Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Paperback. During the summers of 1942-1944, leading European figures in the arts and sciences met with their American counterparts for urgent conversations about the future of human civilization in a precarious world in meetings named as "Pontigny" sessions. This collection of essays assesses the impact and contemporary significance of Pontigny-en-Amerique. Editor(s): Benfey, Christopher E.G.; Remmler, Karen. Num Pages: 352 pages, 26 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJK; HBLW; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 513.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558495319
- ISBN
- 9781558495319
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.92
€ 44.92
Paperback. Looks at the lives and culture of four generations of Native Americans in colonial America. Dividing his treatment into four sections - Indian Ministers, Good Men, Religious Women, and Pious Children - the author provides insights into early New England pedagogy and childrearing practices. Editor(s): Leibman, Laura Arnold. Series: Native Americans of the Northeast: Culture, History & the Contemporary S. Num Pages: 432 pages, 13 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 658.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558496613
- ISBN
- 9781558496613
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Condition: New
€ 45.80
€ 45.80
Paperback. Analyzes the cultural, philosophical, and legal grounds for capital punishment in the contemporary United States Editor(s): Sarat, Austin; Shoemaker, Karl. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFMC; JKVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 453.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558498839
- ISBN
- 9781558498839
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Condition: New
€ 46.75
€ 46.75
Hardcover. Editor(s): Roth, Barbara; McBrinn, Maxine E. Num Pages: 216 pages, 19 illustrations, 13 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3B; HBJK; HDDA; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 825.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Utah Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781607814467
- ISBN
- 9781607814467
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.96
€ 58.96
Paperback. BIC Classification: JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Hermes House
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844776771
- ISBN
- 9781844776771
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.24
€ 8.24
Paperback. The women of "Genesis" - Eve, Sarah, Hagar, Rebekah, Leah, and Rachel - intrigued and informed the lives of nineteenth-century women. These women read the biblical stories for themselves and looked for ways to expand, reinforce, or challenge the traditional understanding of women's lives. Editor(s): Taylor, Marion Ann; Weir, Heather E. Num Pages: 513 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCG9; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 40. Weight in Grams: 850.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Baylor University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 513
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781932792539
- ISBN
- 9781932792539
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.13
€ 57.13
Hardcover. What would it mean to "get over slavery"? Is such a thing possible? Is it even desirable? Featuring original essays from an array of established and emerging scholars in the interdisciplinary field of African American studies, The Psychic Hold of Slavery offers a nuanced dialogue upon these questions. Editor(s): Colbert, Soyica Diggs; Patterson, Robert J.; Levy-Hussen, Aida. Num Pages: 288 pages, 14 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTS; JFM; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 517.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813583969
- ISBN
- 9780813583969
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 206.75
€ 206.75
Paperback. Presents the stories of twelve fascinating women and their contributions to the development and progress of Old World archaeology. This book examines the life of pioneer archaeologists in the early days of the discipline, tracing their path from education in the classics to travel and exploration and eventual international recognition. Editor(s): Cohen, Getzel M.; Joukowsky, Martha Sharp. Num Pages: 616 pages, 10 illustrations, 47 photographs. BIC Classification: BGH; HD; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 894.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472031740
- ISBN
- 9780472031740
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.59
€ 53.59
Paperback. Editor(s): Darian-Smith, Kate; Grimshaw, Patricia; Macintyre, Stuart. Series: Academic Monographs. Num Pages: 302 pages. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 211 x 139 x 29. Weight in Grams: 390.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Melbourne University Press Australia
- Number of pages
- 302
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780522853926
- ISBN
- 9780522853926
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.53
€ 68.53
Paperback. Eugene Gendlin's contribution to the theory of language is the focus of this collection of essays Each essay is followed by a comment from Gendlin himself. The work investigates how concepts grow out of experience, and compares Gendlin's work to that of Wittgenstein, Dilthey and Heidegger. Editor(s): Levin, David Michael. Series: Studies in Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: CFA; HPC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 545.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810113596
