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Society & culture: general

Paperback. Aims to confront expectations of childhood with expectations of old age. This anthology focuses on preconceptions of age and on the ways in which man, at different times and in different cultures, has dealt with age. It also attempt to answer questions about age in the future, where biological lifespans will be challenged by gene technology. Editor(s): Povlsen, Jorgen; De Coninck-Smith, Ning; Mellemgaard, Signe. Num Pages: 213 pages, colour & b/w illus. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JFSP31; JHBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 249 x 179 x 16. Weight in Grams: 498.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University Press of Southern Denmark Denmark
Number of pages
213
Condition
New
SKU
V9788778384904
ISBN
9788778384904
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 23.53

Paperback. Looks at the processes and realities of Muslim participation in local and national politics in a range of Eastern and Western European countries: voting patterns in local and national assemblies, membership of elected councils and national parliaments, and the tensions between ethnic, political and religious identities. Editor(s): Nielsen, Professor Jorgen S. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; HRHP; JFSR2; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 556.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748695874
ISBN
9780748695874
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.31

paperback. BIC Classification: BM; JFSG; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Beacon Press United Kingdom
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807044810
ISBN
9780807044810
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 17.92

Hardback. Presents 17 contributions written by an international group of historians addressing the intercultural dimension of historical theory. The editor's introduction discusses historical thinking as intercultural discourse and presents ten hypotheses that aim to define Western historical thinking. Schola Editor(s): Rusen, Jorn. Num Pages: index. BIC Classification: HBA; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 158 x 17. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571817815
ISBN
9781571817815
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.82

Paperback. Editor(s): Sandnes, Jorn. Num Pages: 72 pages, b/w photos & colour illus. BIC Classification: 1HB; GBCR; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 174 x 7. Weight in Grams: 222.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Tapir Academic Press Norway
Number of pages
72
Condition
New
SKU
V9788251917698
ISBN
9788251917698
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.78

Paperback. Offers a collection of academic essays on Canadian literature and culture. This title features essays that are intended to constitute a useful introduction to Anglo-Canadian culture. Editor(s): Carlsen, Jorn. Series: Dolphin S. Num Pages: 219 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 2ABM; DSB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 388.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Aarhus University Press
Edition
Unabridged.
Number of pages
219
Condition
New
SKU
V9788772883762
ISBN
9788772883762
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.59

Paperback. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415824958
ISBN
9780415824958
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.65

Hardback. A facing-page edition of a seventeenth-century mother's advice book, giving insights both into female Protestant religious devotion, authorship and spirituality, and into how women's words were altered in the transmission by male editors. Editor(s): Metcalfe, Jean LeDrew. Num Pages: 152 pages, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DN; DSBD; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
152
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802046949
ISBN
9780802046949
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.65

Paperback. Num Pages: 464 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 3JH; JFSV1; VXW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 648.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Red Wheel/Weiser United States
Edition
New edition
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9780877288381
ISBN
9780877288381
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.34

Paperback. A comprehensive study of the major occult writings on Atlantis. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: JFHF; VXW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 604. Prophecies, Traditions, and Occult Revelations. 448 pages. Professor Godwin shows how the legends of Atlantis go hand-in-hand with the concept of cyclical history, such as the Vedic system of Yugas and the Mayan calendar. He examines the kindred myths of Lemuria and Mu along with the writings of Gurdjieff, Guenon, Cayce, and many others. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: JFHF; VXW. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 24. Weight: 604.
Publisher
Inner Traditions Bear and Company
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781594772627
ISBN
9781594772627
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 22.18

Paperback. The overarching goal of the present study was to trace the development of mirror self-recognition (MSR), as an index oftoddlers sense of themselves and others as autonomous intentional agents, in different sociocultural environments. Series: Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development. Num Pages: 102 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JHBK; JMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 6. Weight in Grams: 162.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
101
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118596852
ISBN
9781118596852
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.89

Paperback. A study of queer Latino America. Drawing on diverse cultural examples such as bolero, salsa, film, literature and correspondence, it flips the stereotype around, showing how Latin/o American lesbians and gays have consistently eschewed notions of sexual identity for a politics of intervention. Series: Sexual Cultures. Num Pages: 302 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; JFC; JFSK1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
302
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814769539
ISBN
9780814769539
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.93

Hardback. A day after 'N' first crossed the US border from Mexico, he was caught and then released onto the streets of Tijuana. Undeterred, he crawled back through a tunnel to San Diego, where he entered the United States forever. In this book, he details the constraints, deceptions, and humiliations that characterize alien life "amid the shadows." Series: Latinos in Chicago and the Midwest. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; GTB; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 157 x 13. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252038310
ISBN
9780252038310
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.81

Paperback. Path Beyond Technology. 224 pages, 20ill. Examines various aspects of the history of the ancient Mayan Indians. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1K; JFHF. Dimension: 227 x 180 x 8. Weight: 358.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
Bear & Company
Edition
Original ed.
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780939680382
ISBN
9780939680382
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.81

Paperback. Locates the study of Chicano culture in a social context. This title examines issues of representation and expression in a diverse, exciting assortment of texts - corridos, novels, poems, short stories, punk and hip-hop music, ethnography, paintings, performance, art, and essays. It provides a model for a kind of US cultural studies. Series: American Crossroads. Num Pages: 298 pages, 4. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DQ; DSB; JFC; JFSL9; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 63.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
298
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520206823
ISBN
9780520206823
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 26.47

Paperback. Entering the debate on American literary history, this study offers a perspective on what constitutes not only the canon of American literature, but also the notion of America itself. The author argues for a conception of American culture which is more responsive to trans-national ideologies. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 231 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3658 x 18. Weight in Grams: 367.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
231
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822311690
ISBN
9780822311690
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.21

paperback. Saldivar is one of the founders of border studies and one of the most respected senior scholars in American Studies. In this work he introduces the term trans-Americanity as a frame for thinking more hemispherically within a global, world-systems frame. Series: New Americanists. Num Pages: 304 pages, 9 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFSL4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822350835
ISBN
9780822350835
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.20

Paperback. The LGBT agenda has been dominated by pragmatic issues like same-sex marriage and gays in the military. This book contends that queerness is instead a futurity bound phenomenon, a 'not yet here' that critically engages pragmatic presentism. Series: Sexual Cultures. Num Pages: 234 pages, 29 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 404.
Publisher
New York University Press
Number of pages
234
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814757284
ISBN
9780814757284
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.59

Paperback. Series: Cultural Studies of the Americas S. Num Pages: 192 pages, 31 b&w photographs, 7 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AS; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 179 x 252 x 13. Weight in Grams: 448.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816630158
ISBN
9780816630158
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.15

Hardback. The LGBT agenda has been dominated by pragmatic issues like same-sex marriage and gays in the military. This book contends that queerness is instead a futurity bound phenomenon, a 'not yet here' that critically engages pragmatic presentism. Series: Sexual Cultures. Num Pages: 234 pages, 29 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
234
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814757277
ISBN
9780814757277
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.05

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