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Society & culture: general
Paperback. Traces the circulation of the contradictory tropes of millennial hope and millennial noir. Looking at what millennials do with digital technology, Ellen Stein demonstrates the molding impact of commercial representations, and at the same time reveals how millennials are undermining, negotiating, and changing those narratives. Num Pages: 222 pages, 15 black & white images. BIC Classification: AP; JFCA; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 525.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Iowa Press United States
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781609383558
- ISBN
- 9781609383558
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€ 33.19
€ 33.19
Paperback. How are we to understand capitalism at the millennium? Is it a singular or polythetic creature? What are we to make of the culture of neoliberalism that appears to accompany it, taking on simultaneously local and translocal forms? This title deals with these questions. Editor(s): Comaroff, Jean; Comaroff, John L. Series: A Public Culture Book. Num Pages: 336 pages, 14 b&w photographs, 7 color photographs. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 233 x 24. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822327158
- ISBN
- 9780822327158
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€ 43.99€ 28.79
€ 43.99
€ 28.79
Millenarianism and Messianism in Early Modern European Culture
. Ed(S): Goldish, Matt; Popkin, Richard H.
Hardback. This volume features essays about Jewish messianic ideas and movements in the early modern world. While much of the previous literature in this field has focused on the internal dynamics of Jewish thought, these essays stress the broader historical and philosophical context. Editor(s): Goldish, Matt; Popkin, Richard H. Series: International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Idees. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; HRLB; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 559.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792368502
- ISBN
- 9780792368502
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Condition: New
€ 132.94
€ 132.94
Hardback. Offers an overview of Catholic apocalyptic thought combined with presentations by specialists on nine Catholic authors, such as Savonarola, Luis de Leon, and Antonio Vieira. This book illustrates a hold apocalyptic concerns had on intellectual life, particularly between 1500 and 1900, rivaling and influencing rationalism and skepticism. Editor(s): Kottman, Karl A. Series: International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Idees. Num Pages: 135 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; HRLB; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 9. Weight in Grams: 361.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 135
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792368496
- ISBN
- 9780792368496
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Condition: New
€ 130.03
€ 130.03
Millenarianism and Messianism in Early Modern European Culture
. Ed(S): Force, James E.; Popkin, Richard H.
Hardback. The influence of millenarian thinking upon Cromwell's England is well-known. In this collection of essays, the readers endeavour to revise the 'official' story and to trace the influence of millenarian ideas in the science, politics, and everyday life of England and America in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Editor(s): Force, James E.; Popkin, Richard H. Series: International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Idees. Num Pages: 223 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JD; 3JF; HRLB; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 483.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 223
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792368489
- ISBN
- 9780792368489
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Condition: New
€ 131.83
€ 131.83
Millenarianism and Messianism in Early Modern European Culture
. Ed(S): Laursen, John Christian; Popkin, Ric...
Paperback. Brings together studies of a variety of millenarians who were active in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries in France, The Netherlands, Germany, Sweden, and eastern Europe. This volume provides much food for thought for students and teachers of early modern ideas, the history of philosophy and religion, and the making of the modern world. Editor(s): Laursen, John Christian; Popkin, Richard H. Series: International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Idees. Num Pages: 146 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JD; 3JF; HRLB; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 11. Weight in Grams: 395.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 146
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792368472
- ISBN
- 9780792368472
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€ 152.62
€ 152.62
Paperback. Explores the relationship between culture and the military in Chinese society from early China to the Qing empire, with contributions by eminent scholars aiming to reexamine the relationship between military matters and law, government, historiography, art, philosophy, literature, and politics. Editor(s): Di Cosmo, Nicola. Num Pages: 456 pages, 3 line illustrations, 7 maps, 1 chart. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBW; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 456
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674060722
- ISBN
- 9780674060722
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€ 36.99€ 31.06
€ 36.99
€ 31.06
Paperback. A postcolonial feminist study of the formation of contemporary political subjectivities in South Korea, framed by the rise and decline in 20th century militarization Series: Politics, History, & Culture. Num Pages: 272 pages, 13 b&w photos, 10 tables, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPKS; JFSJ; JHBK; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 390.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- 2005. Corr. 2nd Printing ed.
