Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Paperback. Editor(s): Feeley, Jennifer L.; Wells, Sarah Ann. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: APFA; APFN; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 216 x 24. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816693184
- ISBN
- 9780816693184
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.67
€ 32.99
€ 29.67
Paperback. In spring of 2001, across the South, padlocks and logging chains bind the doors of silent mills, and it seems a miracle to blue-collar people in Jacksonville, Alabama, that their mill survived. In these real-life stories, Pulitzer Prize winner Bragg brilliantly evokes the hardscrabble lives of those who lived and died by an American cotton mill. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: JFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817356835
- ISBN
- 9780817356835
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.23
€ 17.99
€ 16.23
Paperback. Num Pages: 360 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSP2; JFSV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226517056
- ISBN
- 9780226517056
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.63
€ 37.99
€ 29.63
hardcover. "Twenty-first printing -- April 2008"--T.p. verso. Num Pages: 926 pages, maps. BIC Classification: DCQ; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 237 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1228.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- Hendrickson Academic United States
- Number of pages
- 926
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781565637801
- ISBN
- 9781565637801
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 32.96
€ 32.99
€ 32.96
Hardcover. In this collection of interviews, Yevette Richards allows Maida Springer to tell her story in her own words. The result is a glimpse into the private struggles and thoughts behind one of the 20th century's most enigmatic international labour leaders. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGB; JFSL3; KNXB2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 685.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Pittsburgh Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822942313
- ISBN
- 9780822942313
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.08
€ 68.08
Hardcover. Examines the challenges of social, moral, and legal responsibility faced by scientists. Focusing on moral responsibility, this work argues that scientists have a responsibility not to do work that has harmful outcomes and that they are encouraged to do work that prevents harm. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFMG; PDA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Pittsburgh Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822943495
- ISBN
- 9780822943495
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.83
€ 61.83
Hardcover. "Metropolitan Natures" presents original histories of the diverse environments that constitute Montreal and its region. It explores the agricultural and industrial transformation of the metropolitan area, the interaction of city and hinterland, and the interplay of humans and nature." Editor(s): Castonguay, Stephane; Dagenais, Michele. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 163 x 26. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Pittsburgh Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822944027
- ISBN
- 9780822944027
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.61
€ 67.61
Paperback. In 1986, the USX Homestead Works closed, with the loss of thousands of jobs. This book looks at the people of Homestead and how they dealt with the trauma that affected them, detailing the modifications and revisions of domestic strategies in a public crisis. Num Pages: 284 pages, photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JFSG; KCZ; KNJH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 178 x 25. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Pittsburgh Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822956761
- ISBN
- 9780822956761
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.64
€ 68.64
Paperback. Postcolonial studies and composition studies appear to have little in common. However, they share a strikingly similar goal: to provide power to the words and actions of those who have been marginalized and oppressed. This study attempts to establish dialogue between the two disciplines. Editor(s): Lunsford, Andrea A. (Professor of English and Director, Writing and Rhetoric, Stanford University, USA); Ouzgane, Lahoucine (Associate Professor of English, University of Alberta, Canada). Series: Pittsburgh Series in Composition, Literacy and Culture. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: CFG; CJA; HBG; HBTQ; HBTR; JFC; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Pittsburgh Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822958376
- ISBN
- 9780822958376
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.80
€ 60.80
Paperback. Examines the KGB at the pinnacle of its power during the anti-corruption campaigns of 1982-1987, when it sought to break the Communist Party's stranglehold on Moscow's two largest trade organizations, which were built on a foundation of bribery and favoritism. Series: Pitt Series in Russian and East European Studies. Num Pages: 312 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD; JFFX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Pittsburgh Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822961086
- ISBN
- 9780822961086
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.44
€ 66.44
Paperback. Series: Pittsburgh Series in Composition, Literacy and Culture. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: CB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Pittsburgh Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822961888
- ISBN
- 9780822961888
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.57
€ 54.57
Paperback. Finalist for the 2013 National Jewish Book Award. This pioneering study analyzes Freehof's responsa on a select number of topics that illustrate the evolution of American Reform Judaism in the second half of the twentieth century and assesses his role in guiding and shaping the movement. Series: Monographs of the Hebrew Union College. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: HRJP; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 513.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Hebrew Union College Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822963219
- ISBN
- 9780822963219
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.06
€ 29.06
Paperback. Journey back fifty years to explore the decade of baby boomers, the Red scare, and the birth of rock and roll with Robert Rodriguez's The 1950s' Most Wanted: The Top 10 Book of Rock & Roll Rebels, Cold War Crises, and All-American Oddities. Rodriguez gives you a whole decade's worth of fun, facts, and all-important memories. Series: Most Wanted S. Num Pages: 336 pages, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; HBTB; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 20. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781574887150
- ISBN
- 9781574887150
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.20
€ 14.20
Paperback. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3JD; HBJK; HBLH; HBTB; JFSJ1; JHBK5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826353955
- ISBN
- 9780826353955
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.83
€ 37.83
Paperback. For many women around the world, their greatest risk of HIV infection comes from having sex with the very person with whom they are supposed to have sex: their spouse. This title situates marital HIV risk within an exploration of marital and extramarital sexuality in five diverse settings: Mexico, Nigeria, Uganda, Vietnam, and Papua New Guinea. Num Pages: 256 pages, 34 b&w illustrations, index, bibliography. BIC Classification: JFFH2; JHBK5; VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 23. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Vanderbilt University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826516831
- ISBN
- 9780826516831
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.54
€ 49.54
paperback. Presents a study of religious pluralism as a theological and social reality, and approaches Christianity and Islam in tandem as part of a broader discussion on the nature of the good society. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAF; HRC; HRH; JFSR2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781589015074
- ISBN
- 9781589015074
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.04
€ 73.04
paperback. Based on analysis of public opinion data since the 1970s, this title examines how Black opinions on welfare, affirmative action, crime control, school vouchers, civil rights for other minorities, immigration, the environment, and US foreign policy have changed. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3; JP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781589017023
- ISBN
- 9781589017023
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.17
€ 72.17
Hardback. Brings together sixteen essays on key and intersecting topics in critical cultural studies from major scholars in the field. This title includes essays that give particular attention to how relevant ideas, themes, and terms were developed, elaborated, and deployed in the work of James W Carey, the 'founding father' of cultural studies in the US. Editor(s): Steiner, Linda; Christians, Clifford G. Series: The History of Communication. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 23. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252035067
- ISBN
- 9780252035067
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.85
€ 117.85
Hardback. An insightful map of the landscape of social meals, this book argues that the ways in which we eat together play a central role in social life. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JFCV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252037634
- ISBN
- 9780252037634
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.81
€ 117.81
Paperback. A rich and definitive history of the gay rights movement's West Coast origins Num Pages: 280 pages, 1 line drawing, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBTB; JFSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252076411
- ISBN
- 9780252076411
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.62
€ 32.99
€ 29.62