Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062517425
- ISBN
- 9780062517425
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.55
€ 19.99
€ 17.55
Future of the Welfare State: The Institutions of a Changing Welfare St...
Mark D. Ten Hove, Ten Hove, Mark D.
Paperback. Num Pages: 108 pages, 2 fig., num. tab. BIC Classification: JFF; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220. Weight in Grams: 180. 8vo. Good copy
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- European Interuniversity Press
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- KEX0263691
- ISBN
- 9789070776091
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. What is the future of the American West? This book look at works of utopian, dystopian, and apocalyptic science fiction to show how narratives of the past and future powerfully shape our understanding of the present-day West. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSK; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 161 x 25. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700616091
- ISBN
- 9780700616091
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.14
€ 57.14
Paperback. Editor(s): Heinlein, Michael; Kropp, Cordula; Neumer, Judith; Poferl, Angelika; Romhild, Regina. Num Pages: 240 pages, 3 b/w & 3 colour illus. BIC Classification: HB; JFFR; JFFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 151 x 19. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Transcript Verlag Germany
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783837620764
- ISBN
- 9783837620764
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 32.85
€ 44.99
€ 32.85
Hardback. With around 645 million people expected to be displaced D by wars and other catastrophes D by 2050, Virilio begins The Futurism of the Instant by looking at the future of human settlement and migration through the evolution of the city. Num Pages: 100 pages. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 100
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745648637
- ISBN
- 9780745648637
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.93
€ 54.93
Paperback. Father Gregory J Boyle, SJ, is a native of Los Angeles, a Jesuit priest, and founder of Homeboy Industries, an economic development and jobs program begun in 1988 for at-risk and gang-involved youth. This title presents the story of Boyle's unconventional ministry and its extraordinary successes. Num Pages: 325 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; JFFE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 325
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826344854
- ISBN
- 9780826344854
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.62
€ 29.62
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822329725
- ISBN
- 9780822329725
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.87
€ 32.99
€ 29.87
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; HBJD1; JFSL; WSB; WSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 25. Weight in Grams: 426. 8vo .Illustrated. First edition.The Gaelic Athletic Association is an Irish amateur sporting and cultural organisation.It promotes traditional Irish sports including hurling ,gaelic football camogie and handball.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Argyll Publishing
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KEX0307886
- ISBN
- 9781906134013
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 25.00
€ 25.00
Paperback. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: JFFK; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 182 x 14. Weight in Grams: 249.
- Publisher
- Beacon Press
- Number of pages
- 184
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807010976
- ISBN
- 9780807010976
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.39
€ 21.99
€ 16.39
paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: HRC; JFFK; RNC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 209 x 132 x 20. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- HarperOne United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780060669676
- ISBN
- 9780060669676
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.51
€ 24.99
€ 21.51
Paperback. Num Pages: 152 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; JFFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 162 x 14. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Gallaudet University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781563681226
- ISBN
- 9781563681226
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 26.14
€ 32.99
€ 26.14
Paperback. In the court of the Medicis and the Vatican, Galileo fashioned both his career and his science to the demands of patronage and to its complex systems of wealth, power, and prestige. Now, Mario Biagioli shows how Galileo's courtly role was integral to his science--the questions he examined, his methods, and even his conclusions. Series: Science & Its Conceptual Foundations S. Num Pages: 416 pages, 10 halftones, 4 line drawings. BIC Classification: JFCX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226045603
- ISBN
- 9780226045603
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 28.94
€ 35.99
€ 28.94
Hardcover. This text explores the theme of gambling in a range of 19th-century English novels. It examines the representation of gambling in the novels, the role that gambling played in the lives of the novelists, and gambling in the novels within the context of the development of Victorian society. Num Pages: 254 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; HBTB; JFFH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 24. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903900185
- ISBN
- 9781903900185
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.14
€ 130.14
Paperback. Explores the theme of gambling in a wide range of nineteenth-century English novels. This book also considers the significance of gambling in the novels within the wider context of the development of Victorian society. It is a useful reading for those interested in the development of English society and culture in the Victorian era. Num Pages: 264 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DB; DSBF; DSK; HBTB; JFFH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 24. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845192112
- ISBN
- 9781845192112
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.49
€ 40.99
€ 36.49
Paperback. This unique look at learned and acquired cultures explores the power and weaknesses of society, especially as it applies to those of Italian heritage. A strong argument is made for ethnic, cultural, and political independence;the importance of failure in relation to cultureis also stressed." Num Pages: 290 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Exile Editions
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781550966565
- ISBN
- 9781550966565
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.10
€ 17.10
Hardcover. Num Pages: 202 pages. BIC Classification: JFFH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 265 x 188 x 16. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Nova Science Pub Inc
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781634638074
- ISBN
- 9781634638074
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 250.49€ 189.47
€ 250.49
€ 189.47
Hardcover. A perceptive inquiry into the international business and culture of gambling Editor(s): Raento, Pauliina; Schwartz, David G. Num Pages: 232 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; WDP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Nevada Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874178531
- ISBN
- 9780874178531
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.05
€ 50.05
Paperback. Studies video game addiction from a cross-disciplinary approach, bridging the divide between liberal arts academics and clinical researchers. This book reveals how gamers interact with and become consumed by the virtual worlds of their videogames. Num Pages: 203 pages, references, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JFFH; MMZR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- McFarland & Co Inc United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780786443642
- ISBN
- 9780786443642
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.03
€ 43.03
Hardcover. John Perkins's sensational New York Times bestseller Confessions of an Economic Hit Man (more than 300,000 sold) revealed just the tip of the iceberg of the secret world of economic hit men and the web of global corruption. Now more economic hit men and investigators tell the whole shocking story. Num Pages: 310 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFX; KCLF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 166 x 27. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Berrett-Koehler United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781576753958
- ISBN
- 9781576753958
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.33
€ 25.99
€ 24.33
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Publisher
- Griffith Institute United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 63
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780900416347
- ISBN
- 9780900416347
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.85
€ 46.85
Hardback. This intriguing book identifies the imaginative use of wild animals in early western society and shows how attitudes to wild animals changed according to subsistence and economic needs and how wildlife helped to determine social relations among people. Num Pages: 216 pages, 20 b&w photographs, 8 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK; HBTB; JFFZ; JHMC; RN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774809627
- ISBN
- 9780774809627
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.85
€ 113.85
Paperback. Offering a reminder of the complex uses to which institutionalized violence can be put, this study shows how the deadly violence of arena sport and political suicide served a social purpose in ancient Rome. Series: Wisconsin Studies in Classics. Num Pages: 296 pages, 2 figures. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB; JFC; JFFE; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299145743
- ISBN
- 9780299145743
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.55
€ 26.55
Paperback. Video and computer games in their cultural contexts Num Pages: 248 pages, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: CFB; JFCA; UBJ; UDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817354206
- ISBN
- 9780817354206
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.22
€ 37.22
Paperback. This work analyzes the music of Java and the development of the gamelan, an ensemble dominated by bronze percussion instruments. Drawing on sources ranging from 12th-century poetry to 20th-century nationalistic writing, it examines historical sources and contemporary cultural theory and criticism. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 352 pages, 12 halftones, 24 line drawings, 51 tables. BIC Classification: 1FMN; AVGE; AVGH; AVRJ; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226780115
- ISBN
- 9780226780115
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 37.51
€ 47.99
€ 37.51