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Hardback. Traces the social history of early modern Japan's sex trade, from its beginnings in seventeenth-century cities to its apotheosis in the nineteenth-century countryside. Drawing on legal codes, diaries, town registers, petitions, and criminal records, this title describes how the work of selling women transformed communities across the archipelago. Series: Asia: Local Studies/ Global Themes. Num Pages: 282 pages, 7 b/w photographs, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3J; HBJF; HBLH; HBTB; JFMX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 534. Prostitution, Markets, and the Household in Early Modern Japan. Series: Asia: Local Studies/ Global Themes. 282 pages, Illustrations. Traces the social history of early modern Japan's sex trade, from its beginnings in seventeenth-century cities to its apotheosis in the nineteenth-century countryside. Drawing on legal codes, diaries, town registers, petitions, and criminal records, this title describes how the work of selling women transformed communities across the archipelago. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3J; HBJF; HBLH; HBTB; JFMX. Dimension: 234 x 153 x 22. Weight: 534.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520270909
- ISBN
- 9780520270909
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.08€ 64.99
€ 84.08
€ 64.99
Paperback. A historical account of the Women Strike for Peace movement. Amy Swerdlow, a founding member of WSP, restores to the record a chapter on American politics and women's studies. She traces WSP's triumphs, its problems, and its legacy for the women's movement and American society. Series: Women in Culture and Society Series. Num Pages: 326 pages, 32 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTJ; HBTB; JFFK; JPWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 241 x 25. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 326
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226786360
- ISBN
- 9780226786360
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.77
€ 37.99
€ 29.77
Paperback. Num Pages: 576 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBXK; 1KBB; 3JJPR; HBJF1; HBJK; HBLW3; HBWS3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 216 x 31. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Trine Day United States
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781937584207
- ISBN
- 9781937584207
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.52
€ 20.99
€ 20.52
Hardback. This book uses the histories of the city art museums in Birmingham, Liverpool, and Manchester to reveal, examine, and follow the consequences of the underlying logic of the Victorian art museum movement: the attempt to contain the moral and physical ugliness of industrial capitalism through the experience of beauty. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: GM; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804778046
- ISBN
- 9780804778046
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.63
€ 81.63
Paperback. Placing the gospel narratives in their full literary, social, and archaeological context, this collection includes translations and descriptions of texts that shed light on the Jesus of history. It demonstrates that only by knowing the world in which Jesus lived and taught can we fully understand him, his message, and the spread of the Gospel. Editor(s): Levine, Amy-Jill; Allison, Dale C., Jr.; Crossan, John Dominic. Series: Princeton Readings in Religions. Num Pages: 456 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: HRCA; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 26. Weight in Grams: 650.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 456
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691009926
- ISBN
- 9780691009926
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.54
€ 54.99
€ 39.54
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- HarperOne
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780061561030
- ISBN
- 9780061561030
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.00€ 16.67
€ 17.00
€ 16.67
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 137 x 18. Weight in Grams: 194.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- HarperOne
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780061137785
- ISBN
- 9780061137785
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.74
€ 18.99
€ 15.74
Paperback / so. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Skyhorse Publishing United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781620875865
- ISBN
- 9781620875865
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.30
€ 18.99
€ 16.30
Hardback. Translator(s): Major, John S.; Queen, Sarah A.; Meyer, Andrew Seth; Roth, Harold D. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HPDF; HRAM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231159807
- ISBN
- 9780231159807
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.95€ 83.22
€ 108.95
€ 83.22
Hardback. This book thematizes the mystical figure of the abyss by examining the abyss as the dialectical process of the self's reconstruction followed by its dispossession. It traces such process in Neoplatonic mysticism, German idealism, and Afro-Caribbean philosophy with the end of politicizing the mystical figure from the standpoint of coloniality. Series: Perspectives in Continental Philosophy. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: HBTQ; HPC; HRAB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3887 x 5817 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823273072
- ISBN
- 9780823273072
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.15
€ 97.15
Paperback. This book thematizes the mystical figure of the abyss by examining the abyss as the dialectical process of the self's reconstruction followed by its dispossession. It traces such process in Neoplatonic mysticism, German idealism, and Afro-Caribbean philosophy with the end of politicizing the mystical figure from the standpoint of coloniality. Series: Perspectives in Continental Philosophy. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: HBTQ; HPC; HRAB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 15. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823273089
- ISBN
- 9780823273089
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 29.60
€ 30.99
€ 29.60
Paperback. This collection attends to western women's struggles within Roman Catholicism by examining how women throughout the centuries have attempted to reconcile their unruliness with their Catholic backgrounds or conversions. Editor(s): Kothe, Ana. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; HRCC7; JFC; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 343.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349369669
