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Paperback. Across the world, there has been a growing dissatisfaction with the tempo of modern life. Described simply as the 'slow phenomenon', this volume explores this new brand of living that entails not simply slowing down but an embracing of alternative activities that promote meaning, thoughtfulness, engagement and authenticity. Editor(s): Osbaldiston, Nick. Series: Consumption and Public Life. Num Pages: 204 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSR; JHB; JHBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349335381
- ISBN
- 9781349335381
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.25
€ 61.25
Hardback. The Renaissance and the age of discovery introduced Europeans to exotic cultures, mores, manners, and ideas. That kitchen revolution led to the development of new utensils and table manners. Rebora discusses the availability of resources, how people kept from starving in the winter, how they farmed, how tastes developed, what the lower classes ate, and what the aristocracy enjoyed. Translator(s): Sonnenfeld, Albert. Series: Arts & Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary History. Num Pages: 224 pages, 52 illus. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBTB; JFC; WB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 132 x 21. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231121507
- ISBN
- 9780231121507
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 32.94
€ 46.99
€ 32.94
Paperback. Using the Iran-contra scandal as an example, Chomsky shows how the United States has opposed human rights and democratisation to advance its economic interests. Series: Chomsky Perspectives. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPS; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 196 x 29. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- Pluto Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745335438
- ISBN
- 9780745335438
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.76
€ 26.99
€ 18.76
Paperback. Num Pages: 123 pages. BIC Classification: HR; JM. Dimension: 154 x 233 x 11. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781634630245
- ISBN
- 9781634630245
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 126.45€ 86.34
€ 126.45
€ 86.34
Paperback. Focusing on Japan, scholars of history, literature, film, art history, and anthropology demonstrate the necessity of understanding fascism s cultural manifestations. Editor(s): Tansman, Alan. Series: Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society. Num Pages: 496 pages, 24 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JPA; JPFQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 696.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822344681
- ISBN
- 9780822344681
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.54
€ 34.99
€ 31.54
Hardback. 75.00 Num Pages: 200 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA; JWK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739101766
- ISBN
- 9780739101766
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.88
€ 128.88
Paperback. A book on American morality, it traces the intellectual history of American morality from its European origins in the Middle Ages to the 1990s. It argues that American culture is a culture of cynicism. It shows the internal contradictions of American morality, and charts the different forms it has assumed. Num Pages: 224 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFC; JFM; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell London
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557865335
- ISBN
- 9781557865335
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 48.90
€ 48.99
€ 48.90
Paperback. Editor(s): DeLaure, Marilyn; Fink, Moritz; Dery, Mark. Num Pages: 464 pages, 9 colour illustrations, 51 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 230 x 30. Weight in Grams: 674.
- Publisher
- New York University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479806201
- ISBN
- 9781479806201
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.63
€ 33.99
€ 33.63
Paperback. Steinert applies Horkheimer and Adornoa s theory of the a culture industrya to contemporary culture and demonstrates the relevance of the analysis for the twenty--first century. Sets out to explain precisely what is meant by the term a culture industrya , providing an accessible exposition of the key themes and concepts. Translator(s): Spencer, Sally-Ann. Num Pages: 224 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745626772
- ISBN
- 9780745626772
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.87
€ 33.87
Hardback. Steinert applies Horkheimer and Adornoa s theory of the a culture industrya to contemporary culture and demonstrates the relevance of the analysis for the twenty--first century. Sets out to explain precisely what is meant by the term a culture industrya , providing an accessible exposition of the key themes and concepts. Translator(s): Spencer, Sally-Ann. Num Pages: 224 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 159 x 21. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745626765
- ISBN
- 9780745626765
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.81
€ 71.81
Paperback. Translator(s): Conley, Tim. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 228 x 10. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816627677
- ISBN
- 9780816627677
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.10
€ 27.99
€ 26.10
Paperback. In the early twentieth century, a group of elite Eastern-coast women turned to the American Southwest in search of an alternative to European-derived concepts of culture. This book provides a narrative of the growing influence that this network of women had on the Native American art market to investigate the social construction of value. Series: Objects/Histories. Num Pages: 240 pages, 10 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; AB; ACBK; GTB; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822326182
- ISBN
- 9780822326182
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.15
€ 28.15
Hardback. Discussing the cultural intentions of the first thoroughly commercial republic, the US, this study measures the benefits and deficits of commercial republicanism and states that it is the enemy of culture. It includes the work of writers such as Emerson, Carlyle, Ruskin, Dewey and Pound. Num Pages: 290 pages, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; JHM; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 143 x 20. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761802914
- ISBN
- 9780761802914
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.42
€ 116.42
Paperback. A collection of essays that span the career of a prominent anthropologist and address the fundamental questions of the field. Num Pages: 648 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 158 x 49. Weight in Grams: 896.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Zone Books United States
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 600
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780942299380
- ISBN
- 9780942299380
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 26.99
€ 37.99
€ 26.99
Hardcover. Today, interest in networks is growing by leaps and bounds, in both scientific discourse and popular culture. Networks are thought to be everywhere from the architecture of our brains to global transportation systems. Series: Cultural Sociology. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745687162
- ISBN
- 9780745687162
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.28
€ 65.28
Paperback. Today, interest in networks is growing by leaps and bounds, in both scientific discourse and popular culture. Networks are thought to be everywhere from the architecture of our brains to global transportation systems. Series: Cultural Sociology. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 209 x 21. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Publisher
- Polity
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745687179
- ISBN
- 9780745687179
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.70
€ 25.70
Hardback. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804789509
- ISBN
- 9780804789509
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 125.02
€ 125.02
Paperback. As conflicts across the globe span decades and generations, this work suggests that we need a fresh perspective on war when it becomes the context for normal life. It calls for a fresh point of departure in the ethnography of war that investigates how the inhabitants of war zones live under trying new conditions. Num Pages: 400 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: JHMC; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226496429
- ISBN
- 9780226496429
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 32.85
€ 42.99
€ 32.85
Hardback. Fifteen brilliant essays on the kind of culture created by the magic of the marketplace in 1980s America, from architecture to the yuppie ascendancy. Editor(s): Mills, Nicolaus. Num Pages: 254 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPN; JFC; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 161 x 25. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780929587356
- ISBN
- 9780929587356
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.91
€ 30.91
hardcover. Editor(s): Granqvist, Raoul J. Series: Seminar Proceedings. Num Pages: 206 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Nordiska Afrikainstitutet
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789171063304
- ISBN
- 9789171063304
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.30
€ 26.99
€ 23.30