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Society & culture: general

Paperback / so. Editor(s): Schneider, Michael (Macalester College); Mustafi, Maida. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JF; JM; JNC; JNU; KC; PD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 304.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Condition
New
SKU
V9783662450611
ISBN
9783662450611
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.83

Paperback / so. Mit einem Geleitwort von Prof. Dr. Hans-Joachim Plewig Num Pages: 666 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, bibliography. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JKSN; JNLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 34. Weight in Grams: 952.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Germany
Number of pages
666
Condition
New
SKU
V9783531176253
ISBN
9783531176253
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 86.82

Hardback. By focusing on processes of social construction, stigmatization and categorization, the authors offer new insights into the development of government policies towards itinerants in general and the ethnicization of some in particular. They analyze the western images and representations of gypsies focusing on their functions for the labour market. Num Pages: 234 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DD; HBTB; JFSL; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
234
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333682418
ISBN
9780333682418
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.70

Paperback. This topical book examines and debates a range of themes facing Gypsies and Travellers in British Society, including health, social policy, employment and education. Editor(s): Richardson, Joanna; Ryder, Andrew. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFFJ; JKS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 15. Weight in Grams: 426.
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847428943
ISBN
9781847428943
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.37

hardcover. This topical book examines and debates a range of themes facing Gypsies and Travellers in British Society, including health, social policy, employment and education. Editor(s): Richardson, Joanna; Ryder, Andrew. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFFJ; JKS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 28. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847428950
ISBN
9781847428950
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.87

Hardcover. This is the first published research from the UK to address the neglected topic of the increasing settlement of Gypsies and Travellers in conventional housing. It highlights the complex and emergent tensions and dynamics inherent when policy and popular discourse combine to frame ethnic populations within a narrative of movement. Num Pages: 280 pages, 7 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFFM; JKS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 182 x 238 x 20. Weight in Grams: 568.
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
280
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847428738
ISBN
9781847428738
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.87

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Hertfordshire Press United Kingdom
Edition
annotated ed
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9781902806495
ISBN
9781902806495
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.62

Hardback. Num Pages: 151 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1F; HBTB; JFFN; JFSL1; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 14. Weight in Grams: 329.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
151
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319410562
ISBN
9783319410562
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.46

Hardcover. This book traces representations of "Gypsies" that have become prevalent in the European imagination and culture and influenced the perceptions of Roma in Eastern and Western European societies. Editor(s): Glajar, Valentina; Radulescu, Domnica. Series: Studies in European Culture and History. Num Pages: 269 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; DSB; JFC; JFSL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 495.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230603240
ISBN
9780230603240
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.00

Paperback. Explores the history of this lifestyle, looking at how Gypsies have maintained their distinctive culture and how they have adapted to the twenty-first century, and focusses on a range of traditional Gypsy occupations including harvesting, horse-dealing, fortune-telling and rat-catching. Series: Shire Library. Num Pages: 56 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBTB; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 149 x 5. Weight in Grams: 134.
Publisher
Shire Publications Ltd
Number of pages
56
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
9780747812364
ISBN
9780747812364
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.84

Hardback. Roma and Gypsy economic arrangements are complexly related to social position. Authors ethnographically studied these complexities, exploring how, despite - or perhaps because of - their unstable and ambiguous position within the market economy, Roma and Gypsy communities continuously re-create more or less viable economic strategies. Editor(s): Brazzabeni, Micol; Ivone Cunha, Manuela; Fotta, Martin. Series: The Human Economy. Num Pages: 268 pages. BIC Classification: JFSL1; JHMC; KC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. .
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
268
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782388791
ISBN
9781782388791
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 162.85

Paperback. Irish Travellers have never enjoyed a higher profile, at home and abroad, for good reasons and bad. This book delves into the heart of Traveller life, focusing on three aspects that have coloured perceptions of Travellers among the wider community: family feuds, bare-knuckle fights and trading. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BTC; JFSL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 18. Weight in Grams: 210.
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848271692
ISBN
9781848271692
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.90

