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Paperback. Blaikie explores how our different ways of seeing influence the relationship between place and belonging. He argues that our memories, however brief or complex, invoke imagined pasts. But do our recollections share a common frame of reference? Blaikie's cross-disciplinary exploration sets out to answer this question. Includes numerous case studies. Num Pages: 272 pages, 20 b+w illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JJ; HBTB; JFC; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 186 x 232 x 15. Weight in Grams: 404.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748617876
ISBN
9780748617876
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 32.84

Paperback. Examines the body of work on the intellectual, social and cultural origins of early modern science. Cohen surveys a wide range of scholarship since the 19th century, offering new perspectives on how the Scientific Revolution changed the way we understand the natural world and our place in it. Num Pages: 680 pages, 2 figures. BIC Classification: HBAH; JFCX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 152 x 232 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1052.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
680
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226112800
ISBN
9780226112800
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.79
€ 52.12

Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 16. Weight in Grams: 384.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801493638
ISBN
9780801493638
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.03

Paperback. From ritual killings to subtle acts of self-denial, the practice and rhetoric of sacrifice has a special centrality in modern American literature. This book portrays an episode in American cultural history when the literary movement of realism and the fledgling field of sociology both converged in the belief that sacrifice is basic to sociality. Num Pages: 496 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 657.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691015064
ISBN
9780691015064
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.36
€ 50.82

Hardcover. Series: Victorian Literature and Culture Series. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: HR; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813930107
ISBN
9780813930107
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.91

Paperback. Num Pages: 260 pages, 20. BIC Classification: 1KBC; APT; JFCA; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Publisher
ECW Press,Canada
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781770413801
ISBN
9781770413801
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.22

Paperback. Science of Mythology provides an account of the meaning and the purpose of mythic themes that is linked to modern life: the heroic battles between good and evil of yore are still played out, reflected in contemporary fears. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1 Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFHF; JMT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 131 x 19. Weight in Grams: 282.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415267427
ISBN
9780415267427
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.47

Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: JFF; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 30. Weight in Grams: 645.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Edition
Reissue
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252065606
ISBN
9780252065606
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 33.99

Hardback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 270.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
The New Press United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9781565849518
ISBN
9781565849518
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.02

Paperback. Helping practitioners in their work with vulnerable children of a school-going age, this workbook explores ways of nurturing resilience in different aspects of everyday life. Focusing on specific areas such as home life, talents and interests, the authors show how to make thorough assessments and intervene in constructive ways. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JKSB1; JMBT; JMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 296 x 213 x 9. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Pub
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843100188
ISBN
9781843100188
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.44

Paperback. A proven framework for whole-school improvement

The School Leadership Playbook is a practical guide for education leaders looking to push their school's and students' achievement to the next level. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: JFSG; JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 180 x 235 x 18. Weight in Grams: 316.

Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781119044215
ISBN
9781119044215
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 23.01

Hardback. In this text, Alan Mittleman looks at some of the central problems of political philosophy - such as fundamental rights and the common good - from the point of view of rabbinic Judaism. Series: Religion, Politics & Society in the New Millennium. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: HRJ; JFSR1; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 381.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Lexington Books United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780739100967
ISBN
9780739100967
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 147.26

Paperback. An exploration of the author's parents' lives, his mother's inexplicable suicide in her late fifties and his own bouts of depression. It conjures up the pebble-dashed home of his childhood and the landscape of postwar suburban England. It tells a story of grief, loss and dislocation, yet also of the power of memory and the bonds of family love. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; JFFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 234.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141191485
ISBN
9780141191485
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.38

Paperback. The volume contains texts dealing with the problem of subjectivity. The main topic is if arts and here especially performing arts can give us an insight into this question. Editor(s): Friedrich, Lars; Harrasser, Karin; Kaiser, Celine. Num Pages: biography. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Germany
Condition
New
SKU
V9783658129057
ISBN
9783658129057
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.68

Paperback. Harlem's nightclubs in the 1920s and '30s were a crucible for testing society's racial and sexual limits. Combining performance theory, historical research, and biographical study, this title explores the role of nightlife performance as a definitive touchstone for understanding the racial and sexual politics of the early 20th century. Num Pages: 264 pages, 14 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; JFCA; JFSJ; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 154 x 227 x 15. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226862521
ISBN
9780226862521
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 28.58

