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American Anthropological Association 2009-2010 Guide: a guide to programs, a directory of members

By: N/A

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Arlington, VA, American Anthropological Association: 2009

Seller ID: 017514

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Fine

Interior like new. Covers lightly worn. Full refund if not satisfied.
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The Fabian Society: Fabian Tracts Nos. 1 to 178 (First Edition)

By: N/A

Price: $125.00

Publisher: London, The Fabian Society:

Seller ID: 030590

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

The Fabian Society is a British socialist organization whose purpose is to advance the principles of socialism via gradualist and reformist effort in democracies, rather than by revolutionary overthrow. As founders of the Labour Party in 1900, the Fabian Society has influenced British policy to the present day, from the postwar creation of the modern welfare state to the election of Tony Blair. Later members of the Fabian Society included Nehru and other leaders of new nations created out of Britain's former colonies, who used Fabian principles to create socialist democracies in India, Pakis...
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Current Anthropology Indexes: Volumes 1-10 (1960-69); Volumes 11-15 (1970-74) First Edition

By: N/A

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Chicago, The University of Chicago Press: 1974

Seller ID: 034739

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good +

Sponsored by the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research. Paperback. No writing in the book. 66pp. Full refund if not satisfied.
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Arid and Semi-Arid Lands -- A Preview: A symposium held in conjunction with the inauguration of Dr. Grover E. Murray as eighth President of Texas Technological College October 31-November 1, 1966

By: N/A

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Lubbock, TX, The Texas Tech Press: 1967

Seller ID: 062973

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Compilation of journal-like articles on Arid and Semi-Arid lands. Brown paper cover with lettering on front. 63 pp. Previous owner's name at top of front cover in colored marker. Some discoloration at side of front cover. No foxing or annotation in this work. Full refund if not satisfied.
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Image for The London Prisons: with an Account of The More Distinguished Persons who have been Confined in Them. To which is added, A Description of the Chief Provincial Prisons (first edition)

The London Prisons: with an Account of The More Distinguished Persons who have been Confined in Them. To which is added, A Description of the Chief Provincial Prisons (first edition)

By: (William) Hepworth Dixon

Price: $100.00

Publisher: London, Jackson and Walford: 1850

Seller ID: 012880

Binding: half leather

Condition: Good

This volume came with a Dixon set that had been rebound. The books were from various editions but the rebinding was made to match. This resulted in an oddity with this book. The cavers are high but the text block is only 6.5" high. The leather shows quite a bit of wear. Full refund if not satisfied.
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Marriage Ceremonies and Priapic Rites in India and the East

By: A Member of the Royal Asiatic Society

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Self-Published: 1909

Seller ID: 062348

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good -

Quarter blue cloth binding with gray-brown paper boards. All edges uncut. Bookplate. 107pp. A few small stains and spots of rubbing to the covers, as well as some fraying to the edges of the spine. Front and back hinges starting (back hinge is closer to detaching). Slight foxing within, but pages are mostly clean. Front free end-paper has a small tear at it's upper right corner. Previous owner's name written on flyleaf. Text body is free from underlining, highlighting, or notes. Full refund if not satisfied.
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The Rise of Radical Egalitarianism

By: Aaron Wildavsky

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Washington, DC, American University Press: 1991

Seller ID: 063457

ISBN: 1879383004

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Near Fine

Black paperback with red and yellow color themes. All cover corners are very slightly bent/folded. No writing within. xxvi. 266 pp. Indexed. Full refund if not satisfied.
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The American Muslim Identity: Speaking for Ourselves (First Edition)

By: Abdullah, Aslam; Hathout, Gasser

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Multimedia Vera International: 2003

Seller ID: 022415

ISBN: 1881504565

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Paperback, 189pp., corners a bit worn, no writing in the book, Full refund if not satisfied.
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Punishment For and Against

By: Acton et al

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Hart: 1970

Seller ID: 006388

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Nice copy. No writing in the book - not even an owners name. Jacket is not price-clipped.
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Life Is Like a Chicken Coop Ladder: A Portrait of German Culture Through Folklore

