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Society & culture: general
Paperback. Muhammad Musaddiq was the first of the great charismatic anti-colonial campaigners of the post-war world. As Prime Minister of Iran between 1951 and 1953 he nationalised the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company and led the nation's defiant attempt to run its oil industry independently during an economic blockade. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBN; BGH; HBJF1; HBLW3; JFSR2; JPHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 23. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- I. B. Tauris
- Number of pages
- 328
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781860642906
- ISBN
- 9781860642906
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.38
€ 33.99
€ 28.38
Paperback. Series: Sexual Cultures. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFK; JFMP; JFMX; JHBK5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479827466
- ISBN
- 9781479827466
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.76
€ 33.99
€ 33.76
Paperback. A concise, comprehensive guide to reproductive politics in America Series: What Everyone Needs to Know. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFK; JFMA; JFMG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 145 x 19. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199811410
- ISBN
- 9780199811410
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.01
€ 17.99
€ 17.01
Paperback. Over the centuries, European debate about nature and status of images of God and sacred figures has often upset the established order and shaken societies to their core. This book focuses on these historical arguments, from the period of Late Antiquity up to the classic defenses of images by St John of Damascus and Theodore of Studion. Num Pages: 308 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AGR; HRC; JFCX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814712146
- ISBN
- 9780814712146
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.30
€ 32.99
€ 31.30
Paperback. "A remarkable achievement. Bartal presents the broad contours of nineteenth-century East European Jewish history even as he reworks them into a nontraditional narrative."-David Engel, New York University Translator(s): Naor, Chaya. Series: Jewish Culture & Contexts. Num Pages: 216 pages, 2 illus. BIC Classification: 1DV; JFSR1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812219074
- ISBN
- 9780812219074
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.57
€ 32.99
€ 31.57
Paperback. Offers a critique of discourse about African music. This work offers a look at the history of African music scholarship. It offers an alternative "Afro-centric" means of understanding African music, and in doing so, describes a different mode of creativity beyond the usual provenance of Western criticism. Num Pages: 288 pages, 15 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; AVA; GTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415943901
- ISBN
- 9780415943901
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.80
€ 60.80
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 274
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415827935
- ISBN
- 9780415827935
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.24
€ 70.24
Hardcover. A significant collection of essays by the late Nicholas Mansergh, one of the leading historians of twentieth century Ireland, edited by his wife, Diana Series: Irish history. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; JFC; JPFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 0. Weight in Grams: 613.
- Publisher
- Cork University Press
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781859181058
- ISBN
- 9781859181058
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.00€ 52.59
€ 69.00
€ 52.59
Paperback. Mad Men, Mad World is a comprehensive analysis of this groundbreaking TV series. Editor(s): Goodlad, Lauren M. E.; Kaganovsky, Lilya; Rushing, Robert A. Num Pages: 432 pages, 97 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJPK; APT; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 172 x 31. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822354185
- ISBN
- 9780822354185
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.55
€ 33.99
€ 30.55
Paperback. Explores how contemporary cinema treats state-sponsored atrocity, evoking multiple landscapes of state terror. Investigating the ethical potential of cinematic atrocity images, this book argues that while films help to create and confirm normative perceptions about atrocities, they can also disrupt those perceptions and build alternatives. Num Pages: 192 pages, 14 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JM; APFA; JFCA; JFD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 158 x 235 x 12. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474400428
- ISBN
- 9781474400428
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.35
€ 32.99
€ 29.35
Paperback.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857851512
- ISBN
- 9780857851512
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 38.48
€ 46.99
€ 38.48
Paperback. This important book offers a comprehensive guide to the international policies developed to stop rape , together with case study examples on how they work. The book describes how law and criminal justice system, health services, specialised services for victim-survivors, educational and cultural interventions can best be coordinated. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: JFFE2; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 217 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Publisher
- Policy Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447322092
- ISBN
- 9781447322092
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 36.79
€ 38.99
€ 36.79
Paperback. Editor(s): Isaac, Joel; Kloppenberg, James T.; Ratner-Rosenhagen, Jennifer; O'Brien, Michael. Num Pages: 408 pages, 8 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPCD; HPCF; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190459475
- ISBN
- 9780190459475
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.59
€ 68.59
Paperback. In the 1920s, when film criticism was as new as the cinema itself, a particular way of thinking about the movies developed in Paris. This collection of essays discusses this mystery and others like it: Why did photography and the detective story originate at exactly the same time? Num Pages: 184 pages, 21 b&w photos, 1 index. BIC Classification: APFA; JFC; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253214386
- ISBN
- 9780253214386
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.68
€ 21.68
Paperback. Contributors: Mary Thomas Crane, Nancy Easterlin, David Herman, Patrick Colm Hogan, Bruce McConachie, Alan Palmer, Alan Richardson, Ellen Spolsky, G. Gabrielle Starr, Blakey Vermeule, Lisa Zunshine Editor(s): Zunshine, Lisa. Num Pages: 402 pages, 1, 1 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: JFC; JMR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 151 x 226 x 25. Weight in Grams: 568.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801894886
- ISBN
- 9780801894886
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Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 36.63
€ 43.99
€ 36.63
Paperback. Series: The Geopolitics of Information. Num Pages: 230 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVT; JFD; JPF; JPSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 269 x 19. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252081651
- ISBN
- 9780252081651
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 29.14
€ 29.99
€ 29.14
Paperback. The language of money has informed medical, psychological and political theories of sexual desire for at least 300 years. Desire, figured as libidinal energy, represented potential work-power and spending-power and hence a form of personal 'capital', an economic resource for both the individual and the collectivity. This book explores how this view Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JMAF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
- Publisher
- Lawrence & Wishart Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781907103575
- ISBN
- 9781907103575
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.26
€ 26.99
€ 23.26
Paperback. Miller shows how our brains are the products of sexual selection, rather than natural selection and how this alters and illuminates our understanding of intelligence, art, language, mortality, sex and the differences between men and women. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JMU; VFVC; VSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 35. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Number of pages
- 544
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099288244
- ISBN
- 9780099288244
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.29
€ 17.99
€ 13.29
Hardback. From cookbooks and family recipes to novels, poems, songs and cartoons, this book tells the story of puddings and how they developed from early savoury, sausage - like mixtures to today's sweet and sticky confections. It traces the development of puddings and explains how advances in kitchen equipment have changed them over time. Series: Edible. Num Pages: 128 pages, 60 black & white illustrations, 40 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCV; WBVQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 16. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780230429
- ISBN
- 9781780230429
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.34
€ 17.99
€ 16.34
Paperback. Increasing numbers of migrants continue to participate in the political, social, and economic lives of their countries of origin even as they put down roots in the USA. This work offers an account of how ordinary people keep their feet in two worlds and create communities that span borders. Num Pages: 294 pages, 3 maps. 14 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; JFSL3; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 294
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520228139
- ISBN
- 9780520228139
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.22
€ 35.99
€ 26.22