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Society & culture: general
paperback. Editor(s): Golinelli, Gaetano M. Num Pages: 199 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; KJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer Switzerland
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015
- Number of pages
- 199
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319362380
- ISBN
- 9783319362380
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Condition: New
€ 182.99
€ 182.99
Paperback. A best-selling introduction to contemporary Islam. The author is concerned not simply with Islam in isolation, but with the very nature of religious faith, its spiritual and intellectual foundations and the light it casts upon the mysteries and paradoxes of the human condition. Num Pages: 262 pages, index. BIC Classification: HRH; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Publisher
- The Islamic Texts Society United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 262
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780946621477
- ISBN
- 9780946621477
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.64
€ 24.99
€ 18.64
Paperback. This book examines closely many of the unquestioned assumptions by which we live our lives, comparing them with the beliefs that have shaped and guided human life in the past. Concentrating on the traditional view of man as 'God's Viceroy on Earth', the author discusses human responsibility and choice in the modern world. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRA; HRH; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 14. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Publisher
- Islamic Texts Society
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780946621217
- ISBN
- 9780946621217
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.19
€ 18.99
€ 15.19
Paperback. This text offers a comprehensive overview of the key aspects of globalisation, their impact on social work and the resulting challenges in practice. The authors draw on post-colonialism to consider the global issues facing social work, such as mass migration, and the ways in which social workers can respond to such difficulties. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JKSN. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230201354
- ISBN
- 9780230201354
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.30
€ 57.30
Paperback. Reinventing the Museum gathers 35 seminal articles reflecting over 100 years of dialogue within the museum community about what it means to be a high-quality, relevant institution. Important reading for museum professionals, students, and anyone interested in museums and their development. Editor(s): Anderson, Gail. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GM; HBG; HBJK; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 251 x 177 x 28. Weight in Grams: 742.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780759101708
- ISBN
- 9780759101708
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 95.88
€ 95.88
Paperback. This book is concerned with our ideological, technical and emotional investments in reclaiming medieval for contemporary popular culture. The authors illuminate both medieval and contemporary popular culture in surprising and productive ways while interrogating the many ways in which metamedievalism reinterprets and reconceptualises the medieval. Editor(s): Ashton, Gail. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 257 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBB; HBJD; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 335.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 257
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349340859
- ISBN
- 9781349340859
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.97
€ 66.97
Hardback. Staging Words, Performing Worlds presents new perspectives on Argentina, Cuba, Mexico, and Venezuela and their theater by theorizing how, through performance, nation can be "re-imagined" and reconstructed. Series: Bucknell Studies in Latin American Literature & Theory. Num Pages: 276 pages. BIC Classification: GBC; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 167 x 20. Weight in Grams: 585.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Bucknell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611482782
- ISBN
- 9781611482782
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 145.90
€ 145.90
Paperback. 'Out of the Cage' brings vividly to life the experiences of working women from all social groups in the two World Wars. Telling a fascinating story, the authors emphasise what the women themselves have had to say, in diaries, memoirs, letters and recorded interviews about the call up and their personal reactions to war. Series: Routledge Library Editions: Women's History. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; HBWQ; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 236 x 19. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415752459
- ISBN
- 9780415752459
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.21
€ 59.21
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 229 x 17. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Publisher
- Beacon Press
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807001547
- ISBN
- 9780807001547
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 17.07
€ 24.99
€ 17.07
Tightrope explores changes in American attitudes that made it possible to elect a black President. Gail Garfield weaves her own experiences with broader racial history to trace the remarkable shift. Her scholarship explores the complex intersection of race, class, and gender. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 158 x 24. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442224230
- ISBN
- 9781442224230
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.83
€ 73.83
Paperback. Num Pages: 148 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHBK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 142 x 14. Weight in Grams: 224. New.
