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Paperback. This essay collection addresses how the Victorians looked to the Middle Ages to create a sense of authority, often false, for their own ideas in areas such as art, religion, gender expectations, and social services. Editor(s): Holloway, L. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBB; DSBF; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349530069
- ISBN
- 9781349530069
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Condition: New
€ 63.77
€ 63.77
paperback. This book offers a complete guide to the study of ancient metals in their social and cultural contexts, covering methodologies including slag analysis, smelting processes, chemical analysis and provenance studies, technical ceramics, ethnoarcheology and more. Editor(s): Roberts, Benjamin W.; Thornton, Christopher P. Num Pages: 881 pages, 40 black & white tables, 11 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: HD; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1329.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2014
- Number of pages
- 881
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781493933570
- ISBN
- 9781493933570
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Condition: New
€ 329.13
€ 329.13
Paperback. This work explains the recent history of lesbian and gay studies (founded on the radical confidence of the black power movement of the 1960s) and its debates, principles and controversies. In so doing, it provides students with a broad overview of the field. Editor(s): Merck, Mandy; Segal, Naomi; Wright, Elizabeth. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFK; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 376.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557867025
- ISBN
- 9781557867025
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Condition: New
€ 72.40
€ 72.40
Hardback. Based on wide-ranging and imaginative research, Elephant Slaves and Pampered Parrots stands as a major contribution to the history of human-animal relations, eighteenth-century culture, and French colonialism. Series: Animals, History, Culture. Num Pages: 368 pages, 32, 29 black & white halftones, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 3JF; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL; JFC; WN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 726.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801867538
- ISBN
- 9780801867538
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.55€ 53.43
€ 58.55
€ 53.43
Paperback. Series: Politics and Development of Contemporary China. Num Pages: 232 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFC; JPS; JPSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349471706
- ISBN
- 9781349471706
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Condition: New
€ 63.48
€ 63.48
Paperback. * Covers American Indian thinking on issues concerning time, place, history, science, law, religion, nationhood, and art. * Features newly commissioned essays by authors of American Indian descent. * Includes a comprehensive bibliography to aid in research and inspire further reading. . Editor(s): Waters, Anne S. Num Pages: 344 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPC; JFCX; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 173 x 246 x 20. Weight in Grams: 610.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631223047
- ISBN
- 9780631223047
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 42.70
€ 42.99
€ 42.70
Hardcover. Performing Feeling in Cultures of Memory brings memory studies into conversation with a focus on feelings as cultural actors. It charts a series of memory sites that range from canonical museums and memorials, to practices enabled by the virtual terrain of Second Life, popular 'trauma TV' programs and radical theatre practice. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies. Num Pages: 210 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; JFC; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 216 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137336217
- ISBN
- 9781137336217
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Condition: New
€ 64.15
€ 64.15
Paperback. Editor(s): Al-Shahi, A. Series: St Antony's. Num Pages: 277 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJF; HBTB; JFC; JHM; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 277
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349426737
- ISBN
- 9781349426737
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Condition: New
€ 122.28
€ 122.28
Hardcover. These essays examine how all sorts of knowledges have been constituted. They concentrate on how particular disciplines came into being; how disciplines are demarcated from each other; how they are ordered internally; and how people learn to become disciplinary practitioners. Editor(s): Messer-Davidow, Ellen; Shumway, David R.; Sylvan, David J. Series: Knowledge: Disciplinarity & Beyond S. Num Pages: 465 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 160 x 36. .
