Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Paperback. This work uses cross-national and longitudinal empirical research to explain the rise, nature, and impact of science as an authoritative worldwide institution. The authors analyze the ever-increasing investment in science, the diffusion of scientific discourse, and the hegemony of scientific organizations. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HP; JFFS; JH; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804744928
- ISBN
- 9780804744928
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.10
€ 40.99
€ 36.10
Paperback. Editor(s): Hojbjerg, Lennard; Sondergaard, Henrik. Num Pages: 296 pages, tables & charts. BIC Classification: 1D; APF; APT; JFD. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 602.
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788763504270
- ISBN
- 9788763504270
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 31.74
€ 44.99
€ 31.74
Paperback. Digital games have become an increasingly pervasive aspect of everyday life as well as an embattled cultural phenomenon in the twenty-first century. This study sketches some of the various trajectories of digital games in modern Western societies, looking at the growth and persistence of the moral panic that accompanies massive public interest. Editor(s): Williams, Dr. J. Patrick; Smith, Jonas Heide. Num Pages: 308 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JFCA; JHBS; UDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Publisher
- McFarland & Co Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780786428328
- ISBN
- 9780786428328
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 47.91
€ 47.99
€ 47.91
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415533867
- ISBN
- 9780415533867
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.93
€ 26.99
€ 26.93
paperback. .
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241964088
- ISBN
- 9780241964088
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.86
€ 15.99
€ 11.86
Paperback. This book begins with the emergence of peoples in North America and traces their stories to the beginning of the early twenty-first century. The narrative rests on the premise that indigenous nations retain sovereign rights, and it explores the ways in which contests over those rights shaped their histories. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 160 pages, 10 halftones & maps. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBJK; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 112 x 10. Weight in Grams: 128.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195307542
- ISBN
- 9780195307542
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 13.87
€ 14.99
€ 13.87
Hardback. First book to survey international women's cooperation and activism during the wars Series: International Library of Twentieth Century History. Num Pages: 320 pages, 16 b/w integrated. BIC Classification: 3JJG; HBG; HBLW; JFSJ1; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 150 x 224 x 33. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848856714
- ISBN
- 9781848856714
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.49€ 137.06
€ 154.49
€ 137.06
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137477354
- ISBN
- 9781137477354
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 166.36€ 162.35
€ 166.36
€ 162.35
Hardback. The world is a better place than it used to be. People are wealthier and healthier. Yet the escapes from destitution by so many have left gaping inequalities between people and between nations. This book tells the story of how, some parts of the world began to experience sustained progress, and set the stage for unequal world. Num Pages: 376 pages, 50 line illus. BIC Classification: JFFS; KCM; KCQ; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 166 x 29. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 376
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691153544
- ISBN
- 9780691153544
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.37
€ 46.99
€ 33.37
Paperback. A brilliantly funny and clever exploration of why it's only in a bookshop that you'll find something you never knew you wanted to read, from the author of The Etymologicon, The Horologicon and The Elements of Eloquence Num Pages: 32 pages. BIC Classification: JF; KNTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 109 x 147 x 3. Weight in Grams: 24.
- Publisher
- Icon Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848317840
- ISBN
- 9781848317840
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.86
€ 4.86
Paperback. In 2014, the arrest and detention of thousands of desperate young migrants at the southwest border of the United States exposed the US government's shadowy juvenile detention system, which had escaped public scrutiny for years. This book shows how the US government got into the business of detaining children and what we can learn from this. Num Pages: 280 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; JFSP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 230 x 22. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520281493
- ISBN
- 9780520281493
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.11
€ 37.11
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- HarperOne
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062508591
- ISBN
- 9780062508591
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.62
€ 18.99
€ 16.62
Paperback. In the 1950s, shortly after her father's death, Judith Kelly was left in the care of nuns at a Catholic orphanage while her mother searched for a place for them to live. Far from being cared for, Judith found herself in a savage institution where physical, emotional, and sexual abuse was the daily norm. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; JFFE1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 208. Used paperback, in good condition. Some shelf wear.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Edition
- New edition
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- SKU
- KRF0037359
- ISBN
- 9780747587149
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. Joseph R. Dennis demonstrates the significance of imperial Chinese local gazetteers in both local societies and national discourses. Whereas previous studies argued that publishing, and thus cultural and intellectual power, were concentrated in the southeast, Dennis shows that publishing and book ownership were widely dispersed throughout China. Num Pages: 405 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JFC; KCZ; KNTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 161 x 35. Weight in Grams: 694.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Asia Center
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674504295
- ISBN
- 9780674504295
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 45.96
€ 54.99
€ 45.96
Paperback. This important book is the first to offer in-depth analysis from the last three UK population censuses focusing on the dynamics of ethnic identity and inequalities in contemporary Britain, with contributions from experts based at or affiliated to the Centre on Dynamics of Ethnicity. Editor(s): Jivraj, Stephen; Simpson, Ludi. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFSL1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 241 x 172 x 17. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Publisher
- Bristol University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447321811
- ISBN
- 9781447321811
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.40
€ 32.99
€ 31.40
Paperback. Shortlisted for the 2016 Phi Beta Kappa Award in Science, Suspicious Minds decodes the psychology of why we all believe in conspiracy theories--some of us just hide it better than others. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: JFHC; JMH; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 22. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472915634
- ISBN
- 9781472915634
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.48
€ 16.99
€ 12.48
Paperback. Beginning with a startling endorsement of the patristic view of Judaism - that it was a 'carnal' religion, in contrast to the spiritual vision of the Church, the author argues that rabbinic Judaism was based on a set of assumptions about the human body that were profoundly different from those of Christianity. Series: The New Historicism: Studies in Cultural Poetics. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 412. Reading Sex in Talmudic Culture. Series: The New Historicism: Studies in Cultural Poetics. 272 pages. Beginning with a startling endorsement of the patristic view of Judaism - that it was a 'carnal' religion, in contrast to the spiritual vision of the Church, the author argues that rabbinic Judaism was based on a set of assumptions about the human body that were profoundly different from those of Christianity. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: HRJ; JFSR1. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 16. Weight: 414.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520203365
- ISBN
- 9780520203365
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.74
€ 33.99
€ 24.74
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BT; JFSJ1; VFVC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Profile Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781254615
- ISBN
- 9781781254615
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.70
€ 15.99
€ 11.70
Paperback. Carefully drawing on interdisciplinary communication research, The Republic of Mass Culture presents a lively analysis of the shifting objectives and challenges of the media industries. Series: The American Moment. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 3rd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801883163
- ISBN
- 9780801883163
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.19
€ 37.19
Paperback. Written as part of a training pack for practitioners working in children's services and child protection, and bringing together leading figures from a range of disciplines, this important text shows how the latest child development theories can be applied to professionals' working practice. This resource is essential reading for a social workers. Editor(s): Aldgate, Jane; Jones, David; Rose, Wendy; Jeffery, Carole; Jones, David P. H. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843102441
- ISBN
- 9781843102441
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 40.95
€ 40.99
€ 40.95