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Society & culture: general

Paperback. The Soviet Union was the first nation to allow women pilots to fly combat missions. This book tells the story of these young, fearless, and patriotic women pilots and their substantial contribution to the Soviet Air Force's success on the Eastern Front. Num Pages: 320 pages, 45 photographs, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD; HBWQ; JFSJ1; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700615544
ISBN
9780700615544
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.48

Paperback. This collection of essays applies the most current thinking in literature and urban studies to an examination of visual culture of 19th century France - painting, caricature, illustrated magazines, posters - resulting in a subtle map of the gendered topography of Parisian modernity, the stomping ground of the flaneur. Editor(s): D'Souza, Aruna; McDonough, Tom. Series: Critical Perspectives in Art History. Num Pages: 224 pages, 40 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; ACV; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 162 x 12. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719079429
ISBN
9780719079429
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.36

Hardcover. Housing fulfils a basic human need for shelter. It protects us from the weather and from hostile intruders. Often it is an expression of personal identity and social status. This work conveys the complex nature of people's experiences with their residences, neighbourhoods and communities. Editor(s): Aragones, Juan Ignacio; Francescato, Guido; Garling, Tommy. Num Pages: 280 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFS; JKSB; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 603.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
ABC-CLIO United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780897895958
ISBN
9780897895958
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 87.03
€ 84.31

Paperback. Published with a new preface, this bestseller offers an intimate glimpse into a unique female community. Liz Dalby, the only non-Japanese woman ever to have trained as a geisha, reveals the realities of geisha life. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFSJ1; JFSL; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 276.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
Edition
1st UK Paperback Edition
SKU
V9780099286387
ISBN
9780099286387
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.33

Paperback. At the time of her death in after a long battle with cancer, Eve Sedgwick had been working on a book on affect and Proust, and on the psychoanalyst Melanie Klein. This volume, edited by Jonathan Goldberg, brings together a collection of her last work. Editor(s): Goldberg, Jonathan; Moon, Michael. Series: Series Q. Num Pages: 240 pages, 37 color illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; JFSK; VFVC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 517.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822351580
ISBN
9780822351580
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.02

Paperback. In The National Mall, Lisa Benton-Short explores the critical issues that are redefining and reshaping this extraordinary public space. Num Pages: 296 pages, 36, 2 figures, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBFC; 3JM; AMGD; HBTP; JFSG; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 181 x 254 x 23. Weight in Grams: 642.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442630550
ISBN
9781442630550
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 37.07

Paperback. The story of how one woman turned her life around after suffering an abusive childhood Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BTP; JFFE1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 220.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781471102738
ISBN
9781471102738
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.08

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BTC; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 217 x 15. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Chicago Review Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781613747759
ISBN
9781613747759
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.21

Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 21. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Edition
First edition
SKU
V9780816631469
ISBN
9780816631469
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.93

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
ABC-CLIO United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846450075
ISBN
9781846450075
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.91

Paperback. Saturday, 23rd November 2013. It was just another day in America. And as befits an unremarkable day, ten children and teens were killed by gunfire. Far from being considered newsworthy, these everyday fatalities are simply a banal fact. The youngest was nine; the oldest nineteen. None made the news. There was no outrage at their passing. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFE; JKVJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 1 x 1 x 1. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Guardian Faber Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
9781783351022
ISBN
9781783351022
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.25

Paperback. Following a definition of culture, the authors examine the role of culture in society by drawing on such themes as the media, education, class and race. Series: Sociology for a changing world. Num Pages: 231 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
231
Condition
New
Edition
1991st Edition
SKU
V9780333460399
ISBN
9780333460399
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.56
€ 46.81

Paperback. Deals with equal opportunities and the power of women in men's organizations. Editor(s): Campling, Jo. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 345.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
266
Condition
New
Edition
1991st Edition
SKU
V9780333549131
ISBN
9780333549131
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 45.80

