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Paperback. A work on the history of black dandyism. It examines the pivotal role that style has played in the politics and aesthetics of African diasporic identity formation. Num Pages: 408 pages, 42 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; JFCK; JFSL3. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 26. Weight in Grams: 632. Black Dandyism and the Styling of Black Diasporic Identity. 408 pages, 42 illustrations. A work on the history of black dandyism. It examines the pivotal role that style has played in the politics and aesthetics of African diasporic identity formation. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1H; JFCK; JFSL3. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 26. Weight: 642.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 408
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822346036
- ISBN
- 9780822346036
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 31.74
€ 35.99
€ 31.74
Hardback. Over 1,240 images of museum quality hats show millinery history from the 1790s to the 1970s and include ascots, bourrelets, bigonnets, chapeaux rouges, nurses' hats, Pamelas, pillboxes, toreodors, turbans, and wedding hats. Materials including felts, furs (real and imitation), and feathers are adorned with beads, flowers, and sequins. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1190 color & 58 b/w photos. BIC Classification: AKTA; JFCK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 288 x 227 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1550.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764324031
- ISBN
- 9780764324031
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 31.60
€ 47.99
€ 31.60
Paperback. Argues that health is a concept, a norm, and a set of bodily practices whose ideological work is often rendered invisible by the assumption that it is a monolithic, universal good Editor(s): Kirkland, Anna Rutherford; Metzl, Jonathan M. Series: Biopolitics. Num Pages: 226 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFH; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Number of pages
- 226
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814795934
- ISBN
- 9780814795934
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.98
€ 31.99
€ 28.98
Paperback. Explores the fashioning and refashioning of modern Chinese subjectivity as it relates to the literal and figurative body of the nation. This book contains essays that reveal the particular temporality of the modern Chinese nation-state. Series: Body, Commodity, Text. Num Pages: 240 pages, 6 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFC; JHM; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822319696
- ISBN
- 9780822319696
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.47
€ 30.99
€ 27.47
Paperback. Num Pages: 220 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 172 x 22. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Publisher
- South African History Online
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780795701351
- ISBN
- 9780795701351
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.09
€ 23.99
€ 21.09
Paperback. Num Pages: 328 pages, 8. BIC Classification: HBJF1; HRH; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231161473
- ISBN
- 9780231161473
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.52
€ 38.99
€ 28.52
Paperback. One World Now seamlessly integrates major developments of the past decade into Peter Singer's classic text on the ethics of globalization Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; JFFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 210 x 29. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300196054
- ISBN
- 9780300196054
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.96
€ 16.99
€ 13.96
Paperback. Monsters, ghosts, fantastic beings, and supernatural phenomena of all sorts haunt the folklore and popular culture of Japan. Drawing on years of research in Japan, this book unpacks the history and cultural context of yokai, tracing their roots, interpreting their meanings, and introducing people who have hunted them through the ages. Illustrator(s): Kijin, Shinonome. Num Pages: 336 pages, 30 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 161 x 19. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520271029
- ISBN
- 9780520271029
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 24.26
€ 32.99
€ 24.26
Hardback. Ferment for Good is a guide to discovering the joys of fermentation in its myriad variations - framed through the eyes of Sharon Flynn, a one-time English teacher who has hooked early in her 20s and has since made it her life's work to learn and share all there is to know about this most ancient of practices. Num Pages: 224 pages, Full colour photographs and illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: JFCV; WBH; WBT; WBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 190. .
