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Society & culture: general

Paperback. An introduction to Japanese history and culture. This fourth edition includes expanded sections on numerous topics, among which are samurai values, Zen Buddhism, the tea ceremony, Confucianism in the Tokugawa period, the story of the 47 "ronin", and mass culture in contemporary times. Num Pages: 384 pages, 72 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 592.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Hawaii Press
Edition
Updated and Exp
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780824821524
ISBN
9780824821524
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.27

Paperback. Invites policymakers, practitioners, academics, students, and others to think about three commanding contemporary issues - war, development, and youth - in new ways. The starting point is the following irony: while African youth are demographically dominant, many act as if they are members of an outcast minority. Num Pages: 256 pages, 11 black & white photographs, 2 diagrams, 2 tables, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1H; GTF; JFSP2; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 525.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820348858
ISBN
9780820348858
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.13

Paperback. Series: Mercer University Lamar Memorial Lectures. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBSL; ACBK; HBTB; JFSJ1; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 8. Weight in Grams: 525.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820348490
ISBN
9780820348490
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.02

Paperback. Editor(s): Turner, Elizabeth Hayes; Cole, Stephanie; Sharpless, Rebecca. Series: Southern Women : Their Lives and Times. Num Pages: 464 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; HBJK; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 739.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820347202
ISBN
9780820347202
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.58

Paperback. Blair explores feminist activism at the local level during a critical period of social transformation, showing how a multifaceted women s movement of white, African American, and Hispanic women worked together to bring about tremendous changes in the 1970s." Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; JFSJ1; JPVH1; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820347134
ISBN
9780820347134
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.22

Paperback. Editor(s): Argersinger, Jana L.; Cole, Phyllis. Num Pages: 448 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 31. Weight in Grams: 710.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820346779
ISBN
9780820346779
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.15

Paperback. Based on the author's dissertation at the University of Chicago. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white tables, maps, figures. BIC Classification: JFSC; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820344164
ISBN
9780820344164
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.79

Hardcover. Series: Race in the Atlantic World 1700-1900. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTS; JFSL3; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820342122
ISBN
9780820342122
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 139.57

Paperback. Mitchell shows that growers, workers, and officials confronted a series of problems that shaped--and were shaped by--the landscape itself. "They Saved the Crops" is a theoretically rich and stylistically innovative account of grower rapaciousness, worker militancy, rampant corruption, and bureaucratic bias. Num Pages: 576 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFS; JPQB; KNXB; RGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 780.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820341767
ISBN
9780820341767
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.05

Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFG; 3JH; HBTB; JFSL3; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820340647
ISBN
9780820340647
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.94

Paperback. Looks at the legal and cultural implications of bequests that crossed the color line. This book examines high-court decisions in the antebellum South that involved wills in which white male planters bequeathed property, freedom, or both to women of color and their mixed-race children. Series: Studies in the Legal History of the South. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; HBJK; HBTB; HBTS; JFSL3; LNW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820332512
ISBN
9780820332512
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.25

Paperback. For better or worse, representations abound of Native Americans as a people with an innate and special connection to the earth. This study looks at the challenges faced by Native American writers who confront stereotypical representations as they assert their own ethical relationship with the earth. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820330594
ISBN
9780820330594
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.19

Paperback. A collection of seventeen biographical essays that provides a window into the social, cultural, and geographic milieu of women's lives in Louisiana. Within the context of the historical forces that have shaped Louisiana, it looks at ways in which the women either abided by gender norms or negotiated new models of behavior for themselves. Editor(s): Allured, Janet; Gentry, Judith F. Num Pages: 352 pages, 18 b&w & 7 colour photos, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBSL; 3J; DNF; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820329475
ISBN
9780820329475
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.12

Hardcover. A collection of seventeen biographical essays that provides a window into the social, cultural, and geographic milieu of women's lives in Louisiana. Within the context of the historical forces that have shaped Louisiana, it looks at ways in which the women either abided by gender norms or negotiated new models of behavior for themselves. Editor(s): Allured, Janet; Gentry, Judith F. Num Pages: 352 pages, 18 b&w & 7 colour photos, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBSL; 3J; DNF; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820329468
ISBN
9780820329468
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.23

