Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Hardback. Editor(s): Voghera, Angioletta. Series: Urban and Landscape Perspectives. Num Pages: 259 pages, 12 black & white illustrations, 90 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; PSTS; RNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319515342
- ISBN
- 9783319515342
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.21
€ 128.21
Paperback. A collection of hard-hitting, highly readable essays. Num Pages: 304 pages, 165 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: AB; AC; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 172 x 19. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Publisher
- Phaidon Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714827919
- ISBN
- 9780714827919
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.70
€ 28.70
Hardback. This work investigates a cluster of concepts that gather around the question of topography and its uses in criticism. They include the initiating efficacy of speech acts, ethical responsibility, political or legislative power and the relation of personification to landscape. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 396 pages, 10 half-tones. BIC Classification: DSA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 148 x 28. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 396
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804723787
- ISBN
- 9780804723787
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 183.60
€ 183.60
Paperback. Lippit offers the first book-length study in English of Japanese modernist fiction from the 1920s to the 1930s. Through close readings of four leading figures of this movement-Akutagawa, Yokomitsu, Kawabata, and Hayashi-Lippit aims to establish a theoretical and historical framework for the analysis of Japanese modernism. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; 3JJG; DSBH; DSK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231125314
- ISBN
- 9780231125314
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.06
€ 40.99
€ 29.06
Hardcover. This book examines the Holocaust via three sites of murder by the Nazis: the former concentration camp at Buchenwald, Germany; the mass grave at Babi Yar, Ukraine; and the razed village of Lidice, Czech Republic. The author balances scrutiny with a focus on the way these violent histories are remembered.. Num Pages: 264 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 162 x 258 x 21. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782387091
- ISBN
- 9781782387091
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 157.00
€ 157.00
Paperback. Series: American Philosophy. Num Pages: 168 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPCF; JFC; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 10. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253023056
- ISBN
- 9780253023056
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.17
€ 26.99
€ 25.17
Hardback. Series: American Philosophy. Num Pages: 168 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPCF; JFC; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 13. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253022745
- ISBN
- 9780253022745
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.23
€ 76.23
Paperback. Archie Green - shipwright, folklorist, teacher and lobbyist - is a legendary figure in the field of American folklore and vernacular culture studies. This book contains 12 of Green's essays which represent the range of his writings over 40 years. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations, appendices, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DN; JFC; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press Chapel Hill
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KEX0228242
- ISBN
- 9780807849200
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. This book explodes the myth of a monolithic, liberal Judaism and tells the story of the many fierce battles that raged in postwar America over what an authentically Jewish position ought to be on issues ranging from desegregation to Zionism, and from Vietnam to gender relations, sexuality, and family life. Series: Religion & American Culture S. Num Pages: 392 pages, 38 illus. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 159 x 27. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231123747
- ISBN
- 9780231123747
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.33€ 82.84
€ 109.33
€ 82.84
Hardcover. Num Pages: 174 pages. BIC Classification: JFSR2; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 222 x 20. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Hoover Institution Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817911447
- ISBN
- 9780817911447
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.72
€ 26.72
Hardcover. Editor(s): Gilbert, Sarah L. Num Pages: 211 pages, b/w photos & illus. BIC Classification: JFFC; RNR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 263 x 181 x 19. Weight in Grams: 588.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 211
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781608760954
- ISBN
- 9781608760954
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 205.57€ 139.38
€ 205.57
€ 139.38
Paperback. Num Pages: 270 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1MBF; HBG; HBLW; JFSJ1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 247 x 176 x 21. Weight in Grams: 738.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Aboriginal Studies Press Australia
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780855753139
- ISBN
- 9780855753139
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.22
€ 30.99
€ 22.22
Paperback. Interrogates issues of gender, national identity, race, ethnicity, and class to show the impossibility of projecting a singular Hispanic or Latina Lesbian. Examining the works of a range of lesbian writers and performance artists, this title creates a picture of the contributions of Latina and Hispanic lesbians to literature and culture. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; JFC; JFSK1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 19. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592130078
- ISBN
- 9781592130078
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 35.12
€ 36.99
€ 35.12
Paperback. "In the restrained prose of Torture lies a passionate message about the intentional violation of the bodies of human beings, in our time and in the past."-New York Times Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; JFFE; JKVP1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 212 x 143 x 20. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Edition
- Expanded
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812215991
- ISBN
- 9780812215991
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.03
€ 37.99
€ 34.03
Paperback. A new look at the way in which medieval European literature depicts torture and brutality. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB; JFFE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 164 x 15. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843843931
- ISBN
- 9781843843931
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 30.69
€ 36.99
€ 30.69
Hardback. Negotiations of National Identity. 338 pages, black & white illustrations. A new look at the way in which medieval European literature depicts torture and brutality. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: DSBB; JFFE. Dimension: 164 x 241 x 31. Weight: 680.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Number of pages
- 338
- Condition
- New
- Format
- Hardback
- SKU
- V9781843842880
- ISBN
- 9781843842880
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 114.97
€ 114.97
Paperback. Series: War Culture. Num Pages: 268 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; APFA; HBJK; HBLX; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813564029
- ISBN
- 9780813564029
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 41.76
€ 46.99
€ 41.76
Paperback. This text tells the story of how the idea that physical suffering could be a path to redemption became a fixed part of the French legal system during the early modern period. Using documents from criminal cases, it looks at the theory and practice of judicial torture in France from 1600 to 1788. Num Pages: 280 pages, 8 halftones, 1 table. BIC Classification: 3JD; 3JF; HBJD; HBLH; HRAB; JFCX; JKVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226757544
- ISBN
- 9780226757544
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.52
€ 37.99
€ 29.52
Paperback. As a child, Victoria Spry was brutally beaten, neglected and starved by the woman she called Mummy. It took eighteen years of heartache and despair before she found the courage to expose her mum. Tortured is Victoria's gripping story of survival. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: BM; JFFE1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 127 x 23. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Publisher
- Ebury Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780091960353
- ISBN
- 9780091960353
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.37
€ 17.99
€ 13.37
Hardback. Why do people enter total institutions -- places that confine and control them around the clock -- and how does the experience change them? This book updates Goffman's classic model by introducing the Re-inventive Institution, where members voluntarily commit themselves to pursue regimes of self-improvement. Series: Identity Studies in the Social Sciences. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFP; JHMC; JMH; JMS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 144 x 22. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230232013
- ISBN
- 9780230232013
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.95
€ 123.95