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Paperback. The experience of exiles was fundamental for shaping Italian national identity. Risorgimento in Exile investigates the contribution to Italian nationalism made by the numerous patriots who were forced to live in exile following failed revolutions in the Italian states. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198749066
- ISBN
- 9780198749066
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 75.87
€ 75.87
paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRLF; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 12. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780195301458
- ISBN
- 9780195301458
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 40.28
€ 40.99
€ 40.28
hardcover. In what is today Malaysia, the British established George Town on Penang Island in 1786 and encouraged Chinese merchants and laborers to settle there. This book analyzes the relations between the Chinese and British and between the Chinese and Malays, focusing on the role of temples and religion in organizing Chinese social life. Num Pages: 336 pages, 26 illustrations, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1FMM; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLL; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804744867
- ISBN
- 9780804744867
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.61
€ 92.61
Paperback. Considers the typological background to ordained ministry some have drawn from the Old Testament and what ministry meant to the earliest Christian communities. Explores the ordination rites and theology of the early church, the Christian East, the medieval West, the churches of the Reformation, and the post-Tridentine Roman Catholic Church. Num Pages: 268 pages. BIC Classification: HRCM; HRCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Publisher
- SPCK
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780281071579
- ISBN
- 9780281071579
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.47
€ 27.99
€ 24.47
Hardcover. Num Pages: 607 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1DN; HRAC; HRLF; HRLP1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 243 x 163 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1354.
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 607
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788763502658
- ISBN
- 9788763502658
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.26€ 51.90
€ 67.26
€ 51.90
Paperback. Scholars tend to call them 'rites of passage'. Most people prefer to speak of them as life cycle events or milestones. This volume offers fresh insights into rituals as old as the Hebrew Bible in contexts as familiar as the American Midwest and as exotic as Karaism. Editor(s): Greenspoon, Alan. Series: Purdue Studies in Romance Literatures. Num Pages: 236 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HRJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557535771
- ISBN
- 9781557535771
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.65
€ 47.65
Paperback. Following on from his epic '1812: Napoleon's Fatal March on Moscow', bestselling author Adam Zamoyski has written the dramatic story of the Congress of Vienna. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 42. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007203062
- ISBN
- 9780007203062
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.83
€ 17.99
€ 12.83
Paperback. "This volume encompasses a rich world of political culture, from the Spanish kings of the Reconquest to German metal-workers in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. . . . A welcome contribution to the interdisciplinary study of ritual, symbolism, and power."-- Editor(s): Wilentz, Sean. Num Pages: 360 pages, 30 illus. BIC Classification: 3H; HBG; HBLC; HBTB; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 564.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812216950
- ISBN
- 9780812216950
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 35.64
€ 37.99
€ 35.64
Paperback. This book argues for the continuing tension across historical contexts between movements emphasizing ritual and movements emphasizing sincerity. Our contemporary age has, at great risk, downplayed the importance of ritual. Drawing on examples from Chinese, Greek, Jewish, and contemporary culture, the book presents an innovative interdisciplinary account of how ritual works. Num Pages: 248 pages, 17 halftones. BIC Classification: HRLF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 246
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195336016
- ISBN
- 9780195336016
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.54
€ 51.54
Paperback. Editor(s): Nunning, Vera; Rupp, Jan; Ahn, Gregor. Num Pages: 278 pages, 3 b/w illus. BIC Classification: DSA; HBTB; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Transcript Verlag Germany
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783837625325
- ISBN
- 9783837625325
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 36.32
€ 51.99
€ 36.32
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 330
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292708907
- ISBN
- 9780292708907
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 33.47
€ 34.99
€ 33.47
Hardback. In the wake of the long retreat from ritual into secularism and individuality, this book presents the work of philosophers from both China and the West who reflect upon the constitutive role that ritual-especially Confucian and Christian-plays in human life. Editor(s): Solomon, David; Fan, Ruiping; Lo, Ping-Cheung. Series: Philosophical Studies in Contemporary Culture. Num Pages: 308 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPD; HPQ; HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 625.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2012
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400727557
- ISBN
- 9789400727557
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 120.57
€ 120.57
Ritual and the Moral Life: Reclaiming the Tradition
. Ed(S): Solomon, David; Fan, Ruiping; Lo, Pi...
paperback. In the wake of the long retreat from ritual into secularism and individuality, this book presents the work of philosophers from both China and the West who reflect upon the constitutive role that ritual-especially Confucian and Christian-plays in human life. Editor(s): Solomon, David; Fan, Ruiping; Lo, Ping-Cheung. Series: Philosophical Studies in Contemporary Culture. Num Pages: 308 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPDF; HPQ; HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2012th Edition
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400793125
- ISBN
- 9789400793125
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 119.58
€ 119.58
Paperback. The mythic roots and modern future of Ecuadorian indigenous communities in the twenty-first century Series: Interpretations of Culture in the New Millenium. Num Pages: 232 pages, 18 photographs; 7 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KLSE; HRLF; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780252076039
- ISBN
- 9780252076039
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.97
€ 26.99
€ 26.97
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 218 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBLC1; HRG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691632490
- ISBN
- 9780691632490
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.79
€ 107.79
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 218 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBLC1; HRCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 233 x 14. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691603087
- ISBN
- 9780691603087
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 30.70
€ 42.99
€ 30.70
Paperback. The 2005 second edition of a comprehensive study of the ritual practices in traditional Christian Europe. Series Editor(s): Beik, William; Blanning, T. C. W.; Simms, Brendan. Series: New Approaches to European History. Num Pages: 334 pages, 9 b/w illus. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 484. Series: New Approaches to European History. 334 pages, 9 b/w illus. The 2005 second edition of a comprehensive study of the ritual practices in traditional Christian Europe. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLH; HBTB. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 16. Weight: 452. Series Editor(s) :Beik, William; Blanning, T.C.W.; Simms, Brendan.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 334
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521602402
- ISBN
- 9780521602402
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.00
€ 42.00
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 522 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBLC1; JFSL4; JHBK; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 885.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 522
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691640549
- ISBN
- 9780691640549
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 261.65
€ 261.65
Hardcover. This work demonstrates that religious Jews have been able to keep issues on the political agenda of the Israeli government, but not to determine their outcomes. It shows that, within the communities of both religious and secular Jews, there is division about conceding parts of biblical Israel. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; HRJ; JFSR1; JPH; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. .
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Lynne Rienner Pub
- Number of pages
- 260
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- SKU
- KIN0001054
- ISBN
- 9781555876784
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. This book explores the interplay between ritual performance of the opera Mulian and gentrified mercantile lineages in late imperial Huizhou. It shows how local elites appropriated the opera, turning it into a medium for conveying orthodox values and religious precepts and for negotiating local social and gender issues in a rising money economy. Num Pages: 384 pages, 3 tables, 13 figures, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; 3JB; DSBD; DSG; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 25. Weight in Grams: 667.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804750325
- ISBN
- 9780804750325
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.33
€ 108.33