- ISBN
- 9780810113596
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.21
€ 47.21
Hardcover. Editor(s): Frawley, Oona. Num Pages: 264 pages, 1 black-&-white illustration, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815632504
- ISBN
- 9780815632504
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.94
€ 41.94
Paperback. Editor(s): Salamini, Heather Fowler; Vaughan, Mary Kay. Num Pages: 253 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University of Arizona Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816514311
- ISBN
- 9780816514311
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 45.96
€ 45.99
€ 45.96
Paperback. Forty years after Richard Nixon declared a War on Drugs, this sobering book offers views of the narco wars from scholars on both sides of the US-Mexico border. With evidence newly obtained through freedom-of-information inquiries in Mexico, it proposes practical solutions to a seemingly intractable crisis." Editor(s): Payan, Tony; Staudt, Kathleen; Kruszewski, Z. Anthony. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JFFE; JKVG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Arizona Press
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816530342
- ISBN
- 9780816530342
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.18
€ 42.18
Hardcover. These biographies aim to gain Mississippi's womens their place in its written record. The women whose stories are told here range from Felicite Girodeau, who was both a person of colour and a slaveholder, to Vera Mae Pigee, who "mothered" the civil rights movement in the Mississippi Delta. Editor(s): Swain, Martha H. (Cornaro Professor of History Emerita, Texas Women's University, USA); Payne, Elizabeth Anne (Professor of History, University of Mississippi, USA); Spruill, Marjorie Julian (Professor of History, Vanderbilt University, USA); Ditto, Susan. Num Pages: 360 pages, 17 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBSM; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Edition
- Volume 1 ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820325026
- ISBN
- 9780820325026
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.49
€ 155.49
Paperback. These biographies aim to gain Mississippi's womens their place in its written record. The women whose stories are told here range from Felicite Girodeau, who was both a person of colour and a slaveholder, to Vera Mae Pigee, who "mothered" the civil rights movement in the Mississippi Delta. Editor(s): Swain, Martha H. (Cornaro Professor of History Emerita, Texas Women's University, USA); Payne, Elizabeth Anne (Professor of History, University of Mississippi, USA); Spruill, Marjorie Julian (Professor of History, Vanderbilt University, USA); Ditto, Susan. Num Pages: 360 pages, 17 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBSM; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Edition
- Volume 1
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820325033
- ISBN
- 9780820325033
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.83
€ 44.83
Paperback. Explores southern food culture. This fifth volume spans the food cultures of the South, and celebrates food and the ways in which it forges unexpected relationships between people and places. It also features essays that examine Nashville's obsession with hot chicken and the South's passion for congealed foods. Editor(s): Sauceman, Fred W.; Edge, John T. Num Pages: 328 pages, 16 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; JFCV; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820335070
- ISBN
- 9780820335070
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.84
€ 29.99
€ 26.84
Paperback. Second editor for v. 2: Kathleen Ann Clark. Editor(s): Chirhart, Ann Short; Clark, Kathleen Ann. Series: Southern Women : Their Lives and Times. Num Pages: 408 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFG; 3JJ; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820337852
- ISBN
- 9780820337852
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.09
€ 48.09
Paperback. Editor(s): Gillespie, Michele. Series: Southern Women : Their Lives and Times. Num Pages: 408 pages, black & white halftones, maps. BIC Classification: HBJK; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820340005
- ISBN
- 9780820340005
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.80
€ 47.80
Paperback. By the twentieth century, North CarolinaAEs progressive streak had strengthened, thanks in part to a growing number of women who engaged in and influenced state and national policies and politics. This is the second of two volumes that together explore the diverse and changing patterns of North Carolina womenAEs lives. Editor(s): Gillespie, Michele. Series: Southern Women : Their Lives and Times. Num Pages: 424 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFN; HBJK; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820340029
- ISBN
- 9780820340029
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.65
€ 47.65
Paperback. Editor(s): Frystak, Shannon; Farmer-Kaiser, Mary. Series: Southern Women : Their Lives and Times. Num Pages: 400 pages, 13 black & white images. BIC Classification: 1KBBSL; HBJK; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820342702
- ISBN
- 9780820342702
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.27
€ 49.27