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Paperback. * Examines technology from a social, cultural and phenomenological perspective. * Presents a new conceptual and methodological framework for studying technology. . Series: Social Archaeology. Num Pages: 320 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HBTB; HD; HPCF3; JHM; TBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 436.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781577181248
ISBN
9781577181248
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 79.14

Hardcover. * Examines technology from a social, cultural and phenomenological perspective. * Presents a new conceptual and methodological framework for studying technology. . Series: Social Archaeology. Num Pages: 320 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HBTB; HD; HPCF3; JHM; TBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 166 x 26. Weight in Grams: 608.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781577181231
ISBN
9781577181231
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 175.37

paperback. Drawing upon art, science, philosophy, and the history of culture, this title explains the origin of the machine age and traces its social results, asserting that the development of modern technology had its roots in the Middle Ages rather than the Industrial Revolution. Num Pages: 522 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; PDR; PDX; TBX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 157 x 28. Weight in Grams: 708.
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Number of pages
522
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226550275
ISBN
9780226550275
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.52

Paperback. The first memoir from a woman born and raised in South Darfur. An incredibly powerful first-hand account of the horrors of the genocide. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBS; 3JMC; BM; HBJH; HBLX; HBTZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340963579
ISBN
9780340963579
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.16

Hardback. The massive drought/famine that killed at least ten million people in north China during the late 1870s remains one of China's most severe disasters and provides a window through which to study the social side of a nation's tragedy. This book presents the history of a horrific famine that took place and focuses on cultural responses to trauma. Series: Asia: Local Studies/ Global Themes. Num Pages: 360 pages, 9 b/w photographs, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; HBTB; JFFC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 600.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520253025
ISBN
9780520253025
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.61

Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, 13. BIC Classification: 1FMT; 3JMC; HBJF; HBLX; HBTV; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 5. Weight in Grams: 399.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801474996
ISBN
9780801474996
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 34.33

Paperback. This volume addresses the multiplicity of issues concerning the presentations to students of post-colonial literature. This collection focuses upon specific strategies for teaching post-colonial literature within particular political environments. Editor(s): Collett, Anne; Jensen, Lars; Rutherford, Anna. Series: Dolphin S. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 352.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Aarhus University Press Denmark
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9788772883786
ISBN
9788772883786
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.02

Hardback. A comparative historical study of the rise of teacher power and the state in France and the United States Series: Politics, History, & Social Change. Num Pages: 230 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; HBTB; JNF; JPQB; KNXB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
230
Condition
New
SKU
V9781439909065
ISBN
9781439909065
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.26

Hardback. An edition of the recently discovered notebook used in the seventeenth-century by John Wallis to teach language to the 'deaf mute' Alexander Popham, who could not inherit unless he could speak - one of the most famous cases in the history of deaf education. David Cram and Jaap Maat place the work in its personal, social, and scientific contexts. Editor(s): Cram, Dr. David; Maat, Jaap. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 3JD; CFA; CFZ; HBTB; HPC; PDA; PDX. Dimension: 234 x 153. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199677085
ISBN
9780199677085
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 164.31

Hardcover. Tea Sets and Tyranny offers a political history of politeness in early America, from its origins in the late seventeenth century to its remaking in the age of the Revolution. Series: Early American Studies. Num Pages: 304 pages, 19 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812248609
ISBN
9780812248609
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.17

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJPR; 3JMC; HBTB; JFS; KNGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 188 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 250.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Edition
Updated
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801474392
ISBN
9780801474392
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.82

paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBTB; JFHC; JKSN1; JMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 229 x 17. Weight in Grams: 282.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Trine Day
Condition
New
SKU
V9781634240437
ISBN
9781634240437
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 21.64

Paperback. Challenging the prevailing view that taverns tended to break down class and gender differences, Salinger persuasively argues they did not signal social change so much as buttress custom and encourage exclusion. Num Pages: 328 pages, 16, 6 black & white halftones, 10 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801878992
ISBN
9780801878992
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.16

Paperback. A book on tattoo literature and culture. It traces the origins and significance of tattoo in the works of nineteenth and twentieth-century artists, travelers, missionaries, scientists, and such writers as Herman Melville, Margaret Mead, and Albert Wendt. It shows how culture has been etched on the human form and on a body of literature. Num Pages: 304 pages, 24 illus. BIC Classification: AFY; HBTB; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 26. Weight in Grams: 414.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231143691
ISBN
9780231143691
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.36

Paperback. Num Pages: full colour photographs, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBT; WBXD2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 177 x 26. .
Publisher
Storey Publishing LLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Revised, Updated
Condition
New
SKU
V9781612127774
ISBN
9781612127774
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.27

Paperback. Explores the origins and significance of the French concept of terroir, demonstrating that the way the French eat their food and drink their wine today derives from a cultural mythology that developed between the Renaissance and the Revolution. Series: California Studies in Food and Culture. Num Pages: 248 pages, 11 b/w images. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBJD; HBTB; JFCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 362.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520277519
ISBN
9780520277519
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.40

Hardback. Explores the origins and significance of the French concept of terroir, demonstrating that the way the French eat their food and drink their wine today derives from a cultural mythology that developed between the Renaissance and the Revolution. Series: California Studies in Food and Culture. Num Pages: 248 pages, 11 b/w images. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBJD; HBTB; JFCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 237 x 20. Weight in Grams: 468.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520277502
ISBN
9780520277502
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 126.37

Hardcover. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JFCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 236 x 26. Weight in Grams: 532.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781681771632
ISBN
9781681771632
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.13

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; HBTB; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 224.
Publisher
Prospect Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903018637
ISBN
9781903018637
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.10

Hardback. Series: Studies in Sensory History. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252040252
ISBN
9780252040252
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 148.79