- Publisher
- Hardie Grant Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781743792094
- ISBN
- 9781743792094
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 20.68
€ 24.99
€ 20.68
Hardback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 1. BIC Classification: HBW; JFSL; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- SKU
- KTJ0008943
- ISBN
- 9780801441332
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 29.99€ 4.99
€ 29.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Wide-ranging look at mysterious and misunderstood aspects of northern regions from antiquity to present day. Editor(s): Barraclough, Eleanor Rosamund; Cudmore, Danielle Marie; Donecker, Stefan. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1DN; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Publisher
- University of Alberta Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781772122671
- ISBN
- 9781772122671
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.13
€ 33.99
€ 25.13
Paperback. Scotland's ballads represent one of the high-water marks of Scottish literature and are famous as superb expressions of oral culture, reflecting a world of magic, deep passion and history transformed into legend. This selection includes more than eighty of the finest ballads, together with an introduction, notes and glosses. Editor(s): Lyle, Emily. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; AVGH; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780862414771
- ISBN
- 9780862414771
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.00
€ 15.99
€ 12.00
Paperback. Written by key people in the field, this timely and accessible book argues that treating policy's movement as an active process of 'translation', in which policies are interpreted, inflected and re-worked as they change location, is of critical importance for studying policy. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFF; JPH; JPP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- Bristol University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447313373
- ISBN
- 9781447313373
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 51.03
€ 52.99
€ 51.03
Paperback. This volume is concerned with the UK's postwar, music-centred, white working-class subcultures, from teddy boys to mods and rockers to skinheads to punks. Series: New Accents. Num Pages: 208 pages, references, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFC; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 186 x 125 x 12. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1979
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415039499
- ISBN
- 9780415039499
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.89
€ 33.89
Paperback. Childhood today is big business. It is impossible for any child growing up to avoid intense marketing and research shows that these commercial pressures affect children's health and wellbeing. Featuring high profile contributors with hard-hitting views, this book argues that these corporate and commercial pressures are new forms of child abuse. Editor(s): Wild, Jim. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white line drawings, figures. BIC Classification: JFFE1; JKSB1; JKSN; JMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 228 x 12. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849053686
- ISBN
- 9781849053686
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.41
€ 27.41
Hardback. Investigates the often controversial relationship between gender, equality and education from international and comparative perspectives. This volume also investigates whether gender equality in education is really being achieved in schools around the world or not. Editor(s): Baker, David; Wiseman, Alexander W. Series Editor(s): Wiseman, Alexander W. Series: International Perspectives on Education and Society. Num Pages: 456 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFS; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 163 x 39. Weight in Grams: 790.
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848550940
- ISBN
- 9781848550940
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 153.42
€ 153.42
Paperback. Reveals the central role that Islam has played in European history. Following the movement of people, culture and religion from East to West, this work breaks down the perceived opposition between Islam and Europe, showing Islam to be a part of Europe's past and present. Num Pages: 188 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HRH; JFSR2; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 137 x 14. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 188
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745631936
- ISBN
- 9780745631936
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.79
€ 21.79
Paperback. This challenges the idea that childhood victims are caught forever in the vicious circle of abuse. In 17 years of working with victims and survivors, the author discovered that most survivors break free from the patterns of victimization. Over 20 people were interviewed in depth for this book. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFE1; MMJT; VSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 14. Weight in Grams: 150.
- Publisher
- Virago
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853813740
- ISBN
- 9781853813740
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.46
€ 14.99
€ 11.46
Hardcover. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: HRAM9; JFD; JFFJ; JFSL; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Hot Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781510705753
- ISBN
- 9781510705753
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 19.52
€ 23.99
€ 19.52
Paperback. Provides an introduction to key research methods and approaches for the study of media and mass communications processes. This book outlines the main methods and approaches for the study of, for example, media organizations and the practices of media professionals. Num Pages: 360 pages, index. BIC Classification: JFD; JHBC; KNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 21. Weight in Grams: 456. Clean copy
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- 1998th Edition
- SKU
- KEX0248372
- ISBN
- 9780333617106
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Radio s influence can be found in almost every corner of new media. Radio in the Digital Age assesses a medium that has not only survived the challenges of a new technological age but indeed has extended its reach. Series: Digital Media and Society. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: APW; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 206 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745661971
- ISBN
- 9780745661971
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.43
€ 22.43
Hardback. By defining and policing interracial sex, nineteenth-century Cherokee lawmakers preserved political sovereignty, delineated Cherokee identity, and established a social hierarchy. This work examines how leaders of the Cherokee Nation fostered a racial ideology through the regulation of interracial marriage. Num Pages: 200 pages, 7 illus. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLL; JFSL9. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 445.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812240566
- ISBN
- 9780812240566
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.59
€ 83.59
Paperback. Placing the body at the center of critical improvisation studies, the contributors to Negotiated Moments explore the challenges of negotiating subjectivity through improvisation in various forms-from jazz, Japanese taiko drumming, and Iranian classical music to sound walking and political street theater. Editor(s): Siddall, Gillian; Waterman, Ellen. Series: Improvisation, Community, and Social Practice. Num Pages: 376 pages, 11 illustrations. BIC Classification: AVC; AVGJ; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822360964
- ISBN
- 9780822360964
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.55
€ 33.99
€ 30.55
Paperback. BIC Classification: APFA; APT; JFSK2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474425865
- ISBN
- 9781474425865
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.44
€ 32.99
€ 29.44