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Hardback. How did Iran remain distinctively Iranian in the centuries which followed the Arab Conquest? How did it retain its cultural distinctiveness after the displacement of Zoroastrianism - state religion of the Persian empire - by Islam? This title traces that critical moment in Iranian history. Editor(s): Herzig, Edmund; Stewart, Sarah. Num Pages: 192 pages, 15 integrated bw. BIC Classification: 1FBN; HBJF1; HBLC1; HRHP; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 209 x 24. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780760612
- ISBN
- 9781780760612
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.44€ 69.18
€ 76.44
€ 69.18
Paperback. How can Ramakrishna's saintly status be reconciled with his eroticized language and actions? This book argues that the key to understanding him lies in Tantra and its equation of the mystical and the erotic, and that his homosexulity is linked to every aspect of his life and teachings. Num Pages: 408 pages, 6 line drawings. BIC Classification: HRG; HRLK2; JFSK2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 228 x 22. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226453774
- ISBN
- 9780226453774
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 36.97
€ 47.99
€ 36.97
Hardback. In this volume, author offers new critical editions and translations of three shorter Ismaili works by the Persian polymath Nasir al-Din Tusi, namely Aghaz wa anjam (The Beginning and the End), Tawalla wa tabarra (Solidarity and Dissociation), and Matlub al-mu'minin (Desideratum of the Faithful). Editor(s): Badakhchani, S. J. Series: Ismaili Texts and Translations. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HRHT; JFSR2. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 222 x 151 x 24. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848855946
- ISBN
- 9781848855946
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 43.78
€ 52.99
€ 43.78
Paperback. Argues for the importance of recognizing - and archiving - accounts of trauma that belong as much to the ordinary and everyday as to the domain of catastrophe. This title contends that the field of trauma studies, limited by too strict a division between the public and the private, has overlooked the experiences of women and queers. Series: Series Q. Num Pages: 368 pages, 41 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822330882
- ISBN
- 9780822330882
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.26
€ 32.99
€ 31.26
Paperback. Series: New Black Studies Series. Num Pages: 280 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJ; JFMX; JFSJ1; JFSL3; KCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252081668
- ISBN
- 9780252081668
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 29.31
€ 29.99
€ 29.31
Paperback. Widespread confusion over the use of the terms Islamism or Political Islam often obscures the fact that these are not new phenomena and can be traced back more than a century. Through research in to the trajectories of Islamists, this book seeks to understand what has become of political Islam. Editor(s): Boubekeur, Amel; Roy, Olivier. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JFSR2; JPF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 136 x 21. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781850659419
- ISBN
- 9781850659419
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 46.91
€ 52.99
€ 46.91
Hardcover. What divides and what unites an ethnically diverse citizenry? From reconciling historical adversaries to addressing whether multicultural policies cause or cure ethnic conflict, the author explores how solidarity comes about in divided societies. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JFSL1; JPF; JPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 164 x 241 x 18. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748697304
- ISBN
- 9780748697304
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.84€ 101.60
€ 105.84
€ 101.60
Paperback. Includes preface by the authors looking at developments in the study of urban planning during the twenty-year life of this influential work. Num Pages: 413 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSG; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 200 x 142 x 26. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 413
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 20 Anv
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520254282
- ISBN
- 9780520254282
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.66
€ 40.99
€ 28.66
Hardback. From bell hooks's incisive look at the scapegoating of black men as archetypal racists to Andrea Dworkin's scathing statement on pornography as violence against women, this anthology is the first to fully represent the range of contemporary perspectives on one of the most fiercely contested areas in feminist thought. Editor(s): Jackson, Stevi; Scott, Sue. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ1. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 249 x 177 x 20. Weight in Grams: 638.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748608324
- ISBN
- 9780748608324
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 164.65€ 156.28
€ 164.65
€ 156.28
Paperback. Describes the competing approaches to reproductive health that evolved on plantations, as both black women and white men sought to enhance the health of enslaved mothers. This book focuses on the health care of enslaved women, and argues for the critical role of reproductive medicine in the slave system of antebellum America. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JFSL3; MBX; VFXB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 139 x 28. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674034921
