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Paperback. Takes on an idea central to American national mythology that the US is 'a nation of immigrants', open-armed and welcoming to foreigners. This work argues that Americans' treatment of immigrants and foreigners has long fluctuated between hospitality and hostility and that this ambivalence is fundamental to the construction of US national identity. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822336198
- ISBN
- 9780822336198
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.21
€ 27.99
€ 26.21
Paperback. In his philosophical reflections on the art of lingering, acclaimed cultural theorist Byung-Chul Han argues that the value we attach today to the vita activa is producing a crisis in our sense of time. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: HP; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 190 x 130. .
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509516056
- ISBN
- 9781509516056
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.52
€ 19.52
Hardback. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JMG; JHBD; JPHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 219 x 25. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Publisher
- The New Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781620971154
- ISBN
- 9781620971154
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.29
€ 27.99
€ 24.29
Hardback. Series: New Directions in Critical Theory. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; JHBA; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 236 x 22. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231176682
- ISBN
- 9780231176682
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.14€ 51.18
€ 65.14
€ 51.18
Hardback. This collection investigates the shifting definitions of fatherhood in twenty-first century culture through a variety of popular cultural lenses across national contexts. Editor(s): Podnieks, Elizabeth. Num Pages: 265 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFSJ2; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137581563
- ISBN
- 9781137581563
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 146.50
€ 146.50
Paperback. An examination of the social and territorial divisions within Europe. Topics covered include: gendered and regional changes in employment; social integration and citizenship issues arising from migration and racial differences; and welfare state responses to the growing number of older people. Editor(s): Hudson, Ray; Williams, Allan M. Num Pages: 328 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; JH; JPQB; JPSN2. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 462. Ex-libris with usual markings and label to spine. Remains good however
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Inc
- Number of pages
- 328
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- KIN0003316
- ISBN
- 9780761957539
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. * New edition of an accessible introduction to the sociology of the body, including cultural, social and theoretical approaches to the body. * Introduces students to the key theoretical perspectives and conceptual frameworks which help us to understand the social significance of the human body. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745654416
- ISBN
- 9780745654416
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.24
€ 26.24
Hardback. Focusing on Irish speakers in Catholic West Belfast, this ethnography on Irish language and identity explores the complexities of changing, and contradictory, senses of Irishness and shifting practices of "Irish culture" in the domains of language, music, dance, and sports. Series: Integration and Conflict Studies. Num Pages: 348 pages, 7 figs & tables, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; GTJ; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780857459138
- ISBN
- 9780857459138
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 20.00
€ 20.00
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781452282787
- ISBN
- 9781452282787
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 98.23
€ 98.23
Paperback. Series: Intersections. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ5; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 229 x 15. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479886227
- ISBN
- 9781479886227
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.71
€ 31.99
€ 28.71
Paperback. Photography and Death reveals the beauty, meaning and significance of images once dismissed as disturbing, perverted or grotesque and charts changes in their stylistic treatment through the decades. Series: Exposures. Num Pages: 160 pages, 40 colour illustrations, 50 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AJC; JHBZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 192 x 218 x 19. Weight in Grams: 776.
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861897916
- ISBN
- 9781861897916
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.52
€ 31.52
Hardback. Num Pages: 736 pages, 18 color illus. 101 halftones. BIC Classification: JHBZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 245 x 169 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1190.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691157788
- ISBN
- 9780691157788
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.48
€ 46.99
€ 33.48
Hardback. Searching for a job has been an everyday affair in both modern and past societies, and employment a concern for both individuals and institutions. The case studies in this volume investigate job search and placement practices in European countries, Australia, and India in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Editor(s): Wadauer, Sigrid; Buchner, Thomas; Mejstrik, Alexander. Series: International Studies in Social History. Num Pages: 456 pages, 30 illustrations, 10 tables. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; JHBL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 239 x 160 x 36. Weight in Grams: 758.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782385509
- ISBN
- 9781782385509
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 167.86
€ 167.86
Paperback. While becoming less relevant in the United States, shopping malls are booming throughout urban Latin America. But what does this mean on the ground? Are shopping malls a sign of the region's "coming of age"? This title explores how malls and consumption are shaping the conversation about class and social inequality in Latin America. Num Pages: 248 pages, 25 black and white. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBJK; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520286856
- ISBN
- 9780520286856
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.74
€ 33.99
€ 24.74
Paperback. Why have the minutiae of how parents raise their children become routine sources of public debate and policy making? This book provides in-depth answers to these features drawing on a wide range of sources from sociology, history, anthropology and psychology, covering developments in both Europe and North America. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 black & white tables, 1 black & white line drawings, 1 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: JHBK; JKSB1; JMF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 14. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137304636
- ISBN
- 9781137304636
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 177.51
€ 177.51
Paperback. Immigration is the primary cause of population change in developed countries and a major component of population change in many developing countries. This clear and perceptive text discusses how immigration impacts population size, composition, and distribution. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: JFFN; JHBD; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 151 x 17. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Publisher
- Polity
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745664163
- ISBN
- 9780745664163
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.23
€ 23.23
Paperback. Takes us on a journey into an iconic Western landscape - northern New Mexico's Espanola Valley, home to the highest rate of heroin addiction and fatal overdoses in the United States. This title chronicles the lives of several Hispano addicts, introducing us to the intimate, physical, and institutional dependencies in which they are entangled. Num Pages: 264 pages, 10 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520262089
- ISBN
- 9780520262089
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.74
€ 33.99
€ 24.74
Paperback. Shows that America's history of racial oppression has had a deep and fundamental effect on the religious beliefs and practices of blacks and whites across America Series: Religion and Social Transformation. Num Pages: 290 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRCM; JFFJ; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 290
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814722763
- ISBN
- 9780814722763
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.61
€ 33.99
€ 30.61
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Springer
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 2011th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400706460
- ISBN
- 9789400706460
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.71€ 46.48
€ 130.71
€ 46.48
Paperback. In this Very Short Introduction, Barry Stephenson approaches ritual from theoretical and historical perspectives, detailing the efforts to understand the nature and function of ritual, and developing a narrative of ritual's place in social and cultural life. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 144 pages, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAC; HRLF; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 113 x 176 x 5. Weight in Grams: 114.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199943524
- ISBN
- 9780199943524
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.25
€ 11.99
€ 10.25