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Society & culture: general
Paperback. Tracing the evolution of state military institutions from the seventh to the twelfth centuries, this book challenges much of the received wisdom of Western scholarship on the origins and early development of warriors in Japan. Num Pages: 284 pages, 4 half-tones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3F; 3H; HBJF; HBLC; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 142 x 18. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804726962
- ISBN
- 9780804726962
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.47
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Paperback. Watching War explores what it means to be a spectator to battles in an era in which the boundaries between witnessing, representing, and perpetrating violence have become profoundly blurred. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; JFD; JWA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 992. Weight in Grams: 363.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804782401
- ISBN
- 9780804782401
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€ 32.99€ 31.45
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Paperback. A collection of essays discussing the meaning and the philosophical implications of "Darwinism". The contributors to Darwinism and Philosophy are international scholars from the fields of philosophy, science, and history of ideas. Editor(s): Hosle, Vittorio; Illies, Christian. Num Pages: 416 pages, 19 figures, 1 table. BIC Classification: DN; HP; JFCX; PD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268030735
- ISBN
- 9780268030735
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.01
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Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 10. BIC Classification: 1HFDE; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801475122
- ISBN
- 9780801475122
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.30
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Paperback. Suitable for sinologists, literary critics, anthropologists, cultural studies scholars, and others curious about the semiotics of food, this book examines the twentieth-century Chinese political experience as it is represented literature through hunger, cooking, eating, and cannibalising. It includes chapters on Xiao Hong, Wang Anyi, and Li Ang. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; CFG; DSB; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 37. Weight in Grams: 776.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822323419
- ISBN
- 9780822323419
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 33.44
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Paperback. Addresses four major themes: the evolution of race as an idea in France; representations of "the other" by French writers, artists, and business people; the international dimensions of French racial thinking, particularly in relation to colonialism; and the impact of racial differences on the shaping of the modern French city. Editor(s): Peabody, Sue; Stovall, Tyler. Num Pages: 400 pages, 13 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5741 x 3734 x 24. Weight in Grams: 517.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822331179
- ISBN
- 9780822331179
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.35
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Paperback. Editor(s): Hayes, Alan L. Num Pages: 160 pages, 14 images. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1; JFSJ1; JFSV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 13. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Arlen House Galway
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781851320332
- ISBN
- 9781851320332
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.04
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Paperback. This is a ground breaking comparative study of the fascinating connections between African Americans and the Welsh, beginning in the era of slavery and concluding with the experiences of African American GIs in wartime Wales. Series: Writing Wales in English. Num Pages: 432 pages, 8 black and white. BIC Classification: 1DBKW; 1KBB; HBTB; JFSL3. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 139 x 29. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Wales Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780708319871
- ISBN
- 9780708319871
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.54
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Paperback. Challenging the myth of the "post-belief society". Num Pages: 295 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JFC; KCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 486.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Verso
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781681749
- ISBN
- 9781781681749
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 23.94
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Paperback. Offering an analysis of the Poverty and Social Exclusion Survey, this title charts the extent and nature of material and social deprivation and exclusion in Britain at the end of the 20th century. It measures the extent of social exclusion, and provides an understanding of poverty and social exclusion from a national and international perspective. Editor(s): Gordon, Dave; Levitas, Ruth; Pantazis, Christina. Series: Studies in Poverty, Inequality and Social Exclusion Series. Num Pages: 512 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 776.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861343734
- ISBN
- 9781861343734
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 37.95
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Paperback. Is there such a thing as a 'feminist technology'? If so, what makes a technology feminist? Is it in the design process, in the thing itself, in the way it is marketed, or in the way it is used by women? This title considers these questions by examining a range of products, tools, and technologies that were specifically designed for women. Editor(s): Layne, Linda; Vostral, Sharra Louise; Boyer, Kate. Series: Women, Gender and Technology. Num Pages: 256 pages, 20 black & white photographs, 1 chart. BIC Classification: JFFK; TB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 234 x 17. Weight in Grams: 408.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780252077203
- ISBN
- 9780252077203
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€ 27.99€ 26.10
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Paperback. The early 19th century was a period of acute transition in operatic tradition and style, when time-honoured practices gave way to the developing aesthetics of Romanticism, and the heroic, the masculine, and the feminine were profoundly reconfigured. This book traces the development of female characters in these first decades of the century. Series: Musical Meaning & Interpretation. Num Pages: 248 pages, 18 b&w photos, 1 bibliog., 1 index. BIC Classification: AVA; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 404.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253217899
- ISBN
- 9780253217899
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.93
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Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 16. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 144 x 16. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801489921
- ISBN
- 9780801489921
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 29.27
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Paperback. Translator(s): Abbeele, Georges van den. Series: Theory Out of Bounds. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 180 x 21. Weight in Grams: 744.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First edition
- SKU
- V9780816622603
- ISBN
- 9780816622603
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€ 32.99€ 31.45
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Paperback. 496 pages, 3 maps, 3 figures, 3 tables. Argues that science and technology studies, postcolonial studies, and feminist critique must inform one another. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: JFFK; PDA; TB. Dimension: 158 x 235 x 30. Weight: 686.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822349570
- ISBN
- 9780822349570
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 33.47
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Hardback. An ambitious global study of the state of cities in the early twenty-first century, their role in society, and the implications of crises that affect cities, now and in the future, for national policy and international relations. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: JFSG; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784992903
- ISBN
- 9781784992903
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Condition: New
€ 93.44€ 84.63
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Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 36. Weight in Grams: 445.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2021
- Publisher
- BenBella Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781939529190
- ISBN
- 9781939529190
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.70
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Paperback. Television shows, comic strips, video games, and other forms of media directed at children are the subject of frequent and rancorous debate. This volume examines the rise of mass media in postwar America. It focuses on television in schools and the ways that mass media convey messages about gender and socialisation. Editor(s): Kinder, Marsha. Series: Console-ing Passions. Num Pages: 352 pages, 33 b&w photographs, 8 figures, 3 tables. BIC Classification: APF; APT; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 150 x 24. Weight in Grams: 535.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822323716
- ISBN
- 9780822323716
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 30.18
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Paperback. What do the images transmitted by that screen tell us about power, authority, gender stereotypes, and ideology in the United States? This book addresses this question by illuminating how television both reflects and influences American culture and identity. It is suitable for those interested in women's studies and American studies. Editor(s): Haralovich, Mary Beth; Rabinovitz, Lauren. Series: Console-ing Passions. Num Pages: 232 pages, 25 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF; APT; JFC; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822323945
- ISBN
- 9780822323945
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Condition: New
€ 27.09
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Paperback. Looks at how the commercial movie industry has altered conceptions of movie going both within the industry and among audiences. This title shows how studios, in their increasing reliance on revenues from audiences around the world, have cultivated a global understanding of their products over the years. Num Pages: 352 pages, 16 illustrations, 34 tables. BIC Classification: APF; JFC; KNTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 149 x 21. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822331636
- ISBN
- 9780822331636
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.29
€ 32.99
€ 31.29