By: Alan Dundes

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Columbia Univ Press: 1984

Seller ID: 063625

ISBN: 0231054947

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good +

Brown cloth hard cover with green lettering on spine. Tan dust jacket with green and black lettering and a photo of a building on the front cover. Some spotting on page edges. Book is free from writing within. xi. 174 pp. Indexed. Dust jacket has some mild wear at the top and bottom edges. Full refund if not satisfied.
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Talk About America: Selection of Broadcast Letters from America

By: Alistair Cooke

Price: $15.00

Publisher: London, The Bodley Head: 1968

Seller ID: 020163

ISBN: 0370003349

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good +

Teal paper-cased hardcovers protected by original dust jacket. No writing or markings in the book. Clean, crisp text pages. Light foxing to book edges, endpapers, and dust jacket. Jacket shows modest edgewear including small chip at tail of spine and closed tear at top edge of back cover. Now looks sharp protected by mylar. Full refund if not satisfied.
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Against All Odds: Rural Community In The Information Age (Rural Studies Series) FIRST EDITION

By: Allen, John C; Dillman, Don A

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Boulder, CO, Westview Press: 1994

Seller ID: 032338

ISBN: 081338821X

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

The author's model orients this community in the vortex of contemporary forces, pointing up, for example, the need for face-to-face interaction among residents versus the larger society's demand for electronic communication. With increasing conflicts between the culture of rural communities and that of the outside world occurring, small towns all over the United States are losing their businesses, their doctors, and their sense of community. Yet the town described in this study is thriving. Against All Odds identifies pride, determination, and a sense of belonging that must be nurtured and the...
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An Essay on the Restoration of Property

By: Belloc, Hilaire

Price: $50.00

Publisher: IHS Press: 2002

Seller ID: 023258

ISBN: 0971489440

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Fine

Paperback, 102pp., illustrated, no writing in the book, Full refund if not satisfied.
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Class, Race, and the Civil Rights Movement: The Changing Political Economy of Southern Racism (Blacks in the Diaspora) Signed

By: Bloom, Jack M.; Foreword by Richard Gordon Hatcher. Jack M. Bloom [Editor]

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Bloomington, Indiana University Press: 1987

Seller ID: 038496

ISBN: 0253204070

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Near Fine

A unique socio-historical analysis of the civil rights movement, analyzing the interaction between the economy and political systems in the South, which led to racial stratification. Paperback. Author's gift inscription on title page. There is no other writing in the book. x, 267pp., index. Full refund if not satisfied.
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The Emergence of the Middle Class: Social Experience in the American City, 1760-1900 (Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Modern History)

By: Blumin, Stuart Mack

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Cambridge, Mass, Cambridge University Press: 1989

Seller ID: 020580

ISBN: 0521376122

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Binding tight, illustrations and photos. Some speckled age-toning, on top edge and fore edge. There is no other writing in the book, charts, 434pp., index. Full refund if not satisfied.
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Socialist Women: European Socialist Feminism in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries

By: Boxer, Marilyn J. [Editor]; Quataert, Jean H. [Editor];

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Elsevier Science Ltd: 1978-05-01

Seller ID: 025321

ISBN: 044499050X

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Very good paperback with light shelf wear. Full refund if not satisfied.
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Image for Breaking Free from Violence: A Personal Growth and Safety Manual for Law Enforcement Officials and Other Helping Professionals (Signed)

Breaking Free from Violence: A Personal Growth and Safety Manual for Law Enforcement Officials and Other Helping Professionals (Signed)

By: Brinegar, Jerry Lee

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, Gardner Press: 1986

Seller ID: 038040

ISBN: 0898761182

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good +

Inscribed by the author on front textured end paper. Black cloth with blue lettering on spine and front cover. Illustrated. xix, 207pp., index. Full refund if not satisfied.
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The Dynamics of Cultural Change: An Inquiry into Race Relations In Africa

By: Bronislaw Malinowski

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New Haven, Yale University Press: 1961

Seller ID: 032452

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Edited, with an Introduction by Phyllis M. Kaberry. Paperback. No writing in the book. xiii, 171pp., index. Full refund if not satisfied.
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Man in an Industrial Society

