A social and cultural history
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Oxfam shop cockermouth the encyclopedia provides a unique guide to the ideas, arguments and discipline discussing human, social and cultural life in all its diversity and difference see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Title: a critical and cultural theory readerlist price (msrp)condition: goodauthors: mcgowan, kate, easthope, antonyproduct category: books
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Early american furniture makers - a social and biographical study by thomas hamilton ormsbee missing dust jacket; pages can have notes/highlightingspine may show signs of wear~ thriftbooks: read more, spend less
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Scouse: a social and cultural history presents a ground-breaking and iconoclastic account which challenges many of the forms of received wisdom about language in liverpool and presents an alternative version of the currently accepted historyyet the history of language in liverpool has been obscured by misrepresentation and myth-making and narratives of liverpool's linguistic past have scarcely done justice to the rich, complex and fascinating history which produced itin addition the analysis draws on recent developments within the fields of sociolinguistics and linguistic anthropology - particularly with regard to the study of language and identity and the relationship between language and a sense of place - in order to provide a radically new understanding of 'scouse' in terms of its history, its representation, and its contemporary social and cultural significanceoxfam bookshop reigate nowhere in britain is more closely associated with a form of language than liverpoolsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreranging from the mid eighteenth century to the present, the book explores evidence from a host of different sources including the first histories of liverpool, a rare slaving drama set in the port, a poor house report which records the first use of 'scouse' (the dish), nineteenth century debates on gladstone's speech, the 'lost' literature of the city, early to mid twentieth century newspaper accounts of liverpudlian words, idioms and traditions, little-known essays which coined the use of 'scouse' to refer to the language of liverpool, aspects of popular culture in the s and 60s, the lern yerself scouse series, and examples drawn from contemporary literature
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham an entertaining social and cultural history of cycling in post-war europe seen through the eyes of a veteran racing cyclistone more kilometre is a lovely blend of personal anecdote, serious history and informed obsession, combining gentle humour, personal reminiscence and good history into a beguiling wholeprogressing through four decades of cycling social history, the author will examine cycling as a continental phenomenon, the rise and fall of the tour de france; the lives of the great 'trackmen'; cycling in its domestic form, cycling for fun, the ever-popular british cycling clubs - some of which are over one hundred years old and are home to many fellow eccentrics, fanatics and old-timers, like the author's friend, 'the yorkshire junior road race champion of , now living in a caravan, crippled and penniless with his much younger companion a taxidermist - beautiful and cruel'see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe book starts with the s, regarded as the golden age of cycling, and when the author, 'an unhappy communist child', first discovered cycling and its emancipating powerswritten with great literary and historical relish, one more kilometre examines the spread of cycling's popularity, how it developed into a sport and how the bicycle has changed people's lives - all viewed through the eyes of a seasoned 56-year-old racing cyclist/art critic who keeps eleven racing cycles in his garden shed and who never cycles less than miles a year
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This book is essential reading for anyone with an interest in picture postcards and those interested in popular art and social and cultural historyoxfam shop lincoln this collectors' item is the story of the picture postcard and its place in the history of popular art the book is in very good condition, covers and spine are firm, binding is strong and pages are clean and clear with no internal marking it is an entertaining and informative take on the subjectsee oxfam website for delivery information read more the dustcover is a little worn at the edges
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Tove jansson () led a long, colourful and productive life, impacting significantly the political, social and cultural history of 20th-century finlandoxfam bookshop ilkley now in paperback, a beautifully illustrated account of of tove jansson's life and artthe definitive biography of one of the most unique and beloved children's authors of the 20th century, the creator of the moominssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreas the author of tove jansson's biography, karjalainen has become an expert not only on jansson's writing and art but also on her decades of personal correspondence and journalsand while millions of children have grown up with little my, snufkin, moomintroll and the many creatures of moominvalley, the life of jansson - daughter, friend and companion - is more touching stilldr tuula karjalainen is a finnish art historian and non-fiction writer who has previously worked as a director of the helsinki art museum and the museum of contemporary art kiasma in helsinkithis book weaves together the myriad qualities of a painter, author, illustrator, scriptwriter and lyricist from fraught beginnings through fame, war and heartbreak and ultimately to a peaceful end
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The authors examine the major political, economic, social and cultural forces which have shaped the history of the indian subcontinent in this surveyoxfam bookshop swanage a history of india is a compact synthesis presenting the grand sweep of indian history from antiquity to the presentthis classic text is an authoritative detailed account which emphasises and analyses the stuctural pattern of indian historythis third edition has been thoroughly revised, containing new research, and an up-to-date preface, index and datelinesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit remains the definitive text on the nation
