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Society & culture: general

paperback. A fully revised and updated edition of this seminal introduction to and overview of the field of governmentality studies. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: JFF; JPA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 170 x 17. Weight in Grams: 526.
Publisher
SAGE Publications Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847873842
ISBN
9781847873842
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.62

Hardcover. Editor(s): Ortiz, Mitchell. Num Pages: 323 pages. BIC Classification: GPQD; JFFE3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 260 x 150. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Nova Science Pub Inc
Condition
New
SKU
V9781634857956
ISBN
9781634857956
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 291.44
€ 216.59

Hardcover. The period 300-600 AD saw huge changes in the Roman Empire. Here, 20 papers by international scholars explore how group identities were established against this shifting background. Themes include religious conversion, Roman law, problems of Jewish identity and what it meant to be Roman. Editor(s): Mitchell, Stephen; Greatex, Geoffrey. Num Pages: 343 pages, illus, maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; 3F; HBJD; HBLA; JFC; JFSL; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 776.
Publisher
Classical Press of Wales
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780715630433
ISBN
9780715630433
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 80.52
€ 77.13

Paperback. An intimate story of an Inuit family negotiating the changes brought into their community by the coming of the qallunaat, the white people, in the mid-nineteenth century. Composed in 48 episodes, it recounts the daily life of Sanaaq, a strong and outspoken young widow, her daughter Qumaq, and their small semi-nomadic community in northern Quebec. Translator(s): Frost, Peter. Series: Contemporary Studies on the North. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Manitoba Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780887557484
ISBN
9780887557484
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 29.70

Paperback. A study of the alternative media that can be found outside the mainstream mass media. Series: Media Topics. Num Pages: 160 pages, 8 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 22. Weight in Grams: 210.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748619580
ISBN
9780748619580
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 32.18

Paperback. Editor(s): Miyoshi, Masao; Harootunian, Harry. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 554. 312 pages. Editor(s): Harootunian, H.D. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFC. Dimension: 229 x 163 x 24. Weight: 552.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Duke University Press Books
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822308966
ISBN
9780822308966
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.08

Paperback. The Politics of Violence develops an inter-disciplinary feminist perspective grounded in original ethnographic research on everyday forms of violence in El Salvador. Hume challenges dominant theories of violence through foregrounding subaltern vocabularies that have been historically ignored in debates on violence. Series: Bulletin of Latin American Research Book Series. Num Pages: 212 pages, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1KLCS; JFFE; JFFK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 11. Weight in Grams: 296. Gender, Conflict and Community in El Salvador. Series: Bulletin of Latin American Research Book Series. 212 pages, illustrations. The Politics of Violence develops an inter-disciplinary feminist perspective grounded in original ethnographic research on everyday forms of violence in El Salvador. Hume challenges dominant theories of violence through foregrounding subaltern vocabularies that have been historically ignored in debates on violence. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1KLCS; JFFE; JFFK. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 11. Weight: 296.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405192262
ISBN
9781405192262
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.60

Paperback. During the 1920s and 1930s, in cities from Beijing to Bombay, Tokyo to Berlin, Johannesburg to New York, the Modern Girl made her flashy, fashionable appearance in city streets and cafes, in films, advertisements, and illustrated magazines. This work tracks the Modern Girl as she emerged as a global phenomenon during the 1920s and 1930s. Editor(s): Weinbaum, Alys Eve; Modern Girl Around the World Research Group; Thomas, Lynn M.; Ramamurthy, Priti; Poiger, Uta G.; Dong, Madeleine Yue. Series: Next Wave: New Directions in Women's Studies. Num Pages: 435 pages, 132 illustrations. BIC Classification: HB; JFC; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 656.
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822343059
ISBN
9780822343059
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.07

Paperback. In recent years, interculturalism has emerged as a possible alternative to prevailing approaches of multiculturalism. But how is interculturalism different from multiculturalism? This collection brings together leading proponents of intercultural and multicultural theory and practice from Europe and North America to address this question. Editor(s): Meer, Nasar; Modood, Tariq; Zapata-Barrero, Ricard. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFSL1; JPA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474407090
ISBN
9781474407090
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.66

Hardback. Editor(s): Dellal, Mohamed. Num Pages: 257 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBM; 3JM; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 261 x 181 x 17. Weight in Grams: 556.
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
257
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781624176760
ISBN
9781624176760
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 254.41
€ 172.55

Hardcover. Editor(s): Hamada, Mohamed. Num Pages: 250 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JNC; JNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 257 x 181 x 21. Weight in Grams: 650.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9781629480664
ISBN
9781629480664
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 232.91
€ 158.22

