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Society & culture: general
Contested Cultural Heritage: Religion, Nationalism, Erasure, and Exclu...
Helaine . Ed(S): Silverman
paperback. Cultural heritage is material - tangible and intangible - that signifies a culture's history or legacy. But who defines what is to be preserved and what is to be erased? This book examines cases from Greece, Spain, Egypt, UK, Zimbabwe, Central America and more. Editor(s): Silverman, Helaine. Num Pages: 295 pages, 5 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: HD; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer United States
- Edition
- 2011th Edition
- Number of pages
- 295
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781489995599
- ISBN
- 9781489995599
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.82
€ 62.82
Hardcover. Cultural heritage is material - tangible and intangible - that signifies a culture's history or legacy. But who defines what is to be preserved and what is to be erased? This book examines cases from Greece, Spain, Egypt, UK, Zimbabwe, Central America and more. Editor(s): Silverman, Helaine. Num Pages: 286 pages, 5 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: HD; JFC; KNB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 164 x 30. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer
- Edition
- 2011th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441973047
- ISBN
- 9781441973047
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.81
€ 67.81
Hardback. This book explores the role of conversion to Islam in the emergence of the Ottoman Empire, its imperial ideology and Sunni identity, and its relationship with its Muslim and non-Muslim subjects, in the context of the early modern Mediterranean. Num Pages: 280 pages, maps. BIC Classification: JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 151 x 20. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804773171
- ISBN
- 9780804773171
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 136.01
€ 136.01
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861340368
- ISBN
- 9781861340368
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 34.63
€ 35.99
€ 34.63
Paperback. Series: Social Movements, Protest and Contention. Num Pages: 376 pages, 9 line art, 40 tables. BIC Classification: 1D; JFFN; JP. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- First edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816646630
- ISBN
- 9780816646630
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 29.31
€ 30.99
€ 29.31
Paperback. Series: Ethnic & Intercommunity Conflict. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSL; JPB; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2004
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349403875
- ISBN
- 9781349403875
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 139.09
€ 139.09
Hardback. Editor(s): Seeberg, Marie Louise; Gozdziak, Elzbieta M. Series: IMISCOE Research Series. Num Pages: 193 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFN; JFSP1; JMC; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 193
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319446080
- ISBN
- 9783319446080
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.81
€ 67.81
Paperback. Contested Boundaries: A New Pacific Northwest History is an engaging, contemporary look at the themes, events, and people that have shaped the history of the Pacific Northwest over the last two centuries. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781119065548
- ISBN
- 9781119065548
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.06
€ 42.06
Hardback. Demonstrating the contested and differentiated nature of childhood and youth embodiment, this book responds to political and media discourses that stigmatise 'unruly' youthful bodies, by combining the critical analysis of imagined and disciplined youthful bodies with a focus on young people's lived and performed, embodied subjectivities. Editor(s): Horschelmann, Kathrin; Colls, Rachel. Num Pages: 277 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JFSP2. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 223 x 146 x 21. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 277
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230201385
- ISBN
- 9780230201385
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.70
€ 62.70
Paperback. This book compares five major ethnic groups in China and how they negotiate their national identities with the Chinese nation-state: Uyghurs, Chinese Koreans, Dai, Mongols, and Tibetans. By studying their diverse pattern of national identity construction, it sheds light on the nation-building processes in China during the past six decades. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; 3JM; JFSL; JPFC; JPFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190624019
- ISBN
- 9780190624019
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.13
€ 58.13
Hardcover. Southgate draws on ideas within history, philosophy, literature, psychology, and theology to explore two traditions: contentment with our situation as it is, and the aspiration to transcend it. He discusses the possibility of escape from intellectual constraints, and advocates a positive 'duty of discontent', and its implications. Num Pages: 220 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPC; HPS; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 143 x 19. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230354593
- ISBN
- 9780230354593
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.64
€ 62.64
Paperback. Analyzes the debate on sati, or widow burning, in colonial India. This book argues that the women who were burned were marginal to the debate and that the controversy was over definitions of Hindu tradition, the place of ritual in religious worship, the civilizing missions of colonialism and evangelism, and the proper role of the colonial state. Num Pages: 246 pages, 5 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HRG; HRLF; JFSJ1; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520214071
- ISBN
- 9780520214071
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.18
€ 38.99
€ 28.18
