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Society & culture: general
Paperback. A moving first-person account of the struggle between the Old Order Amish of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and the surrounding society that threatens to drive them out. "An affecting mourning for the impending destruction of the Amish community. . . ".--Kirkus Reviews. Illustrator(s): Riehl, Susie. Num Pages: 204 pages, 20 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- University Press of New England United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874516470
- ISBN
- 9780874516470
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 21.05
€ 25.99
€ 21.05
Paperback. How should activists use new media tools to expose issues and mobilize grassroots support? When should activists form coalitions, and with whom? How are students - be they Dreamers seeking immigration reform or college activists battling ever-increasing tuition costs - winning major campaigns? This title deals with these questions. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFF; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 17. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 302
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520274051
- ISBN
- 9780520274051
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.82
€ 23.99
€ 17.82
Paperback. Series: Cultural Politics. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM; WS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 148 x 16. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816631841
- ISBN
- 9780816631841
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.31
€ 27.99
€ 26.31
Hardback. Series: Cultural Politics S. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJC; 1KLCN; AN; JFS; JHM; JPFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816624805
- ISBN
- 9780816624805
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.93
€ 65.93
Paperback. Illustrates how the study and practice of dance can reanimate arrested prospects for progressive politics and social change. This book engages a range of performances and demonstrates how a critical reflection on dance helps promote fluency in the language of mobilisation that political theory alludes to yet rarely speaks. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: ASD; JFC; JHM; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822322191
- ISBN
- 9780822322191
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 29.51
€ 30.99
€ 29.51
Paperback. Num Pages: 164 pages. BIC Classification: HRCV4; JFMA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 115 x 177 x 15. Weight in Grams: 154.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Hendrickson Publishers Inc United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 164
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781619700284
- ISBN
- 9781619700284
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.02
€ 9.02
Hardback. Editor(s): Braham, Randolph L. Series: Holocaust Studies Series. Num Pages: 168 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJH; JFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780898381245
- ISBN
- 9780898381245
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.68
€ 126.68
Hardback. Editor(s): Braham, Randolph L. Num Pages: 170 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 449.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1981
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 170
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780898380637
- ISBN
- 9780898380637
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.78
€ 126.78
Hardback. As cross-cultural migration increases democratic states face a particular challenge: how to grant equal rights and dignity to individuals while recognizing cultural distinctiveness. In response to the greater number of ethnic and religious minority groups, state policies seem to focus on managing cultural differences through planned pluralism. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSL1; JHB; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 449.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845456665
- ISBN
- 9781845456665
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.85
€ 154.85
Paperback. Sandke tackles the stubborn and controversial question of whether jazz is the product of an insulated African-American environment, shut off from the rest of society by strictures of segregation and discrimination; or whether it is more properly understood as the juncture of a variety of influences under the broader umbrella of American culture. Series: Studies in Jazz. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: AVGJ; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 224 x 18. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442243545
- ISBN
- 9781442243545
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 38.48
€ 40.99
€ 38.48
Hardback. Series: Economic Studies. Num Pages: 312 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFT; KJSM. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 154 x 26. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674166356
- ISBN
- 9780674166356
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.98€ 52.08
€ 56.98
€ 52.08
Hardback. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFD; LNP; LNQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 700.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812232127
- ISBN
- 9780812232127
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 100.72
€ 100.72
Hardback. Maxwell's Demon and the Golden Apple will appeal to leaders of multinational corporations and government programs as well as instructors of undergraduate courses in international relations. Num Pages: 216 pages, 1, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPA; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421412771
- ISBN
- 9781421412771
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 26.12
€ 30.99
€ 26.12
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442207981
- ISBN
- 9781442207981
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 14.58
€ 38.99
€ 14.58
Paperback. A comprehensive history of world philosophy, this book is also a social history of global intellectual life. Eschewing polemics, it presents a sophisticated view of the multiple cultures of world history, and reveals how creativity is driven by a range of conflicting positions in each community. Num Pages: 1120 pages, 15 maps, 57 line illustrations, 2 tables. BIC Classification: HP; JFCX; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 162 x 57. Weight in Grams: 1452.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 1120
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674001879
- ISBN
- 9780674001879
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 45.10
€ 53.99
€ 45.10
Paperback. Attempts to develop a "radical microsociology". This book proposes that successful rituals create symbols of group membership and pump up individuals with emotional energy, while failed rituals drain emotional energy. Series: Princeton Studies in Cultural Sociology. Num Pages: 464 pages, 19 halftones. 9 line illus. BIC Classification: JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 682.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691123899
- ISBN
- 9780691123899
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.49
€ 46.99
€ 33.49
Paperback. Argues that violent confrontation goes against human physiological hardwiring. This book challenges standard views about the root causes of violence and offers solutions for confronting it in the future. It guides readers into the disturbing world of human discord - from domestic abuse and schoolyard bullying to muggings, and armed conflicts. Num Pages: 584 pages, 53 halftones. 1 line illus. 4 tables. BIC Classification: JFFE; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 31. Weight in Grams: 816.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 584
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691143224
- ISBN
- 9780691143224
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.48
€ 46.99
€ 33.48
William Louis Poteat (1856-1938), the son of a Baptist slave-holder, became one of the most out-spoken liberals during his lifetime. This biography examines his beliefs, such as his advocacy for prohibition and for the teaching of evolution in schools, and his support for eugenics. Series: Religion in the South. Num Pages: 344 pages, 7 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; JFF; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813121550
- ISBN
- 9780813121550
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.24
€ 53.24
Hardback. By defining and policing interracial sex, nineteenth-century Cherokee lawmakers preserved political sovereignty, delineated Cherokee identity, and established a social hierarchy. This work examines how leaders of the Cherokee Nation fostered a racial ideology through the regulation of interracial marriage. Num Pages: 200 pages, 7 illus. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLL; JFSL9. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 445.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812240566
- ISBN
- 9780812240566
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.14
€ 83.14
hardcover. Americans of Arab heritage have made major contributions to U.S. society. This book provides an overview for a general audience of their immigration patterns, settlement, adaptation, and assimilation. It discusses their history, and looks at the successive waves of immigrants. Series: The New Americans. Num Pages: 216 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; JFSL1. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education; (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 473.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Greenwood United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780313332197
- ISBN
- 9780313332197
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.30
€ 66.30