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813914282
- ISBN
- 9780813914282
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Condition: New
€ 74.94€ 68.00
€ 74.94
€ 68.00
From 1960 to 1990, Alfred R. Schneider served as head of standards and practices, or "chief censor", for the American Broadcasting Company. This text, his autobiography, provides a unique history of American culture and the television industry. Series: Television S. Num Pages: 232 pages, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGFA; JFCA; KNTD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815606833
- ISBN
- 9780815606833
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 26.48
€ 30.99
€ 26.48
Paperback. Demonstrates the role that race has played in the formation of knowledge. This book demonstrates how race theory intersects with other bodies of knowledge by examining discursive records such as travelogues, literature, and historiography and theoretical structures such as common sense, pseudoscientific racism, and Eurocentrism. Editor(s): Young, Joseph A.; Braziel, Jana Evans. Num Pages: 280 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCX; JHMP; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 534. Weight in Grams: 449.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252072567
- ISBN
- 9780252072567
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.84
€ 26.99
€ 24.84
paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJP; JFC; JHM; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- SKU
- V9780816628490
- ISBN
- 9780816628490
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 28.95
€ 32.99
€ 28.95
Paperback. This book argues that it is witnesses who are the targets of terrorism and that the question of whose witnessing counts, and which stories are the most legitimate, is of vital importance for understanding the meanings and consequences of contemporary terrorism. Num Pages: 210 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD; JKV; JKVM; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349335367
- ISBN
- 9781349335367
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Condition: New
€ 122.90
€ 122.90
Hardcover. Any listener knows the power of music to define a place, but few can describe the how or why of this phenomenon. This title showcases how American jazz defined a culture particularly preoccupied with place. It analyzes both the performances and cultural context of leading jazz figures, including the many famous venues where they played. Num Pages: 312 pages, 8 halftones, 11 line drawings, 10 musical examples. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJH; AVGJ; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226044941
- ISBN
- 9780226044941
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Condition: New
€ 112.41€ 92.25
€ 112.41
€ 92.25
Paperback. Editor(s): Pelling, Rowan; Doyle, James; Hodsdon, Amelia. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 31. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Dedalus Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903517642
- ISBN
- 9781903517642
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.28
€ 13.99
€ 13.28
Paperback. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFN; JHB; JPA; JPP; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 330.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349268009
- ISBN
- 9781349268009
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Condition: New
€ 121.84
€ 121.84
Paperback. Pain, while a private experience, is culturally permeated by patterns, rules, conventions and meanings. This volume discusses this coding from a range of anthropological, ethnological and sociological perspectives. Readers are invited to follow the life histories of people suffering pain. Num Pages: 223 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM; MMBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 146 x 18. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Nordic Academic Press Sweden
- Number of pages
- 223
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789189116016
- ISBN
- 9789189116016
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.36
€ 20.99
€ 19.36
Paperback. This volume brings together writers from a variety of disciplines to explore and illustrate the possibilities of new narrative forms in social research. The book is arranged into four areas of concern: representation, subjectivity, critique, and postmodern discourse. Editor(s): Banks, Stephen P.; Banks, Anna. Series: Ethnographic Alternatives. Num Pages: 272 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: DSA; JFC; JHBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761990352
- ISBN
- 9780761990352
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.35
€ 64.35
Hardback. Series: China Academic Library. Num Pages: 167 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HPDF; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer Verlag, Singapore Singapore
- Number of pages
- 167
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789811017827
- ISBN
- 9789811017827
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.74
€ 111.74
paperback. Focuses on Villa Alta, Oaxaca, a rugged, mountainous, and remote region of New Spain. This book tells the story of the dynamic period prior to and after the Cajonos Rebellion of 1700 through the eyes of native intermediary figures: indigenous elites conversant in Spanish language and legal rhetoric. Num Pages: 320 pages, 9 illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822341666
- ISBN
- 9780822341666
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.25
€ 33.99
€ 30.25
Paperback. Anecdote and theory have diametrically opposed connotations: humorous versus serious, specific versus general, trivial versus overarching, short versus grand. This title cuts through these oppositions to produce theory with a sense of humor, theorizing which honors the uncanny detail of lived experience. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822330387
- ISBN
- 9780822330387
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.12
€ 29.99
€ 27.12
Hardcover. Americans are obsessed with celebrities. While our fascination with fame intensified throughout the twentieth century, the rise of the weekly gossip magazine in the early 2000s confirmed and fueled our popular culture s celebrity mania. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 144 x 18. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780745682181
- ISBN
- 9780745682181
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.46
€ 65.46
Hardback. Focusing on the mass media and a range of popular cultural forms, this work examines French culture since 1945. As well as looking at radio, television and popular song, this volume highlights how the French themselves have responded to the growing importance of mass media in postwar France. Editor(s): Rigby, Brian; Hewitt, Nicholas. Series: Warwick studies in the European humanities. Num Pages: 249 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJPG; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 249
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333512814
- ISBN
- 9780333512814
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.00
€ 123.00
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Bridge21 Publications, LLC United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781626430020
- ISBN
- 9781626430020
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.56
€ 33.99
€ 28.56