×


 x 

Shopping cart

Society & social sciences

Results 2521 - 2540 of 54524

Society & social sciences

Hardback. Beginning with responses to fascism in the 1930s and ending with protests against the Iraq wars, this book shows how American artists have borne witness, registered dissent, and asserted the enduring ability of imagination to uncover truths about individuals and nations. Num Pages: 272 pages, 12 color, 63 b/w. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACX; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 186 x 261 x 22. Weight in Grams: 828.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520286702
ISBN
9780520286702
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.70

Paperback. Traces both the history of civil rights and black power politics as well as the history of suburbanization and home-owner politics. This work shows that racial inequities in both New Deal and Great Society liberalism precipitated local struggles over land, jobs, taxes, and race within postwar metropolitan development. Series: Politics and Society in Modern America. Num Pages: 408 pages, 30 halftones. 8 tables. 11 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JFSL; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691124865
ISBN
9780691124865
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 31.01

Hardback. Series: Cornell Studies in Security Affairs. Num Pages: 208 pages, 3, 1 black & white halftones, 1 tables, 1 charts. BIC Classification: JPS; JWMC; TTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801452710
ISBN
9780801452710
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.61

Paperback. Most people believe that large corporations wield enormous political power when they lobby for policies as a cohesive bloc. With this work, the author sets conventional wisdom on its head. He states that business loses in legislative battles unless it has public backing. Series: Studies in Communication, Media & Public Opinion. Num Pages: 264 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA; JPWD; KJ; KN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226764641
ISBN
9780226764641
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.74

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 14. Weight in Grams: 254.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816697526
ISBN
9780816697526
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.51

Hardback. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 149 x 224 x 23. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816697519
ISBN
9780816697519
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.29

Paperback. Provides us the lives of the twelve men, from Franklin D Roosevelt to George W Bush, who presided over America's imperial fortunes - the good, the bad and the truly awful. Num Pages: 608 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BGH; HBJK; HBLW; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 41. Weight in Grams: 448.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
9780099520412
ISBN
9780099520412
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 13.73

Paperback. "Synthesizing an enormous amount of secondary source material, this book is a stunning achievement.. This book would make an ideal classroom text and should be read by anyone interested in the history of childhood."-Choice Num Pages: 232 pages, 26 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HB; JH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780812218077
ISBN
9780812218077
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Paperback. Num Pages: 362 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GBCR; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 278 x 220 x 21. Weight in Grams: 864.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
362
Condition
New
SKU
V9781560729617
ISBN
9781560729617
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 93.45
€ 71.90

Paperback. politics, and national security policy. Editor(s): Nielsen, Suzanne C.; Snider, Don M. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA; JWA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 594.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801892882
ISBN
9780801892882
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 39.28

Hardback. This is the rollicking, never-before-published memoir of a fascinating African American woman with an uncanny knack for being in the right place in the most interesting times. Actress, dancer, model, literary critic, psychologist, and free-spirited provocateur, Anita Reynolds was, as her Parisian friends nicknamed her, an American Cocktail. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BM; HBLW; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 138 x 28. Weight in Grams: 504.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674073050
ISBN
9780674073050
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 40.13

Paperback. This book guides the reader through recent and established theories as well as introducing a number of previously neglected themes, films and texts. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; JFC; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 388.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748619238
ISBN
9780748619238
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.54

Hardback. "About half of the essays date back to panels of the American Society for Political and Legal Philosophy that were held in January of 2007 (at the annual meeting of the American Association of Law Schools; the remainder were delivered at a conference held at the University of Texas Law in September 2012"--Preface. Editor(s): Levinson, Sanford V.; Williams, Melissa S.; Parker, Joel. Series: NOMOS - American Society for Political & Legal Philosophy. Num Pages: 448 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5334 x 3556 x 33. Weight in Grams: 612.
Publisher
New York University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781479812370
ISBN
9781479812370
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.74

Paperback. American Constitutional History presents a concise introduction to the constitutional developments that have taken place over the past 225 years, treating trends from history, law, and political science. * Presents readers with a brief and accessible introduction to more than two centuries of U.S. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPHC; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 392.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781119141754
ISBN
9781119141754
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.03

Paperback. This is the study of a major change in American middle-class emotional culture. It took place between the end of World War I and the 1950s. Becoming a "cool" character meant adopting an air of nonchalance, an emotional mantle, to shield the whole personality from embarrassing excess. Num Pages: 378 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JHM; JMH; JMS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
378
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814779965
ISBN
9780814779965
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.83

Paperback. In her incisive history, Kathleen D. McCarthy explores the impact of philanthropy - both giving and volunteerism - on America from 1700 to 1865. What results is a vital reevaluation of public life during the pivotal decades leading up to the Civil War. Num Pages: 330 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; JKSN1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Paperback Ed
Number of pages
330
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226562018
ISBN
9780226562018
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 37.34

Paperback. In summer 2014, US agencies responsible for the border with Mexico were overwhelmed by tens of thousands of unaccompanied children arriving from Central America. Unprepared to address this unexpected kind of migrant, the US government deployed troops to carry out a new border mission. This book offers an insight on this event. Editor(s): Jaskoski, Maiah; Sotomayor, Arturo C.; Trinkunas, Harold A. Num Pages: 248 pages, 3, 1 black & white line drawings, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1K; JPB; JPSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421418308
ISBN
9781421418308
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 39.16

Paperback. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 771.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691173276
ISBN
9780691173276
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.61

Paperback. This study of American behavioural and thought patterns analyzes Americans' perceptual processes and how they contrast with the ways of thinking of other cultures. It should help the reader examine the cultural dimensions of communication and their implications for cross-cultural interaction. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; CFB; GTC; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 169 x 229 x 15. Weight in Grams: 334.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Nicholas Brealey Publishing United Kingdom
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9781877864018
ISBN
9781877864018
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.06

Paperback. Examines the feminist, African-American and avant-garde counter-cultures that flourished in the USA between the two World Wars. It discusses such topics as public art in the Depression, the proletarian subculture and the social poetics of Kenneth Fearing, Muriel Rukeyser and Langston Hughes. Num Pages: 316 pages, 128 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSB; JFC; JFFK; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 149 x 21. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
316
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231082792
ISBN
9780231082792
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 31.10

Subscribe to our newsletter

News on special offers, signed editions & more!