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Society & culture: general
Hardback. The federal government is deeply entrenched in American public education and virtually dictates what can be taught to students. Why? At what cost? And what are the benefits to public school students? To public schools? The author challenges the constitutionality of the feds in the classroom. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFX; JN; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 159 x 21. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742548589
- ISBN
- 9780742548589
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 137.12
€ 137.12
Paperback. The federal government is deeply entrenched in American public education and virtually dictates what can be taught to students. Why? At what cost? And what are the benefits to public school students? To public schools? The author challenges the constitutionality of the feds in the classroom. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFX; JNK; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 317.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742548596
- ISBN
- 9780742548596
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Condition: New
€ 46.71
€ 46.71
Paperback. Birhan Woldu became one of the most recognized faces and forms of the late 20th century when her skeletal image was used at the end of 'Live Aid' to globally publicize famine in Africa. This title tells Birhan's life story from the days when her father literally carried his daughter across Africa on an epic journey to life, to Live Aid. Num Pages: 224 pages, 2 X 8 pg colour plates. BIC Classification: 1H; 3JJPN; BG; JFFC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- New Holland Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847738455
- ISBN
- 9781847738455
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Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.71
€ 15.99
€ 14.71
Paperback. Even as media in myriad forms increasingly saturate our lives, we nonetheless tend to describe our relationship to it in terms from the twentieth century: we are consumers of media, choosing to engage with it. The author shows that media is no longer separate from us but has become an inescapable part of our very experience of the world. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 3JM; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 230 x 17. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226199726
- ISBN
- 9780226199726
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.65
€ 32.99
€ 25.65
Hardcover. Even as media in myriad forms increasingly saturate our lives, we nonetheless tend to describe our relationship to it in terms from the twentieth century: we are consumers of media, choosing to engage with it. The author shows that media is no longer separate from us but has become an inescapable part of our very experience of the world. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 3JM; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226199696
- ISBN
- 9780226199696
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.55€ 77.34
€ 94.55
€ 77.34
Hardcover. Editor(s): White, Eileen. Num Pages: 300 pages, 50 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; HBJD1; HBTB; JFF; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 177 x 29. Weight in Grams: 962.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Prospect Books United Kingdom
- Edition
- y First edition
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903018026
- ISBN
- 9781903018026
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 40.37
€ 45.99
€ 40.37
paperback. Challenges prevailing assumptions regarding the notorious difficulty of curing anorexia nervosa. This title reveals how the therapies participate unwittingly in culturally dominant ideals of gender, individualism, physical fitness, and family life that have contributed to the dramatic increase in the incidence of anorexia since the 1970s. Series: Body, Commodity, Text. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFH; JFSJ1; MMZD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3734 x 19. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822331209
- ISBN
- 9780822331209
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 30.33
€ 31.99
€ 30.33
Hardback. This book focuses on how the transformation of the food habits of Chinese children-involving snack foods, soft drinks, and fast foods from such Western outlets as McDonald's and Kentucky Fried Chicken-has changed the intimate relationship of childhood, parenthood, and family life. Editor(s): Jing, Jun. Num Pages: 296 pages, 7 line diagrams 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFF; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 2. Weight in Grams: 41.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804731331
- ISBN
- 9780804731331
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.36
€ 122.36
Paperback. This book focuses on how the transformation of the food habits of Chinese children-involving snack foods, soft drinks, and fast foods from such Western outlets as McDonald's and Kentucky Fried Chicken-has changed the intimate relationship of childhood, parenthood, and family life. Editor(s): Jing, Jun. Num Pages: 296 pages, 7 line diagrams 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFF; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 18. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804731348
- ISBN
- 9780804731348
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.17
€ 27.17
Paperback. This social and cultural history of the provisioning of Salvador, Brazil, as it moved from colony to independent city encompasses a whole society by looking at a broadly defined occupation--the food trade--and showing the connections between and among social categories. Series: Joe R. & Teresa Lozano Long Series in Latin American & Latino Art & Culture. Num Pages: 352 pages, 10 b&w Photographs, 5 maps, 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JH; HBTB; JFCV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292723269
- ISBN
- 9780292723269
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 35.75
€ 37.99
