Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Hardcover. The Indian subdistrict of Shahabad, located in the southeastern tip of Rajasthan, is an area of extreme poverty. It is home to the Sahariyas, officially classified as Rajasthan's only "primitive tribe." The author organizes his study around two themes: power and ethics, through which he explores a complex terrain of material and spiritual forces. Num Pages: 328 pages, 4 halftones, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFSL3; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 160 x 27. Weight in Grams: 618.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226194400
- ISBN
- 9780226194400
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.03€ 79.45
€ 94.03
€ 79.45
Paperback. One of the most important, yet neglected, works of Indian political writing with an extensive introduction by the author of 'The God of Small Things'. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Publisher
- Verso Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Annotated, Critical
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784783525
- ISBN
- 9781784783525
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 26.44
€ 33.99
€ 26.44
International Students and Global Mobility in Higher Education: Nation...
Bhandari, Rajika; Blumenthal, Peggy
paperback. Series: International and Development Education. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFN; JHB; JNF; JNM; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 335.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2011
- Number of pages
- 243
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349381487
- ISBN
- 9781349381487
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.21€ 50.89
€ 58.21
€ 50.89
Hardcover. The book presents an analysis of empirical data on immigrant child poverty in the context of a controversial debate on the European migration policy, with special reference to Switzerland and France. It presents an alternative approach based on child rights and social justice. Num Pages: 245 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1DFH; JFFA; JFFN; JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 166 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition UK
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230221048
- ISBN
- 9780230221048
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.66
€ 127.66
Hardcover. Num Pages: 261 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 447.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Edition
- 2nd
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403906199
- ISBN
- 9781403906199
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.96
€ 127.96
Paperback. Num Pages: 253 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFF; JFSL; KCF; KCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 253
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349274062
- ISBN
- 9781349274062
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 126.94
€ 126.94
Hardback. Offers a contribution to the debates about perceptions of the Jews in antiquity that examines the attitudes of Greek writers of the Hellenistic period toward the Jewish people. This book examines the references of these writers and others to the Jews in light of their literary output and personal background. Series: Hellenistic Culture and Society. Num Pages: 632 pages, 3 line illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 232 x 159 x 45. Weight in Grams: 988. The Hellenistic Period. Series: Hellenistic Culture and Society. 632 pages, Illustrations, maps. Offers a contribution to the debates about perceptions of the Jews in antiquity that examines the attitudes of Greek writers of the Hellenistic period toward the Jewish people. This book examines the references of these writers and others to the Jews in light of their literary output and personal background. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; JFSR1. Dimension: 232 x 159 x 45. Weight: 982.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 632
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520253360
- ISBN
- 9780520253360
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.73€ 76.74
€ 98.73
€ 76.74
Hardcover. Weber contributes to the ongoing scholarly discussion about Islam in the West, demonstrating how current thinking about gender violence prohibits the intellectual inquiry necessary to act against such violence, and analyzes ways in which Muslim women participate in the public sphere by thematizing violence in literature, art, and media. Series: Studies in European Culture and History. Num Pages: 250 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFE; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 445.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137007087
- ISBN
- 9781137007087
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.65
€ 66.65
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719072239
- ISBN
- 9780719072239
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.11
€ 27.11
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Harvest House Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780736915953
- ISBN
- 9780736915953
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.91
€ 20.99
€ 16.91
Hardback. Editor(s): Miller, Beverly L. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 259 x 185 x 22. Weight in Grams: 742.
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781633214880
- ISBN
- 9781633214880
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 338.49€ 232.50
€ 338.49
€ 232.50
Hardback. Bossler traces changing gender relations in China from the tenth to fourteenth centuries by examining three critical categories of women: courtesans, concubines, and faithful wives. Bossler illustrates how these groups intersected and interacted with men, influencing the social, political, and intellectual life of the Song and Yuan dynasties. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 375 pages, 6 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3H; HBJF; HBLC1; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 240 x 36. Weight in Grams: 790.
