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Society & culture: general
Paperback. An examination of Arab society and culture that offers an opportunity to know the Arab world from an Arab point of view. It emphasizes the changes and diverse patterns that have characterized the Middle East since the mid-nineteenth century. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; JFC; JFSL9; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- n
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520084278
- ISBN
- 9780520084278
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.47
€ 36.99
€ 26.47
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1MBFW; BGA; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 269 x 226 x 17. Weight in Grams: 890.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Aboriginal Studies Press Australia
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780855758301
- ISBN
- 9780855758301
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.81
€ 33.99
€ 24.81
Paperback. Num Pages: 438 pages, facsimiles, portraits. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; JFFJ; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 205 x 132 x 23. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Random House USA Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 438
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780679776208
- ISBN
- 9780679776208
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.19
€ 18.99
€ 17.19
Paperback. Engages in an interdisciplinary investigation of the political technologies of the body in the wake of postmodernity, technologies apparent in film, medicine, entertainment industries, politics, and the arts. This book reflects the growing concern with interfaces between humans and computer and bio-medical technologies. Editor(s): Halberstam, Judith; Livingston, Ira. Series: Unnatural Acts: Theorizing the Performative. Num Pages: 288 pages, 7 b&w photos. BIC Classification: JFFK; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 16. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253209702
- ISBN
- 9780253209702
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.70
€ 32.99
€ 29.70
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFR; KCJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 228 x 24. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Seven Stories Press,U.S.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781609806378
- ISBN
- 9781609806378
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.33
€ 19.99
€ 18.33
Paperback. Num Pages: 190 pages, colour photos. BIC Classification: 3JJPK; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 230 x 17. Weight in Grams: 853.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Bonus Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 190
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566251822
- ISBN
- 9781566251822
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.98
€ 26.99
€ 25.98
Paperback. This book is the first examination of the Cuban military in the context of Cuba's political and economic challenges in the aftermath of the collapse of the USSR - and therefore of Soviet economic, political and psychological support. It provides important historical and political contexts of the development and engagement of the military. Series: Studies of the Americas. Num Pages: 351 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBW; JFC; JPA; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2005
- Number of pages
- 351
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349533367
- ISBN
- 9781349533367
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.07
€ 64.07
Hardcover. One of the world's leading art theorists dissects a quarter century of artistic practice Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AC; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 217 x 26. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Verso
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784781453
- ISBN
- 9781784781453
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 24.01
€ 29.99
€ 24.01
Paperback. A Pluto Classic A challenging collection of essays on post-modernism by well-known contributors, including Baudrillard and Edward Said. Series: Pluto Classics. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 226. Very good copy with some shelf wear. Light scoring. Previous owners name to FFEP, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- Pluto Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KCW0010611
- ISBN
- 9780745300030
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. Num Pages: 146 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; JFC; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 282 x 15. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319310466
- ISBN
- 9783319310466
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.15
€ 65.15
hardcover. Num Pages: 284 pages, 4 maps, 17 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1DDFC; 1H; APFA; JFCA; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253020659
- ISBN
- 9780253020659
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 91.38
€ 91.38
Paperback. Num Pages: 284 pages, 4 maps, 17 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1DDFC; 1H; APFA; JFCA; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 17. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253020758
- ISBN
- 9780253020758
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.37
€ 26.99
€ 25.37
Hardback. Examines the global governance of HIV/AIDS epidemic, interrogating the role of this international system and global discourse on HIV/AIDS interventions. This work argues that while the international interventions highlight the importance attributed to the HIV/AIDS problem, the nature of the system does not allow interventions to be far reaching. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFH2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 430. Library markings to spine, with usual markings inside. However, remains in a good to very good condition
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- KLJ0006579
- ISBN
- 9780415413831
