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Society & culture: general

Paperback. It is impossible to understand Palestine today without a careful reading of its distant and past. This book offers a detailed interpretation of this critical region's evolution. Starting with the prebiblical and biblical roots of Palestine, it examines the meanings ascribed to the land in the Jewish, Christian, and Muslim traditions. Translator(s): Harman, Graham; Kramer, Gudrun. Num Pages: 376 pages, 14 halftones. 5 tables. 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1FBP; HBJF1; HBTB; HRAF; JFSR1; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 542.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
376
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691150079
ISBN
9780691150079
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.06

Paperback. The classic introduction to Islamic law, tracing its development from its origins, through the medieval period, to its place in modern Islam. Series: The New Edinburgh Islamic Surveys. Num Pages: 272 pages, notes, glossary, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1QFM; HBTB; JFSR2; LAFS; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 214 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 348. Series: The New Edinburgh Islamic Surveys. 272 pages, notes, glossary, bibliography, index. The classic introduction to Islamic law, tracing its development from its origins, through the medieval period, to its place in modern Islam. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1QFM; HBTB; JFSR2; LAFS; LN. Dimension: 214 x 139 x 16. Weight: 342.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748605149
ISBN
9780748605149
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.08

Hardback. The story of cuisine and the social history of eating is a fascinating one, and Maguelonne Toussaint-Samat covers all its aspects in this classic history. Num Pages: 776 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, black & white tables. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFCV; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1706.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
2nd
Number of pages
776
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405181198
ISBN
9781405181198
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 38.13

Paperback. Lionel Robbins' lectures on the history of economic thought comprise one of the greatest accounts since World War II of the evolution of economic ideas. This volume features these lectures. It covers a broad chronological range, including Plato, Aristotle, Adam Smith, Thomas Malthus, Marx, and Alfred Marshall. Editor(s): Medema, Steven G.; Samuels, Warren J. Num Pages: 408 pages, 11 line illus. BIC Classification: JFCX; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 574.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
393
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691070148
ISBN
9780691070148
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 74.08

Hardcover. A bold analysis of the evolution of Western attitudes toward disability, available for the first time in English Translator(s): Sayers, William. Series: Corporealities: Discourses of Disability. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBT; JFFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 160 x 34. Weight in Grams: 550.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472110636
ISBN
9780472110636
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.58

Paperback. Num Pages: 505 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FM; DSB; HBJF; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 26. Weight in Grams: 885.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
Condition
New
SKU
V9789814459884
ISBN
9789814459884
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.13

Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBTB; HRAM9; JFSR1; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 492.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781771121668
ISBN
9781771121668
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.67

Paperback. Manicas argues that ideology is the defining characteristic of the social sciences in this critical review of the discipline. He contends that social science was originally based on a false ideal of science and that the historical assumptions of it are in general, too "Eurocentric". Num Pages: 354 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 564.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
354
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631165835
ISBN
9780631165835
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.85

hardcover. Containing the biographies of more than 1100 notable British women from Boudicca to Barbara Castle, this resource is a record of female achievement spanning some 2000 years of British life. Most of the lives included are women whose work played a direct and important role in broadening the horizons of women. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; GBCB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 279 x 211 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1655.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857432282
ISBN
9781857432282
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 316.46

Paperback. This important book recovers the long tradition of indigenous transnationalism - contact with external people, institutions, ideas - throughout Australia's history from before white settlement to the present. Num Pages: 254 pages. BIC Classification: 1MBF; JFSL9; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of New South Wales Press
Edition
annotated edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780868409542
ISBN
9780868409542
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 30.83

Hardcover. This text reveals that ideas on race crossed racial boundaries in a process that produced not only well-known theories of biological racism but also countertheories that were early expressions of cultural relativism, cultural pluralism and latter-day Afrocentrism. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFCX; JFSL1; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 164 x 38. Weight in Grams: 636.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
320
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674009462
ISBN
9780674009462
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 39.89

Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages, Color Photos, Black and White Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSS; RNU; VS; WK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 229 x 10. Weight in Grams: 498.
Publisher
Chelsea Green Publishing Co
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781933392479
ISBN
9781933392479
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 22.02

Hardcover. "A Hacker Manifesto" deftly defines the fraught territory between the ever more strident demands by drug and media companies for protection of their patents and copyrights and the pervasive popular culture of file sharing and pirating. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 22. Weight in Grams: 332.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674015432
ISBN
9780674015432
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 25.60

paperback. Introduces art song literature and composers from Latin America Series: Indiana Repertoire Guides. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1KL; AVG; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 516.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253221384
ISBN
9780253221384
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.60

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSV1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 114 x 22. Weight in Grams: 204.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1976
Publisher
David McKay Co Inc United States
Edition
3rd Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780679506263
ISBN
9780679506263
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.78

Paperback. Num Pages: 168 pages, 1 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFM; JPP; JPQB; KJVN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 252.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138013797
ISBN
9781138013797
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 77.71

Paperback. .
Publisher
The History Press
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752487397
ISBN
9780752487397
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.66

Hardback. The book explores the Christian interest in and engagement with the Yiddish language and literature in early modern Germany (ca. 1500--1750). Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture. Num Pages: 280 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804781930
ISBN
9780804781930
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.87

Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: JFSG; JHM; JKSN1; JNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816691142
ISBN
9780816691142
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.17

Paperback. Using a structured format, this helpful booklet allows us to take this important "make or break" recovery step. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: JFFH1; VSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 133 x 7. Weight in Grams: 136.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Hazelden
Edition
2nd Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781568381138
ISBN
9781568381138
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.90

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