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  | | Senseless Acts of Beauty(1st Edition) Cultures of Resistence Since the Sixties by George Mckay Paperback, 224 Pages, Published 1996 by Verso ISBN-13: 978-1-85984-028-3, ISBN: 1-85984-028-0 "Welcome to the social and environmental devastation that is Britain in 1996. Welcome to interchangeable political parties and their chattering media jesters pulling together to make Johnny Rotten's dream come true: no future. But despite their best efforts, fear, cynicism and the National Lottery aren't the whole story. Protest hasn't disappeared during the last twenty years, and nor have solidarity and imagination. They have simply tak ..." |
 | | Shakin' All Over Popular Music and Disability (Corporealities: Discourses of Disability) by George Mckay Paperback, 242 Pages, Published 2013 by University Of Michigan Press ISBN-13: 978-0-472-05209-7, ISBN: 0-472-05209-8 "Given the explosion in recent years of scholarship exploring the ways in which disability is manifested and performed in numerous cultural spaces, it’s surprising that until now there has never been a single monograph study covering the important intersection of popular music and disability. George McKay’s Shakin’ All Over is a cross-disciplinary examination of the ways in which popular music performers have addressed disability: in the ..." |
 | | DiY Culture Party and Protest in Nineties' Britain by George Mckay Paperback, 318 Pages, Published 1998 by Verso ISBN-13: 978-1-85984-260-7, ISBN: 1-85984-260-7 "Collective youth up trees or down tunnels, protest camps and all-night raves across the land—these are the spectacular features of the politics and culture of nineties youth in Britain. DiY Culture lays to rest the myth of “Thatcher’s children,” for the flags are flying again—green, red and black.Editor George McKay claims that popular protest today is characterized by a culture of immediacy and direct action. Gathered together here for ..." |
 | | National Geographic Encyclopedia of Animals by Karen Mcghee, George Mckay, National Geographic Society Hardcover, 192 Pages, Published 2006 by National Geographic Children's Books ISBN-13: 978-0-7922-5936-7, ISBN: 0-7922-5936-X "Get ready to take a walk on the wild side! National Geographic Children's Books' brand-new reference work provides families and children with everything they need to know about the animal kingdom. You'll meet more than 1,000 animals as you explore the pages of National Geographic Encyclopedia of Animals. This comprehensive volume introduces the entire animal kingdom: mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, and all kinds of invert ..." |
 | | Scottish Names (Waverley Scottish Classics) by George Mckay, Waverley Books Staff Paperback, 192 Pages, Published 2009 by Waverley Books Ltd ISBN-13: 978-1-902407-79-1, ISBN: 1-902407-79-2 "This is a guide to names used in Scotland - Scots, Gaelic, international, ancient, modern, and timeless - and their origins and meanings. These names are either popular in modern Scotland, or are chosen because they have some special significance or historical link to the country. With Gaelic pronunciations, and historical and geographical references to the origin of first names and surnames, this book both helps parents choose a name f ..." |
 | | The Encyclopedia of Animals(1st Edition) A Complete Visual Guide by Fred Cooke, Stephen Hutchinson, Hugh Dingle, George Mckay, Richard Carl Vogt, Richard Schodde, Noel Tait, Harry W. Greene, Mr. Stuart Lawrence, Jenni Bruce, Richard G. Vogt Hardcover, 608 Pages, Published 2004 by University Of California Press ISBN-13: 978-0-520-24406-1, ISBN: 0-520-24406-0 "The Encyclopedia of Animals is a lavishly illustrated, authoritative, and comprehensive exploration of the rich and intriguing world of animals. Written by an international team of specialists, spectacularly adorned with a gallery of more than 2,000 color illustrations, and supplemented with distribution maps, detailed and beautifully rendered diagrams, and some of the world's finest wildlife photographs, this volume will become the sta ..." |
