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Society & culture: general
paperback. This volume tracing the history of Native American art examines such topics as Native American culture, art and tradition, and how these have changed in modern times. Editor(s): Krumrine, Mary Louise; Scott, Susan Clare. Series: Papers in Art History. Num Pages: 325 pages, 11 colour and 189 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACBK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 279 x 216 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1066.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 325
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780915773091
- ISBN
- 9780915773091
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.61
€ 61.61
Paperback. Exploring the political forces that shaped Impressionism, this work proposes that at the heart of the modern is a "guilty secret" - the need of the dominant, mainly bourgeois, classes in Paris to expunge from historical memory the haunting nightmare of the Commune and its socialist ideology. Series: Princeton Series in Nineteenth-Century Art, Culture & Society. Num Pages: 256 pages, 162 halftones. BIC Classification: ABA; ACVT; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 191 x 254 x 13. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780691015552
- ISBN
- 9780691015552
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 86.78
€ 86.78
Paperback. This is a study of artist/activists and their participation in social movements in the 1960s, 70s, and 80s, in Mexico City, Oaxaca, and California. McCaughan places the three movements within their own local histories, cultures, and conditions, but also links them to the 1968 rebellions that were going on across the world. Num Pages: 232 pages, 42 illustratons. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; ACX; JFC; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822351825
- ISBN
- 9780822351825
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.08
€ 42.08
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780304704248
- ISBN
- 9780304704248
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.89
€ 67.89
Paperback. Examines art and censorship in the current political climate. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; AN; JFCA; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 8. Weight in Grams: 245.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745326474
- ISBN
- 9780745326474
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.75
€ 48.75
Paperback. Covering the period from the late 1940s to 1990s , Walker provides a detailed survey of the most prominent cases of art that has scandalised. Num Pages: 288 pages, 51 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 3JJP; ACX; JFC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 140 x 214 x 19. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745313542
- ISBN
- 9780745313542
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.72
€ 45.72
Hardcover. A comprehensive and lavishly illustrated exploration of the relationship between art and homosexuality. This is the first book of its kind, a provocative, globe-spanning narrative history that considers the fascinating reciprocity between gay sexuality and art from the ancient world to today. Num Pages: 304 pages, 178 b/w & color illus. BIC Classification: AB; JFSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 264 x 185 x 24. Weight in Grams: 942.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195399073
- ISBN
- 9780195399073
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.22€ 61.37
€ 81.22
€ 61.37
Paperback. Completed just before Alfred Gell's death in January 1997, this book embodies the characteristics for which he was admired. The book aims to challenge the basis of the way art has been viewed in the human sciences. It presents a fundamental theory for an anthropology of art. Num Pages: 296 pages, numerous black and white halftones and line drawings. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198280149
- ISBN
- 9780198280149
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 166.42
€ 166.42
Paperback. Traces Arsenio Rodriguez's early career in Cuba, his influence on Cuban and Latin popular music in the 1940s, his struggle for recognition at the height of mambo-mania in the 1950s, and his importance to Puerto Rican and Cuban communities in New York City, Chicago, and Los Angeles. Series: Studies in Latin American and Caribbean Music Series. Num Pages: 224 pages, 12 b&w illustrations, 5 tables, 18 figures. BIC Classification: 1KL; ASD; AVGE; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 13. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Temple University Press
- Edition
- annotated edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592133864
- ISBN
- 9781592133864
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.59
€ 41.59
Paperback. Editor(s): Yaniv, Bracha; Offenberg, Sara; Rajner, Mirjam; Rodov, Ilia. Series: Ars Judaica: The Bar-ilan Journal of Jewish Art. Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations many in colour. BIC Classification: ACB; AGR; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 280 x 220. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization in association with Liverpool University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906764654
- ISBN
- 9781906764654
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 80.49
€ 80.49
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPCH; APF; HBTB; JFD; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781503600706
- ISBN
- 9781503600706
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.87
€ 36.87
Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPCH; APF; HBTB; JFD; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804798914
- ISBN
- 9780804798914
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.47
€ 122.47
Paperback. A smart philosophical look at the cult hit television show, Arrested Development Arrested Development earned six Emmy awards, a Golden Globe award, critical acclaim, and a loyal cult following and then it was canceled. Editor(s): Phillips, Kristopher G.; Wisnewski, J. Jeremy. Series Editor(s): Irwin, William. Series: The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: APT; HPX; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470575598
- ISBN
- 9780470575598
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.79
€ 27.79
