Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Hardcover. This text reconstructs the history of the Sufi Naqshbandi brotherhood and its impact on the North Caucasus (Chechnya and Daghestan) in the early 19th century. It draws on Naqshbandi Arabic sources to explain the pivotal role of Sufism in transforming mountain society. Num Pages: 288 pages, 4 maps, b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FC; HBJD; HBJF; HBLL; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 763.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781850653844
- ISBN
- 9781850653844
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.01€ 57.85
€ 59.01
€ 57.85
Hardback. Based on long-term fieldwork, six vivid ethnographies from Colombia, India, Poland, Spain and the southern and northern U.S. address the dwindling importance of labor throughout the world. The contributors to this volume highlight the growing disconnect between labor struggles and the advancement of the greater common good.. Editor(s): Kasmir, Sharryn; Carbonella, August. Series: Dislocations. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFS; JHBL; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 152 x 237 x 24. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782383635
- ISBN
- 9781782383635
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 152.74
€ 152.74
Paperback. This volume examines the growth of precolonial states in Southern Zambezia, and its historical and cultural developments through the evolution of the small-scale, farming societies. Series: African Archaeology Series. Num Pages: 336 pages, 81 illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1HFMW; HBJH; HBTB; HDD; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 147 x 21. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780759100916
- ISBN
- 9780759100916
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.37
€ 72.37
Paperback. Mernissi explores the historical links between the religion of Islam, the societal oppression of women, and the suppression of democracy in predominantly Muslim nations. Series: Saqi Essentials S. Num Pages: 197 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Publisher
- Saqi Books
- Number of pages
- 197
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780863564123
- ISBN
- 9780863564123
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.41
€ 19.99
€ 18.41
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HRH; HRLK2; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Publisher
- Shambhala Publications Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781570629679
- ISBN
- 9781570629679
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 25.78
€ 40.99
€ 25.78
Paperback. Demonstrates that the sexually specific body is socially constructed: biology or nature is not opposed to or in conflict with culture. Examining the theories of Freud, Lacan, Merleau-Ponty, Foucault, Deleuze, Derrida, and more on the subject of the body, this title concludes that the body they theorize is male. Series: Theories of Representation and Difference. Num Pages: 268 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Number of pages
- 268
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253208620
- ISBN
- 9780253208620
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.56
€ 21.56
Paperback. 'One is not born, but rather becomes, woman'. This book is suitable for those who believe in the equality of the sexes. Num Pages: 848 pages. BIC Classification: JFFK; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 154 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1086.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Number of pages
- 848
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099499381
- ISBN
- 9780099499381
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.26
€ 23.99
€ 16.26
Paperback. Num Pages: 202 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHB; JHBK; JHBS; KCU; TVB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 259.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Edition
- 1st ed. 1991
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349116171
- ISBN
- 9781349116171
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.57
€ 61.57
Hardcover. Editor(s): Bennett, Andy; Cieslik, Mark; Miles, Steven. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JFSP2; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 2003rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403905734
- ISBN
- 9781403905734
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.54
€ 62.54
Paperback. Series: History of Emotions. Num Pages: 316 pages, 11 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; JFFH2; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252081385
- ISBN
- 9780252081385
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.41
€ 32.99
€ 31.41
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Biteback Publishing
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849547505
- ISBN
- 9781849547505
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.65
€ 13.99
€ 11.65
Paperback. Miller believes that violence and crime in society have their roots in conventional child rearing and in education which can create a childhood prison. Miller describes how her discoveries can create freedom from this prison. This edition has been revised since her renunciation of psychoanalysis. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: JFFE1; JMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 125 x 12. Weight in Grams: 140.
- Edition
- Revised
- Publisher
- Virago
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781860491016
- ISBN
- 9781860491016
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.97
€ 13.99
€ 10.97
Hardback. A humorous, motivational memoir in the vein of Tyler Oakley's Binge and Marcus Butler's Hello Life, from high-energy comedic social media phenomenon Jake Paul. Num Pages: 240 pages, 16pp colour plates. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AP; BM; JFCA; UDBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 241 x 25. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781471161513
- ISBN
- 9781471161513
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 9.37
€ 9.37
Hardback. This volume explores the nature and function of the coffee house in the social, cultural, and political world of fin-de-siecle Vienna. Just as the cafeserved as a creative meeting place within the city, so this volume initiates conversations between different disciplines focusing on Vienna 1900. Editor(s): Ashby, Charlotte; Gronberg, Tag; Shaw-Miller, Simon. Series: Austrian and Habsburg Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages, 41 ills. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 231 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 456. Series: Austrian and Habsburg Studies. 256 pages, 41 ills. Editor(s): Ashby, Charlotte; Gronberg, Tag; Shaw-Miller, Simon. This volume explores the nature and function of the coffee house in the social, cultural, and political world of fin-de-siecle Vienna. Just as the cafeserved as a creative meeting place within the city, so this volume initiates conversations between different disciplines focusing on Vienna 1900. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; JFC. Dimension: 231 x 159 x 17. Weight: 456.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857457646
- ISBN
- 9780857457646
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 152.34
€ 152.34
Paperback. Explore fifty of Yorkshire's most fascinating finds. Series: 50 Finds. Num Pages: 96 pages, 180. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; HBJD1; HDD; JFCD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 165 x 13. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445661469
- ISBN
- 9781445661469
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.15
€ 28.15
Paperback. Num Pages: 472 pages, 43 line illus. 48 tables. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 236 x 29. Weight in Grams: 664.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691159768
- ISBN
- 9780691159768
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.05
€ 46.99
€ 33.05
Paperback. 'Scouting for Boys' (1908) is both a handbook and a philosophy for a way of living that replaces self with service, puts country before individual, and duty above all. It also details how to light fires, stalk men and animals. This edition reveals its maverick complexity, exploring its contradictions about sexuality, the environment and the empire. Editor(s): Boehmer, Elleke. Num Pages: 448 pages, numerous line drawings. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSV; WSZR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 27. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Edition
- Annotated
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192802460
- ISBN
- 9780192802460
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.58
€ 13.99
€ 11.58
Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JFFD; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 100.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141984124
- ISBN
- 9780141984124
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.73
€ 14.99
€ 11.73
Paperback. Focusing on case studies of five key technologies, this book explores how music listeners gradually came to understand computers and digital files as suitable replacements for their stereos and CD. Num Pages: 288 pages, 12 b/w, 1 line art. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFD; KNTF; UDM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520287945
- ISBN
- 9780520287945
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.73
€ 33.99
€ 24.73
Paperback. Considers the uses to which social representation and modes of social behavior are put by individuals and groups, describing the tactics available to the common man for reclaiming his own autonomy from the all-pervasive forces of commerce, politics, and culture. Translator(s): Rendall, Steven F. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JF; JH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 374. 256 pages. Considers the uses to which social representation and modes of social behavior are put by individuals and groups, describing the tactics available to the common man for reclaiming his own autonomy from the all-pervasive forces of commerce, politics, and culture. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: JF; JH. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 15. Weight: 348.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520271456
- ISBN
- 9780520271456
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.38
€ 33.99
€ 24.38