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Society & culture: general
Paperback. Series: Theory Out of Bounds. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: APF; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 253 x 175 x 14. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- First edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816622948
- ISBN
- 9780816622948
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.22
€ 30.22
Hardback. This important book explores the values of equality and diversity as promoted across liberal societies, drawing on various traditions of political and social philosophy, and applying them to policy and practice debates. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: JFF; JFS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 251 x 183 x 16. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847426079
- ISBN
- 9781847426079
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.99
€ 95.99
Hardback. This book brings together a distinguished group of expert scholars from the Elie Wiesel Center for Judaic Studies at Boston University on the main areas of American Jewish life, from colonial Jewish experience to images of Jews in contemporary films. This volume represents the fruit of this collective reflection and interrogation. Editor(s): Katz, Steven T. Num Pages: 420 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 163 x 28. Weight in Grams: 708.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 420
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761847687
- ISBN
- 9780761847687
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.60
€ 141.60
Hardback. Through an extended reading of the noh play "Aoi ne Ue", as well as briefer examinations of several other plays, this work aims to shed new light on the circulation of power and desire in the middle and late medieval periods in Japan. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3H; AN; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804740708
- ISBN
- 9780804740708
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.40
€ 86.40
Hardback. Provides a fresh take on present day issues such as Israel and the "new Anti-Semitism" Editor(s): Landes, Richard. Series: Elie Wiesel Center for Judaic Studies Series. Num Pages: 264 pages, 5 figures, 3 tables. BIC Classification: HRAX; HRJ; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 160 x 22. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- New York University Press
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814748923
- ISBN
- 9780814748923
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.68
€ 52.68
Paperback. A critical exploration of significant topics in modern Jewish history and thought. The author attempts to identify the main issues in the contemporary Jewish intellectual universe and to outline a larger, more synthetic understanding of contemporary Jewish existence. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; HRAX; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814746479
- ISBN
- 9780814746479
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.45
€ 33.99
€ 30.45
Paperback. Demonstrating that globalization is a centuries-old phenomenon, this book examines the commodity chains that have connected producers in Latin America with consumers around the world for five hundred years. It reconstructs complex webs of relationships and economic processes, highlighting Latin America's central place in the world economy. Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. Num Pages: 384 pages, 22 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBJK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822337669
- ISBN
- 9780822337669
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 32.34
€ 32.99
€ 32.34
Paperback. This volume focuses on the discourses that construct Islam in the aftermath of traumatic events and thus illustrates how academic analysis of the fabrication of difference can contribute significantly to public discourse. Editor(s): Ramey, Steven W. Series: Working with Culture on the Edge. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: HRAM; HRH; JFSR2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 1320.
- Publisher
- Equinox Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781794876
- ISBN
- 9781781794876
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.89
€ 40.89
Hardback. Free-market capitalism, hegemony, Western culture, peace, and democracy - the ideas that shaped world politics in the twentieth century and underpinned American foreign policy - have lost a good deal of their strength. The authors argue that the US must take a different stance toward the rest of the world in this, the twenty-first century. Num Pages: 224 pages, no illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPB; JPF; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674058187
- ISBN
- 9780674058187
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 38.61
€ 45.99
€ 38.61
Paperback. Moving from ancient Miletus to medieval Baghdad to Oxford, and from the Museum of Alexandria to the Royal Society of London, the author shows that the scientists of the past not only did not understand what we understand about the world - they did not understand what there is to understand. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: JFCX; PDA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 26. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141980874
- ISBN
- 9780141980874
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 11.14
€ 12.99
€ 11.14
Hardback. Num Pages: 408 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: HRAM; HRAX; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691174600
- ISBN
- 9780691174600
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 32.94
€ 46.99
€ 32.94
Paperback. Every day we are bombarded by television ads, public service announcements, and media reports warning of dire risks to our health and offering solutions to help us lower those risks. This book intends to help consumers sort through this daily barrage by teaching them how to interpret the numbers behind the messages. Num Pages: 158 pages, 18 tables, 5 halftones, 12 line drawings, 2 charts. BIC Classification: JF; MBNS; MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 176 x 13. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 158
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520252226
- ISBN
- 9780520252226
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.43
€ 33.99
€ 24.43
Paperback. This collective biography offers a new perspective on the development of socialist thinking, especially after the events in Hungary in 1956, a period when many left-leaning intellectuals began to question Soviet-style communism. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW; JFC; JPF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 145 x 14. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Publisher
- Merlin Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780850364941
- ISBN
- 9780850364941
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.18
€ 19.99
€ 18.18
paperback. This text provides an understanding of the life and work of Claude Monet and the myth of the modern artist. Levine analyzes the extensive critical reception of Monet and the artist's own writings in the context of the story of Narcissus, popular in late 19th-century France. Num Pages: 392 pages, 127 halftones. BIC Classification: ACVT; ACX; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 151 x 31. Weight in Grams: 706.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226475448
- ISBN
- 9780226475448
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.63€ 49.52
€ 58.63
€ 49.52
Hardback. From bell hooks's incisive look at the scapegoating of black men as archetypal racists to Andrea Dworkin's scathing statement on pornography as violence against women, this anthology is the first to fully represent the range of contemporary perspectives on one of the most fiercely contested areas in feminist thought. Editor(s): Jackson, Stevi; Scott, Sue. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ1. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 249 x 177 x 20. Weight in Grams: 638.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748608324
- ISBN
- 9780748608324
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 164.17€ 156.28
€ 164.17
€ 156.28
Series: Plains Histories. Num Pages: 364 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Texas Tech Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 364
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780896727182
- ISBN
- 9780896727182
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 25.08
€ 25.99
€ 25.08
paperback. Num Pages: 52 pages, col. Illustrations, col. maps. BIC Classification: JFF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 207 x 298 x 3. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Coronet Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 52
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780851247892
- ISBN
- 9780851247892
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.14
€ 10.14
Paperback. This study of American behavioural and thought patterns analyzes Americans' perceptual processes and how they contrast with the ways of thinking of other cultures. It should help the reader examine the cultural dimensions of communication and their implications for cross-cultural interaction. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; CFB; GTC; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 169 x 229 x 15. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Nicholas Brealey Publishing United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781877864018
- ISBN
- 9781877864018
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.74
€ 19.99
€ 14.74
Paperback. Games figured prominently in the myths of North American Indian tribes, and also in their ceremonies for bringing rain and fertility and combating misfortune. This work describes the practice of archery and games like snow-snake, in which darts or javelins were hurled over snow or ice. Num Pages: 490 pages, 13ill. BIC Classification: 1KB; JFSL; JHBT; WDM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 155 x 35. Weight in Grams: 840.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803263567
- ISBN
- 9780803263567
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 30.22
€ 30.99
€ 30.22
Paperback. Integrating all important small group communication topics into a single comprehensive conceptual model, this title presents a systems approach for the group communication course. Each chapter begins with a brief preview, followed by a glossary of terms and a real life case study. Num Pages: 516 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFP; KJMD; KJP. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 187 x 19. Weight in Grams: 760.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- McGraw-Hill Education - Europe United States
- Edition
- 11 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 516
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780073534329
- ISBN
- 9780073534329
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 272.91
€ 272.91