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Paperback. Tackles the question of race in West Africa through its postcolonial manifestations. Challenging the view of the African continent as a nonracialized space, the author envisions Africa, and in particular the nation of Ghana, as a place whose local relationships are deeply informed by global structures of race, economics, and politics. Num Pages: 280 pages, 23 halftones. BIC Classification: 1HFDH; JFSL3; JHMC; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 163 x 16. Weight in Grams: 462. Postcolonial Ghana and the Politics of Race. 280 pages, 23 halftones. Tackles the question of race in West Africa through its postcolonial manifestations. Challenging the view of the African continent as a nonracialized space, the author envisions Africa, and in particular the nation of Ghana, as a place whose local relationships are deeply informed by global structures of race, economics, and politics. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1HFDH; JFSL3; JHMC; JPH. Dimension: 232 x 163 x 16. Weight: 392.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226923031
ISBN
9780226923031
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.25

Paperback. This massively researched, deftly written narrative follows Weizmann's life from the beginning of World War I through some of his greatest triumphs, including the Balfour Declaration, the founding of the Hebrew University, and the British Mandate for Palestine. Num Pages: 550 pages. BIC Classification: JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 32. Weight in Grams: 839.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
University Press of New England United States
Number of pages
550
Condition
New
SKU
V9781584652687
ISBN
9781584652687
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 32.82

Paperback. The first serious study of the diverse organizations associated with the resurgence of Black nationalism in the 1960s Editor(s): Jeffries, Judson L. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 482.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252073946
ISBN
9780252073946
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.14

Paperback. Num Pages: 378 pages. BIC Classification: JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 126 x 18. Weight in Grams: 356.
Publisher
Spinifex Press Australia
Number of pages
378
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Second Edition, Second edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781742198071
ISBN
9781742198071
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.73

Hardback. Tapping into the zeitgeist of rediscovering Old World food traditions like pickling, fermenting, and baking, at the heart of which are the values of resourcefulness and seasonality, The Gefilte Manifesto encourages anyone and everyone to incorporate healthy and vital Ashkenazi recipes into their everyday repertoire. Num Pages: 320 pages, 100 full colour photographs. BIC Classification: 1D; JFSR1; WBN; WBT; WBV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 253 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1200.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
St Martin´s Press
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781250071385
ISBN
9781250071385
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 35.04

Hardback. Jeffrey Weeks has established an international reputation as one of the most original and influential writers on the social history of sexuality. Num Pages: 272 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSJ; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 524.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745621142
ISBN
9780745621142
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 77.34

Hardback. A father-daughter research team tell the behind-the-scenes story of a social movement started by a group of Brazilian women in 1986 in order to secure economic rights for women and transform their roles in homes and communities. Num Pages: 200 pages, 26 photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KL; JFC; JFSJ1; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822354062
ISBN
9780822354062
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.12

Paperback. Since 1989 an indigenous political movement - the Coalition of Workers, Peasants, and Students of the Isthmus (COCEI) - has governed the southern Mexican city of Juchitan. This title examines this Zapotec Indian movement and shows how COCEI forged a political and cultural path - overcoming oppression in the 1970s to achieve democracy in the 1990s. Num Pages: 328 pages, 12 photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 1KLS; JFSL; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 24. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822320630
ISBN
9780822320630
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 30.35

Hardback. Closely analyzes over 20 films of the past five decades that either deal directly with compulsive gambling or contain characters who are compulsive gamblers. Num Pages: 208 pages, bibliography, notes. BIC Classification: APFA; JFFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810836242
ISBN
9780810836242
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 111.50

Hardback. This book explores the many challenges that faced the early production and sale of beer in Japan, including its evolution from a uniquely Western beverage into a thoroughly domestic Japanese commodity by the post-Second World War era. Num Pages: 632 pages, 16 b&w photos, 3 graphs, 33 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3; KN; WBXD2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
632
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774825047
ISBN
9780774825047
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 113.04

paperback. Examines the cultural identities that Jews were creating and disseminating through voluntary associations such as libraries, drama circles, literary clubs, historical societies, and even fire brigades. Series: Modern Jewish Experience. Num Pages: 408 pages, 18 b&w photos, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JH; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 25. Weight in Grams: 689.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253220585
ISBN
9780253220585
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.10

Hardback. Selected papers presented at a conference held at Indiana University in February 2013. Editor(s): Veidlinger, Jeffrey. Num Pages: 364 pages, 7 b&w illus. BIC Classification: JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 236 x 28. Weight in Grams: 668.
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253019080
ISBN
9780253019080
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.17

Paperback. Selected papers presented at a conference held at Indiana University in February 2013. Editor(s): Veidlinger, Jeffrey. Num Pages: 7 b&w illus. BIC Classification: JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 468.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253019141
ISBN
9780253019141
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.41

Paperback. Jeffrey Schnapp and Matthew Battles reflect on what libraries have been in order to speculate about what they will become: hybrid places that intermingle books and ebooks, analog and digital formats, paper and pixels. They combine the cultural history of libraries with innovations at metaLAB, a research group at the forefront of digital humanities. Series: metaLABprojects. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations (colour). BIC Classification: GLC; JFD; JNV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 145 x 210 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674725034
ISBN
9780674725034
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.43

Paperback. In doing so he makes a persuasive connection between nation building and global governance-raising important questions about whose nations are being built and why. Series: Johns Hopkins Studies in Globalization. Num Pages: 392 pages, 25, 15 black & white halftones, 10 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: GTF; JFFS; KCM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 574.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801887581
ISBN
9780801887581
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 38.36

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

Paperback. Continuing film lovers' ongoing conversation about the low, the bad, and the sleazy face of cinema, this book examines the ineffable quality of "sleaze" in relation to a range of issues, including the production realities of low-budget exploitation pictures and the ever-shifting terrain of reception and taste. Editor(s): Sconce, Jeffrey. Num Pages: 352 pages, 59 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; APFA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 512.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Duke University Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822339649
ISBN
9780822339649
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.46

Paperback. Examines American culture's persistent association of new electronic media - from the invention of the telegraph to the introduction of television and computers - with paranormal or spiritual phenomena. Series: Console-ing Passions. Num Pages: 272 pages, 28 photographs. BIC Classification: JFD; VXQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 482.
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822325727
ISBN
9780822325727
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.10

Paperback. Jeffrey Sachs draws on his remarkable 25 years' experience to offer a thrilling and inspiring vision of the keys to economic success in the world today. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations (some col.), col. maps. BIC Classification: JFFA; KC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 330.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141018669
ISBN
9780141018669
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.33

Hardcover. Fictions of Conversion investigates the anxieties produced by the rapid and erratic religious, political, and cultural transformations in early modern England, which were often given shape in poetry, plays, and translations by the figure of the Jewish converso. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: DSK; JFSR1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812244823
ISBN
9780812244823
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.40

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