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Society & culture: general

The Appalachian Volunteers formed in the early 1960s, determined to eliminate poverty through education and vocational training and to improve schools and homes in the mountainous regions of the south-eastern United States. This book illustrates how the activists failed because they were indecisive about the fundamental nature of their mission. Num Pages: 320 pages, 32 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; HBTB; JFFA; JKSN1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 635.
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813125091
ISBN
9780813125091
Condition: New

€ 47.99

hardcover. Examines the social and religious messages of plays presented across the Low Countries, showing how they promoted or opposed calls for reform, religious and otherwise and argues that dramatists reshaped reform ideas to accommodate their own concerns. Num Pages: 440 pages, illustrations, facsimiles, map. BIC Classification: AS; DD; HBTB; HRAX; HRC; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 35. Weight in Grams: 719.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802044570
ISBN
9780802044570
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 109.34

Paperback. Ten years after the war on terror, the deportation of millions, and the ostensive rise of Latino political power, Reform Without Justice provides an analysis of both Latino migrant activism and state migration control. Num Pages: 240 pages, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KL; JFFN; JFSL4; JPHV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199342938
ISBN
9780199342938
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.00

hardcover. Presents a research in employment policy. This title addresses the reform of the unemployment insurance system. Editor(s): Bassi, Laurie J.; Woodbury, Stephen A. Series: Research in Employment Policy. Num Pages: 334 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFA; JKSB; JPQB; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 644.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Emerald Group Publishing Limited United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
334
Condition
New
SKU
V9780762305070
ISBN
9780762305070
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 147.70

Hardback. The debate over Islam and modernity is approached from a Eurocentric perspective that presents Western norms as a template for progress. This misses the development of Muslim reformist thought that actively engages with the world around it and seeks to reconfigure Islam within the diverse conditions of modernity. Series: Library of Modern Religion. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; JFSR2; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 146 x 28. Weight in Grams: 512.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848857353
ISBN
9781848857353
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 141.93
€ 124.28

Paperback. aeo Concerns debates now at the core of social and political theory -- particularly the debate about the nature of modernity. aeo Provides an accessible introduction to the basic ideas of the theory of reflexive modernization. aeo Each of the three contributors is very well--known at an international level. Num Pages: 240 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 352.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745612782
ISBN
9780745612782
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 24.80

Paperback. Western Europe became a multiethnic society in a fit of absence of mind. This book tackles uncomfortable questions about immigration and Islam head-on, and asks: Why can't we face the truth? Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; JFFN; JFSR2; JPV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 23. Weight in Grams: 288.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141027777
ISBN
9780141027777
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.69

Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 286.
Publisher
Blue Dome Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781935295563
ISBN
9781935295563
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.27

hardcover. Reflections on Native-Newcomer Relations opens up for discussion a series of issues in Native-newcomer history. It addresses all the trends in the discipline of the past two decades and never shies from showing their contradictions, as well as those in the author's own thinking as he matured as a scholar. Series: Heritage. Num Pages: 320 pages, 7ill. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 158 x 31. Weight in Grams: 602.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
2nd ed.
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802087232
ISBN
9780802087232
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.91

Paperback. This is the first volume in any language that collects Hannah Arendt's remarkable series of essays and notes on literary figures and cultural questions. Editor(s): Gottlieb, Susannah Young-ah. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; JFC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 526.
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804744997
ISBN
9780804744997
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 35.80

Paperback. The role of law in government has been increasingly scrutinized as courts struggle with controversial topics such as assisted suicide, abortion, capital punishment, and torture. Drawing on works of literature and philosophy, as well as US Supreme Court decisions, this title examines the relationship between human nature and constitutional law. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFM; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University Press of Kentucky
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813192307
ISBN
9780813192307
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.04

Hardcover. The role of law in government has been increasingly scrutinized as courts struggle with controversial topics such as assisted suicide, abortion, capital punishment, and torture. Drawing on works of literature and philosophy, as well as US Supreme Court decisions, this title examines the relationship between human nature and constitutional law. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFM; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University Press of Kentucky
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813125336
ISBN
9780813125336
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.86

Paperback. A compilation of 35 years' worth of critical essays from one of the boldest and most articulate cultural theorists of our time Num Pages: 656 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; JFC; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 154 x 42. Weight in Grams: 738.
Publisher
Granta Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
656
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847085979
ISBN
9781847085979
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 15.90

Paperback. * A highly topical book which examines the intellectual history of comparing Europe and the United States. * Claus Offe considers the perspectives adopted by three of Europe's greatest social scientists - Alexis de Tocqueville, Max Weber and Theodor W. Adorno - in their comparative writings on Europe and the US. Num Pages: 140 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 138 x 216 x 12. Weight in Grams: 172.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
140
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745635064
ISBN
9780745635064
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.68

Hardback. * A highly topical book which examines the intellectual history of comparing Europe and the United States. * Claus Offe considers the perspectives adopted by three of Europe's greatest social scientists - Alexis de Tocqueville, Max Weber and Theodor W. Adorno - in their comparative writings on Europe and the US. Num Pages: 140 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 144 x 15. Weight in Grams: 266.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
140
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745635057
ISBN
9780745635057
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.84

Paperback. Former CBS corresondent explores the abyss of misunderstanding and mis-reporting in both the US and Arab media. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1QFM; JFD; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 25. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745324197
ISBN
9780745324197
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 24.15

Paperback. Num Pages: 169 pages. BIC Classification: HRCV; JFSP31. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 185 x 247 x 14. Weight in Grams: 141. New.
Publisher
Veritas Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
9781853908866
ISBN
9781853908866
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Reflecting realities explores participants' perspectives on participation structures; capacity building and the technical and professional support available; and systems for monitoring and evaluating regeneration programmes. The report includes recommendations for national and regional government, local authorities and community organisations. Series: Area Regeneration Series. Num Pages: 60 pages, 4figs. BIC Classification: JFSG; JKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 297 x 210. Weight in Grams: 260.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
60
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861342706
ISBN
9781861342706
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.55

Paperback. Series: American Culture. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFSL3; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780816621439
ISBN
9780816621439
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 29.27

Hardback. Editor(s): King, Shelley; Schlick, Yael Rachel. Series: Bucknell Studies in Eighteenth Century Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 228 pages. BIC Classification: GBC; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 164 x 19. Weight in Grams: 481.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Bucknell University Press United States
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611483062
ISBN
9781611483062
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.31

Paperback. Explores the questions and doubts surrounding the revitalisation of Jewish life in Germany since the fall of the Wall. The volume includes topics such as the social and institutional role of Jews; the role of religion in daily life; and gender and culture in post-Wall Jewish writing. Num Pages: 302 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; JFC; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
302
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814730652
ISBN
9780814730652
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.47

Hardback. Num Pages: 278 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFA; JFSJ2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 581.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
278
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810881143
ISBN
9780810881143
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.09

hardcover. Num Pages: 208 pages, 6 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFD; JFFJ; JFSL1; KNTC. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780813586304
ISBN
9780813586304
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 169.04

Paperback. Redundant Masculinities? investigates the links between the so--called 'crisis of masculinity' and contemporary changes in the labour market through the lives of young working class men. * Allows the voices of poorly--educated young men to be heard. * Looks at how the labour market is changing. Series: Antipode Book Series. Num Pages: 304 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1QFH; JFSJ2; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 1. Weight in Grams: 446.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405105866
ISBN
9781405105866
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.89

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