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Society & culture: general
Paperback. The doctrine of 'Islamic economics' entered debates over the social role of Islam in the mid-twentieth century. Since then it has pursued the goal of restructuring economies according to perceived Islamic teachings. This book argues that the doctrine of Islamic economics is simplistic, incoherent, and largely irrelevant to economic challenges. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1 halftone. 2 tables. BIC Classification: JFSR2; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691126296
- ISBN
- 9780691126296
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.81
€ 46.99
€ 33.81
Hardcover. This volume discusses the lives and writings of five nonconformist women who comprised the heart of a vibrant literary circle in England between 1760 and 1840. Whelan shows these women's keen awareness and often radical viewpoints on contemporary issues connected to politics, religion, gender, and the Romantic sensibility. Series: Nineteenth-Century Major Lives and Letters. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSBF; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 146 x 21. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137343604
- ISBN
- 9781137343604
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.80
€ 66.80
Paperback. The world that was revolutionized by industrialization is being remade by the information revolution. This title argues that groups unified by a concern for ecological justice present the potential opposition to capitalism. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 24. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780252067297
- ISBN
- 9780252067297
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 32.13
€ 34.99
€ 32.13
paperback. Series: The Princeton Economic History of the Western World. Num Pages: 358 pages, 18 maps 10 line illus. 26 tables. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; HBTB; JFSF; JHBD; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 159 x 234 x 22. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780691628141
- ISBN
- 9780691628141
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Condition: New
€ 39.99€ 16.46
€ 39.99
€ 16.46
hardcover. In the years between the Great Famine of the 1840s and the First World War, Ireland experienced a drastic drop in population. This book offers an inquiry that explores the options that presented themselves to Ireland's younger generations, taking into account household structure, inheritance, religion, and especially emigration. Series: The Princeton Economic History of the Western World. Num Pages: 360 pages, 18 maps 10 line illus. 26 tables. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JFSF; JHBD; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 657.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780691043074
- ISBN
- 9780691043074
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.99€ 100.49
€ 119.99
€ 100.49
Paperback. Series: American Literature Readings in the 21st Century. Num Pages: 235 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2011
- Number of pages
- 235
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349294657
- ISBN
- 9781349294657
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.41
€ 66.41
Hardcover. Series: American Literature Readings in the 21st Century. Num Pages: 235 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJG; DSC; DSK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 218 x 20. Weight in Grams: 422. Stein, Fitzgerald, and the Modern(ist) Art of Self-fashioning. Series: American Literature Readings in the Twenty-First Century. 252 pages. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 3JJG; DSC; DSK; JFC. Dimension: 145 x 218 x 20. Weight: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230112711
- ISBN
- 9780230112711
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.89
€ 66.89
Hardcover. Series: Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora. 330 pages, 23, 23 black and white. A look at the ambiguous experience of black security force personnel in white minority ruled colonial Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1HFMW; 3JJ; HBJH; HBTQ; JFSL3; JKSW1. Dimension: 232 x 160 x 32. Weight: 638.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Rochester Press
- Number of pages
- 330
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781580463805
- ISBN
- 9781580463805
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 157.88
€ 157.88
Paperback. Two explorers set out on a journey from which only one of them will return. Their unknown land is that often fearsome continent we call the 20th Century. Their route is through their own minds and memories. Both travellers are professional historians still tormented by their own unanswered questions. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBLW; HBTB; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 196 x 27. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- First edition & printing in this form
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099563556
- ISBN
- 9780099563556
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.08
€ 19.99
€ 15.08
Paperback. A study of the representation of teenagers in American cinema since David Considine's Cinema of Adolescence in 1985. It reaffirms the idea that films about youth constitute a legitimate genre worthy of study on its own terms. Num Pages: 436 pages, 26 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF; JFSP2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 153 x 27. Weight in Grams: 706.
