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Hardcover. The hijab is the controversial item of women's clothing. It has become the primary global symbol of female Muslim identity for Muslims and non-Muslims alike. This title provides an account of the controversial 2003 French law to ban Islamic headscarves and other religious signs from public schools. Series: Gender and Globalization. Num Pages: 416 pages, notes, glossary, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HRH; JFSJ1; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 703.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815631743
- ISBN
- 9780815631743
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.87
€ 67.87
Hardcover. Miss India competition has become a prominent feature of Indian popular culture, influencing, over time, the conventional standard for female beauty. Through the lens of the 2003 beauty pageant, the author examines what feminine beauty has come to mean in a country transformed by political, economic, and cultural developments. Series: Gender and Globalization. Num Pages: 280 pages, 16 illustrations, glossary, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFCA; JFSJ1; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815631767
- ISBN
- 9780815631767
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.86
€ 38.86
Hardcover. Explores the central issues of vision and visibility in Iranian culture. This book focuses on historical and literary texts to understand the use of visual culture in the production of the contemporary nation. It examines various discourses that have constituted the image of the "Babi." Series: Gender, Culture, and Politics in the Middle East. Num Pages: 264 pages, 5 illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FBN; APFA; JFSJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 535.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815631798
- ISBN
- 9780815631798
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.68
€ 42.68
Hardcover. At the close of the nineteenth century, American women missionaries traveled far afield to spread Christianity across the globe. Their presence abroad played a significant role in shaping foreign perceptions of America. This work tells the history of women's foreign missions in Japan. Series: Women in Religion. Num Pages: 232 pages, 3 illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; 3JH; HRCX7; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815631811
- ISBN
- 9780815631811
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.64
€ 33.64
Paperback. A collection of essays examining contemporary global immigration trends and their profound effect on specific host cities. It provides a global portrait of accelerating, worldwide immigration driven by income differentials, social networks, and various state policies that recruit skilled and unskilled laborers. Editor(s): Price, Marie; Benton-Short, Lisa. Num Pages: 424 pages, 11 illustrations, 22 figures, 17 maps, 38 tables, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JFFN; JFSG; JFSL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 617.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815631866
- ISBN
- 9780815631866
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.18
€ 37.18
Hardcover. At the beginning of the twentieth century, Yiddish was widely viewed as a corrupt form of German that Jews had to abandon if they hoped to engage in intellectual, cultural, or political work. Yet, by 1917 it was the dominant language of the Russian Jewish press. This title investigates how this change in status occurred. Series: Judaic Traditions in Literature, Music and Art. Num Pages: 232 pages, 4 black-&-white illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2ACY; CBX; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815631903
- ISBN
- 9780815631903
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.34
€ 36.34
Hardcover. Examines the 1907 Yiddish play "God of Vengeance" by Sholem Asch, the cross-dressing films of Yiddish actress Molly Picon, and several short stories by Isaac Bashevis Singer. This book analyzes the English-language novels "The Rise of David Levinsky", "Wasteland", and Portnoy's "Complaint". Series: Judaic Traditions in Literature, Music and Art. Num Pages: 216 pages, 8 black-&-white illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFSK; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815632023
- ISBN
- 9780815632023
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.28
€ 36.28
Hardcover. Takes a gendered approach to labor conflicts, anticolonial struggles, and citizenship in modern Lebanon. Challenging the assumptions about culturally inscribed roles for Middle Eastern women, this book highlights traditions of public activism and militancy among rural women that are in turn adapted to the spaces of the French Tobacco Monopoly. Series: Beyond Dominant Paradigms in the Middle East. Num Pages: 304 pages, 5 b/w illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FBL; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815632122
- ISBN
- 9780815632122
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.32
€ 61.32
Hardcover. women's employment and issues related to poverty in Iran Editor(s): Bahramitash, Roksana; Esfahani, Hadi Salehi. Series: Contemporary Issues in the Middle East. Num Pages: 360 pages, 63 tables, 16 figures, notes, references, index. BIC Classification: 1FBN; JFSR2; KCFM; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 621.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815632139
- ISBN
- 9780815632139
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.26
€ 49.26
Hardcover. Since the mid-1990s Ireland has experienced an extraordinary phase of economic and social development. Seeking to understand the impact of these developments, Corcoran, Gray, and Peillon initiated the New Urban Living study, a detailed research project focused on four suburbs of Dublin. This title represents the culmination of that research. Num Pages: 328 pages, 18 black-&-white illustrations, 26 figures, 1 map, 10 tables, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DBR; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815632146
- ISBN
- 9780815632146
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 55.38
€ 55.38
Hardcover. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815632993
- ISBN
- 9780815632993
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.07
€ 56.07
Paperback. Editor(s): Lindio-McGovern, Ligaya; Wallimann, Isidor. Num Pages: 236 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815633051
- ISBN
- 9780815633051
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.83
€ 26.83
Hardcover. This is an annotated translation of a Dutch account book recording trade with Native Americans in Ulster County, New York from 1712 to 1732. It documents and analyses 2,000 exchanges in intercultural commercial dealings in the mid-Hudson River Valley. Includes profiles of 40 named and identified Native Americans. Editor(s): Smith, Michael; Waterman, Kees-Jan. Translator(s): Waterman, Kees-Jan. Num Pages: 226 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLH; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815633167
- ISBN
- 9780815633167
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.14
€ 45.14
Hardcover. Editor(s): Ackley, Kristina; Stanciu, Cristina. Series: The Iroquois and Their Neighbors. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSJ1; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815633907
- ISBN
- 9780815633907
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 55.00
€ 55.00
Hardcover. Series: Gender and Globalization. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKN; 1KBB; JFFN; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815634133
- ISBN
- 9780815634133
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.87
€ 41.87
paperback. This Very Short Introduction offers an overview of the Harlem Renaissance, a cultural awakening among African Americans between the two world wars. Cheryl A. Wall brings readers to the Harlem of 1920s to identify the cultural themes and issues that engaged writers, musicians, and visual artists alike. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 152 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 113 x 173 x 10. Weight in Grams: 116. Clean copy showing some age and light shelf wear. Remains a very good copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0024664
- ISBN
- 9780199335558
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.12
€ 5.12
Paperback. An award-winning author and veteran mountain climber takes us deep into the Southwest backcountry to uncover secrets of its ancient inhabitants. Num Pages: 352 pages, 16 pages of illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBJK; HBTB; HDD; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393352337
- ISBN
- 9780393352337
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.10
€ 19.99
€ 18.10
hardcover. A fast-paced, narrative-driven account of the rise of Islamic State, based on thorough research Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; JFSR2; JPFR; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 137 x 207 x 23. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745336565
- ISBN
- 9780745336565
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.96€ 82.59
€ 99.96
€ 82.59
Hardback. Collection of essays and poems that address the challenges of being a Chicana, a lesbian, and a feminist in the changing world of the twenty-first century. Num Pages: 280 pages, 9 illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF; DNF; JFSK1; JFSL4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822349624
- ISBN
- 9780822349624
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.42
€ 109.42
paperback. Hollywood film directors are some of the world's most powerful storytellers, shaping the fantasies and aspirations of people around the globe. Discussing 67 individuals and over 135 films, this work explores how black directors' storytelling skills and film techniques have widened both the thematic focus and visual style of American cinema. Num Pages: 389 pages, 57 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 389
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780292701793
- ISBN
- 9780292701793
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 34.86
€ 38.99
€ 34.86