Hardcover. A highly influential Sudanese reformist thinker, Mahmud Muhammad Taha is regarded as a product of a dual legacy rooted in mystical Islam on the one hand and in the tradition of modernity on the other. This work presents a treatment of Taha's controversial yet significant thought. It explores Taha's theories of human freedom and his social message. Series: Modern Intellectual and Political History of the Middle East. Num Pages: 296 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HRH; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815631002
ISBN
9780815631002
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.73

Hardcover. Focuses on architectural inscriptions throughout the Muslim world, some going back to the Middle Ages, others dating from our own lifetime. This book features 28 case studies that explain different aspects and contexts of calligraphy in Islamic architecture. It covers North Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, China and Spain. Num Pages: 592 pages, 401 colour illustrations, 12 b&w tables. BIC Classification: 1QFM; AMX; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 301 x 259 x 34. Weight in Grams: 2630.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
592
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748669226
ISBN
9780748669226
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 173.20
€ 171.25

Paperback. In recent years the subject of freedom of expression has become a topic of heated debate. 'Freedom of Expression in Islam' offers the first and only detailed presentation in English of freedom of expression from both the legal and moral perspectives of Islam. Series: Fundamental Rights and Liberties in Islam Series. Num Pages: 362 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QFM; HRH; JFSR2; JPVH; L. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 28. Weight in Grams: 594.
Publisher
Islamic Texts Society
Number of pages
362
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
UK ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780946621606
ISBN
9780946621606
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 22.97

Paperback. In 'Freedom, Equality and Justice in Islam', M H Kamali presents the reader with an analysis of the three concepts of freedom, equality and justice from an Islamic point of view and their manifestations in the religious, social, legal and political fields. Companion volume to 'The Dignity of Man and Freedom of Expression in Islam'. Series: Fundamental Rights and Liberties in Islam Series. Num Pages: 196 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRH; HRLC1; JFSR2; LAB; LAFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 328.
Publisher
The Islamic Texts Society United Kingdom
Number of pages
196
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903682012
ISBN
9781903682012
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.80

Paperback. 'The Dignity of Man: An Islamic Perspective' provides the most detailed study to date on the subject of the dignity of man in Islam. This book goes a long way towards exploring an alternative to Western concepts of human rights. 'The Dignity of Man: An Islamic Perspective' is part of a series of studies on fundamental rights and liberties in Islam. Series: Fundamental Rights and Liberties in Islam Series. Num Pages: 134 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRH; HRLC1; JFSR2; LAFS; LBBR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 10. Weight in Grams: 244.
Publisher
The Islamic Texts Society United Kingdom
Number of pages
134
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903682005
ISBN
9781903682005
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.07

Paperback. This third edition of the best-selling title 'Principles of Islamic Jurisprudence' has been completely revised and substantially enlarged. In this work, Prof Kamali offers us the first detailed presentation available in English of the theory of Muslim law ('usul al-fiqh'). Num Pages: 572 pages. BIC Classification: JFSR2; LAFS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 38. Weight in Grams: 978.
Publisher
The Islamic Texts Society United Kingdom
Number of pages
572
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780946621828
ISBN
9780946621828
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 25.32

Paperback. Num Pages: 212 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 149 x 11. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816635931
ISBN
9780816635931
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.64

Paperback. .
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442630147
ISBN
9781442630147
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 38.78

Paperback. Num Pages: 121 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 10. Weight in Grams: 236.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
121
Condition
New
SKU
V9781594545580
ISBN
9781594545580
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 74.04
€ 52.45

Hardback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKS; JFSL1; JP; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 147 x 27. Weight in Grams: 534.
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199463503
ISBN
9780199463503
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.39

Paperback. If you have never used the media before, are wary of trying, or have tried and failed, this book is for you. With a bit of insider know-how, even the inexperienced can secure positive coverage for their organisation or deal competently with a crisis. Series: Speed Reads. Num Pages: 32 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFD; KJSP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 207 x 4. Weight in Grams: 72.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Directory of Social Change United Kingdom
Number of pages
32
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906294137
ISBN
9781906294137
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.40

Paperback. Against the historical background of slavery and colonialism, this study investigates how white and Afro-Caribbean women writers have responded to feminist, abolitionist and post-emancipationist issues. It aims to reveal a relationship between colonial exploitation and female sexual oppression. Num Pages: 175 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; HBTQ; HBTR; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
175
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231082235
ISBN
9780231082235
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.67

Hardcover. What "Black Beauty" and other books by women of this period reveal about their notions of nation, identity, and empire Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; DSB; JFFZ; JFSJ1; WNC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 165 x 22. Weight in Grams: 505.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472108749
ISBN
9780472108749
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 90.23

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