Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Hardcover. Offering a discussion of translation and social media through three themes, theory, training and professional practice, this book builds on emerging research in Translation Studies, including references citing recent translation and social media industry data. Topics include the translation of hashtags and the relevance of indexing, among others. Series: Palgrave Studies in Translating and Interpreting. Num Pages: 145 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, 6 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: CFP; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 275 x 15. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137522542
- ISBN
- 9781137522542
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.97
€ 77.97
Paperback. Series: Public Worlds Series. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; CFP; JFC; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816628636
- ISBN
- 9780816628636
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.33
€ 27.33
Hardback. Editor(s): Albakry, Mohammed. Num Pages: 252 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, 5 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; CFDM; JFFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319537474
- ISBN
- 9783319537474
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.02
€ 119.02
Paperback. "The history of translation has focused on literary work but this book demonstrates the way in which political control can influence and be influenced by translation choices. In this book, new research and specially commissioned essays give access to existing research projects which at present are either scattered or unavailable in English"-- Editor(s): Rundle, C; Sturge, K. Num Pages: 295 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; CFP; HBJD; JFD; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 379.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 295
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349301386
- ISBN
- 9781349301386
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.54
€ 62.54
Hardcover. The history of translation has focused on literary work but this book demonstrates the way in which political control can influence and be influenced by translation choices. New research and specially commissioned essays give access to existing research projects which at present are either scattered or unavailable in English. Editor(s): Rundle, Christopher; Sturge, Kate. Num Pages: 295 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; CFP; JFD; JPFQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 222 x 148 x 23. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230203549
- ISBN
- 9780230203549
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.82
€ 62.82
Paperback. Series: SpringerBriefs in Linguistics. Num Pages: 73 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; JFFN; JNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 4. Weight in Grams: 134.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 73
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319412429
- ISBN
- 9783319412429
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 78.02
€ 78.02
Paperback. Rural areas are often viewed as isolated and stagnating areas and urban areas as their opposites. This book corrects this misconception. It illustrates that rural areas are dynamic and interconnected by flows and mobilities. Editor(s): Hedberg, Charlotta; Carmo, Renato Miguel do. Series: Geojournal Library. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFN; JFS; JPQB; RGC; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400737860
- ISBN
- 9789400737860
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 119.13
€ 119.13
Translocal Ruralism: Mobility and Connectivity in European Rural Space...
. Ed(S): Hedberg, Charlotta; Carmo, Renato Mi...
hardcover. Rural areas are often viewed as isolated and stagnating areas and urban areas as their opposites. This book corrects this misconception. It illustrates that rural areas are dynamic and interconnected by flows and mobilities. Editor(s): Hedberg, Charlotta; Carmo, Renato Miguel do. Series: Geojournal Library. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSF; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2012th Edition
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400723146
- ISBN
- 9789400723146
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.92
€ 119.92
Hardback. Offers a collection of essays on Latin American, Caribbean, and US-based Latina feminisms and their multiple translations and cross-pollinations. Editor(s): Alvarez, Sonia E.; Costa, Claudia de Lima; Feliu, Veronica; Hester, Rebecca; Klahn, Norma; Thayer, Millie. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; JFFK; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 781.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822356158
- ISBN
- 9780822356158
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.61
€ 135.61
Paperback / so. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 409.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer vs United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783658018023
- ISBN
- 9783658018023
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.75
€ 67.75
Hardback. Editor(s): Gies, Lieve; Bortoluzzi, Maria. Num Pages: 236 pages, 2 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1KBB; 3JJ; 3JM; JFD; JKVP; LBBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 473.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137590039
- ISBN
- 9781137590039
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.28
€ 129.28
Hardback. Presents a collection of essays on the continuing debates over medium specificity and the politics of the digital arts. This book stages debates across essays, creating dialogues that give different narrative accounts of what is historically and ideologically at stake in medium specificity and digital politics. Editor(s): Kinder, Marsha; McPherson, Tara. Num Pages: 416 pages, 26 b/w images. BIC Classification: AB; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 259 x 178 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1036.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520281851
- ISBN
- 9780520281851
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.55€ 72.76
€ 94.55
€ 72.76
Paperback. Shows how stories have morphed into new forms due to media convergence and the advancement of technology, but retain their core purpose to pass on information. Focuses on web-based Transmedia Storytelling Edutainment as a technique to use stories from popular entertainment to create educational components around a discipline. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFD; JNKD; JNM; JNMT; JNV; KN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349481989