Hardcover. A collection of essays that offers insights into various ways that South Carolina women asserted themselves in their state and illuminates the tension between tradition and change that defined the South from the Civil War through the Progressive Era. Editor(s): Spruill, Marjorie Julian (Professor of History, Vanderbilt University, USA); Littlefield, Valinda W.; Johnson, Joan Marie. Num Pages: 336 pages, 7 colour & 20 b&w photos, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBFS; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Edition
Volume 2
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820329376
ISBN
9780820329376
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.93

Hardcover. Part of the three volumes on South Carolina women, this title spans the long period from the sixteenth century through the Civil War era. It features the religious, racial, ethnic, and class diversity of the women. It contains essays on plantation mistresses, overseers' wives, nonslaveholding women from the upcountry and slave women. Editor(s): Spruill, Marjorie Julian (Professor of History, Vanderbilt University, USA); Littlefield, Valinda W.; Johnson, Joan Marie. Num Pages: 320 pages, 17 b&w photos, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBFS; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Edition
Volume 1
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820329352
ISBN
9780820329352
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.49

Paperback. In 1926, Theodore "Tiger" Flowers became the first African American boxer to win the world middleweight title. This title uses the details of Flowers' life and career to discuss a range of issues related to race, sports, and celebrity culture. Num Pages: 232 pages, 18 b&w photos. BIC Classification: BGS; JFSL3; WSTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 327.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820329109
ISBN
9780820329109
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.22

Hardcover. Discusses the omnipresence of birds in Native American life. This book examines the complex and changeable influences of birds on the Native American world view. Series: Wormsloe Foundation Publication. Num Pages: 264 pages, 149 colour & 32 b&w illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; HBJK; JFSL9; JHMC; WNCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 216 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1461.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820328157
ISBN
9780820328157
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 50.69

Paperback. After Reconstruction African Americans in Atlanta went about such self-interested pursuits as finding work and housing. This text chronicles the emergence of the network of churches, fraternal organizations and social clubs through which black Atlantans pursued their community formation goals. Num Pages: 304 pages, 20 illustrations, 3 tables, 2 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBBFG; 3JH; 3JJC; HBTB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820326191
ISBN
9780820326191
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.52

Paperback. The Politics of Whiteness presents the first sustained analysis of white racial identity among workers in what was the South's largest industry for much of the twentieth century: textiles. Series: Economy & Society in the Modern South S. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; JFSC; JFSL; JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820326047
ISBN
9780820326047
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.38

Paperback. African American writers have consistently drawn connections between hunger and illiteracy, and by extension between food and reading. This book investigates the juxtaposition of mulnutrition and spectacular food abundance as a key trope of African American writing. Num Pages: 232 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJ; DSBH; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820325620
ISBN
9780820325620
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.09

Hardcover. This title revisits the years Sally Russell spent living in a remote farmhouse along the Mulberry River in Barrow County, Georgia. It contains essays about day-to-day living, the seasons and cycles of nature, the love of land and family, and one woman's ambition to make her home a place of refuge. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBFG; BGA; JFSF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820322988
ISBN
9780820322988
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.76

Paperback. Focusing on "The Sacred Harp" tunebook which first appeared in 1844, this text surveys definitive moments in American musical history and analyzes the historical, social, musical, theological and textual factors that have contributed to the endurance of Sacred Harp singing. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGD; AVGH; HRA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Edition
1St Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820319889
ISBN
9780820319889
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.82

Hardcover. These recollections centre on the American novelist, poet, screenwriter, journalist, film critic and cult hero, James Agee. Contributors include his widow Mia Agee, John Huston, Anderw Lytle and Walker Evans - his collaborator on "Let Us Now Praise Famous Men". Editor(s): Madden, David; Folks, Jeffrey. Num Pages: 288 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; BG; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 132 x 25. Weight in Grams: 617.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Edition
Second Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820319131
ISBN
9780820319131
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.58

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