By: Burleigh B. Gardner

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Chicago, Human Events Assoicates: 1947

Seller ID: 006321

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Human Events Pamphlet #16Full refund if not satisfied.
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Miscegenation Blues: Voices of Mixed Race Women (First Edition)

By: Camper, Carol [Editor]

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Toronto, Sister Vision Press: 1994

Seller ID: 024974

ISBN: 092081395X

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Near Fine

Paperback, no writing in the book, xxiv, 389pp., Full refund if not satisfied.
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Structures of Prejudice; An approach to Understanding and Dealing with Prejudice in Culture

By: Carlyle Marney

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Abingdon Press: 1961

Seller ID: 010640

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Nice Copy. This book would make a great gift. Full refund if not satisfied.
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Home-Visiting Strategies: A Case-Management Guide for Caregivers (Social Problems and Social Issues) First Edition

By: Carrilio, Terry Eisenberg

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Columbia, SC, Univ of South Carolina Pr: 2007

Seller ID: 027088

ISBN: 1570036764

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Fine

No writing in the book. Illustrated. xvi, 153pp., index. Nice clean copy. Full refund if not satisfied.
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Equality (First Edition)

By: CARTER, Robert L., Dorothy Kenyon, Peter Marcuse, and Loren Miller

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, Pantheon Books: 1965

Seller ID: 036283

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Four distinguished legal authorities confront the explosive issue of quotas and compensatory treatment for Negroes. Foreword by Charles Abrams. Two toned cloth with gold and blue design and lettering on spine and front cover. Mylar cover. xxv, 191pp. Full refund if not satisfied.
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And Justice for All?: The Claims of Human Rights (The South Atlantic Quarterly 103:1/3 Spring/Summer 2004)

By: Contributor-Bruce W.Robbins; Contributor-Thomas Keenan; Contributor-Rebecca Comay; Contributor-Jacques Ranci?re; Contributor-Paul Downes; Contributor-Susan Maslan; Contributor-Rony Brauman; Contributor-Werner Hamacher; Contributor-Slavoj Zizek; Contribu

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Duke University Press South Atlantic Quarterly: 2004

Seller ID: 009181

ISBN: 0822365642

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Near Fine

Like new: slight shelf wear on bottom right corner. Nice Copy. No writing in the book - not even an owners name. Full refund if not satisfied. The Spring/Summer 2004 issue of The South Atlantic Quarterly.
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Unarmed but Dangerous: Withering Attacks on All Things Phony, Foolish, and Fundamentally Wrong With America Today

By: Crowther, Hal

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Longstreet Pr: 1995-05-01

Seller ID: 028239

ISBN: 1563521938

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Signed by the author. Fine hardcover in fine dust jacket. Jacket has been placed in a glossy Mylar sleeve. First edition, first printing.
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The Virtue of Prosperity : Finding Values In An Age Of Techno-Affluence

By: D'Souza, Dinesh

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Free Press: 2000

Seller ID: 034260

ISBN: 0684868148

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Like New

"In The Virtue of Prosperity," former White House policy analyst Dinesh D'Souza offers the first in-depth analysis of the spiritual and social crisis that has been spawned by the new economy and new technologies. Drawing upon original reporting, including more than a hundred interviews with leading entrepreneurs, scholars, social and religious activists, and tech tycoons, D'Souza brings to life the heated debate over how we are all affected by the massive changes under way. Two toned cloth with silver spine lettering. xx, 284pp., index. Full refund if not satisfied.
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Two Billion Cars: Driving Toward Sustainability

By: Daniel Sperling; Deborah Gordon; Foreword-Arnold Schwarzenegger

Price: $12.50

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA: 2009-01-13

Seller ID: 012555

ISBN: 0195376641

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Today there are over a billion vehicles in the world, and within twenty years, the number will double, largely a consequence of China's and India's explosive growth. Given that greenhouse gases are already creating havoc with our climate and that violent conflict in unstable oil-rich nations is on the rise, will matters only get worse? Or are there hopeful signs that effective, realistic solutions can be found? Blending a concise history of cars and their impact on the world, leading transportation experts Daniel Sperling and Deborah Gordon explain how we arrived at this state, and what we can...
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African Friends and Money Matters: Observations from Africa

