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Hardback. Between 1700 and 1900, the subject of disinterment (exhumation) attracted the attention of antiquaries, who constructed a comprehensive memory of the past by 'reading' corpses as documents describing an idealised past. Num Pages: 256 pages, 25 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBLL; HBTB; JHBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 23 x 15 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783271948
- ISBN
- 9781783271948
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.57
€ 97.57
Paperback. A Business Week Best Book of the Year.. "A devastating and wholly necessary book."-Studs Terkel, author of Working Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: JHBL; KCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 209 x 141 x 12. Weight in Grams: 152.
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 117
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393319873
- ISBN
- 9780393319873
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.31
€ 17.99
€ 16.31
Paperback. How football shapes Brazil and how Brazilians have changed global football are the twin themes in this vividly written history. The Country of Football Gives an insight into the political significance of football in the 2014 FIFA World Cup's host nation and provides a wider perspective on the sport's role in society. Editor(s): Fontes, Paulo; Hollando, Bernardo Borges Buarque de. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JHBS; WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 23. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849044172
- ISBN
- 9781849044172
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 22.04
€ 23.99
€ 22.04
Paperback. Editor(s): Rabbat, Nasser O. Num Pages: 290 pages. BIC Classification: AMVD; AMX; HBG; JFSL4; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 244 x 172. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138246850
- ISBN
- 9781138246850
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.94
€ 70.94
Paperback. A radically interdisciplinary inquiry into the origins of human consciousness, community, and potential. Editor(s): Kendall, Stuart. Translator(s): Kendall, Michelle; Kendall, Stuart. Num Pages: 210 pages, 15 illus. BIC Classification: ACC; JHMC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Publisher
- Zone Books
- Number of pages
- 210
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781890951566
- ISBN
- 9781890951566
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 22.20
€ 29.99
€ 22.20
Paperback. Most of us have to work. But is work just a means to an end? In trying to make a living, have we lost touch with the idea of making things well? This book offers an exploration of craftsmanship - the desire to do a job well for its own sake - as a template for living. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: HPX; JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141022093
- ISBN
- 9780141022093
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.89
€ 14.99
€ 11.89
Paperback. Num Pages: 648 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBLA1; HD; JFSC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 145 x 230 x 40. Weight in Grams: 902.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674416772
- ISBN
- 9780674416772
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 26.64
€ 31.99
€ 26.64
Hardback. The Creative Capital of Cities challenges the new urban growth concepts of creative industries from a critical urban theory perspective. The author presents both technological creativity in knowledge-intensive industries and artistical creativity in the cultural economy sector in the analysis of the 'creative capital of cities'. Series: Studies in Urban and Social Change. Num Pages: 260 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: JFC; JHB; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444336214
- ISBN
- 9781444336214
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.61
€ 79.61
Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHB; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 230 x 28. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479894697
- ISBN
- 9781479894697
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 34.91
€ 38.99
€ 34.91
Paperback. Editor(s): Fumagalli, Maria Cristina; Ledent, Benedicte; Del Valle Alcala, Roberto. Series: New World Studies. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJ; DSK; JHBK5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 151 x 21. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813935232
- ISBN
- 9780813935232
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.78
€ 50.78
Hardcover. Editor(s): Fumagalli, Maria Cristina; Ledent, Benedicte; Del Valle Alcala, Roberto. Series: New World Studies. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJ; DSK; JHBK5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813935225
- ISBN
- 9780813935225
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.01
€ 95.01
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 133 x 8. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486419565
- ISBN
- 9780486419565
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.52
€ 13.99
€ 13.52
Hardback. Why do free people submit to any rule? How is consent of the governed formed? Block argues that the source is found in the nursery and schoolroom, where the necessary synthesis of self-direction and integrative social conduct--so contradictory in logic yet so functional in practice--are established without provoking reservation or resistance. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 167 x 36. Weight in Grams: 844.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674051942
- ISBN
- 9780674051942
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.49€ 52.20
€ 56.49
€ 52.20
