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Society & culture: general

Hardcover. "This book examines the paths of black and white children, and disputes over rights and responsibilities with regard to them, through the tumultuous period following emancipation and Confederate defeat"--Provided by publisher. Series: A Nation Divided: Studies in the Civil War Era. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JFSP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813936758
ISBN
9780813936758
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.37

Hardcover. Series: Race, Ethnicity and Politics. Num Pages: 256 pages, 23 figures, 19 tables. BIC Classification: JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 825.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813937731
ISBN
9780813937731
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.36

Hardcover. Martin Munro engages with the contemporary apocalyptic turn in Caribbean studies and lived reality, not only providing important historical contextualization for a general understanding of apocalypse in the region but also offering an account of the state of Haitian society and culture in the decades before the 2010 earthquake. Series: New World Studies. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: JFFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 825.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813938196
ISBN
9780813938196
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.03

Paperback. Martin Munro engages with the contemporary apocalyptic turn in Caribbean studies and lived reality, not only providing important historical contextualization for a general understanding of apocalypse in the region but also offering an account of the state of Haitian society and culture in the decades before the 2010 earthquake. Series: New World Studies. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: JFFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 525.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813938202
ISBN
9780813938202
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.25

Hardcover. By telling the story of France's noncitizen soldiers - who included not only men born abroad but also Jews and blacks whose citizenship rights were subject to contestation - Christopher Tozzi sheds new light on the roots of revolutionary France's inability to integrate its national community despite the inclusionary promise of French republicanism. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; 3JH; HBTV2; HBW; JFSL3; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 242 x 32. Weight in Grams: 644.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813938332
ISBN
9780813938332
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.55

Paperback. Arguing that race has been the specter that has haunted many of the discussions about Latin American regional and national cultures today, Anke Birkenmaier describes Latin American anthropology as a field of knowledge that evolved dramatically in the period between the two world wars. Series: New World Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages, 5 black & white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KL; JFSL1; JFSL4; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813938790
ISBN
9780813938790
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.25

Paperback. In an exposition of writer S.Y. Abramovitsh, this work shows the symbolic importance of his central character, Mendele the Bookseller, and explores the history of Yiddish fiction in Russia during the 19th century. Series: Judaic Traditions in Literature, Music and Art. Num Pages: 373 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 2ACY; DSBF; DSK; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 142 x 22. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Syracuse University Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
373
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815603306
ISBN
9780815603306
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.52

Paperback. This biography tells of a man in the 18th century who embraced many cultures: Christian, yet Mohegan; an ordained Presbyterian minister, yet a business man and fund raiser; a native American speaker, yet fluent in English, Greek, Latin and French. He was also a founder member of Dartmouth College. Num Pages: 379 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; JFC; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Syracuse University Press United States
Number of pages
379
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815604365
ISBN
9780815604365
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.67

Paperback. This work begins with a boy named Geraldo growing up Sicilian in Rochester, New York, and ends with the author breakfasting with Eleanor Roosevelt in the White House. It is a portrait of what it was like to come of age in the 1930s and 1940s. Num Pages: 388 pages, 41 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGHA; DNF; HBJK; HBLW; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 467.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Syracuse University Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
388
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815607168
ISBN
9780815607168
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.48

Paperback. This text offers an interpretation of Egypt's so-called liberal era and an understanding of contemporary Egyptian society. It analyses both mainstream and conventional political and social forces and political activism among people from widely differing backgrounds. Series: Contemporary Issues in the Middle East. Num Pages: 184 pages, map, 15 illustrations, index. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJP; JFC; JH; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 286.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815625315
ISBN
9780815625315
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.96

Paperback. These essays offer a glimpse into the cultural and social dimensions of Franz Rosenzweig's thought - an aspect of his philosophy that has too often been ignored by an over-emphasis on his status as a religious thinker. Translator(s): Galli, Barbara E. Series: Library of Jewish Philosophy. Num Pages: 176 pages, index, notes. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPCF; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 204 x 139 x 14. Weight in Grams: 218.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815628347
ISBN
9780815628347
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.91

