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Society & culture: general
Paperback. The result of fifteen years of research in over a dozen countries, this book applies a sharp lens on a little understood global dance culture that has mushroomed all over the world since its beginnings in the diverse psychedelic music scenes flourishing in Goa in the 1970s and 1980s. Series: Studies in Popular Music. Num Pages: 400 pages, 42 illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGV; AVGW; JFCA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Publisher
- Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845539566
- ISBN
- 9781845539566
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.67
€ 50.67
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HRCG; HRCV4; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 281 x 16. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Publisher
- Crossway Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Redesign
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781433552397
- ISBN
- 9781433552397
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.23
€ 17.99
€ 14.23
Paperback. Essential reading for students of African-American history Series: Radical Thinkers. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTS; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 196 x 14. Weight in Grams: 206.
- Publisher
- Verso Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784787752
- ISBN
- 9781784787752
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 17.22
€ 20.99
€ 17.22
Paperback. In short, punchy essays by distinguished researchers from across a range of disciplines, this book provides a new way of understanding globalization, moving away from the standard accounts of global forces, economic flows, and capitalist dynamics, to show how ordinary practices and artefacts are crucial elements and symbols of globalization. Editor(s): Thrift, Nigel; Tickell, Adam; Woolgar, Steve. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JFFS; JHB; KCP; RGCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 17. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199212637
- ISBN
- 9780199212637
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 75.04
€ 75.04
Hardback. Num Pages: 234 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHBK; MBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 218 x 20. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137472922
- ISBN
- 9781137472922
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.29
€ 111.29
Paperback. Examines the lives and selected writings of five major contemporary French women writers: Simone de Beauvoir, Nathalie Sarraute, Marguerite Duras, Monique Wittig, and Maryse Conde. Part literary criticism and part biography, this book seeks mainly to shed light on how these writers' works illustrate the fine line that separates fact from fiction. Num Pages: 259 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 14. Weight in Grams: 341.
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803272583
- ISBN
- 9780803272583
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.38
€ 16.99
€ 16.38
Paperback. Uncovers an archive of literature and performance that reveals Cuban America as a space of overlapping Cuban and African diasporic experiences Series: American Literatures Initiative. Num Pages: 282 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KJC; JFFN; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 282
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814765470
- ISBN
- 9780814765470
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.82
€ 32.99
€ 29.82
Paperback. What's Wrong with Fat? examines the social implications of understanding fatness as a medical health risk, disease, and epidemic. Examining the ways in which debates over fatness have developed, Abigail Saguy argues that the obesity crisis literally makes us sick, intensifies negative body image, and justifies weight-based discrimination. Num Pages: 272 pages, 11 b/w line, 22 b/w halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCV; JFFJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199377114
- ISBN
- 9780199377114
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 36.32
€ 36.99
€ 36.32
Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BG; JFSL3; LAT; LNDC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2019
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062375094
- ISBN
- 9780062375094
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 23.83
€ 29.99
€ 23.83
Paperback. Num Pages: 282 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; CFF; DSBB; HBJD; HBLC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801485206
- ISBN
- 9780801485206
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.19
€ 40.99
€ 36.19
Paperback. Series: Studies in Language Gender and Sexuality. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: CFB; JFSJ2; JFSK2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195390186
- ISBN
- 9780195390186
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.04
€ 56.04
Paperback. A theoretical overview of disability oppression that shows its similarities to, and differences from, racism, sexism and colonialism. The analysis is supplemented by interviews conducted over a ten-year period with disability-rights activists throughout the Third World, Europe and the USA. Num Pages: 213 pages. BIC Classification: JFFG; JFFJ; JPWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 149 x 13. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 213
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520224810
- ISBN
- 9780520224810
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.98
€ 33.99
€ 24.98
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 20 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESH; HBTB; JFFA; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 291 x 14. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750962407
- ISBN
- 9780750962407
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.54
€ 17.99
€ 16.54
Paperback. Very good clean copy
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press New Jersey
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Edition
- Presumed First Edition Paperback
- SKU
- KEX0250010
- ISBN
- 9780813510897
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822345695
- ISBN
- 9780822345695
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.86
€ 33.99
€ 30.86
Paperback. Discusses such matters as the generation gap, the student uproar, the New Left, the beats and hippies, the psychedelic movement, rock music, the revival of occultism and mysticism, the protest against our involvement in Vietnam, and the seemingly odd reluctance of the young to buy the affluent technological society, with constructive criticism. Num Pages: 310 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 209 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 416. Reflections on the Technocratic Society and Its Youthful Opposition. 310 pages. Discusses such matters as the generation gap, the student uproar, the New Left, the beats and hippies, the psychedelic movement, rock music, the revival of occultism and mysticism, the protest against our involvement in Vietnam, and the seemingly odd reluctance of the young to buy the affluent technological society, with constructive criticism. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Dimension: 209 x 140 x 21. Weight: 422.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 310
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- 1st California Pbk. Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520201224
- ISBN
- 9780520201224
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.65
€ 36.99
€ 26.65
Paperback. Debunking the myth of the ageing time bomb, this timely book from the authors of Retiring with Attitude challenges our assumptions and stereotypes and demonstrates that we are capable of living better together longer in this new, older world. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFSP31. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 200 x 129 x 35. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Publisher
- Policy Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447326830
- ISBN
- 9781447326830
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.12
€ 22.12
Paperback. Offers a collection of essays that provides feminist analyses of a recession-era media culture characterized by the re-emergence and refashioning of familiar gender tropes, including crisis masculinity, coping women, and postfeminist self-renewal. Editor(s): Negra, Diane; Tasker, Yvonne. Num Pages: 320 pages, 24 photographs. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 230 x 19. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822356967
- ISBN
- 9780822356967
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.42
€ 31.99
€ 28.42
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGJ; AVH; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Publisher
- A Cappella Books United States
- Number of pages
- 258
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781556524967
- ISBN
- 9781556524967
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.06
€ 18.99
€ 18.06
Hardback. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 167 x 243 x 29. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691170312
- ISBN
- 9780691170312
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.49€ 42.28
€ 53.49
€ 42.28
Hardback. Between the Old and the New World Editor(s): Malek, Agnieszka; Praszalowicz, Dorota. Series: Migration - Ethnicity - Nation: Cracow Studies in Culture, Society and Politics. Num Pages: 181 pages. BIC Classification: HBJK; JFSJ1; JHBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Publisher
- Peter Lang AG
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783631617571
- ISBN
- 9783631617571
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 32.12
€ 53.99
€ 32.12
Paperback. John Peel first brought Judy's moving childhood story to light on 'Home Truths'. Abducted by her psychotic spiritualist father and kept like a dog in the backyard, she went on to suffer at the brutal hands of nuns in a Manchester orphanage, before living wild on the streets. An incredible, heart-wrenching story of a child who refused to give up. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; BTP; JFFE1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 230. Good, clean copy. Showing minor shelfwear to covers and some stains on page edges
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- SKU
- KSG0007641
- ISBN
- 9780007222018
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; JFHF; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 125 x 8. Weight in Grams: 136.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845887575
- ISBN
- 9781845887575
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.54
€ 16.54
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472569400
- ISBN
- 9781472569400
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.39
€ 44.39