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Society & culture: general
Paperback. Indonesia is home to the largest Muslim community in the world. This book provides a perspective about contemporary Islam in Indonesia through discussing two outstanding streams of thought and movements - Islamic modernism and radical Islamic fundamentalism. Num Pages: 142 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMN; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 142
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845192143
- ISBN
- 9781845192143
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.72
€ 36.99
€ 33.72
Hardback. Provides a broader perspective about contemporary Islam in Indonesia through discussing two streams of thought and movements - Islamic modernism and radical Islamic fundamentalism. This book is suitable for understanding the comprehensive challenges posed by radical Islam in the Indonesian archipelago. Num Pages: 142 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMN; HBJF; HBLW3; JFSR2; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 178 x 15. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 142
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845190408
- ISBN
- 9781845190408
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.14
€ 130.14
Paperback. Showcases the work emerging from the ethnography of media. This title covers topics ranging from indigenous media projects around the world to the unexpected effects of state control of media to the local impact of film and television as they travel transnationally. Editor(s): Ginsburg, Faye D.; Abu-Lughod, Lila; Larkin, Brian. Num Pages: 429 pages, 23 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: JFD; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 33. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 429
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520232310
- ISBN
- 9780520232310
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.36
€ 40.99
€ 29.36
Paperback. Suitable for students and scholars working in the areas of race, gender, and identity theory, as well as US history and literature, this book offers a perspective for studying the construction and meaning of personal and cultural identities. Editor(s): Ginsburg, Elaine. Series: New Americanists. Num Pages: 312 pages, 6 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822317647
- ISBN
- 9780822317647
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 34.32
€ 36.99
€ 34.32
Paperback. Series: Youth Specialties. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 5AK; HRCV; JFSP2. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 239 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- Zondervan United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780310266327
- ISBN
- 9780310266327
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.96
€ 24.99
€ 21.96
Paperback. Since its original publication in 1982, "Getting Free" has become the most important self-help book on ending domestic violence. In this expanded edition, NiCarthy features important new information from the latest studies and most recent research on the subject. Series: New Leaf. Num Pages: 464 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFE3; VS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 31. Weight in Grams: 698.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Seal Press
- Edition
- 4th
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781580051224
- ISBN
- 9781580051224
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.14
€ 24.14
Hardback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 707 photos. BIC Classification: 1D; JFCK; WCP; WCR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 285 x 222 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1718.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780887408236
- ISBN
- 9780887408236
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 85.74€ 61.20
€ 85.74
€ 61.20
Paperback. A critique of claims regarding the free movement of goods, people, services, and capital throughout Europe. It interrogates European discourses on free movement and a utopian unity-in-diversity in light of contemporary debates and practices in Europe, social and cultural theories, historical texts, media representations, and critical art projects. Num Pages: 220 pages, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; GTB; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822345794
- ISBN
- 9780822345794
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.99
€ 33.99
€ 30.99
Paperback. An innovative historical and ethnographic examination of Dominican identity formation in the Dominican Republic and the United States. Num Pages: 360 pages, 37 b&w photos, 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1KJD; 3JH; 3JJ; JFSL3; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5830 x 3971 x 21. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822340379
- ISBN
- 9780822340379
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.75
€ 32.99
€ 29.75
Hardback. Editor(s): Pittman, Gina. Num Pages: 100 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; JFC; RN; TV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 163 x 239 x 14. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781634844086
- ISBN
- 9781634844086
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 166.79€ 127.36
€ 166.79
€ 127.36
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Visible Ink Press United States
- Edition
- Second Edition, Second edition
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781578593750
- ISBN
- 9781578593750
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 30.82
€ 31.99
€ 30.82
Paperback. Focusing upon Hollywood's portrayal of Asian races, this study describes how social taboos concerning Orientals helped to perpetuate social and racial inequality in the USA. The author's discussion covers early silent films, later classics such as "Shanghai Express" and the recurring geisha movies. Num Pages: 272 pages, 30 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KBB; APFA; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780520084957
- ISBN
- 9780520084957
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.52
€ 35.99
€ 26.52
Hardcover. The first full-length biography of a premodern Japanese nun, The Princess Nun is the story of Bunchi (1619-1697), daughter of Emperor Go-Mizunoo and founder of Enshoji. The study incorporates issues of gender and social status into its discussion of Bunchi's ascetic practice to rewrite the history of Buddhist reform and Tokugawa religion. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 350 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JD; BGX; HBJF; HRE; JFSC; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 622.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Harvard University Asia Center