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Like industrial towns dotted across great green landscapes of hills and valleys, morley breaks up his own history with fragments of his region's own social and cultural backgroundoxfam shop hebden bridge paul morley grew up in reddish, less than five miles from manchester and even closer to stockportstories of his dad spreading margarine on weetabix stand alongside those about northern england's first fish and chip shop in mossley, near oldhamambitiously sweeping and beautifully impressionistic, without ever losing touch with the minute details of life above the m25, the north is an extraordinary mixture of memoir and history, a unique insight into how we, as a nation, classify the unclassifiablesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit was for him, as it is for millions of others in england, an absolute, indisputable truthever since the age of seven morley has always thought of himself as a northernerwhat that meant, he wasn't entirely sureforty years after walking down grey pavements on his way to school, paul explores what it means to be northern and why those who consider themselves to be believe it so strongly
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The game of love in georgian england brings together love letters, diaries, valentines, and proposals of marriage from sixty courtships sourced from thirty archives and museum collections, alongside an extensive range of sources including ballads, conduct literature, court cases, material objects, newspaper reports, novels, periodicals, philosophical discourses, plays, poems, and prints, to create a vivid social and cultural history of romantic emotionsit also charts the increasing modernization of romantic customs over the georgian era - most notably with the arrival of the printed valentine's card - revealing how love developed into a commercial industrythe book demonstrates the importance of courtship to studies of marriage, relationships, and emotions in history, and how we write histories of emotions using objectsoxfam bookshop clifton very good condition; some shelf wearthis volume brings to life the emotional experience of courtship using the words and objects selected by men and women to navigate this potentially fraught processthe book concludes with the rituals of disintegration when engagements went awry, and pursuit of damages for breach of promise in the civil courtslove emerges as something that we do in practice, enacted by couples through particular socially and historically determined ritualssee oxfam website for delivery information read morecourtship in georgian england was a decisive moment in the life cycle, imagined as a tactical game, an invigorating sport, and a perilous journey across a turbulent seait provides new insights into the making and breaking of relationships, beginning with the formation of courtships using the language of love, the development of intimacy through the exchange of love letters, and sensory engagement with love tokens such as flowers, portrait miniatures, and locks of hair
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Oxfam shop exmouth the vibrant world of jazz may be viewed from many perspectives, from social and cultural history to music analysis, from economics to ethnographythis volume of nineteen specially commissioned essays provides informed and accessible guidance to the challenge, offering the reader a range of expert views on the character, history and uses of jazzthe book starts by considering what kind of identity jazz has acquired and how, and goes on to discuss the crucial practices that define jazz and to examine some specific moments of historical change and some important issues for jazz studysee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe book has minor scratching on the back that can be seen in certain lightingfinally, it looks at a set of perspectives that illustrate different 'takes' on jazz - ways in which jazz has been valued and representedit is challenging and exciting territory
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In each instance the identity of those stigmatised as 'other' (according to particular physiological, social and cultural 'norms') are recovered by exploring ethnographic accounts which document the stories of those experiencing similar rejection on account of perceived sensory 'difference' in diverse cross-cultural settingsthrough this process these 'disabled' characters are recast as individuals capable of employing certain strategies which destabilize the stigma imposed upon them and tactical performers who can subversively achieve their social goalsoxfam bookshop glossop road very good condition, only very slight shelf wear the senses are used within new testament texts as instruments of knowledge and power and thus constitute important mediators of cultural knowledge and experiencelawrence seeks to initiate a variety of interdisciplinary dialogues with disability studies and sensory anthropology in a quest to refigure characters with sensory disabilities featured in the gospels and provide alternative interpretations of their conditions and social interactionsin response, louise jsee oxfam website for delivery information read morehowever, often biblical scholarship, itself 'disabled' by eye-centric and textocentric 'norms', has read sensory-disabled characters as nothing more than inert sites of healing; their agency, including their alternative sensory modes of communication and resistance to oppression, remain largely unaddressedlikewise, those instances where sensory faculty is perceived to be 'disabled' in some way also become key sites for ideological commentary and critique
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It examines the writer's formative years and beyond, and places its central figure within a deeply researched social and cultural historyoxfam bookshop cheltenham a biography of raymond williams (), using a rich array of material from hitherto unused personal paperssee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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It has continued to spark lively debate among historians, geographers, art historians, social theorists, landscape architects, and others interested in the social and cultural politics of landscapeoxfam original liverpool hailed as a landmark in its field since its first publication in , denis esee oxfam website for delivery information read morecosgrove's ""social formation and symbolic landscape"" has been influential beyond geographythis edition features a new introduction