By: David E. Maranz

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Dallas, TX, SIL International and Museums of Cultures: 2001

Seller ID: 063492

ISBN: 1556711174

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Near Fine

Paperback. Colorful illustration of a group of people in an African village. vi. 224 pp. Indexed. Some illustrations inside. No writing within. Full refund if not satisfied.
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Mullahs, Guards, and Bonyads: An Exploration of Iranian Leadership Dynamics (First Edition)

By: David E. Thaler; Nader, Alireza; Chubin, Shahram; Green, Jerrold D.; Lynch, Charlotte

Price: $20.00

Publisher: RAND Corporation: 2010

Seller ID: 022416

ISBN: 0833047736

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Fine

As new paperback, xxii, 144pp., no writing in the book, nice copy, Full refund if not satisfied.
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Queer Revolution: The Last Stage of Radicalism

By: David Horowitz

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Studio City, CA, Center for the Study of Popular Culture: 1992

Seller ID: 013419

Binding: Pamphlet

Condition: Fine

No writing in the book - not even an owners name. Crisp, white pages. Covers very lightly shelf-worn. Small stain on front cover from removed bookplate.
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Sociology (Collins Dictionary)

By: DAVID JARY, JULIA JARY

Price: $20.00

Publisher: COLLINS: 2000-01-01

Seller ID: 024748

ISBN: 0004725115

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Near Fine

Near fine pictorial paperback. Light shelf wear, great reading copy. This book would make a great gift. Full refund if not satisfied.
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Left Green Notes: Organizing Bulletin of the Left Green Network Feb?Mar 1991 No 6. (First Edition)

By: Digger Fair

Price: $15.00

Publisher: West Lebanon, NH, Left Green Network: 1991

Seller ID: 028195

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Paperback. 23pp. No writing in the magazine. Full refund if not satisfied.
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Love and its Relation to Success

By: Dr. Frank Crane

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Newark, Man Message Corp: 1922

Seller ID: 006790

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good -

This pamphlet is in nice condition but it has some markings in it.
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Perspectives on the South: Agenda for Research (First Edition)

By: Edgar T. Thompson, Editor

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Durham, NC, Duke University Press: 1967

Seller ID: 034488

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Many contributing authors. Dust jacket is not price-clipped. No writing in the book. xiii, 231pp., index. Solid copy. Full refund if not satisfied.
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The Heritage of American Social Work

By: edited by Ralph E. Pumphrey and Muriel W. Pumphrey

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Columbia: 1961

Seller ID: 009295

ISBN: 023102486X

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

On the inside of the back cover the owner wrote a note about where he got the book Full refund if not satisfied.
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The Death Penalty in America: Current Controversies (Oxford Paperbacks)

By: Editor-Hugo Adam Bedau

Price: $4.99

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA: 1998

Seller ID: 009284

ISBN: 0195122860

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good -

Very Good. Signed by the editor, Hugo Adam Bedau. A few pages have underlining. Nice Copy. Full refund if not satisfied.
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Capital Punishment: Strategies for Abolition

By: Editor-Peter Hodgkinson; Editor-William A. Schabas

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Cambridge University Press: 2004

Seller ID: 009030

ISBN: 0521815908

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

New. Very nice copy. First Edition. No writing in the book - not even an owners name. Full refund if not satisfied.
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The Problem of War in Nineteenth Century Economic Thought (First Edition)

By: Edmund Silberner

Price: $90.00

Publisher: Princeton, NJ, Princeton University Press: 1946

Seller ID: 022784

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Brown cloth with gold lettering, xiv, 332pp., index, no writing in the book, Full refund if not satisfied.
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They Became What They Beheld (First Edition)