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822336167
- ISBN
- 9780822336167
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.60
€ 37.99
€ 27.60
Paperback. Intends to challenge the established view that the civilian sector in Israel has been predominant over its security sector since the state's independence in 1948. This title reexamines the relationship between these sectors and provides a different view of their interactions. Editor(s): Sheffer, Gabriel; Barak, Oren. Series: An Israel Studies Book. Num Pages: 396 pages, 7 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1FBH; JFC; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 31. Weight in Grams: 590.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 396
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253221742
- ISBN
- 9780253221742
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Paperback. Argues for a Modernism of everyday life, immersed in questions of socialism, sexual politics and technology. This work features chapters ranging from a study of industrial and brutalist aesthetics in Britain, the Sexpol of Wilhelm Reich in film and design, and the alienation effects of Brecht and Hanns Eisler on record and on screen. Series: Zero Books. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 164.
- Publisher
- John Hunt Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846941764
- ISBN
- 9781846941764
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.49
€ 13.99
€ 13.49
Hardcover. The book investigates why, how, and with what implications some of these mothers describe themselves as "militant lactivists" as well as reflects on wider parenting culture in the UK and France. Discussing gender, feminism, and activism, this study contributes to kinship and family studies.. Series: Fertility, Reproduction & Sexuality. Num Pages: 278 pages, 5 ills & 1 table. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DDF; JFSJ1; JHBK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 518.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857457585
- ISBN
- 9780857457585
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€ 162.95
€ 162.95
Hardback. This three-volume anthology contains excerpts and full-length articles from primary source materials in European history. Documents have been selected on the basis of their inherent historical value, their ability to illuminate a particular period, and their readability. Num Pages: 447 pages, 2ill.4M. BIC Classification: HB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 145 x 29. Weight in Grams: 644.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 447
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810821880
- ISBN
- 9780810821880
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Condition: New
€ 148.61
€ 148.61
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1 black & white photograph. BIC Classification: 1KBBFL; AB; DS; HBJK; JFC; JFSV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 472.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813062310
- ISBN
- 9780813062310
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Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 21.70
€ 21.99
€ 21.70
Hardback. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: AJCR; BG; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Insight Editions
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781608877522
- ISBN
- 9781608877522
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.76
€ 25.99
€ 22.76
Hardback. Num Pages: 191 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 191
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312122065
- ISBN
- 9780312122065
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Condition: New
€ 127.76
€ 127.76
Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 170 x 168 x 15. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062515636
- ISBN
- 9780062515636
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Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.75
€ 24.99
€ 21.75
Paperback. Editor(s): Crews, Clyde F. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 1KBB; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 145 x 18. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813118987
- ISBN
- 9780813118987
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.84
€ 42.84
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785331442
- ISBN
- 9781785331442
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.29€ 79.85
€ 127.29
€ 79.85
Hardcover. Discusses the unprecedented challenges that the movement of peoples across national borders poses, for the people involved as well as for the places to which they travel and their countries of origin. Editor(s): Benhabib, Seyla; Resnik, Judith. Num Pages: 520 pages, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; JPA; JPVH1; L. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 794.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 520
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780814775998
- ISBN
- 9780814775998
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.36
€ 92.36
Paperback. Discusses the unprecedented challenges that the movement of peoples across national borders poses, for the people involved as well as for the places to which they travel and their countries of origin. Editor(s): Benhabib, Seyla; Resnik, Judith. Num Pages: 520 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; JPA; L. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 688.
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 576
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814776001
- ISBN
- 9780814776001
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.02
€ 33.99
€ 31.02
Paperback. Migrations and Belongings traces burgeoning population flows across several continents from 1870 to 1945 and explains the variables involved and the processes of acculturation by which "belonging" takes shape. Migration, it shows, is both a critique of unsatisfactory conditions in one society and a contribution of human capital to another. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLL; HBLW; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 214 x 14. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Publisher
- Belknap Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674281318
- ISBN
- 9780674281318
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 31.06
€ 36.99
€ 31.06
Paperback. The freedom to choose where to live and work is a fundamental right in liberal societies. The moral equality of persons is the basic principle of democratic politics. But liberal democracy has no coherent theory of boundaries, or how members should be selected for political communities. Series: Themes for the 21st Century Series. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: JFFN; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 188 x 137 x 14. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745630083
- ISBN
- 9780745630083
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.81
€ 24.81
Hardback. The freedom to choose where to live and work is a fundamental right in liberal societies. The moral equality of persons is the basic principle of democratic politics. But liberal democracy has no coherent theory of boundaries, or how members should be selected for political communities. Series: Themes for the 21st Century Series. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: JFFN; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 195 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745630076
- ISBN
- 9780745630076
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Condition: New
€ 73.24
€ 73.24
Hardback. Editor(s): Brown, Judith M.; Foot, Rosemary. Series: St Antony's Series. Num Pages: 273 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFFN; JHM; JPVH; RGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 26. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 273
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312097233
- ISBN
- 9780312097233
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.05
€ 128.05