Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Hardcover. The primary aim of this book is to focus on contemporary issues and to promote interdisciplinary approaches within the subject. Written by international scholars and practitioners in fields such as folklore, ethnomusicology, art history, religious studies, tourism and education, the book brings together in one volume a wide range of perspectives. Editor(s): Hale, Amy; Payton, Philip. Num Pages: 245 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTB; JFHF; JFSL; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 162 x 236 x 20. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- Ill
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859896221
- ISBN
- 9780859896221
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 144.40
€ 144.40
Hardcover. The work of a coterie of dynamic women, Women of Reform Judaism has been a force in the shaping of American Jewish life since its founding as the National Federation of Temple Sisterhoods in 1913. This collection of new scholarly essays looks back at its history in order to understand how the hopes and dreams of its founders have come to fruition. Editor(s): Balin, Carol B.; Herman, Dana; Zola, Gary P. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 757.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Hebrew Union College Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780878202546
- ISBN
- 9780878202546
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.11
€ 57.11
Hardcover. In Greek mythology the beautiful Narcissus glimpsed his own reflection in the waters of a spring and fell in love. But his was an impossible passion and, filled with despair, he pined away. Over the years the myth has inspired painters, writers, and film directors, as well as philosophers and psychoanalysts. Editor(s): Spaas, Lieve; Selous, Trista. Series: Polygons: Cultural Diversities & Intersections. Num Pages: 256 pages, 7 ills. BIC Classification: 1DVG; HRKP; JFC; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Edition
- illustrated edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571817617
- ISBN
- 9781571817617
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.64
€ 162.64
Paperback. Looking at the intellectual life in today's New Zealand, this work is organised around interviews with leading intellectuals. It shows that in their commitment to understanding and improving the social world they have faced hostility, incomprehension and rejection but their lives are rich, complex and dramatic. Editor(s): Simmons, Laurence. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MBN; JFCX; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 100 x 100 x 100. Weight in Grams: 445.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Auckland University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781869403799
- ISBN
- 9781869403799
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.59
€ 43.59
Paperback. Discusses the story of the shrinking bathing suit and the evolution of the black singlet. This book on the role of clothes in our history shows the way in which clothes reveal and identify, embody tradition and memory, are both local and global. Editor(s): Labrum, Bronwyn; McKergow, Fiona; Gibson, Stephanie. Num Pages: 280 pages, illustrations (colour section). BIC Classification: 1MBN; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 100 x 100 x 100. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Auckland University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781869403973
- ISBN
- 9781869403973
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.49
€ 46.49
Paperback. Editor(s): Kawharu, Merata. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 2PGPA; CBX; JFF; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 167 x 21. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Auckland University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781869408053
- ISBN
- 9781869408053
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.04
€ 56.04
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago United States
- Number of pages
- 132
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781885923349
- ISBN
- 9781885923349
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.96
€ 26.96
Paperback. Discourse concerning the ordination of women to ministry in the Christian churches is over 200 years old and spans the geographical regions of America, Europe, Africa, Asia and Australasia. Women have been present as ordained ministers in reformed churches since 1853. Yet the debate in the 21st century is still marked by a wide diversity of views. Editor(s): Thomson, Cathy; Pfitzner, Victor C. Num Pages: 197 pages. BIC Classification: HRCX1; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 147 x 7. Weight in Grams: 213.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- ATF Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781920691479
- ISBN
- 9781920691479
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.22
€ 21.22
Paperback. Editor(s): Taylor, Annabel; Connolly, Marie. Num Pages: 254 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MBN; JFFE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Canterbury University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781927145487
- ISBN
- 9781927145487
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.00
€ 46.00
Paperback. This book answers the growing need for a textbook that deals with Asian American health from a public health perspective. Examines and explains the many preventable conditions (heart disease, diabetes, and cancer among them) and how working with the cultures of the various groups can improve their health and well-being. Editor(s): Trinh-Shevrin, Chau; Islam, Nadia Shilpi; Rey, Mariano Jose. Series: Public Health/Vulnerable Populations. Num Pages: 736 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 180 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1130.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 736
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780787998295
- ISBN
- 9780787998295
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 136.20
€ 136.20
Paperback. Seven of the 20th century's greatest thinkers describe how they arrived at the ideas for which they are now known. The seven great thinkers are: A.J. Ayer, Martin Buber, Albert Einstein, Hans-Georg Gadamer, Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Bertrand Russell, and Jean-Paul Sartre. Editor(s): Steele, David Ramsay; Mommer, Kerri. Num Pages: 464 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: BG; HPCF; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Open Court
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812695045
- ISBN
- 9780812695045
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 25.25
€ 27.99
€ 25.25
Paperback. The stories of Catholic women who, in the depth of their personal crises, chose abortion. Editor(s): King, Pat. Num Pages: 132 pages. BIC Classification: HRCC7; HRCV; HRCX6; JFMA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 206 x 130 x 8. Weight in Grams: 159.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Sheed & Ward
- Number of pages
- 132
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781556127151
- ISBN
- 9781556127151
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.54
€ 21.54
Paperback. To find more information about Rowman and Littlefield titles, please visit www.rowmanlittlefield.com. Editor(s): MacKinnon, Mary Heather; McIntyre, Moni. Num Pages: 397 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCM; HRCX6; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 147 x 22. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Sheed & Ward
- Number of pages
- 397
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781556127625
- ISBN
- 9781556127625
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.20
€ 46.20
paperback. Editor(s): Bunting, Ian. Num Pages: 262 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; JFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 180. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Cape Town Press South Africa
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780799215151
- ISBN
- 9780799215151
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.57
€ 18.99
€ 17.57
paperback. Editor(s): Drew, Allison. Num Pages: 408 pages, 8ill. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JJ; JFCX; JPFF; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 162 x 240 x 24. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Mayibuye Books,South Africa South Africa
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780799216134
- ISBN
- 9780799216134
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.87
€ 20.99
€ 15.87
paperback. Editor(s): Cooper, Brenda; Steyn, Andrew. Num Pages: 220 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; 2AB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 150. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of Cape Town Press South Africa
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780799216493
- ISBN
- 9780799216493
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.57
€ 18.99
€ 17.57
hardcover. Thirteen critical essays on the economy and politics of the modern world are presented here. They include socialistic analyses of gobalization, the modern capitalist state, the "weightless economy", the ideology of neo-liberalism in Britain, and the economic crises in Southeast Asia. Num Pages: 364 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJPR; JFFS; JPA; JPFF; KCP; KCS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 165 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- The Merlin Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 364
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780850364811
- ISBN
- 9780850364811
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 34.15
€ 40.99
€ 34.15
hardcover. Editor(s): Kowarick, Lucio. Translator(s): Fisher, William; Mundy, Kevin. Num Pages: 269 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; HBTV; JFSG; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Monthly Review Press United States
- Number of pages
- 269
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780853458623
- ISBN
- 9780853458623
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 34.09
€ 40.99
€ 34.09
hardcover. Editor(s): Andersen, Margret. Num Pages: 258 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 190 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1972
- Publisher
- Black Rose Books Canada
- Edition
- Ungekürzt.
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780919618121
- ISBN
- 9780919618121
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 39.32
€ 46.99
€ 39.32
paperback. Editor(s): Cohen, Yolande. Num Pages: 230 pages. BIC Classification: FJW; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 133 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- Black Rose Books Canada
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780921689119
- ISBN
- 9780921689119
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 39.32
€ 46.99
€ 39.32