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Society & culture: general

Hardback. Editor(s): Pettifor, Ann. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; KCL; KCM; KFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 167 x 19. Weight in Grams: 580.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403917942
ISBN
9781403917942
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.51

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 185 x 115 x 14. Weight in Grams: 210.
Publisher
Quest Books,U.S. United States
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780835607797
ISBN
9780835607797
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.46

paperback. Num Pages: 236 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HRJ; JFSR1; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Jagiellonian University Press Poland
Condition
New
Number of pages
236
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9788323336273
ISBN
9788323336273
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 36.45

Paperback. An important work by one of the leading social thinkers of the late twentieth century. This book is one of Luhmann's most systematic statement about the nature of the media. He examines the media from the distinctive perspective of his theory of social systems. Num Pages: 160 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD; JH; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 9. Weight in Grams: 246.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745621326
ISBN
9780745621326
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.72

paperback. What did people make of death in the world of Atlantic slavery? This title intends to ask this question about Jamaica, the staggeringly profitable hub of the British Empire in America - and a human catastrophe. Num Pages: 368 pages, 18 halftones, 4 maps, 2 graphs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KJ; HBJK; HBLH; JFSL3; JHBZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 562.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674057128
ISBN
9780674057128
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 27.91

Paperback. From the 1950s until his death in 1994, Menachem Mendel Schneerson - revered by his followers worldwide simply as the Rebbe - built the Lubavitcher movement from a relatively small sect within Hasidic Judaism into the powerful force in Jewish life that it is today. This title paints a portrait of Schneerson. Num Pages: 368 pages, 28 halftones. BIC Classification: BGX; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 153 x 235 x 16. Weight in Grams: 602.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691154428
ISBN
9780691154428
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.68

Paperback. To study the phenomenon of outlaw biker clubs, anthropologist Daniel Wolf bridged the gap between image and reality by becoming an insider. Series: Heritage. Num Pages: 372 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: JFSV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 588.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
Reprint edition
Number of pages
372
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802073631
ISBN
9780802073631
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 39.95

paperback. Attacking the illusion of simplicity which has dominated positivistic approaches and the out-dated identification of anthropology with non-Western, primitive, and tribal societies, Barrett contends that power and privilege everywhere should be the basic concerns of anthropological inquiry. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCX; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 435.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division Canada
Edition
2nd Revised ed.
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802067180
ISBN
9780802067180
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.59

Paperback. This work illustrates how America was a key factor in the economic and political recovery of European democracies that had been devastated by World War II. It provides an analysis of important aspects of Western society at this time, such as politics, economics, culture and science. Num Pages: 745 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1Q; 3JJPG; HBG; HBLW3; JFC; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
745
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847681983
ISBN
9780847681983
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 79.08

paperback. This book explores the cross-cultural reception of Derrida's work, specifically how that work in all its diversity, has come to be identified with the word deconstruction. Num Pages: 190 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; HP; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
190
Condition
New
Edition
1st ed. 2006
SKU
V9781349542369
ISBN
9781349542369
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.76

Paperback. A collection of essays that assert that the recipe in all its cultural and textual contexts - from the quintessential embodiment of lifestyle choices to the reflection of artistic aspiration - is a complex form of cultural expression. It addresses questions raised by the recipe and its context, cultural moment, and mode of expression. Editor(s): Floyd, Janet; Forster, Laurel. Series: At Table. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: JFCV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803233614
ISBN
9780803233614
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.44

Paperback. Continuing William Mitchell's investigations of how we understand, reason about, and use images, The Reconfigured Eye provides the first systematic, critical analysis of the digital imaging revolution. Num Pages: 283 pages, 110. BIC Classification: JFD; TTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 254 x 216 x 15. Weight in Grams: 858.
Publisher
MIT Press Ltd United States
Number of pages
283
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780262631600
ISBN
9780262631600
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.54
€ 49.72

Hardback. The contributors to this volume examine the political, social and economic problems associated with the rebirth of an independent Polish state. Editor(s): Latawski, Paul. Series: Studies in Russia and East Europe. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1DVP; HBJD; JFF; JP; KCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 455.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
238
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333539552
ISBN
9780333539552
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.76

Hardcover. An interdisciplinary collection of essays exploring the complex and conflicted topic of beauty in cultural, arts and medicine, looking back through the long cultural history of beauty, and asking whether it is possible to 'recover beauty'. Num Pages: 310 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; DSB; HPN; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 223 x 22. Weight in Grams: 504.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137426734
ISBN
9781137426734
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.12

Paperback. This anthology offers a glimpse of women's writings not only in poetry but in other genres, including essays and letters, drama, religious writing and narrative fiction. These are presented within their respective biographical and historical contexts. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 800 pages, 4ill. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 179 x 61. Weight in Grams: 1648.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
800
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674013933
ISBN
9780674013933
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 38.22

Paperback. Sex is as fascinating to scientists as it is to the rest of us. A vast pool of knowledge has been gleaned from research into the nature of sex, from the contentious problem of why the wasteful reproductive process exists at all, to how individuals choose their mates and what traits they find attractive. This book explores those findings. Num Pages: 416 pages, illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JF; PD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 290.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140167726
ISBN
9780140167726
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. Demonstrates how crucial French films were in making 'going to the movies' popular in the United States, first in vaudeville houses and then in nickelodeons. This book exposes the consequences of that popularity. It offers a revealing cultural history of American cinema's nationalization. Num Pages: 328 pages, 54 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJC; APF; JFC; JPFN; KNTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 546.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520214781
ISBN
9780520214781
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

paperback. An original collection of essays by leading international Soviet cinema scholars, covering seventy years of cinema history, providing a clear understanding of the aesthetic developments and sociopolitical function of Soviet cinema. Editor(s): Lawton, Anna. Num Pages: 356 pages, 6ill. BIC Classification: 1DVU; APF; GTC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
356
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780415078191
ISBN
9780415078191
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.04

Paperback. An engaging, affecting memoir by one of the first women to live at the famous Chiswick Women's Refuge in the 1970s Num Pages: 320 pages, 8pp plates. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; BGA; JFFE3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781471129483
ISBN
9781471129483
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.51

Paperback. A collection of essays by scholars from a range of disciplines. Prompted by the 50th anniversary of the 1951 Convention on the status of refugees, the essays examine the impact of this document on forced migrants, the states they migrate from and to, and the societies they join and leave behind. Editor(s): Selm, Joanne van; Kamanga, Khoti; Morrison, John; Nadig, Aninia; Spoljar-Vryina, Sanja; Willigen, Loes van. Series: Program in Migration and Refugee Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JFFD; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 145 x 14. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Lexington Books United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780739105665
ISBN
9780739105665
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.54

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