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Society & culture: general

Paperback. A guide to the meanings of the postmodern era, that charts the options before us as we seek alternatives to the joyless and artificial culture of consumption. Num Pages: 182 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPM; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 14. Weight in Grams: 283.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Third Impression
Number of pages
182
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226066271
ISBN
9780226066271
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 23.07

Paperback. Editor(s): Healy, Grainne. Num Pages: 320 pages, Full Colour. BIC Classification: HBJD1; JFFJ; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 180. .
Publisher
Merrion Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785371165
ISBN
9781785371165
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.29

Hardcover. A historical and ethnographic study of Haitian religion in immigrant communities, based on fieldwork in both Miami and Haiti. Series: North American Religions Series. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFL; 1KJH; JFSR; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 510.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814777084
ISBN
9780814777084
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.05

Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSE; DSBH; JFSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816669905
ISBN
9780816669905
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.12

Paperback. A cross-disciplinary collection of 12 essays by scholars of the Mexican immigration to the United States. "Crossings" theorizes aspects of recent Mexican immigration that are new and that demarcate this wave of immigration from earlier experiences of the 20th century. Editor(s): Suarez-Orozco, Marcelo. Num Pages: 448 pages, 12 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; JFFN; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 710.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
1st
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674177673
ISBN
9780674177673
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.65

Paperback. The first truly comprehensive synthesis of the great migrations between Europe and the Americas. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFFN; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253209535
ISBN
9780253209535
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.88

Paperback. Crossovers brings together four decades of popular and academic writings by folklorist, anthropologist, and jazz scholar John Szwed. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVG; JFC; JFSL3. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 498.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812219722
ISBN
9780812219722
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Paperback. Its opponents call it part of "the lunatic fringe," a justification for "black separateness," "the most embarrassing trend in American publishing." "It" is Critical Race Theory. But what is Critical Race Theory? How did it develop? Where does it stand now? Where should it go in the future? This title deals with these questions. Editor(s): Valdes, Francisco; Culp, Jerome McCristal; Harris, Angela P. Num Pages: 440 pages, 1fig. BIC Classification: HBT; JFFJ; JFSL; LNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 23. Weight in Grams: 767.
Publisher
Temple University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566399302
ISBN
9781566399302
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.74

Hardback. Examines the representations of masses - the crowd scenes - in Hollywood films from "The Birth of a Nation" through such popular love stories as "Gone with the Wind", "The Sound of Music", and "Dr Zhivago". This work then contrasts these with similar scenes in early Soviet and Nazi films. Num Pages: 162 pages, 27 b&w illus. BIC Classification: APFA; JFC; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 14. Weight in Grams: 403.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
162
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823229017
ISBN
9780823229017
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.95

Paperback. Examines the representations of masses - the crowd scenes - in Hollywood films from "The Birth of a Nation" through such popular love stories as "Gone with the Wind", "The Sound of Music", and "Dr Zhivago". This work then contrasts these with similar scenes in early Soviet and Nazi films. Num Pages: 162 pages, 27 b&w illus. BIC Classification: APFA; JFC; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 11. Weight in Grams: 286.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
162
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780823229024
ISBN
9780823229024
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.23

Paperback. This book examines the impact of immigration on U.S. society-on schools, social services, jobs, taxpayers. This book offers alternatives to present policies. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 133 x 13. Weight in Grams: 204.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Bridge Works Publishing Co ,U.S. United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9781882593675
ISBN
9781882593675
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.64

Paperback. Examines the way in which education and the media act as immobilizing social forces to shape the Latino world that exists despite the best efforts of many Mexican Americans and other Latinos. This book focuses on social issues that impede the progress of Latinos. Num Pages: 257 pages, 1 b&w photograph. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFD; JFSL1; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 458. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
257
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781566397438
ISBN
9781566397438
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.17

Paperback. Describes the way in which the Internet has broken down traditional employer/employee relationships to create vibrant new enterprises that are 'staffed' by informal, often large gatherings of enthusiasts. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: JFCA; KJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 224.
Publisher
Cornerstone United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905211159
ISBN
9781905211159
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.00
€ 16.75

Paperback. Crowdsourcing is a term that was coined in 2006 to describe how the commercial sector was beginning to outsource problems or tasks to the public through an open call for solutions over the internet or social media. This book includes interviews with public and private sector managers who have used crowdsourcing. Series: Public Management and Change Series. Num Pages: 120 pages, 3 figures, 1 tables, 3 figures, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFD; JPP; JPQB; KNV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 11. Weight in Grams: 200.
Publisher
Georgetown University Press United States
Number of pages
120
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781626163799
ISBN
9781626163799
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.82

Hardback. A survey of female monasticism that begins with the first communities of Late Antiquity and ends with the Reformation. It focuses on the visual culture of female monasticism in the European Middle Ages. Editor(s): Hamburger, Jeffrey F.; Marti, Susan. Translator(s): Hamburger, Dietlinde. Num Pages: 344 pages, 73 illus. BIC Classification: 1D; 3F; 3H; HRCC2; HRCX8; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 158 x 24. Weight in Grams: 592.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231139809
ISBN
9780231139809
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.75

Hardcover. The nineteenth century saw a complete transformation of the practice and reputation of surgery. This book follows its increasingly optimistic evolution, drawing from the examples of surgical textbooks with a focus on the extraordinary visual materials of the mid-nineteenth century. Num Pages: 256 pages, 350 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; JFCA; MNB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 178 x 30. Weight in Grams: 946.
Publisher
Thames & Hudson
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500518106
ISBN
9780500518106
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.95

Paperback. An ethnographic study of indigenous opposition to processes of economic globalization, arguing that neoliberal economic reforms both provoked a crisis of governance and created the conditions for a disruptive indigenous movement in Ecuador Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. Num Pages: 312 pages, 28 b&w photos, 6 maps, 4 figures. BIC Classification: 1KLSE; JFSL9; JPW; KJVG; KNBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 146 x 23. Weight in Grams: 418.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822332725
ISBN
9780822332725
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.42

paperback. Explores who -- and why -- American society punishes, using examples from literature and film. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AB; JFC; JKVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 135 x 15. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745315386
ISBN
9780745315386
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.51

Paperback. In this short work, Dr. Szasz takes aim at conventional psychiatry, and at the attendent system of courts, hospitals, and psychiatrists who confine patients against their will. The focal point is a Supreme Court case involving a man forcibly committed to a Florida asylum for 14 years. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFG; MBPK; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 395.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Syracuse University Press United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815605102
ISBN
9780815605102
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.60

Paperback. Explores not only cruel acts but the discriminatory thinking that made them possible, their long-term effects, the precariousness of memory, and the pathos of survival Num Pages: 296 pages, 6 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3JJ; 3JM; AB; HBTB; JFFE; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 486.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
296
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822354567
ISBN
9780822354567
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.31

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