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Paperback. This analysis of post-war middle-class family life draws on interviews with American couples from the 1950s to the 1980s, and examines the relationship between their actual experiences and the images of them portrayed in the popular culture. Num Pages: 304 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; JFCA; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226886718
- ISBN
- 9780226886718
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 26.09
€ 32.99
€ 26.09
Hardback. From antebellum slavery to the twenty-first century, African American funeral directors have orchestrated funerals or 'homegoing' ceremonies with dignity and pageantry. This title offers a history of how African American funeral directors have been integral to the fight for freedom. Num Pages: 288 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; JFSL3; JHBZ; RNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674036215
- ISBN
- 9780674036215
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 40.39
€ 47.99
€ 40.39
Paperback. Explores the historical transformation of tobacco from Amerindian shamanism to global capitalism, from the food of the spirits to the fatal epidemic, from the rough pipe and cigar to the modern day cigarette. Num Pages: 292 pages, 15 b&w line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFFH1; JHBT; KN. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415116695
- ISBN
- 9780415116695
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 74.81
€ 74.81
Hardback. Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-59) has long been recognized as a major political and social thinker as well as historian, but his writings also contain a wealth of little-known insights into economic life and its connection to the rest of society. This title shows that Tocqueville had a highly original and suggestive approach to economics. Num Pages: 352 pages, 25 halftones. 1 line illus. 5 tables. BIC Classification: HPS; JFCX; JHB; KCP; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 163 x 27. Weight in Grams: 648.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691132990
- ISBN
- 9780691132990
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.40€ 51.23
€ 65.40
€ 51.23
Paperback. Although what happens in the toilet usually stays in the toilet, this brilliant, revelatory, and often funny book aims to bring it all out into the open, proving that profound and meaningful history can be made even in the can Editor(s): Molotch, Harvey L.; Noren, Laura. Series: NYU Series in Social & Cultural Analysis. Num Pages: 328 pages, 64. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSG; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 151 x 20. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814795897
- ISBN
- 9780814795897
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
hardcover. Although what happens in the toilet usually stays in the toilet, this brilliant, revelatory, and often funny book aims to bring it all out into the open, proving that profound and meaningful history can be made even in the can Editor(s): Molotch, Harvey L.; Noren, Laura. Series: NYU Series in Social & Cultural Analysis. Num Pages: 328 pages, 64. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSG; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 167 x 25. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780814795880
- ISBN
- 9780814795880
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.20
€ 97.20
Paperback. Editor(s): Dillehay, Tom D. Series: Dumbarton Oaks Pre-Columbian Symposia and Colloquia. Num Pages: 440 pages, 45 black-and-white illustrations, 45 black-and-white photographs, 11 tables. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBJK; HBTB; JHBZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 229 x 33. Weight in Grams: 738.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780884023746
- ISBN
- 9780884023746
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 38.32
€ 45.99
€ 38.32
Paperback. Provides a rich new conceptual language to describe the movements of sex in nineteenth-century America before it solidified into the sexuality we know Series: America and the Long 19th Century. Num Pages: 265 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; JHBK5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Number of pages
- 265
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814717417
- ISBN
- 9780814717417
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Paperback. From Persephone to Sylvia Plath the mother--daughter relationship has been central to every womana s life. Using her wide experience as a psychotherapist, Nini Herman traces the struggle of mothers and daughters to free themselves from each other -- to recognise each other as separate. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBK; VFV; VSP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861561091
- ISBN
- 9781861561091
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 74.45
€ 74.45
Paperback. Num Pages: 274 pages. BIC Classification: JFFN; JHBD; RN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 218 x 19. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Haymarket Books United States
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781608461400
- ISBN
- 9781608461400
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.80
€ 23.99
€ 20.80
Paperback. Archie Green - shipwright, folklorist, teacher and lobbyist - is a legendary figure in the field of American folklore and vernacular culture studies. This book contains 12 of Green's essays which represent the range of his writings over 40 years. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations, appendices, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DN; JFC; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press Chapel Hill
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KEX0228242
- ISBN
- 9780807849200
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: JFFZ; JHB; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816687770
- ISBN
- 9780816687770
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 23.21
€ 24.99
€ 23.21
