Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Paperback. A controversial examination of the Jewish "success story" in American that questions notions of identity, assimilation, and ethnicity. Num Pages: 409 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFC; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 22. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 409
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- With a new preface
- SKU
- V9780231108416
- ISBN
- 9780231108416
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.27
€ 40.99
€ 29.27
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Texas Tech Press,U.S.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780896728721
- ISBN
- 9780896728721
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.35
€ 54.35
Paperback. Elucidates the broad cluster of cultural, historical, and ideological tenets which came to comprise Israel's contemporary political system. This book demonstrates that such tenets were not arbitrary but in fact developed logically from Jewish political habits and the circumstances of time. Num Pages: 357 pages, 9 tables, 4 maps. BIC Classification: JFSR1; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 957.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- Updated
- Number of pages
- 357
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520229112
- ISBN
- 9780520229112
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.65
€ 36.99
€ 26.65
Paperback. Revised version of the author's thesis (Ph. D., University of Chicago, Department of History, 2009). Series: The Modern Jewish Experience. Num Pages: 346 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DVUB; 3JJ; HBJD; HBTV4; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 346
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253024664
- ISBN
- 9780253024664
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.49
€ 40.99
€ 36.49
Hardback. Revised version of the author's thesis (Ph. D., University of Chicago, Department of History, 2009). Series: The Modern Jewish Experience. Num Pages: 346 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DVUB; 3JJ; HBJD; HBTV4; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 682.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 346
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253024510
- ISBN
- 9780253024510
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.82
€ 96.82
Hardback. This book argues that the representation of Jews in European literature has little to do with actual, human Jews, but rather is derived from the conception of Jews as Christianity's paradigmatic Other, eternally reenacting their morally ambiguous New Testament role as the Christ-bearing and -killing chosen people of God. Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture. Num Pages: 512 pages, 11 illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 41. Weight in Grams: 816.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804770552
- ISBN
- 9780804770552
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.31
€ 81.31
Paperback. Num Pages: 218 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFCX; JFSR1; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226439600
- ISBN
- 9780226439600
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.74
€ 37.99
€ 29.74
paperback. How Jewish students promoted diversity in American culture Series: The Modern Jewish Experience. Num Pages: 278 pages, 12 b&w illus. BIC Classification: JFFN; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253223340
- ISBN
- 9780253223340
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.32
€ 26.99
€ 25.32
Paperback. Reviews Jewish culture and history. This book examines how and why various rites and customs celebrating stages in the life cycle have evolved through the ages and persisted to this day. For each phase of life - from childhood, adolescence, adulthood, to the advanced years, it traces the origin and development of specific rites. Series: Samuel & Althea Stroum Lectures in Jewish Studies. Num Pages: 376 pages, 10 illus. BIC Classification: HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295984414
- ISBN
- 9780295984414
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.73
€ 32.99
€ 29.73
Hardcover. Features five essays on why public debate about Hungary's Jewish population has been confined to the dichotomy of assimilation and dissimilation instead of integration. Num Pages: 200 pages, ports. BIC Classification: 1DVH; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- East European Monographs United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780880335997
- ISBN
- 9780880335997
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.61
€ 46.99
€ 33.61
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 16 black & white plates, 32 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; JFSR1; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750965873
- ISBN
- 9780750965873
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.63
€ 23.99
€ 20.63
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 204 x 23. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Publisher
- HarperOne
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- Updated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780061367397
- ISBN
- 9780061367397
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.14
€ 19.99
€ 17.14
Paperback. Explores cinematic representations of the "Jew" from film's early days to the present Series: Helen & Martin Schwartz Lectures in Jewish Studies. Num Pages: 392 pages, 52 b&w photos. BIC Classification: APF; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 604.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253217455
- ISBN
- 9780253217455
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.40
€ 30.99
€ 27.40
Hardcover. Victoria Vantoch takes us on a fascinating journey into the golden era of air travel. The Jet Sex explores the much-mythologized stewardess within the context of the Cold War, globalization, and the emerging culture of glamour to reveal how beauty and sexuality were critical to national identity and international politics. Num Pages: 296 pages, 30 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; KNDV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 161 x 28. Weight in Grams: 614.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780812244816
- ISBN
- 9780812244816
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 36.70
€ 41.99
€ 36.70
Paperback. A chronological introduction to the work of Jean Baudrillard, with a selection of classic readings. Editor(s): Redhead, Professor Steve. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; JFC; JH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748627899
- ISBN
- 9780748627899
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.20
€ 37.99
€ 34.20
Paperback. In this volume Levi-Strauss explores the mythologies of the Americas, with occasional incursions into European and Japanese folklore, tales of sloths and squirrels are interwoven with discussions of Freud, Saussure, "signification," and plays by Sophocles and Labiche. Translator(s): Chorier, B. Num Pages: 258 pages, 1 colour plate, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KB; 1KLS; HPCF; HRQ; JFHF; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 212 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226474823
- ISBN
- 9780226474823
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.92
€ 32.99
€ 25.92
hardcover. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 149 x 22. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804714495
- ISBN
- 9780804714495
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.43
€ 118.43
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5499 x 3488 x 12. Weight in Grams: 247.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804719599
- ISBN
- 9780804719599
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.59
€ 30.99
€ 27.59
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; GTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 142 x 19. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Publisher
- Tuttle Publishing United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804832953
- ISBN
- 9780804832953
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.95
€ 19.99
€ 15.95
Hardback. Translator(s): Grimwade, Karen. Series: Asia Perspectives: History, Society and Culture. Num Pages: 376 pages, 27 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBAH; HBJF; HBWQ; JFCA; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231177023
- ISBN
- 9780231177023
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.51€ 57.15
€ 73.51
€ 57.15