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Hardback. Built on Kraybill's deep knowledge of Amish life and his contacts within many Amish communities, Renegade Amish highlights one of the strangest and most publicized sagas in contemporary Amish history. Num Pages: 224 pages, 12, 9 black & white halftones, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BTC; HRCX8; JFS; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421415673
- ISBN
- 9781421415673
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 23.78
€ 25.99
€ 23.78
Paperback. Editor(s): Mooney, Michael. Num Pages: 347 pages. BIC Classification: JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1981
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- y First edition thus
- Number of pages
- 347
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231045131
- ISBN
- 9780231045131
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.24
€ 54.99
€ 39.24
Paperback. Series: Quadrant Book. Num Pages: 296 pages, 22 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFW; JFS; RGC; TQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816666003
- ISBN
- 9780816666003
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 29.11
€ 30.99
€ 29.11
Hardcover. Editor(s): Gibson, Delia. Num Pages: 109 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; JPQB; LNDA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 162 x 16. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Nova Science Pub Inc
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781634826105
- ISBN
- 9781634826105
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 193.96€ 143.42
€ 193.96
€ 143.42
Paperback. Removable Type: Histories of the Book in Indian Country, 1663-1880 Num Pages: 272 pages, 38 illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807871201
- ISBN
- 9780807871201
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.63
€ 46.63
Paperback. Arguing that village life is an effect of the modern and the global, this text analyzes everyday and social practices, and suggests that Kabre culture is shaped as much by colonial and postcolonial history as by anything "indigenous" or local. Num Pages: 226 pages, 12 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFD; JFSF; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226669694
- ISBN
- 9780226669694
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.44
€ 32.99
€ 25.44
paperback. Britons spend an average of four hours a day watching television - television has become our national obsession. This work reveals the alarming reality of what television is actually doing to us physically, emotionally, intellectually and socially. It also show us how we can re-establish control away from the remote control. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 23. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Vermilion
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780091906900
- ISBN
- 9780091906900
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.60
€ 17.99
€ 14.60
Paperback. "In association with Loyola University New Orleans, Georgia Tech Center for Media Studies"--Series title page. Series Editor(s): Schaberg, Dr. Christopher; Bogost, Prof. Ian. Series: Object Lessons. Num Pages: 184 pages, 25 halftones. BIC Classification: JFCD; JFD; TBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 122 x 163 x 12. Weight in Grams: 168.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781623563110
- ISBN
- 9781623563110
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.58
€ 13.99
€ 11.58
hardcover. Treating poverty not simply as a theme in literature but as a force that in fact shapes the texts themselves, Rimstead adopts the notion of a common culture to include ordinary voices in national culture, in this case the national culture of Canada. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; DSK; JFFA; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 28. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802044945
- ISBN
- 9780802044945
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.65
€ 95.65
Hardcover. Presents transcriptions, English translations, and annotations of more than 1,600 gravestones from Suriname's oldest Jewish burial grounds. This title examines three Sephardi cemeteries, whose monuments date from 1666 to 1904. It is based on years of on-site fieldwork in Suriname and research in archives in the United States and the Netherlands. Num Pages: 277 pages, 200 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSS; AMGD; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 279 x 216 x 51. Weight in Grams: 2585.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Hebrew Union College Press
- Edition
- Pck
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780878202249
- ISBN
- 9780878202249
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 114.67
€ 114.67
Paperback. Petra R. Rivera-Rideau shows how the popular music style reggaeton offers a space for Puerto Rican musicians to express identities that center blackness, forge links across the African diaspora, and critique the popular Puerto Rican discourse of racial democracy, which conceals racism and marginalizes black Puerto Ricans. Num Pages: 240 pages, 11 illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGW; HBTB; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 10. Weight in Grams: 341.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822359647
- ISBN
- 9780822359647
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.04
€ 28.04
Hardback. A study of Albania. It focuses on the socio-cultural context of remittances, and explores how gender emerges as a powerful facet in the processes of development. It is of interest to scholars and students in Migration Studies, Development Studies, Gender Studies, Geography and Anthropology. Series: Library of Development Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, 5 bw integrated illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVWA; JFSJ; KCM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 151 x 223 x 25. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848854871
- ISBN
- 9781848854871
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.93€ 124.28
€ 141.93
€ 124.28
