292726833
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.93
€ 26.99
€ 26.93