Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Paperback. Presents the social and cultural history of courtesans in South India who are generally called devadasis, focusing on their encounters with colonial modernity in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This title charts the historical fissures that lie beneath cultural modernity in South India. Series: South Asia Across the Disciplines. Num Pages: 312 pages, 48 halftones, 6 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226768106
- ISBN
- 9780226768106
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.38
€ 37.99
€ 29.38
Paperback. Num Pages: 452 pages. BIC Classification: JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 134 x 23. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 452
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761807575
- ISBN
- 9780761807575
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 88.52
€ 88.52
Paperback. Editor(s): Whitson, Dave; Epp, Roger. Num Pages: 368 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFSF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Alberta Press Canada
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 330
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780888643780
- ISBN
- 9780888643780
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.80
€ 40.99
€ 28.80
Paperback. Num Pages: 350 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: APF; JFMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- ECW Press
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781550227918
- ISBN
- 9781550227918
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.57
€ 19.99
€ 19.57
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Feral House,U.S. United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781932595215
- ISBN
- 9781932595215
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 15.51
€ 15.99
€ 15.51
Paperback. Focusing on the history and theory of community in urban policy, and including a unique set of case studies that draw on artistic and cultural community work, After urban regeneration engages with debates on how urban policy has changed and continues to change following the financial crash of 2008 Editor(s): O'Brien, Dave; Matthews, Peter. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: JFSG; RGC; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 158 x 234 x 18. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Publisher
- Policy Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447324164
- ISBN
- 9781447324164
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 35.59
€ 37.99
€ 35.59
paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCS; JFSR; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 134 x 15. Weight in Grams: 177.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- HarperOne United States
- Edition
- annotated edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780060859688
- ISBN
- 9780060859688
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.37
€ 18.99
€ 17.37
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847429766
- ISBN
- 9781847429766
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 36.79
€ 38.99
€ 36.79
Paperback. By tracing cross-cultural influences and global cultural trends, this title includes essays that bring Asian American studies, in all its interdisciplinary richness, to bear on a broad spectrum of cultural artifacts. It is suitable for understanding Asian American popular culture and also contemporary US culture writ large. Editor(s): Dave, Shilpa; Nishime, LeiLane; Oren, Tasha G. Num Pages: 382 pages, 29 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCA; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 535.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 382
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814719633
- ISBN
- 9780814719633
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.44
€ 33.99
€ 33.44
Paperback / so. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Germany
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783531127606
- ISBN
- 9783531127606
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 74.36
€ 74.36
Paperback. Looks at how whole domains of phenomena come into being and sometimes pass away as objects of scientific study. With examples from the natural and social sciences, ranging from the 16th to the 20th centuries, this book explores the ways in which scientific objects are both real and historical. Editor(s): Daston, Lorraine J. Num Pages: 288 pages, 7 halftones, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: JFCX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226136721
- ISBN
- 9780226136721
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.25
€ 40.99
€ 31.25
Paperback. A collection of essays that consider the ways in which violence shapes subjectivity and acts upon people's capacity to engage everyday life. It ventures into many areas of ongoing violence, asking how people live with themselves and others when perpetrators, victims, and witnesses all come from the same social space. Editor(s): Das, Veena; Kleinman, Arthur; Ramphele, Mamphela; Reynolds, Pamela. Num Pages: 389 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: JFFE; JFSL; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 588.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 389
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520216082
- ISBN
- 9780520216082
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 27.96
€ 38.99
€ 27.96
Paperback. Contributes to contemporary thinking about violence and how it affects everyday life. This book examines case studies including the extreme violence of the Partition of India in 1947 and the massacre of Sikhs in 1984 after the assassination of then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. Num Pages: 296 pages, 2 maps, 2 tables. BIC Classification: JFFE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 426. Violence and the Descent into the Ordinary. 296 pages, 2 maps, 2 tables. Contributes to contemporary thinking about violence and how it affects everyday life. This book examines case studies including the extreme violence of the Partition of India in 1947 and the massacre of Sikhs in 1984 after the assassination of then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: JFFE. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 17. Weight: 410.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520247451
- ISBN
- 9780520247451
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.94
€ 40.99
€ 28.94
Hardcover. Examining the connection between the concept of authority and the transformation of the Ismaili imamate, Authority without Territory is the first study of the imamate in contemporary times with a particular focus on Aga Khan, the 49th hereditary leader of Shi'a Imami Ismaili Muslims. Series: Literatures and Cultures of the Islamic World. Num Pages: 280 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 2 diagrames. BIC Classification: HRHP; JFC; JFSR2; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 217 x 21. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137428790
- ISBN
- 9781137428790
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.71
€ 118.71
Paperback. Examining the connection between the concept of authority and the transformation of the Ismaili imamate, Authority without Territory is the first study of the imamate in contemporary times with a particular focus on Aga Khan, the 49th hereditary leader of Shi?a Imami Ismaili Muslims. Series: Literatures and Cultures of the Islamic World. Num Pages: 277 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HRAM; HRH; JFC; JFSR; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 277
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349491599
- ISBN
- 9781349491599
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 118.34
€ 118.34
Paperback. Explains how the poor find solutions to their everyday financial problems by conducting year-long interviews with impoverished villagers and slum dwellers in Bangladesh, India, and South Africa - records that track penny by penny how specific households manage their money. Num Pages: 296 pages, 9 line illus. 36 tables. BIC Classification: JFFA; KCM; KCR; KCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 164 x 21. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- unknown
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691148199
- ISBN
- 9780691148199
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.21
€ 37.99
€ 27.21
Paperback. Editor(s): Adair, Daryl; Knijnik, Jorge. Num Pages: 234 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHBS; JMH; WSBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 230 x 13. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Publisher
- Fitness Information Technology, Inc, U.S.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781935412168
- ISBN
- 9781935412168
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 25.38
€ 34.99
€ 25.38
Paperback. Series Editor(s): Umland, Andreas. Num Pages: 159 pages. BIC Classification: JFFN; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 213 x 11. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- ibidem-Verlag, Jessica Haunschild u Christian Schon Germany
- Number of pages
- 159
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783838206523
- ISBN
- 9783838206523
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 22.75
€ 31.99
€ 22.75
Paperback. Blood Moon is about passion, betrayal, and murder among the very rich and powerful, some of whom happen to be gay. It's about the false gods of power, wealth, and physical beauty. It's an epic tale about depravity in the glittery, glamorous, and sometimes tawdry world of South Florida. Num Pages: 514 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; FA; JFSK2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 145 x 28. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Georgia Literary Association, US United States
- Number of pages
- 514
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780966803044
- ISBN
- 9780966803044
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.66
€ 14.66
Paperback. The notorious Linda Lovelace was America's first Queen of Porn during the decadent 1970s. But at decade's end, Linda, in a complete about-face, emerged as one of the more compelling voices in the feminist movement, denouncing the degradations of her cinematic past. This book tells her story. Num Pages: 640 pages, 75 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: BGF; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1098.
- Publisher
- Blood Moon Productions, Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 640
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781936003334
- ISBN
- 9781936003334
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.05
€ 27.05