Society & culture: general
Results 34849 - 34872 of 35159
Society & culture: general
Hardback. Currently there are more than 125 Chinese cities with a population exceeding one million. The unprecedented urban growth in China presents a crucial development for studies on globalization and urban transformation. Series: China Today. Num Pages: 218 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFSG; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 147 x 18. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745653587
- ISBN
- 9780745653587
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.86
€ 66.86
Paperback. A collection of epics from the Miao (Hmong) ethnic group of southwest China. The poetic narratives, traditionally performed by two groups of singers, relate the creation of the world and the people and creatures in it. These mythic narratives serves as encyclopedias of traditional myths, legends, and folk customs of the Miao people. Translator(s): Bender, Mark. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 14. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872208490
- ISBN
- 9780872208490
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.17
€ 21.99
€ 17.17
A collection of epics from the Miao (Hmong) ethnic group of southwest China. The poetic narratives, traditionally performed by two groups of singers, relate the creation of the world and the peoples and creatures in it. These mythic narratives serves as encyclopedias of traditional myths, legends, and folk customs of the Miao people. Translator(s): Bender, Mark. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 149 x 21. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872208506
- ISBN
- 9780872208506
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 38.20
€ 52.99
€ 38.20
Hardcover. Num Pages: 9 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: APF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789811043277
- ISBN
- 9789811043277
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.19
€ 77.19
Hardcover. Num Pages: 238 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JH; DSB; JFFJ; JFFK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 188 x 267 x 14. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Nova Science Pub Inc
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781634826181
- ISBN
- 9781634826181
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 290.26€ 216.89
€ 290.26
€ 216.89
Paperback. " At a time of significant change in the precarious world of female individualization, this collection explores such phenomena by critically incorporating the parameters of popular media culture into the overarching paradigm of gender relations, economics and politics of everyday life. "-- Editor(s): Kim, Y. Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD; JFSJ; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 271
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349332465
- ISBN
- 9781349332465
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. The entrepreneurial university has been tasked with making an impact. This collection presents professional-personal reflections on research experience and interpretative accounts of navigating fieldwork and broader publics, politics and practices of (dis)engagement primarily through a feminist, queer and gender studies lens. Editor(s): Taylor, Y. Num Pages: 300 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHB; JNK; JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349446391
- ISBN
- 9781349446391
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 126.21
€ 126.21
Paperback. Shares the life experiences of the children of 4 siblings who out of eight siblings, parents and grandparents, survived the Holocaust. It explores the ways in which these children from the same socio-cultural background have built diverse lives in German Num Pages: 296 pages, 1 figure. BIC Classification: JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 18. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822334217
- ISBN
- 9780822334217
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.67
€ 37.99
€ 27.67
Paperback. This edited volume puts forth a theoretically and empirically rigorous analysis of Japanese foreign policy. Nine case studies on Japan's security, economic, and environmental policies in this volume examine how norms do or do not guide Japanese foreign policy and how they interact with interests and power. Num Pages: 287 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JPA; JPS; KCP; KCS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2008
- Number of pages
- 287
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349539970
- ISBN
- 9781349539970
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Series: Chinese Literature and Culture in the World. Num Pages: 227 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APF; DS; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 227
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349505104
- ISBN
- 9781349505104
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.81
€ 65.81
Hardcover. This book interrogates the global utopian vision for smart energy technologies and the new energy consumer intended to realise it. It enriches and extends the possibilities of four residential smart strategies: energy feedback, dynamic pricing, home automation and micro-generation, focusing on how they are being integrated into everyday practice. Series: Consumption and Public Life. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFT; PHDY; RNU; TB; TH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137267047
- ISBN
- 9781137267047
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.50
€ 66.50
Hardback. This collection explores the relationship between new equality regimes and continued societal inequalities, exploring change, ambivalence and resistance specifically in relation to compulsory and post-compulsory education, seeking to more fully situate the educational journeys and experiences of staff and students. Editor(s): Taylor, Yvette. Num Pages: 297 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFS; JNF; JNS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 137 x 22. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 2012th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230293427
- ISBN
- 9780230293427
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.08
€ 128.08
The New German Jewry and the European Context. The Return of the Europ...