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. Series: Social Aspects of HIV. Num Pages: 194 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFH2; JPA; KCP; MBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 277 x 19. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319460116
- ISBN
- 9783319460116
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.04
€ 134.04
Hardback. This volume provides a novel and relational sociological approach to the study of EU civil society. It focuses on the interactions and interrelations between civil society actors and the forms of capital that structure the fields and sub-fields of EU civil society, through new and important empirical studies on organized EU civil society. Editor(s): Johansson, Hakan; Kalm, Sara. Series: Palgrave Studies in European Political Sociology. Num Pages: 296 pages, 13. BIC Classification: 1QFE; JFFM; JFFP; JPSN2; JPWH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 22. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137500700
- ISBN
- 9781137500700
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.81
€ 64.81
paperback. Tells the story of a young woman named Meng Jiang who makes a long, solitary journey to deliver winter clothes to her husband, a drafted labourer on the grandiose Great Wall construction project of the notorious First Emperor of the Qin dynasty (BCE 221-208). Translator(s): Idema, Wilt. Series: China Program Books. Num Pages: 240 pages, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1FPC; DNF; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 228 x 19. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295987842
- ISBN
- 9780295987842
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.03
€ 37.99
€ 34.03
Paperback. An ethnography of class dynamics and the subject formation of migrant domestic workers. It explores what the migrant domestic workers mean to the families that hire them, to urban economies, to rural provinces such as Anhui, and to the Chinese state. Num Pages: 328 pages, 2 photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFFN; JFSJ1; JHBL; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822343042
- ISBN
- 9780822343042
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.51
€ 31.99
€ 28.51
Paperback. Haiming Liu presents a transnational history of a Chinese family from the late nineteenth century to the 1970s. It makes it clear that, for many Chinese American families, migration does not mean a break from the past but the beginning of a life that incorporates and transcends dual national boundaries. Num Pages: 256 pages, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; JFFN; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813535975
- ISBN
- 9780813535975
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 39.41
€ 44.99
€ 39.41
Hardback. In light of the curve balls the times are throwing at the identity, priorities, and world views of young Israelis, Hazan (social anthropology, Tel Aviv U.) constructs an ethnographically informed discourse pertaining to the tension and interplay between the mythical framework and formulae of Zionism Series: New Directions in Anthropology. BIC Classification: 1FBH; JFSP2; JFSR1; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 303.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571818218
- ISBN
- 9781571818218
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 153.92
€ 153.92
Hardback. One of the major characteristics of our contemporary culture is a positive, almost banal, view of the transgression and disruption of cultural boundaries. Strangers, migrants and nomads are celebrated in our postmodern world of hybrids and cyborgs. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: JFFS; JHBK; JM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745690698
- ISBN
- 9780745690698
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.16
€ 66.16
Paperback. One of the major characteristics of our contemporary culture is a positive, almost banal, view of the transgression and disruption of cultural boundaries. Strangers, migrants and nomads are celebrated in our postmodern world of hybrids and cyborgs. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: JFFS; JHBK; JM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 140 x 231 x 18. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Publisher
- Polity
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745690704
- ISBN
- 9780745690704
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.23
€ 23.23
Hardback. A collection of articles in which Chertok presents his observations of issues that preoccupy the Israelis, from the conditions facing women in the Jewish state, to coming to terms with the Palestinians. Num Pages: 210 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823215461
- ISBN
- 9780823215461
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 100.46
€ 100.46
Paperback. A collection of articles in which Chertok presents his observations of the issues that preoccupy the Israelis, from the conditions facing women in the Jewish state, to coming to terms with the Palestinians. Num Pages: 210 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 14. Weight in Grams: 363. Paperback, in very good condition.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press
- Number of pages
- 210
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- SKU
- KRF0012848
- ISBN
- 9780823215478
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
paperback. Suitable for the casual student of Navajo culture, religion, or mythology as well as for the scholar, this title includes tales that show Coyote as a warrior, a shaman, a trickster; a lecher, a thief; a sacrificial victim, and always as the indomitable force of life. It considers Coyote mythology in a theoretical and historical framework. Editor(s): Luckert, Karl W. Num Pages: 146 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: 1KB; JFHF; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 9. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Publisher
- Bison Books United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 146
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803272224
- ISBN
- 9780803272224
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.22
€ 19.99
€ 18.22