Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Paperback. Examines representations of Arabs, Islam and the Near East in nineteenth-century American culture Series: America and the Long 19th Century. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; HBJK; JFC; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 24. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814745182
- ISBN
- 9780814745182
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Paperback. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: 3D; 3H; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; HBG; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 212 x 136 x 41. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Hebrew Union College Press
- Edition
- Rev Sub
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780878202171
- ISBN
- 9780878202171
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.50
€ 45.50
Paperback. "The Mishna", a six-part codification of oral rabbinic law, is the basis of the Talmud. It is one of the two holy books upon which Judaism has been constructed. This edition aims to provide as close to a literal translation as possible, following the syntax of Mishnaic Hebrew. Num Pages: 1208 pages, glossary, index. BIC Classification: HRJ; HRLC; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 178 x 249 x 53. Weight in Grams: 2144.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 1208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300050226
- ISBN
- 9780300050226
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Condition: New
€ 82.44€ 68.45
€ 82.44
€ 68.45
Paperback. This book provides an introduction to Judaism in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries for all students of Judaism and world religions, and covers major movements that have been developed. Num Pages: 256 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557866844
- ISBN
- 9781557866844
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.78
€ 52.78
Paperback. Shows how Jewish and Muslim writers transformed the biblical Queen of Sheba from a clever, politically astute sovereign to a demonic force threatening gender boundries. Successive retellings of the biblical story reveal anxieties about gender and illuminate cultural transmission. Series: Chicago Studies in the History of Judaism. Num Pages: 308 pages. BIC Classification: HRH; HRJ; HRLK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226469157
- ISBN
- 9780226469157
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 33.84
€ 42.99
€ 33.84
Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 27. Weight in Grams: 592.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- reprint
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674325074
- ISBN
- 9780674325074
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.76€ 48.11
€ 51.76
€ 48.11
Paperback. Illustrator(s): Dezso, Andrea. Num Pages: 568 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: FC; FYT; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 209 x 45. Weight in Grams: 804.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780691173221
- ISBN
- 9780691173221
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.45
€ 23.99
€ 21.45
Paperback. A wonderful collection of all 210 tales and popular legends collected by the Grimm brothers over a century ago. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 800 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; FM; JFHF; YFJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile; (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education; (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 44. Weight in Grams: 848.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 800
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415285964
- ISBN
- 9780415285964
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 23.46
€ 23.99
€ 23.46
Paperback. Editor(s): Gordon, Jacob U. Num Pages: 227 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 179 x 15. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 227
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590337578
- ISBN
- 9781590337578
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.81€ 38.20
€ 51.81
€ 38.20
Paperback. Explores the dysfunctional state of US high-skilled immigration laws. This title recommends a coherent set of immediate reforms, which should aim to facilitate continuously high and increasingly economically necessary levels of high-skilled immigration to the United States. Series: Policy Analyses in International Economics. Num Pages: 132 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 227 x 159 x 9. Weight in Grams: 231.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The Peterson Institute for International Economics
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780881324136
- ISBN
- 9780881324136
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 17.15
€ 20.99
€ 17.15
Hardback. The process of transforming bamboo into paper involves production-related and social skills, as well as the everyday skills that allowed Sichuan papermakers to survive in an era of tumultuous change. This book charts the vicissitudes of a rural community of papermakers in Sichuan. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 425 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; HBLW; HBTB; JFSF. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 30. Weight in Grams: 660.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 425
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674032880
- ISBN
- 9780674032880
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 42.46
€ 49.99
€ 42.46
paperback. This title was Burckhardt's major contribution to cultural history and was first published in 1860. The work covers the period from the birth of Dante to the death of Michelangelo, and is divided into 6 sections, covering a whole range of topics. Translator(s): Middlemore, S. G. C. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JB; ACND; HBJD; HBLC; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 142 x 19. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140445343
- ISBN
- 9780140445343
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 12.98
€ 19.99
€ 12.98
Paperback. Series: Working Class in American History. Num Pages: 304 pages, 9 black and white photographs, 5 maps, 2 charts. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; JFFC1; KNXC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 238 x 25. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252081378
- ISBN
- 9780252081378
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.58
€ 32.99
€ 29.58
Hardback. Editor(s): Pezzo, Jacob A. Num Pages: 129 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFB; KFFR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 231 x 13. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 129
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781624176548
- ISBN
- 9781624176548
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 199.02€ 136.11
€ 199.02
€ 136.11
Paperback. A new edition of Katz's study of European Jewish society at end of the Middle Ages. It taps into a rich source, the "responsa" literature of the Rabbinic establishment of the time, a time when self-governing communities of Jews dealt with their own civil and religious issues. Translator(s): Cooperman, Bernard Dov. Num Pages: 410 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLC; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815628279
- ISBN
- 9780815628279
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.13
€ 27.99
€ 26.13
Hardback. In-depth ethnographic analysis provides the pan-African evidence and analysis needed to move forward debates about who and how to address the long term care needs of older people in Sub-Saharan Africa. Editor(s): Hoffman, Jaco; Pype, Katrien. Series: Ageing in a Global Context. Num Pages: 224 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, 4 black & white tables, 2 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1HF; JFSP31; JHB. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Bristol University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447325253
- ISBN
- 9781447325253
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.63
€ 104.63
Hardback. Editor(s): Caverty, Jaclyn. Num Pages: 119 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFT; JPP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 13. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 119
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781626180468
- ISBN
- 9781626180468
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 199.02€ 137.74
€ 199.02
€ 137.74
Paperback. The determination of when, how, how often, and with whom an animal breeds is moving rapidly away from evolutionary pressures and towards human purposes. This book discusses the methods, the motivations, and the consequences of human intervention in animal breeding in terms of animal health, behaviour, and well-being. Num Pages: 336 pages, Photographs, illustrations, graphs, index. BIC Classification: JFFZ; PSAD; TVHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844075898
- ISBN
- 9781844075898
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.98
€ 50.98
Hardcover. Offers a reminder that women haven't done that much, ever, particularly in comparison to all those male geniuses we learnt about in school. This book puts the women back in, but only in their proper place, of course - behind curtains, trussed up in corsets, kneeling in subservience. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: JFFK; JFSJ1; WHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 191 x 134. Weight in Grams: 170.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910931097
- ISBN
- 9781910931097
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.47
€ 17.99
€ 13.47
Lady Boys, Tom Boys, Rent Boys: Male and Female Homosexualities in Con...
Jackson, Peter A.; Sullivan, Gerard. Ed(S): J...
paperback. This book explores Thailand's diverse sexual population, including male sex workers, 'toms' - masculine Thai lesbians - 'dees' - feminine-identified women who have relations with other women, and 'kathoeys' or 'lady boys' (transsexual or transvestite males). Editor(s): Jackson, Peter A.; Sullivan, Gerard. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JFSK1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 208 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 385.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Routledge United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781560231196
- ISBN
- 9781560231196
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.55
€ 71.55