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Society & culture: general

Paperback. Offers an ecological critique to the history of sound media technologies in order to amplify the environmental undertones in sound studies and turn up the audio in discussions of greening the media. By looking at early and neglected forms of sound technology, the author seeks to create a revisionist, ecologically aware history of sound media. Num Pages: 272 pages, 12. BIC Classification: JFD; RNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 154 x 228 x 16. Weight in Grams: 370.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520286146
ISBN
9780520286146
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.15

Paperback. Series: Intersections. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 14. Weight in Grams: 363.
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781479825264
ISBN
9781479825264
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.93

Paperback. Editor(s): Pultar, Gonul. Num Pages: 456 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 26. Weight in Grams: 789.
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815633426
ISBN
9780815633426
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.19

Paperback. How old is the oldest chat-up line between men? Who was the first lesbian? Were ancient Greek men who had sex together necessarily gay? And what did Shakespeare think about cross-dressing? This title deals with these questions. Num Pages: 128 pages, 80 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 189 x 173 x 11. Weight in Grams: 338.
Publisher
British Museum Press
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714151007
ISBN
9780714151007
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.50

Paperback. Millions around the world die from preventable diseases. Millions more suffer from poor health as a result of extreme poverty. Who bears responsibility for health inequalities? Who should take responsibility for ameliorating them? This book explores the moral dilemmas posed by disparities in health across nations. Editor(s): Lenard, Patti Tamara; Straehle, Christine. Series: Studies in Global Justice and Human Rights. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JFM; JPSL; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 227 x 16. Weight in Grams: 482.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748696260
ISBN
9780748696260
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.82

Hardback. Academics and students researching modern and contemporary social and cultural history, sociology, cultural studies and human geography Num Pages: 256 pages, 10 black & white halftones, 2 maps, 2 figures, 8 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JJPG; HBTB; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 596.
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719084737
ISBN
9780719084737
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.15

Paperback. Across the western world more and more people are slowing down. Slower is better: better work, better productivity, better exercise, better sex, better food. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 27. Weight in Grams: 274.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752864143
ISBN
9780752864143
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Hardback. An illuminating study of the complex relationship between children and media in the digital age Num Pages: 344 pages, 15 b/w illus. BIC Classification: JFD; JMC; JMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 28. .
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300218879
ISBN
9780300218879
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 27.12

Paperback. Published originally in two volumes in 1890, this extraordinary study of primitive myth and magic, collected from sources around the world, led Frazer to identify parallel patterns of ritual, symbols and belief across many centuries and many different cultures. Series: Canongate Classics. Num Pages: 944 pages. BIC Classification: JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 59. Weight in Grams: 632.
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
944
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841954325
ISBN
9781841954325
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.50

Paperback.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
736
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199922260
ISBN
9780199922260
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 168.12

Paperback. Ethnographic research in Pakistan, the Middle East, and the United States helps to explain how transnational working classes from Pakistan are produced in the context of American empire and its War on Terror. Num Pages: 240 pages, 9 photographs. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFFN; JFSL; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 334.
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822349112
ISBN
9780822349112
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.21

Paperback. This text contains eight stylistically distinct stories, connected by threads of African American and gay experience, as well as Caribbean American culture and history. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; 5SG; DQ; FA; FYB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 144 x 19. Weight in Grams: 332.
Publisher
City Lights Books United States
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872863750
ISBN
9780872863750
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 14.42

Paperback. As featured in the New York Times and Reader's Digest "An eye-opener into the pitfalls awaiting the unaware traveler. " -Washington Post "Can save the innocent abroad from great gobs of serious trouble. " -Chicago Tribune Before you raise your hand to signal the waiter, extend your thumb to hitchhike, or flash the "O.K. Illustrator(s): Fornwald, Mike. Num Pages: 256 pages, 171 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JHBT; KJK; KJP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 380.
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
Revised and Expanded Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780471183426
ISBN
9780471183426
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.00

Paperback. First published in 1792, Wollstonecraft's book attacked the prevailing view of docile, decorative femininity and laid out the principles of emancipation - an equal education for girls and boys, an end to prejudice, and for women to become defined by their profession, not their partner. Editor(s): Brody, Miriam. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 262.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141441252
ISBN
9780141441252
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Think 'Woodstock' and the mind turns to the seminal 1969 festival. But Woodstock itself was over sixty miles away, and already a key location in the rock landscape as a community of brilliant, and freaks dazed and confused by the search for spiritual truth. This is a study of a vital music scene in a revolutionary time and place. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJPK; AVGP; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571309764
ISBN
9780571309764
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.00

Paperback. Analyses representations of female and male bodies in the Croatian and Serbian press in the late 1980s, and in early 1990s during the war in which Yugoslavia disintegrated. This book proposes that the Balkan war was not a war between ethnic groups; rather, ethnicity was produced by the war itself. Series: Next Wave: New Directions in Women's Studies. Num Pages: 296 pages, 15 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVW; GTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 422.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822339663
ISBN
9780822339663
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.59

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HRHC; JFFN; JPA; WJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 374.
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804776851
ISBN
9780804776851
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.59

Paperback. This text is an introductory survey of German society focusing on the post-unification situation. It raises questions relating to German identity and adopts an integrated approach, considering society, culture, politics, economics and history. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTB; JFC; KCZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 385. Some shelf wear , name on endpaper
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
KTK0097297
ISBN
9780415141246
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Up until 1970 the Jamaican establishment considered "culture" to be European. Visiting scholars and artists slowly convinced political and business leaders that Caribbean islands have a culture of their own. This is a revised edition of a study on cultural development in Caribbean society. Num Pages: 216 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJWJ; JFC; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454. The Case of Jamaica. 216 pages, illustrations. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1KJWJ; JFC; JH. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Markus Wiener Pub
Publication date
2003
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9781558763166
ISBN
9781558763166
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.55

Paperback. Num Pages: 238 pages. BIC Classification: JFFZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 157 x 233 x 13. Weight in Grams: 370.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415513401
ISBN
9780415513401
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.21

Hardcover. BIC Classification: HR; JFSJ; JMU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 157 x 33. Weight in Grams: 739.
Publisher
IVP Academic
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780830828531
ISBN
9780830828531
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.16
€ 48.99

Paperback. A study of the substantial evidence for a former race of giants in North America and its 150-year suppression by the Smithsonian Institution. Num Pages: 368 pages, 92 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: JFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 598.
Publisher
Inner Traditions Bear and Company
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781591431718
ISBN
9781591431718
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 23.02

Paperback. Updated edition of a generation-defining book demanding nothing less than freedom and equality, for all. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 202 x 24. Weight in Grams: 356.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780326276
ISBN
9781780326276
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.50

Hardcover.
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Virgin Books
Number of pages
208
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Edition
illustrated edition
SKU
KNW0009105
ISBN
9781852273958
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 5.49

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