- ISBN
- 9780674034921
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 27.25
€ 32.99
€ 27.25
Hardback. Demonstrates that the concept of Jewish self-hatred once had decidedly positive connotations. This title traces the genesis of the term to Anton Kuh, a Viennese-Jewish journalist who coined it in the aftermath of World War I, and shows how the German-Jewish philosopher Theodor Lessing came to write a book that popularized "Jewish self-hatred. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 220 x 146 x 18. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691119229
- ISBN
- 9780691119229
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.66
€ 40.99
€ 28.66
Paperback. Manhattan's Lower East Side stands for Jewish experience in America. This is an account of one of our famous neighborhoods and its power to shape identity. It examines children's stories, novels, movies, museum exhibits, television shows, summer-camp reenactments, walking tours, and photos hung on deli walls far from Manhattan. Num Pages: 240 pages, 29 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JFSG; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- Second Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691095455
- ISBN
- 9780691095455
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 32.94
€ 46.99
€ 32.94
Hardback. Public violence by the state in the MENA region often dominates headlines, but gender-based violence in both public and private forms is often ignored. This book is a wide range of examples of gender-based violence across the region, demonstrating that such violence is diverse in intensity and in the processes by which it is addressed. Editor(s): Salhi, Zahia Smail. Series: Library of Modern Middle East Studies. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HB; JFFE; JFSJ; JFSR2; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 35. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780765303
- ISBN
- 9781780765303
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Condition: New
€ 152.89€ 134.38
€ 152.89
€ 134.38
Paperback. Num Pages: 373 pages, black & white plates. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; 5SL; DSBH; JFSK1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 554. A History of Lesbian Life in Twentieth-Century America. 373 pages, illustrations. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; 5SL; DSBH; JFSK1. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 19. Weight: 544.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 373
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231074896
- ISBN
- 9780231074896
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.16
€ 26.99
€ 20.16
Hardcover. Examines the processes and interactions which led to the modernisation and successful co-optation by the British government of this comparatively small branch of Shi'a Islam. The author poses several key questions regarding the wider developing relationship between movements in contemporary Islam and 'The West'. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; JFSR2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 153 x 222 x 18. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press USA
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781850659822
- ISBN
- 9781850659822
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 35.98
€ 40.99
€ 35.98
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCV; JFSJ2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Publisher
- Baker Publishing Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801015861
- ISBN
- 9780801015861
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Condition: New
€ 20.09
€ 20.09
Paperback. A study of literacy among Appalachian families who migrated to northern cities of America. They represent a significant proportion of the urban poor, and their often severe literacy problems provide a perspective of literacy and the relationship between print and culture. Num Pages: 256 pages, 4 line illustrations, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; CFC; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674645110
- ISBN
- 9780674645110
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.29
€ 40.99
€ 33.29
Hardcover. Are anti-Muslim attitudes becoming the spectre that is haunting Europe? Is Islamophobia as widespread and virulent as is made out? Or some EU societies are more prejudiced than others? This analysis of Islamophobia looks at these questions in an innovative, even-handed way, steering clear of politically-correct cliches and stereotypes. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: JFSL1. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 166 x 18. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748650712
- ISBN
- 9780748650712
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.73€ 107.04
€ 111.73
€ 107.04
Hardback. This multi-genre anthology brings together a wide selection of women's published writing from the Early Modern period. Editor(s): Hodgson-Wright, Stephanie. Series: Women's Writing Anthologies. Num Pages: 352 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JD; DQ; DSBD; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 889.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748610969
- ISBN
- 9780748610969
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 164.65€ 156.28
€ 164.65
€ 156.28
Hardback. Series: Contemporary Food Studies: Economy, Culture and Politics. Num Pages: 240 pages, 20 bw illus. BIC Classification: JFCV; JFSJ1; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 242 x 15. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857855527
- ISBN
- 9780857855527
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.84€ 94.57
€ 105.84
€ 94.57