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Horowitz, Helen Lefkowitz
Culture and the City: Cultural Philanthropy in Chicago from the 1880s to 1917
In this study Professor Horowitz examines the idealistic understanding of culture that prevailed in the United States before the turn of the century and relates this conception to the establishment and development of Chicago's city-wide cultural institutions. Index. Grey buckram covers, gilt title on spine. Dust jacket not price clipped, light edgewear. Inscription possibly by author on title page. Some very slight browning to pages and dust jacket.
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Evans, George Ewart
Where Beards Wag All: The Relevance Of The Oral Tradition
In this book George Evans sets out to explain the special importance of the oral tradition on which he has relied. The memories of the old men and women of the village, born perhaps between 1880 and 1895, supplement and humanise the documentary evidence of the historian and the material evidence of the archaeologist. 26 chapters over 4 sections: Craftsmen, Agriculture, The Village, Migrant Workers. 29 illustrations. Dust jacket has light edgewear.
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Roe, F. C.
Modern France. An Introduction to French Civilization
'This book is concerned with what France means to the Western World. Its aim is to set out some of France's contributions, permanent, recurrent or ephemeral, to civilization. We bring to the subject the harvest of forty years' study and close acquaintance with France and the French.' With Index. Illustrated. 312 pages.
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Mais, S.P.B.
S.O.S. Talks on Unemployment
'Mr Mais has ranged in his travels from Kent to the Clydeside, from South Wales to the North-East coast, observing the needs of the unemployed and how they are being met. His Broadcast Talks, under the title S.O.S., here printed for the first time, present at once a panoramic view of unemployment, and pictures in vivid detail of what is being done in particular localities.' With Index. 12 chapters, 16 illustrations. Dust jacket has some stains on front, spine darkened and wear to edges, particularly top edge. Front cover has large white mould mark, but it has not gone through to text pages. Some light foxing to page edges.
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Cannan, Edwin
Wealth. A Brief Explanation of the Causes of Economic Welfare
With Index. Dark blue cloth covers. Gilt title on spine, blind stamped title on front cover. Dark stain on front cover.
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Elizabeth Whitelegg et al (editors)
The Changing Experience of Women
NOT an ex-library book. The Changing Experience of Women is a collection of 26 articles selected by the Open University Women's Studies Course Team to introduce the student to central topics in this young and rapidly expanding field. 406pp. Crease to bottom corner of front cover. A few foxing spots on page edges.
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Briggs, Asa and Snowman, Daniel (Editors)
Fins De Siècle. How Centuries End 1400-2000
An examination of the 'sense of ending' at the end of centuries and its influence in history. In seven chapters, The 1390's to The 1990's, each by different historians.
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Clegg, H. A.
The System of Industrial Relations in Great Britain
Textbook on the structure of the industrial relations system in Britain at the start of the 1970s. Index of Authorities Cited and General Index. x, 500 pages. 11 tables. Red cloth covers with gilt title on spine. Dust jacket has light edgewear and rubbed surface.
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Peters, Richard
Authority, Responsibility and Education
Fourth impression. Book based on talks delivered mainly on the BBC Home Service and Third Programme between April 1956 and January 1959. Inscription blacked out on front free endpaper; occasional underlining of text; small 10mm tear at top back of dust jacket, not price clipped.
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Burke, James
Connections
The author's purpose was to acquaint the reader with some of the forces that have caused change in the past, looking in particular at eight innovations: the atomic bomb, the telephone, the computer, the production-line system of manufacture, the aircraft, plastics, the guided rocket and television. Black cloth covers. Gilt title on spine. Small, point impact dent on front cover; lower back cover corner a little bumped. This book is extra heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries
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Segalen, Martine
Historical Anthropology of the Family
328 pages. Covers have creasing on top edge and back;
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Brophy, William A. And Sophie D. Aberle (Compilers)
The Indian. America's Unfinished Business. Report of the Commission on the Rights, Liberties, and Responsibilities of the American Indian
The first comprehensive investigation of the condition of the American Indian since the publication of the Meriam Survey Report of 1928, this book brings the dilemma of the modern Indian sharply into focus. Sixth printing. 242 pages. With over twenty illustrations and a map. Dust jacket has wear and chips to edges, rubbed, price clipped.
