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Society & culture: general
Hardcover. Although living conditions have improved throughout history, protest seems to have increased to the point of becoming a normal phenomenon in modern societies. This volume examines how and why this is the case. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFF; JHBA; JKSW2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 157 x 37. Weight in Grams: 700.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847698561
- ISBN
- 9780847698561
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 172.17
€ 172.17
Paperback. Focuses on children's and adolescents' conceptions of their rights and responsibilities. Articles utilize the best developmental science and theoretical frameworks to address the tensions and complexities of children's rights both locally and globally. Editor(s): Ruck, Martin D.; Horn, Stacey S. Series: Journal of Social Issues (JOSI). Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JPVH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 162 x 13. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405194341
- ISBN
- 9781405194341
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.44
€ 62.44
Paperback. An anthology in which 20 contributors address how Judaism views women and men, and their places within Judaism quite differently. Among the many subjects covered are - gender boundaries in Kabbalah, images of Jewish masculinity and the challenge of women's rabbinic leadership. Editor(s): Rudavsky, Tamar; Rudavsky, T. M. Num Pages: 348 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DQ; HRJ; JFSJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 348
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814774533
- ISBN
- 9780814774533
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.63
€ 33.99
€ 33.63
Busted: A Tale of Corruption and Betrayal in the City of Brotherly Lov...
Ruderman, Wendy, Laker, Barbara
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: BM; BTC; JFSG; JKVM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 204 x 22. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Harper Paperbacks
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062085450
- ISBN
- 9780062085450
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.67
€ 17.99
€ 15.67
Paperback. Demonstrates how indigenous power in Ecuador is energized by disagreements over values and priorities, eloquently contending that the plurality of Andean communities, not their unity, has been the key to their political success. Num Pages: 224 pages, 20 halftones, 5 maps, 4 figures, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLSE; 3JJP; JFSL9; JPVH1; JPW. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226114033
- ISBN
- 9780226114033
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.29
€ 34.99
€ 27.29
Hardcover. Demonstrates how indigenous power in Ecuador is energized by disagreements over values and priorities, eloquently contending that the plurality of Andean communities, not their unity, has been the key to their political success. Num Pages: 224 pages, 20 halftones, 5 maps, 4 figures, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLSE; 3JJP; JFSL9; JPVH1; JPW. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226114026
- ISBN
- 9780226114026
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.17€ 77.39
€ 94.17
€ 77.39
Paperback. Tracing the connections among newly invented craft traditions, social networks and consumption patterns, this book highlights the way ethnic identities and class cultures materialize in a sensual world that includes luxurious woven belts, powerful stereos and garlic roasted "cuyes" (guinea pigs). Num Pages: 266 pages, 18 halftones, 3 maps, 26 line drawings, 14 graphs. BIC Classification: 1KLSX; JFSC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226113951
- ISBN
- 9780226113951
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 28.32
€ 35.99
€ 28.32
Hardback. According to current deabtes, 'individualization' has frequently been proposed as the conceptual counterpart to 'globalization'. It has often seemed that nothing would be left once these processes have fully unfolded, other than individual human atoms dispersed on a globe without any political, economic or cultural structures. Translator(s): Camiller, Patrick. Num Pages: 100 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 144 x 12. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 100
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745633886
- ISBN
- 9780745633886
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.78
€ 58.78
Hardcover. American Identities is a dazzling array of primary documents and critical essays culled from American history, literature, memoir, and popular culture that explore major currents and trends in American history from 1945 to the present. Editor(s): Rudnick, Lois; Smith, Judith; Rubin, Rachel. Num Pages: 384 pages, 28 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 177 x 25. Weight in Grams: 826.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631234319
- ISBN
- 9780631234319
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 146.62
€ 146.62
Paperback. Translator(s): Spock, M.; Richards, M. T. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HRQC5; JFH; PN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 141 x 22. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- Rudolf Steiner Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781855841222
- ISBN
- 9781855841222
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.46
€ 19.99
€ 18.46
Paperback. The author rediscovers the lost meaning of fairy tales and shows how they can have a profound influence on the developing mind of a child. Translator(s): Lawson, Polly. Num Pages: 268 pages. BIC Classification: DSY; JFHF; JMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Publisher
- Floris Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 268
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780863152085
- ISBN
- 9780863152085
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.84
€ 19.99
€ 15.84
