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Paperback. Presents the full text of Chief Seattle's 1887 speech delivered to Washington Territory governor Isaac Stevens, and examines its origins, historical context, and twentieth-century versions and interpretations. Series: Samuel and Althea Stroum Books. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 142 x 11. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295976334
- ISBN
- 9780295976334
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.37
€ 26.99
€ 25.37
Paperback. Generations of scholars have debated the influence of Greco-Roman culture on Jewish society and the degree of its impact on Jewish material culture and religious practice in Palestine and the Diaspora of antiquity. Scholar Lee I. Levine examines this phenomenon from the aftermath of Alexander's conquest to the Byzantine era. 28 illustrations. Series: Samuel & Althea Stroum Lectures in Jewish Studies. Num Pages: 248 pages, 28 illus. BIC Classification: 1D; HBTB; HDD; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 143 x 16. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295976822
- ISBN
- 9780295976822
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.82
€ 32.99
€ 29.82
paperback. Embodies the very nature of Indian storytelling, which is circular, drawing upon the personal experiences of the narrator at various turns, to argue that contemporary Native American literary criticism is stalled. This title portrays Indians stereotypically, assuming that the experiences of tribal groups have largely been the same. Series: McLellan Endowed Series. Num Pages: 180 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSA; DSBH; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 12. Weight in Grams: 273.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780295981321
- ISBN
- 9780295981321
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.82
€ 32.99
€ 29.82
Paperback. For more than fifteen hundred years Yupik and proto-Yupik Eskimo people have lived at the site of the Alaskan village of Gambell on St Lawrence Island. This book views the contemporary Yupik people in terms of the beliefs and values that have contributed to the community's survival and adaptability. Series: McLellan Endowed Series. Num Pages: 364 pages, 50 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBWK; JFSL9; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 364
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780295981888
- ISBN
- 9780295981888
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.82
€ 32.99
€ 29.82
Paperback. This new edition of a highly praised ethnography of nomadic peoples in Afghanistan includes a discussion of the colonial roots of terrorism written since the fall of the Taliban in 2001. Num Pages: 304 pages, 22 illus. BIC Classification: 1FCA; JFSL9; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 477.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295982625
- ISBN
- 9780295982625
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.75
€ 32.99
€ 29.75
paperback. Offers an innovative reinterpretation of relations between Native Americans and Christian settlers on the Columbia Plateau. This book provides a novel and insightful rendering of the cultural understandings that underwrote the mid-nineteenth-century transformation of life on the Plateau. Series: Columbia Northwest Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages, Map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL1; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 141 x 12. Weight in Grams: 273.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295983028
- ISBN
- 9780295983028
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.75
€ 32.99
€ 29.75
Paperback. Muslim-Jewish co-existence was not seriously challenged until the modern period when European colonialism and the emergence of Zionism and Arab nationalism led to growing friction and conflict. This title illuminates the political, socio-economic, and cultural changes that eroded the place of Jews in Middle Eastern societies. Num Pages: 320 pages, 2 maps, notes, bibliog., index. BIC Classification: JFSR1; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295983141
- ISBN
- 9780295983141
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.73
€ 32.99
€ 29.73
Paperback. Reviews Jewish culture and history. This book examines how and why various rites and customs celebrating stages in the life cycle have evolved through the ages and persisted to this day. For each phase of life - from childhood, adolescence, adulthood, to the advanced years, it traces the origin and development of specific rites. Series: Samuel & Althea Stroum Lectures in Jewish Studies. Num Pages: 376 pages, 10 illus. BIC Classification: HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295984414
- ISBN
- 9780295984414
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.73
€ 32.99
€ 29.73
Paperback. A dispute over over-allocation of the waters in the Klamath Basin has pitted farmers and ranchers against locals whose cultures and livelihoods depend upon fishing. This book reveals the interdependence of economic recovery with ecological restoration, and the urgency for all the communities within the basin to find common ground. Num Pages: 288 pages, 40 photos. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBJK; JFSL9; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 22. Weight in Grams: 613.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780295986227
- ISBN
- 9780295986227
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.32
€ 26.99
€ 25.32
Paperback. Offers a perspective on the colonial stereotype of the exotic Pacific island woman, tracing the evolution of female primitivism from Western antiquity to twentieth-century Hollywood. This book includes 37 illustrations of Pacific women from early etchings by shipboard artists. Series: McLellan Endowed Series. Num Pages: 37 illus. BIC Classification: 1MK; 3JH; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295987651
- ISBN
- 9780295987651
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.01
€ 37.99
€ 34.01
Paperback. A collection of essays that offers multiethnic, historically comparative, and meta-theoretical readings of the literature and culture of the United States. Covering works by a diverse set of American authors - from Toni Morrison to Bret Harte - it maps a variegated terrain that refuses the distinction between 'ethnic' and 'non-ethnic' literatures. Editor(s): Goldstein, David S.; Thaker, Audrey B. Series: American Ethnic & Cultural Studies. Num Pages: 352 pages, 1 b&w photo, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB; JFSL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 545.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295988351
- ISBN
- 9780295988351
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.82
€ 32.99
€ 29.82
Paperback. As a member of the Nuu-chah-nulth First Nation, Charlotte Cote offers a valuable perspective on the issues surrounding indigenous whaling, past and present. Series: A Capell Family Book. Num Pages: 288 pages, 22 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBCB; JFSL9; KNAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 251 x 179 x 17. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295990460
- ISBN
- 9780295990460
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.83
€ 33.99
€ 30.83
Hardcover. This interdisciplinary collection draws on work in law, anthropology, history, sociology, literature and popular culture to consider contemporary and historical responses to the question: "Who and what is Jewish?" Editor(s): Glenn, Susan A.; Sokoloff, Naomi B. Series: Samuel and Althea Stroum Books. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1 illus. BIC Classification: JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 545.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295990545
- ISBN
- 9780295990545
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.34
€ 118.34
Hardcover. Iincludes over 9,000 entries, a grammatical sketch, and numerous indexes, along with a wealth of cultural information Num Pages: 1008 pages. BIC Classification: CFG; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 7128 x 5499 x 66. Weight in Grams: 2586.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 1008
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Bilingual
- SKU
- V9780295992075
- ISBN
- 9780295992075
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 101.85
€ 101.85
Hardback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; AN; HBJF; JFSJ5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295995106
- ISBN
- 9780295995106
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.71
€ 117.71
Hardback. Num Pages: 312 pages, 4 maps, 21 black & white illustrations, 4 maps, 21 b&w illus. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBTB; JFSL4; JPVH4; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 160 x 28. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295995168
- ISBN
- 9780295995168
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.74
€ 118.74
Hardcover. Series: Decolonizing Feminisms. Num Pages: 347 pages, 20 black & white illustrations, 20 illus. BIC Classification: JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 688.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 347
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295995311
- ISBN
- 9780295995311
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.74
€ 118.74
Hardback. Num Pages: 248 pages, 20 black & white illustrations, 2 recorded music items, 2 black & white tables, 20 b&w il. BIC Classification: 1FPC; DS; HBJF; JFSJ5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 477.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295995496
- ISBN
- 9780295995496
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.69
€ 52.69
Hardcover. Num Pages: 312 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, 6 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; JFSL1; JHBL; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295995663
- ISBN
- 9780295995663
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.74
€ 118.74
Hardcover. Num Pages: 304 pages, 64 black & white illustrations, 4 black & white tables, 64 b&w illus., 4 tables. BIC Classification: AMVD; JFSG; RNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 545.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780295996660
- ISBN
- 9780295996660
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.16
€ 66.16