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Society & culture: general
Paperback. Experience the stunning scenery of Edinburgh's iconic Calton Hill and learn the history and legend surrounding this ancient landmark. Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 147 x 210 x 7. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Luath Press Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908373854
- ISBN
- 9781908373854
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.37
€ 10.99
€ 9.37
Paperback. Series: Framing 21st Century Social Issues. Num Pages: 87 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFD; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 255 x 180 x 12. Weight in Grams: 186.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138841369
- ISBN
- 9781138841369
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.52
€ 49.52
Paperback. A scholarly work that aims to be both broad enough in scope to satisfy upper-division undergraduates studying folk belief and narrative and detailed enough to meet the needs of graduate students in the field. Num Pages: 276 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; JFHF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- M.E. Sharpe
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780873328890
- ISBN
- 9780873328890
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.09
€ 72.09
Paperback. Filling in a key chapter in communications history, this title offers an examination of the rise of the "global media" between 1860 and 1930. It analyzes the connections between the development of a global communication infrastructure, the creation of national telegraph and wireless systems, and news agencies. Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. Num Pages: 456 pages, 25 illustrations, 13 tables, 10 maps. BIC Classification: 3JJC; HBTB; JFD; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 156 x 47. Weight in Grams: 660.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822339281
- ISBN
- 9780822339281
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.44
€ 33.99
€ 33.44
Paperback. This work offers insights on how key historical texts and events in Korea's history have contributed to the formation of the nation's collective consciousness. It explores the relationship between gender and nationalism by showing how topics have been employed, transformed, and re-deployed. Num Pages: 212 pages, illustrations, photographs, glossary index. BIC Classification: 1FPK; HBJF; JFSJ; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 228 x 21. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780765610683
- ISBN
- 9780765610683
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.74
€ 65.74
Hardcover. Seeks to understand patterns of changing institutional practices and public policies where the challenges of including cultural diversity into the social fabric are most pronounced: namely the health care system. Series Editor(s): Poku, Professor Nana K. Series: Global Health. Num Pages: 220 pages, Includes 1 b&w illustration. BIC Classification: JFFN; MBN; MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780754679158
- ISBN
- 9780754679158
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 157.67€ 140.64
€ 157.67
€ 140.64
Paperback. Offers an insight into the ways that war is presented and viewed as entertainment or 'militainment' in contemporary American popular culture. This work demonstrates the ways that war invites audiences to enter the spectacle as an interactive participant through a variety of channels - from news coverage to online video games to reality television. Num Pages: 224 pages, 3 black & white tables, 20 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCA; JFD; JW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415999786
- ISBN
- 9780415999786
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.27
€ 48.27
Paperback. This text argues that a theory of crime specific to the African American experience is justified by qualitative and quantitative data, not just because of the disproportionately higher percentage of African Americans who are offenders, but also because of the higher percentage of African Americans who are non-offenders. Series: Criminology and Justice Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3; JKV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780415883580
- ISBN
- 9780415883580
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.38€ 47.96
€ 51.38
€ 47.96
Paperback. Presents a survey of over 2,000 years of Jewish thought, religious and secular, ancient and modern. This book contains introductions to the lives and works of such thinkers as: Hannah Arendt, Immanuel Levinas, Sigmund Freud, and Walter Benjamin. It includes guides to further reading on figures from the middle ages through to the 21st century. Series: Routledge Key Guides. Num Pages: 224 pages, 2 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HP; JFSR1. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 16. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415771412
- ISBN
- 9780415771412
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 37.45
€ 37.99
€ 37.45
Paperback. Series: Housing and Society Series. Num Pages: 200 pages, 10 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFFB; JFSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415720250
- ISBN
- 9780415720250
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.23€ 59.16
€ 64.23
€ 59.16
Paperback. Editor(s): Chris, Cynthia; Gerstner, David A. Series: AFI Film Readers. Num Pages: 328 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415699433
- ISBN
- 9780415699433
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 43.89
€ 51.99
€ 43.89
Paperback. First published in 2009. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. Editor(s): Various Authors. BIC Classification: DSB; JFD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Weight in Grams: 385.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780415553261
- ISBN
- 9780415553261
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.15
€ 17.15
Paperback. Ethical issues and the intellectually disabled Num Pages: 286 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 19. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253221575
- ISBN
- 9780253221575
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.20
€ 29.99
€ 27.20
Hardback. Women's physiology evolved to aid reproduction, not to reduce disease. Any trait--however detrimental to post-reproductive health--is preserved in the next generation if it increases the chances of having offspring who will survive and reproduce. For this reason, the author argues, many common diseases are especially difficult for women to prevent. Num Pages: 336 pages, 19 line illustrations, 3 tables. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; MBN; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 167 x 27. Weight in Grams: 614.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674047129
- ISBN
- 9780674047129
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 39.45
€ 41.99
€ 39.45
Paperback. Epic poems by one who has been called the first Greek philosopher and theologian Translator(s): Lattimore, Richmond. Series: Ann Arbor Paperbacks. Num Pages: 256 pages, 8pp illustrations. BIC Classification: JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472081615
- ISBN
- 9780472081615
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.57
€ 25.57
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292752405
- ISBN
- 9780292752405
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.06
€ 28.06
Paperback. An impressive collection of writings on women's issues in Indian history Editor(s): Sarkar, Sumit; Sarkar, Tanika. Num Pages: 560 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 177 x 255 x 29. Weight in Grams: 980.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 560
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253220493
- ISBN
- 9780253220493
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 35.96
€ 36.99
€ 35.96
Paperback. The text includes newly contributed and updated articles utilizing the latest research and studies in the areas of violence, abuse and victims' rights from experts in the field. Editor(s): Davis, Randy J.; Herman, Susan A.; Lurigio, Arthur J. Num Pages: 568 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFE; JKV. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 181 x 256 x 28. Weight in Grams: 986.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Inc United States
- Edition
- 4th Edition
- Number of pages
- 568
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781452203201
- ISBN
- 9781452203201
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 182.21
€ 182.21
Paperback. By examining oral history collected during two years of fieldwork, anthropologist Rebecca Bryant investigates why the 2003 opening of the ceasefire line dividing Cyprus has not led the country any closer to reunification, and how in many ways it has driven the two communities of the island farther apart. Series: Contemporary Ethnography. Num Pages: 224 pages, 10 illus. BIC Classification: 1DVC; JFC; JHMP. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 211 x 131 x 8. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812222319
- ISBN
- 9780812222319
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.45
€ 32.99
€ 31.45
Paperback. Documents the struggles and successes of three generations of African writers as they strive to establish their artistic, literary, and cultural identities in France. This work explores African writing and identity in France from the early negritude movement and the founding of the Presence Africaine publishing house in 1947 to the mid-1990s. Num Pages: 376 pages, 21 photographs, 7 line drawings. BIC Classification: DSB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 29. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780252069352
- ISBN
- 9780252069352
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 40.97
€ 41.99
€ 40.97