Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Paperback. Takes a fresh view of the culture of consumption. This book examines the interplay of culture and consumer behavior from the anthropologist's point of view and provides new insights into the way we view ourselves and our society. Series: A Midland Book. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 11. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253206282
- ISBN
- 9780253206282
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.72
€ 18.99
€ 18.72
Paperback. This wide-ranging, historically informed study examines the career of the culture concept and related notions of context in comparative and international politics, tracing connections through the disciplines of anthropology and history as well as through issues in nationalism and democracy. Num Pages: 274 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JPB; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349283316
- ISBN
- 9781349283316
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.09
€ 127.09
Hardback. This wide-ranging, historically informed study examines the career of the culture concept and related notions of context in comparative and international politics, tracing connections through the disciplines of anthropology and history as well as through issues in nationalism and democracy. Num Pages: 274 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JPB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230007666
- ISBN
- 9780230007666
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.05
€ 128.05
Paperback. Culture and politics in Morocco are an interactive blend of conflict and congruence. This book argues that no single form defines Morocco's national identity and cites four cultural patterns that compete with each other yet share strong ties to an overriding cultural core of "Muslim consensus". Num Pages: 164 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBM; JFC; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 151 x 8. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 164
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761803928
- ISBN
- 9780761803928
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.58
€ 70.58
hardcover. After more than a decade of reunification, this fresh update judiciously surveys the German way of life in an historical context. Series: Cultures and Customs of the World. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HB; JFC; JHBT; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Greenwood United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780313322037
- ISBN
- 9780313322037
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.39
€ 81.39
Culture and Customs of Iran (Culture and Customs of the Middle East)
Daniel, Elton L.; Mahdi, Ali Akbar
hardcover. Every library will want to offer its patrons this current, objective synthesis of the culture and customs of modern Iran. Series: Cultures and Customs of the World. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBN; JFC; JHBT. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education; (ES) Secondary; (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Greenwood United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780313320538
- ISBN
- 9780313320538
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.93
€ 74.93
Paperback. A stand-out, one-stop resource on Philippine culture and customs. Series: Cultures and Customs of the World. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; HBJF; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 391.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780313361173
- ISBN
- 9780313361173
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.57
€ 37.57
Paperback. Presents a picture of traditional Sioux culture and history Num Pages: 208 pages, 25 photographs, 8 illustrations, 1 chronology, 1 glossary, 1 appendix. BIC Classification: 1KBBN; 1KBBW; HBJK; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803244542
- ISBN
- 9780803244542
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99
€ 20.99
Hardback. Helps readers explore Ukraine's contemporary life and culture. This book enables readers to delve into Ukraine's modern society by looking at its religious practices, language conflicts, gender issues, education policies, and media censorship struggles, as well as its cuisine, holidays, literature, music, and performing arts. Series: Cultures and Customs of the World. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUK; JFC; JHBT. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 493.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780313343636
- ISBN
- 9780313343636
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.53
€ 70.53
Paperback. This book introduces students to new ways of thinking about development. It integrates the recent scholarship of cultural studies within the existing frameworks of development studies, which have primarily focused on issues of political economy and structural transformation. Num Pages: 248 pages, 0. BIC Classification: GTF; JFC; JFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 173 x 19. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631209515
- ISBN
- 9780631209515
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.87
€ 43.87
Hardcover. * Outlines an anthropology for the 21st century that focuses on the myriad connections between peoples especially the critical intercultural dialogues between the cultures of the East and the West * Takes an historical and ethnographic approach to studying the intermingling of Arab peoples and the West. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; JFSL1; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118319000
- ISBN
- 9781118319000
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 114.93
€ 114.93
Paperback. * Outlines an anthropology for the 21st century that focuses on the myriad connections between peoples especially the critical intercultural dialogues between the cultures of the East and the West * Takes an historical and ethnographic approach to studying the intermingling of Arab peoples and the West. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; JFSL1; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 226 x 12. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118319017