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Oxfam bookshop tunbridge wells a history of twentieth-century african literatures owomoyela, oyekan (ed" african writers must struggle constantly to define for themselves and other just what "africa" is and who they are in a continent constructed as a geographic and cultural entity largely by europeans) african literatures, says volume editor oyekan owomoyela, "testify to the great and continuing impact of the colonizing project on the african universe carole boyce davies and elaine savory fido focus on the special problems of african women writers, while hans mcontributors here include servanne woodward, edris makward, and alain ricard this study reflects the legacy of colonialism by devoting nine of its thirteen chapters to literature in "europhone" languages-english, french, and portuguesezell deals with the broader issues of publishing-censorship, resources, and organizationafrican literature in portuguese, reflecting the nature of one of the most oppressive colonizing projects in africa, is treated by russell gpeters, arlene arobert cancel discusses african-language literatures, while oyekan owomoyela treats the question of the language of african literatureswriters from east africa are also represented, as are those from south africasee oxfam website for delivery information read morendukaku amankulor in african francophone literature, we see both writers inspired by the french assimilationist system and those influenced by negritude, the african-culture affirmation movementpovey, thomas knipp, and jforemost among the anglophone writers discussed are nigerians amos tutuola, chinua achebe, and wole soyinkacontributors for this section include jonathan a
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social and military history and humour of the period11 volumes of punch from to
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Oxfam bookshop brigg a book that seamlessly interweaves biography with history, the lives of cricketers with wider processes of social changean important, pioneering work, essential for anyone interested in cricket and india, a corner of a foreign field is also a beautifully written meditation on the ramifications of sport in society at large, and how sport can influence both social and political historythe indian careers of those great english cricketers, lord harris and dlater chapters explore the competition between hindu and muslim cricketers in colonial india and the extraordinary passions now provoked when india plays pakistannayudu and sachin tendulkar naturally figure in this book, but so too, in arresting and unexpected ways, do mahatma gandhi and muhammad ali jinnahsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe extraordinary life of india's first great slow bowler, palwankar baloo, introduces the reader to the still-unfinished struggle against caste discriminationjardine, provide a window into the operations of empire
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Rituals & myths in nursing a social history by claire laurent (paperback, ) delivery uk delivery is within 3 to 5 working daysinternational delivery varies by country, please see the wordery store help page for details
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This book reports on this extraordinary artistic production, a mixture of subversion and irony, which questions a quirky and striking mode, our social and cultural realityour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeits name, walled off hotel, plays on both the name of a luxury hotel chain (the waldorf) and the words walled off which mean clogged, walled off in englishbanksy is known among other things for his works on the separation wall between palestine and israel and his wild installations in the world's largest museumscatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablein a world where we are bombarded with commercials that invade the public space, his works offer a different look, a look at the same time funny and incisive, without being dogmaticthe book accompanies the release of the film make the wall! (exit through the gift shop), directed by banksy himselfplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteit has been presented at the sundance, berlin and deauville festivals book as new (only the edge is a little washed out) + tote bag the walled off hotel new + the walled off hotel t-shirt size l new + postcards the walled off hotel new banksy's latest work is a real hotel but it has everything of a political performancewith this establishment teeming with signs, banksy invents the manifesto in which one can stayare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki
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Part of a generation who were admonished as children to ""remember the starving armenians,"" peterson went to armenia in as a peace corps volunteer and became fascinated by the country's troubled historyoxfam bookshop knutsford the persecution and suffering of the armenian people, a religious and cultural minority in the ottoman empire, reached a peak in the era of world war i at the hands of the turks"" the west gradually began to take noticebetween and as many as 1the extensive research he embarked upon afterwards revealed not only the scope of the people's hardship and amazing resilience; it located in the american effort to help the armenians a unique perspective on our own nation's experience of the twentieth centuryin ""starving armenians,"" merrill peterson explores the american response to these atrocities, beginning with the initial reports to president wilson from his ambassador to the ottoman empire, henry morgenthau, who described turkey as ""a place of horroras the new york times carried stories about the ""slow massacre of a race,"" public outrage over this tragedy led to an unprecedented philanthropic crusade spearheaded by near east relief, an organization rooted in protestant missionary endeavors in the