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Paperback. Media/History/Society offers a cultural history of media in the United States, shifting the lens of media history from media developments and evolution to a focus on changes in culture and society, emphasizing how media shaped and were shaped by these trends, policies, and cultural shifts. Num Pages: 296 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 152 x 230 x 16. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405161206
- ISBN
- 9781405161206
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.69
€ 52.69
Hardback. Beyond the Box gives students and couch potatoes alike a better understanding of what it means to watch television in an era of profound technological change. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APT; JFD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 164 x 25. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405161237
- ISBN
- 9781405161237
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.05
€ 105.05
Hardback. With 288 specially commissioned entries written by 150 leading international researchers, educators, and practitioners in positive psychology, this ground-breaking encyclopedia presents the most current, extensive, and accessible treatment of the subject available to students, teachers, practitioners, businesspeople, and policy makers. Editor(s): Lopez, Shane J. Num Pages: 1160 pages. BIC Classification: GBC; JM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 264 x 189 x 82. Weight in Grams: 2704.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 1160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405161251
- ISBN
- 9781405161251
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 371.75
€ 371.75
Hardback. The Shadow Side of Fieldwork draws attention to the typically hidden or unacknowledged aspects of ethnographic fieldwork encounters that nevertheless shape the resulting knowledge and texts. Addressing these invisible, elusive, unspoken or mysterious elements introduces a distinctive rigor and responsibility to ethnographic research. Editor(s): McLean, Athena; Leibing, Annette. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 269 x 186 x 24. Weight in Grams: 784.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405161305
- ISBN
- 9781405161305
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.41
€ 121.41
Hardback. Using an innovative approach, this book interprets the unprecedented transformation of contemporary China's major cities. It deals with a diversity of trends and analyzes their sources. Every chapter is co-authored by an urban China expert and an "outside" expert on the wider topic. Together they offer a broad historical and theoretical comparison. Editor(s): Logan, John R. Series: Studies in Urban and Social Change. Num Pages: 380 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFSG; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 165 x 25. Weight in Grams: 696.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 380
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405161459
- ISBN
- 9781405161459
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.69
€ 78.69
Paperback. Using an innovative approach, this book interprets the unprecedented transformation of contemporary China's major cities. It deals with a diversity of trends and analyzes their sources. Every chapter is co-authored by an urban China expert and an "outside" expert on the wider topic. Together they offer a broad historical and theoretical comparison. Editor(s): Logan, John R. Series: Studies in Urban and Social Change. Num Pages: 378 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFSG; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 171 x 20. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 378
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405161466
- ISBN
- 9781405161466
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.32
€ 28.32
Hardback. Television is one of the most important socializing forces in contemporary culture. This book is a cultural history of prime-time television in America during the 1990s. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405161541
- ISBN
- 9781405161541
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.32
€ 106.32
Paperback. Television is one of the most important socializing forces in contemporary culture. This book is a cultural history of prime-time television in America during the 1990s. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405161558
- ISBN
- 9781405161558
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 45.89
€ 45.99
€ 45.89
Paperback. This volume, which brings together articles by scholars and activists in China, Japan, Canada and the US in multiple disciplines, seeks to illuminate the problems and possibilities involved in translating feminism from the metropolitan 'West' to a locale rife with its own ideas about gender, class, body and sexuality. Editor(s): Ko, Dorothy; Zheng, Wang. Series: Gender and History Special Issues. Num Pages: 264 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBTB; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405161701
- ISBN
- 9781405161701
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.22
€ 29.22
Paperback. The Economics of Gender, 3e offers an affordable, comprehensive, and up-to-date introduction to the contemporary research being conducted on the differences between women's and men's economic opportunities, activities, and rewards. Num Pages: 576 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 189 x 23. Weight in Grams: 892.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405161824
- ISBN
- 9781405161824
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 97.00
€ 97.00
Paperback. [front flap] A Companion to the Anthropology of Politics Edited by David Nugent and Joan Vincent A Companion to the Anthropology of Politics offers an unprecedented overview of the field, written by a breathtaking roster of contemporary scholars. Editor(s): Nugent, David; Vincent, Joan. Series: Blackwell Companions to Anthropology. Num Pages: 528 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 173 x 29. Weight in Grams: 910.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 528
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405161909
- ISBN
- 9781405161909
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.00
€ 61.00
Hardback. "Playing computer videogames can be just what you need to get a job. " Could such a statement ever be true? Computer games, software, and networking technologies are often viewed as threats to the social, emotional, and physical well being and development of children. However, such beliefs are often unfounded. Editor(s): Willoughby, Teena; Wood, Eileen. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405162074
- ISBN
- 9781405162074
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.85
€ 104.85
Hardback. The Psychology of Diversity presents a captivating social-psychological study of diversity, the obstacles confronting it, and the benefits it provides. The text considers how historical, political, economic, and societal factors shape the way people think about and respond to diversity. Num Pages: 428 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 200 x 29. Weight in Grams: 982.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 428
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405162135
- ISBN
- 9781405162135
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.26
€ 103.26
Paperback. This book focuses attention upon rural social policy and welfare issues within selected areas in the US, Australia, continental Europe and Britain as well as in countrysides within less industrialised India and Mexico. This edited collection adds to the new genre of geopolitical and socio-economic rural transnational studies. Editor(s): Giarchi, George Giacinto. Series: Broadening Perspectives in Social Policy. Num Pages: 176 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 10. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405162418
- ISBN
- 9781405162418
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.55
€ 29.55
Paperback. Combining empirical evidence with indices to measure mattering, Family Matters: The Importance of Mattering to Family in Adolescence explores the inverse relationship between mattering and dysfunctional behavior in adolescence. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: JMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 232 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405162432
- ISBN
- 9781405162432
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.62
€ 59.62
Paperback. In this book, controversial and world-renowned theologian, Stanley Hauerwas, tackles the issue of theology being sidelined as a necessary discipline in the modern university. It is an attempt to reclaim the knowledge of God as just that - knowledge. Series: Illuminations: Theory & Religion. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HR; JNMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405162487
- ISBN
- 9781405162487
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.31
€ 48.31
Hardback. NOTE NO LOGO on FRONT PANEL FOR THIS "There are books about research on bullying, and books that offer advice with only minimal reference to research. This book brings the two together-a practical book for parents that makes full use of the extensive research evidence available. An invaluable resource!" Peter K. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405162531
- ISBN
- 9781405162531
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.75
€ 96.75
Paperback. This Companion provides the first definitive overview of psycho-cultural anthropology: a subject that focuses on cultural, psychological, and social interrelations across cultures. Editor(s): Casey, Conerly; Edgerton, Robert B. Series: Blackwell Companions to Anthropology. Num Pages: 552 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: JHM; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 171 x 47. Weight in Grams: 936.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 552
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405162555
- ISBN
- 9781405162555
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.51
€ 63.51
Hardback. "This is an excellent, accessible introduction to writing's origins and development; Powell's jargon-free exposition clarifies many important issues in a way that specialist discussions have rarely achieved to date. Num Pages: 298 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: CFLA; HBJD; HBLA; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 165 x 23. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 298
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405162562
- ISBN
- 9781405162562
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.38
€ 112.38
Paperback. Globalization and Sport is a unique collection which places sport at the heart of debates on global processes. Editor(s): Giulianotti, Richard; Robertson, Roland. Num Pages: 152 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFS; JHBS; JPS; WS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 173 x 246 x 8. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405162692
- ISBN
- 9781405162692
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.28
€ 29.28