Paperback. Series: Studies in Sensory History. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252081705
ISBN
9780252081705
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.96

Paperback. This work explores the changing meaning of furniture from the mid-17th to the early-20th century. Analyzing furniture makers, sellers, buyers and arbiters, the book reveals how the aesthetics of everyday life were as integral to political events as economic and social transformations. Series: Studies on the History of Society & Culture. Num Pages: 526 pages, 68 b&w photographs, 1 table. BIC Classification: AFT; AMR; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 159 x 31. Weight in Grams: 716.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
526
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520213654
ISBN
9780520213654
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.99

Paperback. In the violent maelstrom of early 1970s Belfast many young members of the loyalist youth gangs known as 'Tartans' joined the fledgling paramilitary groups - this is an in-depth account of that dramatic convergence. Num Pages: 256 pages, 12 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 3JJPL; HBJD1; HBLW3; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 270 x 235 x 24. Weight in Grams: 372.
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781383261
ISBN
9781781383261
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.51

Hardcover. In the violent maelstrom of early 1970s Belfast many young members of the loyalist youth gangs known as 'Tartans' joined the fledgling paramilitary groups - this is an in-depth account of that dramatic convergence. Num Pages: 256 pages, 12 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 3JJPL; HBJD1; HBLW3; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 165 x 241 x 19. Weight in Grams: 510.
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781383254
ISBN
9781781383254
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 171.02

Hardcover. Based on extensive research and unparalleled access to primary source material, Tarnished Rings offers an in-depth look at the Salt Lake City Olympic bidding scandal and at the presidency of Juan Antonio Samaranch. Series: Syracuse Uni Press: Sports and Entertainment. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; WSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 560.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815632900
ISBN
9780815632900
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.00

Hardcover. Num Pages: 70 pages, photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 257 x 10. Weight in Grams: 482.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Clear Light Publishers United States
Edition
40 Enl Anv
Number of pages
70
Condition
New
SKU
V9781574160994
ISBN
9781574160994
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 23.09

Paperback. Series: Research in Maritime History. Num Pages: 257 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 150. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
International Maritime Economic History Association Canada
Number of pages
257
Condition
New
SKU
V9780973893427
ISBN
9780973893427
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.61

Paperback. Based on the rich museum collections of Harvard University, Tangible Things challenges rigid distinctions between history, anthropology, science, and the arts. Through 20 entertaining and inspiring case studies it demonstrates that almost any material thing, when examined closely, can be a link between present and past. Num Pages: 280 pages, 200 illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; JFCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 257 x 179 x 13. Weight in Grams: 686.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199382286
ISBN
9780199382286
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 52.82

Paperback. This fascinating history examines the circumstances of two elderly New Englanders who were prosecuted and sentenced to death for bestiality at the turn of the eighteenth century. Their astonishing cases become a springboard to examine the Enlightenment Era political and religious turmoil of the region. Series: Early American Studies. Num Pages: 216 pages, 21 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 325.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812223750
ISBN
9780812223750
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.93

Hardcover. Sparkling account of Prince Talleyrand's last diplomatic mission Num Pages: 256 pages, 26 black and white illustrations in a 16 page plate section and 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DDF; BGH; HBLL; HBTB; JPSD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 146 x 222 x 22. Weight in Grams: 358.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784537814
ISBN
9781784537814
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.47
€ 53.93

Book. Num Pages: 213 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBN; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL9; RBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
213
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816644308
ISBN
9780816644308
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 18.06

Hardcover. Hardcover, white spine. 183pp
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Tradd Street Press Charleston, South Carolina
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1988
SKU
KON0819662
ISBN
9780937684252
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 34.99
€ 5.49

Hardcover. How did Odessans understand the city and their place in it? What did modernization mean in Odessa? Answering such questions, this book reveals the inner life of Odessa, in the years before WWI from the perspective of those who lived there. It is useful for those interested in urban culture, social history, the Jewish experience, and modern Russia. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 166 x 22. Weight in Grams: 536.
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875803463
ISBN
9780875803463
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.47

hardcover. Editor(s): Baker, William; Alexander, J. H. Num Pages: 284 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLL; HBTG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 163 x 26. Weight in Grams: 630.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press United States
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780875802084
ISBN
9780875802084
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.33

Hardcover. Num Pages: 288 pages, 120 colour and black and white maps, illustrations, photos and facsimile documents. BIC Classification: HBTM; JWMV2; TRLN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 255 x 205. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472948663
ISBN
9781472948663
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 22.18

Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSN; BGH; HBTB; LAZ; WHX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 347.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813168289
ISBN
9780813168289
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.39

Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 456.
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813134048
ISBN
9780813134048
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.61

Paperback. A commoner's presentation to the emperor of a lucky omen from his garden, the repercussions for his family, and several retellings of the incident provide the background for an introduction to Ming society, culture, and politics, including discussions of the founding of the Ming dynasty. Num Pages: 176 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBTB; JHMC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 35. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
141
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872208247
ISBN
9780872208247
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.95

Hardcover. Explores culture and intellectual life in Lexington, Kentucky, at the turn of the twentieth century. This book reveals Lexington to be a city of contradictions: known as a cultural 'Athens of the West,' it also struggled with the poverty, ignorance, and bigotry characteristic of southern communities after the Civil War. Series: Thomas D. Clark Studies in Education, Public Policy and Social Change. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBSK; 3JH; 3JJC; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 748.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University Press of Kentucky
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813125046
ISBN
9780813125046
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 48.40

Paperback. Taking Medicine challenges traditional understandings of colonial medicine by bringing to light the healing work of Aboriginal and settler women in southern Alberta. Series: Women and Indigenous Studies. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: HBT; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 4039 x 18. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774818292
ISBN
9780774818292
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.89