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Society & culture: general
Paperback. With the environmental crisis comes a crisis of the imagination, a need to find new ways to understand nature and humanity's relation to it. This is the challenge the author takes up in this book, using Thoreau's "Walden" as a touchstone. Num Pages: 600 pages, 4 fine line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DNF; DSBF; JFC; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 38. Weight in Grams: 852.
- Publisher
- Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674258624
- ISBN
- 9780674258624
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 35.30
€ 42.99
€ 35.30
Paperback. Soley shows how as corporate power has grown and come to influence the issues on which ordinary Americans should be able to speak out, so new strategies have developed to restrict free speech on issues in which corporations and property-owners have an interest. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFMD; JPVH2; KJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Monthly Review Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781583670668
- ISBN
- 9781583670668
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Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.32
€ 24.99
€ 21.32
Paperback. This comparative look at vaqueros, cowboys, and buckaroos brings the mythical image of the American cowboy into focus and detail and honors the regional and national variations. Series: M.K. Brown Range Life Series. Num Pages: 296 pages, 163 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; HBTB; JFSF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 153 x 27. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292712409
- ISBN
- 9780292712409
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.27
€ 31.99
€ 28.27
Paperback. Links an investigation of mind and body in old age in four neighborhoods of the Indian city of Varanasi (Banaras) with events and processes around India and around the world. Num Pages: 400 pages, 5 b/w images. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFC; JFSP31; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 29. Weight in Grams: 604.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520224629
- ISBN
- 9780520224629
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.13
€ 35.99
€ 26.13
Paperback. The central premise of this work is that Lurianic Kabbalah was first and foremost a lived and living phenomenon in an actual social world. Thus it focuses on Luria the person and his relationship to his disciples. Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture. Num Pages: 504 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; HRJX; HRLK2; HRQX2; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 27. Weight in Grams: 653.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 504
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804748261
- ISBN
- 9780804748261
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 40.17
€ 40.99
€ 40.17
Hardback. The central premise of this work is that Lurianic Kabbalah was first and foremost a lived and living phenomenon in an actual social world. Thus it focuses on Luria the person and his relationship to his disciples. Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture. Num Pages: 504 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; HRJX; HRLK2; HRQX2; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 34. Weight in Grams: 789.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 504
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804738255
- ISBN
- 9780804738255
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 170.24
€ 170.24
Hardcover. Editor(s): Fine, Lawrence; Fishbane, Eitan P.; Rose, Or N. Num Pages: 256 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 159 x 22. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Jewish Lights Publishing United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781580234344
- ISBN
- 9781580234344
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 27.69
€ 31.99
€ 27.69
Paperback. One of the leading figures in cultural studies offers a powerful critique of the present state of the field and, more broadly, of the intellectual left, especially in the Anglo-American academy. Num Pages: 356 pages, 2 figures. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 372
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822348306
- ISBN
- 9780822348306
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.30
€ 32.99
€ 31.30
Paperback. Includes essays that offer a sophisticated view of the growing power of popular culture and its increasing inseparability from contemporary structures of economic and political power and from our everyday lives. This title reveals the ways in which popular culture is being mobilised in the service of economic and political struggles. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 154 x 26. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822319177
- ISBN
- 9780822319177
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 30.35
€ 31.99
€ 30.35
Paperback. Threat of book burning ignites passionate discussion about censoring, banning, and other responses to books. Series: Henry Kreisel Memorial Lecture Series. Num Pages: 56 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; JFMD; JPVH2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 228 x 5. Weight in Grams: 96.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Alberta Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 64
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780888646798
- ISBN
- 9780888646798
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.70
€ 13.99
€ 11.70
Hardback. When we speak of God reaching out to humans, it is called revelation, and the human response to revelation is inspiration. Num Pages: 296 pages, genealogical tables. BIC Classification: DQ; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 162 x 27. Weight in Grams: 614.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Jason Aronson Inc. Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780876685969
- ISBN
- 9780876685969
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.12
€ 130.12
Hardback. To find more information on Rowman & Littlefield titles, please visit us at www.rowmanlittlefield.com. Num Pages: 282 pages, genealogical tables. BIC Classification: CB; DQ; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 174 x 28. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1977