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292756625
- ISBN
- 9780292756625
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Human Kinetics Publishers United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780736062879
- ISBN
- 9780736062879
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.56
€ 55.56
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199794379
- ISBN
- 9780199794379
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.16
€ 14.99
€ 12.16
Hardback. Num Pages: 212 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFD; JFFC; JKSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5334 x 3556 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781439913697
- ISBN
- 9781439913697
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.45
€ 97.45
Paperback. Num Pages: 212 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFD; JFFC; JKSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 212
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781439913703
- ISBN
- 9781439913703
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.87
€ 31.99
€ 28.87
Paperback. A political scientist goes undercover in a modern industrial slaughterhouse for this twenty-first-century update of Upton Sinclair's The Jungle Series: Yale Agrarian Studies Series. Num Pages: 320 pages, 10 b/w illus. BIC Classification: JFFE; JFFZ; KNDF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 144 x 22. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Yale Agrarian Studies Series
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300192483
- ISBN
- 9780300192483
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.83
€ 30.99
€ 22.83
Hardback. Thirty-seven million people visit Las Vegas every year. It's a city that offers to fulfil all your desires, without any repercussions. But what happens to the people who have to grow up there? This book tells ten of their stories: tales of overdoses, desert shoot-outs, suicides, casinos, and broken dreams. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBWN; BTP; JFSP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 145 x 222 x 19. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Publisher
- Random House UK
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783522507
- ISBN
- 9781783522507
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 25.42
€ 30.99
€ 25.42
Paperback. Series: Politics, Media & Popular Culture. Num Pages: 192 pages, 6 ill. BIC Classification: JFDT; JPA; JPF; LA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 225 x 13. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Publisher
- Peter Lang Publishing Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820457925
- ISBN
- 9780820457925
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.31
€ 54.31
Paperback. This in-depth study of a Black congregation in Charleston, South Carolina provides a window into the tremendously important yet still largely overlooked world of African American religion as the faith is lived by ordinary believers. Series: Qualitative Studies in Religion Series. Num Pages: 222 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFS; HRCC9; HRCS; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814758205
- ISBN
- 9780814758205
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Hardback. Num Pages: 212 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFE; JFSP2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 136 x 18. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 212
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781594547058
- ISBN
- 9781594547058
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.63€ 46.95
€ 64.63
€ 46.95
Hardback. This collection of essays offers a wide-ranging examination of the place of AIDS in gay activism, literature, film, news reporting and gay culture. The contributors stress the connection between language and moral responsibility. Editor(s): Murphy, Timothy F.; Poirier, Suzanne. Series: Between Men - Between Women: Lesbian & Gay Studies. Num Pages: 352 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DNF; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231078641
- ISBN
- 9780231078641
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.35€ 83.75
€ 108.35
€ 83.75
Paperback. Editor(s): Murithi, Timothy. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFG; HBJH; JFF; JPH; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 211 x 13. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Publisher
- Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781928232223
- ISBN
- 9781928232223
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.64
€ 20.99
€ 19.64
Hardcover. Iincludes over 9,000 entries, a grammatical sketch, and numerous indexes, along with a wealth of cultural information Num Pages: 1008 pages. BIC Classification: CFG; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 7128 x 5499 x 66. Weight in Grams: 2586.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 1008
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Bilingual
- SKU
- V9780295992075
- ISBN
- 9780295992075
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 102.17
€ 102.17
Paperback. Editor(s): Mitchell, Timothy. Series: Contradictions of modernity series. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1HBM; 3JH; 3JJ; JFC; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 16. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 260
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- First edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816631346
- ISBN
- 9780816631346
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.67
€ 29.99
€ 27.67
Hardcover. This work chronicles intentional communities in the 20th century. The chronological account first studies the older groups that were operating until 1900, it then explores the impact of the early 19th-century art colonies, before discussing decade-by-decade the new groups formed up to 1960. Num Pages: 350 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815627753
- ISBN
- 9780815627753
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.19
€ 48.19