Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Hardcover. This book provides the first dedicated introduction to the cultural writings and analyses of the radical West Indian thinker C.L.R. James. It lays out James' account of the way in which games, books, music and film become a part of the politics and history of popular struggles. Num Pages: 181 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JHBA; JHBS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 225 x 146 x 15. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230220218
- ISBN
- 9780230220218
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.36
€ 66.36
Paperback. This book provides the first dedicated introduction to the cultural writings and analyses of the radical West Indian thinker C.L.R. James. It lays out James' account of the way in which games, books, music and film become a part of the politics and history of popular struggles. Num Pages: 181 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSL; JHBA; JHBS; WS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 181
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349305773
- ISBN
- 9781349305773
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Condition: New
€ 65.78
€ 65.78
Paperback. Novelist and cultural commentator C.P. Snow was a large and controversial presence in his lifetime but his work has been largely neglected since his death in 1980. This is the first 21st-century book to offer a clear, informed and sympathetic survey of all his novels and major non-fiction books and to affirm their importance for the world today. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349444670
- ISBN
- 9781349444670
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.93
€ 65.93
Hardback. This text aims to clarify the meaning of C. Wright Mills's depiction of the sociological imagination and to use this to develop a sociological framework that assists in understanding the process by which communal violence has ended in Northern Ireland and South Africa. Num Pages: 208 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 1HFMS; JFFE; JFSL1; JPSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333801802
- ISBN
- 9780333801802
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.74
€ 66.74
Hardback. Author Louwanda Evans draws on provocative interviews with African Americans in the flight industry to examine the emotional labor involved in a business that offers occupational prestige, but also a history of the systemic exclusion of people of color. Series: Perspectives on a Multiracial America. Num Pages: 174 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFS; JFSL; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442221352
- ISBN
- 9781442221352
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.62
€ 96.62
Paperback. Engaging with a variety of shows, including The League, Dexter, and Nip/Tuck, among many others, this title identifies the gradual incorporation of second-wave feminism into prevailing gender norms as the catalyst for the contested masculinities on display in contemporary cable dramas. Num Pages: 251 pages, 7 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFDT; JFSJ2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Publisher
- New York University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479800483
- ISBN
- 9781479800483
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Hardback. Engaging with a variety of shows, including The League, Dexter, and Nip/Tuck, among many others, this title identifies the gradual incorporation of second-wave feminism into prevailing gender norms as the catalyst for the contested masculinities on display in contemporary cable dramas. Num Pages: 251 pages, 7 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFDT; JFSJ2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- New York University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479800742
- ISBN
- 9781479800742
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.31
€ 96.31
Paperback. Looks beyond broadcasting's mainstream, toward cable's alternatives, to critically consider the capacity of commercial media to serve the public interest. This work offers an overview of the industry's history and regulatory trends, case studies of cable newcomers aimed at niche markets, and analyses of programming forms introduced by cable TV. Editor(s): Banet-Weiser, Sarah; Chris, Cynthia; Freitas, Anthony. Num Pages: 384 pages, 19 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APT; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814799505
- ISBN
- 9780814799505
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.02
€ 33.99
€ 31.02
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814708675
- ISBN
- 9780814708675
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.98
€ 32.99
€ 29.98
Paperback / so. Series: Nordrhein-Westfalische Akademie Der Wissenschaften. Num Pages: 40 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 170 x 3. Weight in Grams: 91.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- VS Verlag f?r Sozialwissenschaften United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 40
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783663000365
- ISBN
- 9783663000365
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.12
€ 59.12
Paperback. While tracing the historical emergence of the cafe as a social institution and noting its multiple faces and functions in the modernity of the occident, three themes run like threads of varying texture through the chapters: the social connectivity and inclusion of cafes, cafe as surrogate office, and cafe as site of exchange for news and views. Editor(s): Tjora, Aksel; Scambler, Graham. Num Pages: 208 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSR; JHB; JHBS; RGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349446438
- ISBN
- 9781349446438
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 137.55
€ 137.55
