×


 x 

Shopping cart

Society & culture: general

Results 30145 - 30168 of 32168

Society & culture: general

Hardcover. In many societies today, educational aims or goals are commonly characterized in terms of "equality," "equal opportunity," "equal access" or "equal rights," the underlying assumption being that "equality" in some form is an intelligible and sensible educational ideal. Series: Asia Pacific Studies: Past and Present. Num Pages: 204 pages, 15 tables & figs. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; HBTB; JFFJ; JNF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 426. Series: Asia Pacific Studies: Past and Present. 204 pages, 15 tables & figs. In many societies today, educational aims or goals are commonly characterized in terms of "equality," "equal opportunity," "equal access" or "equal rights," the underlying assumption being that "equality" in some form is an intelligible and sensible educational ideal. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; HBTB; JFFJ; JNF. Dimension: 237 x 163 x 17. Weight: 420.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Number of pages
204
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857452672
ISBN
9780857452672
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.65

Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: JFFZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 126 x 15. Weight in Grams: 308.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816634866
ISBN
9780816634866
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.40

Hardback. Provides an account of world history from the end of WWII onwards, an era when transnational communities challenged the long domination of the nation-state. In this title, leading scholars elucidate the political, economic, cultural, and environmental forces that have shaped the planet in the past sixty years. Series: A History of the World. Num Pages: 990 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJP; 3JM; HBG; HBLW3; HBLX; JFFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 170 x 55. Weight in Grams: 1451.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
990
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674045729
ISBN
9780674045729
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 46.34

Paperback. Discusses the literary and artistic effects of globalisation Series: African Expressive Cultures. Num Pages: 252 pages, 8 b&w illus. BIC Classification: AB; DSBH5; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 388.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253223456
ISBN
9780253223456
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.12

Hardback. Yosano Akiko (1878-1942) was highly a acclaimed Japanese poet and translator from classical Japanese. She was also a prominent feminist. In 1928 she was invited to travel around areas with a strong Japanese presence in China's northeast. This is her account of that journey. Translator(s): Fogel, Joshua A. Num Pages: 128 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPJ; 3JJG; GTB; JFSJ1; WTH; WTL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 144 x 16. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231123181
ISBN
9780231123181
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.69

Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHM; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804798549
ISBN
9780804798549
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.29

Hardback. Num Pages: 248 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHM; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804791243
ISBN
9780804791243
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 113.17

Num Pages: 310 pages. BIC Classification: JFFN; JMS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 636.
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Jason Aronson Inc. Publishers United States
Number of pages
310
Condition
New
SKU
V9780765708243
ISBN
9780765708243
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 156.39

Paperback. Presents a major new theory of the state developed by the renowned anthropologist Akhil Gupta Series: A John Hope Franklin Center Book. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; 1FKA; GTB; JFC; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 159 x 26. Weight in Grams: 550.
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
2012th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822351108
ISBN
9780822351108
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.09

paperback. Translator(s): Teeland, Jan. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DNS; JFC; JHBC; JHM; JHMP; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 142 x 218 x 18. Weight in Grams: 356.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780271015026
ISBN
9780271015026
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 36.36

Paperback. * Examines the role of Islam in the 21st century and its increasingly forceful presence on the world stage. * Written by a Muslim and leading social scientist (who has worked in the Muslim world but lives in the West), the book explains what is going wrong in society by referring to Islamic history and beliefs. Series: Themes for the 21st Century Series. Num Pages: 224 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 3JM; HRAX; HRH; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 234.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745622101
ISBN
9780745622101
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.23

Hardback. * Examines the role of Islam in the 21st century and its increasingly forceful presence on the world stage. * Written by a Muslim and leading social scientist (who has worked in the Muslim world but lives in the West), the book explains what is going wrong in society by referring to Islamic history and beliefs. Series: Themes for the 21st Century Series. Num Pages: 228 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JM; HRAX; HRH; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 196 x 149 x 21. Weight in Grams: 342. Living Dangerously in a Post-honor World. Series: Themes for the 21st Century Series. 228 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. * Examines the role of Islam in the 21st century and its increasingly forceful presence on the world stage. * Written by a Muslim and leading social scientist (who has worked in the Muslim world but lives in the West), the book explains what is going wrong in society by referring to Islamic history and beliefs. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 3JM; HRAX; HRH; JFSR2. Dimension: 196 x 149 x 21. Weight: 342.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745622095
ISBN
9780745622095
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.16

