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Paperback. Intends to bring insights from the Jewish political tradition into political and legal debates about rights and to bring rights discourse into Jewish thought. This book presents a theory of rights founded on the covenant between God and the Jewish people as that covenant is constituted by Scripture and the rabbinic tradition. Series: New Forum Books. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; HRJT; JFSR1; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 164 x 14. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691144375
ISBN
9780691144375
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

Paperback. The role of Judaism in the formation of Western aesthetics Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: HRAC; HRC; HRJ; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 227 x 19. Weight in Grams: 398.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Brandeis University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611687781
ISBN
9781611687781
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 26.05

Paperback. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HBJD; HBLC1; JFFE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 235 x 19. Weight in Grams: 462.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Updated edition with a New preface by the author
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691165769
ISBN
9780691165769
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 25.06

Hardback. A look at the history of Western "civilization", and the interrelated suffering of oppressed humans and other animals. David Nibert argues that throughout history the exploitation of other animals has gone hand-in-hand with the oppression of women, people of colour, and other oppressed groups. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: JFFZ; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 410.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742517752
ISBN
9780742517752
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 199.61

Paperback. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: JFFZ; JHB; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816687770
ISBN
9780816687770
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.21

Paperback. Examines environmental inequality and racism in our globalized culture as evidenced by the social demographics of Silicon Valley. Series: Critical America Series. Num Pages: 303 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; JFSL1; JHBL; KNTX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 228 x 19. Weight in Grams: 442.
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
303
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814767108
ISBN
9780814767108
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.02

Paperback. How have the Jews survived? For millennia, they have defied odds by overcoming the travails of exile, persecution, and recurring plans for their annihilation. This book charts the long journey of the Jews through history. At the same time, it points to two unlikely factors to explain the survival of the Jews: antisemitism and assimilation. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 184 pages, 10. BIC Classification: HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 111. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199730988
ISBN
9780199730988
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.73

Hardback. Provides valuable ethnographic insights into life along some of the most contentious borders in the world. This book includes essays that portray existence at different points across India's northern frontiers and, in one instance, along borders within India. Editor(s): Gellner, David N. Num Pages: 320 pages, 16 photographs, 14 maps. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822355427
ISBN
9780822355427
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 136.34
€ 116.56

Paperback. Offers a study of how science bears the marks of its place of production. This title establishes the fundamental importance of geography in both the generation and the consumption of scientific knowledge, using historical examples of the many places where science has been practiced. Series: science.culture. Num Pages: 244 pages, 31 halftones, 5 maps. BIC Classification: JFC; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 144 x 16. Weight in Grams: 354.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
244
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226102849
ISBN
9780226102849
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 19.41

Hardback. What is it about "the homosexual" that incites vitriolic rhetoric and/or violence around the world? How and why do some people hate queers? Does homophobia operate differently across social, political, and economic terrains? This volume addresses these questions through critical interrogations of sites where homophobic discourses are produced. Editor(s): Murray, David A. B. Num Pages: 240 pages, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822345824
ISBN
9780822345824
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 111.46

Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JFD; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 525.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742510951
ISBN
9780742510951
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 26.49

Paperback. Explores Christianity's trajectory as a social and cultural force in southern India. This title shows how caste was central to the way in which categories of religion and culture were formed and negotiated in missionary encounters, and how the social and semiotic possibilities of Christianity lead to a new politic of equal rights in South India. Series: The Anthropology of Christianity. Num Pages: 408 pages, 15 b/w photographs, 2 maps, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HRC; HRG; JFSC; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 27. Weight in Grams: 636. Christianity and Caste Society in India. Series: The Anthropology of Christianity. 408 pages, illustrations. Explores Christianity's trajectory as a social and cultural force in southern India. This title shows how caste was central to the way in which categories of religion and culture were formed and negotiated in missionary encounters, and how the social and semiotic possibilities of Christianity lead to a new politic of equal rights in South India. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HRC; HRG; JFSC; JFSL3. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 27. Weight: 582.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
408
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520273498
ISBN
9780520273498
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.39