Paperback. Examines the ways popular protests are experienced and remembered by those who participate in them. This book focuses on the roles of two young women, Nana and Laura, in uprisings in Argentina. It offers discussions of resistance and the combined effects of globalization, neoliberal economic policies, and political corruption in Argentina. Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 248 pages, 19 illus. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; JFC; JPWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3810 x 17. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822331155
- ISBN
- 9780822331155
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.18
€ 28.18
Paperback. Offers a look at websites in Malaysia and Singapore that emerged on the margins of the political system to challenge mainsteam media. This title examines arguments that explain their development in terms of technology, and of differing norms of journalism and democracy. It is aimed those interested in politics and media in Malaysia and Singapore. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMM; 1FMS; GTB; JFD; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295985787
- ISBN
- 9780295985787
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.41
€ 32.99
€ 31.41
Paperback. Aimed at promoting discussion and awareness, the author challenges young people to consider events and the part they themselves play in life, thus producing more responsible and independently thinking young adults. The stories in this volume are especially useful for those working with children with Asperger Syndrome or high-functioning autism. Num Pages: 368 pages, index, notes. BIC Classification: JFM; JFSP2; YQCR; YX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 173. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Pub
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843100331
- ISBN
- 9781843100331
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.49
€ 36.49
Paperback. With intense commercialization and more open national markets, along with technological convergence and greater concentration of ownership, the international TV landscape is changing at a bewildering pace and in a host of different ways. This title presents an overview of the global issues raised by these transformations in television. Editor(s): Turner, Graeme; Sinclair, John. Num Pages: 143 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: APT; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 245 x 185 x 12. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 143
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844570102
- ISBN
- 9781844570102
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 37.29
€ 45.99
€ 37.29
Hardcover. An opportunity for readers to engage with works and issues in late 20th-century women's poetry from two perspectives: that of poets themselves, and that of literary criticism. The poets discuss their writing practice and strategies, while the critics contextualize, analyze and situate the work. Num Pages: 299 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJ; DSBH; DSC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333734377
- ISBN
- 9780333734377
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.45
€ 149.45
Hardcover. This book focuses on the role of the city, and its processes of mutual transformation, in poetry by experimental women writers. Readings of their work are placed in the context of theories of urban space, while new visions of the contemporary city and its global relationships are drawn from their innovations in language and form. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSC; JFSG; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230292789
- ISBN
- 9780230292789
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.82
€ 62.82
Paperback. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; DSC; JFSJ; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 241
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349332489
- ISBN
- 9781349332489
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.67
€ 61.67
Paperback. An opportunity for readers to engage with works and issues in late 20th-century women's poetry from two perspectives: that of poets themselves, and that of literary criticism. The poets discuss their writing practice and strategies, while the critics contextualize, analyze and situate the work. Num Pages: 275 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJ; DSBH; DSC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 385.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 275
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333734384
- ISBN
- 9780333734384
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.54
€ 62.54
Hardback. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 459.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 267
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312226664
- ISBN
- 9780312226664
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.15
€ 119.15
Hardcover. Editor(s): Braham, Randolph L. Series: Holocaust Studies Series. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJH; JFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 452. Series: Holocaust Studies Series. 248 pages, black & white illustrations. Editor(s): Braham, Randolph L. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 3JJH; JFF. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 21. Weight: 452.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Publisher
- Springer
- Edition
- 1983rd Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780898381412
- ISBN
- 9780898381412
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.69
€ 119.69
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 11th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138666382
- ISBN
- 9781138666382
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 152.95
€ 152.95
Paperback. * The first systematic sociological study of urban Japan by a western scholar. * Breaks methodological and conceptual ground by exploring contemporary Japanese urban lifestyles through an analysis of consumption behaviour. . Series: Studies in Urban and Social Change. Num Pages: 200 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFC; JFSG; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 163 x 11. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631203025
- ISBN
- 9780631203025
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.80
€ 28.80