Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Paperback. Examines the life of 'A'isha bint Abi Bakr, Muhammad's most beloved and controversial wife, and a central figure in Islamic cultural history. Instead of employing the traditional chronological technique of the biographer, however, Spellberg uses 'A'isha as a lens through which to examine the place of women in Islamic societies. Num Pages: 243 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HRH; JFSJ1; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 363.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 243
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231079990
- ISBN
- 9780231079990
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
€ 40.99
€ 29.44
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719087318
- ISBN
- 9780719087318
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Condition: New
€ 156.98
€ 156.98
Paperback. Governance has emerged as a central concept and key word in China's governmental and local policy and practice at different levels. This edited collection combines empirical and normative researches as well as theoretical exploration and case studies on the governance theories and practices in China. Editor(s): Zhenglai, D. Num Pages: 251 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JPA; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2011
- Number of pages
- 251
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349297825
- ISBN
- 9781349297825
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€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. In this volume, some of the leading scholars on China's development examine China's responses to the global financial crisis and their implications for China's economy, society, and the international balances of power. Editor(s): Yang, D. Series: China in Transformation. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JP; KCP; KCS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349343584
- ISBN
- 9781349343584
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Condition: New
€ 66.36
€ 66.36
paperback. This is the first book of its kind to look across disciplines at this vital aspect of British art, literature and culture. It brings the various intertwined histories of social realism into historical perspective, and argues that this sometimes marginalized genre is still an important reference point for creativity in Britain. Editor(s): Tucker, D. Num Pages: 222 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; APF; DSA; HBJD1; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 305.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2011
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349317868
- ISBN
- 9781349317868
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Condition: New
€ 54.75
€ 54.75
Paperback. Editor(s): Simmons, D. Num Pages: 276 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349461660
- ISBN
- 9781349461660
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Condition: New
€ 149.87
€ 149.87
Paperback. Editor(s): Lovatt, D. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSR; JPA; JPS; KCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2001
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349413041
- ISBN
- 9781349413041
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Condition: New
€ 126.92
€ 126.92
Paperback. Development was founded on the belief that religion was not important to development processes. The contributors call this assumption into question and explore the practical impacts of religion by looking at the developmental consequences of Pentecostal Christianity in Africa, and by contrasting Pentecostal and secular models of change. Editor(s): Freeman, D. Series: Non-Governmental Public Action. Num Pages: 261 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; HRA; JFC; JHM; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 20. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 261
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349437030
- ISBN
- 9781349437030
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Condition: New
€ 149.87
€ 149.87
Paperback. This collection of original ethnographically based research from five continents, provides insights into the dynamics of stability and change in our globalizing world. The chapters comprising Live Experiences of Public Consumption give a vivid account of how cultural and economic value intertwine at face-to-face encounters in marketplaces. Editor(s): Cook, D. Series: Consumption and Public Life. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFF; JHB; JHMC; KJSU; RGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349354849
- ISBN
- 9781349354849
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Condition: New
€ 66.24
€ 66.24
Paperback. Migrant Capital covers a broad range of case studies and, by bringing together leading and emerging researchers, presents state-of-the-art empirical, theoretical and methodological perspectives on migration, networks, social and cultural capital, exploring the ways in which these bodies of literature can inform and strengthen each other. Editor(s): Ryan, L.; Erel, Umut; Hetherington, Paul. Series: Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JFFN; JFSL; JHB; JHBC; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349467716
- ISBN
- 9781349467716
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Condition: New
€ 149.11
€ 149.11
Paperback. Series: Early Modern Cultural Studies. Num Pages: 240 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: AN; DSB; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349530861
- ISBN
- 9781349530861
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. In this volume, Doug Underwood asks whether much of what is now called literary journalism is, in fact, 'literary, ' and whether it should rank with the great novels by such journalist-literary figures as Twain, Cather, and Hemingway, who believed that fiction was the better place for a realistic writer to express the important truths of life Num Pages: 257 pages, biography. BIC Classification: D; DS; HBTB; JFD; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 335.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 257
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349469703