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 375
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674066694
- ISBN
- 9780674066694
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 46.60
€ 54.99
€ 46.60
Hardcover. Editor(s): Brown, Dr. Genevieve; Irby, Beverly I. Num Pages: 239 pages, tabs. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JM; KJU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 239
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781560725718
- ISBN
- 9781560725718
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.89€ 77.61
€ 99.89
€ 77.61
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Feminist Press at The City University of New York United States
- Number of pages
- 444
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558616110
- ISBN
- 9781558616110
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 26.73
€ 30.99
€ 26.73
Paperback. Expert guidance in stopping and recovering from abuse In her new book, renowned psychotherapist Beverly Engel returns to the topic that made her famous-abuse and recovery from abuse. Engel argues that the primary way survivors can avoid abusing others the way they were abused is to work on their own recovery. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFE1; JFFE2; JFFE3; VSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 159 x 22. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471740599
- ISBN
- 9780471740599
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.41
€ 20.99
€ 18.41
Paperback. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 134 x 12. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Publisher
- Beacon Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807032855
- ISBN
- 9780807032855
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.01
€ 19.99
€ 17.01
Paperback. Courtesans, Concubines, and the Cult of Female Fidelity traces changing gender relations in China from the tenth to fourteenth centuries. By taking women and men's relationships with women seriously, this book makes a case for the centrality of gender relations in the social, political, and intellectual life of the Song and Yuan dynasties. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 480 pages, 15 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLC; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 33. Weight in Grams: 682.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674970649
- ISBN
- 9780674970649
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 30.03
€ 34.99
€ 30.03
Hardcover. Southgate draws on ideas within history, philosophy, literature, psychology, and theology to explore two traditions: contentment with our situation as it is, and the aspiration to transcend it. He discusses the possibility of escape from intellectual constraints, and advocates a positive 'duty of discontent', and its implications. Num Pages: 220 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPC; HPS; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 143 x 19. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230354593
- ISBN
- 9780230354593
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.07
€ 67.07
Paperback. The book shows how class has not disappeared, but is known and spoken in a myriad of different ways, always working through other categorizations of nation, race, gender and sexuality. Series: Transformations. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415300865
- ISBN
- 9780415300865
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.31
€ 64.31
Paperback. This book examines dimensions of Islam and violence within wider debates about politics, history, faith, power and struggle both within Muslims' realms and outside. It explores the motif of violence in its myriad aspects including debates about sacrifice, private and public violence, responses and reactions, as well as suicide and martyrdom. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRH; JFC; JPS; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 325.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349540631
- ISBN
- 9781349540631
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardback. The dreadful events of 11 September have brought Islam to the forefront of world politics. This authoritative new book provides the analysis for a far--reaching introduction to Islamic politics for those coming to the subject for the first time. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HRH; JFSR2; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 223 x 22. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745627113
- ISBN
- 9780745627113
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.24
€ 73.24
Paperback. The dreadful events of 11 September have brought Islam to the forefront of world politics. This authoritative new book provides the analysis for a far--reaching introduction to Islamic politics for those coming to the subject for the first time. Num Pages: 250 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRH; JFSR2; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 230 x 19. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745627120
- ISBN
- 9780745627120
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.08
€ 26.08
Paperback. Explores and exposes the roots of philosophical misogyny, with lesser known authors such as Otto Weininger placed alongside pieces from Plato and Nietzsche. This anthology should be interesting to those exploring the relationship between women and society, women and the academy. Num Pages: 262 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HPC; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 137 x 15. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333634240
- ISBN
- 9780333634240
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.97
€ 60.97
hardcover. This work is devoted to the life and work of Thomas White, an important and wide-ranging 17th-century thinker. He is shown as the leader of an influential faction of English Catholics; as a dogged opponent of scepticism; and as a would-be synthesizer of scholastic thought with the "new philosophy". Series: Archives Internationales D'histoire Des Idees./International Archives of the History of Ideas. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JB; 3JD; HPC; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- 1993rd Edition
- Number of pages
- 207
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792319269
- ISBN
- 9780792319269
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 131.69
€ 131.69