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Society & culture: general
Paperback. Written from an African American perspective, this work depicts the presentation of the gospel message to the first-century community of Colossae, their reception of it comparative to the presentation and reception of the same to the enslaved Africans of North America particularly in the eighteenth and the nineteenth centuries. Series: Postcolonialism and Religions. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBTB; HBTQ; HRCG; JFSL; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349467693
- ISBN
- 9781349467693
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Condition: New
€ 65.88
€ 65.88
Paperback. Series: Globalization & Community Series. Num Pages: 240 pages, 7 black and white illustrations and 7 maps. BIC Classification: 1DFG; JFFN; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816678150
- ISBN
- 9780816678150
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.37
€ 29.99
€ 27.37
paperback. A thought-provoking volume that brings together Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal thinkers and activists to explore the innovations and challenges that Indigenous thought continues to bring to Canada. Editor(s): Timpson, Annis May. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFSL9; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 4217 x 23. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774815529
- ISBN
- 9780774815529
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 34.28
€ 36.99
€ 34.28
Paperback. The author demonstrates how calls for family-friendly employment policies have met with inappropriate action on the part of successive governments. The text explains why federal governments have been able to implement employment equity policies, but failed to develop a national child care system. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFFJ; JFSJ1; JHBL; JKSB1; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774808217
- ISBN
- 9780774808217
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.59
€ 40.99
€ 36.59
hardcover. Drawing on interviews and analysis of primary documents, including two Royal Commissions, this work demonstrates how Canadian women's calls for family-friendly employment policies have translated into inaction or inappropriate action on the part of successive federal governments. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFFJ; JFSJ1; JHBL; JPQB; KCFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 649.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- UBC Press Canada
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774808200
- ISBN
- 9780774808200
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.72
€ 113.72
Paperback. Editor(s): Bennet, Annmarie. Num Pages: 92 pages. BIC Classification: JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 234 x 9. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Nova Science Pub Inc
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781634631754
- ISBN
- 9781634631754
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Condition: New
€ 136.60€ 94.41
€ 136.60
€ 94.41
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFSL1; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 218 x 15. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816660803
- ISBN
- 9780816660803
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 22.97
€ 24.99
€ 22.97
Paperback. This work argues that the "clash of civilizations" that is thought to be a feature of the post-Cold War environment is not necessarily caused by the dogma of world religions or cultural incompatibilities but by the hegemonic universalisms that have characterized world history since 1492. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804749817
- ISBN
- 9780804749817
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.94
€ 33.99
€ 30.94
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: JF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 221 x 145 x 19. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816651283
- ISBN
- 9780816651283
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.87
€ 19.99
€ 19.87
Hardcover. Through an empirical inquiry into three categories of offending women, Offending Women in Contemporary China: Gender and Pathways into Crime explores the socioeconomic conditions that facilitate womens' pathways into crime, and examines the interplay between gender, class, rapid social changes and female law-breaking in neoliberal China. Series: Palgrave Advances in Criminology and Criminal Justice in Asia. Num Pages: 142 pages, 7 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFSC; JFSJ1; JFSL3; JKVC; JKVQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 144 x 13. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137441430
- ISBN
- 9781137441430
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.14
€ 66.14
Cultural Readings of Imperialism: Edward Said and the Gravity of Histo...
