Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
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
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.23
€ 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
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Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.64
€ 16.99
€ 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
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Condition: New
€ 34.17
€ 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
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Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.75
€ 21.99
€ 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
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Condition: New
€ 22.82
€ 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
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Condition: New
€ 76.75
€ 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
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.95
€ 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
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.42
€ 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
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.51
€ 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
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Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.60
€ 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
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.31
€ 30.99
€ 27.31
Paperback. Lauren Berlant explores individual and collective affective responses to the unraveling of the U.S. and European economies by analzying mass media, literature, television, film, and video Num Pages: 352 pages, 58 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; 3JJPR; 3JMC; JFC; JFD; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 235 x 21. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822351115
- ISBN
- 9780822351115
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.48
€ 27.99
€ 26.48
Hardback. Ties together political economy and affect in a time of decreased expectations. Num Pages: 352 pages, 58 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822350972
- ISBN
- 9780822350972
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.33
€ 115.33
Paperback. Discover the important distinction between being a gay sex addict and a gay man exploring his sexual freedom. Num Pages: 251 pages, black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: JFSK2; JMP; MMZR; VFJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 164 x 18. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Gentle Path Press
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Number of pages
- 251
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780985063306
- ISBN
- 9780985063306
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.36
€ 23.99
€ 21.36
Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 3. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; DSA; DSBH; JFC; JFSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780801441707
- ISBN
- 9780801441707
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Condition: New
€ 72.62
€ 72.62
Paperback. Series: Semiotext(e) / Active Agents. Num Pages: 304 pages, 110 b&w photos. BIC Classification: APFA; JFSK2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 226 x 21. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Publisher
- Autonomedia
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781584351719
- ISBN
- 9781584351719
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.36
€ 18.99
€ 18.36
Paperback. The LGBT agenda has been dominated by pragmatic issues like same-sex marriage and gays in the military. This book contends that queerness is instead a futurity bound phenomenon, a 'not yet here' that critically engages pragmatic presentism. Series: Sexual Cultures. Num Pages: 234 pages, 29 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Publisher
- New York University Press
- Number of pages
- 234
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814757284
- ISBN
- 9780814757284
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.51
€ 30.99
€ 27.51
Hardback. The LGBT agenda has been dominated by pragmatic issues like same-sex marriage and gays in the military. This book contends that queerness is instead a futurity bound phenomenon, a 'not yet here' that critically engages pragmatic presentism. Series: Sexual Cultures. Num Pages: 234 pages, 29 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814757277
- ISBN
- 9780814757277
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 91.05
€ 91.05
Paperback. The first English translation of the book that reveals the Cathar stronghold at Montsegur to be the repository of the Holy Grail. Num Pages: 224 pages, map. BIC Classification: HRAX; JFHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 324. The Struggle Between the Cathars, the Templars, and the Church of Rome. 224 pages, map. Presents the history of the Papal persecution of the Cathars that lies in the mediaeval epic, "Parzival", and in the poetry of the troubadours. This book presents the legend of the Cathars and the Holy Grail. It gives an account of authors explorations of the Pyrenean caves. It is an addition to the English language Grail and Templar literature. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: HRAX; JFHC. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 16. Weight: 322.
- Publisher
- Inner Traditions Bear and Company
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781594771354
- ISBN
- 9781594771354
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.59
€ 19.99
€ 14.59
Paperback. Over the years, Dinah suffered repeated physical assault, prolonged mental torture and destructive ignorance, yet successfully raised a family of six and nurtured the unique personality of a world superstar, her son Boy George. Here, she recounts the long and painful journey that she had to take. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; BTP; JFFE3; VFV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 110 x 21. Weight in Grams: 152.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099499787
- ISBN
- 9780099499787
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.75
€ 21.99
€ 16.75