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Society & culture: general
Paperback. Demonstrating how the Buddhist revival in Tibet must contend with tensions between the Chinese state and aspirations for greater Tibetan autonomy, the authors discuss ways that Tibetan Buddhists are restructuring their religion through a process of social, political and economic adaptation. Editor(s): Goldstein, Melvyn C.; Kapstein, Matthew T. Num Pages: 235 pages, 37 black-and-white photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; HREX; JFC; JHM; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 49. Religious Revival and Cultural Identity. 235 pages, 37 b&w photographs. Editor(s): Goldstein, Melvyn C.; Kapstein, Matthew T. Demonstrating how the Buddhist revival in Tibet must contend with tensions between the Chinese state and aspirations for greater Tibetan autonomy, the authors discuss ways that Tibetan Buddhists are restructuring their religion through a process of social, political and economic adaptation. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; HREX; JFC; JHM; JPS. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 15. Weight: 314.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520211315
- ISBN
- 9780520211315
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.06
€ 33.99
€ 25.06
Paperback. A collection of essays that offers multiethnic, historically comparative, and meta-theoretical readings of the literature and culture of the United States. Covering works by a diverse set of American authors - from Toni Morrison to Bret Harte - it maps a variegated terrain that refuses the distinction between 'ethnic' and 'non-ethnic' literatures. Editor(s): Goldstein, David S.; Thaker, Audrey B. Series: American Ethnic & Cultural Studies. Num Pages: 352 pages, 1 b&w photo, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB; JFSL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 545.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295988351
- ISBN
- 9780295988351
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Hardback. Num Pages: 358 pages. BIC Classification: JFFN; JFFS; KCM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 149 x 32. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 358
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199464807
- ISBN
- 9780199464807
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.49
€ 73.49
In Small Business and the City, Rafael Gomez, Andre Isakov, and Matt Semansky highlight the power of small-scale entrepreneurship to transform local neighbourhoods and the cities they inhabit. Series: Rotman-UTP Publishing. Num Pages: 312 pages, 10, 15 figures. BIC Classification: JFSG; KJH; KJVS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 161 x 26. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442643628
- ISBN
- 9781442643628
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.79
€ 75.79
Paperback. Editor(s): Santos, Goncalo; Harrell, Stevan. Num Pages: 312 pages, 2 black & white tables, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JM; HBJF; JFC; JHBK; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 341.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295999821
- ISBN
- 9780295999821
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 34.36
€ 36.99
€ 34.36
Paperback. Editor(s): Pultar, Gonul. Num Pages: 456 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 26. Weight in Grams: 789.
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815633426
- ISBN
- 9780815633426
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.12
€ 66.12
Paperback. Editor(s): Gonzalez, Billy C. Num Pages: 63 pages. BIC Classification: JFFE2; JFSP1; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 216 x 6. Weight in Grams: 156.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Nova Science Pub Inc
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781631178351
- ISBN
- 9781631178351
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Condition: New
€ 99.89€ 70.85
€ 99.89
€ 70.85
Paperback. Since it first emerged from Britain's punk-rock scene in the late 1970s, goth subculture has haunted postmodern culture and society, reinventing itself inside and against the mainstream. This title offers a collection of scholarly essays devoted to this enduring yet little examined cultural phenomenon. Editor(s): Goodlad, Lauren M. E.; Bibby, Michael. Num Pages: 456 pages, 67 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFSJ; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 712.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822339212
- ISBN
- 9780822339212
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 31.02
€ 41.99
€ 31.02
Paperback. The so-called science wars pit science against culture, and nowhere is the struggle more contentious than in the realm of genetics. A constructive response, this volume brings together biological and cultural anthropologists to conduct a dialogue that bridges the science/culture divide. Editor(s): Goodman, Alan H.; Heath, Deborah; Lindee, M. Susan. Num Pages: 328 pages, 2 b/w photographs, 6 line illustrations, 4 tables. BIC Classification: JFC; JHMC; JHMP; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 228 x 22. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520237933
- ISBN
- 9780520237933
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
€ 40.99
€ 29.44
Paperback. This work suggests that gossip has unexpected virtues. The contributors argue that gossip contributes to community cohesion and helps individuals better understand their own predicaments, problems and personal idiosyncrasies in the light of knowledge about the life experiences of others. Editor(s): Goodman, Robert F.; Ben-Ze'ev, Aaron. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: GTC; JFC; JH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700606702
- ISBN
- 9780700606702
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.58
€ 37.58
Paperback. Editor(s): Goodman, Aaron D. Num Pages: 99 pages. BIC Classification: JFFH1; JWXV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 156 x 7. Weight in Grams: 188.
