Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Paperback. Examining the role of memory in the transition from totalitarian to democratic systems, this book makes an important contribution to memory studies. It explores memory as a medium of and impediment to change, looking at memory's biological, cultural, narrative and socio-psychological dimensions. Editor(s): Assmann, Aleida; Shortt, Linda. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTC; JFCX; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 241
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230302006
- ISBN
- 9780230302006
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Condition: New
€ 66.02
€ 66.02
Paperback. A groundbreaking contribution to an emerging field of study, Memory and Migration provides valuable insight into the connections between memory, place, and displacement. Editor(s): Creet, Julia; Kitzmann, Andreas. Num Pages: 346 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 230 x 21. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442626881
- ISBN
- 9781442626881
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 38.74
€ 42.99
€ 38.74
Hardback. Editor(s): Palmberger, Monika. Series: Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship. Num Pages: 287 pages, 12 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFFN; JHMC; JPA; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 287
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137575487
- ISBN
- 9781137575487
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.37
€ 161.37
Hardcover. Series: Early Modern Cultural Studies. Num Pages: 328 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; DSC; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 184 x 262 x 24. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137588494
- ISBN
- 9781137588494
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.12
€ 128.12
Paperback. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH5; HBJH; HBL; JFC; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349439942
- ISBN
- 9781349439942
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Condition: New
€ 65.93
€ 65.93
Hardback. Explores the repressed memory controversy. This volume includes an overview of neurological research on the encoding of memory, a feminist critique of the frenzy surrounding the current debate, and an exploration of the social taboos that hamper objective discussion of child abuse. Editor(s): Gartner, Richard B. Num Pages: 277 pages, index, bibliography. BIC Classification: JFFE2; MMJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Jason Aronson Inc. Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 277
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781568217048
- ISBN
- 9781568217048
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 145.93
€ 145.93
Paperback. This book is an intimate look at how diasporic Chinese in Panama construct notions of home and create a sense of belonging as they inhabit the interstices of several cultural-national formations-Panama, China/Taiwan, and the United States. Num Pages: 272 pages, 3 figures, 1 illustration, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLCP; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804758468
- ISBN
- 9780804758468
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.67
€ 29.99
€ 27.67
Hardcover. Thousands of memorials to executed witches, victims of terrorism, and dead astronauts, along with those that pay tribute to civil rights, organ donors, and the end of communism, have dotted the American landscape. This title argues that these memorials underscore our obsession with issues of memory and history. Num Pages: 488 pages, 161 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AMGD; JFCA; JHBZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 794.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 488
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226159386
- ISBN
- 9780226159386
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.03€ 79.61
€ 94.03
€ 79.61
Paperback. In the past few decades, thousands of memorials have dotted the American landscape. This title argues that these memorials underscore our obsession with issues of memory and history, and the urgent desire to express - and claim - those issues in visibly public contexts. Num Pages: 488 pages, 161 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AMGD; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 690.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 488
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226159416
- ISBN
- 9780226159416
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 28.96
€ 35.99
€ 28.96
Hardback. A critical study of Libeskind s Berlin Jewish Museum in its historical, architectural and philosophical context, this book develops the notion of 'memorial ethics to explore the Museum s difference from more conventional post-World War Two commemorative sites, with reflections on texts by Beckett, Celan, Derrida, Kafka and others. Series: The Holocaust and its Contexts. Num Pages: 305 pages, 2 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; AMX; GM; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 305
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137538307
- ISBN
- 9781137538307
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 183.53
€ 183.53
Paperback. Conquered in 1492 and colonized by invading Castilians, the city and kingdom of Granada faced radical changes imposed by its occupiers throughout the first half of the sixteenth century. This title provides scholars in a range of fields with an example of resistance in the face of oppression. Editor(s): Barletta, Vincent. Num Pages: 128 pages, 2 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JB; HBJD; HBLH; JFSR2; JPVR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 181.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226103037
- ISBN
- 9780226103037
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 21.32
€ 25.99
€ 21.32
Hardback. The kingdom of Granada faced radical changes imposed by its occupiers including conversion of its native Muslim population. This title attempts to lodge a protest against assimilationist laws that required converted Muslims in Granada to dress, speak, eat, marry, celebrate festivals, and bury their dead exactly as the Castilian settler population. Editor(s): Barletta, Vincent. Translator(s): Barletta, Vincent. Num Pages: 128 pages, 2 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JB; HBJD; HBLH; JFSR2; JPVR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 149 x 16. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226547268