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674491977
- ISBN
- 9780674491977
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 46.56
€ 54.99
€ 46.56
Paperback. The Caribbean "market woman" is ingrained in the popular imagination as the archetype of black womanhood in the region. Challenging this stereotype, this work offers a complex picture by documenting the history of international traders who travel abroad to import and export consumer goods sold in the public markets of Kingston, Jamaica. Series: Women in Culture and Society Series. Num Pages: 304 pages, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KJWJ; JFSJ1; KCLT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 162 x 19. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226841229
- ISBN
- 9780226841229
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.90
€ 36.99
€ 29.90
Hardcover. Illuminating the Jewish art exhibition at the Fifth Zionist Congress in Basel, Switzerland, in 1901, this study looks at its contributions to art and Jewish history and culture. Cultural Zionism was for the first time included into the official agenda, an important step for the politics of Zionism. Series: Judaic Traditions in Literature, Music and Art. Num Pages: 296 pages, 41 illustrations, glossary, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: ACX; JFC; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815630302
- ISBN
- 9780815630302
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.27
€ 57.27
Hardback. Succeeding as a Female Superintendent provides a comprehensive look at the journey that several women superintendents of schools took in their pursuit of the top school leadership position. Real life stories relate what these women encountered and how they dealt with a wide variety of issues. Num Pages: 178 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JNKH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 160 x 17. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 178
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781578869251
- ISBN
- 9781578869251
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 146.88
€ 146.88
paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages, 18 halftones. BIC Classification: JFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 150 x 24. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780816647231
- ISBN
- 9780816647231
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.53
€ 27.99
€ 26.53
Paperback. Gilly Sharpe explores young women's accounts of their pathways into crime and the impact of youth justice intervention on their everyday lives. He also analyses professionals' accounts of young female offenders. Num Pages: 224 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, 12 black & white tables, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: JFSJ; LNFB; YQJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 13. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415870498
- ISBN
- 9780415870498
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.29
€ 66.29
Paperback. Gillis J. Harp places Brooks's religious thought in historical, cultural and ecclesiastical contexts while clarifying the sources of Brook's inspiration, thus making this a rich portrait of this figure and a transitional era in American protestantism. Series: American Intellectual Culture. Num Pages: 256 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BG; HRCC2; HRCC9; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 149 x 14. Weight in Grams: 335.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847699612
- ISBN
- 9780847699612
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 82.17
€ 82.17
Paperback. * Inside the financial crisis as the bankers themseves rode the boom and fell with the crash, from the first UK journalist to predict it * Updated for this edition Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BT; JFFX; KFFK; KFFL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 25. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Publisher
- Abacus
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349121895
- ISBN
- 9780349121895
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.90
€ 14.99
€ 11.90
Hardback. Placing the body at the center of critical improvisation studies, the contributors to Negotiated Moments explore the challenges of negotiating subjectivity through improvisation in various forms-from jazz, Japanese taiko drumming, and Iranian classical music to sound walking and political street theater. Editor(s): Siddall, Gillian; Waterman, Ellen. Series: Improvisation, Community, and Social Practice. Num Pages: 376 pages, 11 illustrations. BIC Classification: AVC; AVGJ; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 238 x 26. Weight in Grams: 682.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822360827
- ISBN
- 9780822360827
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 170.87
€ 170.87
Paperback. Placing the body at the center of critical improvisation studies, the contributors to Negotiated Moments explore the challenges of negotiating subjectivity through improvisation in various forms-from jazz, Japanese taiko drumming, and Iranian classical music to sound walking and political street theater. Editor(s): Siddall, Gillian; Waterman, Ellen. Series: Improvisation, Community, and Social Practice. Num Pages: 376 pages, 11 illustrations. BIC Classification: AVC; AVGJ; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822360964
- ISBN
- 9780822360964
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.63
€ 41.99
€ 37.63
Hardback. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745608181
- ISBN
- 9780745608181
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.77
€ 66.77
Paperback. The Broken Middle offers a startlingly original rethinking of the modern philosophical tradition and fundamentally rejects the anti--philosophy and anti--theory of post--modernity. Num Pages: 372 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HPCF; JFC; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 0. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 372
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631182214
- ISBN
- 9780631182214
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 48.07
€ 48.99
€ 48.07