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Society & culture: general
Paperback. This is a guide to the workings of festive behaviour, often seen as the "uniform expression of a collective consciousness". The book combines four case studies in multisite ethnography to demonstrate how concepts of race, ethnicity, history, gender, and nationhood are challenged and redefined. Num Pages: 252 pages, 28 b/w photograph, 1 line illustration, 1 map. BIC Classification: JFSL1; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 15. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 1st PAPERBACK
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520223318
- ISBN
- 9780520223318
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.73
€ 36.99
€ 26.73
Hardback. Constructing Otherness in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic Law. 352 pages, Illustrations. Explores how Jews, Christians, and Muslims conceptualize 'us' and 'them' through rules about the preparation of food by adherents of other religions and the act of eating with such outsiders. This title illuminates the subtly different ways Jews, Christians, and Muslims perceive themselves. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: HRC; JFSR1; JFSR2. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 28. Weight: 626.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520253216
- ISBN
- 9780520253216
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.37€ 64.45
€ 84.37
€ 64.45
Paperback. Providing an innovative and accessible perspective on how civil rights legislation affects the lives of ordinary Americans, this work argues for a radical new understanding of rights. The study is based on interviews with those who had experienced discrimination on disability issues. Series: Chicago Series in Law and Society. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFG; JP; LA; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 126 x 16. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226208336
- ISBN
- 9780226208336
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.58
€ 36.99
€ 28.58
Paperback. To find more information on Rowman & Littlefield titles, please visit us at www.rowmanlittlefield.com. Num Pages: 201 pages. BIC Classification: JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 317.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Jason Aronson Inc. Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 201
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781568213866
- ISBN
- 9781568213866
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Condition: New
€ 69.46
€ 69.46
Paperback. Winner of the Outstanding Book Award" 2015 from the American Association for Teaching and Curriculum (AATC), this book shows an holistic approach to education, conservation, and community development that uses place as an integrating context for learning. Series: Complicated Conversation. Num Pages: 119 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JKS; JNA; JNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 8. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Publisher
- Peter Lang Publishing Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781433125102
- ISBN
- 9781433125102
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.95
€ 61.95
Hardback. At 3:17 p.m. on March 18, 1937, a natural gas leak beneath the London Junior-Senior High School in the oil boomtown of New London, Texas, created a lethal mixture of gas and oxygen in the school's basement. The odorless, colorless gas went undetected until the flip of an electrical switch triggered a colossal blast. Num Pages: 328 pages, 1 map; 36 b notes; bibliography; index. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; 3JJG; HBLW; JFFC; JNB; JNL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781612341538
- ISBN
- 9781612341538
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 32.62
€ 36.99
€ 32.62
Paperback. Confronting the digital revolution in academia, this book examines the application of new computational techniques and visualisation technologies in the Arts & Humanities. Uniting differing perspectives, leading and emerging scholars discuss the theoretical and practical challenges that computation raises for these disciplines. Editor(s): Berry, David M. Num Pages: 336 pages, 28 black & white halftones, 25 figures, 5 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFD; UBJ; UY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 2012 ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230292659
- ISBN
- 9780230292659
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 118.82€ 113.42
€ 118.82
€ 113.42
Hardback. aeo An engaging and accessible study of the relation between religion and postmodernity. aeo Examines key issues such as the rise of consumerism and the influence of communication and information technologies as a way of understanding the transformations of religion throughout the worl. Num Pages: 200 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HRCM; HRLB; JFC; JHBA; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745614885
- ISBN
- 9780745614885
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.69
€ 78.69
Paperback. aeo An engaging and accessible study of the relation between religion and postmodernity. aeo Examines key issues such as the rise of consumerism and the influence of communication and information technologies as a way of understanding the transformations of religion throughout the worl. Num Pages: 200 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HRCM; HRLB; JFC; JHBA; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745614892
- ISBN
- 9780745614892
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.94
€ 25.94
Paperback. Offers an analysis of rigorous, empirical evidence that exposes the central paradox of racial representation. Using data on representatives elected to Congress between 1972 and 1994, this work examines the link between the racial composition of a congressional district and its representative's race as well as ideology. Num Pages: 176 pages, 28 line illus. 15 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSL1; JPH; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 257.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691010106
- ISBN
- 9780691010106
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 37.82
€ 52.99
€ 37.82
Paperback. Explores the Enlightenment as a geographical phenomenon and the place of geography in the Enlightenment. From disciplinary perspectives, the text considers the ways in which the world of the 18th century was brought to view and shaped through map and text, and exploration and argument. Editor(s): Livingstone, David N.; Withers, Charles W. J. Num Pages: 336 pages, 28 halftones, 9 line drawings, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLL; HBTP; JFCX; RGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226487212
- ISBN
- 9780226487212
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 41.25
€ 52.99
€ 41.25