Paperback. Num Pages: 120 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: HRH; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 170 x 168 x 13. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Tughra Books United States
- Number of pages
- 120
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597841436
- ISBN
- 9781597841436
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.91
€ 13.99
€ 10.91
Hardback. This book is a collection of essays from the 25th annual Scholar's Conference on the Holocaust and the Churches. The contributors represent a variety of disciplines, countries, and religious faiths. Editor(s): Tobler, Douglas F. Num Pages: 236 pages. BIC Classification: HR; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761811077
- ISBN
- 9780761811077
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.78
€ 106.78
Hardback. A study of the Samsui women who migrated from China to Singapore, where they have been commemorated as nation-builders. Series: Contemporary Chinese Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations, map. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFFN; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780774825757
- ISBN
- 9780774825757
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.73
€ 113.73
Hardback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTB; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 157 x 27. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195326222
- ISBN
- 9780195326222
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.43
€ 69.43
Paperback. Written by women from all stations of life and from drastically different backgrounds, these stories reconstruct not only the world of the Gulag but also its meaning for society at large. It covers the entire span of the Gulag's existence, from the 1920s to the 1980s. Num Pages: 364 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD; HBLW3; HBWQ; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 146 x 23. Weight in Grams: 603.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 364
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742511460
- ISBN
- 9780742511460
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 82.40
€ 82.40
paperback. Traces the cultural, political, and religious life of the Jewish people in Spain from Roman antiquity to the expulsion of Jews in 1492. This book attempts to recreate the relationships among Jews, Christians, and Muslims in the period. It offers an illustrated archive of material. Num Pages: 232 pages, 174 color illus. BIC Classification: 1DSE; HBJD; HBLC; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 4531 x 5830 x 18. Weight in Grams: 1116.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9788496008274
- ISBN
- 9788496008274
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 42.14
€ 42.99
€ 42.14
Paperback. In 1931, nine black youths were charged with raping two white women in Scottsboro, Alabama. Despite meager and contradictory evidence, all nine were found guilty and eight were sentenced to death. This book explores how this case has embedded itself into the fabric of American memory and become a lens for perceptions of race and class. Num Pages: 296 pages, 18 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBSB; 3JJG; HBTB; JFSL3; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691140476
- ISBN
- 9780691140476
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 32.94
€ 46.99
€ 32.94
Paperback. By sharing individual Chileans' recollections of the Pinochet regime, historian Steve J. Stern provides an analytic framework for understanding memory struggles in history. Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 280 pages, 2 photos, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSH; 3JJPR; JFC; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 413.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822338161
- ISBN
- 9780822338161
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 29.14
€ 30.99
€ 29.14
Paperback. Remembering Mass Violence breaks new ground in oral history, new media, and performance studies by exploring what is at stake when we attempt to represent war, genocide, and other violations of human rights in a variety of creative works. Editor(s): High, Steven; Little, Edward; Duong, Thi Ry. Num Pages: 376 pages, 19. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTD; JFFE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 151 x 22. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442614659
- ISBN
- 9781442614659
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 39.93
€ 42.99
€ 39.93
Hardcover. Renowned artist Bronwyn Bancroft's Remembering Lionsville brings to vivid life her family's oral history and her own childhood memories. Num Pages: 32 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSL9; YB. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 266 x 302 x 8. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Allen & Unwin Australia
- Number of pages
- 32
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781742373201
- ISBN
- 9781742373201
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.72
€ 25.72
Hardcover. These recollections centre on the American novelist, poet, screenwriter, journalist, film critic and cult hero, James Agee. Contributors include his widow Mia Agee, John Huston, Anderw Lytle and Walker Evans - his collaborator on "Let Us Now Praise Famous Men". Editor(s): Madden, David; Folks, Jeffrey. Num Pages: 288 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; BG; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 132 x 25. Weight in Grams: 617.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820319131
- ISBN
- 9780820319131
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.00
€ 45.00
Paperback. This book contains a wide-ranging selection of writings by perennialist author William Stoddart that expose the many false ideologies of postmodernism (forgetting) and call for a return to traditional religion, especially in its mystical dimensions (remembering). Editor(s): Azevedo, Mateus Soares de; Vasconcellos Queiroz, Alberto. Num Pages: 180 pages, 22 charts, 6 b&w ills. BIC Classification: HRA; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- World Wisdom Books United States
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781933316468
- ISBN
- 9781933316468
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.23
€ 21.99
€ 20.23