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Society & culture: general
Paperback. Between the 1890s and the 1920s, cities in the vast region stretching from the Mediterranean Sea to the Indian Ocean were experiencing political, social, economic and cultural changes. This study provides a comparative analysis of contested versions of the concept of modernity. Editor(s): Fawaz, Leila; Bayly, C. A. Num Pages: 432 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1QSM; 1QSN; 3JH; 3JJ; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231114271
- ISBN
- 9780231114271
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 30.49
€ 42.99
€ 30.49
Paperback. Modernity and Identity is a groundbreaking collective work which announces a radical new departure within contemporary debates on modernism and postmodernism. Editor(s): Lash, Scott; Friedman, Jonathan. Num Pages: 392 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPCF; JFC; JH; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 230 x 26. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631175865
- ISBN
- 9780631175865
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.28
€ 54.28
Paperback. What role does ritual play in the lives of modern Africans? How are "traditional" cultural forms deployed by people seeking empowerment in a world where "modernity" has failed to deliver. In this collection of essays, the authors address such concepts as modernity, ritual, power and history. Editor(s): Comaroff, Jean; Comaroff, John L. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 halftone, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1H; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 160 x 15. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226114408
- ISBN
- 9780226114408
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.12
€ 37.99
€ 29.12
Paperback. This work proposes a new view of modernity, arguing that although it may variously be associated wtih the Renaissance, the discovery of the New World and other significant ruptures with primitive or premodern society, modernity fails as an idea if it only defines itself against what it replaces. Series: Richard Lectures. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HPC; HPM; JFC; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 345.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813919669
- ISBN
- 9780813919669
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.67
€ 33.67
Hardback. This work examines the lives of people caught in the dynamics of changing mores, rapid urbanization and public health issues in 19th century Buenos Aires. "Modernity in the Flesh" shows the costs Argentines paid for the establishment of liberal democracy between 1880 and 1910. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; 3JH; 3JJC; GTB; HBTB; JFC; JPFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804748711
- ISBN
- 9780804748711
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.65
€ 92.65
Paperback. Explores racial barriers in modern globalized societies Series: Blacks in the Diaspora. Num Pages: 356 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFN; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 356
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253001252
- ISBN
- 9780253001252
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.27
€ 32.99
€ 31.27
Paperback. Series: Postmillennial Pop. Num Pages: 208 pages, 4 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AV; JFSJ5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 193 x 20. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- New York University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479817863
- ISBN
- 9781479817863
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.39
€ 29.39
Paperback. Argues that economic development, cultural change, and political change go together in coherent and even, to some extent, predictable patterns. This title provides information from societies representing 70 percent of the world's population. Num Pages: 464 pages, 95 line illus. 30 tables. BIC Classification: JFC; JHBC; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 700.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691011806
- ISBN
- 9780691011806
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.73€ 43.99
€ 56.73
€ 43.99
Paperback. Focuses on the development of Taiwan's long-standing National Scholarship Program for Overseas Study between 1955 and 2000. This title includes an ethnographic analysis of discourse, investigating the program from two perspectives: the researcher's critical discourse analysis of historical texts and the narratives provided by program stakeholders. Series: Global Studies in Education. Num Pages: 198 pages. BIC Classification: JF; JH; JNA; JNFR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 225 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Peter Lang Publishing Inc.
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781433120282
- ISBN
- 9781433120282
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Condition: New
€ 64.21
€ 64.21
Paperback. Helps in dealing with the anarchy of Globalization. After reviewing global change and the many proposals for UN reform, this book shows how international civil society may be the only force that can provide the momentum required to modernize an organization that is 50 years behind the times. Num Pages: 303 pages. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPSN1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 211 x 147 x 18. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Verlag Barbara Budrich Germany
- Number of pages
- 303
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783866490031
- ISBN
- 9783866490031
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.25
€ 35.99
€ 30.25
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- New Africa Books (Pty) Ltd South Africa
- Number of pages
- 190
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780864864420
- ISBN
- 9780864864420
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 14.16
€ 14.99
€ 14.16
Paperback. Combining political theory with ethnographic research among the Mohawks of Kahnawake, a reserve community in what is now southwestern Quebec, this book examines their struggles to articulate and maintain political sovereignty through centuries of settler colonialism. Num Pages: 280 pages, 4 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBCQ; JFSL9; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822356554
- ISBN
- 9780822356554
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.20
€ 27.20
Hardback. Combining political theory with ethnographic research among the Mohawks of Kahnawake, a reserve community in what is now southwestern Quebec, this book examines their struggles to articulate and maintain political sovereignty through centuries of settler colonialism. Num Pages: 280 pages, 4 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBCQ; JFSL9; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822356431
- ISBN
- 9780822356431
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.04
€ 117.04
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138824904
- ISBN
- 9781138824904
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.61
€ 60.61
Paperback. How has the Japanese government persuaded its citizens to save substantial portions of their incomes? How did the public come to support legalized prostitution as in the national interest? The author helps us to understand this mobilizing spirit as he taps into the intimate relationships everyday Japanese have with their government. Series: Princeton Paperbacks. Num Pages: 336 pages, 15 halftones 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFC; JFSL; JHM; JMH; JPHC; KF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780691001913
- ISBN
- 9780691001913
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.19€ 41.64
€ 53.19
€ 41.64
Hardcover. Exploring such topics as maternal caregiving, childbirth, and women's political roles, this title deals with the groups that challenged older ideals of motherhood, including male critics who railed against female moral authority, psychological experts who hoped to expand their influence, and women who wished to be more than wives and mothers. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBTB; JFSJ1; JHBK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226670201
- ISBN
- 9780226670201
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.55€ 78.58
€ 94.55
€ 78.58
Hardback. Moments forms the professional and personal memoirs of the esteemed broadcaster, Chip Moody, recounting the important news stories, the behind-the-scenes anecdotes, the famous encounters, and his battle against cancer. Num Pages: 216 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFD; KNTD; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Taylor Trade Publishing United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780878338955
- ISBN
- 9780878338955
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 20.43
€ 20.43
Paperback. Num Pages: 512 pages, 500 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 293 x 40. Weight in Grams: 2020.
- Publisher
- Skira
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788857231761
- ISBN
- 9788857231761
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 44.83
€ 49.99
€ 44.83
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Tyndale House Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781414374758
- ISBN
- 9781414374758
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.91
€ 16.99
€ 16.91
Paperback. An exploration of the artist's powerful evocations of statelessness, otherness and denial. Series: Contemporary Artists Series. Num Pages: 160 pages, 100 colour plates & 30 b&w halftones. BIC Classification: AFKP; AGB; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 290 x 252 x 18. Weight in Grams: 1032.
- Publisher
- Phaidon Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714836607
- ISBN
- 9780714836607
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 24.98
€ 37.99
€ 24.98