Hardcover. In contemporary manifestations of public health rituals and events, people are being increasingly united around what they hold in common - their material being and humanity. As a cult of humanity, public health provides a moral force in society that replaces "traditional" religions in times of great diversity or heterogeneity of peoples.. Num Pages: 188 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHB; MBN; MBS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 159 x 236 x 10. Weight in Grams: 394. A Sociological Investigation. 188 pages, black & white illustrations. In contemporary manifestations of public health rituals and events, people are being increasingly united around what they hold in common - their material being and humanity. As a cult of humanity, public health provides a moral force in society that replaces "traditional" religions in times of great diversity or heterogeneity of peoples. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: JHB; MBN; MBS. Dimension: 159 x 236 x 10. Weight: 394.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 188
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857453396
- ISBN
- 9780857453396
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 163.63
€ 163.63
Paperback. "With a new afterword by the author, this classic analysis of Western liberal capitalist society contends that capitalism--and the culture it creates--harbors the seeds of its own downfall by creating a" Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHB; JPA; KC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Edition
- 20th Anniversary Ed
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465014996
- ISBN
- 9780465014996
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.42
€ 23.99
€ 16.42
Paperback. This is an examination of one of the most puzzling and important issues in western economic analysis -- corporate inertia in the face of known threats to survival. The book is part synthetic, part based on intensive case studies, and part theoretical. Num Pages: 272 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; JHM; KJC; KJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557866387
- ISBN
- 9781557866387
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 26.63
€ 33.99
€ 26.63
Paperback. Num Pages: 354 pages, 50 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: JHMC; KJK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 174. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 8th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138202290
- ISBN
- 9781138202290
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 112.43
€ 112.43
Hardback. The Cultural Nature of Human Development presents an account of human development that looks at the differences and similarities among cultures. Rogoff focuses on how culture matters in human development. The volume examines multiple aspects of development. Num Pages: 448 pages, numerous black and white photographs. BIC Classification: JFC; JHBA; JMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 158 x 27. Weight in Grams: 744.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195131338
- ISBN
- 9780195131338
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.65
€ 60.65
Hardcover. Charting the experiences of migrant communities, the volume examines the relationship between movement, reproduction, & health. Informed by research in Europe, Britain, South & East Asia, Canada & Northern America, the chapters examine how healthcare experiences of migrants are embedded in their own worldviews & influenced by wider state systems. Editor(s): Unnithan-Kumar, Maya; Khanna, Sunil K. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFN; JHB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 161 x 15. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782385448
- ISBN
- 9781782385448
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 163.78
€ 163.78
paperback. This work shows how common sociological themes such as socialization, social interaction, the social construction of time, and deviance are experienced in work settings as diverse as the factory, the night club, the restaurant, and to offices of high tech professionals. Num Pages: 504 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFN; JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 504
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780742519183
- ISBN
- 9780742519183
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 80.06
€ 80.06
Paperback. Since the 1960s social scientists have been reluctant to discuss the cultural dimensions of racial inequality - not wanting to "blame the victim" for having "wrong values". This text employs cultural analysis toward an understanding of how cultural structures articulate the black/white problem. Num Pages: 432 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFFJ; JFSL; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226468365
- ISBN
- 9780226468365
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 36.97
€ 47.99
€ 36.97
Paperback. This book advances a cultural perspective on economic development to show that economic success can result from the symbolic resources that nations, regions and communities have at their disposal. Editor(s): Bandelj, Nina; Wherry, Frederick F. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804776455
- ISBN
- 9780804776455
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.58
€ 32.99
€ 29.58
paperback. Focusing in particular on western acquiescence to a system that underpays and under-represents the vast majority of the population, this title moves beyond typical studies of this phenomenon by stressing more than its political and economic dimensions. Num Pages: 192 pages, 2 figures. BIC Classification: JHBA; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3887 x 14. Weight in Grams: 313.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822327165
- ISBN
- 9780822327165
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.43
€ 32.99
€ 29.43
Paperback. What role does the craftsman play on the professional life of the designer? Is the craft of design threatened with deskilling by technology? These are among the questions discussed in this collection of essays about the relevance and place of handcraft in the late 20th century. Series: Studies in Design. Num Pages: 240 pages, 100 illustrations. BIC Classification: AFT; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 209 x 149 x 18. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719046186
- ISBN
- 9780719046186
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.68
€ 20.68