Paperback. Why are today's adults more like adolescents, in their dress and personal tastes, than ever before? Why do so many adults seem to drift and avoid responsibilities such as work and family? This book gives us a vision of what it means to be an adult and makes sense of the longest, but least understood period of the life course. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JFSP3; JMS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814715987
- ISBN
- 9780814715987
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.27
€ 47.27
Hardcover. A study that addresses the Arrernte's contemporary situation. It documents the immense sociocultural changes they have experienced. It traces the history of the Arrernte as they have transitioned from a society of hunter-gatherers to members of the Hermannsburg Mission community to their marginalized position in the modern Australian economy. Num Pages: 304 pages, 18 halftones, 8 maps, 3 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1MBF; JFSL9; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226032634
- ISBN
- 9780226032634
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.79
€ 124.79
Paperback. Tracing the proliferation of forms of mourning and memorial across a century increasingly concerned with their historical and temporal significance, this work offers a different view of the aesthetic, social, and political implications of emotion. Series: Sexual Cultures. Num Pages: 345 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; HBJK; HBLL; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Publisher
- New York University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814752234
- ISBN
- 9780814752234
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.29
€ 50.29
Paperback. Raises questions about the roots of Israel-Palestine conflict. This book tells the story of Arabs who, from the very beginning of the Arab-Israeli encounter, sided with the Zionists and aided them politically, economically, and in security matters. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 145 x 21. Weight in Grams: 670. Palestinian Collaboration with Zionism, 1917-1948. 352 pages. Raises questions about the roots of Israel-Palestine conflict. This book tells the story of Arabs who, from the very beginning of the Arab-Israeli encounter, sided with the Zionists and aided them politically, economically, and in security matters. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; JFSR1. Dimension: 221 x 145 x 21. Weight: 496.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520259898
- ISBN
- 9780520259898
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.36
€ 49.36
Paperback. Barbara Victor examines the pressure of living under occupation, exploring the social and familial dynamics, and the political manipulation that energise the phenomenon of female martyrdom and the wider politics of suicidal terrorism. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1FBP; JFSJ1; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 21. Weight in Grams: 276. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Robinson Publishing
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KOG0004682
- ISBN
- 9781841199375
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. Series: Gutenberg-E. Num Pages: 350 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVG; HBTB; HBW; JFFK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 234 x 23. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231135542
- ISBN
- 9780231135542
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.65
€ 98.65
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBTB; JFDT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 131 x 29. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Publisher
- Profile Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846683923
- ISBN
- 9781846683923
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.97
€ 17.99
€ 12.97
Paperback. County Armagh, the Orchard County, has a rich heritage of myth and legends which is captured in this collection of tales by local storyteller Frances Quinn. Discover the places where the Craobh Rua - the Red Branch Knights - once roamed and the haunts of the powerful Queen Macha, along with tales of fairy mischief, heroic deeds and murderous crime. Num Pages: 192 pages, 25 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 14. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845888145
- ISBN
- 9781845888145
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 13.21
€ 14.99
€ 13.21
Paperback. Analyzes the events in 1993 that led to the death of 74 men, women and children in the Waco religious community in Texas. Examining topics such as the media's role and the relation between religion and violence, the book discusses why the tragedy took place and whether it could have been avoided. Num Pages: 420 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPR; HRCC99; HRCZ; JFC; JFFE; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 27. Weight in Grams: 686.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 420
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226908458
- ISBN
- 9780226908458
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.89
€ 59.89
Hardback. Ark of Civilization: Refugee Scholars and Oxford University, 1930-1945 addresses Oxford's role as a shelter, a meeting point, and a centre of thought in the arts and humanities in the midst of WWII, interweaving personal and global histories to explore how refugee scholars had a profound and lasting impact on the development of British culture. Editor(s): Crawford, Sally; Ulmschneider, Katharina; Elsner, Jas. Num Pages: 416 pages, 38 black-and-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD; JFCX; JFFD; JNMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199687558
- ISBN
- 9780199687558
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 170.70
€ 170.70
Paperback. An extended and revised edition of one of the best-selling Cambridge Texts. Series: Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought. Num Pages: 327 pages, index, bibliographical notes. BIC Classification: JFCX; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 221 x 151 x 19. Weight in Grams: 462. Series: Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought. 328 pages, index, bibliographical notes. An extended and revised edition of one of the best-selling Cambridge Texts. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: JFCX; JPA. Dimension: 221 x 151 x 19. Weight: 460.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 327
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- 2Rev Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521484008
- ISBN
- 9780521484008
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.22
€ 25.22