Hardcover. Harlem's nightclubs in the 1920s and '30s were a crucible for testing society's racial and sexual limits. Combining performance theory, historical research, and biographical study, this title explores the role of nightlife performance as a definitive touchstone for understanding the racial and sexual politics of the early 20th century. Num Pages: 264 pages, 14 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJG; JFCA; JFSJ; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226862514
ISBN
9780226862514
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.07
€ 78.49

Paperback. Today's unprecedented migration of people around the globe in search of work has had a widespread and troubling result: the separation of families. In this book, the author offers a sophisticated examination of this phenomenon among Ghanaians living in Ghana and abroad. Num Pages: 256 pages, 8 halftones, 2 maps, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1HFDH; JFFN; JHBK; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 17. Weight in Grams: 366.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226072388
ISBN
9780226072388
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.72

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJF; HBJK; HBLW3; JFC; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Edition
New Ed
SKU
V9780814798690
ISBN
9780814798690
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822330486
ISBN
9780822330486
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.42

Paperback. Surveys a wide range of cultural controversies, from the Mapplethorpe affair to Salman Rushdie's death sentence. This book seeks to show that the fear and outrage these events inspired were the result of dangerous misunderstandings about the relationship between art and life. Num Pages: 258 pages, 27 halftones. BIC Classification: ABA; DSA; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 165 x 15. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Number of pages
258
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226772240
ISBN
9780226772240
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.76

Paperback. Tells the story of the influential group of creative artists - Pauline Oliveros, Morton Subotnick, Ramon Sender, William Maginnis, and Tony Martin - who connected music to technology during a legendary era in California's cultural history. This title presents a comprehensive history of the San Francisco Tape Music Center. Editor(s): Bernstein, David W. Num Pages: 344 pages, 20 color photographs, 29 b/w photographs, 10 line drawings, 1 foldout, DVD. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJPK; AV; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 252 x 178 x 22. Weight in Grams: 756. 1960s Counterculture and the Avant-Garde. 344 pages. Editor(s): Bernstein, David W. Tells the story of the influential group of creative artists - Pauline Oliveros, Morton Subotnick, Ramon Sender, William Maginnis, and Tony Martin - who connected music to technology during a legendary era in California's cultural history. This title presents a comprehensive history of the San Francisco Tape Music Center. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJPK; AV; JFC. Dimension: 252 x 178 x 22. Weight: 756.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
344
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520256170
ISBN
9780520256170
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.15

Paperback. The Samoa Reader is a source book on the most extensive controversy in the history of anthropology, touched off by the publication of Derek Freeman's Margaret Mead and Samoa: The Making and Unmaking of an Anthropological Myth. Editor(s): Caton, Hiram. Num Pages: 366 pages. BIC Classification: G; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 149 x 21. Weight in Grams: 481.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
University Press of America
Condition
New
SKU
V9780819177216
ISBN
9780819177216
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 81.37

The astonishing revival of saint worship in contemporary Israel was ignited by Moroccan Jews, who had immigrated to the country in the 1950s and 1960s. This title charts the vicissitudes of four domestic shrines, established by Moroccan-born men and women in peripheral development towns, following a revelation involving a saintly figure. Series: Israel: Society, Culture, and History. Num Pages: 364 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 166 x 28. Weight in Grams: 686.
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Academic Studies Press United States
Number of pages
364
Condition
New
SKU
V9781934843710
ISBN
9781934843710
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 151.43

Paperback. Explores Christianity's trajectory as a social and cultural force in southern India. This title shows how caste was central to the way in which categories of religion and culture were formed and negotiated in missionary encounters, and how the social and semiotic possibilities of Christianity lead to a new politic of equal rights in South India. Series: The Anthropology of Christianity. Num Pages: 408 pages, 15 b/w photographs, 2 maps, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HRC; HRG; JFSC; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 27. Weight in Grams: 636. Christianity and Caste Society in India. Series: The Anthropology of Christianity. 408 pages, illustrations. Explores Christianity's trajectory as a social and cultural force in southern India. This title shows how caste was central to the way in which categories of religion and culture were formed and negotiated in missionary encounters, and how the social and semiotic possibilities of Christianity lead to a new politic of equal rights in South India. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HRC; HRG; JFSC; JFSL3. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 27. Weight: 582.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
408
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520273498
ISBN
9780520273498
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.15

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