- ISBN
- 9781118319017
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.78
€ 52.78
Paperback. Num Pages: 356 pages, 46 black & white illustrations, 32 black & white tables, 40 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSC; JFSJ; JFSL1; JHMC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 176 x 246 x 24. Weight in Grams: 704.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138826694
- ISBN
- 9781138826694
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.80
€ 73.80
Paperback. Num Pages: 434 pages, 60 black & white tables, 20 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD; JHB; JPFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 151 x 24. Weight in Grams: 622.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138839311
- ISBN
- 9781138839311
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.87
€ 62.87
Paperback. Since the Romantics culture has been identified with the promise of a complete development of human capacities and, typically, the 'rise of English' has been viewed in terms of the (true or distorted) fulfilment of this promise in the education system. This book presents a sustained and historically informed challenge to that view. Series: Language, Discourse, Society. Num Pages: 317 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; JFC; JNA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 317
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349078691
- ISBN
- 9781349078691
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 193.87
€ 193.87
Hardcover. Most Western health professionals practice in multicultural societies. The influence of culture on illness, health and rehabilitation is therefore very important. Despite this, most lower level health psychology texts skim over these differences and assume our traditional biomedical approach will be appropriate for all. Num Pages: 328 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSL; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 181 x 25. Weight in Grams: 770.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470847367
- ISBN
- 9780470847367
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 167.46
€ 167.46
Paperback. Most Western health professionals practice in multicultural societies. The influence of culture on illness, health and rehabilitation is therefore very important. Despite this, most lower level health psychology texts skim over these differences and assume our traditional biomedical approach will be appropriate for all. Num Pages: 328 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSL; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 173 x 243 x 22. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470847374
- ISBN
- 9780470847374
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.98
€ 62.98
Hardback. In this comparative case study of Northern Ireland, Mairead Nic Craith explores the commitment of unionists to a civic, "culture blind" British state contrasting this with nationalist demands for official recognition of Irish culture. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 1DBKS; JFC; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 20. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 241
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333793862
- ISBN
- 9780333793862
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.82
€ 66.82
Paperback. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; JFC; JFF; JPA; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2003
- Number of pages
- 241
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349419982
- ISBN
- 9781349419982
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Editor(s): Rimer, J. Thomas. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 322 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 17. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691607115
- ISBN
- 9780691607115
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.89€ 42.58
€ 52.89
€ 42.58
Paperback. From Jane Austen to Salman Rushdie, from Yeats to media coverage of the Gulf War, this title provides an account of the roots of imperialism in European culture. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLL; HBTQ; JFC; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 30. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Edition
- Later Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099967507
- ISBN
- 9780099967507
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.06
€ 19.99
€ 16.06
Hardback. For many Germans the hyperinflation of 1922 to 1923 was one of the most decisive experiences of the twentieth century. This title investigates the effects of that inflation on German culture during the Weimar Republic. Series: Weimar & Now: German Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 293 pages, 29 b/w photographs, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJ; GTB; HBJD; HBLW; JFC; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- First Edition /First Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520222908
- ISBN
- 9780520222908
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.29€ 49.47
€ 62.29
€ 49.47
Paperback. Culture and Mental Health takes a critical look at the research pertaining to common psychological disorders, examining how mental health can be studied from and vary according to different cultural perspectives. Editor(s): Eshun, Sussie; Gurung, Regan A. R. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JFC; JM. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 170 x 28. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405169820
- ISBN
- 9781405169820
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.07
€ 54.07
Hardback. Culture and Mental Health takes a critical look at the research pertaining to common psychological disorders, examining how mental health can be studied from and vary according to different cultural perspectives. Editor(s): Eshun, Sussie; Gurung, Regan A. R. Num Pages: 362 pages, Illustrations, plans. BIC Classification: JFC; JM. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 251 x 170 x 24. Weight in Grams: 784.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 362
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405169837
- ISBN
- 9781405169837
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 125.42
€ 125.42