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Grundy, Fred
The New Public Health: An Introduction for Midwives, Health Visitors and Social Workers
Purple cloth covers; gilt title on spine. Index. 207 pages. Faint foxing on front free endpaper.
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Millis, H. A.
The Japanese Problem in the United States. An Investigation for the Commission on Relations with Japan Appointed By the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America
334 pages. Top page edges gilt in good condition. Light shelfwear to corners and top/tail of spine. Small 'with compliments' stamp on front pastedown from Japan Society, New York City.
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Young, Michael and Tom Schuller
Life After Work. The Arrival of the Ageless Society
A withering critique of age stereotyping in the modern world based on a study of older men and women. Index. 198 pages. Dust jacket rubbed on surface and browned around edges.
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Gorer, Geoffrey
The Americans. A Study in National Character
Understanding the American character. 211 pages. Second impression. Wear and a few tears to dust jacket edges with some foxing on the back.
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Anon
The Quest for Sanity. Reflections on September 11 and the Aftermath
An attempt to reflect on the many and varied challenges that the world now faces in the wake of the attack on the Twin Towers in New York September 11, 2001. 260 pages.
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Mayer, Adrian C.
Caste and Kinship in Central India. a Village and its Region
A book about caste in a village of Central India and its surrounding region. 295pp Illustrated with 16 plates. Light shelfwear to covers.
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Dykstra, Robert R.
Bright Radical Star. Black Freedom and White Supremacy on the Hawkeye Frontier
A study of white racism on the notoriously racist Middle Border between the years 1833 and 1880 and its evolution into outspoken egalitarianism. With Index. 348 pages. Dust jacket has small tears to sides at top of spine, and light shelfwear.
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Buckley, Jerome Hamilton
The Victorian Temper. A Study in Literary Culture
An authoritative portrait of the literary and aesthetic tastes - the 'temper' - of Victorian England. 282 pages.
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Robertson, Seonaid M.
Creative Crafts in Education
286 pages. Index. Light pink cloth covers. Well illustrated. Some foxing to page edges.
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Jones, Howard Mumford
The Age of Energy: Varieties of American Experience 1865-1915
A cultural study of the social, political and intellectual movements of the period. With Index and bibliographical references. 545 pages. Dust jacket has some edgewear.
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Bowker, Gordon and John Carrier (Editors)
Race and Ethnic Relations: Sociological Readings
Thirty-five extracts organised around the key issues of sociological perspectives, ethnic stratification and institutional discrimination. 400pp. Index. Dust jacket rather grubby and with tears on top back edge and chips/creases at top of spine with general light soiling.
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Levy, David J.
Realism: An Essay in Interpretation and Social Reality
With Index. 138 pages. Light browning to page margins.
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Büttner, Horst and Günter Meissner
Town Houses of Europe
The history of the middle class European town house. 348 pages. Small area of indentations on back. This book is extra heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries
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Büttner, Horst and Günter Meißner
Bürgerhäuser in Europa
Text in German. The history of the middle class European town house. Small area of indentations on back. This book is extra heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries
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Anon
Indian Engineering Association: Memorandum Submitted By the Indian Engineering Association in Reply to the Questionnaire Issued By the Government of India Labour Investigation Committee May 1945
Gives list of of members of the Indian Engineering Association followed by answers to questions on existing labour legislation, wages and earnings, employment, housing, and social security measures. Appendices at the back with fold-out sheets giving minimum, maximum and mean hourly basic wage rates in engineering factories in the districts of the Calcutta Industrial area and in engineering factories in the Calcutta and Bombay Areas 1938 and 1944.
