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Cultural studies

Paperback. Evokes and contrasts two forms of firewalking and religious healing. This book includes the Anastenaria, a northern Greek ritual in which people who are possessed by Saint Constantine dance dramatically over red-hot coals, and, American firewalking, one of the more spectacular activities of New Age psychology. Series: Princeton Modern Greek Studies. Num Pages: 424 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: JFC; MX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 522.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691028538
ISBN
9780691028538
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.95

Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages, 30 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JMC; APF; JFCA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
paperback / softback
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231148719
ISBN
9780231148719
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.68

Num Pages: 400 pages, 30 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JMC; APF; JFCA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 658.
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231148702
ISBN
9780231148702
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 141.79

Paperback. A study of the cultural dynamics of East/West power politics. In defiance of ideological convention, it combines a call for social justice, cultural difference, and environmental sustainability with a sober recognition of the need for continued balance of power geopolitics, soft and hard. Series: Pacific Formations: Global Relations in Asian & Pacific Perspectives. Num Pages: 224 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FP; 1KBB; JFC; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 150 x 13. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742517073
ISBN
9780742517073
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.75

Hardback. A study of the cultural dynamics of East/West power politics. In defiance of ideological convention, it combines a call for social justice, cultural difference, and environmental sustainability with a sober recognition of the need for continued balance of power geopolitics, soft and hard. Series: Pacific Formations: Global Relations in Asian & Pacific Perspectives. Num Pages: 224 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FP; 1KBB; JFC; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 161 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742517066
ISBN
9780742517066
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 181.92

Paperback. Num Pages: 182 pages. BIC Classification: 3JM; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 135 x 14. Weight in Grams: 224.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Seren
Number of pages
182
Condition
New
SKU
V9781854115195
ISBN
9781854115195
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.69

Paperback. This book examines the development of a contemporary internal debate among Muslim minorities living in Western Europe and North America to establish a specific form of Islamic jurisprudence. Fiqh al-aqalliyyat attempts to strike a balance between Muslim's religious commitments and their civic identity as citizens in Western liberal states. Series: Palgrave Series in Islamic Theology, Law. Num Pages: 232 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJF; HRA; JFC; JHB; JP; LAB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 304.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349467105
ISBN
9781349467105
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 181.82

Paperback. Exploring the final decade of each century from the 15th to the 20th, this work investigates factors such as cultural and economic attitudes, and artistic, scientific and political change. It finds that a consciousness of time has influenced the way people perceive their place in history. Num Pages: 256 pages, 84 b&w illustrations, 34 colour plates. BIC Classification: 3H; 3J; HBG; HBTB; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 168 x 243 x 17. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Yale University Press
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300082630
ISBN
9780300082630
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.25

Paperback. Deals specifically with issues of the 1990s, and provides a contrast by looking into issues of the 1890s. This book provides an educated overview of what we can expect in the new century. It also analyses literary interpretations of the millennium from the standpoint of social sciences and vice versa. Editor(s): Johansen, Ib. Series: Dolphin S. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFF; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 560.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Aarhus University Press Denmark
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9788772883823
ISBN
9788772883823
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.00

Paperback. A communications trainer based in Finland for 50 years, Lewis traces how the Finnish people transformed their war-torn country with a struggling economy in 1945, into a leader in technology and major diplomatic player in Europe by the end of the century. He attributes their achievements to the culture rather than to political or business prowess. A Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DNF; GTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 356. 224 pages, Illustrations, maps. A communications trainer based in Finland for 50 years, Lewis traces how the Finnish people transformed their war-torn country with a struggling economy in 1945, into a leader in technology and major diplomatic player in Europe by the end of the century. He attributes their achievements to the culture rather than to political or business prowess. A. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DNF; GTB; JFC. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 20. Weight: 444.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
John Murray Press
Edition
1st ed
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781931930185
ISBN
9781931930185
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 15.90

Paperback. Suspending the distinction between headline news and high theory, this book examines the diverse figures of finitude in our modernity: war, guerrilla video, trauma TV, AIDS, music, divorce, sadism, electronic tagging, rumor. Num Pages: 370 pages, 14 photographs, table. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DNF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 114 x 232 x 23. Weight in Grams: 474.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803289499
ISBN
9780803289499
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.44

Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages, 400+ photos. BIC Classification: JFCK; WCP; WFJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 279 x 13. Weight in Grams: 772.
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764311420
ISBN
9780764311420
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 25.45

Paperback. Editor(s): Underhill, Anne P.; Salazar, Lucy C. Series: SpringerBriefs in Archaeology. Num Pages: 167 pages, 12 black & white illustrations, 52 colour illustrations, 5 black & white tables, biograph. BIC Classification: HDA; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 9. Weight in Grams: 267.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
167
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319202549
ISBN
9783319202549
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.56

Paperback. The new southern studies has had an uneasy relationship with both American studies and the old southern studies. In Finding Purple America , Jon Smith, one of the founders of the new movement, locates the source of that unease in the fundamentally antimodern fantasies of both older fields. Series: New Southern Series. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820345260
ISBN
9780820345260
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.70

Paperback. Following its entry into the European Union, Ireland changed radically from an impoverished, provincial, former British colony to a country where a farmer takes his wife on skiing holidays in Switzerland. This work debunks a good many stereotypes that prevent our seeing Ireland for what it was, as well as what it has become. Num Pages: 272 pages, col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; DSB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 482.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press Indiana
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268042325
ISBN
9780268042325
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.72

Paperback. Addresses the effect of mobile communications technologies on individuals' habits and how they are regulated Num Pages: 208 pages, 10 illus. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 286.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Dartmouth College Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611685220
ISBN
9781611685220
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 37.57

paperback. Presents the social and cultural history of the rise of consumer credit in America. This book focuses on the years between 1890 and 1940, when the legal, institutional, and moral bases of consumer credit were established. It challenges the idea that consumer credit has eroded traditional values. Num Pages: 400 pages, 19 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JFC; KFFL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780691074559
ISBN
9780691074559
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.34
€ 46.84

Hardback. A reconsideration of the abstract death and afterlife ideas of the 1890s in the light of modern critical thought. The contributors essays draw on a range of approaches and are broadly inter-disciplinary. Editor(s): Stokes, John. Series: Warwick Studies in the European Humanities. Num Pages: 259 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
259
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333532683
ISBN
9780333532683
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 194.25

Paperback. Editor(s): Cohen, William A.; Johnson, Ryan. Num Pages: 368 pages, 11ill. BIC Classification: HB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816643004
ISBN
9780816643004
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.67

Hardcover. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBN; JFC; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 550.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Mage Publishers United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780934211949
ISBN
9780934211949
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 38.20

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