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Society & culture: general
Paperback. On the afternoon of December 30, 1903, during a sold out matinee performance, a fire broke out in Chicago's Iroquois Theatre. This work provides a chronicle of this event to assess the titanic tragedy of the fire itself and also the municipal corruption that kindled the flames beforehand and the political cover-ups hidden in the smoke. Num Pages: 240 pages, 48 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JJC; BT; HBTB; JFFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publisher
- Southern Illinois University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780809327218
- ISBN
- 9780809327218
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.93
€ 36.93
Paperback. After the American Civil War, southern black women, such as household labourers and washerwomen, constructed their own world of work, play, negotiation, resistance and community organization. This book traces their struggles as they resisted efforts to keep them economically depressed. Num Pages: 322 pages, 15 halftones; 2 maps, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; HBTS; JFSJ1; JFSL3; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 159 x 235 x 23. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 322
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- Presumed to be 1st as edition is unstated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674893085
- ISBN
- 9780674893085
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.26
€ 34.99
€ 29.26
Paperback. Thinkers at the forefront in alternative theories on history, the origins of civilization, technology, and consciousness. Num Pages: 256 pages, 50 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: JFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Publisher
- Inner Traditions Bear and Company United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781591431176
- ISBN
- 9781591431176
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.73
€ 18.99
€ 18.73
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137518200
- ISBN
- 9781137518200
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.39€ 22.74
€ 58.39
€ 22.74
Paperback. Series: New Edinburgh Islamic Surveys Eup. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; HRAX; HRH; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748649099
- ISBN
- 9780748649099
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 31.58
€ 36.99
€ 31.58
Paperback. Examining texts ranging from the Homeric epics and the Platonic dialogues, to Virgils "Aeneid" and the Book of Revelation, this book reveals how certain strategic metaphors embedded in the early Western literacy canon have promoted (and continue to promote) systems of inequality and social control. Num Pages: 196 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: DSBB; JFCX; JFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 149 x 16. Weight in Grams: 335.
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847682393
- ISBN
- 9780847682393
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Condition: New
€ 59.29
€ 59.29
Paperback. Veganism is a journey, and A Vegan Ethic explores veganism as an infinite model of social justice. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: JFFZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 14. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Publisher
- John Hunt Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785354021
- ISBN
- 9781785354021
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.20
€ 13.99
€ 13.20
Paperback. Translator(s): Gorbman, Claudia. Series: Film and Culture Series. Num Pages: 272 pages, 256 b&w film stills. BIC Classification: APFA; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231174992
- ISBN
- 9780231174992
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.99
€ 36.99
€ 26.99
Paperback. Karl Simms also offers a guide to further reading, which offers advice on Ricoeur's work as well as secondary texts. Refreshingly clear and impressively comprehensive, Paul Ricoeur is the essential guide to an essential theorist. Series: Routledge Critical Thinkers. Num Pages: 176 pages, further reading. BIC Classification: DSA; HPC; JFCX. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 199 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 178.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415236379
- ISBN
- 9780415236379
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 33.91
€ 34.99
€ 33.91
Paperback. The new edition of Cultural Theory: An Introduction is a concise, student friendly introduction to the field of cultural theory and sociology of culture. The second edition of this important text covers fields such as symbolic interactionism, structuralism, and psychoanalysis, and leading thinkers like Foucault, Bourdieu, Habermas, and Giddens. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: JFC; JHBA. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 172 x 17. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405169073
- ISBN
- 9781405169073
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 37.98
€ 37.99
€ 37.98
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781446201336
- ISBN
- 9781446201336
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 30.65
€ 50.99
€ 30.65
Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; JFSJ1; JFSJ2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 136 x 11. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- First edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816636808
- ISBN
- 9780816636808
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.97
€ 26.99
€ 26.97
Paperback. Series: Celtic, Irish. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 137 x 12. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc. New York
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486468143
- ISBN
- 9780486468143
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.57
€ 14.99
€ 11.57
Hardcover. Despite improvements in girls relative academic success at the school leaving level, this book examines how and why girls' education remains subordinated to that of the boys'. Num Pages: 152 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFSJ; JNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 362. "Includes bibliographical references (p. 118-130) and index. Commissioning organisation: Carrie F. Paechter. xi, 137 p. 26 cm. Publishers cloth. As new with dw." Keywords: "Subjects - Education & Languages - Education Studies & Teaching - Philosophy of Education,Subjects - Education & Languages - Education Studies & Teaching - Sociology of Education - Gender,Subjects - E"
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- RoutledgeFalmer
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- KEX0164379
- ISBN
- 9780750707749
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 53.88
€ 53.88
Paperback. Editor(s): Stock, Robert; Denecke, Mathias; Otto, Isabell. Num Pages: 230 pages, 40 b/w illus. BIC Classification: JFD; JPVH1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 225 x 150. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Transcript Verlag
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783837629224
- ISBN
- 9783837629224
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 36.51
€ 50.99
€ 36.51
Paperback. Accessible introduction to the life and times of one of the towering figures of the American Civil Rights movement Series: Revolutionary Lives. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 131 x 198 x 16. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Publisher
- Pluto Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745335056
- ISBN
- 9780745335056
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.49
€ 21.99
€ 16.49
Paperback. Primarily concerned with the feminist body as site for making and exhibiting works, this book examines themes that look at the body as material, the body and performance, as well as the alternative creative platforms in 1970s feminist art. Num Pages: 224 pages, 50 integrated b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJPL; ACXJ; JFFK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 231 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848859616
- ISBN
- 9781848859616
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.54
€ 33.99
€ 28.54
Paperback. Offers an array of topics from sex in cinema to drugs, graffiti, Bob Dylan, cyberculture, 9/11, book touring and Marlon Brando. This book simmers with direct challenges to conventional wisdom and deep insights into the kaleidoscopic nature of artistic vision, and the way the author's own experiences have fuelled his creative passions. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 29. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099563433
- ISBN
- 9780099563433
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.53
€ 21.99
€ 17.53
Paperback. Num Pages: 335 pages. BIC Classification: HRCV; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Publisher
- Christian Focus Publications Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 335
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845506407
- ISBN
- 9781845506407
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.58
€ 13.99
€ 11.58
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Societas
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845401870
- ISBN
- 9781845401870
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.63
€ 13.63