Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Paperback. his book investigates the feminine traditions of the Hebrew Bible in a readable manner, pertinent to contemporary times. It is unique in its focus on the experiences of biblical women and not how they were perceived within a patriarchal context. Num Pages: 236 pages. BIC Classification: HRCG; HRJ; HRLC1; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 135 x 12. Weight in Grams: 267.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761802808
- ISBN
- 9780761802808
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.50
€ 73.50
Paperback. This work is an account of the human tendency to deny or minimize biology. It considers a wide variety of anti-biological systems and their relation to larger issues, particularly gender studies, and discusses a variety of expressions of the antithesis between human beings and natural processes. Num Pages: 254 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JFSJ; PDA; PS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 136 x 14. Weight in Grams: 295.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761803218
- ISBN
- 9780761803218
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 95.47
€ 95.47
Paperback. This is a pioneering, systematic study of the role of violence in the structure of the political order, formulated in relation to what is characterized as the civil and fraternal orders. Num Pages: 176 pages, index. BIC Classification: JFFE; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 135 x 8. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761803249
- ISBN
- 9780761803249
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 75.31
€ 75.31
Paperback. This book contributes significantly to the body of knowledge that deals with the Mande-speaking people of West Africa. It deals with the impact of religion and commerce on the integration of the Mandingo ethnic group into the political and social economies of Liberia. Num Pages: 188 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1HFD; JFSL3; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 135 x 10. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 188
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761803553
- ISBN
- 9780761803553
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.46
€ 64.46
Hardback. NOTE: Series number is not an integer: XVI Series: Studies in the Shoah Series. Num Pages: 366 pages. BIC Classification: HRCX6; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 667.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 366
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761803751
- ISBN
- 9780761803751
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.78
€ 133.78
Paperback. Culture and politics in Morocco are an interactive blend of conflict and congruence. This book argues that no single form defines Morocco's national identity and cites four cultural patterns that compete with each other yet share strong ties to an overriding cultural core of "Muslim consensus". Num Pages: 164 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBM; JFC; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 151 x 8. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 164
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761803928
- ISBN
- 9780761803928
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.68
€ 66.68
Paperback. This work provides a theoretical model of criminal dangerousness with special reference to the prediction of violence. A programme of research is used to consider the validity of the criminal dangerousness model as well as empirical tests of the theory's assumptions and the issues raised. Num Pages: 234 pages. BIC Classification: JFFE; JKVQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 148 x 12. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761804093
- ISBN
- 9780761804093
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 79.29
€ 79.29
Hardback. Albert Williamson Goldsmid belonged to one of the oldest Jewish families in England. He became a colonel in the British army and emerged over the years as a champion of the Jewish renaissance in their ancient homeland. This biography details his life and British Jewish and Zionist politics. Num Pages: 286 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BG; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 144 x 19. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761804260
- ISBN
- 9780761804260
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.09
€ 127.09
paperback. This book examines why consumers assign value judgments to murder, rather than accept murder as a deliberately negative act. Consumers make such judgments because they perceive murder as an entertaining product of information, and also because they see in this product a positive, problem-solving strategy. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: GPF; JFD; JFFE; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 134 x 22. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Rev ed.
- SKU
- V9780761804505
- ISBN
- 9780761804505
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 83.72
€ 83.72
Hardback. This study aims to show how gender, capitalism, race and ethnic minority status, and patriarchal social structure lead to the formation of new roles for Korean working women in the US. It also examines how immigrant women's work experiences in a new society affect their perception of gender roles. Num Pages: 166 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; JHBL; KCF; TDG; TDH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 144 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 166
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761804635
- ISBN
- 9780761804635
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.49
€ 104.49
Hardback. This text reads Becker both as a prophet of modernity and as an observer of its decline. Situated within the disciplinary approach of "theology of culture", it discerns the contours of modern vision in its depth-dimension. Num Pages: 114 pages, appendix, index. BIC Classification: HPCF; HRCM; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 345.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 114
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761805366
- ISBN
- 9780761805366
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.96
€ 109.96
Hardback. Num Pages: 170 pages. BIC Classification: JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 349.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 170
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761805762
- ISBN
- 9780761805762
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 100.18
€ 100.18
Hardback. Panta 1 shows that the authors of the New Testament understood Christianity and their world from the point-of-view of the pre-Socratic philosopher, Heraclitus of Ephesus who lived around 500 B.C. His philosophy served as the point of view of most of the authors of the New Testament. Num Pages: 406 pages. BIC Classification: HR; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 145 x 27. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 406
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761805823
- ISBN
- 9780761805823
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 145.26
€ 145.26
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
€ 127.17
€ 127.17
Hardback. This book belongs to a long tradition of thought on Native identity. However, in a more or less explicit manner, it intends to break away from other studies in the field. Instead of viewing identity in reference to a phantasmagorical past, it aims at setting up the framework within which identity can express and project itself into the future. Num Pages: 250 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: GTF; JFSL9; JHBT; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 145 x 18. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761806844
- ISBN
- 9780761806844
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.10
€ 117.10
Hardback. This book, based on newly classified material, describes the Jewish defense actions in the 1948 War of Independence. Milstein discloses the internal frictions among the Jewish commanders; the subsequent elevation of Ben Gurion to supreme command; and all the events-political and military-of the first month of war. Translator(s): Sacks, Alan. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 235 x 24. Weight in Grams: 624.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761807216
- ISBN
- 9780761807216
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 137.83
€ 137.83
Hardback. Num Pages: 290 pages. BIC Classification: JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 575.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761807308
- ISBN
- 9780761807308
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.76
€ 127.76
Paperback. This book contributes to current debates in Matthean studies centered around the influence of wisdom thinking in Christology. The primary purpose of the study is to examine key passages in their present context and in relation to Matthew's Gospel as a whole. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: HR; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 135 x 13. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761807445
- ISBN
- 9780761807445
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 84.49
€ 84.49
The Writing on the Cloud. American Culture Confronts the Atomic Bomb.
Scott, Alison M.; Geist, Christopher D.
Hardback. This book is a path-breaking collection of essays which explore the diverse and complex ways American culture has been shaped by the looming presence of the atomic bomb, the central icon of technology, diplomacy, and war, of the second half of the twentieth century. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCA; JWMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761807452
- ISBN
- 9780761807452
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.01
€ 129.01
Hardback. This book analyzes how two social forces-upheaval in the economy and the emergence of the women's movement-acted together to provide a cultural context in which re-entry into the work force became a significant stage in the work process for many women and drastically altered women's work and family roles. Num Pages: 286 pages, Illustrations, forms. BIC Classification: JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 143 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761807476
- ISBN
- 9780761807476
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.69
€ 128.69