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Hardback. * This is a brief, authoritative and accessible introduction to the idea of modernity, written by a leading social theorist. * Wagner shows that modernity was based on ideas of freedom, reason and progress, but he examines the extent to which these ideas have been, and can be, realized in the modern world. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 144 x 20. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745652900
- ISBN
- 9780745652900
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.86
€ 58.86
Paperback. * This is a brief, authoritative and accessible introduction to the idea of modernity, written by a leading social theorist. * Wagner shows that modernity was based on ideas of freedom, reason and progress, but he examines the extent to which these ideas have been, and can be, realized in the modern world. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745652917
- ISBN
- 9780745652917
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Condition: New
€ 24.19
€ 24.19
Paperback. aeo A clear and wide--ranging analysis of modernity and the a moderna from the perspective of geography. aeo Argues that there are three a prime modernitiesa which have been defined by the development of the modern world: from mercantile modernity to industrial modernity and then to todaya s consumer modernity. Num Pages: 168 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HBTP; JH; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 13. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745621302
- ISBN
- 9780745621302
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.95
€ 22.95
Paperback. An examination of the relationship between modernism and postmodernism within the frame of 20th-century American culture. The essays suggest that the relationship between the modern and the postmodern is not one of rupture, belatedness, dilution or extremity, but of haunting. Editor(s): Scandura, Jani. Series: Cultural Front. Num Pages: 321 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 321
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814781371
- ISBN
- 9780814781371
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.43
€ 33.99
€ 33.43
Paperback. Modernism as a Philosophical Problem, 2e presents a new interpretation of the negative and critical self--understanding characteristic of much European high culture since romanticism and especially since Nietzsche, and answers the question of why the issue of modernity became a philosophical problem in European tradition. Num Pages: 256 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631214144
- ISBN
- 9780631214144
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 48.90
€ 48.99
€ 48.90
Hardback. Modernism as a Philosophical Problem, 2e presents a new interpretation of the negative and critical self--understanding characteristic of much European high culture since romanticism and especially since Nietzsche, and answers the question of why the issue of modernity became a philosophical problem in European tradition. Num Pages: 256 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 163 x 20. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631214137
- ISBN
- 9780631214137
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.46
€ 119.46
Hardback. Charting the construction of sexual perversions in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century medical, psychiatric and psychological discourse, Schaffner argues that sexologists' preoccupation with these perversions was a response to specifically modern concerns, and illuminates the role of literary texts in the formation of sexological knowledge. Series: Modernism and.. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSBH; JHBK5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 133 x 208 x 24. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 344
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230231627
- ISBN
- 9780230231627
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Condition: New
€ 94.07€ 34.49
€ 94.07
€ 34.49
paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: JH. Dimension: 214 x 138. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Publisher
- OUP India IN
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195613841
- ISBN
- 9780195613841
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.60
€ 24.60
Paperback. Provides an introduction to the topics, theories and debates in modern social theory. Fourteen chapters have been written by specialists in the field, providing guidance of the modern sociological imagination, from the legacies of the classical figures of Marx, Durkheim, Weber, Simmel and Parsons to the work of contemporary theorists. Editor(s): Harrington, Austin. Num Pages: 400 pages, numerous text boxes. BIC Classification: JHBA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 247 x 186 x 23. Weight in Grams: 770.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- Second Impression
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199255702
- ISBN
- 9780199255702
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 74.59
€ 74.59
Hardback. Drawn from the City Journal, these cogent essays add up to the deepest, most informative appraisal we have of how and why the sexual revolution has failed and how we might begin to reconstruct the relations between the sexes in ways that reconcile freedom with humanity. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBK5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566633833
- ISBN
- 9781566633833
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.35
€ 37.35
Hardcover. In modern states, John Lie argues, ideas of race, ethnicity, and nationality can be subsumed under the rubric of 'peoplehood'. He argues indeed, that the modern state has created the idea of peoplehood. Num Pages: 394 pages. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 32. Weight in Grams: 699.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 394
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674013278
- ISBN
- 9780674013278
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 89.32€ 79.45
€ 89.32
€ 79.45
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHB; MMJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199328178
- ISBN
- 9780199328178
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.83
€ 60.83
Paperback. Explains migration patterns through different kinds of social networks and relations, with a focus on the lives of Gujarati Indians in New York and London. Num Pages: 248 pages, 4 tables, 4 figures, 2 maps. BIC Classification: JFFN; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804772235
- ISBN
- 9780804772235
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.97
€ 27.99
€ 26.97
Hardback. Broadly speaking, academic tourism research comes in two main shapes - why and how to. Both traditions seem unable to ever meet and their trajectory reminds of scissors agape. This title argues that tourism research finds itself in a serious scissors crisis. It reflects on how the crisis came about and looks at its effect on the real world. Editor(s): Aramberri, Julio (Drexel University). Series Editor(s): Jafari, Jafar. Series: Tourism Social Science Series. Num Pages: 424 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBA; KNSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 757.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848552388
- ISBN
- 9781848552388
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 151.58
€ 151.58
Hardback. This text focuses on Japanese weddings as a window on contemporary values, analyzing the relation between the commercialization of these services and their symbolic content. Weddings mark the attainment of full adult status in Japan and this book looks at what marriage and adulthood means in Japan. Num Pages: 188 pages, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JHBT; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 28. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 188
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804715126
- ISBN
- 9780804715126
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.06
€ 119.06
Paperback. Japanese weddings have become commercial affairs, with most conducted at specialized establishments offering expensive, lavish services. This book focuses on these ceremonies as a window on contemporary values, analyzing the relation between commercialization and symbolic content. Num Pages: 188 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JHBT; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 13. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 188
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804718158
- ISBN
- 9780804718158
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.95
€ 27.99
€ 26.95
Hardback. Num Pages: 544 pages, 75 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFS; JHMP; JMR; PSAJ; PSAK; PSX; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231160766
- ISBN
- 9780231160766
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.49€ 78.05
€ 103.49
€ 78.05
Paperback. Introduces the cosmopolitan intellectual life of Athens, a centerless city of multiplicities and fragmentations, a city on the 'margins of Europe' recovering from the repressive rule of a military junta. Series: Princeton Studies in Culture, Power, History. Num Pages: 340 pages, 28 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVG; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 340
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691000503
- ISBN
- 9780691000503
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.68€ 50.14
€ 64.68
€ 50.14
Hardback. This collection brings together diverse analyses of women in Japan--including department store elevator girls, tour bus guides, airline stewardesses, soldiers, soccer players, beauty queens, and educators--who have been intimately involved in the practices and professions of modernity. Editor(s): Freedman, Alisa; Miller, Laura; Yano, Christine Reiko. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFC; JFSJ; JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804781138
- ISBN
- 9780804781138
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 125.55
€ 125.55
Paperback. This collection brings together diverse analyses of women in Japan--including department store elevator girls, tour bus guides, airline stewardesses, soldiers, soccer players, beauty queens, and educators--who have been intimately involved in the practices and professions of modernity. Editor(s): Freedman, Alisa; Miller, Laura; Yano, Christine Reiko. Num Pages: 296 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFC; JFSJ; JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804781145
- ISBN
- 9780804781145
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 29.14
€ 29.99
€ 29.14