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc
- Number of pages
- 99
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781628086362
- ISBN
- 9781628086362
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 82.26€ 58.90
€ 82.26
€ 58.90
paperback. Much of the recent policy debate surrounding poverty in Britain focuses on income as a measure of living standards. In this report we consider one alternative to income for measuring poverty that has been largely overlooked in the mainstream poverty debate in the UK: namely household expenditure. Free PDF version available at www.jrf.org.uk Num Pages: 48 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 297 x 210. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 48
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861348548
- ISBN
- 9781861348548
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 24.65
€ 24.99
€ 24.65
Hardback. This book challenges the common misperceptions of Muslim immigrants as a homogeneous, religiously driven group and identifies the tensions they experience within their host countries. Num Pages: 223 pages, 26 figures, 18 tables. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 159 x 21. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 223
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802097873
- ISBN
- 9780802097873
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.97
€ 71.97
Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: AMVD; JFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 127 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231072991
- ISBN
- 9780231072991
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 37.66
€ 42.99
€ 37.66
Hardback. In this text, the authors take on the corporate educators, media monopolies and oil companies. They show how corporate-produced curricula, films and corporate-promoted books often use depictions of family love, childhood innocence and compassion in order to sell the public on policies. Series: Critical Perspectives Series: A Book Series Dedicated to Paulo Freire. Num Pages: 256 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JFC; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 149 x 18. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742516342
- ISBN
- 9780742516342
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 191.14
€ 191.14
Paperback. In this text, the authors take on the corporate educators, media monopolies and oil companies. They show how corporate-produced curricula, films and corporate-promoted books often use depictions of family love, childhood innocence and compassion in order to sell the public on policies. Series: Critical Perspectives Series: A Book Series Dedicated to Paulo Freire. Num Pages: 256 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JFC; JPV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 148 x 14. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742516359
- ISBN
- 9780742516359
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.69
€ 67.69
paperback. A son's search for his father and the father's search, 50 years earlier, for the mysterious Sierra Madre Apaches. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illus., maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; BJ; HBTB; JFSL9; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780803271029
- ISBN
- 9780803271029
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99
€ 20.99
Hardcover. What are the implications of colonialism for a theory of global justice today? What does rectificatory justice mean in the light of colonialism? What does global rectificatory justice require in practice? The author seeks to answer these questions covering a significant gap in the literature on global justice. Series: Global Ethics. Num Pages: 229 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTR; JFFS; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137466112
- ISBN
- 9781137466112
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.62
€ 66.62
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Haymarket Books United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781608462964
- ISBN
- 9781608462964
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.75
€ 21.99
€ 20.75
Hardcover. Inequality is not just about the size of our wallets. It is a socio-cultural order which, for most of us, reduces our capabilities to function as human beings, our health, our dignity, our sense of self, as well as our resources to act and participate in the world. Num Pages: 180 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFS; JHB; KCL; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 180
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745662589
- ISBN
- 9780745662589
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.86
€ 66.86
Paperback. Inequality is not just about the size of our wallets. It is a socio-cultural order which, for most of us, reduces our capabilities to function as human beings, our health, our dignity, our sense of self, as well as our resources to act and participate in the world. Num Pages: 180 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFS; JHB; KCL; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 180
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745662596
- ISBN
- 9780745662596
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99
€ 23.99
Hardback. Based on the views of teenagers across Europe and in the Far East, this book argues that we need to reconsider how we judge schools and what they are for. It shows that the treatment of pupils in schools makes more difference to teenagers' views on society, and on what it means to be fair, than it does to differences in attainment. Num Pages: 210 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JHBC; JNKS; JNL; YNGL. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 225 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230230255
- ISBN
- 9780230230255
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.11
€ 67.11
Hardback. Editor(s): Gorawala, Prathamesh; Mandhatri, Srushti. Num Pages: 305 pages. BIC Classification: JFCV; TVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 258 x 180 x 22. Weight in Grams: 694.
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781629483771
- ISBN
- 9781629483771
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 229.18€ 158.44
€ 229.18
€ 158.44
Paperback. A glittering collection of essays on outstanding women in rock and pop Editor(s): Gordinier, Jeff; Weingarten, Marc. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: AVC; AVGP; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 233 x 24. Weight in Grams: 380. Good clean copy with some very minor wear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Icon Books London
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- SKU
- KAK0011313
- ISBN
- 9781785780608
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99