Hardcover. Many of the West's best writers fought in duels or wrote about them, seduced by glamour or risk or recklessness. A gift as a plot device, the duel also offered a way to discover how we face fears of humiliation, pain, and death. John Leigh's literary history of the duel illuminates these and other tensions attending the birth of the modern world. Num Pages: 342 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBD; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 163 x 32. Weight in Grams: 648.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674504387
- ISBN
- 9780674504387
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 40.39
€ 47.99
€ 40.39
Paperback. Tough Choices or Tough Times, the report of the New Commission on the Skills of the American Workforce, shows how the dynamics of the global economy will lead to a steady decline in the American standard of living if this country does not undertake the first thorough overhaul of its education system in a century. Num Pages: 264 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBL; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 186 x 20. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- Revised and Expanded Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470267561
- ISBN
- 9780470267561
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 20.40
€ 24.99
€ 20.40
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- CABI Publishing United Kingdom
- Edition
- First
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845932718
- ISBN
- 9781845932718
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.70
€ 124.70
Hardcover. Establishes a line of enquiry into the relationship between tourism and modernity. This book contextualizes it in terms of relationship between Logos-modernity and Eros-modernity. It focuses on the conditions of modernity that lure tourists towards pleasure travel. It also looks at the relationship between modernity and motivations of tourists. Editor(s): Jafari, Jafar. Series: Tourism Social Science Series. Num Pages: 280 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPC; JHBA; KNSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780080434469
- ISBN
- 9780080434469
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.81
€ 135.81
Paperback. Using case studies of cultural regeneration planning and management from Europe, North and South America, this book explores the role of culture and tourism in urban transformation. It covers themes such as cultural planning for regeneration, cultural regeneration policies and politics, and integrated and sustainable regeneration strategies. Editor(s): Smith, Melanie Kay (University of Greenwich). Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: JHBS; KNSG; RGC; RPC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 172 x 14. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- CABI Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845931308
- ISBN
- 9781845931308
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.14
€ 55.14
Paperback. The first serious study of tournaments throughout Europe reveals their importance - in the training of the medieval knight, the development of arms and armour, as an instrument of political patronage, and as a grand public spectacle. Num Pages: 240 pages, 144, 42 colour, 102 black and white. BIC Classification: 1D; ASZ; HBJD; HBLC; JFC; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly. Dimension: 292 x 210 x 16. Weight in Grams: 892.
- Publisher
- Boydell Press
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780851157818
- ISBN
- 9780851157818
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 29.03
€ 33.99
€ 29.03
Paperback. Editor(s): Gray, Herman; Gomez-Barris, Macarena. Num Pages: 328 pages, 8 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: JHB; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 143 x 22. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816655984
- ISBN
- 9780816655984
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.67
€ 30.99
€ 27.67
Paperback. Towards a democratic division of labour? starts from the challenge of balancing values of 'equality' and 'freedom' in all sections of modern societies, introducing the Combination Model as a scientific tool for studying the division of professional and family work and for elaborating adequate policy perspectives. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 172. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847422699
- ISBN
- 9781847422699
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Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 48.54
€ 50.99
€ 48.54
paperback. Series Editor(s): Umland, Andreas. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; GTB; JFC; JHB; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 150. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- ibidem Germany
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783838209029
- ISBN
- 9783838209029
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.43
€ 30.99
€ 22.43
Paperback. Reflecting a developing trend towards interdisciplinary research in economics and law, this agenda-setting volume makes the case for the economic sociology of law. It locates this novel subject in a wider socio-legal tradition. Editor(s): Ashiagbor, Diamond; Kotiswaran, Prabha; Perry-Kessaris, Amanda. Series: Journal of Law and Society Special Issues. Num Pages: 176 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHB; LAQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 6. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118508251
- ISBN
- 9781118508251
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.60
€ 29.60
Hardback. As time banking has received increased attention from policy makers as a means for promoting welfare reform in the wake of austerity, this book is the first to look at the concept of time within social policy to examine time banking theory and practice. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFF; JHBA; JKSN1; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 172 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447318293
- ISBN
- 9781447318293
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.87
€ 105.87
Hardback. Editor(s): Shively, Donald H. Series: Studies in the modernization of Japan. Num Pages: 712 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; HBTB; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 38. Weight in Grams: 828.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2021
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 712
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691644332
- ISBN
- 9780691644332
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 312.72€ 233.54
€ 312.72
€ 233.54