€ 35.75
Paperback. A study of the implications of "feeding the family" from the perspective of those who do that work. Drawing from interviews conducted in 1982-83 in a diverse group of American households, DeVault reveals the effort and skill behind the "invisible" work of shopping, cooking, and serving meals. Series: Women in Culture and Society Series. Num Pages: 284 pages, 3 tables, 1 figure. BIC Classification: JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226143606
- ISBN
- 9780226143606
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.44
€ 32.99
€ 25.44
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 3 graphs, 11 tables. BIC Classification: JFCV; JFFA; JNF; JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 263.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813573311
- ISBN
- 9780813573311
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 41.07
€ 41.99
€ 41.07
Hardback. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813573328
- ISBN
- 9780813573328
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 168.16
€ 168.16
Paperback. While the story of John B. Rayner is not widely known, this African American educator and Populist leader, the son of a politically powerful white slaveholder from North Carolina, was a political maverick who dared to challenge the Democratic Party and the Post-Civil War South's racial orthodoxy. Indeed, John B. Num Pages: 150 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 142 x 9. Weight in Grams: 194.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Harlan Davidson
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780882959610
- ISBN
- 9780882959610
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.05
€ 30.05
paperback. Presents a theoretical framework for understanding contemporary politics. This book considers what is to be done to revitalise the British left, challenge neoliberal hegemony, and develop a political project aimed at creating a greener, fairer, happier, more democratic and less divided Britain. Editor(s): Devine, Pat J.; Pearmain, Andrew; Purdy, David. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Lawrence & Wishart Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905007936
- ISBN
- 9781905007936
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.32
€ 23.99
€ 20.32
Paperback. Series: Postmodern Social Futures. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 148 x 12. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847687176
- ISBN
- 9780847687176
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.21
€ 65.21
Paperback. Feeling Backward weighs the costs of the contemporary move to the mainstream in lesbian and gay culture. This title argues that instead of moving on, we need to look backward and consider how this history continues to affect us in the present. Num Pages: 206 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; JFSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 231 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 206
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674032392
- ISBN
- 9780674032392
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.67
€ 34.99
€ 29.67
Paperback. Whether global culture is merely a pale and sinister reflection of capitalist globalization is among the questions addressed in this text on nationalism, culturalism and the role of intellectuals in the age of globalization. Series: Cultural Front. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814775141
- ISBN
- 9780814775141
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.45
€ 32.99
€ 31.45
paperback. Editor(s): Pascual, Nieves; Gonzalez, Antonio Ballesteros. Series: Transnational and Transatlantic American Studies. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JMQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 162 x 10. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Lit Verlag
- Edition
- 1.,
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783825807900
- ISBN
- 9783825807900
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.40
€ 34.99
€ 29.40
Paperback. Italian American identity, now a mix of history and fantasy, flesh-and-bone people and all-too-familiar caricature, still has something to teach us. Contending that the media has become the primary vehicle of Italian sensibilities, the author explores a series of books, movies, paintings, and records in ten dramatic vignettes. Series: Nation of Nations. Num Pages: 256 pages, photographs. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1KBB; AB; JFCA; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814727478
- ISBN
- 9780814727478
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.45
€ 32.99
€ 31.45
Hardback. New technologies, whether text message or telegraph, inevitably raise questions about emotion. This book investigates the context of such concerns, considering both how media technologies intersect with our emotional lives and how our ideas about these intersections influence how we think about and experience emotion and technology themselves. Series: Critical Cultural Communication. Num Pages: 317 pages, 19 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- New York University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814762790
- ISBN
- 9780814762790
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 102.19
€ 102.19
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252075469
- ISBN
- 9780252075469
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.12
€ 29.12
Paperback. Num Pages: 206 pages, 15 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 5S; APFA; JFD; JFSK; PDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 13. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253024558
- ISBN
- 9780253024558
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.35
€ 32.99
€ 29.35
Hardback. Num Pages: 206 pages, 15 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 5S; APFA; JFD; JFSK; PDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 13. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 206
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253024473
- ISBN
- 9780253024473
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.87
€ 74.87