Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Paperback. An illuminating study of the demographic, cultural, and socioeconomic condition of East Central European Jewry. Series: A Midland Book. Num Pages: 320 pages, 3 figures. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 235 x 18. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Number of pages
- 318
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253204189
- ISBN
- 9780253204189
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 27.09
€ 27.99
€ 27.09
Hardback. Num Pages: 714 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 280 x 216 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1922.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 714
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810857315
- ISBN
- 9780810857315
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 172.21
€ 172.21
Paperback. British Jews have been central to the unfolding of key political events of the modern period, especially the establishment of the State of Israel, but inconspicuous in shaping the character and outlook of modern Jewry. This title characterizes the history of British Jewry in the modern period by a mixture of prominence and inconspicuousness. Series: Jewish Communities in the Modern World. Num Pages: 359 pages, 13 b/w photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 510. Series: Jewish Communities in the Modern World S. 359 pages, 13 b&w photographs, map. British Jews have been central to the unfolding of key political events of the modern period, especially the establishment of the State of Israel, but inconspicuous in shaping the character and outlook of modern Jewry. This title characterizes the history of British Jewry in the modern period by a mixture of prominence and inconspicuousness. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; JFSR1. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 22. Weight: 498.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 359
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- Subsequent
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520227200
- ISBN
- 9780520227200
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.22
€ 35.99
€ 26.22
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€ 28.82
€ 40.99
€ 28.82
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Texas Tech Press,U.S.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780896728721
- ISBN
- 9780896728721
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.85
€ 53.85
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
€ 35.99€ 26.13
€ 35.99
€ 26.13
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€ 39.97
€ 40.99
€ 39.97
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
€ 103.79
€ 103.79
Paperback. The Jewish Philosophy Reader is the first comprehensive anthology of classic writings on Jewish philosophy from the Bible to postmodernism. Key writings by leading figures in Jewish thought are represented and introduced to the student. Editor(s): Frank, Daniel H.; Leaman, Oliver; Manekin, Charles H. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: HPC; HPDF; HRAB; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 174 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1247.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 640
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415168601
- ISBN
- 9780415168601
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.57
€ 60.57
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
€ 86.52
€ 86.52
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
€ 36.99€ 29.15
€ 36.99
€ 29.15
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€ 24.98
€ 26.99
€ 24.98
Hardcover. Num Pages: 312 pages, 20 B&W photos. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 3JJP; 3JM; JFSR1; WSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 236 x 33. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Skyhorse Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781632204943
- ISBN
- 9781632204943
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 23.79
€ 27.99
€ 23.79
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€ 31.45
€ 32.99
€ 31.45
Paperback. To find more information on Rowman & Littlefield titles, please visit us at www.rowmanlittlefield.com. Num Pages: 295 pages. BIC Classification: HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 187 x 143 x 18. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Jason Aronson Inc. Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 295
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780876683545
- ISBN
- 9780876683545
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.97
€ 66.97
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€ 32.94
€ 46.99
€ 32.94
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
€ 20.31
€ 20.31
The Jewish Book of Fables. The Selected Works of Eliezer Shtaynbarg.
Shtaynbarg, Eliezer. Illus: Craft, Dana
The fable has a 3000-year-old tradition in Jewish literature, going back to the Bible and the Talmud. It was not until the advent of the illustrious poet and fabulist Eliezer Shtaynbarg that fable writing in Yiddish was honed to perfection. This text is devoted to Shtaynbarg's work. Illustrator(s): Craft, Dana. Translator(s): Leviant, Curt. Series: Judaic Traditions in Literature, Music and Art. Num Pages: 256 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 2ACY; DQ; FA; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815607182
- ISBN
- 9780815607182
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 31.31
€ 35.99
€ 31.31
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 634 pages, 12 halftones, 16 line illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; HRJX; HRQX2; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 857.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 634
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691603124
- ISBN
- 9780691603124
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 108.30€ 81.73
€ 108.30
€ 81.73
Hardback. Bale examines how anti-semitic images developed and came to endure far beyond the Middle Ages. Series Editor(s): Minnis, Alastair; Boyde, Patrick; Burrow, Professor John; Copeland, Rita; Deyermond, Alan; Dronke, Peter; Palmer, Nigel; Wetherbee, Winthrop. Series: Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature. Num Pages: 284 pages, 7 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3H; DSBB; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 600. Bale examines how anti-semitic images developed and came to endure far beyond the Middle Ages. Series Editor(s): Minnis, Alastair; Boyde, Patrick; Burrow, Professor John; Copeland, Rita; Deyermond, Alan; Dronke, Peter; Palmer, Nigel; Wetherbee, Winthrop. Series: Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature. Num Pages: 284 pages, 7 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3H; DSBB; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 600. Very good copy in good dustwrappers. Inscription to previous owner on FFEP. DW has light nicks, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KCW0017585
- ISBN
- 9780521863544
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99