Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Paperback. Reviews Jewish culture and history. This book examines how and why various rites and customs celebrating stages in the life cycle have evolved through the ages and persisted to this day. For each phase of life - from childhood, adolescence, adulthood, to the advanced years, it traces the origin and development of specific rites. Series: Samuel & Althea Stroum Lectures in Jewish Studies. Num Pages: 376 pages, 10 illus. BIC Classification: HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295984414
- ISBN
- 9780295984414
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
€ 32.99
€ 29.60
Hardback. Overturns the common assumption that apartheid in South Africa was enforced only through terror and coercion. Without understating the role of violent intervention, this book shows that apartheid was sustained by a great and ever-swelling bureaucracy. Series: Perspectives on Southern Africa S. Num Pages: 401 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; HBTB; JFFJ; JFSL; JPQB; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 401
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520206519
- ISBN
- 9780520206519
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.00€ 49.27
€ 63.00
€ 49.27
Paperback. Editor(s): Sharman, Zena. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: JFSK1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 151 x 24. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Arsenal Pulp Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 312
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551523972
- ISBN
- 9781551523972
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.62
€ 23.99
€ 21.62
Paperback. Presents a chronological and topical description of the founding and growth of cities in the United States, from the first European settlements until 1920, addressing the economic, social, and political aspects of urban development. This book is useful for undergraduates enrolled in American history survey courses. Num Pages: 174 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Krieger Publishing Company
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781575241654
- ISBN
- 9781575241654
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.59
€ 28.59
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 25 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 142 x 16. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Publisher
- Arsenal Pulp Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551525365
- ISBN
- 9781551525365
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.69
€ 23.99
€ 17.69
Hardback. Editor(s): Strenski, Ivan. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; JFHF; JHM; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691631219
- ISBN
- 9780691631219
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.54
€ 106.54
Hardback. "This book brings together some of the most prominent scholars in the philosophy of race and ethnicity in conversation about issues of ethnic and racial identity, nationality, and ethnic philosophy. The book contains the best defense by Jorge J.E. Gracia of his familial-historical view of Latino identity"--Provided by publisher. Editor(s): Jaksic, Ivan. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPS; JFFJ; JFSL4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 236 x 26. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231169448
- ISBN
- 9780231169448
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.43€ 46.63
€ 59.43
€ 46.63
Paperback. Editor(s): Scheppe, Wolfgang. Num Pages: 1344 pages. BIC Classification: AMG; AMVD; JFS; JPQB; RGC; RPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 252 x 74. Weight in Grams: 3230.
- Publisher
- Hatje Cantz
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783775741118
- ISBN
- 9783775741118
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 88.85
€ 88.85
Hardcover. With the growing fragmentation of western societies and disillusionment with the political process, the question of legitimacy has become one of the key issues of contemporary politics and is examined in this volume in depth for the first time. Drawing on ethnographic material from the U.S., Europe, India, Japan, and Africa.. Editor(s): Pardo, Italo. Series: New Directions in Anthropology. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FKA; 1FPJ; 1H; 1KBB; JFF; LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 151 x 217 x 20. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571817655
- ISBN
- 9781571817655
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.00
€ 155.00
Paperback. Set in late-19th-century London, this novel details life in an East End ghetto and explores a spiritual crisis among young Jews, providing an analysis of a generation caught between the ghetto and modern British life. This edition includes a biographical, historical and critical introduction. Num Pages: 512 pages, notes, bibliography. BIC Classification: FC; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Wayne State University Press
- Edition
- 189th ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814325933
- ISBN
- 9780814325933
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.99
€ 49.99
Paperback. Shahak unmasks the expansionist reality of Israeli foreign and nuclear policy and analyses its effect on the future of Middle Eastern politics. Num Pages: 208 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1FBH; JFD; JPQB; JPS; JWMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 158 x 12. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Pluto Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745311517
- ISBN
- 9780745311517
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 24.42
€ 36.99
€ 24.42
Hardback. New edition of bestseller that critiques Jewish fundamentalism and shows its negative impact on Israeli policy. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; HRJ; JFSR1; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 135 x 21. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745320915
- ISBN
- 9780745320915
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 101.03€ 83.78
€ 101.03
€ 83.78
Paperback. New edition of bestseller that critiques Jewish fundamentalism and shows its negative impact on Israeli policy. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; HRJ; JFSR1; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 18. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Publisher
- Pluto Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745320908
- ISBN
- 9780745320908
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 22.78
€ 33.99
€ 22.78
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- The MIT Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780262036092
- ISBN
- 9780262036092
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 43.87
€ 50.99
€ 43.87
Hardback. Set in Germany, northern France, Italy, Poland, and Spain, the essays in this book focus on leading rabbinic scholars and their writings, as well as important issues of Jewish intellectual history, such as the nature of halakhah and aggadah, kabbalah and spirituality, childhood and popular religion. Series: Harvard Center for Jewish Studies. Num Pages: 238 pages, 1 b/w photograph. BIC Classification: DSB; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 24. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Harvard Center for Jewish Studies United States
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674023932
- ISBN
- 9780674023932
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.72
€ 40.99
€ 33.72
Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 228 x 16. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Publisher
- Canadian Inst of Ukranian Study Pr
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781895571332
- ISBN
- 9781895571332
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 23.86
€ 32.99
€ 23.86
Paperback. Today's discourse on nationalism is engaged by dynamic theoretical models derived from studies in literary criticism, cultural anthropology, socioeconomics, and psychology. This is the first book of its kind to apply this new theoretical framework to the Arab Middle East, with essays by Beth Baron, Fred Halliday, Rashid Khalidi, and Emmanuel Sivan. Editor(s): Gershoni, Israel; Jankowski, James P. Num Pages: 408 pages, 9 photos, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; HBLW; JFC; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 171 x 21. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231106955
- ISBN
- 9780231106955
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.06
€ 40.99
€ 29.06
Paperback. "A remarkable achievement. Bartal presents the broad contours of nineteenth-century East European Jewish history even as he reworks them into a nontraditional narrative."-David Engel, New York University Translator(s): Naor, Chaya. Series: Jewish Culture & Contexts. Num Pages: 216 pages, 2 illus. BIC Classification: 1DV; JFSR1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812219074
- ISBN
- 9780812219074
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
€ 32.99
€ 29.60
Paperback. This volume presents English translations of all of Nogarola's extant work and highlights just how daring and original her convictions were. The collection will be of interest to teachers and students of women's tudies as well as of Renaissance literature and history. Editor(s): King, Margaret L; Robin, Diana. Translator(s): King, Margaret L; Robin, Diana. Series: The Other Voice in Early Modern Europe. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: HB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226590080
- ISBN
- 9780226590080
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 33.37
€ 43.99
€ 33.37
Hardcover. In 1818, with a single essay of vast scope and stunning detail, Leopold Zunz launched the turn to history in modern Judaism. In Leopold Zunz: Creativity in Adversity, Ismar Schorsch, a distinguished scholar of German Jewish culture, has written the first full-fledged biography of this remarkable man. Series: Jewish Culture & Contexts. Num Pages: 344 pages, 8 illus. BIC Classification: JFSR1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812248531
- ISBN
- 9780812248531
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.31
€ 81.31