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Society & culture: general

Paperback. Widespread confusion over the use of the terms Islamism or Political Islam often obscures the fact that these are not new phenomena and can be traced back more than a century. Through research in to the trajectories of Islamists, this book seeks to understand what has become of political Islam. Editor(s): Boubekeur, Amel; Roy, Olivier. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JFSR2; JPF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 136 x 21. Weight in Grams: 450.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781850659419
ISBN
9781850659419
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 46.91

Paperback. The politics and science of health and disease remain contested terrain among scientists, health practitioners, policy makers, industry, communities, and the public. This book asserts that science, activism, and policy are not separate issues and shows how the contribution of environmental factors in disease is often overlooked. Editor(s): Brown, Phil; Morello-Frosch, Rachel; Zavestoski, Stephen. Num Pages: 352 pages, 1 b/w photograph, 8 line illustrations, 2 tables. BIC Classification: JFFH; MBN; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 466.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520270213
ISBN
9780520270213
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.06

Hardcover. What divides and what unites an ethnically diverse citizenry? From reconciling historical adversaries to addressing whether multicultural policies cause or cure ethnic conflict, the author explores how solidarity comes about in divided societies. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JFSL1; JPF; JPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 164 x 241 x 18. Weight in Grams: 506.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748697304
ISBN
9780748697304
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.95
€ 102.99

Paperback. Includes preface by the authors looking at developments in the study of urban planning during the twenty-year life of this influential work. Num Pages: 413 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSG; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 200 x 142 x 26. Weight in Grams: 586.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
413
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
20 Anv
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520254282
ISBN
9780520254282
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.12

Paperback. Editor(s): Dickel, Simon. Num Pages: 280 pages, 10 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBSL; 3JMC; AB; DSBH; JFCA; RNR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 148 x 13. Weight in Grams: 296.
Publisher
Transcript Verlag
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9783837628937
ISBN
9783837628937
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 37.21

Paperback. Tracing the werewolf's 'use' by anthropologists and criminologists and shifting interpretations of the figure - from the 'scientific' to the mythological and psychological - this work shows the werewolf in Freud's 'wolf-man' case and the sinister use of wolf imagery in Nazism. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFHF; JHM. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 382.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
annotated edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845111588
ISBN
9781845111588
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.97

Hardback. From bell hooks's incisive look at the scapegoating of black men as archetypal racists to Andrea Dworkin's scathing statement on pornography as violence against women, this anthology is the first to fully represent the range of contemporary perspectives on one of the most fiercely contested areas in feminist thought. Editor(s): Jackson, Stevi; Scott, Sue. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ1. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 249 x 177 x 20. Weight in Grams: 638.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
400
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748608324
ISBN
9780748608324
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 166.37
€ 157.50

Paperback. This study of a variety of Southeast Asian countries - including Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand - reveals that issues of culture and identity politics are of primary importance to the people of the region and their leaders. Editor(s): Kahn, Joel S. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FM; JFC; JHM; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
Publisher
I B Tauris & Co Ltd
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9781860642456
ISBN
9781860642456
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.77

Paperback. Siegfried Kracauer was one of the 20th century's major cultural critics, a prolific scholar and a theorist of film. In this volume his writings on modern society are translated into English. Written in the 1920s and early 1930s, these essays examine the everyday world of the masses. Num Pages: 416 pages, 27 halftones. BIC Classification: DNF; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 590.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674551633
ISBN
9780674551633
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 45.96

Paperback. A special issue of the popular Scotlands journal. Num Pages: 126 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 335.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
126
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748610617
ISBN
9780748610617
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.22

Hardcover. Editor(s): Smith, William; Wayte, William; Marandin, G.E. Num Pages: 2061 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; GBC; GTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 251 x 180 x 101. Weight in Grams: 3116.
Publisher
I. B. Tauris
Number of pages
2061
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845110000
ISBN
9781845110000
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 591.62

Paperback. Describes the competing approaches to reproductive health that evolved on plantations, as both black women and white men sought to enhance the health of enslaved mothers. This book focuses on the health care of enslaved women, and argues for the critical role of reproductive medicine in the slave system of antebellum America. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JFSL3; MBX; VFXB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 139 x 28. Weight in Grams: 500.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674034921
ISBN
9780674034921
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 27.59

Hardback. A comprehensive study of the media in Scotland. Editor(s): Blain, Neil; Hutchison, David. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; JFD. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 629.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748627998
ISBN
9780748627998
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.01
€ 97.45

Paperback. Merlin Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 226.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750941501
ISBN
9780750941501
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.44

Paperback. Series: Palgrave Foundations Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: GTC; JFC; KNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 366.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403939982
ISBN
9781403939982
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 36.94

Hardback. Demonstrates that the concept of Jewish self-hatred once had decidedly positive connotations. This title traces the genesis of the term to Anton Kuh, a Viennese-Jewish journalist who coined it in the aftermath of World War I, and shows how the German-Jewish philosopher Theodor Lessing came to write a book that popularized "Jewish self-hatred. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 220 x 146 x 18. Weight in Grams: 360.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
176
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691119229
ISBN
9780691119229
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.24

Paperback. The first comprehensive work on globalization within the context of sustainable development initiatives in Africa. Editor(s): House-Soremekun, Bessie; Falola, Toyin. Series: Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora. Num Pages: 484 pages, 7 black & white illustrations, 16 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1H; JFFS; KCM; RNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
Number of pages
484
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580465502
ISBN
9781580465502
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 50.41

Paperback. .
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
138
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1983
Condition
New
SKU
V9789400969070
ISBN
9789400969070
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 106.94
€ 38.61

Paperback. Manhattan's Lower East Side stands for Jewish experience in America. This is an account of one of our famous neighborhoods and its power to shape identity. It examines children's stories, novels, movies, museum exhibits, television shows, summer-camp reenactments, walking tours, and photos hung on deli walls far from Manhattan. Num Pages: 240 pages, 29 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JFSG; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 342.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
Second Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691095455
ISBN
9780691095455
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.37

Hardback. In this groundbreaking exploration of in-flight cinema, Stephen Groening traces the history of this transnational cinematic practice. At once a history of exhibition and an inquiry into changing forms of media and spectatorship, this interdisciplinary book opens up new directions in the history of cinema, visuality, travel and cultural geography. Series: Cultural Histories of Cinema. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APF; JFD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 512.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
2014th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844576289
ISBN
9781844576289
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.89
€ 101.01

Paperback. Num Pages: 373 pages, black & white plates. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; 5SL; DSBH; JFSK1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 554. A History of Lesbian Life in Twentieth-Century America. 373 pages, illustrations. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; 5SL; DSBH; JFSK1. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 19. Weight: 544.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
373
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231074896
ISBN
9780231074896
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.55

Hardcover. Examines the processes and interactions which led to the modernisation and successful co-optation by the British government of this comparatively small branch of Shi'a Islam. The author poses several key questions regarding the wider developing relationship between movements in contemporary Islam and 'The West'. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; JFSR2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 153 x 222 x 18. Weight in Grams: 494.
Publisher
Oxford University Press USA
Number of pages
176
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781850659822
ISBN
9781850659822
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.43

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCV; JFSJ2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
Baker Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801015861
ISBN
9780801015861
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.35

Paperback. A study of literacy among Appalachian families who migrated to northern cities of America. They represent a significant proportion of the urban poor, and their often severe literacy problems provide a perspective of literacy and the relationship between print and culture. Num Pages: 256 pages, 4 line illustrations, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; CFC; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 236.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674645110
ISBN
9780674645110
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 33.72

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