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Society & culture: general

Paperback. Presents a radical analysis of globalization. This title examines recent events - Bangladeshi garment factory deaths, domestic workers in the Persian Gulf, Chinese global tourists, and the UN gender politics of guns - to reveal the crucial role of women in international politics today. Num Pages: 496 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFK; JFFS; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 208 x 141 x 29. Weight in Grams: 574.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
283
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520279995
ISBN
9780520279995
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 29.87

Paperback. BIC Classification: JFC; JMAF; MMJT. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138841567
ISBN
9781138841567
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.04

Hardback. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; JFSL1; JPA; JPB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190633691
ISBN
9780190633691
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.34

Paperback. From Tin Pan Alley to grand opera, player-pianos to phonograph records, this title explores the rise of music as big business and the creation of a radically new musical culture. It uncovers the origins of the culture industry in music and chronicles how music ignited an auditory explosion that penetrated various aspects of society. Num Pages: 368 pages, 41 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AV; JFCA; KNTF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 144 x 22. Weight in Grams: 484.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674064041
ISBN
9780674064041
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.45

Paperback. In 1936 George Orwell was commissioned to visit areas of mass unemployment in the North of England, this book offers a description of the poverty he witnessed there. It crystallized the ideas that would be found in Orwell's later works and novels, and remains a powerful portrait of poverty, injustice and class divisions in Britain. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages, 32 plates. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; DNF; HBTB; JFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 230.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141185293
ISBN
9780141185293
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.10

Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages, 12 black and white photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1HFM; HBJH; JFSJ1; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 228 x 15. Weight in Grams: 322.
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252081132
ISBN
9780252081132
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.29

Paperback. A celebrated novelist and an acclaimed historian of ideas, father and daughter, unravel the chain of words at the core of Jewish life, history, and culture Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 188 x 116 x 16. Weight in Grams: 254.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300205848
ISBN
9780300205848
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.49

Paperback. Explores how modern food manufacturers have hijacked the brains of millions by turning our meals into perfectly engineered portions of fat, salt and sugar, turning us into addicts in the process. With a focus on the problems in the UK and Europe, this title lays out a plan and tools for reclaiming control over our cravings. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: JFCV; KNDF; VFM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 133 x 21. Weight in Grams: 258.
Edition
1st
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141047812
ISBN
9780141047812
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.69

Paperback. Num Pages: 36 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: JFFH1; VFV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 277 x 216 x 5. Weight in Grams: 162.
Publisher
Woodland Press United States
Number of pages
36
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
SKU
V9780962050275
ISBN
9780962050275
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.10

Paperback. In recent decades a growing number of middle-class parents have considered sending their children to - and often end up becoming active in - urban public schools. Their presence can bring long-needed material resources to such schools. The author shows that, it can also introduce new class and race tensions, and even exacerbate inequalities. Num Pages: 232 pages, 2 line drawings, 4 tables. BIC Classification: JFSG; JNKP; JNLB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 295.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226120218
ISBN
9780226120218
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 26.37

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HRC; JFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 204 x 24. Weight in Grams: 210.
Publisher
HarperSanFrancisco
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
6th Print
Condition
New
SKU
V9780060677015
ISBN
9780060677015
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.86

Hardcover.
Publisher
Irish Academic Press
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780716531357
ISBN
9780716531357
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.00
€ 46.19

Hardback. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; JFC; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 456.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231151948
ISBN
9780231151948
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.68
€ 49.96

Paperback. Thinking about the future is essential for almost all organizations and societies. States, corporations, universities, cities, NGOs and individuals believe they cannot miss the future. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: JFFR; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 364.
Publisher
Polity
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745696546
ISBN
9780745696546
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 24.80

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, port. BIC Classification: JFSL3; JN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 141 x 12. Weight in Grams: 264.
Publisher
African American Images United States
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780913543702
ISBN
9780913543702
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.11

paperback. Brings social scientific understandings to bear on tourism in the postindustrial age, during which the middle class has acquired leisure time for international travel. This title examines notions of authenticity, high and low culture, and the construction of social reality around tourism. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: JFCA; KNSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 326.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
255
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
First Edition, With a New Introduction
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520280007
ISBN
9780520280007
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.64

Paperback. This work employs detailed historical narrative to argue about the establishment of factual knowledge both in science and in everyday practice. Accounts of gentlemen-philosophers are used to illustrate the study's claim that trust is imperative for constituting every kind of knowledge. Series: Science & Its Conceptual Foundations S. Num Pages: 516 pages, 12 halftones, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: JFCX; JHM; PDA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 27. Weight in Grams: 788. Civility and Science in Seventeenth-century England. Series: Science & Its Conceptual Foundations S. 516 pages, 12 halftones, 2 line drawings. This work employs detailed historical narrative to argue about the establishment of factual knowledge both in science and in everyday practice. Accounts of gentlemen-philosophers are used to illustrate the study's claim that trust is imperative for constituting every kind of knowledge. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: JFCX; JHM; PDA; PDX. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 27. Weight: 700.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Number of pages
516
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226750194
ISBN
9780226750194
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 36.50

Paperback. Num Pages: 293 pages. BIC Classification: JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 204 x 18. Weight in Grams: 236.
Publisher
Anchor Books
Number of pages
293
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Edition
Anchor Books ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780385418867
ISBN
9780385418867
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.47

Paperback. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415215190
ISBN
9780415215190
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.80

Paperback. Playable Bodies shows how dance video games work as engines of humor, social risk, and intimacy, urging players to dance like nobody's watching-while being tracked by motion-sensing interfaces in their living rooms. Author Kiri Miller looks at game design and player experiences across media platforms, presenting a new theory of "intimate media." Num Pages: 256 pages, 39 halftones. BIC Classification: ASD; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190257842
ISBN
9780190257842
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.69

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