Hardcover. While tracing the historical emergence of the cafe as a social institution and noting its multiple faces and functions in the modernity of the occident, three themes run like threads of varying texture through the chapters: the social connectivity and inclusion of cafes, cafe as surrogate office, and cafe as site of exchange for news and views. Editor(s): Scambler, Graham; Tjora, Aksel. Num Pages: 219 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCX; JFFP; RGC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 219 x 149 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137275929
- ISBN
- 9781137275929
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.21
€ 138.21
Paperback. Editor(s): Rizzo, Associate Professor of Sociology Helen (American University in Cairo). Num Pages: 141 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 216 x 9. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Publisher
- The American University in Cairo Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789774166563
- ISBN
- 9789774166563
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.45
€ 39.45
Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, 15 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBE; AVA; HBJH; JFCA; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816689286
- ISBN
- 9780816689286
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.37
€ 29.99
€ 27.37
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861891877
- ISBN
- 9781861891877
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.85
€ 36.85
hardcover. This is the first book-length treatment of the political causes and consequences of the Great Leap Famine (1959-61), one of the worst tragedies in human history. Num Pages: 368 pages, 1 map, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; JFFC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 162 x 27. Weight in Grams: 705.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804725576
- ISBN
- 9780804725576
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.17
€ 149.17
Paperback. This is the first book-length treatment of the political causes and consequences of the Great Leap Famine (1959-61), one of the worst tragedies in human history. Num Pages: 368 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; JFFC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804734707
- ISBN
- 9780804734707
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.99
€ 36.99
€ 33.99
Paperback. The first history of Italian football to be written in English, 'Calcio' is a mix of serious analysis and comic storytelling, with vivid descriptions of games, goals, dives, missed penalties, riots and scandals in the richest and toughest league in the world. Num Pages: 592 pages, Illustrations map. BIC Classification: 1DST; JFCA; WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 146 x 40. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Number of pages
- 592
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- Updated Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007175758
- ISBN
- 9780007175758
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.36
€ 19.99
€ 14.36
paperback. The immigrant case studies in this text - Ghanaian women learning English, migrant women sex-workers in our cities, East Asian women and sexual harassment, and Canadian aid workers in the South - all contribute to performa reality check for the notion of Canada as a "caring and sharing" country. Num Pages: 172 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 172 x 230 x 9. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Fernwood Pub Co Ltd Canada
- Number of pages
- 172
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781552661314
- ISBN
- 9781552661314
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.77
€ 26.99
€ 23.77
Hardcover. Why does contemporary calculation develop as calculation of the quality of everything? How should we consider calculation of quality and the relationship between calculation and enhancement of life? These and related questions are addressed through phenomenological investigation and a critical analysis of the social science debate. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JF; JHB; KCA; KJMQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230353749
- ISBN
- 9780230353749
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.20
€ 66.20
Num Pages: 176 pages, 275 color photos, 65 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; AK; JFCK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 222 x 288 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1266.
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764312465
- ISBN
- 9780764312465
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 32.61
€ 48.99
€ 32.61
Clothing designers from California produced trend-setting styles in the mid-20th century. Adrian, Irene, Helen Rose, Jean Louis, William Travilla, James Galanos, Rudi Gernreich, and Lilli Ann fashions are shown in hundreds of color photos that display the originality and diversity of these American styles that spread around the world. Num Pages: 208 pages, hundreds of color photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; AK; JFCK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 286 x 223 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1596.
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764309403
- ISBN
- 9780764309403
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.16€ 39.78
€ 54.16
€ 39.78
Hardback. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 302 x 229 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1414.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Counterpoint United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781593765460
- ISBN
- 9781593765460
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 46.97
€ 53.99
€ 46.97
Paperback. Tracing the history of seismology and the rise of the regulatory state and of environmental awareness, California Earthquakes tells how earthquake-hazard management came about, why some groups assisted and others fought it, and how scientists and engineers helped shape it. Num Pages: 352 pages, 1, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; JFFC; RBC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801889769
- ISBN
- 9780801889769
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.61
€ 43.61