near east and dedicated to saving the survivors of the first genocide of the twentieth century""starving armenians"" is an eloquent narrative of an all but forgotten part of that experiencethe book also addresses the armenian aspirations for an independent republic under american auspices; these hopes went unfulfilled in the peacemaking after the war and ended altogether when armenia was absorbed into the soviet union5 million armenian men, women, and children died in ottoman turkey, victims of execution, starvation, and death marches to the syrian desertfirst edition see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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This indispensable reference work provides both a historical and cultural foundation to modern witchcraft and wiccait presents wicca as a spiritual path connecting religious concepts and spirituality to both a historical background and modern practicepaperback (plastic wrapper)it contains history, places, verses, rites and rituals and influential practitionerswithdrawn from county library service encyclopedia of wicca and witchcraft the a-z treasury of ancient and modern witchcraft by raven grimassi  llewellyn (st paul, minnesota)soling to page edges (dusty, dry), sole old library stamps and labelssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreused good conditionthough the book is intended for followers of wiccan it contains information that would be valuable for all dedicated occultists
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Underhill seeks to situate these key cultural concepts within four languages (english, french, czech and german)the book explores issues such as how far meaning is politically and culturally influenced, how far language shapes the thought of ethnic groups and how far their thought shapes language, and the role of individuals in the consolidation of cultural conceptsit offers a clear and thought-provoking account of how concepts are understood and will be welcomed by those working in the fields of sociolinguistics, linguistic anthropology, discourse analysis, semantics and pragmaticsnot only do these concepts differ from language to language, but they go on changing over timesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis book offers an original approach to ethnolinguistics, discussing how abstract concepts such as truth, love, hate and war are expressed across cultures and ethnicitiesoxfam bookshop preston 'ethnolinguistics' is the study of how language relates to culture and ethnicity
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Performance and cultural politics is a groundbreaking collection of essays which explore the historical and cultural territories of performance, written by the foremost scholars in the field see oxfam website for delivery information read morewear at the top and bottom of spine, and discolouration around the book's edgesoxfam bookshop wanstead condition: good
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Graphic agitation: social and political graphics since the sixties by liz mcquistonsoftback design book featuring insightful reference to the history of anti-establishment graphicsbook is in good condition with slight fading to the spine and a crossed out previous owners name on the front sheet
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A clean and bright copy of this highly illustrated work of local transportation historythe railway station was a meeting and departure point for the community's people and their goods and services, for years the social and economic heart of the district see oxfam website for delivery information read morethis is the story of the rise, fall and rejuvenation of a railway station, and the effect these changes had on a community - the people who worked there, travellers who passed through, and characters who went about their lives in its environsvery good condition, showing minimal shelfwear other than some small bumps and marks to the top page blockoxfam bookshop reading otaki station in new zealand had nourished its surrounding community for over 100 years, and this community of supporters came to its aid when it needed restoration, refurbishment and decorationrex kerr's book is published by the otaki railway station community trust with the support of the otaki historical society (inc
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A social and architectural history of the ritz londonmint first edition copy printed in make an excellent gift for someone going to the ritz for tea
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Oxfam bookshop aberystwyth this book investigates the historical and cultural territories of performance art, theatre, dance, photography and music see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam shop shirley in 'israel's history and the history of israel' one of the world's foremost experts on antiquity addresses the birth of israel and its historic realitydrawing on the literary and archaeological record, this book completely rewrites the history of israelthe study traces the textual material to the times of its creation, reconstructs the evolution of political and religious ideologies, and firmly inserts the history of israel into its ancient-oriental contextmany stories have been told of the founding of ancient israel, all rely on the biblical story in its narrative scheme, despite its historic unreliabilitydavis see oxfam website for delivery information read moretranslated by chiara peri and philip r
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Like a down-under route 66 or m1, state highway 1 is the nation's mother road, a physical and cultural nerve column that runs through the biggest cities and smallest hamletsto bob moore, a pom-turned- kiwi, it all added up to a road trip from a tourist's wildest dreamso, he fuelled up his toyota starlet and set out to do 'the one thing' above all others you should do at every stop on this long and picturesque highway, from sailing and caving to cheese-tasting and welly-boot throwinglook at a road map of new zealand and you can't fail to notice state highway 1, zigzagging the full length of the two main islands like a crazy zipper down a shapely thigh-length bootand after reading his hilarious and ribald write-up, you may just want to do likewise
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