Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Hardcover. This book explores the cultural traditions of Cantonese villagers who first settled in South China's Pearl River Delta during the Tang and Song dynasties (10th to 12th centuries). The authors lived and worked in the New Territories, Hong Kong's rural hinterland, during the 1960s and 1970s. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPCH; HBTB; JFSF; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 880.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- The Chinese University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789629961008
- ISBN
- 9789629961008
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.48
€ 60.48
Paperback. A collection of essays on the Chinese life and culture. It poses questions on the cultural turn of the time and on the role a Chinese intellectual assumed in translating his native culture to the West. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2AB; 2GDC; DNF; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The Chinese University Press
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789629964351
- ISBN
- 9789629964351
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.30
€ 24.30
Hardcover. Translator(s): Horko, Krystyna. Num Pages: 580 pages. BIC Classification: JFSP2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 236 x 37. Weight in Grams: 984.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The Chinese University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789629964818
- ISBN
- 9789629964818
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.48
€ 60.48
Paperback. A blend of cultural history, facts, practical information, and anecdote, The Oxford Companion to Italian Food features 900 entries, black and white illustrations throughout, and a foreword by chef and media personality Mario Batali. Series: Oxford Companions. Num Pages: 672 pages, 70 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DST; JFCV; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1118.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 672
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195387100
- ISBN
- 9780195387100
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.94
€ 19.99
€ 14.94
Paperback. In 1999, Rabbi Steven Greenberg became the first Orthodox rabbi to declare his homosexuality. This book is the result of his ten-year struggle to reconcile his two warring identities. Using traditional rabbinic resources, he goes beyond the question of whether homosexuality is biblically acceptable, to ask how such relationships can be sacred. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRJ; JFSJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 258 x 24. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299190941
- ISBN
- 9780299190941
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.79
€ 26.79
paperback. Gathered here are noted scholars and critics, as well as the film/video makers themselves who offer insight into the work of underexplored artists. Editor(s): Bobo, Jacqueline. Series: AFI Film Readers. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APF; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415920421
- ISBN
- 9780415920421
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.05
€ 55.05
Paperback. A memoir of Yang Xianyi, renowned scholar, translator and interpreter of Chinese and Western literature. It portrays Yang Xianyi as a light-hearted and mischievous young man who immersed himself in the learning of European culture, ancient and modern, when he studied at Oxford in the 1930s. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white plates. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; BGA; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- The Chinese University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789629960469
- ISBN
- 9789629960469
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.80
€ 21.80
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Harper Element
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007298945
- ISBN
- 9780007298945
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 17.22
€ 25.99
€ 17.22
Paperback. Featuring a range of samples, this handy guide provides high quality exemplars for learners and intermediate speakers of te reo Maori wishing to improve their whaikorero skills. It will be a major book for everyone interested in Maori and Polynesian cultures. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MBN; 2PGPA; JFC; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 195 x 18. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Auckland University Press
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781869404635
- ISBN
- 9781869404635
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.13
€ 39.13
paperback. In Ukraine, with privatization and the scaling back of the social safety net, it is women who have been left as leaders of service-oriented NGOs and mutual aid associations, caring for the destitute with little or no support from the Ukrainian state. This book documents the unexpected effects that social activism has produced for women in Ukraine. Series: New Anthropologies of Europe. Num Pages: 232 pages, 14 b&w photos, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DVUK; JFSJ1; JKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 12. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253219923
- ISBN
- 9780253219923
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.97
€ 26.99
€ 24.97
Paperback. Editor(s): Winch, Julie. Num Pages: 208 pages, 9ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSC; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780271020211
- ISBN
- 9780271020211
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.91
€ 48.91
Paperback. The private letters of ancient women in Egypt from Alexander the Great to the Arab conquest Num Pages: 440 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; 2CXG; DSBB; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472036226
- ISBN
- 9780472036226
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 43.50
€ 48.99
€ 43.50
Paperback. Memoirs have enjoyed great popularity, experiencing significant sales, prominent reviews, and diverse readerships. This book shows that at the heart of the memoir phenomenon is our fascination with writing that focuses on what it means to live in, or be, an anomalous body - in other words, what it means to be disabled. Series: Corporealities: Discourses of Disability. Num Pages: 224 pages, 3 b&w photos. BIC Classification: DSBH; JFFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472050697
- ISBN
- 9780472050697
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.39
€ 33.99
€ 30.39
Narrative Prosthesis: Disability and the Dependencies of Discourse (Co...
Mitchell, David T., Snyder, Sharon L.
Paperback. Reveals how depictions of disability in fiction serve an essential narrative function Series: Corporealities: Discourses of Disability. Num Pages: 232 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DS; JFFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472067480
- ISBN
- 9780472067480
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.39
€ 33.99
€ 30.39
Paperback. Series: Theater: Theory/Text/Performance. Num Pages: 208 pages, 12 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AS; DS; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472087686
- ISBN
- 9780472087686
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.12
€ 29.99
€ 27.12
Gendered Missions: Women and Men in Missionary Discourse and Practice
. Ed(S): Huber, Mary Taylor; Lutkehaus, Nancy...
hardcover. Explores the roles and expectations of women and men in Christian missionary experience Editor(s): Huber, Mary Taylor; Lutkehaus, Nancy C. Num Pages: 264 pages, photographs, maps. BIC Classification: HBTB; HRCX7; HRLP; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 750.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472109876
- ISBN
- 9780472109876
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.12
€ 104.12
paperback. An examination of the tensions between racism and antiracism in Cuba's struggle to become a nation. It explores the participation of black and mulatto Cubans in nationalist insurgency from 1868, when the revolution began, until the intervention of American forces in 1898. Num Pages: 288 pages, 13 illustrations, 2 tables, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KJC; 3JH; HBJQ; HBTB; HBTV; JFFJ; JFSL; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 413.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University North Carolina Pr United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807847831
- ISBN
- 9780807847831
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.00
€ 48.00
paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 146 x 11. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813013213
- ISBN
- 9780813013213
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.30
€ 24.30
Paperback. Bringing together 19 Caribbean specialists, this text examines the people of the Caribbean, their social organization, religion, language, lifeways, and contribution to the culture of their modern descendants - to provide a comprehensive reader on Caribbean archaeology, ethnohistory, and ethnology. Editor(s): Wilson, Samuel M. Series: Florida Museum of Natural History: Ripley P.Bullen Series. Num Pages: 304 pages, 19 b&w photographs, 3 line drawings, 2 tables, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1QSC; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL9; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813016924
- ISBN
- 9780813016924
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.28
€ 29.28
paperback. Series: New Perspectives on the History of the South (Paperback). Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 345.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813029184
- ISBN
- 9780813029184
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.28
€ 29.28
Democracy After Slavery: Black Publics And Peasant Radicalism In Haiti...
Sheller, Mimi (Lancaster University, Uk Swart...
paperback. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 3JH; HBG; HBJK; HBLL; JFSL; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813030616
- ISBN
- 9780813030616
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.28
€ 29.28
Paperback. Series: New Perspectives on Medieval Literature. Num Pages: 292 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 216 x 19. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida United States
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813041988
- ISBN
- 9780813041988
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.80
€ 26.80
Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; HBJK; HDD; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813061337
- ISBN
- 9780813061337
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.28
€ 29.28
Paperback. Editor(s): Quinn, Kate. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJ; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 236 x 26. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813061887
- ISBN
- 9780813061887
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.28
€ 29.28