- Publisher
- Jason Aronson Inc. Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780876688908
- ISBN
- 9780876688908
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.28
€ 130.28
paperback. A collection of instructive stories about both prominent and relatively unknown Jewish personalities from biblical times onwards. Arranged alphabetically by personality, it includes Moses, Job, Rabbi Akiva, Hillel, and Maimonides, as well as Sholom Aleichem, Theodor Herzl, and even Harpo Marx. Num Pages: 282 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Jason Aronson, Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9781568215136
- ISBN
- 9781568215136
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Condition: New
€ 79.68
€ 79.68
Paperback. Offers a narrative of the seventy-five-year struggle to house the "deserving poor." This title offers the novel concept of "design politics" to show how issues of architecture and urbanism are intimately bound up in thinking about policy. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 384 pages, 63 halftones, 6 line drawings. BIC Classification: AM; JFFB; RPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226012452
- ISBN
- 9780226012452
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.15
€ 37.99
€ 29.15
Paperback. Editor(s): Lawrence, Kaylynn C. Num Pages: 95 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 155 x 8. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781631174841
- ISBN
- 9781631174841
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 82.72€ 57.58
€ 82.72
€ 57.58
Paperback. Describes preservation programs in Seattle and King County, how they developed, and the extent of protection offered landmark properties. The descriptions and photographs in this book provide a guide to individual buildings and landmark districts, demonstrating how each played a part in the remarkably swift development of county and city. Num Pages: 240 pages, 260 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBWS; AM; JFF; TNKX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 7128 x 5499 x 17. Weight in Grams: 785.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295978468
- ISBN
- 9780295978468
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.40
€ 39.40
Paperback. Total Quality Management (TQM) is shaping the management of the 1990s. This book is the first to present TQM concepts with social service administrators in mind. With examples drawn from public administration, gerontology, public health and non-profit-making organizations, the book provides sound background information on TQM for practitioners. Series: Sage Human Services Guides. Num Pages: 112 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFF; KJMV2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 141 x 216 x 8. Weight in Grams: 170. Clean copy with minor shelf wear. Small stain to bottom corner of pages. Remains a very good copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Inc
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0006882
- ISBN
- 9780803949508
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Series: Women in Culture and Society Series. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; DSC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 475.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226484549
- ISBN
- 9780226484549
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 36.58
€ 47.99
€ 36.58
Major criminal trials have fascinated the American public for centuries; this book is the first to explain their nature, and their role in society. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFD; LAQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700620777
- ISBN
- 9780700620777
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.18
€ 66.18
Hardcover. This offers an understanding of British Cinema between 1928 and 1939 through an analysis of the relationship between the British film industry and other 'culture industries' such as the radio, music recording, publishing and early television. Series: Exeter Studies in Film History. Num Pages: 250 pages, 18 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JJG; APFA; JFC; JFD; KNT. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 23. Weight in Grams: 564.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859897976
- ISBN
- 9780859897976
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.49
€ 134.49
Hardback. Despite global progress, staggering health inequalities between rich and poor raise basic questions of social justice. Defining the field of global health law, Lawrence Gostin drives home the need for effective governance and offers a blueprint for reform, based on the principle that the opportunity to live a healthy life is a basic human right. Num Pages: 496 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFH; LND; LNTJ; MBNH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 242 x 164 x 42. Weight in Grams: 958.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674728844
- ISBN
- 9780674728844
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.49€ 62.00
€ 68.49
€ 62.00
Hardback. Offers a narrative history of the neglected but essential period of African American literature between the Harlem Renaissance and the civil rights era. This title reveals how artistic collectives in New York, Chicago, and Washington fostered a sense of destiny and belonging among diverse and disenchanted peoples. Num Pages: 608 pages, 60 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; JFSL3. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1176.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691141350
- ISBN
- 9780691141350
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.19€ 41.45
€ 53.19
€ 41.45
Hardback. The definitive biography of the groundbreaking African American author who had an extraordinary legacy on black writers globally. Num Pages: 640 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 640
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393063899
- ISBN
- 9780393063899
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 33.92
€ 35.99
€ 33.92
Paperback. Former CBS corresondent explores the abyss of misunderstanding and mis-reporting in both the US and Arab media. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1QFM; JFD; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 25. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745324197
- ISBN
- 9780745324197
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 24.15
€ 35.99
€ 24.15