Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Paperback. This book, edited by the leading researcher in tobacco control and policy, explores multiple dimensions of tobacco use; health, social, and economic implications as well as the ethical, legal and scientific debates that have accompanied the development of tobacco control policies in the U.S. Editor(s): Warner, Kenneth E. Series Editor(s): Isaacs, Stephen L.; Knickman, James R. Series: Public Health/Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Anthology. Num Pages: 608 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFH1; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 180 x 31. Weight in Grams: 994.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 608
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780787987459
- ISBN
- 9780787987459
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 99.50
€ 99.50
Paperback. Explores the historical transformation of tobacco from Amerindian shamanism to global capitalism, from the food of the spirits to the fatal epidemic, from the rough pipe and cigar to the modern day cigarette. Num Pages: 292 pages, 15 b&w line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFFH1; JHBT; KN. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415116695
- ISBN
- 9780415116695
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.65
€ 73.65
Hardcover. Alexis de Tocqueville is a widely-shared icon of Franco-American political culture. This study seeks to allow for a clearer understanding of Tocqueville's writings by supplying their missing French context for English-speaking readers. Translator(s): Raps, Beth G. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DNF; JFC; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 685.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813917788
- ISBN
- 9780813917788
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.79
€ 73.79
Paperback / so. Num Pages: 483 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Vs Verlag Fur Sozialwissenschaften United States
- Number of pages
- 483
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783322998347
- ISBN
- 9783322998347
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.24
€ 69.24
Paperback. Eye-opening and controversial, Peter Gill reveals first-hand the dilemmas of providing foreign aid at the sharp end, and how many of the world's leading aid agencies have struggled not to be compromised by the so-called 'War on Terror' Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: JFFE; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Zed Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783601226
- ISBN
- 9781783601226
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.29
€ 20.99
€ 19.29
Paperback. Rob White's highly readable book, which includes a major new interview with Todd Haynes, is the first comprehensive study of the director's work. Series: Contemporary Film Directors. Num Pages: 192 pages, 20 b&w photographs, filmography. BIC Classification: APFB; JFFK; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 208 x 137 x 15. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252079108
- ISBN
- 9780252079108
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.84
€ 23.99
€ 21.84
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 494 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRKN; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1057.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 494
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691634708
- ISBN
- 9780691634708
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 246.46
€ 246.46
Paperback. Living with people who differ - racially, ethnically, religiously or economically - is one of the most urgent challenges facing civil society. This book argues that co-operation needs more than good will: it is a craft that requires skill. It explores the nature of co-operation, why it has become weak and how it can be strengthened. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: JFFP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 144 x 196 x 20. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Publisher
- Penguin Press/Classics
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141022109
- ISBN
- 9780141022109
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.74
€ 15.99
€ 11.74
Paperback. From druids to flash-mobbers, historical re-enactors to super-fans, Henry Hemming uncovers the extraordinary groups powering modern Britain Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 23. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Murray Press
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848540569
- ISBN
- 9781848540569
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.74
€ 15.99
€ 11.74
Hardback. Tohoku Recovery Editor(s): Shaw, Rajib. Series: Disaster Risk Reduction. Num Pages: 204 pages, 20 black & white illustrations, 35 colour illustrations, 18 black & white tables, 4 colou. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFFC; RNR; RP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer Verlag, Japan Japan
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9784431551355
- ISBN
- 9784431551355
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.21
€ 119.21
Paperback. Editor(s): Shaw, Rajib. Series: Disaster Risk Reduction. Num Pages: 204 pages, 20 black & white illustrations, 35 colour illustrations, 18 black & white tables, 4 colou. BIC Classification: JFC; RNF; RNR; RP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer Verlag, Japan Japan
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9784431563730
- ISBN
- 9784431563730
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 118.18
€ 118.18
Paperback. Although what happens in the toilet usually stays in the toilet, this brilliant, revelatory, and often funny book aims to bring it all out into the open, proving that profound and meaningful history can be made even in the can Editor(s): Molotch, Harvey L.; Noren, Laura. Series: NYU Series in Social & Cultural Analysis. Num Pages: 328 pages, 64. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSG; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 151 x 20. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814795897
- ISBN
- 9780814795897
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.57
€ 32.99
€ 31.57
hardcover. Although what happens in the toilet usually stays in the toilet, this brilliant, revelatory, and often funny book aims to bring it all out into the open, proving that profound and meaningful history can be made even in the can Editor(s): Molotch, Harvey L.; Noren, Laura. Series: NYU Series in Social & Cultural Analysis. Num Pages: 328 pages, 64. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSG; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 167 x 25. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780814795880
- ISBN
- 9780814795880
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.53
€ 95.53
Paperback. Includes the essays that focus on China and its interactions with the West to historicise an economy of translation. This work contends that 'national histories' and 'world history' must be read with absolute attention to the types of epistemological translatability that have been constructed among various languages and cultures in modern times. Editor(s): Liu, Lydia H. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 464 pages, 22 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 236 x 27. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822324249
- ISBN
- 9780822324249
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 33.59
€ 34.99
€ 33.59
Hardback. Emerging in the 1920s, the Japanese pop scene gained a devoted following, and the soundscape of the next four decades became the audible symbol of changing times. In the first English-language history of this Japanese industry, Hiromu Nagahara connects the rise of mass entertainment with Japan's transformation into a postwar middle-class society. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: JFCA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 20 x 13. .
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674971691
- ISBN
- 9780674971691
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 39.32
€ 47.99
€ 39.32
Hardback. This work discusses literary depictions of mass transit in 20th century Tokyo in the decades preceding WWII. It cuts across literary and historical/sociological analysis, and contributes to the growing body of work examining Japanese urbanism, gender, and modernism. Num Pages: 352 pages, 16 figures, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 585. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804771443
- ISBN
- 9780804771443
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 120.36
€ 120.36
Paperback. This work discusses literary depictions of mass transit in 20th century Tokyo in the decades preceding WWII. It cuts across literary and historical/sociological analysis, and contributes to the growing body of work examining Japanese urbanism, gender, and modernism. Num Pages: 352 pages, 16 figures, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804771450
- ISBN
- 9780804771450
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 27.09
€ 27.99
€ 27.09
Hardcover. Examines the treatment of cultural and religious diversity - indigenous and immigrant - on both sides of the Irish border to analyse the current state of tolerance and the kinds of policies that need to be developed to respect diversity Editor(s): Honohan, Iseult; Rougier, Natalie. Num Pages: 238 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; JFFN; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 163 x 27. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 238
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719097201
- ISBN
- 9780719097201
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 158.28
€ 158.28
Hardback. Editor(s): Diouf, Mamadou. Series: Religion, Culture and Public Life. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFDS; JFSR2; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231162623
- ISBN
- 9780231162623
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.93€ 81.33
€ 108.93
€ 81.33
Paperback. Editor(s): Dobbernack, Jan; Modood, Tariq. Series: Palgrave Politics of Identity and Citizenship Series. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFF; JFSL; JHB; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349351404
- ISBN
- 9781349351404
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.87
€ 61.87