Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Paperback. Genealogical Fictions examines how the state, church, Inquisition, and other institutions in colonial Mexico used the Spanish notion of limpieza de sangre (purity of blood) over time and how the concept's enduring religious, genealogical, and gendered meanings came to shape the region's patriotic and racial ideologies. Num Pages: 424 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: JFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804776615
- ISBN
- 9780804776615
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 35.59
€ 36.99
€ 35.59
Paperback. Includes various stories. In, "Math Son of Mathonwy" two brothers plot to carry off the virginal Goewin, while in "Manawydan Son of Llyr" a chieftain roams throughout Britain after a spell is cast over his land. In "How Culhwch Won Olwen", a young man must complete many tasks before he can marry a giant's daughter. Translator(s): Gantz, Jeffrey. Num Pages: 320 pages, map, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DBKW; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1976
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140443226
- ISBN
- 9780140443226
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.82
€ 13.99
€ 10.82
Hardcover. Num Pages: 160 pages, 341 colour photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACBK; AFKG; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 160 x 19. Weight in Grams: 650.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764347276
- ISBN
- 9780764347276
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 21.01
€ 31.99
€ 21.01
Paperback. Series: Library of Yiddish classics. Num Pages: 410 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFHF; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 29. Weight in Grams: 634.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Random House USA Inc United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 410
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780805210903
- ISBN
- 9780805210903
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.23
€ 23.99
€ 21.23
Hardback. The LGBT agenda has been dominated by pragmatic issues like same-sex marriage and gays in the military. This book contends that queerness is instead a futurity bound phenomenon, a 'not yet here' that critically engages pragmatic presentism. Series: Sexual Cultures. Num Pages: 234 pages, 29 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814757277
- ISBN
- 9780814757277
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 91.67
€ 91.67
Paperback. Num Pages: 174 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 280 x 210 x 9. Weight in Grams: 700.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Witches' Almanac United States
- Number of pages
- 174
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780977370313
- ISBN
- 9780977370313
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.86
€ 17.86
Paperback. A newly updated account of the struggle for disability rights in the U.S. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFG; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 179 x 17. Weight in Grams: 638.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2nd
- SKU
- V9781439907443
- ISBN
- 9781439907443
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.93
€ 36.99
€ 33.93
Paperback. Animals are sold as expensive commodities, used as food and clothing, and hunted for sport. This book combines sociological analysis with ethnographic description to give us insight into the history and practice of how we as human beings construct animals, and by extrapolation, how we construct ourselves and others in relation to them. Series: Animals, Culture, & Society. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JFFZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 141 x 23. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566394413
- ISBN
- 9781566394413
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 32.65
€ 35.99
€ 32.65
Paperback. Explores the frightening ways our prisons mirror the worst aspects of society-wide gender relations and is a part of the growing research on men and masculinities. This collection combines contributions from activists, academics, and prisoners. Editor(s): Kupers, Terry; London, Willie. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ2; JKVP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 20. Weight in Grams: 617.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566398169
- ISBN
- 9781566398169
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 35.94
€ 40.99
€ 35.94
Paperback. Num Pages: 413 pages. BIC Classification: JFMX; JFSJ1; JHBA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 32. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Spinifex Press Australia
- Number of pages
- 413
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781876756604
- ISBN
- 9781876756604
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.65
€ 26.99
€ 18.65
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Trolley Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904563846
- ISBN
- 9781904563846
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.71
€ 40.99
€ 33.71
Paperback. Rejecting abstractions of "culture", this text proposes an existential anthropology that recognizes even abstract relationships as modalities of interpersonal life. Michael Jackson's work shows how general ideas are always anchored in particular social events and critical concerns. Num Pages: 250 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFS; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 0002-
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226389462
- ISBN
- 9780226389462
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 30.98
€ 40.99
€ 30.98
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd Revised edition
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822325987
- ISBN
- 9780822325987
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.04
€ 28.04
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822342847
- ISBN
- 9780822342847
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 32.38
€ 32.99
€ 32.38
Paperback. Num Pages: 354 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: GTF; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 19. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Edition
- Fourth Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253206329
- ISBN
- 9780253206329
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Condition: New
€ 23.82
€ 23.82
Paperback. Describes and analyzes changing attitudes toward religion during three stages of modern European culture: the Renaissance, the Enlightenment, and the Romantic period. This guide traces the weakening of the Christian synthesis. It is based on the Erasmus Lectures he delivered at the University of Notre Dame in 2005. Series: Erasmus Institute Books. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: HRA; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 9. Weight in Grams: 213.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268025946
- ISBN
- 9780268025946
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.01
€ 26.99
€ 25.01
Paperback. Illuminating the question of what it means to be a mobile human anywhere in the modern world, this strikingly original work of cultural history examines how changes in consciousness, identity, and expression, both national and individual, resulted from the technological innovation and freedom of access represented by cars Translator(s): Mayagoitia, Anne; Nagao, Debra. Series: LLILAS Translations from Latin America Series. Num Pages: 260 pages, 22 b&w illus. BIC Classification: JFCD; TRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Edition
- Tra
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292737846
- ISBN
- 9780292737846
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.09
€ 27.09
Paperback. Lucrative and complex, the fur trade bound together Europeans and Native peoples of North America in the 17th and 18th centuries. This title offers a look at the broad range of contracts that characterized the fur trade. It explains the working mechanisms of the fur trade and explores how and why it evolved in a North Atlantic context. Editor(s): Sleeper-Smith, Susan. Num Pages: 702 pages, 9 photographs, 5 maps, 14 tables, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBJD; HBTB; JFSL9; KCLT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 38. Weight in Grams: 885.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 702
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803243293
- ISBN
- 9780803243293
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 41.41
€ 46.99
€ 41.41
Paperback. Series: Architecture, Landscape, and American Culture. Num Pages: 280 pages, 74 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; JFSG; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 18. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816669745
- ISBN
- 9780816669745
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 29.11
€ 29.99
€ 29.11
Paperback. The inequalities in the treatment of individuals whose gender, race, class, or sexual orientation relegates them to a minority status are presented as the root cause of social, economic, and political problems in this survey of Canadian social issues. Num Pages: 420 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 173 x 23. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Fernwood Publishing Co Ltd Canada
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Number of pages
- 420
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781552661062
- ISBN
- 9781552661062
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 27.41
€ 32.99
€ 27.41