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Paperback. Since the 1980s, tattooing has emerged anew in the United States as a widely appealing cultural, artistic, and social form. This title explains how elite tattooists, magazine editors, and leaders of tattoo organizations have downplayed the working-class roots of tattooing in order to make it more palatable for middle-class consumption. Num Pages: 256 pages, 22 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AFY; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 398.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Duke University Press
Edition
1st
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822324676
ISBN
9780822324676
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.56

Paperback. This is the first book to provide serious scholarly insight into the methodological practices that shape lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer oral histories. Each of the fourteen chapters pairs an oral history excerpt with an original essay in which the oral historian addresses his or her methods and practices. Editor(s): Boyd, Nan Alamilla; RamIrez, Horacio N. Roque. Series: Oxford Oral History Series. Num Pages: 312 pages, 9 b/w halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBA; HBTD; JFSJ; JFSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199742738
ISBN
9780199742738
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 88.23

Paperback. This volume highlights advances made in palaeopathology and demography through the analyses of historic cemeteries. These advances include associating documentary evidence with skeletal evaluations, and the application of new evaluative techniques. Editor(s): Grauer, Anne L. Num Pages: 256 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: JHBD; JHMP; PSXM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 169 x 14. Weight in Grams: 388.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780471042792
ISBN
9780471042792
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 181.48

paperback. This beautifully written book explores the Iron Age bog bodies of northern Europe as cultural artefacts, objects of fascination to archaeologists and antiquaries, but also to artists, poets, philosophers and psychologists. Num Pages: 317 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: HDDA; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 168 x 19. Weight in Grams: 466.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780226734057
ISBN
9780226734057
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 25.51

Hardcover. The history has resurrected from northern Europe's bogs several men, women, and children who were deposited there as sacrifices in the early Iron Age and kept intact by the chemical properties of peat. Offering an account of their modern afterlives, this title argues that the discovery of bog bodies began an extraordinary cultural journey. Num Pages: 320 pages, 63 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DN; HDDA; JFC; JHM; PSXE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 162 x 29. Weight in Grams: 626.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1St Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226734040
ISBN
9780226734040
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.22
€ 79.61

Hardback. Editor(s): Harcourt, Wendy. Series: Gender, Development and Social Change. Num Pages: 362 pages, 2 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFFK; JFSJ; JFSK; JPB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 218 x 27. Weight in Grams: 626.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137477798
ISBN
9781137477798
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.74

Hardcover. Bodies in Protest reveals how hunger strikes and music ranging from gospel songs to rock anthems can efficiently convey political messages and mobilize the masses. Series: Protest and Social Movements. Num Pages: 180 pages, 7 illustrations. BIC Classification: AV; JFF; JPWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 241 x 16. Weight in Grams: 438.
Publisher
Amsterdam University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9789089649331
ISBN
9789089649331
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.36

Paperback. The dramatic story of human bodies that no longer behave in a manner modern medicine can predict and control Num Pages: 238 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JH; MBNH2; MMR; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
238
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814747520
ISBN
9780814747520
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Hardback. In Bodies in Formation, anthropologist Rachel Prentice enters surgical suites increasingly packed with new medical technologies to explore how surgeons are made in the early twenty-first century. Series: Experimental Futures. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: JHM; MBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 161 x 24. Weight in Grams: 581.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780822351436
ISBN
9780822351436
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.27

Paperback. Details the technical, ethical, and affective formation of physicians Series: Experimental Futures. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: JHM; MBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 19. Weight in Grams: 444. An Ethnography of Anatomy and Surgery Education. Series: Experimental Futures. 312 pages. Details the technical, ethical, and affective formation of physicians. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: JHM; MBD. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 19. Weight: 430.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Duke University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822351573
ISBN
9780822351573
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 28.79

Paperback. Bodies in Doubt breaks new ground in examining the historical roots of modern attitudes about intersex in the United States and will interest scholars and researchers in disability studies, social history, gender studies, and the history of medicine. Num Pages: 240 pages, 15, 15 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ; MBDC; MBX; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 229 x 16. Weight in Grams: 344.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421405834
ISBN
9781421405834
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.05

paperback. Argues that from the mid-nineteenth century to the early twentieth, black transatlantic entertainers often transformed the alienating conditions of social and political marginalization into modes of self-actualization through performance Num Pages: 488 pages, 23 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1K; AN; GTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 154 x 29. Weight in Grams: 654.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
488
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822337225
ISBN
9780822337225
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 32.13

Hardcover. In the French Third Republic, nursing was an occupation caught in the crosscurrents of conflicting notions about the role of women. This deft political history shows how the turmoil and transformation of nursing during this period reflected the political and cultural tensions at work in the nation. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JFSJ; MQC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674004917
ISBN
9780674004917
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 90.63
€ 82.83

Paperback. Series: New World Studies. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1KJ; ACX; DSBH; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813935973
ISBN
9780813935973
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.55

Hardcover. Series: New World Studies. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: 1KJ; ACX; DSBH; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 481.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813935966
ISBN
9780813935966
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.90

Paperback / so. Series: Duv Sozialwissenschaft. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JPQB; RBGB; RNK; RPC; TVB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 445.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Deutscher Universit?tsverlag United Kingdom
Condition
New
SKU
V9783824441839
ISBN
9783824441839
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 72.69

Paperback. "Boccaccio's Decameron and the Ciceronian Renaissance demonstrates that Boccaccio's puzzling masterpiece takes on organic consistency when viewed as an early modern adaptation of a pre-Christian, humanistic vision"-- Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 199 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; DSBB; HBG; HBJD; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 266.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
199
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349343942
ISBN
9781349343942
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. In this witty report, Brooks identifies the Bobos, bourgeois bohemians, the new strivers whose culture, tastes and attitudes have replaced the older elite by melding into the bohemians. Num Pages: 288 pages, index. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 18. Weight in Grams: 264.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Edition
New edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780684853789
ISBN
9780684853789
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.46

Hardback. .
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781526100290
ISBN
9781526100290
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 32.60

Paperback. Now available for the first time in paperback, Boats Against the Current offers a brilliant portrait of a society in the midst of change, expansion, and reflection about its own future and past. Written by one of our leading intellectual historians, it makes a major contribution to our understanding of the emergence of modern American culture. Num Pages: 352 pages, bibliography; index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742522503
ISBN
9780742522503
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 77.94

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