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Society & culture: general

Paperback. For over two centuries, Western scholars have discussed African philosophy and culture, often in disparaging, condescending terms, and always from an alien European perspective. This book demonstrates the potential for the development of African philosophy and even African traditional medicine. Series: Ohio RIS Africa Series. Num Pages: 172 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; JFC; MM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 12. Weight in Grams: 259.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
172
Condition
New
SKU
V9780896801523
ISBN
9780896801523
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.87

Hardcover. "Flowering Tree Permaculture Institute." Num Pages: 120 pages, 51 colour & b/w photos, 9 illus & 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWX; HBTB; JFC; WBN; WBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 262 x 16. Weight in Grams: 696.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Museum of New Mexico Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780890136195
ISBN
9780890136195
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 25.93

Paperback. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780813575834
ISBN
9780813575834
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.83

Paperback. 1950s clothing for the entire family, including formal and casual styles, is shown in over 450 color photographs with descriptions and current values. An excellent reference for the "Fifties Look." Num Pages: 160 pages, 469 color photos. BIC Classification: 3JJPG; JFCK; WC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 216 x 10. Weight in Grams: 800.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764306402
ISBN
9780764306402
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 25.45

Paperback. In this book, the most prolific contemporary African American scholar and cultural theorist Molefi Kete Asante leads the reader on an informative journey through the mind of Maulana Karenga, one of the key cultural thinkers of our time. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFSL3; JPW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745648286
ISBN
9780745648286
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.81

Paperback. When Freud wrote his classic Civilization and its Discontents, he was concerned with repression. Modern civilization depends upon the constraint of impulse, the limiting of self expression. Today, in the time of modernity, Bauman argues, Freuda s analysis no longer holds good, if it ever did. Num Pages: 232 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 158 x 13. Weight in Grams: 338.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745617916
ISBN
9780745617916
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.08

Paperback. Drawing on economic, social, political, and intellectual history from medieval Europe through contemporary America and Israel, this title examines the ways in which thinking about capitalism and thinking about the Jews have gone hand in hand in European thought, and why anticapitalism and anti-Semitism have frequently been linked. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBTB; JFSR1; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 185 x 108 x 21. Weight in Grams: 252.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691153063
ISBN
9780691153063
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.68

Hardback. Offers commentary and an illustrated history of the representations of people of African descent ranging from the ancient images of Pharaohs created by unknown hands to the works of the great European masters such as Bosch, Rembrandt, Rubens, and Hogarth to stunning creations by contemporary black artists. Editor(s): Bindman, David; Gates, Henry Louis, Jr. Num Pages: 400 pages, 259 color illustrations, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: AC; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 288 x 256 x 29. Weight in Grams: 2138.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
New Edition
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674052581
ISBN
9780674052581
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 99.82
€ 99.26

Paperback. Like Huck's raft, the experience of American childhood has been both adventurous and terrifying. This title gives us a comprehensive history of American childhood. Num Pages: 464 pages, 36 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 154 x 31. Weight in Grams: 716.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674019980
ISBN
9780674019980
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 30.03

Paperback. This edition offers an interpretation of a puzzling chapter in American social and medical history: the dramatic change in the pattern of opiate addiction-from respectable upper-class matrons to lower-class urban males, often with a criminal record. Num Pages: 352 pages, 1 map, 10 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
Enlarged
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674005853
ISBN
9780674005853
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 43.49

Paperback. This text presents a comprehensive introduction to feminist epistemologies which are situated at the intersection of philosophical, sociological, and cultural investigations of knowledge. It provides critiques of more traditional approaches, and explores the alternatives proposed by feminists. Series: Introducing Philosophy. Num Pages: 296 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPK; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd England
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631200130
ISBN
9780631200130
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.51