Paperback. "The issue of the Protestant ethic and the spirit of capitalism has been debated endlessly, but few scholars have seriously continued Weber's own research into the Reformation sources of seventeenth-century England. David Little's study was one of the first to do so, and remains an important contribution." Guenther Roth, University of Washington" Num Pages: 284 pages, xviii, 270 p. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HRA; HRC; JFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 135 x 205 x 18. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226485461
- ISBN
- 9780226485461
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.41
€ 40.99
€ 31.41
Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages, 240 color photos. BIC Classification: JFCK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 304 x 228 x 9. Weight in Grams: 832.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764326868
- ISBN
- 9780764326868
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 25.12
€ 37.99
€ 25.12
Hardback. Metaphor, as an act of human fancy, combines ideas in improbable ways to sharpen meanings of life and experience. Theoretically, this arises from an association between a sign - for example, a cattle car - and its referent, the Holocaust. These "sign-vehicles" serve as modes of semiotic transportation through conceptual space. Editor(s): Lipset, David; Handler, Richard. Num Pages: 228 pages, 29 ills. BIC Classification: JFCD; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 151 x 237 x 16. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782383758
- ISBN
- 9781782383758
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.00
€ 155.00
Hardcover. The globalization of Christianity, its spread and appeal to peoples of non-European origin, is by now a well-known phenomenon. Scholars increasingly realize the importance of natives rather than foreign missionaries in the process of evangelization. Editor(s): Lindenfeld, David; Richardson, Miles. Num Pages: 312 pages, 12 ills. BIC Classification: HBTB; HRCX7; JFSL9; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 231 x 159 x 21. Weight in Grams: 570. Indigenous Encounters with Missionary Christianity, 1800-2000. 312 pages, 12 ills. Editor(s): Lindenfeld, David; Richardson, Miles. The globalization of Christianity, its spread and appeal to peoples of non-European origin, is by now a well-known phenomenon. Scholars increasingly realize the importance of natives rather than foreign missionaries in the process of evangelization. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: HBTB; HRCX7; JFSL9; JHM. Dimension: 231 x 159 x 21. Weight: 570.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857452177
- ISBN
- 9780857452177
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.63
€ 155.63
Paperback. Featuring a new Introduction and completely updated throughout, "Crimes Against Liberty" takes on President Obama, the man and the leader--revealing his serious character lapses and personality flaws while skillfully unraveling Obama's tangled web of broken promises and blatant lies. Num Pages: 512 pages, figures. BIC Classification: JFHC; JPHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 614.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Regnery Publishing Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781596982758
- ISBN
- 9781596982758
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.85
€ 19.99
€ 19.85
Paperback. Based on extensive interviewing and access to a wide range of databases, this is an examination of the migration career of wealthy migrants who left East Asia and relocated to Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the United States, in the 1980s and 1990s. Series: RGS-IBG Book Series. Num Pages: 326 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 3JJPN; 3JJPR; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 162 x 18. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 326
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405192927
- ISBN
- 9781405192927
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.64
€ 34.64
Hardback. Based on extensive interviewing and access to a wide range of databases, this is an examination of the migration career of wealthy migrants who left East Asia and relocated to Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the United States, in the 1980s and 1990s. Series: RGS-IBG Book Series. Num Pages: 328 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 3JJPN; 3JJPR; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405192910
- ISBN
- 9781405192910
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.49
€ 78.49
Hardcover. Num Pages: 158 pages, tables. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHBZ; JMH; MMJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 15. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 158
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781560721505
- ISBN
- 9781560721505
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.20€ 91.53
€ 121.20
€ 91.53
Hardcover. Num Pages: 196 pages. BIC Classification: JFME. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 263 x 188 x 15. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Nova Science Pub Inc
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781629486666
- ISBN
- 9781629486666
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 231.72€ 156.76
€ 231.72
€ 156.76
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 148 x 14. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816627110
- ISBN
- 9780816627110
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.31
€ 27.99
€ 26.31
Hardback. Editor(s): Lehmann, David. Series: Studies of the Americas. Num Pages: 257 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBJK; JFSL; JHB; JHMC; JPF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 158 x 20. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137509574
- ISBN
- 9781137509574
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.89
€ 134.89
Hardback. For 500 years Catholicism has been the dominant religious force throughout Latin America. Num Pages: 260 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; HRCC7; HRCC96; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 553.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745617848
- ISBN
- 9780745617848
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.40
€ 72.40
Paperback. Written by David Leeming, one of the world's most trusted voices on mythology, The Oxford Companion to World Mythology is a lively, non-pedantic yet intellectually sound book that engages the reader and reveals the extraordinary depth and beauty of the world of myth. Num Pages: 512 pages, 75 halftones. BIC Classification: JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 670.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 508
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195387087
- ISBN
- 9780195387087
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 21.01
€ 27.99
€ 21.01