Paperback. Islam, argues the author, does not mean the subordination of women, contempt for other religions, opposition to the modern world or 'barbaric punishments' for petty crime. This title starts with the life of the Prophet Muhammad and the Qur'an's five pillars which govern the beliefs and behaviour of Muslims everywhere. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HRH; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 20. Weight in Grams: 278.
Publisher
I B Tauris & Co Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781860642579
ISBN
9781860642579
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.77

Hardcover. Examining relations between America and the Muslim world, the author draws on forty case studies representing the global span of Islam to demonstrate how the US has become involved directly or indirectly in each of these societies. Num Pages: 424 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSR2; JPWL; JWK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 168 x 31. Weight in Grams: 806.
Publisher
Brookings Institution United States
Number of pages
424
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815723783
ISBN
9780815723783
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.63

Paperback. Building on the concept of a "teaching community," Heble and his contributors explore what it might mean for teachers and students to reach outside the walls of the classroom and attempt to establish meaningful connections between the ideas and theories they have learned and the broader community beyond campus. Series: Cultural Spaces. Num Pages: 224 pages, 10. BIC Classification: JF; JNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781487520588
ISBN
9781487520588
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.75

Hardback. Building on the concept of a "teaching community," Heble and his contributors explore what it might mean for teachers and students to reach outside the walls of the classroom and attempt to establish meaningful connections between the ideas and theories they have learned and the broader community beyond campus. Series: Cultural Spaces. Num Pages: 224 pages, 10. BIC Classification: JF; JNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781487500795
ISBN
9781487500795
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 57.63

Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFC; WCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 21. Weight in Grams: 276.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062334701
ISBN
9780062334701
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.70

Hardcover. Discusses African women's verbal art Editor(s): Sidikou, Aissata G.; Hale, Thomas A. Num Pages: 160 pages, 1 b&w illus, 18 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFD; AVGH; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 236 x 17. Weight in Grams: 388.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253356703
ISBN
9780253356703
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.30

Hardcover. Illustrator(s): Adams, Aislinn. Num Pages: 60 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 119 x 11. Weight in Grams: 118. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear. Dustwrapper has some minor edge wear but remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Appletree Press Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0003971
ISBN
9780862813765
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Editor(s): Kumar, Amitava. Num Pages: 334 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSC; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
334
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814746974
ISBN
9780814746974
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.71

Paperback. Analyzes the relationship between conceptions of racial and ethnic identity and the ways social stratification and inequality are reproduced and experienced in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 280 pages, 9 b&w photos, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KJWWT; JFC; JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 149 x 19. Weight in Grams: 410.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822333883
ISBN
9780822333883
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.53

Paperback. In this interdisciplinary collection leading experts and scholars from criminology, psychology, law and history provide a compelling analysis of practices and beliefs that lead to violence against women, men and children in the name 'honour'. Editor(s): Gill, Aisha K.; Strange, Carolyn; Roberts, Karl Anton. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFE; JFSR; JKS; JKVC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 140 x 216 x 15. Weight in Grams: 336.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
2014th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137289551
ISBN
9781137289551
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 112.77

Hardback. A challenge to the assumption that there is appropriate employment available for people who are expected to retire later and the gender-neutral way the expectation for extending working lives is presented in most policy-making circles. Editor(s): Ni Leime, Aine; Street, Debra; Vickerstaff, Sarah; Krekula, Clary. Series: Ageing in a Global Context. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JFSP3; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Policy Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447325116
ISBN
9781447325116
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.73

Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1KBB; JFFS; JFS; JHB; RGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 216 x 17. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816689392
ISBN
9780816689392
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.40

Subscribe to our newsletter

News on special offers, signed editions & more!