- ISBN
- 9781349369669
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.07
€ 64.07
Paperback. Ana de San Bartolome (1549-1626) was a contemporary and close associate of St Teresa of Avila. Her life was a blend of religious activism and spiritual forcefulness that characterized the first generation of Discalced, or reformed Carmelites. This book presents her autobiography. Editor(s): Donahue, Darcy. Translator(s): Donahue, Darcy. Series: Other Voice in Early Modern Europe. Num Pages: 196 pages. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; BGXA; HRCC7; HRCX8. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 165 x 13. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226143729
- ISBN
- 9780226143729
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 28.82
€ 35.99
€ 28.82
paperback. In 1957, Joseph Spagna and five other men waited to board a bus called the Sunnyland. Their plan was: ride the bus together - three blacks and three whites - get arrested and take their case to the US Supreme Court. This book chronicles the story of an American family against the backdrop of one of the civil rights movement's lesser-known stories. Series: River Teeth Literary Nonfiction Prize. Num Pages: 286 pages, 5 Illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; HBJK; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 16. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780803217126
- ISBN
- 9780803217126
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.92
€ 20.99
€ 20.92
Paperback. A groundbreaking examination of Chile's Mapuche shamans and their use of a unique tree in ritual transvestitism and political defiance. Num Pages: 335 pages, 31 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KLSH; HRKT; JFSJ; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 335
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780292716599
- ISBN
- 9780292716599
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.94
€ 34.99
€ 31.94
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAB; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1981
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226721026
- ISBN
- 9780226721026
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 26.02
€ 32.99
€ 26.02
Hardcover. First published in 1986. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1map. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBTB; JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 278. An excellent, clean copy
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- KPI London
- Number of pages
- 94
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- KRS0018094
- ISBN
- 9780710301192
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 5.49
€ 5.49
Hardcover. First published in 1986. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1map. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBTB; JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 278. An excellent, clean copy
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- KPI London
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 94
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KRS0018095
- ISBN
- 9780710301192
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 5.49
€ 5.49
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; HREX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 136 x 24. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1969
- Publisher
- Red Wheel/Weiser United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780877280644
- ISBN
- 9780877280644
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.06
€ 26.99
€ 23.06
Hardcover. The Blackwell Companion to Aristotle aims to provide in-depth studies of the main themes of Aristotle's thought, from art to zoology. Comprised of a total of forty essays, it will include, among others, seven essays on his views on metaphysics, three on psychology, three on biology, eight on ethics, five on politics, and four on rhetoric and art. Editor(s): Anagnostopoulos, Georgios. Series: Blackwell Companions to Philosophy. Num Pages: 672 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 182 x 244 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1316.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 672
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405122238
- ISBN
- 9781405122238
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 231.71
€ 231.71
Hardback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBS; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJF1; HBLW3; HBLX; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231176361
- ISBN
- 9780231176361
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.93
€ 81.93
Paperback. This collection presents twelve photographic journeys through Iran in the twenty-first century. The participating photographers have each chosen a different aspect of daily life in their country; a cafe, a bus trip, a shopping centre, a "living martyr", the clerics etc. Num Pages: 128 pages, 120photos(100 colour ). BIC Classification: 1FBN; 3JM; AJC; HBJF1; HBLX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 220 x 9. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Publisher
- I. B. Tauris
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781850437192
- ISBN
- 9781850437192
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 26.60
€ 31.99
€ 26.60
Paperback. As mindfulness is increasingly being embraced in the contemporary world as a practice that brings peace and self-awareness, Bhikkhu Analayo casts fresh light on its earliest sources in the Buddhist tradition. Num Pages: 327 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: HRES. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Publisher
- Windhorse Publications United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909314030
- ISBN
- 9781909314030
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.79
€ 20.99
€ 16.79
Paperback. Analayo outlines how to meditate on emptiness, according to early Buddhism. His presentation is geared to practical concerns, plus an appendix giving a translation of the key discourses from the Pali and Chinese. This brings out an aspect of early Buddhism so far fairly neglected, providing a perspective on emptiness as a form of meditation. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: HREP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 18. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Publisher
- Windhorse Publications
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909314559
- ISBN
- 9781909314559
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.11
€ 18.99
€ 15.11