- ISBN
- 9781349481989
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.92
€ 61.92
Hardcover. In the age of media convergence, stories have morphed into new forms yet their core purpose remains the same, which is to pass on knowledge and information. This book argues that the inherent interactivity of the internet and the emotional engagement of story can lead to innovative pedagogies in media-rich environments. Num Pages: 276 pages, 1 black & white tables, 4 black & white line drawings, 3 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: JFD; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 216 x 20. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137388360
- ISBN
- 9781137388360
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.41
€ 119.41
Paperback / so. Editor(s): Ritzer, Ivo; Schulze, Peter W. Series: Neue Perspektiven Der Medienasthetik. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JFD; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 28. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Springer vs United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783658094256
- ISBN
- 9783658094256
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.41
€ 53.41
Paperback. Presents an examination of what it means to be a female-bodied trans person. This book allows female-to-male transsexuals to speak for themselves and reveal aspects of female gender diversity that do not fit into the ready-made categories of male and female. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ2; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252068256
- ISBN
- 9780252068256
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.03
€ 28.03
Paperback. This study compares modern and contemporary literary works from around the globe that have translation as a central theme, and that treat one of four of said black-box issues: language as embodiment; unknown language; conversion; and postcolonial derivations. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CBX; DSA; DSBH5; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349433513
- ISBN
- 9781349433513
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.54
€ 62.54
Paperback. An examination of the difference between communication and transmission that stresses technologies and institutions long overlooked in the study of symbols and signs throughout the history of civilizations. Translator(s): Rauth, Eric. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: GTC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 147 x 11. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231113458
- ISBN
- 9780231113458
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.19
€ 37.99
€ 27.19
Hardback. The nature of global governance is changing, as are the standards by which we judge its legitimacy. We are witnessing a gradual and partial shift from inter-state co-operation to more complex forms of governance, involving participation by transnational actors, such as NGOs, party associations, philanthropic foundations and corporations. Num Pages: 274 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPHV; JPSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230239050
- ISBN
- 9780230239050
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.10
€ 63.10
Paperback. Presents an ethnographic study of China/US adoption, the largest contemporary intercountry adoption program. This book also follows the path of the adoption process: the institutions in both China and the US that prepare children and parents for each other; the practices that legitimate them coming together as transnational families; and more. Series: Nation of Nations. Num Pages: 331 pages, 9 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; JFFN; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 331
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Annotated
- SKU
- V9780814719725
- ISBN
- 9780814719725
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.63
€ 33.99
€ 33.63
Paperback. The dawn of neoliberal rationality in Africa in the 1980s coincided with a massive exodus of skilled Africans to the global North. Moving beyond the 'push and pull' framework that has dominated studies of this phenomenon, this collection instead looks at African transnational migrations against the backdrop of rapid and intensifying globalization. Editor(s): Okome, Mojubaolu Olufunke. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JHB; JHBD; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2011
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349341696
- ISBN
- 9781349341696
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.92
€ 61.92
Hardcover. The dawn of neoliberal rationality in Africa in the 1980s coincided with a massive exodus of skilled Africans to the global North. Moving beyond the 'push and pull' framework that has dominated studies of this phenomenon, this collection instead looks at African transnational migrations against the backdrop of rapid and intensifying globalization. Editor(s): Okome, Mojubaolu Olufunke; Vaughan, Olufemi. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; JFFN; JFFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 144 x 21. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230338661
- ISBN
- 9780230338661
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.67
€ 62.67
Paperback. Readers of this book will encounter little-known transnational agrarian movements of the early twentieth century as well as more recent, high-profile global alliances, such as Via Campesina. Editor(s): Borras, Saturnino M., Jr.; Edelman, Marc; Kay, Cristobal. Num Pages: 376 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 3JMC; JFFS; JPW; KNAC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 243 x 171 x 19. Weight in Grams: 660.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405190411
- ISBN
- 9781405190411
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.84
€ 28.84
Hardback. The uniqueness of the many American ethnicities provides the roots of US identity, yet recognizing those differences often makes Americans feel isolated from the whole. This work relies on the tradition of cultural pluralism to argue that unity and individuality are not mutually exclusive. Series: American Intellectual Culture. Num Pages: 240 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFSL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 160 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742521971
- ISBN
- 9780742521971
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.57
€ 162.57