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Society & culture: general
Hardback. This text confronts the major theoretical issues involved in cross-cultural interpretation. It introduces students to rationality among the ancestors of anthropology before proceeding to a wide-ranging evaluation of the Anglo-American rationality debates. Num Pages: 288 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 25. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631221142
- ISBN
- 9780631221142
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Condition: New
€ 134.40
€ 134.40
Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: HBJM; JFSJ1; JFSL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 153 x 29. Weight in Grams: 632.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Aboriginal Studies Press Australia
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781922059734
- ISBN
- 9781922059734
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.80
€ 35.99
€ 26.80
Paperback. Every day at an AA meeting, a speaker will announce that "our stories disclose in a general way what we used to be like, what happened and what we are like now." This statement describes the story of Bill W. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: BG; JFFH; VSP; VXA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 138 x 22. Weight in Grams: 454.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Hazelden Information & Educational Services United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781568383439
- ISBN
- 9781568383439
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.61
€ 19.99
€ 18.61
Paperback. In recent years the spatial turn in literary and cultural studies has opened up new ways of looking at the interactions among writers, readers, texts, and places. Geocriticism offers a timely new approach, and this book presents an array of concrete examples or readings, which also reveal the broad range of geocritical practices. Editor(s): Tally, Robert T., Jr. Num Pages: 231 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; JFC; JHM; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 216 x 18. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349298884
- ISBN
- 9781349298884
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Condition: New
€ 83.54
€ 83.54
Hardcover. Provides an introduction to Chinookan culture and research and is a foundation for future work Editor(s): Boyd, Robert T.; Ames, Kenneth M.; Johnson, Tony A. Num Pages: 448 pages, , black & white tables, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWR; HBJK; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 236 x 37. Weight in Grams: 770.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295992792
- ISBN
- 9780295992792
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.55
€ 63.55
paperback. Provides an overview of the myths and stereotypes that surround Black sexuality and an analysis of how Euro-Americans developed these myths as part of a strategy to enslave and exploit Afro-Americans in the world. This book explores various dimensions of Black sexuality. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSL3; JHBK5. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 163 x 18. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742546592
- ISBN
- 9780742546592
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Condition: New
€ 59.10
€ 59.10
Paperback. Provides a major study of race in Brazilian culture through the most complete critical analysis of Brazilian cinema in any language. This title examines the broad historical and cultural links that connect Brazil and the United States before considering multicultural imagery in Brazilian film as it has changed from the silent era to the present. Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 432 pages, 136 photographs. BIC Classification: APFA; JFC; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 158 x 31. Weight in Grams: 740.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822320487
- ISBN
- 9780822320487
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Paperback. Keywords offers a conversational journey through the overlying terrains of politically engaged art and artistically engaged politics, combining a major statement on subversive aesthetics, a survey of radical film strategies, and a lexicon of over a thousand terms and concepts. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: APFA; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781118288931
- ISBN
- 9781118288931
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Condition: New
€ 42.51
€ 42.51
Hardcover. Keywords offers a conversational journey through the overlying terrains of politically engaged art and artistically engaged politics, combining a major statement on subversive aesthetics, a survey of radical film strategies, and a lexicon of over a thousand terms and concepts. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: APFA; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781118288924
- ISBN
- 9781118288924
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Condition: New
€ 99.68
€ 99.68
Hardback. This book examines the characteristics of the Chinese economic development model and its reception in Africa and Latin America. It also investigates the current competition over governance models in the Muslim world and asks which model or models will guide development in Muslim countries. Series: Exploring Muslim Contexts. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JF; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 161 x 23. Weight in Grams: 974.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748639687
- ISBN
- 9780748639687
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Condition: New
€ 123.41€ 114.65
€ 123.41
€ 114.65
Paperback. This volume includes previously unpublished essays by Robert Smithson and gathers articles, interviews and photographs as well as a catalogue of the books in Smithson's library. Together they provide a picture of his wide-ranging views on art and culture. Series: Documents of Twentieth-Century Art. Num Pages: 385 pages, 220 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: ABA; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 252 x 179 x 18. Weight in Grams: 872.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 385
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520203853
- ISBN
- 9780520203853
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.81
€ 46.99
€ 33.81
Paperback. Offers an intimate view of globalization as it is lived by Mexican immigrants and their children in New York and in Mexico. This study describes how first-generation men who have lived in New York for decades become important political leaders in their home villages in Mexico. Num Pages: 385 pages, 18 b/w photographs, 3 maps, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Number of pages
- 385
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520244139
- ISBN
- 9780520244139
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
€ 40.99
€ 29.44
