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Society & culture: general

hardcover. This collection of papers by five of Canada's top sociologists subjects John Porter's landmark study to renewed scrutiny and traces the dramatic changes since Porter's time - both in Canadian society and in the agenda of Canadian sociology. Editor(s): Helmes-Hayes, Rick; Curtis, James. Num Pages: 256 pages, 10tabs. BIC Classification: GBC; JFSL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 24. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802009173
ISBN
9780802009173
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.91

Hardback. Offering engaging ideas from business, marketing, and economics, this book takes on the challenging task of naming how much is too much in today's consumer-oriented society. Series: Moral Traditions Series. Num Pages: 336 pages, 3 tables. BIC Classification: HRAM1; HRCM; JFFT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 161 x 237 x 26. Weight in Grams: 656.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Georgetown University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9781626162709
ISBN
9781626162709
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.56

Paperback. Offering engaging ideas from business, marketing, and economics, this book takes on the challenging task of naming how much is too much in today's consumer-oriented society. Series: Moral Traditions Series. Num Pages: 336 pages, 3 tables. BIC Classification: HRAM1; HRCM; JFFT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Georgetown University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781626162563
ISBN
9781626162563
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.06

Paperback. Fern Fever was popular in Britain between 1837 and 1914. This book looks at the how the craze developed, the ways in which ferns were incorporated into garden and home, and the spread of the fern through Victorian material and visual culture. Series: Shire Library. Num Pages: 56 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JH; AGNB; HBTB; JFCD; WMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 148 x 5. Weight in Grams: 166.
Publisher
Shire Publications
Number of pages
56
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747807469
ISBN
9780747807469
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.29

Paperback. Editor(s): Mallett, Phillip. Num Pages: 217 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 305.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
217
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349323135
ISBN
9781349323135
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.44

Paperback. This book, now with a new preface, offers a new history of the fairy tale, revealing the creative role of periodical publication in shaping this genre. Sumpter explores the fairy tale's reinvention for (and by) diverse readerships in unexpected contexts, including debates over evolution, colonialism, socialism, gender and sexuality and decadence. Series: Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture. Num Pages: 272 pages, 12 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; HBTB; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 143 x 17. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
266
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230361492
ISBN
9780230361492
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.92

Paperback. Num Pages: 219 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSBH; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
219
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349513338
ISBN
9781349513338
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.53

Hardback. Num Pages: 219 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 435.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
219
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403917270
ISBN
9781403917270
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.43

Paperback. Takes a look at the ways that the twentieth century reacted to and reimagined its predecessor. This work considers how the Victorian inheritance has been represented in literature, politics, film, and visual culture; and the ways in which modernists and progressives have sought to differentiate themselves from an image of the Victorian. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBTB; JFC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780821417621
ISBN
9780821417621
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.35

Paperback. This is the first major collection of media studies scholarship on video games as a unique medium and object of study. Editor(s): Wolf, Mark J. P.; Perron, Bernard. Num Pages: 368 pages, 25 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: JFD; JHM; UDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 578.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United States
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415965798
ISBN
9780415965798
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.57

Hardback. This volume explores the nature and function of the coffee house in the social, cultural, and political world of fin-de-siecle Vienna. Just as the cafeserved as a creative meeting place within the city, so this volume initiates conversations between different disciplines focusing on Vienna 1900. Editor(s): Ashby, Charlotte; Gronberg, Tag; Shaw-Miller, Simon. Series: Austrian and Habsburg Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages, 41 ills. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 231 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 456. Series: Austrian and Habsburg Studies. 256 pages, 41 ills. Editor(s): Ashby, Charlotte; Gronberg, Tag; Shaw-Miller, Simon. This volume explores the nature and function of the coffee house in the social, cultural, and political world of fin-de-siecle Vienna. Just as the cafeserved as a creative meeting place within the city, so this volume initiates conversations between different disciplines focusing on Vienna 1900. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; JFC. Dimension: 231 x 159 x 17. Weight: 456.
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857457646
ISBN
9780857457646
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 152.34

Paperback. This book is a comprehensive exploration of the relationship between the social sciences and the appearance and growth of bioethics, and provides new analysis on how ordinary questions become "bioethical" questions. Editor(s): Vries, Raymond De; Turner, Leigh; Orfali, Kristina; Bosk, Charles L. Series: Sociology of Health and Illness Monographs. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 338.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
232
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405152693
ISBN
9781405152693
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.89

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 216 pages, 25 halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; 2AB; DSBH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691633787
ISBN
9780691633787
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.54

Paperback. Explores how Italy's Mezzogiorno became both backward and picturesque, an alternately troubling and fascinating borderland between Europe and its others. Series: Studies on the History of Society & Culture. Num Pages: 368 pages, 16 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; JFC; RGCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 516.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520248267
ISBN
9780520248267
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 27.80

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, glossary, references, index. BIC Classification: JFFG; JFSP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 11. Weight in Grams: 296.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Pub
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843101277
ISBN
9781843101277
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.05

Paperback. Features the Victorians' fascination with the old north. This title explores the ways in which the terms 'Viking' and 'Viking Age', both unknown in 1800, were invented, explored and popularised during the nineteenth century. It presents an account of the construction and translation of the Viking Age in Queen Victoria's Britain. Num Pages: 456 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; AB; DSB; HBTB; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 154 x 26. Weight in Grams: 688.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
D.S. Brewer
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859916448
ISBN
9780859916448
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 33.57

Paperback. Num Pages: 339 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DFG; BGA; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 474.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Spinifex Press Australia
Number of pages
339
Condition
New
SKU
V9781876756826
ISBN
9781876756826
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.74

Hardcover. The pattern of rural life in early medieval Spain is here vividly brought to life through careful examination of contemporary documents. Series: Royal Historical Society Studies in History. Num Pages: 232 pages, 6 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3F; HBJD; HBLC1; HBTB; JFSF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 666.
Publisher
Royal Historical Society
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780861933440
ISBN
9780861933440
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.00

Paperback. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; JFSK2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 204 x 30. Weight in Grams: 542.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062078216
ISBN
9780062078216
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.80

Paperback. Compelling analysis revealing the endemic violence and systematic impoverishment at the heart of 'development'. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KLC; GTF; JFFE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 15. Weight in Grams: 392.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Pluto Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745333946
ISBN
9780745333946
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 30.99

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