Y.Michal . Ed(S): Bodemann
Hardback. Departing from the recent critical literature on the emergence of a new German Jewry, this volume proposes a new perspective on the post-1980s phenomenon of re-emerging Jewish culture in Germany as a case study for wider developments in Europe and the international context. Editor(s): Bodemann, Y.Michal. Series: New Perspectives in German Political Studies. Num Pages: 221 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HRJ; JFSR; JPA; JPSN2. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 221
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230521070
- ISBN
- 9780230521070
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.74
€ 66.74
Paperback. Illustrates the influence of Malcolm X's Islamic faith and international experience. Editor(s): Kly, Y. N. Num Pages: 92 pages, 1ill. BIC Classification: JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 139 x 8. Weight in Grams: 150.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Clarity Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780932863034
- ISBN
- 9780932863034
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.14
€ 15.14
Hardcover. Series: Breaking Feminist Waves. Num Pages: 286 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFSJ1; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 154 x 27. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230104327
- ISBN
- 9780230104327
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.19
€ 67.19
Hardcover. This text provides a detailed historical study of Islam under post-war Soviet Communism. Yaacov Ro'i describes and analyzes all aspects of Islam which relate to the Soviet domestic scene, with the purpose of demonstrating how and why it survived in the face of Soviet repression and secularization. Num Pages: 775 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1DVU; HBJD; HBLW3; HRH; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 1155.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co (Publishers)Ltd
- Number of pages
- 775
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781850654032
- ISBN
- 9781850654032
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.33€ 75.44
€ 77.33
€ 75.44
Hardback. Offers a fascinating, comprehensive analysis of the roots, manifestations, and consequences of evangelical Christians' interest in the Jews Series: Goldstein-Goren Series in American Jewish History. Num Pages: 316 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAF; HRC; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 161 x 24. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814770689
- ISBN
- 9780814770689
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.76
€ 47.76
Hardback. Out of the many challenges facing Africa today, there is the tendency of some to manipulate religious and ethnic identities for private interests. The book examines how religion has given rise to these conditions in Africa, by weaving together issues of poverty, wealth, and violent conflicts. Num Pages: 199 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; HRA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 149 x 15. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 199
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230104273
- ISBN
- 9780230104273
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.62
€ 66.62
Hardback. Num Pages: 265 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBN; HPS; HRH; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 493.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137582065
- ISBN
- 9781137582065
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.87
€ 149.87
Hardcover. In this detailed study of modern Iran, Yadullah Shahibzadeh examines changes in people's understanding of politics and democracy. The book aims to overcome the shortcomings of traditional historiography by challenging the monopoly of intellectuals' perspectives and demonstrating the intellectual and political agency of the ordinary people. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JM; JFC; JFF; JPA; JPFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 224 x 23. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137539779
- ISBN
- 9781137539779
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.72
€ 127.72
Paperback. Unlike the literary traditions of the United States, England, and France, the first century of Hebrew literature was lacking in women novelists; women tended to write poetry, while prose fiction was mainly the domain of male writers. This book presents a comparative analysis of Israeli fiction by women and some of its Western models. Series: Gender and Culture Series. Num Pages: 248 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 2CSJ; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ1; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231111478
- ISBN
- 9780231111478
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 27.68
€ 36.99
€ 27.68
Paperback. Because new nations need new pasts, they create new ways of commemorating and recasting select historic events. In this volume Yael Zerubavel illuminates this dynamic process by examining the construction of Israeli national tradition. Num Pages: 360 pages, 17 halftones, 6 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1FBP; HBJF1; HBLW; JFC; JFSR1; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 21. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226981581
- ISBN
- 9780226981581
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 28.96
€ 35.99
€ 28.96
hardcover. Num Pages: 298 pages. BIC Classification: JFSR1. Dimension: 219 x 148. Weight in Grams: 471.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- OUP USA US
- Number of pages
- 298
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195031997
- ISBN
- 9780195031997
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.64
€ 35.64
Hardcover. The question of identity is one of present-day Israel's cardinal and most pressing issues. In a comprehensive examination of the identity issue, this study focuses on attitudes toward the Jewish people in Israel and the Diaspora; the Holocaust and its repercussions on identity; attitudes toward the state of Israel and Zionism.. Num Pages: 284 pages, 85 figs & tables. BIC Classification: 1FBH; JFSL; JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 486. Jews and Arabs Facing the Salf and the Other. 284 pages, 85 figs & tables. The question of identity is one of present-day Israel's cardinal and most pressing issues. In a comprehensive examination of the identity issue, this study focuses on attitudes toward the Jewish people in Israel and the Diaspora; the Holocaust and its repercussions on identity; attitudes toward the state of Israel and Zionism. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1FBH; JFSL; JFSR1. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 11. Weight: 486.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857453051
- ISBN
- 9780857453051
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.59
€ 162.59