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Society & culture: general
Paperback. Ranging from simple head scarf to full-body burqa, the veil is worn by vast numbers of Muslim women around the world. What Is Veiling? explains one of the most visible, controversial, and least understood emblems of Islam. Sahar Amer's evenhanded approach is anchored in sharp cultural insight and rich historical context. Series: Islamic Civilization and Muslim Networks. Num Pages: 256 pages, 24 halftones. BIC Classification: HRH; JFSJ1; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 306 x 18. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781469632414
- ISBN
- 9781469632414
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Condition: New
€ 40.64
€ 40.64
Paperback. Feminist writers, therapists, and teachers discuss lesbian identity, relationships, community, and therapy, and try to assess the impact of lesbianism on women's lives. Editor(s): Boston Lesbian Psychologies Collective; Sahli, Lee; Cavallaro, Zevy. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: JFSK1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 29. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252014048
- ISBN
- 9780252014048
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Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.33
€ 25.99
€ 24.33
Paperback. The book examines the social and cultural context of new genetic knowledge associated with breast cancer. It looks at how this knowledge and technologies are used and received in two contrasting social arenas - cancer genetic clinics and a breast cancer research charity. Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHB; MBS; MFN; MJCL; PSAD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349547548
- ISBN
- 9781349547548
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Condition: New
€ 65.93
€ 65.93
Paperback. Dismissing oversimplified and politically-charged views of the politics of Shi'ite Islam, Said Amir Arjomand offers a richly researched sociological and historical study of Shi'ism and the political order of premodern Iran that exposes the roots of what became Khomeini's theocracy. Series: Publications of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies. Num Pages: 368 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: 1FBN; HBJF1; HRAM2; JFSR2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226027845
- ISBN
- 9780226027845
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.82
€ 40.99
€ 31.82
Paperback. In Confronting the Blue Revolution, Md Saidul Islam uses the shrimp farming industry in Bangladesh and across the global South to show the social and environmental impact of industrialized aquaculture. Num Pages: 248 pages, 7 figures, 1 map. BIC Classification: JFCV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442614406
- ISBN
- 9781442614406
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 33.17
€ 35.99
€ 33.17
In Confronting the Blue Revolution, Md Saidul Islam uses the shrimp farming industry in Bangladesh and across the global South to show the social and environmental impact of industrialized aquaculture. Num Pages: 248 pages, 7 figures, 1 map. BIC Classification: JFCV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 19. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442646384
- ISBN
- 9781442646384
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Condition: New
€ 70.55
€ 70.55
Hardback. Covering the development of sustainable agriculture, food production and food security, this paper explains the relationship between all levels of investment and their interdependence to be successful. It also describes how to drive increased investment, at what stage and where, providing a useful overview of investment in agriculture. Num Pages: 112 pages, Illustrations (colour). BIC Classification: JFCV; KNAC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 251 x 170 x 13. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Publisher
- CABI Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 112
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780643885
- ISBN
- 9781780643885
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.70
€ 97.70
Hardback. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813574592
- ISBN
- 9780813574592
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Condition: New
€ 161.16
€ 161.16
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGHA; HBJK; HBLW; JFHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 11. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Publisher
- Trine Day United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 42189th
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781936296835
- ISBN
- 9781936296835
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 22.99
€ 27.99
€ 22.99
Paperback. Drawing metaphorically from the ancient Mayan myth of the Nahual, this study illustrates the experiences of three Central American communities connected with the global markets of tourism, handicrafts and manufacturing subcontracts. Num Pages: 192 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KLC; GTB; JFFS; JFS; KCL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 150 x 12. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742528017
- ISBN
- 9780742528017
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Condition: New
€ 66.48
€ 66.48
Hardback. The book investigates the impact on the competitiveness of cities developing creative industries (arts, media, entertainment, creative business services, architects, publishers, designers) and knowledge-intensive industries (ICT, R&D, finance, law). Editor(s): Musterd, Sako; Murie, Alan. Num Pages: 376 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: JFSG; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 251 x 173 x 26. Weight in Grams: 812.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405194150
- ISBN
- 9781405194150
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Condition: New
€ 138.15
€ 138.15
Hardcover. Based on empirical research from 29 major postwar housing estates in 15 European cities, this collection explores mass housing experiments, examining the problems, policy responses and residents' everyday experiences in the estates in the context of change and regeneration. Editor(s): Rowlands, Rob; Kempen, Ronald van. Num Pages: 297 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JFSG; JKSB; JPR; RPC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230007307
- ISBN
- 9780230007307
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Condition: New
€ 128.08
€ 128.08
A chilling wartime diary of the destruction of the Lithuanian/Polish Jews, recorded by a non-Jew Editor(s): Arad, Yitzhak. Translator(s): Weinbaum, Laurance. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUF; BG; HBJD; HBTZ1; JFSR1; JPVR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Edition
- annotated ed
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300108538
- ISBN
- 9780300108538
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.72€ 41.62
€ 51.72
€ 41.62
Paperback. Is today's changing media landscape in the Middle East empowering women? This is the first book to address the dynamics of media ecology and women's advancement in the contemporary Middle East. Editor(s): Sakr, Naomi. Series: Library of Modern Middle East Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; JFD; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Publisher
- I. B. Tauris
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781850435457
- ISBN
- 9781850435457
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.34
€ 38.34
Hardback. Restivo offers sociological insights on and analyses of the scientific revolution, scientific progress, laboratory life, science policy, mathematics, and epistemology. Num Pages: 270 pages. BIC Classification: GBC; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 168 x 20. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Lehigh University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611460209
- ISBN
- 9781611460209
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Condition: New
€ 132.05
€ 132.05
Paperback. Divided into male and female sections, this dictionary provides an alphabetical listing of Muslim names in both English and Arabic. Each name has a description of its origin and meaning as well as indication of whether the name is derived from Arabic or Persian. Num Pages: 367 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 2BXF; 2CSR; GBC; HBTG; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co (Publishers)Ltd
- Number of pages
- 367
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781850653578
- ISBN
- 9781850653578
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.84
€ 19.99
€ 19.84
Paperback. Examines how African American artists and intellectuals turn to the subject of slavery to understand and challenge the ongoing exclusion of African Americans from the founding narratives of the United States Num Pages: 248 pages, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTS; JFFN; JHMC; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 15. Weight in Grams: 372. Citizenship and Racial Democracy in the Post-Civil Rights Imagination. 240 pages, 5 illustrations. Examines how African American artists and intellectuals turn to the subject of slavery to understand and challenge the ongoing exclusion of African Americans from the founding narratives of the United States. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTS; JFFN; JHMC; JPVH1. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 15. Weight: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822352617
- ISBN
- 9780822352617
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 26.56
€ 33.99
€ 26.56
Hardback. Num Pages: 298 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HRLB; JFSR; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 159 x 21. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 298
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761806608
- ISBN
- 9780761806608
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.80
€ 134.80
hardcover. Series: Palgrave's Frontiers in Criminology Theory. Num Pages: 219 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFFH1; JKVC; JMK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Number of pages
- 219
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137558169
- ISBN
- 9781137558169
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.75
€ 149.75
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 27 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KJ; HBJK; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816635740
- ISBN
- 9780816635740
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.67
€ 29.99
€ 27.67