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Paperback. Written for the very audience it portrays, "The Excursion" introduces the heroine, Maria Villiers, to London's "gentle" society and its glittering pastimes. Brooke drew upon the English courtship novel in the tradition of Elize Haywood and Henry Fielding for her novel's plot structure. Series: Eighteenth-century Novels by Women. Num Pages: 224 pages, references. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; FC; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 16. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813108810
- ISBN
- 9780813108810
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.52
€ 48.52
This study looks at how the philosophies of Jacques Derrida (1930-2004) and Franz Rosenzweig (1886-1929) employ the figures of "exemplarity" and "chosenness" in order to address the tension between the universality of philosophical thinking and the particularity of nations, languages, and individual human experience. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPM; JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804755214
- ISBN
- 9780804755214
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 81.84
€ 81.84
hardcover. Explores the construction of the Jew's physical and ontological body in Russian culture as represented in literature, film, and non-literary texts since the 1880s. Series: Borderlines: Russian and East European-Jewish Studies. Num Pages: 300 pages, 13. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; JFC; JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 241 x 169 x 24. Weight in Grams: 592.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Academic Studies Press United States
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781934843390
- ISBN
- 9781934843390
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.23
€ 155.23
Paperback. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3D; HBJF; HBLA; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231163095
- ISBN
- 9780231163095
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 31.15
€ 42.99
€ 31.15
Hardback. Translator(s): Kinney, Anne Behnke. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3D; HBJF; HBLA; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231163088
- ISBN
- 9780231163088
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.55€ 90.70
€ 118.55
€ 90.70
Paperback. Examines the representation of African American culture in mainstream art museums from the 1920s to the 2000s Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1KBB; AGC; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558498754
- ISBN
- 9781558498754
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 35.52
€ 41.99
€ 35.52
Hardback. This exploration of museums as sites for representing and defining national identity encourages us to reconsider the idea of the multicultural nation. Num Pages: 472 pages, 13 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; GM; HBTB; JFSL4; JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 472
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780774831635
- ISBN
- 9780774831635
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.49
€ 107.49
Paperback. A fast-paced memoir of Arsham Parsi, a queer Iranian activist who was forced to flee his country under threat of execution for his work in fighting human rights abuses against LGBT individuals in Iran. Num Pages: 228 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBN; BGA; JFFJ; JFSK2; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Publisher
- Fernwood Publishing Co Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781552667019
- ISBN
- 9781552667019
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.55
€ 23.99
€ 20.55
paperback. Series: Global Insecurities. Num Pages: 288 pages, 8 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCS; JFFN; JFSL4; JFSP2; LNDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 409.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822361633
- ISBN
- 9780822361633
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.32
€ 37.99
€ 34.32
Hardback. Series: Studies in Transgression. Num Pages: 320 pages, 18 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFF; JFSG; JHB; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 237 x 27. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231176422
- ISBN
- 9780231176422
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 26.06
€ 42.99
€ 26.06
hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Prometheus United States
- Number of pages
- 143
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781573922678
- ISBN
- 9781573922678
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.82
€ 29.99
€ 25.82
Paperback. Looks at how people from the world's poorest societies struggle to migrate to the rich West: the effects on those left behind and on the host societies, and explores the impulses and thinking that inform Western immigration policy. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 3JM; JFFN; JFFS; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141042169
- ISBN
- 9780141042169
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.88
€ 15.99
€ 11.88
Paperback. Barbara Fuchs examines the paradoxes in the construction of Spain in relation to its Moorish heritage through an analysis of Spanish literature, costume, language, architecture, and chivalric practices from 1492 to 1609. Num Pages: 208 pages, 11 illus. BIC Classification: 1DSE; JFC; JFSR2; JHB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812221732
- ISBN
- 9780812221732
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.66
€ 32.99
€ 29.66
Paperback. Once lauded as the wave of the African future, Zambia's economic boom in the 1960s and early 1970s was fueled by the export of copper and other primary materials. Since the mid-1970s the urban economy has rapidly deteriorated. This title explores the social and cultural responses to this prolonged period of sharp economic decline. Series: Perspectives on Southern Africa S. Num Pages: 343 pages, 7 figures, 7 tables, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFMZ; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; GTB; JFSG; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 343
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520217027
- ISBN
- 9780520217027
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.80
€ 36.99
€ 26.80
Paperback. The stories in this anthology emerged from interviews with women and young people about their experiences of intervention when they were escaping a situation of abuse, neglect and/or sexual exploitation. They come from the research project "Cultural Encounters in Intervention Against Violence (CEINAV)" in four countries Editor(s): Hagemann-White, Carol; Grafe, Bianca. Num Pages: 350 pages, with illustrations (b&w). BIC Classification: JFFE; JFSL1; JKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 249 x 170. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Verlag Barbara Budrich Germany
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783847420439
- ISBN
- 9783847420439
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 41.07
€ 49.99
€ 41.07
Hardback. This provocative book offers a new theory of culture with a unique focus on our aesthetic response to order and meaningfulness. Num Pages: 160 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFS; JHB; JHMC; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 161 x 17. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739116388
- ISBN
- 9780739116388
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 143.36
€ 143.36
Paperback. Recent urban disturbances, concerns about the fate of asylum seekers and renewed debates about the nature of ethnic identity and citizenship have all combined to give ethnic differences a high public and policy profile. This book explores the diverse experiences of ethnic disadvantage and challenges common assumptions. Num Pages: 192 pages, figs. BIC Classification: 1DB; JFF; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 159 x 13. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861344670
- ISBN
- 9781861344670
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 39.05
€ 40.99
€ 39.05
hardcover. In a series of probing, innovative essays, Marc Aronson explores the true potential of Young Adult literature and revels in the passion of its readers he exposes the real problem with teenagers and reading: adult myths, projections and blind prejudices. Series: Studies in Young Adult Literature. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; JFSP2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 144 x 16. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810839045
- ISBN
- 9780810839045
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.08
€ 96.08
Paperback. Spectacular discoveries at the Etowah site in Georgia changed the American perspective of the artistic achievements of prehistoric Native Americans. These papers, originally published in 1932, offer an understanding of American archaeology and the cultural heritage of prehistoric Native America. Series: Southeastern Classics in Archaeology, Anthropology & History S. Num Pages: 208 pages, 53 b&w plates, 51 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBBFG; HBJK; HBLC; HDDA; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 313.
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813017938
- ISBN
- 9780813017938
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.36
€ 39.36
Paperback. Reflects the fascinating diversity of regional and grassroots music in the United States. The book covers the diverse strains of American folk music - Latin, Native American, African, French-Canadian, British, and Cajun - and offers a chronology of the development of folk music in the United States. Series: American Made Music Series. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVC; AVGH; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 617.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University Press of Mississippi United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781617032646
- ISBN
- 9781617032646
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.26
€ 39.26