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Paperback. A growing number of Jews identify themselves as secular or "somewhat secular." Is this expansive definition of Jewishness a new phenomenon? What are its roots? This insightful book provides an overview of a profound development in the evolving history of Jewish life in America. Editor(s): Heller, Zachary I.; Gordis, David M. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSR1; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 9. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 136
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761857945
- ISBN
- 9780761857945
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.14
€ 53.14
Paperback. Brings together two often neglected topics in the study of American Jews the roles of women and of Jewish communities outside the Northeast. This book traces the history and contributions of Jewish women in the American West. It contains stories from the memoirs and records of Jewish pioneer women. Num Pages: 279 pages, 35 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JH; HBTB; JFSJ1; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 279
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814707203
- ISBN
- 9780814707203
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.30
€ 32.99
€ 31.30
Paperback. Stephen Wade offers a student guide to major writers, their key works and to influential background factors including the postmodern, the masternarrative and metafiction. Series: British Association for American Studies (BAAS) Paperbacks. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JJP; DSBH; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 186 x 215 x 16. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853312267
- ISBN
- 9781853312267
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.07
€ 41.99
€ 37.07
Hardback. This vital contribution to the story of civil rights in modern America traces the political evolution of Jewish defense organizations from their initial incarnations as groups concerned primarily with defending American Jews against the virulent anti-Semitism of the 1920s and 1930s to their leading role in the fight against all forms of prejudice during the middle half of this century. Series: Columbia Studies in Contemporary American History. Num Pages: 472 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; JFSR1; JPVH; JPWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 162 x 27. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 472
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231106382
- ISBN
- 9780231106382
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.19€ 88.27
€ 118.19
€ 88.27
hardcover. Examines American Jews' long and complicated relationship to alcohol during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Series: The Goldstein-Goren Series in American Jewish History. Num Pages: 272 pages, 14 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; JFFH1; JFSR1; KNSH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 236 x 22. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814720288
- ISBN
- 9780814720288
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.52
€ 86.52
Hardback. A study of how Jews have grappled with the presence of religion, both their own and others, in American public life. It surveys historical Jewish approaches to church-state relations and analyzes Jewish responses to the religion clauses of the First Amendment. Editor(s): Mittleman, Alan; Sarna, Jonathan D.; Licht, Robert A. Num Pages: 392 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRJ; JFSR1; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 617.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742521230
- ISBN
- 9780742521230
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 178.89
€ 178.89
Hardback. Num Pages: 248 pages, 11 b&w figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; HRAC; HRAM2; JFSR1; JHBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 149 x 302 x 21. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231178266
- ISBN
- 9780231178266
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.00€ 50.14
€ 65.00
€ 50.14
Paperback. Recognizes the central role Jews and Jewish values have played in shaping American ideas of the inner life. This book aims to overturn the widely shared assumption that modern ideas of human nature derived from the nation's Protestant heritage. It also provides fresh interpretations of Sigmund Freud, Alfred Adler, and Western views of the psyche. Num Pages: 480 pages, 20 halftones. 1 line illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 685.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691127750
- ISBN
- 9780691127750
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 30.35
€ 42.99
€ 30.35
Paperback. Collects the foremost aticles written about Jews and the Civil War in a single accessible volume Editor(s): Sarna, Jonathan D.; Mendelsohn, Adam D. Num Pages: 445 pages, 26 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 21. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 445
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814771136
- ISBN
- 9780814771136
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.54
€ 32.99
€ 29.54
Hardcover. Jews in America tells the story of the Jewish presence in America, from the earliest expeditions to the New World through to the arrival in the future United States. Num Pages: 160 pages, 110 Colour, 10 B&W. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 258 x 230 x 21. Weight in Grams: 998. Conquistadors, Knickerbockers, Pilgrims, and the Hope of Israel. 160 pages, 110 Colour, 10 B&W. Jews in America tells the story of the Jewish presence in America, from the earliest expeditions to the New World through to the arrival in the future United States. Cateogry: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSR1. Dimension: 258 x 230 x 21. Weight: 1004.
