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Society & culture: general

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

€ 43.99
€ 36.98

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
€ 27.52

Hardback. An exploration of the richness and diversity of Jewish society in Christian Iberia from 1100-1500. It includes essays which present a portrait that adds greater nuance to our understanding of both medieval Jewish and medieval Spanish history. Editor(s): Ray, Jonathan. Series: Jews in Space and Time. Num Pages: 350 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; HBJD; HBLC1; JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 826.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Academic Studies Press United States
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9781936235353
ISBN
9781936235353
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 166.29

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

€ 24.99
€ 17.29

Paperback. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: 3D; 3H; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; HBG; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 212 x 136 x 41. Weight in Grams: 676.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Hebrew Union College Press
Edition
Rev Sub
Condition
New
SKU
V9780878202171
ISBN
9780878202171
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.52

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

€ 109.71
€ 83.52

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
€ 20.72

Paperback. A Brief Introduction for Christians. 176 pages, Illustrations, maps. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: HRC; JFSR1. Dimension: 219 x 141 x 13. Weight: 240.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Jewish Lights Publishing
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580233187
ISBN
9781580233187
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.90

Hardback. Following what may be conventionally called the Jewish ethno-cultural model and tracing its performance throughout history, this book attempts to apply a synthetic, comprehensive approach to the Jewish phenomenon - an alternative to the metaphysical and religious ones - and to evaluate it in the comparative context. Series: Reference Library of Jewish Intellectual History. Num Pages: 250 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Academic Studies Press United States
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9781934843437
ISBN
9781934843437
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.80

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
€ 33.80

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

€ 71.26

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
€ 29.86

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

€ 29.99
€ 25.57

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
€ 29.90

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

€ 81.93

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

€ 97.31

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
€ 36.55

Paperback. Series: Jewish, Judaism. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 138 x 9. Weight in Grams: 210.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc.
Edition
New edition
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486258492
ISBN
9780486258492
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.97

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
€ 26.80

Paperback. .
Publisher
Texas Tech Press,U.S.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780896728721
ISBN
9780896728721
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.47

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
€ 29.40

Paperback. Num Pages: 266 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 517.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Northwestern University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810107588
ISBN
9780810107588
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.27

Paperback. Num Pages: 229 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Transaction Publishers
Condition
New
SKU
V9780765806925
ISBN
9780765806925
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.14

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

€ 36.99
€ 26.77

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