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Society & culture: general

Hardback. Presents Moshe Shokeid's explorations and feelings about the vicissitudes of social life which he observed in three major arenas of contemporary Jewish life: Moroccan Jews who immigrated from Atlas Mountains; Israeli-born citizens; and, American gay Jews who chose to maintain spiritual synagogue life as part of the mosaic of New York Jews. Series: Judaism and Jewish Life. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 717.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Academic Studies Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9781934843369
ISBN
9781934843369
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 149.96

Hardback. Brings together an international collection of contemporary scholars and clinicians to address the interface and the mutual influence of Jewish thought and modern psychoanalysis. Editor(s): Aron, Lewis; Henik, Libby. Series: Psychoanalysis and Jewish Life. Num Pages: 425 pages, 1. BIC Classification: JFSR1; JMAF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 244 x 168 x 29. Weight in Grams: 782.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Academic Studies Press United States
Number of pages
425
Condition
New
SKU
V9781934843376
ISBN
9781934843376
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 170.12

hardcover. Explores the construction of the Jew's physical and ontological body in Russian culture as represented in literature, film, and non-literary texts since the 1880s. Series: Borderlines: Russian and East European-Jewish Studies. Num Pages: 300 pages, 13. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; JFC; JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 241 x 169 x 24. Weight in Grams: 592.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Academic Studies Press United States
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781934843390
ISBN
9781934843390
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 149.09

hardcover. Explores the laws pertaining to female slaves in Jewish law. Comparing Biblical strictures with later Rabbinic interpretations as well as contemporary Greco-Roman and Babylonian codes of law, this title establishes a framework whereby a woman's sexual identity also indicates her legal status. Series: Judaism and Jewish Life. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 753.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Academic Studies Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781934843482
ISBN
9781934843482
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 160.96

Hardback. Covering a wide variety of topics, including science, citizenship, gender, and anti-Semitism, the author demonstrates how sin which rhetoric tied to blood and vampires permeated political discourse and transcended the disparate cultures of Great Britain, France, Germany, and the United States, forming a cohesive political and cultural metaphor. Num Pages: 250 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJC; HBLL; HBTB; JFC; JFHF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 528.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Academic Studies Press United States
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9781934843611
ISBN
9781934843611
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 140.85

Hardback. Explores the roots and manifestations of anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism at American, British, and Canadian colleges and universities over the course of the 20th century and the responses to them. This title covers the topics ranging from the intensification of anti-Semitism, to to anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism through popular culture. Editor(s): Pollack, Eunice G. Series: Anti-Semitism in America. Num Pages: 450 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSR1; JNKS; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 835.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Academic Studies Press United States
Number of pages
450
Condition
New
SKU
V9781934843826
ISBN
9781934843826
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 158.70

Hardback. Bieganski is a stereotype of Poles and other Eastern Europeans. In the 'Bieganski' stereotype, Poles exhibit the qualities of animals. Their special hatefulness is epitomized by their Polish anti-Semitism. This book discovers this stereotype in the mainstream press, scholarship, film, in Jews' self-definition, and in responses to the Holocaust. Series: Jews of Poland. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 168 x 244 x 29. Weight in Grams: 698.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Academic Studies Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9781936235155
ISBN
9781936235155
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 103.48
€ 101.13

hardcover. Explores how members of the ever beleaguered Jewish people grappled with their identity during the past century in the United States and in Eretz Israel, the new centers of Jewry's long historical experience. Series: Judaism and Jewish Life. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 165 x 241 x 28. Weight in Grams: 770.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Academic Studies Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9781936235209
ISBN
9781936235209
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 103.48
€ 102.04

Hardback. An exploration of the richness and diversity of Jewish society in Christian Iberia from 1100-1500. It includes essays which present a portrait that adds greater nuance to our understanding of both medieval Jewish and medieval Spanish history. Editor(s): Ray, Jonathan. Series: Jews in Space and Time. Num Pages: 350 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; HBJD; HBLC1; JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 826.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Academic Studies Press United States
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9781936235353
ISBN
9781936235353
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 159.73

