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Paperback. Applies fundamental principles to urgent issues and problems facing us today, from immigration to attitudes toward the elderly, from the plight of homeless veterans to the fallout of American globalization. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HRCX6; JFM; TQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 181.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Orbis Books (USA) United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781570755194
ISBN
9781570755194
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.27

Hardcover. Num Pages: 142 pages, bibliography, appendix. BIC Classification: HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Number of pages
142
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571810182
ISBN
9781571810182
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.27

Hardback. After centuries of persecution, oppression, forced migrations, and exclusion in the name of Christ, the development of a Jewish "Quest for the Historical Jesus" might seem unexpected. This book gives an overview and analysis of the various Jewish perspectives on the Nazarene throughout the centuries. Num Pages: 144 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCM; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 18. Weight in Grams: 346.
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782385790
ISBN
9781782385790
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.27

Hardback. .
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813568713
ISBN
9780813568713
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 57.67

Hardback. Series: Religion, Race, & Ethnicity. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRAM1; HRCC2; JFFJ; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781479810383
ISBN
9781479810383
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 99.73

Paperback. Prolific author Walter E. Williams recalls some of the highlights and turning points of his life. From his lower middle class beginnings in a mixed but predominantly black neighbourhood in West Philadelphia to his department chair at George Mason University, Williams tells an 'only in America' story of a life of achievement. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA; BM; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 259.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Hoover Institution Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817912550
ISBN
9780817912550
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.10

Hardcover. Prolific author Walter E. Williams recalls some of the highlights and turning points of his life. From his lower middle class beginnings in a mixed but predominantly black neighbourhood in West Philadelphia to his department chair at George Mason University, Williams tells an 'only in America' story of a life of achievement. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: BGA; BM; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Hoover Institution Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817912543
ISBN
9780817912543
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.39

Paperback. "Williams applies an economic analysis to the problems black Americans have faced in the past and present to show that free-market resource allocation, as opposed to political allocation, is in the best interests of minorities"--Jacket. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: JFFJ; KJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Hoover Institution Press
Edition
First Edition, 1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817912451
ISBN
9780817912451
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.04

Paperback. Presents an ethnographic study of Maya handicraft vendors in the international marketplace. Num Pages: 332 pages, 13 b&w illus., 4 maps, 2 figures. BIC Classification: 1KLCG; JFC; JFFS; KNSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 246 x 24. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
332
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292705678
ISBN
9780292705678
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.74

Paperback. Explores the crucial notion of "colonial difference" in the study of the modern colonial world and traces the emergence of an epistemic shift, which author calls "border thinking". This title expands the horizons of debates under way in postcolonial studies of Asia and Africa by dwelling in the genealogy of thoughts of South/Central America. Series: Princeton Studies in Culture, Power, History. Num Pages: 416 pages, 3 line illus. 3 tables. 9 maps. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBTQ; HBTR; JFFS; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 594.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
With a New preface by the author
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691156095
ISBN
9780691156095
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.43

Paperback. Walter D. Mignolo analyzes the "colonial logic" that has driven five hundred years of Western imperialism, from colonialism through neoliberalism Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 458 pages, 1 drawing, 2 maps, 2 figures. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBTR; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 157 x 27. Weight in Grams: 638. Global Futures, Decolonial Options. Series: Latin America Otherwise. 458 pages, 1 drawing, 2 maps, 2 figures. Walter D. Mignolo analyzes the "colonial logic" that has driven five hundred years of Western imperialism, from colonialism through neoliberalism. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBTR; JFC. Dimension: 227 x 157 x 27. Weight: 644.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
458
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822350781
ISBN
9780822350781
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.75

hardcover. Gives readers a glimpse into the life and times of Walter Cronkite in his own words. This book contains selections from interviews between the legendary journalist and an experienced oral historian - Cronkite's friend, Dr Don Carleton. Num Pages: 384 pages, 30 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGF; HBJK; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 263 x 186 x 29. Weight in Grams: 964.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Center for American History United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780976669739
ISBN
9780976669739
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.83

Paperback. Here, Walter Parker offers a contribution to the debate between proponents of multicultural education and those who favour a cultural literacy approach. Parker demonstrates that educating for democratic citizenship in a multicultural society includes a fundamental respect for diversity. Series: Multicultural Education Series. Num Pages: 216 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSL1; JNU; YQN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 180 x 162 x 14. Weight in Grams: 299.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Teachers' College Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807742723
ISBN
9780807742723
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.19

paperback. The culture of the ancient Greeks has often been seen as owing practically nothing to its neighbours. This work argues against this view, and, focusing on the period between 750 and 650 BC, demonstrates that Eastern models significantly affected Greek literature and religion. Translator(s): Burkert, Walter; Pinder, Margaret E. Series: Revealing Antiquity. Num Pages: 238 pages, 5 halftones, 3 line illustration, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; HDDK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 212 x 144 x 13. Weight in Grams: 288. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KSG0037032
ISBN
9780674643642
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 5.91

Paperback. Includes papers and conversations that derive from a conference that pursued the possibility and utility of a general theory of religion and culture, especially one based on violence. Editor(s): Hamerton-Kelly, Robert. Num Pages: 292 pages. BIC Classification: JFFE; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
292
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804715188
ISBN
9780804715188
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.72

Paperback. Traverses the ancient world's three great centres of cultural exchange - Babylonian Nineveh, Egyptian Memphis, and Iranian Persepolis - to situate classical Greece in its proper historical place, at the Western margin of a Near Eastern-Aegean cultural community that emerged in the Bronze Age and expanded westward in the first millennium BC. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 141 x 13. Weight in Grams: 270.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674023994
ISBN
9780674023994
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.14

Paperback. Argues that the contemporary commitment to the importance of cultural identity has reovated rather than replaced an earlier commitment to r4acial identity and asserts that the idea of culture, far from constituting a challenge to racism, is actually a for Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFF; JFSL1; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 348.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822320647
ISBN
9780822320647
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.11

Paperback. Addresses the utopian developments of the modern media. This collection tracks the author's observations on the media as they are revealed in essays on the production and reception of art; on film, radio, and photography; and on the modern transformations of literature and painting. Editor(s): Jennings, Michael W.; Doherty, Brigid; Levin, Thomas Y. Translator(s): Jephcott, Edmund; Livingstone, Rodney; Eiland, Howard. Num Pages: 448 pages, 22 halftones. BIC Classification: HPCF; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 30. Weight in Grams: 652.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674024458
ISBN
9780674024458
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.61

Paperback. Examines art and censorship in the current political climate. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; AN; JFCA; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 8. Weight in Grams: 245.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745326474
ISBN
9780745326474
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.75

paperback. Editor(s): Wink, Walter. Num Pages: 275 pages. BIC Classification: HRC; JFFE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 446.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Orbis Books United States
Number of pages
275
Condition
New
SKU
V9781570753152
ISBN
9781570753152
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 28.54

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