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Society & culture: general

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
349
Condition
New
SKU
V9781479881345
ISBN
9781479881345
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Hardback. What do we mean by a city, beyond a built-up area with a sizeable population? This book examines the social meanings of cities - as places of work, leisure, night-life, danger, creativity, etc. - to contribute to understand how our lives are changing as more than half of the world s population now lives in cities. Series: Key Concepts. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 149 x 17. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745648897
ISBN
9780745648897
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.86

Paperback. This edited collection explores the relationship between urban space, architecture and the moving image. Drawing oninterdisciplinary approaches to film and moving image practices, the book explores the recent developments in research on film and urban landscapes, pointing towards new theoretical and methodological frameworks for discussion." Editor(s): Koeck, Richard; Roberts, L. Num Pages: 296 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AF; AMC; APF; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349318315
ISBN
9781349318315
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 127.28

Hardback. This edited collection explores the relationship between urban space, architecture and the moving image. Drawing on interdisciplinary approaches to film and moving image practices, the book explores the recent developments in research on film and urban landscapes, pointing towards new theoretical and methodological frameworks for discussion. Editor(s): Koeck, Richard; Roberts, Les. Num Pages: 298 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AM; APF; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 143 x 22. Weight in Grams: 468.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Edition
2010th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230243385
ISBN
9780230243385
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.07

Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, 74 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSG; JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 180 x 16. Weight in Grams: 578.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816665655
ISBN
9780816665655
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.67

Paperback. In 1996, an older woman in Lima, Peru - part of a group of women street sweepers protesting the privatization of the city's cleaning services - stripped to the waist in full view of the crowd that surrounded her. This title analyzes the ramifications of this act within the city's conflicted history and across its class divisions. Num Pages: 256 pages, 10 halftones, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; JFSG; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226280981
ISBN
9780226280981
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 28.96

Paperback. Tells the dramatic story of how the nation's second-largest city completed a major reform of its government in the face of a deeply threatening movement for secession by the San Fernando Valley. The afterword by the author analyzes the 2005 election of Los Angeles's first modern Latino mayor, Antonio Villaraigosa. Num Pages: 352 pages, 12 halftones. 23 tables. 2 line illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; JFSG; JPR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691126036
ISBN
9780691126036
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.92

Paperback. The contributors respond to the absence of critical debate surrounding the ways in which spaces of the city do not merely contain, but also constitute, urban poverty. The volume explores how the spaces of the city actively produce and reproduce urban poverty. Editor(s): Lemanski, C; Marx, C. Series: EADI Global Development Series. Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFF; JPQB; KCM; RGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 335.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
239
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349474493
ISBN
9781349474493
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.94

Hardcover. The contributors respond to the absence of critical debate surrounding the ways in which spaces of the city do not merely contain, but also constitute, urban poverty. The volume explores how the spaces of the city actively produce and reproduce urban poverty. Editor(s): Lemanski, Charlotte; Marx, Colin. Series: EADI Global Development Series. Num Pages: 259 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFFA; JFSG; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 20. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137367426
ISBN
9781137367426
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.90

Hardcover. Series: Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books. Num Pages: 352 pages, 44 black & white illustrations, 5 maps, 6 black & white tables, 44 b&w illus., 5 maps, 6. BIC Classification: 1KBBWS; HBTB; JFFZ; PSVS; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 636.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780295999340
ISBN
9780295999340
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.85

Hardback. The aim of this book is to present a long-term perspective on the City of London, seeking to examine, explain and evaluate the combination of trends and circumstances that have made it what it is today. Num Pages: 249 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD1; JFSG; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
249
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333550250
ISBN
9780333550250
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.85

Hardcover. Offers an innovative, interdisciplinary approach which opens up new ways of understanding urban culture and space. The author approaches the city as essentially a 'material' place where people live, work, and participate in social practices within historical limits set not by sensory experience or cultural meanings but material social conditions. Num Pages: 199 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 136 x 16. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230111592
ISBN
9780230111592
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.52

Paperback. Num Pages: 199 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JHB; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 297 x 210 x 11. Weight in Grams: 547.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st ed. 2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349293841
ISBN
9781349293841
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.57

Hardback. An internationally renowned architect, urban planner, and scholar describes the major technological forces driving the future of cities Series: The Future Series. Num Pages: 184 pages, 22 b/w illus. BIC Classification: JFSG; RPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 127. .
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300204803
ISBN
9780300204803
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.81

Hardback. Editor(s): Judd, Dennis R.; Simpson, Dick. Num Pages: 368 pages, 24 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 1KBBNC; 1KBBWF; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816665754
ISBN
9780816665754
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 82.16

Paperback. Editor(s): Judd, Dennis R.; Simpson, Dick. Num Pages: 368 pages, 24 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSG; RG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816665761
ISBN
9780816665761
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.67

Paperback. Series: The Basics. Num Pages: 232 pages, 4 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFSG; RGC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 193 x 122 x 18. Weight in Grams: 258.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
232
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415670791
ISBN
9780415670791
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.63

Paperback. Presents lively, research-based essays by premier social scientists on the positive and negative roles of religious groups in American public life. Editor(s): Lichterman, Paul; Potts, C. Brady. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 249.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804757966
ISBN
9780804757966
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.44

Hardback. This volume offers a collection of 12 essays covering arguably the most important American social movement of the 20th century. The readings cover pre-World War II activism to the era of affirmative action, addressing historiographic problems found in recent studies of the movement. Editor(s): Davis, Jack E. Series: Blackwell Readers in American Social and Cultural History. Num Pages: 344 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFC; JPVH1; JPWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 162 x 30. Weight in Grams: 610.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631220435
ISBN
9780631220435
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.06

Paperback. This volume offers a collection of 12 essays covering arguably the most important American social movement of the 20th century. The readings cover pre-World War II activism to the era of affirmative action, addressing historiographic problems found in recent studies of the movement. Editor(s): Davis, Jack E. Series: Blackwell Readers in American Social and Cultural History. Num Pages: 344 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFC; JPVH1; JPWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 492.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631220442
ISBN
9780631220442
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.89

Paperback. This volume deals with two momentous and interrelated events in American history. The American Civil War is the country's largest and most significant war, as northern victory created national sovereignty and ended legal slavery. Reconstruction, although intricately linked to the Civil War, has a more complicated and darker legacy. Editor(s): Harrold, Stanley. Series: Uncovering the Past: Documentary Readers in American History. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 356.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405156646
ISBN
9781405156646
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99

Paperback. This book takes an innovative approach to the American Civil War, exploring its cultural origins and enduring cultural legacy. Series: British Association for American Studies (BAAS) Paperbacks. Num Pages: 208 pages, 12 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 22. Weight in Grams: 286.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748619351
ISBN
9780748619351
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.25

hardcover. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 502 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBE; HBJF1; HBLC1; JFSC; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 857.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
502
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691642178
ISBN
9780691642178
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 256.33

paperback. This title was Burckhardt's major contribution to cultural history and was first published in 1860. The work covers the period from the birth of Dante to the death of Michelangelo, and is divided into 6 sections, covering a whole range of topics. Translator(s): Middlemore, S. G. C. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JB; ACND; HBJD; HBLC; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 142 x 19. Weight in Grams: 292.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780140445343
ISBN
9780140445343
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 12.98

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