Society & culture: general
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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
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Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 46.91
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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
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.06
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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
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Condition: New
€ 106.95€ 102.99
€ 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
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.12
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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
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Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 37.21
€ 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
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.97
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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
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Condition: New
€ 166.37€ 157.50
€ 166.37
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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
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.77
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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
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Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 45.96
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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
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.22
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€ 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
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Condition: New
€ 591.62
€ 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
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 27.59
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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
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Condition: New
€ 101.01€ 97.45
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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
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.44
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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
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Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 36.94
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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
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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
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€ 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
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Condition: New
€ 106.94€ 38.61
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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
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.37
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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
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Condition: New
€ 112.89€ 101.01
€ 112.89
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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
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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
€ 40.99
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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
€ 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
€ 40.99
€ 33.72