Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Paperback. Presents an account of the healing trance music created by the descendants of sub-Saharan slaves brought to Tunisia during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Part ethnography, part history of the complex relationship between Tunisia's Arab and sub-Saharan populations, this book is also suitable for students of ethnomusicology, and religion. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 264 pages, 7 halftones, 12 line drawings, 1 map, 7 tables, 1 compact disc. BIC Classification: 1HBT; AVA; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 19. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Pap/Com
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226392196
- ISBN
- 9780226392196
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.77
€ 37.99
€ 29.77
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 332
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739119198
- ISBN
- 9780739119198
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 136.66€ 21.28
€ 136.66
€ 21.28
Paperback. Nineteenth-century French writers and travelers imagined Muslim colonies in North Africa to be realms of violence, sexuality, and primitive madness. This book traces genealogy and development of this idea from beginnings of colonial expansion onwards, revealing ways in which psychiatry has been a weapon in arsenal of colonial racism. Num Pages: 320 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1HB; 3JH; JFCX; JFFJ; JFSL; MBX; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226429731
- ISBN
- 9780226429731
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 33.29
€ 43.99
€ 33.29
Hardcover. In a cemetery on the southern outskirts of Paris lie the bodies of nearly a hundred of what some have called the first casualties of global climate change. This book tells the stories of these victims and the catastrophe that took their lives. It explores the multiple narratives of disaster-the official story of the crisis and its aftermath. Num Pages: 240 pages, 27 halftones, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JMC; JFFC; RNPG; RNR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226251110
- ISBN
- 9780226251110
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 32.56
€ 41.99
€ 32.56
Paperback. Scholars and public intellectuals debate the significance of the term "Islamism" and ask what it means to apply this term to Islamic religion, tradition, and social conflict. Editor(s): Martin, Richard C.; Barzegar, Abbas. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: JFSR2. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804768863
- ISBN
- 9780804768863
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.29
€ 27.99
€ 26.29
Hardback. In the summer of 1942, Japan's leading cultural authorities gathered in Tokyo to discuss the massive cultural, technological, and intellectual changes that had transformed Japan since the Meiji period. This book presents the English translation of the symposium proceedings. Editor(s): Calichman, Richard. Series: Weatherhead Books on Asia. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJH; HBJF; HBWQ; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231143967
- ISBN
- 9780231143967
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.49
€ 93.49
Hardback. Editor(s): Calichman, Richard. Series: Weatherhead Books on Asia. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFC; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231136204
- ISBN
- 9780231136204
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.84€ 89.47
€ 118.84
€ 89.47
Paperback. A collection of in-depth analytical interviews with twelve of the best-known gay novelists writing in English today, including Armistead Maupin, David Leavitt, Alan Garganus, and others. Series: Between Men - Between Women: Lesbian & Gay Studies. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 5S; DSBH; DSK; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 650.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231116954
- ISBN
- 9780231116954
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.32
€ 37.99
€ 27.32
Hardcover. This monograph discusses Portuguese eugenics within a strong international historiographical comparative framework and situates it within different regional, scientific and ideological types of eugenics in the same period. Series: CEU Press Studies in the History of Medicine. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSP; 3JJ; HRCC7; JFSL; JHBD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 164 x 236 x 23. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Central European University Press Hungary
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789633860281
- ISBN
- 9789633860281
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 89.42
€ 89.42
Paperback. Num Pages: 492 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFHC; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 230 x 40. Weight in Grams: 736.
- Publisher
- Progressive Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1.1
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781615776887
- ISBN
- 9781615776887
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 26.79
€ 40.99
€ 26.79
Paperback. This book provides an overview of rural health in a social disparities framework, providing a strong theoretical and evidence-based rationale for rectifying rural health disparities in the U.S. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSF; MBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 179 x 234 x 22. Weight in Grams: 668.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118004302
- ISBN
- 9781118004302
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 106.05
€ 106.05
Hardcover. Memory studies has become a rapidly growing area of scholarly as well as public interest. This volume brings together world experts to explore the current critical trends in this new academic field. It embraces work on diverse but interconnected phenomena, such as twenty-first century museums, shocking memorials in present-day Rwanda.. Editor(s): Crownshaw, Richard; Kilby, Jane; Rowland, Antony. Num Pages: 336 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBA; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845456931
- ISBN
- 9781845456931
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 167.14
€ 167.14
Hardback. Arguing that cultural reform is a key aspect of political reform, Richard Kraus shows here that China's economic transformation has dramatically liberated the production and consumption of culture. In this original and provocative study, Kraus offers a political analysis of Chinese culture that includes all genres of art. Series: State & Society in East Asia. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; AB; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742527195
- ISBN
- 9780742527195
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 179.35
€ 179.35
Hardback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 6. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; HRCC7; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 167 x 241 x 27. Weight in Grams: 632.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801442070
- ISBN
- 9780801442070
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 88.53
€ 88.53
Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFFZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Publisher
- Imprint Academic United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845402358
- ISBN
- 9781845402358
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.44
€ 14.44
Paperback. Over one hundred years of advertisements on promotional knives. Series: Schiffer Book for Collectors. Num Pages: 176 pages, 410 color photos. BIC Classification: JFCA; TDPD; WC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 279 x 218 x 13. Weight in Grams: 898.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764307386
- ISBN
- 9780764307386
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 25.12
€ 37.99
€ 25.12
Hardback. "A political biography of Will Rogers; argues that not only was Rogers the nation's most popular humorist, he was also his era's foremost political critic. Presents Rogers in a previously unexplored light: that of a true political insider with the power to shape public opinion and ultimately alter public policy"--Provided by publisher. Num Pages: 376 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 794.
- Publisher
- Texas Tech Press,U.S.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780896726765
- ISBN
- 9780896726765
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 30.26
€ 32.99
€ 30.26
Paperback. Daly explores the central meaning of the notion of land in the determination of Aboriginal rights with particular reference to the landmark Delgamuukw case that occupied the British Columbia courts from 1987 to 1997. Num Pages: 400 pages, 39 b/w photos, 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBCB; JFSL9; JPVH1; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 531.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774810753
- ISBN
- 9780774810753
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.23
€ 40.99
€ 36.23
Paperback. Richard DeGrandpre, author of Ritalin Nation, targets the illogic underlying U.S. drug policy and Americans' limited understanding of what drugs are and how they work. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFH1; JKVG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 147 x 21. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822349075
- ISBN
- 9780822349075
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.59
€ 31.99
€ 28.59
Paperback. Condemns accepting whiteness as the norm. This book presents works from sociology, law, history, cultural studies, and literature. Editor(s): Delgado, Richard; Stefancic, Jean. Num Pages: 704 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFJ; JFSL; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1207.
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 704
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566395328
- ISBN
- 9781566395328
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.79
€ 54.79
Paperback. Series: Critical America. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 203 x 20. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Publisher
- New York University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479802760
- ISBN
- 9781479802760
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.92
€ 21.99
€ 20.92
Paperback. Offers a broad portrait of Latino/a life in the United States at the beginning of the twenty-first century Editor(s): Delgado, Richard; Stefancic, Jean. Num Pages: 645 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 179 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1102.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 645
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814720400
- ISBN
- 9780814720400
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.28
€ 38.99
€ 35.28
Hardback. Series: Critical America. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5182 x 3226. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Edition
- 3 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479846368
- ISBN
- 9781479846368
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.43
€ 96.43
paperback. Editor(s): Dellamora, Richard. Series: New Cultural Studies. Num Pages: 264 pages, 7 illus. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 230 x 25. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780812215588
- ISBN
- 9780812215588
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.12
€ 37.99
€ 34.12