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Paperback. aeo A clearly written critical assessment of recent approaches to the technical, social and cultural dimensions of technology. aeo This book sheds new light on the implications of new theories for existing ideas about the nature of technology, especially the relation between technology and work. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JHBL; JHM; TB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745609256
- ISBN
- 9780745609256
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.30
€ 25.30
Paperback. Num Pages: 117 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM; KNDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 7. Weight in Grams: 181.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- RAND United States
- Number of pages
- 117
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780833026576
- ISBN
- 9780833026576
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.92
€ 19.92
Paperback. An extensive critique of the structures of whiteness and how they produce racism in the United States Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- First Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781439900529
- ISBN
- 9781439900529
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.45
€ 32.99
€ 31.45
Paperback. Offers an account of the Las Vegas gambling scene that surrounded the first weekend of the NCAA men's basketball tournament. This book raises the question of whether this subculture of March Madness is a blessing or a curse - and what, finally, it all means. Num Pages: 242 pages. BIC Classification: 1KB; JFC; JHBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 13. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803213838
- ISBN
- 9780803213838
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.63
€ 21.63
Paperback. In 1935 Venezuela consolidated its position as the world's major oil exporter, establishing South America's longest-lasting democratic regime. This text examines key transformations in Venezuela's polity, culture and economy, recasting theories of development for other postcolonial nations. Num Pages: 464 pages, 18 halftones, 25 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLSV; GTF; JHM; JPHV; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 27. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Ed.
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226116020
- ISBN
- 9780226116020
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.15
€ 40.99
€ 31.15
Paperback. Shows how mythologies of meritocracy, the land of opportunity, and the American dream remain firmly in place while simultaneously erasing injustices and the struggles of the working poor Num Pages: 277 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLC; BG; JFC; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 277
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479814664
- ISBN
- 9781479814664
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.30
€ 32.99
€ 31.30
Paperback. Emphasises on how globalization and the rapid spread of technologies of information have generated patterns of inclusion and exclusion, and how these can be theorized. This book is about the making and unmaking of sociocultural differences, seen from anthropological, sociological, and philosophical perspectives. Editor(s): Rottenburg, Richard; Schnepel, Barkhard; Shimada, Shingo. Num Pages: 150 pages, 3 colour illus. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 151 x 11. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2021
- Publisher
- Transcript Verlag
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783899424263
- ISBN
- 9783899424263
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 21.11
€ 27.99
€ 21.11
Paperback. Discusses such matters as the generation gap, the student uproar, the New Left, the beats and hippies, the psychedelic movement, rock music, the revival of occultism and mysticism, the protest against our involvement in Vietnam, and the seemingly odd reluctance of the young to buy the affluent technological society, with constructive criticism. Num Pages: 310 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 209 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 416. Reflections on the Technocratic Society and Its Youthful Opposition. 310 pages. Discusses such matters as the generation gap, the student uproar, the New Left, the beats and hippies, the psychedelic movement, rock music, the revival of occultism and mysticism, the protest against our involvement in Vietnam, and the seemingly odd reluctance of the young to buy the affluent technological society, with constructive criticism. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Dimension: 209 x 140 x 21. Weight: 422.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 310
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- 1st California Pbk. Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520201224
- ISBN
- 9780520201224
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.13
€ 35.99
€ 26.13
Paperback. Claims that there is a cultural logic to Palestinian suicide bombings, and that these acts can neither be understood nor effectively countered without taking this into account. This title illuminates the Palestinians' perspective on the conflict with Israel and provides a model for ethnographers seeking to make sense of political violence. Series: The Cultures and Practice of Violence. Num Pages: 288 pages, 9 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBP; JHMC; JPFN; JPWL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822344391
- ISBN
- 9780822344391
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.27
€ 29.99
€ 27.27
Paperback. Exploration of the formation of a distinctive working class identity among low-paid manual workers in Botswana Series: Anthropology, Culture and Society. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMB; JFSC; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 232 x 17. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Publisher
- Pluto Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745334950
- ISBN
- 9780745334950
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.10
€ 36.99
€ 29.10
Hardback. Exploration of the formation of a distinctive working class identity among low-paid manual workers in Botswana Series: Anthropology, Culture and Society. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white). BIC Classification: 1HFMB; JFSC; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 25. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780745334967
- ISBN
- 9780745334967
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.67€ 82.47
€ 99.67
€ 82.47
The Making of European Consumption. Facing the American Challenge.
. Ed(S): Lundin, Per; Kaiserfeld, Thomas
Paperback. American ideals and models feature prominently in the master narrative of post-war European consumer societies. This book demonstrates that Europeans did not appropriate a homogenous notion of America, rather post-war European consumption was a process of selective appropriation of American elements. Editor(s): Lundin, Per; Kaiserfeld, Thomas. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Transnational History Series. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD; HBJK; HBTB; JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349476800
- ISBN
- 9781349476800
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.81
€ 64.81
Paperback. The 500-year story of how, and why, our homes have come to be what they are, from the bestselling author of The Victorian City and The Victorian House. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; HBJD; HBJK; HBTB; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 33. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848878006
- ISBN
- 9781848878006
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.80
€ 17.99
€ 12.80
Paperback. Editor(s): Ward, Brian; Badger, Tony. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; 1K; GTB; HBJK; JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814792964
- ISBN
- 9780814792964
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.47
€ 33.99
€ 33.47
Paperback. In the twelfth century, the Catholic Church attempted a thoroughgoing reform of marriage and sexual behavior aimed at eradicating sexual desire from Christian lives. This book illuminates the birth of a cultural movement that managed to regulate selfish desire and render it innocent - or innocent enough. Series: Chicago Studies in Practices of Meaning. Num Pages: 432 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FK; 1FPJ; 3F; 3H; HBTB; JHBK5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226706276
- ISBN
- 9780226706276
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 40.29
€ 51.99
€ 40.29
Paperback. Series: Working Class in American History. Num Pages: 280 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HRAX; HRC; JFSC; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 228 x 22. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252081897
- ISBN
- 9780252081897
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.30
€ 32.99
€ 31.30
Hardback. Just who are the Malays? This provocative study, now available in paperback, poses the question and considers how and why the answers have changed over time, and from one region to another. Anthony Milner develops a sustained argument about ethnicity and identity in an historical 'Malay' context. Series: Peoples of South-East Asia and the Pacific. Num Pages: 308 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FM; HBJF; JHMC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 159 x 24. Weight in Grams: 606.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631172222
- ISBN
- 9780631172222
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.51
€ 109.51
Hardcover. Num Pages: 151 pages. BIC Classification: JHBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 158 x 16. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Nova Science Pub Inc
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781629486673
- ISBN
- 9781629486673
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 145.39€ 99.05
€ 145.39
€ 99.05
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 6 halftones. 2 line illus. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJPR; 3JM; JFFE; JHB; JPFM; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 235 x 19. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691171968
- ISBN
- 9780691171968
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 30.39
€ 42.99
€ 30.39
Hardback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 6 halftones. 2 line illus. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJPR; 3JM; JFFE; JHB; JPFM; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 571.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691171951
- ISBN
- 9780691171951
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 114.28
€ 114.28