Hardback. Featuring a number of pioneering essays by the internationally known Russian cultural historians Boris Uspenskij and Victor Zhivov, this collection includes a number of essays in English. It focuses on several of the interesting and problematic aspects of Russia's cultural development. Editor(s): Levitt, Marcus. Series: Ars Rossika. Num Pages: 500 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 165 x 23. Weight in Grams: 570.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Academic Studies Press United States
Number of pages
500
Condition
New
SKU
V9781936235490
ISBN
9781936235490
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.45

Hardback. Arguing, based on the Rabbinic textual tradition, especially the Babylonian Talmud, and utilizing French Jewish philosopher Emmanuel Levinas' framework of interpersonal ethics, that a just city should be a community of obligation. Series: New Perspectives in Post-Rabbinic Judaism. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRJ; HRLP5; JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Academic Studies Press United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9781936235643
ISBN
9781936235643
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 103.48
€ 103.16

Hardback. Examines four most important projects for Jewish emancipation in eighteenth-century Europe. Focusing on the combination of humanitarian and utilitarian arguments and objectives in the proposals to redefine the legal and social status of the Jews. A resource for scholars and students interested in Jewish-Gentile relations and Age of Enlightenment. Series: Jews in Space and Time. Num Pages: 220 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 163 x 235 x 17. Weight in Grams: 464.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Academic Studies Press United States
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9781936235742
ISBN
9781936235742
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 139.55

Hardback. Custom and ritual, or their Hebrew equivalent minhag, has intrigued rabbis and scholars for generations. Here, the author treats minhag from a socio-anthropological perspective and discusses the theory and model of minhagim, using the Mishnah Berurah and the Arukh Hashulkhan and analyzes rabbinic texts concerned with custom. Series: Judaism and Jewish Life. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRJT; JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 581.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Academic Studies Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9781936235773
ISBN
9781936235773
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.88

Paperback. Une etude de l'impact et de l'influence de la mobilite sur les dynamiques culturelles au Canada et au Bresil. A study of the impact and influence of mobility on cultural dynamics in Canada and Brazil. Editor(s): Gin, Pascal; Moser, Walter. Series: Transferts Culturels. Num Pages: 364 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: AC; JF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 575.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Ottawa Press Canada
Number of pages
364
Condition
New
SKU
V9782760307711
ISBN
9782760307711
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 32.84

Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AGH; HP; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 168 x 10. Weight in Grams: 327.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Dis Voir France
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9782914563109
ISBN
9782914563109
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 26.51

Hardcover. Editor(s): Khosravi, Samaneh. Num Pages: 108 pages, illustrated throughout. BIC Classification: AJB; AJCR; JFCK; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 204 x 14. Weight in Grams: 642.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Kerber Verlag
Condition
New
SKU
V9783735601209
ISBN
9783735601209
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.37

Paperback. Num Pages: 166 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; DSB; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 151 x 9. Weight in Grams: 224.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
ibidem-Verlag, Jessica Haunschild u Christian Schon Germany
Number of pages
166
Condition
New
SKU
V9783838203089
ISBN
9783838203089
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 23.01

Paperback. Focuses on how workers and small enterprises in India fare when faced with the processes of globalization and liberalization. This work raises questions about the experience of Indian development since the onset of economic reforms in 1991. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFFS; KCF; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 248 x 166 x 19. Weight in Grams: 532.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Tulika
Condition
New
SKU
V9788189487393
ISBN
9788189487393
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.22

Paperback. Num Pages: 162 pages. BIC Classification: JF; JPFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 157 x 12. Weight in Grams: 326.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Aarhus Universitetsforlag
Condition
New
SKU
V9788771243543
ISBN
9788771243543
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.60

Paperback. Series: WPRO Nonserial Publication. Num Pages: 96 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFA; MBNH3; MFKC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 276 x 219 x 6. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific Philippines
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9789290614449
ISBN
9789290614449
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.98

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