- Publisher
- Veritas Publications
- Number of pages
- 148
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781853909849
- ISBN
- 9781853909849
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.51
€ 11.51
Paperback. Drawn from the daughters and wives of the working poor and declasse elites, prostitutes in Shanghai were near the bottom of class and gender hierarchies. This title examines prostitution in Shanghai from the late nineteenth century. Num Pages: 603 pages, 26 b/w photographs, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLW; HBTB; JFMX; JFSG; JFSJ1; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 44. Weight in Grams: 917.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 603
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520204393
- ISBN
- 9780520204393
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.81
€ 46.99
€ 33.81
Paperback. Ankle High and Knee Deep collects together essays from more than twenty ranch women, cowgirls, and farmers about what they've learned while standing in or stepping out of "mud, manure, and other offal." Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; BM; JFSF; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 21.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762792115
- ISBN
- 9780762792115
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.95
€ 18.99
€ 15.95
Paperback. In Japan as in the US, family farming is on the wane, increasingly rejected by the younger generation in favor of more promising economic pursuits and comforts. This is a study of Japanese farm women's lives in the present: its central figure is 42-year-old Haruko, a woman who exemplifies and makes a mockery of the stereotype of Japanese women. Num Pages: 244 pages, 23 half-tones 1 table 1 map 1 plan. BIC Classification: JFSC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 12. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804712873
- ISBN
- 9780804712873
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Hardback. aeo This exciting book offers a new understanding of the relationship between issues of a racea , gender and policy within social welfare. aeo In an innovative approach, research material and theory are interwoven and a challenging analysis developed. aeo The author is well--known and widely published within social work and social policy. Num Pages: 248 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFF; JFSJ1; JFSL; JKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745622842
- ISBN
- 9780745622842
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.61
€ 79.61
Hardback. The Everglades underwent a metaphorical and ecological transition from impenetrable swamp to endangered wetland. This study situates the environmental transformation of the Everglades within the economic and historical geography of global sugar production and trade. Num Pages: 336 pages, 25 halftones, 6 line drawings, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBFL; 3JJPR; 3JMC; JFFS; KNDF; RGCM; RNC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 169 x 28. Weight in Grams: 722.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226349503
- ISBN
- 9780226349503
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.26€ 49.99
€ 58.26
€ 49.99
Paperback. Northern Irish Poetry and Theology argues that theology shapes subjectivity, language and poetic form, and provides original studies of three internationally acclaimed poets: Seamus Heaney, Michael Longley and Derek Mahon. Num Pages: 261 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; DSC; HRA; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 261
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349465880
- ISBN
- 9781349465880
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.28
€ 66.28
Hardback. * A novel introduction to American literature and culture from 1900-1960. * Illustrates the artistic and social climate in the USA during this period. * Organized by four ideas about America: that it is "big", "new", "rich" and "free". Series: Blackwell Introductions to Literature. Num Pages: 264 pages, 12. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSBH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 166 x 21. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405101264
- ISBN
- 9781405101264
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.87
€ 122.87
Paperback. In this interdisciplinary study of drama, arts, and spirituality, Gail Gibson provides a reappraisal of 15th-century England through a detailed portrait of the flourishing cultures of Suffolk and Norfolk. Num Pages: 268 pages, 52 halftones. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBJD1; HBLC; HRC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New edition
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226291024
- ISBN
- 9780226291024
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 28.00
€ 34.99
€ 28.00
Paperback. Num Pages: 225 pages. BIC Classification: JFSL1; JNKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 12. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- African American Images United States
- Number of pages
- 225
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781935521747
- ISBN
- 9781935521747
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.79
€ 17.99
€ 16.79
Paperback. Num Pages: 198 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFME; MBDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 224 x 17. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748622474
- ISBN
- 9780748622474
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 124.85€ 120.22
€ 124.85
€ 120.22
Paperback. The pressing and universally relevant issue of euthanasia is debated in this volume. Series: Contemporary Ethical Debates. Num Pages: 158 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFME; MBDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 217 x 139 x 13. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 158
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748618811
- ISBN
- 9780748618811
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.47
€ 38.99
€ 35.47
Paperback. Reveals the hitherto unknown world of indentured Indian women in the colonies Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSG; HBTQ; HBTS; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 500.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849046602
- ISBN
- 9781849046602
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.99
€ 21.99
€ 20.99
The European Minority Rights Regime. Towards a Theory of Regime Effect...
Galbreath, David J.; McEvoy, Joanne
Paperback. Evaluates the nature of the international governance of minority rights in the context of the enlargement of the European Union. This book examines the origin and development of the European Minority Rights Regime paying particular attention to the institutions, policies and actions of European organisations. Series: Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics. Num Pages: 226 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSL; JPA; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349314522
- ISBN
- 9781349314522
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95