- Publisher
- D Giles Ltd
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904832225
- ISBN
- 9781904832225
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 27.33
€ 40.99
€ 27.33
Hardback. This volume forms a picture of the past, present and future of Jewish participation in American politics. It contains chapters by journalists, scholars and practitioners with insights into serious questions about the dilemmas that Jews in public service face, as well as humorous sidelights. Editor(s): Maisel, L. Sandy; Forman, Ira N. Num Pages: 512 pages, 150. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; JFSR1; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 259 x 184 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1320.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742501812
- ISBN
- 9780742501812
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 41.19
€ 43.99
€ 41.19
Hardback. This work brings together a complete picture of the past, present, and future of Jewish political participation. Topics range from Jewish leadership and identity, to Jews in Congress, on the Supreme Court, and in presidential administrations, and on to Jewish influence in the media, and the lobbies Editor(s): Maisel, L. Sandy; Forman, Ira N. Num Pages: 384 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSR1; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 261 x 184 x 24. Weight in Grams: 826.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742528796
- ISBN
- 9780742528796
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 180.17
€ 180.17
Paperback. This work brings together a complete picture of the past, present, and future of Jewish political participation. Topics range from Jewish leadership and identity, to Jews in Congress, on the Supreme Court, and in presidential administrations, and on to Jewish influence in the media, and the lobbies Editor(s): Maisel, L. Sandy; Forman, Ira N. Num Pages: 384 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSR1; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 258 x 178 x 18. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742528802
- ISBN
- 9780742528802
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 74.32
€ 74.32
Paperback. Discusses how media technology impacts the Jewish experience. This title explores mid-twentieth-century ecumenical radio and television broadcasting, video documentation of life cycle rituals, and museum displays and tourist practices as means for engaging the Holocaust as a moral touchstone. Num Pages: 352 pages, 25 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRJ; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814740682
- ISBN
- 9780814740682
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.47
€ 33.99
€ 33.47
Hardback. Num Pages: 212 pages, 16 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 161 x 24. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Publisher
- ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442213746
- ISBN
- 9781442213746
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.70
€ 75.70
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLW; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300219760
- ISBN
- 9780300219760
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.24
€ 18.99
€ 15.24
Paperback. Jim Bridger was one of the greatest explorers and pathfinders in American history. At eighteen, he had braved the fury of the Missouri, ascending it in a keelboat flotilla commanded by that stalwart Mike Fink. By 1824, when he was only twenty, he had discovered the Great Salt Lake. This biography provides a portrait of Bridger. Num Pages: 333 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 199 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1970
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803257207
- ISBN
- 9780803257207
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.56
€ 21.56
Hardcover. Timothy Isaiah "Longhair Jim" Courtright operated on both sides of the law and became a legend in his lifetime and after his death. Robert K. DeArment deconstructs the myth of Longhair Jim and reconstructs the gunfighter as a real human being, complex, flawed, often courageous, usually both honorable and dishonorable. Num Pages: 256 pages, 36 b&w photgraphs, maps, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; 3JH; BG; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Texas Christian University Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875652924
- ISBN
- 9780875652924
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.66
€ 25.99
€ 24.66
Paperback. "Jim Crow New York" provides readers with both scholarly analysis and access to a series of extraordinary documents, including extensive excerpts from the resonant speeches made at New York's 1821 constitutional convention and additional documents which recover a diversity of voices. Editor(s): Gellman, David Nathaniel; Quigley, David. Num Pages: 353 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 353
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814731505
- ISBN
- 9780814731505
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.63
€ 33.99
€ 33.63
Paperback. How do we balance the desire for tales of exceptional accomplishment with the need for painful doses of reality? How hard do we work to remember our past or to forget it? These are some of the questions that Jonathan Scott Holloway addresses in this exploration of race memory from the dawn of the modern civil rights era to the present. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJK; HBTB; JFFJ; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 525.
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781469626413
- ISBN
- 9781469626413
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.85
€ 53.85
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Skira Rizzoli
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847847167
- ISBN
- 9780847847167
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.09€ 45.09
€ 59.09
€ 45.09
paperback. In this remarkable and entertaining book, John Perry gets to the heart of Hendrix's unique talent, guiding the reader through each song on the album, writing about his live performances and talking to peers and contemporaries. Part of a new series of short books about critically acclaimed and much-loved albums of the last 40 years. Series: 33 1/3. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGP; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 122 x 10. Weight in Grams: 142.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Continuum
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780826415714
- ISBN
- 9780826415714
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 10.25
€ 14.99
€ 10.25
Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages, 21 colour, 2 b& w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; ACXJ; AFKB; AGB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 160 x 10. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther Konig Germany
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783863357665
- ISBN
- 9783863357665
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.61
€ 32.61
paperback. An intimate biography of Joan Chittister, Benedictine nun and writer, a leading voice for spiritual renewal, a prophetic advocate of peace and justice, and a champion of the role of women in the church and in the world. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGX; HRCC7; HRCX8. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 235 x 16. Weight in Grams: 392. Very good clean copy showing some light shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Orbis Books New York
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0024850
- ISBN
- 9781626981980
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.12
€ 5.12