 | | Encyclopedia of Mammals, Second Edition(2nd Edition) (Natural World) by Edwin Gould, George Mckay, David Kirshner, David S. Kirshner, Gregory Mckay Hardcover, 240 Pages, Published 1998 by Academic Press ISBN-13: 978-0-12-293670-8, ISBN: 0-12-293670-1 "Mammals are our closest relatives in the animal kingdom; most are beautiful, and many are highly intelligent and have intricate social systems. They are found in all kinds of habitats; they may have fur, scales, or spines; they move by hopping, swimming, running, or flying. What all mammals share, apart from certain anatomical similarities, is the unique ability to nourish their young with milk from mammary glands.Many species of mammal ..." |
 | | Cultural Studies Bloomsbury Academic Collections Yankee Go Home (& Take Me with U) : Americanization and Popular Culture (2016, E-book) by George Mckay 208 Pages, Published 2016 by Bloomsbury Publishing ISBN-13: 978-1-4742-8784-5, ISBN: 1-4742-8784-0 "The contempt towards these individuals, as in Sens Unik's 'La horde des faux,' ( The horde of the fakes) is as powerful as that expressed towards the police or the politicians (Sens Unik 1993). As far as has been possible to ascertain, no new group claiming to promote the ideals of the French branch of the Zulu Nation has come out in the past years and, if the history of the French branch of the Zulu Nation serves as a blueprint, it ..." |
 | | Shakin' All Over(Updated) Popular Music and Disability (Corporealities: Discourses Of Disability) by George Mckay Hardcover, 242 Pages, Published 2013 by University Of Michigan Press ISBN-13: 978-0-472-07209-5, ISBN: 0-472-07209-9 "Given the explosion in recent years of scholarship exploring the ways in which disability is manifested and performed in numerous cultural spaces, it’s surprising that until now there has never been a single monograph study covering the important intersection of popular music and disability. George McKay’s Shakin’ All Over is a cross-disciplinary examination of the ways in which popular music performers have addressed disability: in the ..." |
 | | Corporealities Discourses of Disability Corporealities : Discourses of Disability: Shakin' All over: Popular Music and Disability by George Mckay 230 Pages, Published 2013 by University Of Michigan Press ISBN-13: 978-0-472-12004-8, ISBN: 0-472-12004-2 "... re- search has shown that, of different music genres, “rock and heavy metal was played the loudest by both males and females” (Daniel 2007, 227). Otologists and medical academics confirm each other's findings about the dangers to hearing of popular music consumption in the new loud, mobile era— in particular, around the impact of Walkman and iPod technologies on young people. Writing in a survey of recent research in the field i ..." |
 | | Circular Breathing The Cultural Politics of Jazz in Britain by George Mckay 357 Pages, Published 2005 by Duke University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8223-8728-2, ISBN: 0-8223-8728-X "... other military or pseudo-military moments facili- 1 a normative masculine sociocultural alignment. This link helps :plain the masculinity of jazz in Britain, and can extend to a musilike Dick Heckstall-Smith who for political reasons refused to do Jational Service. Registering as a conscientious objector, Heckstall - :h went before a tribunal that permitted him to undertake alter- re public service in the mid-1950s by working as ..." |
 | | Mammals(4th Edition) by George Mckay, Carson Creagh, Alistair Barnard Hardcover, 64 Pages, Published 2003 by Barnes & Noble Books ISBN-13: 978-0-7607-4640-0, ISBN: 0-7607-4640-0 |
