Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Paperback. Frequently the site of crisis or turmoil, individual cities can be fragile environments. For the first time in history, however, the future of the entire urban system is being thrown into doubt. Catastrophic climate changes threaten the life support of hundreds of millions, perhaps billions, of urban dwellers around the world. Num Pages: 322 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 172 x 22. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2008th Edition
- Number of pages
- 322
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470019269
- ISBN
- 9780470019269
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.89
€ 57.89
Paperback. Shows that traditionalism and modernity reinforce each other among the priests at the Minakshi Temple. This book also shows that the priests have become more 'professional' and modern-minded while also insisting on the legitimacy of tradition. It concludes by critiquing the analysis of modernity and tradition in social science. Num Pages: 232 pages, 4 line illus. 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HRG; HRLP1; HRLP7; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691116587
- ISBN
- 9780691116587
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.81
€ 46.99
€ 33.81
Paperback. An angry look at the private renting in the UK, including corruption, inequality and deregulation. Series: Left Book Club. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFFB; LNSH3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 131 x 196 x 14. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Pluto Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780745336466
- ISBN
- 9780745336466
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 6.23
€ 14.99
€ 6.23
Paperback. Translator(s): Maraniss, James E. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: 1QSC; DSB; HBTQ; HBTR; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 153 x 28. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822318651
- ISBN
- 9780822318651
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 32.13
€ 32.99
€ 32.13
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403979971
- ISBN
- 9781403979971
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.62
€ 66.62
Paperback. Examines how the recent boom in the museum and heritage industry has led to its increasing commercialisation, which, Walsh argues, frequently serves only to distance us from our own heritage. Series: Heritage: Care-Preservation-Management. Num Pages: 212 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DB; 1KBB; GM; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 317.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415079440
- ISBN
- 9780415079440
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 80.34
€ 80.34
Paperback. When this text was published two decades ago, it put the mother-daughter relationship and female psychology on the map. The text was recently chosen by "Contemporary Sociology" as one of the ten most influential books of the 25 years between 1974 and 1999. Num Pages: 283 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408. Psychoanalysis and the Sociology of Gender. 283 pages. When this text was published two decades ago, it put the mother-daughter relationship and female psychology on the map. The text was recently chosen by "Contemporary Sociology" as one of the ten most influential books of the 25 years between 1974 and 1999. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JMAF. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 18. Weight: 396.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 283
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- First Edition, with a New Pref ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520221550
- ISBN
- 9780520221550
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.31
€ 34.99
€ 31.31
Paperback. Examines feminist critiques of medical knowledge and practice; and the legal regulation of pregnancy termination, conception and child-bearing, and behavior during pregnancy. This book demonstrates that the right to choice isn't an automatic guarantee of reproductive justice and gender equality. Editor(s): Ehrenreich, Nancy. Series: Critical America. Num Pages: 419 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; JPVH; MBQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 253 x 178 x 20. Weight in Grams: 750.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814722312
- ISBN
- 9780814722312
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.94
€ 33.99
€ 30.94
Paperback. The Republic of Elsewhere is a sequel to Carty's thought-provoking, critically acclaimed Intimacy with Strangers: a Life of Brief Encounters. It employs a similar structure of overlapping conversations and personal memories to reveal how leading writers see the world differently. BIC Classification: BM; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
- Publisher
- The Lilliput Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843516743
- ISBN
- 9781843516743
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.00€ 14.39
€ 16.00
€ 14.39
Paperback. Presents the voices of three musicians - queer nightclub star Zeki Muren, arabesk originator Orhan Gencebay, and pop diva Sezen Aksu - who collectively have dominated mass media in Turkey since the early 1950s. Using these three singers as a lens, the author examines Turkey's repressive politics and civil violence as well as its public life. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 280 pages, 7 halftones, 1 map, 20 line drawings, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1DVT; AVG; JFCA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 164 x 226 x 13. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226775067
- ISBN
- 9780226775067
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 32.78
€ 41.99
€ 32.78
Hardcover. Presents the voices of three musicians - queer nightclub star Zeki Muren, arabesk originator Orhan Gencebay, and pop diva Sezen Aksu - who collectively have dominated mass media in Turkey since the early 1950s. Using these three singers as a lens, the author examines Turkey's repressive politics and civil violence as well as its public life. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 280 pages, 7 halftones, 1 map, 20 line drawings, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1DVT; AVG; JFCA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 162 x 236 x 18. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226775050
- ISBN
- 9780226775050
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.96€ 90.12
€ 106.96
€ 90.12
Paperback. Carefully drawing on interdisciplinary communication research, The Republic of Mass Culture presents a lively analysis of the shifting objectives and challenges of the media industries. Series: The American Moment. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 3rd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801883163
- ISBN
- 9780801883163
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.93
€ 37.93
Hardback. The story of the global response to the HIV epidemic, told from the perspective of community organizers, activists, and people living with HIV in West Africa between 1994 and 2000. Series: Body, Commodity, Text. Num Pages: 256 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1HFD; JFFH2; MBNH; MBS; PSXM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 164 x 22. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780822348627
- ISBN
- 9780822348627
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.46
€ 111.46
Paperback. This book examines the 1990s backlash against illegal immigrants. Wroe explains why many Americans turned against immigration, looking at the origins of California's Proposition 187 and its wider political implications. Series: Studies of the Americas. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JPA; JPP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 451.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2008
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349370115
- ISBN
- 9781349370115
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.01
€ 67.01
The Research Guide for the Digital Age. A New Handbook to Research and...
Burkle-Young, Francis A.; Maley, Saundra Rose
Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 136 x 19. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761807797
- ISBN
- 9780761807797
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 76.50
€ 76.50
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Broadman & Holman Publishers United States
- Edition
- Original
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781433671227
- ISBN
- 9781433671227
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.84
€ 19.99
€ 18.84
Hardcover. Examines the challenges of social, moral, and legal responsibility faced by scientists. Focusing on moral responsibility, this work argues that scientists have a responsibility not to do work that has harmful outcomes and that they are encouraged to do work that prevents harm. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFMG; PDA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Pittsburgh Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822943495
- ISBN
- 9780822943495
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.43
€ 70.43
Hardback. Leveraging Big Data and 21st century technology to renew cities and citizenship in America The Responsive City: Engaging Communities Through Data-Smart Governance. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: JFD; JFSG; JPP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 237 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118910900
- ISBN
- 9781118910900
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 30.86
€ 38.99
€ 30.86
Hardback. Num Pages: 8 pages, illustrations, portraits. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSL3; JHBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 248 x 165 x 19. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 8
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813116747
- ISBN
- 9780813116747
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.96
€ 49.96
Hardback. Addresses the issue of whether, and to what extent, the opposition to Israel on the liberal-left embodies anti-Semitic stances. This book argues that the dominant climate of liberal opinion does, however inadvertently, disseminate a range of anti-Semitic assertions and motifs of the most traditional kind. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSR1. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 159 x 22. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742552265
- ISBN
- 9780742552265
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.68
€ 141.68