Hardback. As the 2000 presidential campaign has once again demonstrated, political journalism is empowered to do good and also harm. Now a journalist offers a manual of self-defense against the excesses and distortions of presidential politics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; JFD; JPHF; JPV; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 160 x 29. Weight in Grams: 631.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566633468
- ISBN
- 9781566633468
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.42
€ 37.42
Paperback. This series of essays examines why Americans have a penchant for going to extremes in their arts, popular culture, politics, social movements and other aspects of life. The author considers historical examples but concentrates on comtemporary subjects, such as the media coverage of O.J. Simpson. Num Pages: 156 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCA; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 11. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268031572
- ISBN
- 9780268031572
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.93
€ 20.99
€ 20.93
Hardback. Analyzes diverse contemporary reactions to the depiction of the Holocaust and other cultural traumas in museums, movies, television shows, classroom discussions, and bestselling books. This work also describes several effective pedagogical strategies dedicated to overcoming student resistances to critical analysis and social engagement. Series: Education, Psychoanalysis, and Social Transformation. Num Pages: 191 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTZ1; JFC; JMH; JNU. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 191
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230602724
- ISBN
- 9780230602724
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.37€ 46.64
€ 53.37
€ 46.64
Paperback. 'The excellence of his book lies .. in the high quality of scholarship, the sensitivity to nuance, the desire to map the entire Jewish response to the crisis of the empire in all its complexity.' New York Review of Books Num Pages: 712 pages, 8 pages plates, 3 text figures, 1 map. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLL; JFSR1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 217 x 142 x 45. Weight in Grams: 952.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- New edition
- Number of pages
- 712
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904113492
- ISBN
- 9781904113492
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Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 39.91
€ 43.99
€ 39.91
Hardback. During the 60 years between the founding of Bismarck's German Empire and Hitler's rise to power, German-speaking Jews left a profound mark on Central Europe and on 20th-century culture. This title presents a study of the fateful symbiosis between Germans and Jews in Central Europe, which culminated in the tragic denouement of the Holocaust. Series: Studies in Antisemitism. Num Pages: 410 pages, 22 photographs, 2 maps, index. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLW; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 161 x 32. Weight in Grams: 738.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 410
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803211346
- ISBN
- 9780803211346
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.49
€ 60.49
Hardback. First study to explore the transformation in attitudes on the Left toward the Jews, Zionism, and Israel. Series: Studies in Antisemitism. Num Pages: 648 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFSR1; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 172 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1142.
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 648
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803240766
- ISBN
- 9780803240766
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.06
€ 77.06
Paperback. Offering a critical analysis of Louis Farrakhan's ascent to national influence, the author argues that the minister's rise to prominence is a function of race and reaction in contemporary America. He probes the origins and significance of Farrakhan in American politics. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; JFF; JFSL1; JFSL3; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780878406586
- ISBN
- 9780878406586
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Condition: New
€ 75.82
€ 75.82
Hardcover. This text presents the findings of a theological consultation held in 1996, which discussed the future of the Christian Church. It describes how small communities can enrich the life of the Church by drawing together people of diverse cultures and economic situations for spiritual renewal. Editor(s): Pelton, Robert S. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: HRCV; JFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 140 x 9. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268017613
- ISBN
- 9780268017613
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 20.99
€ 20.99
Paperback. Robert McPherson has gathered the wisdom of White Mesa elders as they imparted knowledge about their land place names, uses, teachings, and historic events tied to specific sites providing a fresh insight into the lives of these little-known people." Num Pages: 440 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBJK; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 216 x 23. Weight in Grams: 971.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Utah Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781607811459
- ISBN
- 9781607811459
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.97
€ 39.97
Hardcover. An account of how Islam came to twentieth-century Europe and altered the continent's cultural, political, and security landscape is revealed in a study that looks at the emerging threat of radical Islam in Europe. Num Pages: 368 pages, 10 b/w halftones. BIC Classification: HRHP; JFFN; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 162 x 30. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195328974
- ISBN
- 9780195328974
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.13
€ 34.99
€ 31.13
Paperback. This book takes a closer look at the perceptions that Americans develop about foreign countries and the role the press plays in creating those perceptions. Num Pages: 304 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KLCN; HBJK; HBLW; JFD; JPHF; JPVL; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 145 x 17. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742523425
- ISBN
- 9780742523425
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 75.24
€ 75.24
Hardback. This book takes a closer look at the perceptions that Americans develop about foreign countries and the role the press plays in creating those perceptions. Num Pages: 304 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KLCN; HBJK; HBLW; JFD; JPHF; JPVL; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742523418
- ISBN
- 9780742523418
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 175.55
€ 175.55