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Hardcover. A provocative and contrarian work-filled with great lessons from history-that challenges the pervasive notion that America is on the decline. Num Pages: 352 pages, 32 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 170 x 29. Weight in Grams: 584.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780871404497
ISBN
9780871404497
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.57

Paperback. "A bracing and intelligent reminder that, for all its woes, America remains extraordinarily dynamic, innovative, and resilient."-Fareed Zakaria Num Pages: 352 pages, 32 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 142 x 21. Weight in Grams: 284.
Publisher
Liveright
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780871408464
ISBN
9780871408464
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.42

Paperback. A critique of consumer culture that analyses the role it plays in our lives, assessing the work of leading cultural critics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 13. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745317601
ISBN
9780745317601
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.75

Paperback. A text seeking to refute one of the cornerstone beliefs of economics and political science: that economic markets are more efficient than the processes and institutions of democratic government. Series: American Politics & Political Economy S. Num Pages: 230 pages, 13 figures, 1 table. BIC Classification: JPHV; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 224 x 15. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
230
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226904238
ISBN
9780226904238
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 33.29

Paperback. Is the Internet democratizing American politics? Do political Web sites and blogs mobilize inactive citizens and make the public sphere more inclusive? This book reveals that, contrary to popular belief, the Internet has done little to broaden political discourse but in fact empowers a small set of elites - some new, but most familiar. Num Pages: 200 pages, 9 line illus. 20 tables. BIC Classification: JP; PDR; UBJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 328.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691138688
ISBN
9780691138688
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.15

Paperback. This book calls basic assumptions, prominent theories, commonly used test methods and even the phrase executive functioning into question. It places new emphasis on stimulus processing and on the relationship between movement and thought. Series: SpringerBriefs in Neuroscience / The Vertically Organized Brain in Theory and Practice. Num Pages: 127 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JMC; JMM; MQV; PSAN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 233 x 13. Weight in Grams: 226.
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
2014th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319044767
ISBN
9783319044767
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 103.47

Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: JPFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 525.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The Catholic University of America Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813227931
ISBN
9780813227931
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.01

Hardback. A sophisticated analysis of the complicated state of Irish masculinity Num Pages: 304 pages, 25 b&w Photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBTB; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 570.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252035715
ISBN
9780252035715
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 57.14

Paperback. Cameron debunks the myths about language and the sexes propagated in recent popular writing by drawing on more than 30 years of scientific research in language and gender studies. She explains what the findings really say about men and women and the way they communicate. Essential reading, whatever planet you come from. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: CFB; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 195 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 224.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199550999
ISBN
9780199550999
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.24

Hardback. This important book considers anew the globalization phenomenon in the media sphere. Rather than heralding globalization or warning of its dangers, as in many other books, Kai Hafez analyzes the degree to which media globalization is really taking place. Num Pages: 236 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFD; JFFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 518.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745639086
ISBN
9780745639086
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.21

Hardback. * Offers a fascinating introduction to the public debate over media violence. * Looks at the chronology of contemporary media violence, and explores reservations over communications medias throughout history. * Examines the forces behind the encouraged anxieties about media violence. Num Pages: 152 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFD; JFFE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 168 x 14. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
152
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405133838
ISBN
9781405133838
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 109.82

Paperback. * Offers a fascinating introduction to the public debate over media violence. * Looks at the chronology of contemporary media violence, and explores reservations over communications medias throughout history. * Examines the forces behind the encouraged anxieties about media violence. Num Pages: 152 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFD; JFFE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 232.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
152
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405133852
ISBN
9781405133852
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.98

Paperback. By diagnosing behaviour problems as 'mental illness', this book argues that psychiatry absolves the individual of responsibility for his actions, placing blame instead on the illness. It also argues that Freudian psychology is a dangerous pseudo-science, and critiques the overreach of psychology into the various aspects of modern life. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JMA; MMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 24. Weight in Grams: 296.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
50th Anniversary, Updated ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780061771224
ISBN
9780061771224
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.96

paperback. BIC Classification: HBT; HP; JMAF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781138829114
ISBN
9781138829114
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.47

Paperback. Offers an analysis, which contrasts the myths with the actual history of Europe's transformation between the fourth and ninth centuries - the period of grand migrations that nationalists hold dear. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLC; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 312.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
216
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Second Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691114811
ISBN
9780691114811
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.47

paperback. In a capitalist economy, taxes are the most important instrument by which the political system puts into practice a conception of economic and distributive justice. Taxes arouse strong passions, fueled not only by conflicts of economic self-interest, but by conflicting ideas of fairness. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JP; KFFD1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 207 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 312.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195176568
ISBN
9780195176568
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.49

Paperback. In this fascinating examination of popular culture, esteemed cultural critic Perry Meisel shatters conventionally held notions about the division between 'high' and 'low' culture with the provocative theory that popular culture has a sustained dialectical rhythm. Series: Wiley-Blackwell Manifestos. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 230 x 12. Weight in Grams: 330.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405199346
ISBN
9781405199346
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.07

Hardback. The Myth of Post-Racial America provides a history of race and racism in the United States. Num Pages: 242 pages, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 553.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
242
Condition
New
SKU
V9781610480055
ISBN
9781610480055
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.08

Paperback. Although eugenics is now widely discredited, some groups and individuals claim a new scientific basis for old racist assumptions. Pondering the continuing influence of racist research and thought, despite all evidence to the contrary, Robert Sussman explains why-when it comes to race-too many people still mistake bigotry for science. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFSL; JHM; PDX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 156. .
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674660038
ISBN
9780674660038
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.51

Hardcover. Is the US today a "post-racial" society? Some might point to the election and re-election of a Black president as conclusive evidence of the progress made in race relations, but others are not so sanguine. In this volume, scholars in psychology, education, sociology, and related fields dissect the concept of colour-blind racial ideology. Editor(s): Neville, Helen A. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFSL; JMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
American Psychological Association (APA)
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781433820731
ISBN
9781433820731
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.25
€ 81.85

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