Ansell-Pearson Keith Parry Ben
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Lawrence & Wishart Ltd London
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780853158400
- ISBN
- 9780853158400
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.82
€ 26.99
€ 23.82
Hardcover. Anselm Gerhard argues in this text that questions such as "why do so many operas end in suicide, murder, and death?" can only be answered by looking at life in the rapidly urbanized mid-19th-century Paris, which introduced new social forces, and also new modes of perception and expectations of art. Translator(s): Whittall, Mary. Num Pages: 520 pages, 23 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: AVGC9; HBJD; HBLL; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 38. Weight in Grams: 860.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 520
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226288574
- ISBN
- 9780226288574
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.22€ 79.61
€ 94.22
€ 79.61
Paperback. Num Pages: 504 pages. BIC Classification: JFFA; JFFK; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Transaction Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 504
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781412864398
- ISBN
- 9781412864398
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.21
€ 59.21
Hardcover. Education policy is a core element of the state's sovereignty and autonomy. This book analyzes the rise of the western education state and its limits in times of transition from western to non-western globalization and of waning newspaper interest in France, Germany, the UK and the US. Series: Transformations of the State. Num Pages: 212 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JNF; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 144 x 16. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137326478
- ISBN
- 9781137326478
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.50
€ 66.50
Paperback. The contributors to Speaking of the Self interrogate the varied ways in which a diverse group of mostly female writers from South Asia-from a seventeenth-century Mughal princess to twentieth century Pakistani novelists-construct and articulate their subjectivity through their autobiographical memoirs, poetry, novels, and diaries. Editor(s): Malhotra, Anshu; Lambert-Hurley, Siobhan. Num Pages: 328 pages, 15 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKAS; DS; JFFK; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822359913
- ISBN
- 9780822359913
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.47
€ 31.99
€ 28.47
hardcover. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; HBLL; JFSK. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- OUP India India
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- UK ed.
- SKU
- V9780199468188
- ISBN
- 9780199468188
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.87
€ 67.87
Hardcover. Presents, contextualises and analyses young British Muslims' views on topics such as identity, Muslim societies, politics, the role of Islam, and family life. This book is organised around several key themes, including, why Islam has become such a powerful force in the lives in young British Muslims, and identity, belonging and loyalty. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- ABC-CLIO United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9781846450198
- ISBN
- 9781846450198
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.89€ 54.79
€ 58.89
€ 54.79
Hardback. Was Salman Rushdie right to have written The Satanic Verses? Were the protestors right to have done so? What about the Danish cartoons? This book examines the moral questions raised by cultural controversies, and how intercultural dialogue might be generated within multicultural societies. Num Pages: 259 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRH; JFMD; JPVH2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 259
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137466075
- ISBN
- 9781137466075
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Was Salman Rushdie right to have written The Satanic Verses? Were the protestors right to have done so? What about the Danish cartoons? This book examines the moral questions raised by cultural controversies, and how intercultural dialogue might be generated within multicultural societies. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: HRAM2; HRH; JFMD; JPVH2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 137 x 15. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137471673
- ISBN
- 9781137471673
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.36
€ 66.36
Hardback. This text juxtaposes an in-depth study of the spread of Rastafari in the 1970s with an examination of the rise of an international marijuana economy. It emphasizes Rastafari as the "hearts and minds" behind both the Caribbean informal drug economy and the internationalisation of the "ganja complex" Num Pages: 256 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HRK; JFFH1; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739103609
- ISBN
- 9780739103609
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.16
€ 149.16
Paperback. Examines how developments in physics, biology, medicine, psychology, politics, and art employed the metaphor of the working body as a human motor. This title demonstrates how the utopian obsession with energy and fatigue shaped social thought across the ideological spectrum. Num Pages: 432 pages, 26 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM; PD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 156 x 238 x 31. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520078277
- ISBN
- 9780520078277
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 30.31
€ 41.99
€ 30.31
Hardcover. This book strives to understand the social and cultural dynamics in Mediterranean tourist destinations through ethnographic examples from Greece, Spain, Egypt, France, Malta and Crete. It observes and examines the social, cultural and relational processes involved as migrants, tourists and new residents converge with locals in daily life. Editor(s): Nogues-Pedregal, Antonio Migu. Series: Tourism Social Science Series. Num Pages: 300 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QRM; JF; KNSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857246837
- ISBN
- 9780857246837
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.55
€ 135.55
Hardcover. Examining how the press in Britain, Sweden and Finland responded to the Holocaust immediately after the Second World War, Holmila offers new insights into the challenge posed by the Holocaust for liberal democracies by looking at the reporting of the liberation of the camps, the Nuremberg trial and the Jewish immigration to Palestine. Series: The Holocaust and its Contexts. Num Pages: 289 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLW3; HBTB; HBTZ1; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 208 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230229778
- ISBN
- 9780230229778
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.23
€ 67.23
Hardback. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 163 x 29. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566638432
- ISBN
- 9781566638432
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 28.90
€ 32.99
€ 28.90