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Society & culture: general

Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 5S; DSB; HPS; JFSK; JHBK5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. .
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816695928
ISBN
9780816695928
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.40

Hardback. Romania has a larger Gypsy population than most other countries, but little is known about the relationship between this group and the non-Gypsy Romanians around them. This book focuses on a group of Rom Gypsies living in a village in Transylvania and explores their social life and cosmology. Num Pages: 230 pages, 11 photos, 2 maps, 2 tables, bibliog., index. BIC Classification: 1DVWR; JFSL. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 448.
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
230
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845452292
ISBN
9781845452292
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.82

Paperback. The United States is among the most affluent nations in the world and has its largest economy; nevertheless, it has more poverty than most countries with similar standards of living. This title includes discussions of poverty in the context of the Tea Party and Occupy Wall Street movements and chapters on the Great Recession and global poverty. Num Pages: 226 pages, 25 line illustrations, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFA; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 228 x 13. Weight in Grams: 326.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
226
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Third
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520276369
ISBN
9780520276369
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.55

Hardback. Globalization, the economic crisis and related policies of austerity have led to a growth in extreme exploitation at work, with migrants particularly vulnerable. This book explores the lives of the growing numbers of severely exploited labourers in the world today, questioning how we can respond to such globalized patterns of extreme inequality. Editor(s): Lewis, Hannah; Skrivankova, Klara; Waite, Louise; Craig, Gary. Series: Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship. Num Pages: 280 pages, 4 black & white tables, 4 figures. BIC Classification: JFFN; JFFS; JHBL; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 21. Weight in Grams: 490.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st ed. 2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137460400
ISBN
9781137460400
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.90

Paperback. Editor(s): Fraser, Benjamin. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: APFN; JFFG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 158 x 233 x 19. Weight in Grams: 488.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231177498
ISBN
9780231177498
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.32

Hardback. In Japan, as elsewhere, cities became the staging ground for wide ranging social, cultural, economic, and political transformations. This title looks at the emergence of urbanism in the interwar period, a global moment when the material and ideological structures that constitute "the city" took their characteristic modern shape. Series: Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute. Num Pages: 326 pages, 4 maps, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJG; HBTB; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 227 x 30. Weight in Grams: 586.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
326
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520275201
ISBN
9780520275201
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.37
€ 64.66

Paperback. Editor(s): Pedersen, Paul M. Series: Routledge International Handbooks. Num Pages: 544 pages, 11 black & white tables, 8 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: JFD; WSBM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 247 x 33. Weight in Grams: 940.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138916951
ISBN
9781138916951
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 91.09

Paperback. This is a commemorative edition for C. Vann Woodward, who died in December 1999, of his classic work on the history of segregation and American race relations. Pulitzer-Prize winning biographer and former Woodward student, William McFeely contributes a special afterword to discuss how Strange Career achieved its own significance as part of history. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DNF; HBTB; JFSL1; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 204 x 139 x 14. Weight in Grams: 208.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
Commemorative
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195146905
ISBN
9780195146905
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.21

Hardback. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; DSA; DSB; HBTQ; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 217 x 2. Weight in Grams: 482.
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319387666
ISBN
9783319387666
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 113.49

Paperback. Focused on marital immigration from China to Taiwan, the book documents the struggles of these women and men as they seek acceptance and recognition in their new home. Num Pages: 264 pages, 7 b/w, 2 maps, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1FPCW; HBTB; JFFN; JHBK; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 227 x 17. Weight in Grams: 372.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520286238
ISBN
9780520286238
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.80

Paperback. An introduction to the subject of Arab journalism, drawing on Arabic as well as English language sources. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1FB; JFD; JFSR2; KNTJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 396.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748634118
ISBN
9780748634118
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.31

Paperback. "Considers the ways in which the 'global turn' is changing the theory and practice of historical disciplines and engages with the concept and methodology of globalization"--Provided by the publisher. Editor(s): Antunes, Catia; Fatah-Black, Karwan. Num Pages: 278 pages, 6 black & white tables, 11 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTQ; JFFS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 158 x 268 x 27. Weight in Grams: 436.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138639607
ISBN
9781138639607
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 42.06

