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Hardback. Explores the British obsession with Gypsies throughout the nineteenth century and into the twentieth. This book traces various representations of Gypsies in the works of various British authors. It explores the histories of nomadic writer George Borrow, the Gypsy Lore Society, Dora Yates, and others. Num Pages: 240 pages, 20 illus. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJC; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 817.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231137041
ISBN
9780231137041
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.58
€ 79.12

Hardback. A study of the Buddha's bodily self-sacrifice during his previous lives as a bodhisattva. This book argues that this theme has had an impact on the development of Buddhist philosophy and culture. It relates the theme of the Buddha's bodily self-sacrifice to various conceptual discourses in the history of Buddhism and South Asian religions. Num Pages: 392 pages, 9 illus. BIC Classification: DSB; HRE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 163 x 33. Weight in Grams: 676.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231137089
ISBN
9780231137089
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.75

Hardback. Num Pages: 432 pages, 14 graphs, 20 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 30. Weight in Grams: 700.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231137386
ISBN
9780231137386
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.36
€ 51.06

Hardback. A study of the role of death rites in the making of Islamic society. This book describes how Muslims wailed for the deceased, prepared corpses for burial, marched in funerary processions, and prayed for the dead, highlighting the specific economic and political factors involved in these rituals as well as key religious and sexual divisions. Num Pages: 416 pages, 7 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRH; HRLF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231137423
ISBN
9780231137423
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 109.33
€ 82.56

Paperback. Traces the development of Western ideas about personal identity and reveals the larger intellectual trends, controversies, and ideas that have revolutionized the way we think about ourselves. This title considers ancient Greece, where the ideas of Plato, Aristotle, and the materialistic atomists laid the groundwork for future theories. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 556.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231137454
ISBN
9780231137454
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 31.10

Paperback. An introduction to professional values and ethics in social work, this work also considers the evolution of social work standards throughout the profession's history. It includes: discussion of the moral dialogue between practitioner and client; brief vignettes, illustrating difficult ethical decisions; guidance on informed consent; and more. Series: Foundations of Social Work Knowledge Series. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
3rd
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231137898
ISBN
9780231137898
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.41

Paperback. Editor(s): Harris, Robert L.; Terborg-Penn, Rosalyn. Series: Columbia Guides to American History and Cultures. Num Pages: 456 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 581.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
456
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231138116
ISBN
9780231138116
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 35.96

Hardback. Editor(s): McDermott, Rachel Fell; Gordon, Leonard A.; Embree, Ainslie T.; Pritchett, Frances W.; Dalton, Dennis. Series: Introduction to Asian Civilizations. Num Pages: 1024 pages, 1 maps, 10 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FKB; 1FKP; HBJF; HRA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 159 x 67. Weight in Grams: 1616.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
third edition
Number of pages
1128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231138307
ISBN
9780231138307
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.18
€ 63.58

Hardback. Examines the long, contentious, and ambivalent process of drawing political boundaries and making distinct nation-states in the midst of a historic chaos. This book juxtaposes the experiences of ordinary people against the bureaucratic interventions of both postcolonial states to manage and control refugees and administer refugee property. Series: Cultures of History. Num Pages: 304 pages, 25 illus. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FKP; HBJF; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231138468
ISBN
9780231138468
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 109.33
€ 82.78

Hardback. Following Martin Heidegger's interpretation of the history of philosophy, this book outlines the ontological conditions of aesthetics, paying particular attention to the works of W Kandinsky, which reaffirm the ontological implications of art. Editor(s): Zabala, Santiago. Translator(s): D'Isanto, Luca. Series: Columbia Themes in Philosophy, Social Criticism, and the Arts. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: HPC; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
Tra
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231138505
ISBN
9780231138505
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 80.81
€ 61.86

Paperback. Series: Columbia Studies in Contemporary American History. Num Pages: 320 pages, 6 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPN; BGH; HBJK; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231138611
ISBN
9780231138611
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.32

Hardback. Editor(s): Werner, Jayne; Whitmore, John K.; Dutton, George. Series: Introduction to Asian Civilizations. Num Pages: 664 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMV; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
664
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231138628
ISBN
9780231138628
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 134.28
€ 100.69

Hardback. Proposing a political theory for a post-9/11 world, this title addresses the root causes of our seemingly endless war on terror and considers the "talking cures" of testimony, such as South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission and other public deliberations that have helped societies work through, rather than act out, their conflicts. Series: New Directions in Critical Theory. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231138802
ISBN
9780231138802
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.85

Paperback. Environmental aesthetics is a field of study that focuses on nature's aesthetic value as well as on its ethical and environmental implications. This book addresses the complex relationships between aesthetic appreciation and environmental issues and emphasizes the contribution that environmental aesthetics can make to environmentalism. Editor(s): Carlson, Allen; Lintott, Sheila. Num Pages: 472 pages. BIC Classification: HPN; RNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 24. Weight in Grams: 817.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
458
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231138871
ISBN
9780231138871
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.12

Hardback. Takes on the history of philosophy, viewing it as a history of masculine texts and male problems and questioning its social and legislative conclusions. This work argues that the position of women in philosophy is a question of exclusion by men rather than, as some suggest, of a hypothetically imminent "femininity." Translator(s): Selous, Trista. Num Pages: 392 pages, 0 halftones, 0 color illus., 0 line drawings, 0 tables. BIC Classification: HP; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 165 x 25. Weight in Grams: 681.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231138949
ISBN
9780231138949
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 109.33
€ 82.56

Hardback. Believes that early childhood emotional attachments form the cognitive underpinnings of spiritual experience and religious motivation. Classifying the three parts of the spiritual experience: awe, Spirituality proper, and mysticism, the author discusses the foundations of religious sentiment and the processes associated with spiritual experience. Series: Columbia Series in Science and Religion. Num Pages: 232 pages, 0 halftones, 0 tables. BIC Classification: HRLK; JMAF; JMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
1st
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231139007
ISBN
9780231139007
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.36
€ 50.63

Hardback. In 2003, after two years of negotiations, a group of prominent Israelis and Palestinians signed a model peace treaty. The document, called the Geneva Initiative, contained detailed provisions resolving the outstanding issues between Israel and the Palestinian people. This book explains how and why these groups were able to achieve agreement. Translator(s): Watzman, Haim. Num Pages: 256 pages, 3 illus. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1FBP; HBJF1; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231139045
ISBN
9780231139045
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.85

Paperback. Reconsiders the political, cultural, and legal nature of modernity in relation to religion. This title argues that the work of Jean-Jacques Rousseau was instrumental in the evolution of modernity. In Rousseau, it pinpoints the origins of contemporary notions of the public and private and their relationship to religion. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JMC; HPCD; HPS; HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231139694
ISBN
9780231139694
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.42
€ 46.63

Hardback. Argues that although Thomas Hobbes pays lip service to the superior interpretive authority of the sovereign, he consistently subverts this authority throughout the book by returning it to the reader. Making the leap to politics, the author suggests that following Hobbes's argument, the sovereign can also be seen as idolatrous. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231139847
ISBN
9780231139847
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.68
€ 56.67

Hardback. Provides the history of the Indian railways. from the design of carriages to the architecture of stations, employment hierarchies, and the construction of employee housing, this book explores the public spaces and social relationships created by the railway bureaucracy. It traces their influence on the formation of Indian nationalism. Series: Cultures of History. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBTB; KNGT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 163 x 32. Weight in Grams: 734.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231140027
ISBN
9780231140027
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 80.81
€ 61.86

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