Paperback. This work offers insights into how specific films influenced the Americanization of the Holocaust and how the medium per se helped seed that event into the public consciousness. It provides an analysis of "Schindler's List" and the debate over the merit of Spielberg's vision of the Holocaust. Series: Judaic Traditions in Literature, Music and Art. Num Pages: 272 pages, 37 photographs, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: APFA; HBJD; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815629269
ISBN
9780815629269
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.95

Hardcover. This work places Sarah Mix (1832-1884) in the context of American religious history, and shows her influence on the emerging faith healing movement and other female healing evangelists, including Carrie Judd Montgomery and Maria Woodworth-Etter. Series: Women & Gender in North American Religion S. Num Pages: 208 pages, notes. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; DSB; HR; JFSJ1; JFSL3; MX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 445.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815629320
ISBN
9780815629320
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.48

Hardcover. Drawing on archaeology, historical evidence, oral traditions and linguistics, this book provides a dynamic view of Iroquois life from the prehistoric period and Owasco sites through the Five Nations. The author maintains that two themes pervade the development of Iroquoia: warfare and spirituality. Series: Iroquois & Their Neighbors S. Num Pages: 232 pages, 70 photographs, 6 maps, index, notes. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBC; HBJK; HDD; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 279 x 216 x 20. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815629580
ISBN
9780815629580
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.50

Paperback. This text traces the influence on Dante of Provencal poets, medieval theology, Dante's personal life and the sources of his classical education to propose a radical reading of Dante. It compounds the riddles of dream, poetry,philosophy and Dante's concealed autobiography in his work. Num Pages: 248 pages, 9 illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 349.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815630272
ISBN
9780815630272
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.37

Paperback. Series: Purdue Studies in Romance Literatures. Num Pages: 115 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; 2ADS; DSBF; DSBH; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Purdue University Press United States
Number of pages
115
Condition
New
SKU
V9781557537485
ISBN
9781557537485
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.20

Paperback. Series: Indigenous Americas. Num Pages: 320 pages, 25 b&w illustrations, 2 tables. BIC Classification: JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816665785
ISBN
9780816665785
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.40

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 34 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBJK; JFS; JHMC; RGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816679829
ISBN
9780816679829
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.59

Paperback. Editor(s): Feeley, Jennifer L.; Wells, Sarah Ann. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: APFA; APFN; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 216 x 24. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816693184
ISBN
9780816693184
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.67

Paperback. In spring of 2001, across the South, padlocks and logging chains bind the doors of silent mills, and it seems a miracle to blue-collar people in Jacksonville, Alabama, that their mill survived. In these real-life stories, Pulitzer Prize winner Bragg brilliantly evokes the hardscrabble lives of those who lived and died by an American cotton mill. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: JFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 208.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The University of Alabama Press United States
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817356835
ISBN
9780817356835
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.23

Paperback. Num Pages: 360 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSP2; JFSV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 484.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226517056
ISBN
9780226517056
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.63

hardcover. "Twenty-first printing -- April 2008"--T.p. verso. Num Pages: 926 pages, maps. BIC Classification: DCQ; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 237 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1228.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
Hendrickson Academic United States
Number of pages
926
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781565637801
ISBN
9781565637801
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 32.96

Hardcover. In this collection of interviews, Yevette Richards allows Maida Springer to tell her story in her own words. The result is a glimpse into the private struggles and thoughts behind one of the 20th century's most enigmatic international labour leaders. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGB; JFSL3; KNXB2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 685.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822942313
ISBN
9780822942313
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.08

Hardcover. Examines the challenges of social, moral, and legal responsibility faced by scientists. Focusing on moral responsibility, this work argues that scientists have a responsibility not to do work that has harmful outcomes and that they are encouraged to do work that prevents harm. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFMG; PDA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822943495
ISBN
9780822943495
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.83

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