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Society & culture: general

Paperback. Translator(s): Holoch, George. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: HRAF; HRAM; HRH; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 139 x 9. Weight in Grams: 202.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231141031
ISBN
9780231141031
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.68

Paperback. Argues that Islamic revival, or "re-Islamization," results from the efforts of westernized Muslims to assert their identity in a non-Muslim context. This book provides a comparison of several transnational movements, whether peaceful, like Tablighi Jama'at and the Islamic brotherhoods, or violent, like Al Qaeda. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: JFSR2; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2021
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231134996
ISBN
9780231134996
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.32

Hardback. The denunciation of fundamentalism in France, embodied in the law against the veil and the deportation of imams, has shifted into a systematic attack on Muslims and Islam. This book makes clear that Muslim intellectuals have made it possible for Muslims to live concretely in a secularized world while maintaining the identity of a true believer. Translator(s): Holoch, George. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: JFSR2; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 136.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231141024
ISBN
9780231141024
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.70
€ 56.67

Hardback. Argues that Islamic revival, or "re-Islamization," results from the efforts of westernized Muslims to assert their identity in a non-Muslim context. This book provides a comparison of several transnational movements, whether peaceful, like Tablighi Jama'at and the Islamic brotherhoods, or violent, like Al Qaeda. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSR2; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 146 x 28. Weight in Grams: 630.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231134989
ISBN
9780231134989
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.23

Hardcover. Offering the author's own twist on the Victorian art of silhouette portraits, this gift volume might look as if it's from the 1890s, its pages contain many favourite cult characters from movies, TV, comics and videogames. Num Pages: 144 pages, b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 176 x 21. Weight in Grams: 422.
Publisher
Titan Books Ltd
Number of pages
144
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781164129
ISBN
9781781164129
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.93

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822333937
ISBN
9780822333937
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.70

Hardback. This book offers a language revitalisation method that can be used with Indigenous and minority languages, especially in cases where the native language has been lost among people of a working age. It gives practical examples and a theoretical frame of reference for how to plan, organise and implement an intensive language programme. Series: Linguistic Diversity and Language Rights. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSL1; JNFR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 164 x 21. Weight in Grams: 538.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Channel View Publications Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847698889
ISBN
9781847698889
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 160.92

paperback. African immigration to North America has been increasing. This title focuses on new understandings and insights concerning the presence and relevance of African immigrant religious communities in the US. It describes key social and historical aspects of African immigrant religion in the US and builds a conceptual framework for theory and analysis. Editor(s): Olupona, Jacob K.; Gemignani, Regina. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; HRA; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814762127
ISBN
9780814762127
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.71

Paperback. These stories reveal the human cost of the epidemic, and the courage required to overcome it. Editor(s): Adeyi, Olusoji; Idoko, John; Kanki, Phyllis J.; Odutolu, Oluwole. Series: Harvard Series on Population and International Health. Num Pages: 480 pages, 24 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; JFFH2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 211 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1760.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674018686
ISBN
9780674018686
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.63

Hardcover. Editor(s): Abegunrin, Olayiwola; Akomolafe, Olusoji. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; JFFS; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 263 x 188 x 26. Weight in Grams: 918.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781594549977
ISBN
9781594549977
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 158.08
€ 107.92

paperback. Out in the Periphery explores how Latin America, a region known for its Catholic heritage and machismo culture, came to embrace gay rights. At the heart of this analysis is the activism of Latin America's gay rights organizations, a long-neglected social movement even by students of Latin American social movements. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; JFSK; JPVH1; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 161 x 17. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199356652
ISBN
9780199356652
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.68

Paperback. In River of Hope, Omar S. Valerio-Jimenez examines state formation, cultural change, and the construction of identity in the lower Rio Grande region during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Num Pages: 384 pages, 19 photos, 10 tables, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; 1KLCM; GTB; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 532. Forging Identity and Nation in the Rio Grande Borderlands. 384 pages, 19 photographs, 10 tables, 3 maps. Examines state formation, cultural change, and the construction of identity in the Lower Rio Grande region during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; 1KLCM; GTB; JFSL; JHMC. Dimension: 237 x 155 x 24. Weight: 532.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822351856
ISBN
9780822351856
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Paperback. Offers informed and dispassionate analyses of how the many populations of these borderlands managed to coexist Editor(s): Bartov, Omer; Weitz, Eric D. Num Pages: 544 pages, 2 b&w illus., 9 maps. BIC Classification: 1DV; HBJD; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 170 x 32. Weight in Grams: 944.
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253006356
ISBN
9780253006356
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.00

Hardback. Uncovers the rapidly disappearing vestiges of the Jews of western Ukraine, who were rounded up and murdered by the Nazis during World War II with help from the local populace. This travelogue reveals the erasure of the Jews and their removal from public memory, a blatant act of forgetting done in the service of a aggressive Ukrainian nationalism. Num Pages: 288 pages, 60 halftones. 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVUK; HBJD; HBTB; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 220 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 496.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
First Edition / First Printing
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691131214
ISBN
9780691131214
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.32

Paperback. Explores cinematic representations of the "Jew" from film's early days to the present Series: Helen & Martin Schwartz Lectures in Jewish Studies. Num Pages: 392 pages, 52 b&w photos. BIC Classification: APF; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 604.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253217455
ISBN
9780253217455
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.40

Paperback. Num Pages: 172 pages. BIC Classification: HRH; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
Tughra Books United States
Number of pages
172
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
1st English Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781932099874
ISBN
9781932099874
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.22

Paperback. Dalits constitute about one sixth of India's population. Spread over the entire country, and belonging to many religions, they have become a major political force. As a document of the long silenced and long denied sufferings of the Dalits, this work presents a manifesto for the revolutionary transformation of society and human consciousness. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations 1 map,. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 2AB; BG; FA; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 213 x 11. Weight in Grams: 248.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231129732
ISBN
9780231129732
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.55

Hardback. Presents an autobiographical account of the author's birth and upbringing as an untouchable, or Dalit, in the newly independent India of the 1950s. As a document of the long silenced and long denied sufferings of the Dalits, this work presents a manifesto for the revolutionary transformation of society and human consciousness. Translator(s): Mukherjee, Arun Prabha. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 2AB; BG; FA; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 140 x 210 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231129725
ISBN
9780231129725
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.20
€ 63.82

Hardback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 11 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRLK; JFSG; JFSL3; WSJM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 216 x 22. Weight in Grams: 370.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231177283
ISBN
9780231177283
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.32

Paperback. Challenges the believe that West Indian American girls are but assert agency in defining race through strategic consumption of popular culture Num Pages: 253 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; JFCA; JFSJ1; JFSL3; JFSP2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
New York University Press
Number of pages
253
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814752487
ISBN
9780814752487
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.70

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