By: Edmund Snow Carpenter

Price: $65.00

Publisher: New York, Outerbridge & Dienstfrey: 1970

Seller ID: 028784

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good +

Charcoal cloth with white spine lettering. Not paginated. Dust jacket not price clipped but has oxidized (mirror like finish). No writing in the book. Book aims through text and photography to bring into vivid focus the changed sense of self and world that now marks modern life - most expressively in the young. Full refund if not satisfied.
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The Mystic Rose: A Study of Primitive Marriage and of Primitive Thought in its Bearing on Marrriage in 2 volumes

By: Ernest Crawley

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, Boni and Liveright: 1927

Seller ID: 025451

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Olive green cloth with gold lettering, previous owner's name written inside front boards, there is no other writing in the books, xx, 375; vii, 340pp., index, with an advertisement. Complete 2 volume set. Full refund if not satisfied.
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Playing Fair: A Book of Tolerance Plays (First Edition)

By: Fanny Venable Cannon

Price: $35.00

Publisher: New York, E. P. Dutton & Co: 1940

Seller ID: 030153

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

The central theme of for each of these four plays is TOLERANCE. "The collection will be welcomed by far-sighted teachers who have realized that tolerance must be effectively taught in our schools..." Green cloth with navy lettering. Frontispiece. 112pp. Full refund if not satisfied.
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Custom: An Essay on Social Codes

By: Ferdinand Tonnes

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Chicago, Henry Regnery Co: 1971

Seller ID: 023643

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Near Fine

Paperback, no writing in the book, 151pp., Full refund if not satisfied.
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Femininity as Alienation

By: Foreman, Ann

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Pluto Press: 1977-10-20

Seller ID: 027570

ISBN: 0904383636

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Very good paperback, light shelf wear. Full refund if not satisfied.
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The Contradictions of American Capital Punishment

By: Franklin E. Zimring

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA: 2003

Seller ID: 009028

ISBN: 0195152360

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good +

Nice Copy. New. A few pages have minor underlining in pen. - there is no other writing in the book. Full refund if not satisfied.
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The Poison Of Prudery an Historical Survey

By: Gallichan, Walter M.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: London, T. Werner Laurie Ltd.: 1929

Seller ID: 044961

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good Condition

Quite spotted, little edge wear, corners bumped. Interior scattered foxing, mostly at beginning & end. Size: 8vo. 205 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2 pounds or less. Category: Sociology & Culture; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request.
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Outcast London: A Study In The Relationship Between Classes In Victorian Society

By: Gareth Stedman Jones

Price: $32.50

Publisher: Pantheon: 1984

Seller ID: 008367

ISBN: 0394725476

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Near Fine

Nice Copy. No writing in the book - not even an owners name. Full refund if not satisfied.
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Criminal Man

By: George Godwin

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, George Braziller: 1957

Seller ID: 006230

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Nice copy. No writing in the book - not even an owners name. Jacket is not price-clipped. Full refund if not satisfied.
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Zombie Politics and Culture in the Age of Casino Capitalism (Popular Culture and Everyday Life)

By: Giroux, Henry A.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Peter Lang International Academic Publishers: 2010

Seller ID: 022422

ISBN: 1433112264

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Fine

As new paperback, viii, 168pp., index, nice copy, no writing in the book, Full refund if not satisfied.
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Unity! The Only Way

By: Gus Hall

Price: $18.00

Publisher: New York and London, New Outlook Publishers: 1987

Seller ID: 032567

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Near Fine

Near fine white pamphlet with black lettering. Clean white pages. Light shelf wear. In wonderful condition. Full refund if not satisfied.
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Not Cool: The Hipster Elite and Their War on You (Signed First Edition)

By: Gutfeld, Greg

Price: $50.00

Publisher: New York, Crown Forum: 2014

Seller ID: 037278

ISBN: 0804138532

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Like New

Behind every awful, dangerous decision lurks one evil beast: the Cool. From politics to the personal, from fashion to food, from the campus to the locker room, the desire to be cool has infected all aspects of our lives. At its most harmless, it is annoying. At its worst, it is deadly, on a massive scale. The Cool are the termites of life, infiltrating every nook and cranny and destroying it from within. The Cool report the news, write the scripts, teach our children, run our governmentand each day they pass judgment on those who dont worship at the altar of their coolness. The cool fawn ...
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Category: Social Science