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Society & culture: general

Paperback. An important investigation into the actual practices of African return migrants, and their abilities - or otherwise - to act as the continent's 'new developers'. Editor(s): Akesson, Lisa; Baaz, Maria Eriksson. Series: Africa Now. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; GTF; JFFN; RGC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 308.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783602339
ISBN
9781783602339
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.90

Paperback. Figures of a Changing World develops an account of culture change that is based on the distinction between the two rhetorical figures of metaphor and metonymy. These figures are applied both to the large-scale interpretation of tensions in culture change and to the micro-interpretation of tensions within particular texts. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: CFG; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 304.
Publisher
Fordham University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823257485
ISBN
9780823257485
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.42

Paperback. Series: Dover Fashion and Costumes. Num Pages: 160 pages, 203ill. BIC Classification: 3H; JFCK; WF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 157 x 12. Weight in Grams: 282. 160 pages, 203ill. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 3H; JFCK; WF. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 12. Weight: 284.
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc.
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486429854
ISBN
9780486429854
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 15.96

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1 halftone, 4 maps, 3 line drawings, 5 tables. BIC Classification: JFSF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153. .
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226410340
ISBN
9780226410340
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 32.46

Paperback. By addressing questions of culture, identity and politics, this book throws new light on discussions about "difference", and "diversity", informed by feminism and post-structuralism. Num Pages: 292 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1F; JFC; JHMP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 396.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
292
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415121262
ISBN
9780415121262
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.08

Hardcover. Examines the translation of classical Hollywood into Disney's feature films from a Deleuzian perspective. This book retells the emergence of Disney animation and classical Hollywood cinema from the perspective of affect and the embodied modes of generating affection. Num Pages: 224 pages, 8 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA; JFDT; JFFT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 510.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748695478
ISBN
9780748695478
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.98
€ 102.99

paperback. Num Pages: 414 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ2; VFVC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 494.
Publisher
Bantam
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
Rev. Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780553380422
ISBN
9780553380422
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.49

Paperback. Migrations and Belongings traces burgeoning population flows across several continents from 1870 to 1945 and explains the variables involved and the processes of acculturation by which "belonging" takes shape. Migration, it shows, is both a critique of unsatisfactory conditions in one society and a contribution of human capital to another. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLL; HBLW; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 214 x 14. Weight in Grams: 288.
Publisher
Belknap Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674281318
ISBN
9780674281318
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 30.66

Paperback. Translator(s): Tomasik, Timothy J. Num Pages: 296 pages, 1 plan. BIC Classification: JFC; JHBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 448.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
296
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816628773
ISBN
9780816628773
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.31

Paperback. Editor(s): Ozkan, Derya, PhD. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVT; JFCA; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 149 x 12. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
Transcript Verlag
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9783837627633
ISBN
9783837627633
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 32.61

Hardback. .
Publisher
Abbeville Press Inc.,U.S.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2020
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780789212498
ISBN
9780789212498
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.87

Hardcover. From a leading voice of the new generation of young Jewish cooks who are reworking the food of their forebears, this take on the cuisine of the diaspora pays homage to tradition while reflecting the values of the modern-day food movement. Num Pages: 352 pages, 60 colour photographs. BIC Classification: JFSR1; WBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 263 x 192 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1288.
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781452127484
ISBN
9781452127484
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 36.54

Paperback. Chronicles a harsh world in which young women faced the realities of sex for sale and were deprived of their freedom and identity. This work also tells of the author's life after leaving the geisha house, painting a panorama of the grinding poverty of rural life in wartime Japan. Translator(s): Rowley, G. G. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJG; BGA; HBJF; HBLW; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 168. Clean copy with some shelf wear
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
SKU
KOC0012729
ISBN
9780099462040
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A title published in association with the Canada Blanch Centre for Contemporary Spanish Studies. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 151 x 13. Weight in Grams: 336.
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845191825
ISBN
9781845191825
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.65

Paperback. This Companion provides a comprehensive overview of the influences that have shaped modern-day Japan. Editor(s): Sugimoto, Yoshio. Series: Cambridge Companions to Culture. Num Pages: 430 pages, 1 graph. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFC. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 618. Series: Cambridge Companions to Culture. 430 pages, 1 graph. Editor(s): Sugimoto, Yoshio. This Companion provides a comprehensive overview of the influences that have shaped modern-day Japan. Cateogry: (UF) Further/Higher Education. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFC. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 24. Weight: 624.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
430
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521706636
ISBN
9780521706636
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.29

Paperback. offers a fresh perspective on frontier relations between Australian Aboriginal people and European colonists. Num Pages: 48 pages. BIC Classification: 1MBF; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2019
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849048392
ISBN
9781849048392
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.89

Paperback. A study of the consequences of partisan communication on the stability of unified government of the United States. Series: Communication, Society and Politics. Num Pages: 258 pages, 4 b/w illus. 34 tables. BIC Classification: JFD; JP. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 223 x 165 x 17. Weight in Grams: 35.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521603072
ISBN
9780521603072
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.63

Paperback. This text argues that smell is repressed in the modern West, and its social history ignored. It attempts to break the "olfactory silence" of modernity by offering an exploration of the cultural role of odours in Western history and in a wide variety of non-Western societies. Num Pages: 256 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 354.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415114738
ISBN
9780415114738
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.17

Paperback. .
Publisher
Black Lace
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780352347688
ISBN
9780352347688
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.81

Paperback. Considers the uses to which social representation and modes of social behavior are put by individuals and groups, describing the tactics available to the common man for reclaiming his own autonomy from the all-pervasive forces of commerce, politics, and culture. Translator(s): Rendall, Steven F. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JF; JH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 374. 256 pages. Considers the uses to which social representation and modes of social behavior are put by individuals and groups, describing the tactics available to the common man for reclaiming his own autonomy from the all-pervasive forces of commerce, politics, and culture. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: JF; JH. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 15. Weight: 348.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
3rd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520271456
ISBN
9780520271456
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.80

Paperback. Focusing on case studies of five key technologies, this book explores how music listeners gradually came to understand computers and digital files as suitable replacements for their stereos and CD. Num Pages: 288 pages, 12 b/w, 1 line art. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFD; KNTF; UDM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 392.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520287945
ISBN
9780520287945
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.81

Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JFFD; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 100.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141984124
ISBN
9780141984124
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.88

Paperback. 'Scouting for Boys' (1908) is both a handbook and a philosophy for a way of living that replaces self with service, puts country before individual, and duty above all. It also details how to light fires, stalk men and animals. This edition reveals its maverick complexity, exploring its contradictions about sexuality, the environment and the empire. Editor(s): Boehmer, Elleke. Num Pages: 448 pages, numerous line drawings. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSV; WSZR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 27. Weight in Grams: 328.
Edition
Annotated
Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192802460
ISBN
9780192802460
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.66

Paperback. Num Pages: 472 pages, 43 line illus. 48 tables. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 236 x 29. Weight in Grams: 664.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691159768
ISBN
9780691159768
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.37

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