Hardcover. A review of findings about female criminality, women and criminal justice, and the treatment of female offenders. The text also offers an analysis of theoretical perspectives, of images of deviant women and women's experiences of social control. Series: Women in Society S. Num Pages: 260 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JKVQ. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
2nd edition
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333642085
ISBN
9780333642085
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 164.65
€ 145.35

Paperback. Is seeing a matter of nature? Can we read an image in the same way as a text? This work draws together essays that attempt to answer these questions but in a variety of ways and from the different theoretical positions offered by psychoanalysis, semiotics, poststructuralism and postmodernism. Editor(s): Thomas, Julia. Series: Readers in cultural criticism. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: A; DSA; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 180 x 232 x 13. Weight in Grams: 388.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
251
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333765395
ISBN
9780333765395
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 40.31

Paperback. Linking traditional sociological and anthropological concerns with postmodern debates centred on the self, identity and time, this text integrates theoretical debates about childhood, youth, middle age and later life with empirical material in an illuminating way. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSP; JHBK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 324.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
2002nd Edition
SKU
V9780333912843
ISBN
9780333912843
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 43.77

Hardback. The idea was simple: pack a suitcase, go to another city where you have no connections and try to find a job, anonymously. That was the idea that took Florence Aubenas - one of France's most accomplished undercover journalists - on a journey into the worst recession since the Great Depression. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: JFFA; KCFM; KCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 19. Weight in Grams: 412.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745651996
ISBN
9780745651996
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.91

Paperback. Clean copy.Large format paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Berg Publishers
Number of pages
296
Condition
Used, Like New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
KEX0212186
ISBN
9781859731536
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 5.49

Paperback. Bringing together key theoretical statements with analyses of particular aspects of youth culture - music, clubbing, body modification and the internet - this text offers a wide-ranging account of developments in youth culture research that reject, refine or reinvent the concept of subculture. Editor(s): Bennett, Andy; Kahn-Harris, Keith. Num Pages: 208 pages, bibliog , index. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFSP2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 157 x 12. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
2004th Edition
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333977125
ISBN
9780333977125
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 42.75

Paperback. This volume surveys the role women have played in various types of business as owners and managers in Europe and North America since the sixteenth century. Drawing on the most recent scholarship, and paying particular attention to the influence of gender norms, Craig identifies the factors that have facilitated or restricted women's participation. Series: Gender and History. Num Pages: 224 pages, 8 black & white tables, 13 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KB; 3J; HBTB; JFSJ1; KJ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 346.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Macmillan Education UK United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2015
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137033222
ISBN
9781137033222
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 36.30

Paperback. Offers a fresh interdisciplinary look at feminism-in-flux. This title shows how a little-known yet enduring force in the feminist health, environmental, and consumer rights movements lays bare tensions between second- and third-wave feminisms and reveals a complicated story of continuity and change within the women's movement. Num Pages: 256 pages, 13 photographs. BIC Classification: JFFK; JFSJ1; MBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 158 x 16. Weight in Grams: 360.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813547541
ISBN
9780813547541
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.46

Paperback. This original and valuable book considers notions of risk and rehabilitation in detail. Editor(s): Pycroft, Aaron; Clift, Suzie. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: JFFH1; JKS; JKVQ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 175 x 11. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Bristol University Press
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447300212
ISBN
9781447300212
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 38.18

Paperback. In this fully updated edition of Believing in Magic, renowned superstition expert Stuart Vyse investigates our tendency towards these irrational beliefs. Num Pages: 328 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFHX; JM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 205 x 141 x 21. Weight in Grams: 388.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Edition
Updated
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199996926
ISBN
9780199996926
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.27

Hardback. Num Pages: 280 pages, 9, 4 black & white halftones, 1 black & white line drawings, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; JFSV1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 158 x 23. Weight in Grams: 556.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801452437
ISBN
9780801452437
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 90.91

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