Paperback. Represents the major aspects of the author's work and provides an overview of her methodology in women's studies in religion and feminism. This work demonstrates how feminist scholars in the 1970s shifted the paradigm away from an androcentric model of humanity and forever changed the way we study religion. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: HRA; HRE; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 228 x 26. Weight in Grams: 496.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520255869
ISBN
9780520255869
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

Paperback. "It's a challenge to create transformative moments with books, but [Masson] does it."-Susan Salter Reynolds, Los Angeles Times Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: JFCV; WB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 211 x 142 x 20. Weight in Grams: 236.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393338157
ISBN
9780393338157
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.56

paperback. Translator(s): Teeland, Jan. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DNS; JFC; JHBC; JHM; JHMP; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 142 x 218 x 18. Weight in Grams: 356.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780271015026
ISBN
9780271015026
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 36.66

Paperback. Editor(s): Meier, August. Series: Blacks in the New World. Num Pages: 360 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSL3; JHBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 228 x 26. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252062131
ISBN
9780252062131
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.67

paperback. Num Pages: 620 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFU; TTD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 43. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Edition
Enlarged
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226346823
ISBN
9780226346823
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 25.08

Paperback. An analysis of the influence of urban life on society compares and contrasts personal relationships in large cities with those in small towns. Num Pages: 464 pages, xii, 452 p. BIC Classification: GTC; JFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 150 x 25. Weight in Grams: 630.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1982
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226251387
ISBN
9780226251387
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.00
€ 38.52

Paperback. A guide to the meanings of the postmodern era, that charts the options before us as we seek alternatives to the joyless and artificial culture of consumption. Num Pages: 182 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPM; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 14. Weight in Grams: 283.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Third Impression
Number of pages
182
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226066271
ISBN
9780226066271
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 23.23

Paperback. Challenging the legacy of slavery, colonization, and ongoing racism that portrays African-American people as unable to love, the author of 'All About Love' explores how the ethic of love has become the foundation of hope and survival. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCA; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 201 x 16. Weight in Grams: 226.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Harper Perennial
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780060959494
ISBN
9780060959494
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. Series: Borderlines. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFS; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Edition
First edition
SKU
V9780816649204
ISBN
9780816649204
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.79

Paperback. Winner of the Forward Prize for Best Collection 2015 and National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry 2015, this book examines the experience of race and racism in Western society through sharp vignettes of everyday discrimination and prejudice, which has impacted the lives of Serena Williams, Zinedine Zidane, Mark Duggan and others. Num Pages: 176 pages, 21. BIC Classification: DCF; DNF; JFFJ; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 16. Weight in Grams: 282.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141981772
ISBN
9780141981772
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.14

Paperback. A treatise on the meaning of spirituality for individuals in recovery from addiction. The author writes that he does not wish to promote any particular religion, but rather to demonstrate that spirituality need not be dependent on religion, and to help people overcome emotional problems. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: HRLK; JFFH1; MMZR; VSP; VXA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 137 x 10. Weight in Grams: 226.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Hazelden
Condition
New
SKU
V9781568383644
ISBN
9781568383644
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.77

Paperback. This book describes how neoliberalism as societal philosophy works to limit human potential in our school systems. Analyzing contemporary school reform and control, punishment, and pathologization in schools, this book outlines a theory of emancipation and a process by which pedagogy can build solidarity in classrooms and society more broadly. Num Pages: 220 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JNA; JNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2015
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349479788
ISBN
9781349479788
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.19

Hardback. Europe and the World Beyond focuses geographically on peoples of South America and the Mediterranean as well as Africa, but conceptually it emphasizes the ways that visual constructions of blacks mediated between Europe and a faraway African continent that was impinging ever more closely on daily life in cities and ports engaged in the slave trade. Editor(s): Bindman, David; Gates, Henry Louis, Jr. Num Pages: 528 pages, 223 color illustrations, 50 halftones. BIC Classification: AC; AGH; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 287 x 257 x 36. Weight in Grams: 2726.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
528
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674052628
ISBN
9780674052628
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 99.82
€ 94.85

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