Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Paperback. Suitable for historians, ethnologists and students of Hawaiian literature and culture, this work examines the stories that identify the origins and places of the earliest inhabitants of Ha'ena. It outlines the unique relationships developed by Hawaiians with the environment and describes the system used to look after the land and the sea. Num Pages: 184 pages, 50 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MKPH; JFC; JFSL9. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Hawaii Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780824834104
- ISBN
- 9780824834104
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.77
€ 26.77
Paperback. Approximately one thousand years ago Gypsies, or Roma, left their native India. Today Gypsies can be found in countries throughout the world. This book examines the Romani legal system, an autonomous body of law based on an oral tradition and existing alongside dominant national legal networks. Editor(s): Weyrauch, Walter O. Num Pages: 298 pages. BIC Classification: JFS; LA; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 228 x 19. Weight in Grams: 412. Romani Legal Traditions and Culture. 298 pages. Editor(s): Weyrauch, Walter O. Approximately one thousand years ago Gypsies, or Roma, left their native India. Today Gypsies can be found in countries throughout the world. This book examines the Romani legal system, an autonomous body of law based on an oral tradition and existing alongside dominant national legal networks. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: JFS; LA; LN. Dimension: 152 x 228 x 19. Weight: 462.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 298
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520221864
- ISBN
- 9780520221864
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.19
€ 38.99
€ 28.19
Paperback. Irish Travellers have never enjoyed a higher profile, at home and abroad, for good reasons and bad. This book delves into the heart of Traveller life, focusing on three aspects that have coloured perceptions of Travellers among the wider community: family feuds, bare-knuckle fights and trading. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BTC; JFSL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 18. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848271692
- ISBN
- 9781848271692
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.81
€ 15.99
€ 11.81
Hardback. Roma and Gypsy economic arrangements are complexly related to social position. Authors ethnographically studied these complexities, exploring how, despite - or perhaps because of - their unstable and ambiguous position within the market economy, Roma and Gypsy communities continuously re-create more or less viable economic strategies. Editor(s): Brazzabeni, Micol; Ivone Cunha, Manuela; Fotta, Martin. Series: The Human Economy. Num Pages: 268 pages. BIC Classification: JFSL1; JHMC; KC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. .
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 268
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782388791
- ISBN
- 9781782388791
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.40
€ 155.40
Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1DB; JFS; JKSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 136 x 13. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Publisher
- Imprint Academic
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845400576
- ISBN
- 9781845400576
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.78
€ 25.78
Paperback. Explores the history of this lifestyle, looking at how Gypsies have maintained their distinctive culture and how they have adapted to the twenty-first century, and focusses on a range of traditional Gypsy occupations including harvesting, horse-dealing, fortune-telling and rat-catching. Series: Shire Library. Num Pages: 56 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBTB; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 149 x 5. Weight in Grams: 134.
- Publisher
- Shire Publications Ltd
- Number of pages
- 56
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780747812364
- ISBN
- 9780747812364
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.84
€ 8.84
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Hertfordshire Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- annotated ed
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781902806495
- ISBN
- 9781902806495
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.45
€ 19.99
€ 18.45
Hardcover. This is the first published research from the UK to address the neglected topic of the increasing settlement of Gypsies and Travellers in conventional housing. It highlights the complex and emergent tensions and dynamics inherent when policy and popular discourse combine to frame ethnic populations within a narrative of movement. Num Pages: 280 pages, 7 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFFM; JKS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 182 x 238 x 20. Weight in Grams: 568.
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847428738
- ISBN
- 9781847428738
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.37
€ 104.37
hardcover. This topical book examines and debates a range of themes facing Gypsies and Travellers in British Society, including health, social policy, employment and education. Editor(s): Richardson, Joanna; Ryder, Andrew. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFFJ; JKS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 28. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847428950
- ISBN
- 9781847428950
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.73
€ 104.73
Paperback. This topical book examines and debates a range of themes facing Gypsies and Travellers in British Society, including health, social policy, employment and education. Editor(s): Richardson, Joanna; Ryder, Andrew. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFFJ; JKS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 15. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847428943
- ISBN
- 9781847428943
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 38.58
€ 40.99
€ 38.58
Paperback. This is a new edition of an account of the contribution of the Gypsies of Andalusia to the development of flamenco. It provides a fuller explanation of some of the technical terms and a biographical dictionary of the foremost Gyspy flamenco artists of the past. Translator(s): Shuinear, Sinaed. Series: Interface Collection. Num Pages: 160 pages, biographical notes, glossary. BIC Classification: 1DSE; ASDX; AVGH; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 156 x 9. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- University of Hertfordshire Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781902806051
- ISBN
- 9781902806051
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.35
€ 13.99
€ 13.35
Paperback. Num Pages: 194 pages, facsimiles, portraits. BIC Classification: JFFE; WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 14. Weight in Grams: 166.
- Publisher
- Milo Books
- Number of pages
- 194
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780953084715
- ISBN
- 9780953084715
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 9.12
€ 9.99
€ 9.12
Paperback. Analyzes writers and gurus, literary texts and religious movements, and the political uses of religion alongside the literary expressions of religious teachers, showing the cosmopolitan interconnections between the Indian subcontinent, the British Empire, and the American New Age. Series: Translation/Transnation. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1KBB; 1QDB; CFB; JFSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691118284
- ISBN
- 9780691118284
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.45
€ 46.99
€ 33.45
Paperback. Firearms have long been at the core of our national narratives. This title documents and analyzes the history of firearms in America, exploring various aspects of gun manufacture, ownership, and use - and importantly, the cultural and political implications which this history reveals. Editor(s): Dizard, Jan E.; Muth, Robert M.; Andrews, Stephen P. Num Pages: 517 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DQ; HBT; JFC; WSXS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1089.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 517
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814718797
- ISBN
- 9780814718797
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.71
€ 33.99
€ 30.71
Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, 4 line illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBT; JFFE; JWM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 141 x 212 x 20. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674016088
- ISBN
- 9780674016088
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 31.85
€ 37.99
€ 31.85
Paperback. A provocative history that reveals how guns-not abortion, race, or religion-are at the heart of America's cultural divide. Num Pages: 384 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFE; LNDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 141 x 23. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 361
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393345834
- ISBN
- 9780393345834
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.32
€ 19.99
€ 18.32
Paperback. Focuses on how the NRA constructs and perceives threats to gun rights as one more attack in a broad liberal cultural war Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ2; JPSF; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814764503
- ISBN
- 9780814764503
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.61
€ 33.99
€ 30.61
Hardcover. Editor(s): Pontonne, S. Num Pages: 185 pages, tabs. BIC Classification: JFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 260 x 186 x 21. Weight in Grams: 668.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 185
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781560724063
- ISBN
- 9781560724063
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 131.90€ 99.33
€ 131.90
€ 99.33
Num Pages: 296 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBTZ1; JFFJ; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 592.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Independent Institute,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781598131611
- ISBN
- 9781598131611
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 34.88
€ 42.99
€ 34.88
Paperback. Num Pages: 364 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBTZ1; JFFJ; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Independent Institute,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 364
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781598131628
- ISBN
- 9781598131628
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 22.06
€ 24.99
€ 22.06