- ISBN
- 9781349469703
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Condition: New
€ 65.96
€ 65.96
Paperback. Num Pages: 203 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFG; DSA; DSBH; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 203
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349443017
- ISBN
- 9781349443017
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Condition: New
€ 65.64
€ 65.64
Hardcover. Editor(s): Shek, Daniel T. L.; Ma, Hing Keung; Merrick, Professor Joav, MD, MMedSci, DMSc. Num Pages: 221 pages, tables & charts. BIC Classification: JFSP2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 266 x 190 x 21. Weight in Grams: 728.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 221
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781608768301
- ISBN
- 9781608768301
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Condition: New
€ 284.31€ 212.51
€ 284.31
€ 212.51
Hardcover. Editor(s): Shek, Daniel T. L.; Sun, Rachel C. F.; Merrick, Professor Joav, MD, MMedSci, DMSc. Num Pages: 223 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFSP2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 259 x 188 x 17. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 223
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781626186224
- ISBN
- 9781626186224
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Condition: New
€ 231.97€ 158.44
€ 231.97
€ 158.44
Paperback. Pasura proposes a framework for understanding African diasporas as core, epistemic, dormant and silent diasporas. The book explores the origin, formation and performance of the Zimbabwean transnational diaspora in Britain and examines how the diaspora is constituted in the hostland and how it maintains connections with the homeland. Series: Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship. Num Pages: 192 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFFN; JFFS; JFSL; JHB; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349459827
- ISBN
- 9781349459827
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Condition: New
€ 65.64
€ 65.64
Paperback. "Leading family sociologist David Morgan revisits his highly influential 'family practices' approach in this new book. 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: 197 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHBK; JKSN; JPQB; PDZ; VSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 240 x 16. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 197
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349358021
- ISBN
- 9781349358021
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Condition: New
€ 71.27
€ 71.27
Paperback. This study seeks to understand the form of cinematic space referred to as 'the landscape of the mind, ' in which natural, outdoor settings serve as outward manifestations of characters' inner subjective states Num Pages: 219 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: APF; HBTB; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 285.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 219
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349288557
- ISBN
- 9781349288557
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Series: Palgrave Politics of Identity and Citizenship Series. Num Pages: 221 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFN; JFSL; JHB; JPS; VFX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 305.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 221
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349317257
- ISBN
- 9781349317257
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Collection of essays forges compelling linkages between cultural experiences of refugees and indigenous peoples worldwide. Editor(s): Coleman, Daniel; Glanville, Erin Goheen; Hasan, Wafaa; Kramer-Hamstra, Agnes. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, maps, figures. BIC Classification: JFSL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 152 x 227 x 22. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Alberta Press Canada
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780888645920
- ISBN
- 9780888645920
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.43
€ 40.99
€ 29.43
Paperback. This volume maps the historically resonant intersections between Jewishness and queerness, between homophobia and anti-Semitism, and between queer theory and theorizations of Jewishness. It explores the modern Jewish and homosexual identities which emerged as traces of each. Editor(s): Boyarin, Daniel; Itzkovitz, Daniel; Pellegrini, Ann. Series: Between Men - Between Women: Lesbian & Gay Studies. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: HRJ; JFSK; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 161 x 19. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231113755
- ISBN
- 9780231113755
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 35.66
€ 40.99
€ 35.66
Paperback. Series: French Politics, Society and Culture. Num Pages: 263 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; JFC; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2002
- Number of pages
- 263
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349417681
- ISBN
- 9781349417681
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
paperback. Drawing on insights from psychology, sociology, anthropology, religion, history, and literature, this book examines early and contemporary writings of male authors from across the Arab world to explore the traditional and evolving nature of father-son relationships in Arab families. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: D; JFC; JFSJ; JFSL; JHB; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 319.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- SKU
- V9781349462940
- ISBN
- 9781349462940
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Condition: New
€ 65.88
€ 65.88
Hardcover. Editor(s): D'Aubigne, Paul. Num Pages: 147 pages. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JHB; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 160 x 13. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- GAZELLE BOOK SERVICES
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781629485058
- ISBN
- 9781629485058
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 190.33€ 130.56
€ 190.33
€ 130.56