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Crewe, Quentin
The Frontiers of Privilege: A Century of Social Conflict as Reflected in The Queen
All the material in this book was taken directly from the pages of The Queen magazine, later to become Harper's & Queen. With numerous illustrations. 255 pages. Illustrated. Wear to top/tail of spine. This book is extra heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries
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Anon
Report for 1963-64 of the T.U.C. Women's Advisory Committee to the Thirty-Fourth Annual Conference of Representatives of Unions Catering for Women Workers
Womens situation in the workplace as reported on by the T.U.C. Staple bound. Covers rather grubby; rust around staples.
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Elaine Denny; Sarah Earle; Alistair Hewison
Sociology for Nurses
Textbook on the role of sociology for students of nursing practice. 384 pages.
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Daumas
Scientific Instruments of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries and their Makers
A classic study of the development of scientific instruments emphasising the mutual dependence of theorist and craftsman. 361 pages. With References, Libraries Archives and Collections, Bibliography, and Index.
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PAPON Pierre
Pour une prospective de la science. Recherche et technologie : les enjeux de l'avenir.
Broché. 382 pages.
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FRANCHE Georges
Manuel de l'ouvrier mécanicien. 5e partie : Boulons, rivets, chaudronerie.
Cartonnage de l'éditeur. 156 pages. Fortes rousseurs. Manques dans les pages de publicité.
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COLLECTIF
Pères et fils. Masculinités aujourd'hui. (Revue).
Broché. 228 pages.
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GUILLAUME R.
La vie familiale et ménagère. Sciences appliquées et travaux pratiques. Ecoles de filles. Classes de fin d'études primaires. Certificat d'études primaires. Centres d'apprentissage. Programme de 1947.
Cartonnage de l'éditeur. 351 pages.
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LIGHTMAN Alan
Pas de deux. Essais sur les sciences.
Broché. 204 pages.
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DUTILLEUL J. - RAME E.
Les sciences physiques et naturelles. (Leçons de choses). Avec leur applications à l'agriculture, à l'industrie, à l'hygiène et à l'économie domestique. 143 gravures et 5 planches dont 4 en couleurs.
Cartonnage de l'éditeur. 128 pages.
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WILHELM Joan.
LOS ANGELES. LOS ANGELES BUENOS, LOS ANGELES MALOS.
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DARTOIS Yves.
EL HOROSCOPO DEL MUERTO.
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DEE Nerys.
COMO DESCUBRIR LA SUERTE A TRAVES DE LAS CARTAS. UNA NUEVA GUIA DEL ARTE DE LA QUIROMANCIA.
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HUTCHINSON Beryl.
SU VIDA EN SUS MANOS. COMO INTERPRETAR LAS LINEAS Y CARACTERISTICAS DE SUS MANOS.
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BLAVATSKI H.P.
NARRACIONES OCULTISTAS.
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DENING Sarah.
SUEÑOS. GUIA BASICA.
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VV.AA.
LES SOUCOUPES VOLANTES Nº 46.
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VV.AA.
SUPERPODERES HUMANOS. EL MUNDO DE LO INSOLITO.
Texto a dos columnas profusamente ilustrado.
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VV.AA.
CRIATURAS DEL MAS ALLA. EL MUNDO DE LO INSOLITO.
Texto a dos columnas profusamente ilustrado.
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VV.AA.
LA TIERRA Y SUS SECRETOS. EL MUNDO DE LO INSOLITO.
Texto a dos columnas profusamente ilustrado.
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VV.AA.
EL SEXTO SENTIDO. EL MUNDO DE LO INSOLITO.
Texto a dos columnas profusamente ilustrado.
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VV.AA.
GRANDES CASOS NO RESUELTOS. EL MUNDO DE LO INSOLITO.
Texto a dos columnas profusamente ilustrado.
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VV.AA.
LA CONEXIÓN OCULTA. EL MUNDO DE LO INSOLITO.
Texto a dos columnas profusamente ilustrado.
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