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Society & social sciences
Paperback. Offers a study of those at the centre of Western civilization's vision of the world - the Enlightenment: nobles, priests, functionaries, men of letters, artists, explorers, soldiers and women. This book examines the fundamental structures of society, and attitudes to birth, death and sexuality. Editor(s): Vovelle, Michel. Translator(s): Cochrane, Lydia G. Num Pages: 460 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; HBG; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 634.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 460
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226865706
- ISBN
- 9780226865706
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.89€ 50.94
€ 58.89
€ 50.94
Paperback. This work on terrorism is based on complex observations of actual movement participants and addresses a broad spectrum of terrorist activity- from Italian left-wing terrorists to Basque nationalist groups to the international terrorism of the Middle East. Translator(s): White, David Gordon. Num Pages: 370 pages, 1 line drawing, 4 tables. BIC Classification: HBT; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 149 x 24. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226896533
- ISBN
- 9780226896533
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.92
€ 40.99
€ 31.92
Hardback. * A major new book on the present-day forms of evil D terrorism, violence, racism and hatred. * Rather than treating evil as a supernatural force or a religious issue, Wieviorka analyses it from a sociological point of view, showing how these various forms of evil are constituted in day-to-day life. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: JFF; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 221 x 18. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745653921
- ISBN
- 9780745653921
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.09
€ 66.09
Paperback. * A major new book on the present-day forms of evil D terrorism, violence, racism and hatred. * Rather than treating evil as a supernatural force or a religious issue, Wieviorka analyses it from a sociological point of view, showing how these various forms of evil are constituted in day-to-day life. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: JFF; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 138 x 216 x 14. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745653938
- ISBN
- 9780745653938
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.53
€ 23.53
Paperback. This work confronts the complex question of nationalism in France in its various permutations myths, obsessions, possibilities, and dangers. The author distinguishes between an open nationalism, based on the revolutionary values of liberty and equality for all, and closed nationalism. Translator(s): Todd, Jane. Num Pages: 352 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLL; JPFN; JPFQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 366
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804732871
- ISBN
- 9780804732871
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 34.36
€ 36.99
€ 34.36
Hardcover. This title explores the history of anthropology, and challenges contemporary anthropologists to radically rethink the utility of the concept of culture, their emphasis upon fieldwork as the central methodology of the discipline, and their relationships to the people whom they study. Num Pages: 188 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 381.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312295202
- ISBN
- 9780312295202
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 160.94
€ 160.94
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Number of pages
- 1424
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199689286
- ISBN
- 9780199689286
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.39
€ 70.39
Hardback. This book analyzes our theoretical and empirical understanding of the sense of agency for consciousness, self-consciousness and action. It examines the relationship between action and its conscious control in both normal and pathological cases such as autism. Editor(s): Balconi, Michela. Num Pages: 207 pages, 25 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JMM; MMH; PSAN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 706.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer Verlag Italy
- Number of pages
- 207
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788847015869
- ISBN
- 9788847015869
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.70
€ 133.70
Hardcover. Num Pages: 121 pages, tables & charts. BIC Classification: JM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 231 x 159 x 14. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 121
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781608763580
- ISBN
- 9781608763580
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 146.03€ 101.89
€ 146.03
€ 101.89
Hardback. Num Pages: 296 pages, 17 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFSL3; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 218 x 22. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137531698
- ISBN
- 9781137531698
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.09
€ 106.09
Paperback. A story of grim comedy amid the apocalypse and a celebration of the sheer indestructibility of the human spirit in a nation run riot: Michela Wrong's vision of Congo/Zaire during the Mobutu years is incisive, ironic and revelatory. Num Pages: 336 pages, 16 b/w plates (8pp). BIC Classification: 1HFJC; 1HFJZ; HBJH; HBLW3; JPV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Publisher
- Fourth Estate
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841154220
- ISBN
- 9781841154220
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.99
€ 17.99
€ 12.99
North Carolina Women: Their Lives and Times (Southern Women: Their Liv...
Michele . Ed(S): Gillespie
hardcover. This collection of essays examines the lives and times of pathbreaking North Carolina women from the late eighteenth century into the early twentieth century, offering important new insights into the variety of North Carolina women s experiences across time, place, race, and class." Editor(s): Gillespie, Michele. Series: Southern Women : Their Lives and Times. Num Pages: 408 pages, black & white halftones, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBBFN; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820339993
- ISBN
- 9780820339993
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 163.07
€ 163.07
Paperback. Editor(s): Micheletti, Michele. Num Pages: 320 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JPA; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349526482
- ISBN
- 9781349526482
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. An Ivy League admissions officer reveals the inner secrets behind the admissions process of the country's top schools Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNMN; VSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Little, Brown & Company United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780446540674
- ISBN
- 9780446540674
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.68
€ 21.99
€ 20.68
Paperback. Examines the representation of death and dying in mainstream cinema. This title provides the study of the representation of death and dying in mainstream Western cinema from its earliest to its latest renditions. It explores the impact of gender, race, nation and narration upon death's dramatics on screen and more. Num Pages: 272 pages, 10 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: APF; JFC; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474402750
- ISBN
- 9781474402750
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.67
€ 33.99
€ 30.67
Hardback. Analyses the complexity of humanitarian diplomacy and the multiplicity of geographies and actors involved in it Editor(s): Acuto, Michele. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: GTF; JKSR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 221 x 145 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1250.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849042383
- ISBN
- 9781849042383
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.89€ 58.76
€ 58.89
€ 58.76
Paperback. Analyses the complexity of humanitarian diplomacy and the multiplicity of geographies and actors involved in it Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: GTF; JKSR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 211 x 133 x 22. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849042666
- ISBN
- 9781849042666
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.64
€ 47.64
Paperback. Featuring interviews, conversations and observations from a multi-sited ethnography of Ecuadorean musicians and their families, this book offers an innovative response to previous analyses of globalization and indigenous languages, demonstrating how transcultural practices can enhance the use and maintenance of indigenous and minority languages. Series: Language and Globalization. Num Pages: 171 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CB; CFB; JFC; JFF; JFSL; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Number of pages
- 171
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349489572
- ISBN
- 9781349489572
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.48
€ 65.48
Hardcover. Featuring interviews, conversations and observations from a multi-sited ethnography of Ecuadorean musicians and their families, this book offers an innovative response to previous analyses of globalization and indigenous languages, demonstrating how transcultural practices can enhance the use and maintenance of indigenous and minority languages. Series: Language and Globalization. Num Pages: 171 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSE; CFB; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 144 x 15. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137412423
- ISBN
- 9781137412423
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.26
€ 66.26
Paperback. The concept of ideology - traditionally one of Marxism's most persuasive ideas - has recently been subjected to devastating criticism. Michele Barrett shows that Marx's own writings offer a confusing array of possible approaches to 'ideology', which the classical Marxist tradition consolidated as 'mystification that serves class interests'. Num Pages: 208 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JPA; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- Text is Free of Markings
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745605036
- ISBN
- 9780745605036
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.14
€ 26.14