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Paperback. The Nigerian diaspora is now world-wide, and when Yoruba travel, they take with them their religious organizations. As a member of the Cherubim and Seraphim church in London for over thirty years, anthropologist Hermione Harris explores a world of prayer, spirit possession, and divination through dreams and visions. Series: Contemporary Anthropology of Religion. Num Pages: 303 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRA; HRAC; JFC; JHM; PGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2006
- Number of pages
- 303
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349535507
- ISBN
- 9781349535507
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.73
€ 127.73
Hardback. This book is a much expanded and wholly rewritten treatment of the subject of the author's first book, Warrior Government in Early Medieval Japan, published in 1974. In this new version, the "warrior" and "medieval" character of Japan's first shogunate is significantly de-emphasized, thus requiring not only a new title, but also a new book. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrationsmap. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBG; HBJF; HBLC; JFC; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 160 x 230 x 20. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804735919
- ISBN
- 9780804735919
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.25
€ 87.25
Paperback. This book examines yoga's transcultural dissemination in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. It explores yoga as a situated practice, shaped in distinctive ways against the backdrop of both global forces and local imaginings of India and its traditions. Editor(s): Hauser, Beatrix. Series: Transcultural Research - Heidelberg Studies on Asia and Europe in a Global Context. Num Pages: 259 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, 8 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 169 x 14. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319003146
- ISBN
- 9783319003146
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.34
€ 66.34
Paperback. A political and analytical biography, this book examines Yizhak Rabin's longtime leadership of the military and his political direction of the Jewish state, as well as his efforts to secure a peace with Egypt and with the Palestinians. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJF; HBW; JFC; JPA; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2014
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349481682
- ISBN
- 9781349481682
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.98
€ 65.98
Paperback. This title uses the Asian concept of yin and yang to explain how American virtues and vices are opposite sides of the same coin. Unlike the dualism characteristic of the West, in much of Asia the forces of yin and yang are seen to co-exist in everything, and complete each other in cosmic harmony. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KBB; JFC; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Nicholas Brealey Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781877864858
- ISBN
- 9781877864858
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 19.08
€ 26.99
€ 19.08
Paperback. Yiddish and Power surveys the social, linguistic and intellectual history of the Yiddish language within the traditional civilisation of Jewish Ashkenaz in central, and then in eastern Europe, and its interaction with the surrounding non-Jewish culture. It explores the various ways in which Yiddish has empowered masses and served political agendas. Series: Palgrave Studies in Minority Languages and Communities. Num Pages: 340 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CBX; CFB; CFGR; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 340
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349355211
- ISBN
- 9781349355211
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.85
€ 66.85
Paperback. From Jules Verne to the Jetsons, from a 500-passenger flying wing to an anti-aircraft flying buzz-saw, the vision of the future as seen through the eyes of the past demonstrates the play of the American imagination on the canvas of the future. Num Pages: 176 pages, 166, 166 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCX; PDR; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 252 x 10. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801853999
- ISBN
- 9780801853999
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.16
€ 48.16
Paperback. Series: Xenophobe's Guides. Num Pages: 96 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBR; JFC; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 111 x 8. Weight in Grams: 92. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Oval Books
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAC0000213
- ISBN
- 9781906042370
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. This book delves into the reasons why pop culture, and all of its "X-Rated" features, are so appealing to masses of people, even though they may hate to love it. Num Pages: 180 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CF; GTE; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 165 x 18. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230610675
- ISBN
- 9780230610675
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.78
€ 66.78
Paperback. Is it "Stalinist" for a formerly communist country to tear down a statue of Stalin? Should the Confederate flag be allowed to fly over the South Carolina state capital? Is it possible for America to honour General Custer and the Sioux Nation, Jefferson Davis and Abraham Lincoln? This title deals with these questions. Series: Public Planet Books. Num Pages: 160 pages, 19 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AMGD; JFC; JHM; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 208 x 168 x 12. Weight in Grams: 206.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Number of pages
- 104
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822322207
- ISBN
- 9780822322207
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.44
€ 26.99
€ 25.44
Hardcover. Joseph R. Dennis demonstrates the significance of imperial Chinese local gazetteers in both local societies and national discourses. Whereas previous studies argued that publishing, and thus cultural and intellectual power, were concentrated in the southeast, Dennis shows that publishing and book ownership were widely dispersed throughout China. Num Pages: 405 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JFC; KCZ; KNTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 161 x 35. Weight in Grams: 694.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Asia Center
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674504295
- ISBN
- 9780674504295
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 46.60
€ 54.99
€ 46.60
Paperback. Series Editor(s): Melikoglu, Koray. Series: Studies in English Literatures. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 151 x 12. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Publisher
- ibidem-Verlag, Jessica Haunschild u Christian Schon
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2021
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783838200750
- ISBN
- 9783838200750
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.35
€ 40.99
€ 29.35
Paperback. This book brings together experts on national history writing from all five continents to discuss the role of history in the making of national identities in a transnational and comparative way. The institutionalization and professionalisation of history writing is analysed in the context of history's increasing nationalization. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; HBAH; HBTB; JFC; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 255
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349283644
- ISBN
- 9781349283644
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Series: Palgrave Studies in Modern European Literature. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; HBJ; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349460847
- ISBN
- 9781349460847
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Exploring the tensions between women's lived bodily experiences and the cultural meanings inscribed on the female body, this volume--complete with editors' introduction--includes classic and contemporary essays on rape, pornography, eroticism, anorexia, body building, menstruation, and maternity, and challenges racial, class, and sexual categories. Editor(s): Conboy, Katie; Medina, Nadia; Stanbury, Sarah. Series: Gender and Culture Series. Num Pages: 384 pages, ports. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 28. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- 7th ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231105453
- ISBN
- 9780231105453
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
€ 40.99
€ 29.44
Paperback. Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2004
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349422906
- ISBN
- 9781349422906
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.86
€ 65.86
Paperback. This book stages a series of interventions and inventions of urban space between 1880 and 1930 in key literary texts of the period. Making sharp distinctions between modernity and modernism, the volume reassesses the city as a series of singular sites irreducible to stable identities, concluding with an extended reading of The Waste Land . Num Pages: 273 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBF; DSBH; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 273
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349284399
- ISBN
- 9781349284399
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Num Pages: 277 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBF; DSBH; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 277
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349474677
- ISBN
- 9781349474677
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. This updated edition includes a substantive new preface that reconsiders some of the issues raised in the book. Series: Parallax: Re-visions of Culture and Society. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; DSA; HBAH; HBTZ1; JFC; JM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 147 x 16. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421414003
- ISBN
- 9781421414003
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.02
€ 33.99
€ 33.02
paperback. Writing Early Modern London explores how urban community in London was experienced, imagined and translated into textual form. Ranging from previously unstudied manuscripts to major works by Middleton, Stow and Whitney, it examines how memory became a key cultural battleground as rites of community were appropriated in creative ways. Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- SKU
- V9781349451678
- ISBN
- 9781349451678
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95