Paperback. Approximately one thousand years ago Gypsies, or Roma, left their native India. Today Gypsies can be found in countries throughout the world. This book examines the Romani legal system, an autonomous body of law based on an oral tradition and existing alongside dominant national legal networks. Editor(s): Weyrauch, Walter O. Num Pages: 298 pages. BIC Classification: JFS; LA; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 228 x 19. Weight in Grams: 412. Romani Legal Traditions and Culture. 298 pages. Editor(s): Weyrauch, Walter O. Approximately one thousand years ago Gypsies, or Roma, left their native India. Today Gypsies can be found in countries throughout the world. This book examines the Romani legal system, an autonomous body of law based on an oral tradition and existing alongside dominant national legal networks. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: JFS; LA; LN. Dimension: 152 x 228 x 19. Weight: 462.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
298
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520221864
ISBN
9780520221864
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.56

Paperback. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSL; JHB; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 334.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2014
Number of pages
247
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349481705
ISBN
9781349481705
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 126.74

Hardcover. This book is about different formations of memory, construction of multiple identifications and transformation of social categories through an exclusionary violence case against Gypsies in Turkey. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 3JJPL; JFFJ; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 168 x 22. Weight in Grams: 432.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137386618
ISBN
9781137386618
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.42

Paperback. Presents the results of a collaborative project with Native communities of Southeast Alaska to record indigenous geographic names. Documenting and analyzing more than 3,000 Tlingit, Haida, and other Native names on the land, this book highlights their descriptive force and cultural significance. Editor(s): Thornton, Thomas F. Num Pages: 61 illus. BIC Classification: 1KB; GTB; HBJK; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 279 x 217 x 19. Weight in Grams: 628.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295988580
ISBN
9780295988580
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Hardback. Presents the results of a collaborative project with Native communities of Southeast Alaska to record indigenous geographic names. Editor(s): Thornton, Thomas F. Num Pages: 61 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; CFG; HBJK; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 279 x 216 x 23. Weight in Grams: 885.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295992174
ISBN
9780295992174
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 143.39

paperback. Series: Classics of Tlingit Oral Literature. Num Pages: 532 pages, illustrations, map, portraits. BIC Classification: JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 749.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
532
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295964959
ISBN
9780295964959
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.14

Paperback. .
Publisher
MIT Press Ltd United States
Number of pages
510
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780262531146
ISBN
9780262531146
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.83
€ 59.48

Paperback. Series: Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBF; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349467907
ISBN
9781349467907
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. In 'Habitations of modernity' Dipesh Chakrabarty explores the complexities of modernism in India and seeks principles of humaneness grounded in everyday life that may elude grand political theories. These issues are pursued in a series of closely linked cultural essays. Num Pages: 184 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; GTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 302.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226100395
ISBN
9780226100395
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 26.09

Paperback. Offers a mosaic of domestic life in one of the world's most fascinating cities and a vivid portrait of the true meaning of home in the 21st-century metropolis Num Pages: 256 pages, 40 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; GTB; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 147 x 17. Weight in Grams: 366.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
New York University Press
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814771549
ISBN
9780814771549
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.21

Hardback. The aim to increase the moral and civic responsibility of American students is investigated here, in order to examine opinions rooted in larger areas of national identity, culture, and values. Theoretical points, policy debates and portraits of adolescents in school are included. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFM; JNA; JNKC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 452.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780787900618
ISBN
9780787900618
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.73

Paperback. Offers an interpretation of American society. This book features a preface relating the arguments of the book both to the realities of American society and to the debate about the country's future. Num Pages: 410 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 141 x 25. Weight in Grams: 484. Individualism and Commitment in American Life. 410 pages, Illustrations. Offers an interpretation of American society. This book features a preface relating the arguments of the book both to the realities of American society and to the debate about the country's future. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; JF. Dimension: 208 x 141 x 25. Weight: 482.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
410
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
3Rev Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520254190
ISBN
9780520254190
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 25.06

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