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Society & culture: general

Paperback. .
Publisher
HarperOne
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062508591
ISBN
9780062508591
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.26

paperback. Demonstrates that Jamaica's troubles were caused not by lazy blacks but by the incompetence of absentee white planters operating within an obsolete colonial system. This book also shows that although large plantations languished, many former slaves worked tirelessly and became successful small-scale landowners. Num Pages: 256 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KJWJ; HBJK; HBLL; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 209 x 17. Weight in Grams: 360.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252073274
ISBN
9780252073274
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.67

Paperback. Examines how Pentecostalism has managed to achieve such ascendancy in a former British colony among people of predominantly African descent. This book argues that it has flourished because it successfully mediates between two historically central themes in Jamaican religious life. Num Pages: 324 pages, 11 halftones, 4 maps, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KJWJ; HRCC99; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 19. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
324
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226032863
ISBN
9780226032863
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 33.37

Hardcover. Vanguard of a New Modernity draws feminist scholarly and political attention towards the women activists of the Jamaat-e-Islami, a major movement of Islamic renewal and reform in South Asia. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 553.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815633273
ISBN
9780815633273
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.98

Paperback. Num Pages: 233 pages, figures. BIC Classification: JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268035327
ISBN
9780268035327
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.14

Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 24 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; GTB; HBJF; JFSG; JPQB; RPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 142 x 20. Weight in Grams: 410.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816693368
ISBN
9780816693368
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.63

hardcover. Thousands of pregnant women pass through our nation's jails every year. What happens to them as they gestate their pregnancies in a space of punishment? In this book, the author explores how, in this time when public safety is in disarray and when incarceration has become a central strategy for managing the poor, jail has become a safety net. Num Pages: 328 pages, 5 halftones, scattered. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JFSJ1; JHMC; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
California University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520288669
ISBN
9780520288669
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.22
€ 89.80

Paperback / so. Editor(s): Klingemann, Carstenglish; Neumann, Michael (Storrs, Connecticut, USA Univ. of Connecticut Univ. of Connecticut Storrs, Connecticut, USA Storrs, Connecticut, USA Storrs, Connecticut, USA Storrs, Connecticut, USA Storrs, Connecticut, USA Storrs, Connecticut, USA University of Connecticut); Rehberg, Karl-Siegbert; Srubar, Ilja; Stolting, Erhard. Num Pages: 286 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 15. Weight in Grams: 345.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Vs Verlag Fur Sozialwissenschaften United States
Number of pages
286
Condition
New
SKU
V9783810009500
ISBN
9783810009500
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 72.98

Paperback / so. Editor(s): Dahme, Heinz-Juergen; Klingemann, Carsten; Neumann, Michael (Storrs, Connecticut, USA Univ. of Connecticut Univ. of Connecticut Storrs, Connecticut, USA Storrs, Connecticut, USA Storrs, Connecticut, USA Storrs, Connecticut, USA Storrs, Connecticut, USA Storrs, Connecticut, USA University of Connecticut); Rehberg, Karl-Siegbert; Srubar, Ilja. Num Pages: 286 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 15. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Vs Verlag Fur Sozialwissenschaften United States
Number of pages
286
Condition
New
SKU
V9783810007391
ISBN
9783810007391
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 72.26

Paperback / so. Editor(s): Buer, Ferdinand. Num Pages: 236 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 13. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Vs Verlag Fur Sozialwissenschaften United States
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
SKU
V9783810011886
ISBN
9783810011886
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.78

Paperback / so. Editor(s): Druwe, Ulrich; Kunz, Volker; Plumper, Thomas (Universit??t Konstanz, Germany Universitat Konstanz, Germany Universitat Konstanz, Germany Universit??t Konstanz, Germany Universit??t Konstanz, Germany Universit??t Konstanz, Germany Universit??t Konstanz, Germany Universit??t Konstanz, Germany). Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JF; JP; KJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 12. Weight in Grams: 268.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
VS Verlag f?r Sozialwissenschaften United Kingdom
Condition
New
SKU
V9783810028785
ISBN
9783810028785
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.61

Hardback. Drawing on the writings of Jacques Maritain - and by extension those of Thomas Aquinas - the essays in this volume examine the effects of theories of knowledge on individuals, culture and entire schools of philosophical thought. Editor(s): Ollivant, Douglas A. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: HPC; HPQ; HRC; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 513.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The Catholic University of America Press United States
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9780966922646
ISBN
9780966922646
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.79

Paperback. Major Lacanian theorists and practitioners provide an introduction to and critique of Jacques Lacan's influential Seminar XVII Editor(s): Clemens, Justin; Grigg, Russell. Series: [SIC] Series. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; JFC; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 482.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822337195
ISBN
9780822337195
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.99

Paperback. Geoffrey Bennington sets out here to write an account of the thought of Jacques Derrida. Responding to Bennington's text at every turn is Derrida's own, excerpts from his life and thought that resist circumscription. These texts, as a dialogue and a contest, are a critical introduction to Derrida. Translator(s): Bennington, Geoffrey. Series: Religion and Postmodernism. Num Pages: 428 pages, 37 halftones. BIC Classification: BG; CFA; HPCF; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 212 x 141 x 21. Weight in Grams: 574.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
428
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226042626
ISBN
9780226042626
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 34.69

Paperback. Who are the Jews? Where did they come from? What is the connection between an ancient Jewish priest in Jerusalem and today's Israeli sunbather on the beaches of Tel Aviv? This book answers these questions. Num Pages: 176 pages, 5 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSR1; PSAK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 208.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300151282
ISBN
9780300151282
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 17.15

Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; HBJD; JFSR1; JP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 31. Weight in Grams: 602.
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845197414
ISBN
9781845197414
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.53

Paperback. Num Pages: 121 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 10. Weight in Grams: 236.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
121
Condition
New
SKU
V9781594545580
ISBN
9781594545580
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 73.01
€ 52.53

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGF; BGH; JFSJ1; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 209 x 20. Weight in Grams: 330.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780061994340
ISBN
9780061994340
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.17

Hardback. In this Appalachian variant of the traditional tale, Jack trades his old cow to a gypsy for three beans that are guaranteed to feed him his entire life. Illustrator(s): Tomes, Margot. Num Pages: colour illustrations. BIC Classification: JFHF. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 197 x 10. Weight in Grams: 227.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813117355
ISBN
9780813117355
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.93

Paperback. Drawing on postcolonial and gender studies, as well as affect theory, the book interrogates cosmopolitan philosophies. Through analysis of J.M. Coetzee's later fiction, Hallemeier invites the re-imagining of cosmopolitanism, particularly as it is performed through the reading of literature. Num Pages: 201 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; DSBH5; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 216 x 11. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
201
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349469284
ISBN
9781349469284
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.60

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