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Paperback. Highlights parallels and contrasts between historical events, political regimes, and cultural movements to explore how religion has challenged and responded to secular Chinese modernity from 1898 onwards. This book integrates historical, anthropological, and sociological perspectives in a comprehensive overview of China's religious history. Num Pages: 480 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; 3JM; HRAX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226005331
- ISBN
- 9780226005331
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.74
€ 37.99
€ 29.74
Hardcover. Highlights parallels and contrasts between historical events, political regimes, and cultural movements to explore how religion has challenged and responded to secular Chinese modernity, from 1898 to this day. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HRAX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226304168
- ISBN
- 9780226304168
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.64€ 79.10
€ 94.64
€ 79.10
Hardback. By looking at the activities of Taoist clerics in Peking, this book explores the workings of religion as a profession in one Chinese city during a period of dramatic modernisation. It focuses on ordinary religious professionals, most of whom remained obscure temple employees. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 425 pages, 5 line illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; HRAX; HRKN5; HRLM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 161 x 35. Weight in Grams: 710.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674025059
- ISBN
- 9780674025059
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 46.30
€ 54.99
€ 46.30
Hardback. A history of an ancient Sahelian kingdom whose hinterland is now being laid waste by the Boko Haram insurgency. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; HBJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138. Weight in Grams: 750.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849044745
- ISBN
- 9781849044745
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.90€ 75.40
€ 76.90
€ 75.40
Hardcover. This is an authoritative reference for the field, edited by two of its most prominent scholars. The essays explain the historical role of spirituality from the founding of Islam, to the rise of Sufism, through to present day concerns. Num Pages: 596 pages. BIC Classification: HRH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2022
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 596
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470674208
- ISBN
- 9780470674208
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 186.69
€ 186.69
Hardback. Pitts uses the trial as a lens through which to explore the inner workings of the court of Louis XIV, who rightly feared that Fouquet would expose the tawdry financial dealings of the king's late mentor and prime minister, Cardinal Mazarin. Num Pages: 240 pages, 8, 8 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JD; HBJD; HBLH; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421418247
- ISBN
- 9781421418247
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 43.27
€ 51.99
€ 43.27
Paperback. Translator(s): Bononno, Robert. Num Pages: 368 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 149 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816644568
- ISBN
- 9780816644568
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.59
€ 30.99
€ 27.59
Hardcover. Translation of: Jaerusalem 1900: la ville sainte aa l'aage des possibles. Translator(s): Tihanyi, Catherine; Weiss, Lys Ann. Num Pages: 224 pages, 22 halftones, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1FBH; HBJF1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226188232
- ISBN
- 9780226188232
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 40.19
€ 51.99
€ 40.19
Paperback. Michael Mann's films receive a detailed analysis as existential dramas, including Heat, Collateral, The Last of the Mohicans and Public Enemies. Thebook demonstrates that Mann's films perform critical engagement with existentialism, illustrating the problems and opportunities of living according to this philosophy." Num Pages: 260 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APF; HPX; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349336722
- ISBN
- 9781349336722
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.17
€ 54.17
Spiralbound. 174pp
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Annamount Press
- Format
- Spiralbound
- Publication date
- 1996
- SKU
- KON0819786
- ISBN
- 9781872476100
Spiralbound
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 20.99€ 5.49
€ 20.99
€ 5.49
Paperback. Dr. McNally critically examines well over 150 years of Oblate and general Catholic history in Canada's western-most province with special emphasis on the Native people and Euro-Canadian settlers. It is the first survey history of the Catholic Church in British Columbia. Series: The Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate. Num Pages: 472 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBCB; HRA; HRCC7; HRCX8. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 28. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Alberta Press Canada
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 443
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780888643469
- ISBN
- 9780888643469
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.19
€ 40.99
€ 29.19
Paperback. Num Pages: Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 27. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Publisher
- Grub Street United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906502720
- ISBN
- 9781906502720
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.87
€ 26.87
Hardback. Presents a detailed description of the operations to relieve Malta in 1942 and assesses the actual impact Malta had on the fight to deny supplies to Rommel's army in North Africa Illustrator(s): Zuber, Ted. Series: Twentieth-Century Battles. Num Pages: 288 pages, 24 b&w illus., 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1DSM; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 236 x 23. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253006035
- ISBN
- 9780253006035
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.70
€ 38.70
Paperback. Series: Religion and Postmodernism. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: HRA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 151 x 13. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226653129
- ISBN
- 9780226653129
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.74
€ 37.99
€ 29.74
Paperback. Vincent Scully has shaped not only how we view the evolution of architecture in the twentieth century but also the course of that evolution itself. This illustrated volume talks about Scully's incalculable contribution. It selects twenty essays that reveal the Scully's work from the 1950s through the 1990s. Editor(s): Levine, Neil. Num Pages: 400 pages, 313 halftones. BIC Classification: HBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 208 x 258 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1196.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691074429
- ISBN
- 9780691074429
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.07€ 50.97
€ 65.07
€ 50.97
Hardcover. Num Pages: 269 pages, over 350 color/bw images. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBWQ; JWTU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 287 x 219 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1834. illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBWQ; JWTU. Dimension: 287 x 219 x 32. Weight: 1842.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764337529
- ISBN
- 9780764337529
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.35€ 69.07
€ 86.35
€ 69.07
hardcover. A fascinating and richly illustrated exploration into the most glorious and world-changing maps ever made. Num Pages: 256 pages, maps. BIC Classification: HBTP; RGV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 336 x 262 x 26. Weight in Grams: 2200. Good clean copy in dustwrapper. Some minor shelf wear.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- Third printing
- Publisher
- Little, Brown and Company
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- SKU
- KRA0003166
- ISBN
- 9780316997669
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 30.00
€ 30.00
Paperback. Takes the enslaved person's claims of human consumption seriously, focusing on both the literal starvation of the slave and the tropes of cannibalism on the part of the slaveholder, and further draws attention to the ways in which Blacks experienced their consumption as a fundamentally homoerotic occurrence. Series: Sexual Cultures. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTS; JFSL3; JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 146 x 20. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814794623
- ISBN
- 9780814794623
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.93
€ 33.99
€ 30.93
Paperback. Taking poetry as an act of witness and restorative memory, this essay traces the development of poems relating to Ireland's Great Hunger from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day. Num Pages: 52 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 282 x 6. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- Quinnipiac University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780997837445
- ISBN
- 9780997837445
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 12.02
€ 13.99
€ 12.02
Paperback. Translator(s): Tarantino, Elisabetta. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: HPCD1; HPS; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691175768
- ISBN
- 9780691175768
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.63
€ 26.99
€ 20.63