- ISBN
- 9780226547268
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.03€ 79.61
€ 94.03
€ 79.61
paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: DS; JFCA; JFFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Transcript Publishing Germany
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783837635461
- ISBN
- 9783837635461
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.88€ 42.56
€ 52.88
€ 42.56
Paperback. The first English translation of the memoirs of Anbara Salam Khalidi, the iconic Arab feminist. Num Pages: 184 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGHA; BM; HBJF1; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 136 x 12. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 184
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745333564
- ISBN
- 9780745333564
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 23.07
€ 33.99
€ 23.07
Paperback. The first translation into English of a startling 1907 memoir of a writer who was born a boy, was raised as a girl, and who lived as a man. Who was the real N.O. Body, and why did he go to such lengths to hide not just his name but his Jewish identity? Translator(s): Simon, Deborah. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BM; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 143 x 13. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812220612
- ISBN
- 9780812220612
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.44
€ 26.99
€ 25.44
Hardback. This full, critical edition of the Pauline Wengeroff's Memoirs of a Grandmother uses women's experience to depict the emergence of Jewish modernity in Russia in the nineteenth century and comment upon the role of gender in shaping Jewish experience. Translator(s): Magnus, Shulamit S. Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture. Num Pages: 384 pages, 14 figures, 1 map. BIC Classification: BG; BM; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804768795
- ISBN
- 9780804768795
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.95
€ 81.95
Paperback. Third reprint of memoirs that have not ceased to fascinate since the first edition. Winner of H.H. Wingate Prize for Non-Fiction, 1987 Num Pages: 273 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1FBH; 1FBP; BGHA; JFSR1; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 137 x 22. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Peter Halban Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 273
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781870015691
- ISBN
- 9781870015691
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 6.35
€ 6.35
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJH; JFFJ; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 133. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Publisher
- Seven Stories Press,U.S.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781609806828
- ISBN
- 9781609806828
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.55
€ 18.99
€ 16.55
Hardback. Once a Soviet scientist, Tarnopolsky became a refusnik activist arguing the right to emigrate. As a result, he spent the year of 1984 in a Siberian labour camp. Scenes of camp life are interspersed with essays on topics such as the Russian mentality, moral choices, and modern Jewish problems. Num Pages: 252 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJPN; BGA; JFSR1; JPVH; JPVR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780819191977
- ISBN
- 9780819191977
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.20
€ 124.20
This text offers both first-hand witness to women's resistance to state violence, and insights into the formation of women's community. It describes how political prisoners forged alliances to demand better conditions and to maintain their sanity in the confines of their cramped cell. Translator(s): Booth, Marilyn. Series: Literature of the Middle East S. Num Pages: 204 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBE; BG; JFSJ1; JPVR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 257.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520088887
- ISBN
- 9780520088887
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.14
€ 38.14
Paperback. Num Pages: 480 pages, 10 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; BG; HBJK; HBLW; JFHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 11. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Trine Day United States
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781936296057
- ISBN
- 9781936296057
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 19.51
€ 21.99
€ 19.51
Paperback. Series: MIT Press Essential Knowledge. Num Pages: 216 pages, 23 figures. BIC Classification: JFD; UBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 129 x 175 x 16. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Publisher
- MIT Press Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780262525435
- ISBN
- 9780262525435
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.83
€ 19.99
€ 14.83
Hardcover. Provides an integrated view of the five kinds of enabling technologies in terms of knowledge media architectures such as: multimedia and hypermedia, object oriented GUI and visual programming, reusable component software and component integration, network publishing and electronic commerce, and object oriented and multimedia databases. Num Pages: 498 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBT; JFD; UYQE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 256 x 187 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1082.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 498
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471453789
- ISBN
- 9780471453789
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 204.42
€ 204.42
Paperback. Mema lives in a crowded urban space on the outskirts of Mexico City. Her house is a sanctuary for young homosexual men and transvestites. Mema is an AIDS educator and leader of the group. This study follows the transvestites in their daily activities, and analyzes their complicated relations. Series: Worlds of Desire S. Num Pages: 306 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JFSJ; JFSK2; JMU; MJCJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 306
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226682570
- ISBN
- 9780226682570
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.91
€ 36.99
€ 29.91