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Hardback. This study explores how magazines became the first mass medium in the USA and how they expressed a new American culture built on dreams of a better future. The author argues that the birth of the popular magazine at the turn of the 20th century laid the foundations of the modern consumer culture. Num Pages: 357 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JFC; JFD; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 28. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 357
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231082907
- ISBN
- 9780231082907
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.93€ 57.39
€ 72.93
€ 57.39
Paperback. An elegant, poetic, and experimental memoir by one of the foremost voices in Native American literature today. Num Pages: 220 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DQ; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 162 x 14. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803234819
- ISBN
- 9780803234819
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.89
€ 32.99
€ 29.89
Paperback. Can the social values embodied in Kerr's vision be renewed? This book tells the extraordinary story of the 1960 Master Plan for Higher Education in California, created by visionary University of California President Clark Kerr and his contemporaries. Series: The Clark Kerr Lectures on the Role of Higher Education in Society. Num Pages: 224 pages, 5 figures, 9 tables. BIC Classification: JNAM; JNM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 156 x 230 x 19. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520292840
- ISBN
- 9780520292840
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.40
€ 40.99
€ 29.40
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, b/w photos & illus. BIC Classification: AN; JNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 277 x 216 x 16. Weight in Grams: 786.
- Publisher
- Meriwether Publishing,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566081412
- ISBN
- 9781566081412
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 22.23
€ 32.99
€ 22.23
Hardback. In The Drama of the Assimilated Jew, Lucienne Kroha makes Bassani's personal and literary journey accessible to English-language readers. Series: Toronto Italian Studies. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442646162
- ISBN
- 9781442646162
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.49
€ 78.49
Hardback. In this book Jeffrey Alexander develops the view that cultural sociology and cultural pragmatics are vital for understanding the structural turbulence and political possibilities of contemporary social life. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509518128
- ISBN
- 9781509518128
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.37
€ 73.37
Paperback. In this book Jeffrey Alexander develops the view that cultural sociology and cultural pragmatics are vital for understanding the structural turbulence and political possibilities of contemporary social life. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509518135
- ISBN
- 9781509518135
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.51
€ 23.51
Paperback. Traces the trajectory of the author's philosophical career through a selection of his essays. This work addresses specific issues in American thought and culture. It constitutes a mosaic of his philosophy, showing its roots in an American conception of experience. Editor(s): Anderson, Douglas R. Series: American Philosophy. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPCF; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 227 x 37. Weight in Grams: 784.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823226634
- ISBN
- 9780823226634
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 46.59
€ 50.99
€ 46.59
The Drama of Possibility. Experience as Philosophy of Culture.
McDermott, John J.. Ed(S): Anderson, Douglas ...
Hardback. Traces the trajectory of the author's philosophical career through a selection of his essays. This work addresses specific issues in American thought and culture. It constitutes a mosaic of his philosophy, showing its roots in an American conception of experience. Editor(s): Anderson, Douglas R. Series: American Philosophy. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPCF; HPS; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 157 x 231 x 36. Weight in Grams: 891.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823226627
- ISBN
- 9780823226627
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.64
€ 129.64
Hardcover. This second volume of Eric Voegelin's miscellaneous papers contains unpublished writings from the time of his forced emigration from Austria in 1938 until his death in 1985. The volume's focus is on dialogue and discussion, presenting Voegelin in the role of lecturer, discussant, and respondent. Editor(s): Petropulos, William; Weiss, Gilbert. Series: Collected Works of Eric Voegelin. Num Pages: 552 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 42. Weight in Grams: 943.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Missouri
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826215451
- ISBN
- 9780826215451
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.94
€ 95.94
Paperback. Miller believes that violence and crime in society have their roots in conventional child rearing and in education which can create a childhood prison. Miller describes how her discoveries can create freedom from this prison. This edition has been revised since her renunciation of psychoanalysis. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: JFFE1; JMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 125 x 12. Weight in Grams: 140.
- Edition
- Revised
- Publisher
- Virago
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781860491016
- ISBN
- 9781860491016
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.09
€ 13.99
€ 11.09
Hardback. An illuminating look at today's Chinese armed forces, taking into consideration their costly history, as well as the marvel of new technological capability and training that they believe will not place them on a losing side again .. Num Pages: 320 pages, 16pp photos. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JMG; HBJF; HBW; JWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 238 x 32. Weight in Grams: 736.
- Publisher
- Casemate Publishers
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781612003887
- ISBN
- 9781612003887
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 45.56
€ 50.99
€ 45.56
Paperback. This book analyzes China's aid program and its connection to the broad range of state-sponsored development activities the Chinese call "economic cooperation." It explains what the Chinese are doing in their developmental state-sponsored economic engagement in Africa, how they do it, and why they are doing it. Num Pages: 416 pages, 26 Figures, 1 Table. BIC Classification: GTF; JKSR; KCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 151 x 24. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199606290
- ISBN
- 9780199606290
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.39
€ 37.39
Paperback. The inside story of the Emperors of China. Num Pages: 304 pages, 8pp colour plate section. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784290733
- ISBN
- 9781784290733
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.48
€ 17.99
€ 13.48
paperback. This book shows that China's rise may jeopardize the future of Latin American industrialization. Num Pages: 200 pages, 27 tables, 9 figures, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JPS; KCLT1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804771887
- ISBN
- 9780804771887
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.30
€ 25.99
€ 24.30
Hardback. A clear and sobering picture of the Peoples Liberation Armys modernisation effort. Num Pages: 224 pages, note; bbibliography; index. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JWA; JWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 235 x 25. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781612344058
- ISBN
- 9781612344058
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 29.39
€ 31.99
€ 29.39
Hardcover. The United States Liaison Office (USLO) served as the diplomatic contact for Sino-American relations between the time of the Nixon-Kissinger opening of China in 1971-1972 and the achievement of full normalization in 1979. This book presents the importance of the USLO to American foreign policy in the 1970s. Num Pages: 240 pages, 27 illus. BIC Classification: JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780812280364
- ISBN
- 9780812280364
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.38
€ 73.38
The Drag Queen Anthology: The Absolutely Fabulous but Flawlessly Custo...
Underwood, Lisa. Ed(S): Underwood, Lisa; Scha...
paperback. Editor(s): Underwood, Lisa; Schacht, Steven P. Num Pages: 270 pages, col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: AS; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 212 x 150 x 16. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Routledge United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781560232858
- ISBN
- 9781560232858
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 91.89
€ 91.89
Hardcover. This text gives information on the new status of gambling and the issues that arise with the existence of legal commercial gaming. It includes contributions from some of the world's leading authorities on theory and teatment approaches to problem and pathological gambling. Editor(s): Eadington, William R.; Cornelius, Judy A. Series: Institute of Gambling & Commercial Gaming S. Num Pages: 700 pages. BIC Classification: JFFH; MJN; MMJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Univ of Nevada Pr
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780942828399
- ISBN
- 9780942828399
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.19€ 58.56
€ 64.19
€ 58.56
Paperback.
- Publisher
- Amber Books
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908696533
- ISBN
- 9781908696533
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.07
€ 19.99
€ 16.07