Paperback. An unconventional, evocative work of history and a series of moving reflections on memory, modernity, space, and time, all based on the author s interviews with elderly Indonesian intellectuals. Series: A John Hope Franklin Center Book. Num Pages: 328 pages, 6 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMN; HBTB; HBTQ; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 165 x 21. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822346975
- ISBN
- 9780822346975
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 30.35
€ 31.99
€ 30.35
Paperback. A rich and engrossing account of 'sexual outlaws' in the Hausa-speaking region of northern Nigeria under Shari'a law, this text provides the first ethnographic study of sexual minorities in Africa, and one of very few works on sexual minorities in the Islamic world. Series: New Directions in Ethnography. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1H; JFSL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405152525
- ISBN
- 9781405152525
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 41.79
€ 41.99
€ 41.79
Paperback. Pluto Classic edition of this 'manifesto' for anarchism, written during the Spanish Civil War by one of the movement's most well-known voices. With an introduction by Noam Chomsky. Series: Pluto Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; JFCX; JPA; JPFB; JPFF. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 170 x 12. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745313870
- ISBN
- 9780745313870
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 22.50
€ 33.99
€ 22.50
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Rudolf Steiner Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 4th Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781855840720
- ISBN
- 9781855840720
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.32
€ 13.99
€ 13.32
Paperback. Editor(s): Bamford, Christopher. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JNA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- Rudolf Steiner Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780880104944
- ISBN
- 9780880104944
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 25.76
€ 30.99
€ 25.76
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Rudolf Steiner Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 112
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781855841949
- ISBN
- 9781855841949
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.18
€ 8.18
Paperback. This volume is an investigation into secret groups with hidden agendas. Translator(s): Collis, J. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSV1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Publisher
- Rudolf Steiner Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781855841628
- ISBN
- 9781855841628
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.42
€ 19.99
€ 18.42
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Anthroposophic Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 151
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1971
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780880101981
- ISBN
- 9780880101981
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.47
€ 21.99
€ 20.47
Paperback. Translator(s): Woods, John. Series: The Collected Works of Rudolf Steiner. Num Pages: 632 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJC; HRQC5; JFSV1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 152 x 34. Weight in Grams: 866.
- Publisher
- Anthroposophic Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 632
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780880106122
- ISBN
- 9780880106122
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 38.69
€ 46.99
€ 38.69
Paperback. Editor(s): Byrd, Rudolph P.; Cole, Johnnetta Betsch; Guy-Sheftall, Beverly. Series: Transgressing Boundaries: Studies in Black Politics and Black Communities. Num Pages: 298 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DS; JFFK; JFSK; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199846450
- ISBN
- 9780199846450
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.09
€ 48.09
Paperback. Contains information about Christian accounts, Eddic lays, the Elder Edda, runic inscriptions, Roman authors, votive stones, place names and archaeological discoveries. This work provides a definition of mythology which presents the beliefs of the heathen Germanic tribes in their entirety. Translator(s): Hall, Angela. Num Pages: 440 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DN; GBC; HRKP; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 24. Weight in Grams: 672. 438 pages, bibliography, glossary. Contains information about Christian accounts, Eddic lays, the Elder Edda, runic inscriptions, Roman authors, votive stones, place names and archaeological discoveries. This work provides a definition of mythology which presents the beliefs of the heathen Germanic tribes in their entirety. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1DN; GBC; HRKP; JFHF. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 24. Weight: 634. Translator(s): Hall, Angela.
- Publisher
- D.S.Brewer
- Number of pages
- 440
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859915137
- ISBN
- 9780859915137
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.52
€ 33.99
€ 28.52
Hardcover. Points to similarities and dissimilarities between personalism and the social gospel movement with its call to churchgoers to involve themselves in the welfare of both individuals and society. This book is of interest to ethicists, theologians, philosophers, and social historians. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: HRCM; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 165 x 26. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268021948
- ISBN
- 9780268021948
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 142.29
€ 142.29
Hardcover. Editor(s): Zia, Rukhsana. Num Pages: 305 pages, tables & charts. BIC Classification: JFSR2; JNKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 262 x 184 x 26. Weight in Grams: 892.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 305
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781594548987
- ISBN
- 9781594548987
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 192.86€ 130.67
€ 192.86
€ 130.67