Paperback. Many events of the divided society from Elizabeth I to Charles I were taken as an unmistakable sign that the world was entering its last days. This text shows how pervasive was this pessimistic mood and how powerfully it affected English writing from Shakespeare to Milton. Num Pages: 398 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; HBJD; HBJD1; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
398
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349097722
ISBN
9781349097722
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.31

Paperback. Communications and Mobility is a unique, interdisciplinary look at mobility, territory, communication, and transport in the 21st century with extended case studies of three icons of this era: the mobile phone, the migrant, and the container box. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JFCD; PDR; UD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781405192002
ISBN
9781405192002
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.74

Hardback. Communications and Mobility is a unique, interdisciplinary look at mobility, territory, communication, and transport in the 21st century with extended case studies of three icons of this era: the mobile phone, the migrant, and the container box. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JFCD; PDR; UD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405192019
ISBN
9781405192019
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.38

Paperback. In Rethinking Family Practices, now available in paperback, David Morgan revisits his highly influential 'family practices' approach. Exploring its impact, and how it has been critiqued, Morgan shows the continued relevance of the approach with reference to time and space, the body, emotions, ethics and work/life balance. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: JFFP; JFSJ; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 254.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
197
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137324078
ISBN
9781137324078
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.13

Hardback. Examines the debate about the meaning of the Falklands War. Using literary critical methods, this book examines how the Thatcherite reading of the war as a myth of British greatness reborn was developed through political speeches and journalistic writing. Num Pages: 226 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1MTASF; 3JJPN; DSBH; HBJM; JFC; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
226
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333655818
ISBN
9780333655818
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.66

Hardback. The Dialectic of Taste examines the aesthetic economy in the context of economic crises. It explains how a new concern for aesthetics, seen in artisan markets, was born out of the ashes of McDonaldization to become a potent force today, capable of both regulating social identity and sparking social change. Num Pages: 113 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPN; JFCA; JFFT; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 297.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
113
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137544278
ISBN
9781137544278
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.90

Hardcover. An encyclopaedic, eye-catching tribute to one of the world's most popular foods - the humble hamburger Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFCV; WBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 220. .
Publisher
Phaidon Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714873985
ISBN
9780714873985
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 33.39

Hardback. This collection of essays presents an ongoing exploration of the moral character and enlightenment-potential of vision. It examines texts by Descartes, Husserl, Wittgensein, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Benjamin, Merleau-Ponty, and Levinas. Num Pages: 502 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ACB; HPC; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 513.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
502
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520217805
ISBN
9780520217805
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.29
€ 49.47

Hardback. To find more information on Rowman & Littlefield titles, please visit us at www.rowmanlittlefield.com. Num Pages: 349 pages. BIC Classification: JFSR1; MBNH4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 164 x 25. Weight in Grams: 653.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Jason Aronson Inc. Publishers United States
Number of pages
349
Condition
New
SKU
V9780765760586
ISBN
9780765760586
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 149.83

Hardcover. .
Publisher
The MIT Press United States
Number of pages
144
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780262026963
ISBN
9780262026963
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.03

Hardback. European settler societies have a long history of establishing a sense of belonging and entitlement outside Europe, but Zimbabwe has proven to be the exception to the rule. Arriving in the 1890s, white settlers never comprised more than a tiny minority. Instead of grafting themselves onto local societies, they adopted a strategy of escape. Num Pages: 204 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFMW; HBJH; HBLW; JFSL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 415.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
204
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230621428
ISBN
9780230621428
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.23

Paperback. European settler societies have a long history of establishing a sense of belonging and entitlement outside Europe, but Zimbabwe has proven to be the exception to the rule. Arriving in the 1890s, white settlers never comprised more than a tiny minority. Instead of grafting themselves onto local societies, they adopted a strategy of escape. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFMW; HBJH; HBLW; JFSL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 209 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 256.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230621435
ISBN
9780230621435
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.90

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