 | | Senseless Acts of Beauty Cultures of Resistance since the Sixties by George Mckay Hardcover, 224 Pages, Published 1996 by Verso ISBN-13: 978-1-85984-908-8, ISBN: 1-85984-908-3 "... of travellers' vehicles allowed to park up on a piece of land. It was precisely the inclusive breadth of the government's proposals that enabled the Labour opposition to abstain in Parliament, rather than organize against them (this was left to the unelected chamber of the House of Lords). Labour effectively overlooked the Act's blatantly repressive aspects, sidestepping the awkward issue of standing up for people's rights. Mic ..." |
 | | Encyclopedia of Animals Mammals by Edwin Gould, George Mckay Hardcover, Published 1990 by Gallery Books ISBN-13: 978-0-8317-2788-8, ISBN: 0-8317-2788-8 "New York, New York, U.S.A.: Gallery Books, 1990. very good hardcover in very good dustjacket, corner bump, some corner wear (minor) , no markings, clean copy, AN505494. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9" |
 | | Encyclopedia of Mammals A Complete Visual Guide by Dr. George Mckay, Stephen Hutchinson Dr, Jenni Bruce, Karen Mcghee Hardcover, 222 Pages, Published 2006 by Fog City Presss ISBN-13: 978-1-74089-352-7, ISBN: 1-74089-352-2 "Lavishly illustrated book presents the most recent findings of scientific research. Authoritative text is enhanced by superb photographs and galleries of species illustrations, diagrams, and maps to give an up-to-date overview of our knowledge of the once-secret lives of mammals." |
 | | Encyclopedia of Discovery Animals by George Else, Susan Lumpkin, George Mckay, John Seidensticker, Allen E. Greer, Various Consulting Editors, Weldon Owen Pty Paperback, 224 Pages, Published 2005 by Wendel Owen, Inc. ISBN-13: 978-1-74089-326-8, ISBN: 1-74089-326-3 "Book by None" |
 | | Glastonbury(1st Edition) A Very English Fair */1st print** by George Mckay Paperback, 256 Pages, Published 2000 by Orion ISBN-13: 978-0-575-06807-0, ISBN: 0-575-06807-8 "From its origins as what its organiser Michael Eavis called a "mini-rock festival", fittingly headlined by the diminutive Marc Bolan in 1970, Glastonbury Festival has become a musical and cultural fixture in the English summer. Famed not only for its fine (and not so fine) musical performances, but also for its surrounding "attractions" of comedy, dance, theatre, and, for those unfortunate enough to visit in "a muddy year", trench-foot, ..." |
 | | DIY Culture Party and Protest in Nineties' Britain by George Mckay Hardcover, 310 Pages, Published 1998 by Verso Books ISBN-13: 978-1-85984-878-4, ISBN: 1-85984-878-8 "For putting me on to other sources and documents, thanks to Mike Waite, Sylvia Ayling, Alan Rice, Godfrey Featherstone, Tom Cahill, John Moore, Tim Jordan, Anne Beech, Fabiana Forni, Chris Atton, Alan Dearling, Nina Taylor, Jo Norcup. Thanks to Mum and Jim, for arguments about New Labour, and much else besides, and Ran, too. Finally, at Verso thanks to Jane Hindle, Sophie Arditti, Amelia la Fuente, Robin Blackburn, Sebastian Budgen ..." |
 | | The Pop Festival History, Music, Media, Culture by George Mckay Hardcover, 256 Pages, Published 2015 by Bloomsbury Academic ISBN-13: 978-1-62356-820-7, ISBN: 1-62356-820-X "'I'm going to camp out on the land ...try and get my soul free'. So sang Joni Mitchell in 1970 on 'Woodstock'. But Woodstock is only the tip of the iceberg. Popular music festivals are one of the strikingly successful and enduring features of seasonal popular cultural consumption for young people and older generations of enthusiasts. From pop and rock to folk, jazz and techno, under stars and canvas, dancing in the streets and in the mu ..." |
 | | "National Geographic Encyclopedia of Animals Exclusive Expanded Edition" by Karen Mcghee, George Mckay Hardcover, 256 Pages, Published 2007 by National Geographic Society ISBN-13: 978-0-7922-7458-2, ISBN: 0-7922-7458-X "Deluxe leather bound edition. Features gold stenciling on cover and spine, gold page edging on all three sides. Place keeper ribbon." |
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