Paperback. Series: Palgrave Gothic. BIC Classification: JFC. Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st ed. 2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349562459
ISBN
9781349562459
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.49

Paperback. Translator(s): Benderson, Bruce. Series: Semiotext(e) / Native Agents. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; BM; DSBH; DSK; JFSK2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Autonomedia
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781584351863
ISBN
9781584351863
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.00
€ 16.79

Paperback. Dervla Murphy travelling in Cuba at the age of 74, Matthew Parris swimming the Thames at 60, and Colin Thubron climbing the last stronghold of the Assassins in his 60s are among the writers recounting their adventures, often defying expectations - and the odds - and going outside their comfort zone to take a less-travelled path in later life. Editor(s): Barclay, Jennifer; Phillips, Adrian. Series: Bradt Travel Guides (Travel Literature). Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: JFSP31; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 278.
Publisher
Bradt Travel Guides
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784770273
ISBN
9781784770273
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.20

Hardback. Series: Global Chinese Culture. Num Pages: 296 pages, B&W Illus.: 8,. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; CF; JFC; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 532.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231164528
ISBN
9780231164528
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 80.81
€ 62.54

Paperback. Includes essays that explore the meanings of manhood in Japan from the seventeenth to the twenty-first centuries. This title examines a range of attitudes regarding properly masculine pursuits and modes of behavior. It charts breakdowns in traditional and conventional societal roles and the resulting crises of masculinity. Editor(s): Fruhstuck, Sabine; Walthall, Anne. Series: Asia: Local Studies/ Global Themes. Num Pages: 360 pages, 16 b/w photographs, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 504.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
360
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520267381
ISBN
9780520267381
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.20

Hardcover. Offers a reminder that women haven't done that much, ever, particularly in comparison to all those male geniuses we learnt about in school. This book puts the women back in, but only in their proper place, of course - behind curtains, trussed up in corsets, kneeling in subservience. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: JFFK; JFSJ1; WHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 191 x 134. Weight in Grams: 170.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910931097
ISBN
9781910931097
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.44

Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, 9 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDF; JFSG. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 382.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Edition
First edition
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816645916
ISBN
9780816645916
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.31

Hardback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JFSR2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Policy Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447325178
ISBN
9781447325178
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.54

Paperback. Sacred stones and stone monuments feature the world over and Ireland is no exception. Our landscape is dotted with them. This is a wonderful reminder of our spiritual past as some of these stones and monuments enter their fifth millennium. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1; HDD; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 221 x 16. Weight in Grams: 540.
Publisher
The Collins Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848892767
ISBN
9781848892767
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.15

Paperback. Drawing upon Hegel, Nietzsche, Freud, Foucault and Althusser, this work offers a theory of subject formation that illuminates as ambivalent the psychic effects of social power. Num Pages: 228 pages. BIC Classification: HPC; JFC; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 264.
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804728126
ISBN
9780804728126
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.82

Paperback. Follows the controversial trade in inexpensive fatty cuts of lamb or mutton, called 'flaps', from the farms of New Zealand and Australia to their primary markets in the Pacific islands of Papua New Guinea, Tonga, and Fiji. This title addresses the evolution of the meat trade itself along with the changing practices of exchange in Papua New Guinea. Num Pages: 224 pages, 12 b/w photographs, 1 line illustration, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1MK; JFCV; JFSC; KNAC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 49.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520260931
ISBN
9780520260931
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.83

Paperback. The late 1990s and early 2000s witnessed a surge in the publication and popularity of autobiographical writings about childhood. Linking literary and cultural studies, Drawing on trauma and memory studies and theories of authorship and readership, this title offers commentary on the triumphs, trials, and tribulations that have shaped this genre. Series Editor(s): Bluebond-Langner, Myra. Series: Rutgers Series in Childhood Studies. Num Pages: 208 pages, 15 photographs. BIC Classification: DSB; JFSP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 346.
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813546643
ISBN
9780813546643
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.34

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