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Society & culture: general

paperback. Traces the cultural, political, and religious life of the Jewish people in Spain from Roman antiquity to the expulsion of Jews in 1492. This book attempts to recreate the relationships among Jews, Christians, and Muslims in the period. It offers an illustrated archive of material. Num Pages: 232 pages, 174 color illus. BIC Classification: 1DSE; HBJD; HBLC; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 4531 x 5830 x 18. Weight in Grams: 1116.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9788496008274
ISBN
9788496008274
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 38.57

Paperback. Written by women from all stations of life and from drastically different backgrounds, these stories reconstruct not only the world of the Gulag but also its meaning for society at large. It covers the entire span of the Gulag's existence, from the 1920s to the 1980s. Num Pages: 364 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD; HBLW3; HBWQ; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 146 x 23. Weight in Grams: 603.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
364
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742511460
ISBN
9780742511460
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 83.19

Paperback. From the colonial period through the mid-twentieth century, haciendas dominated the Latin American countryside. In the Ecuadorian Andes, Runa-Quichua-speaking indigenous people-worked on these large agrarian estates as virtual serfs. This book probes the workings of power on haciendas and explores the hacienda's contemporary legacy. Series: Joe R. & Teresa Lozano Long Series in Latin American & Latino Art & Culture. Num Pages: 362 pages, 17 b&w photos, 4 figures, 1 map, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLSX; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 608.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
362
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292714397
ISBN
9780292714397
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 33.99

Hardback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTB; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 157 x 27. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195326222
ISBN
9780195326222
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.38

Hardback. A study of the Samsui women who migrated from China to Singapore, where they have been commemorated as nation-builders. Series: Contemporary Chinese Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations, map. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFFN; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780774825757
ISBN
9780774825757
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.10

Hardback. This book is a collection of essays from the 25th annual Scholar's Conference on the Holocaust and the Churches. The contributors represent a variety of disciplines, countries, and religious faiths. Editor(s): Tobler, Douglas F. Num Pages: 236 pages. BIC Classification: HR; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 481.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761811077
ISBN
9780761811077
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 110.47

Paperback. Num Pages: 120 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: HRH; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 170 x 168 x 13. Weight in Grams: 334.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Tughra Books United States
Number of pages
120
Condition
New
SKU
V9781597841436
ISBN
9781597841436
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.00

Hardback. A study of Albania. It focuses on the socio-cultural context of remittances, and explores how gender emerges as a powerful facet in the processes of development. It is of interest to scholars and students in Migration Studies, Development Studies, Gender Studies, Geography and Anthropology. Series: Library of Development Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, 5 bw integrated illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVWA; JFSJ; KCM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 151 x 223 x 25. Weight in Grams: 460.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848854871
ISBN
9781848854871
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 142.60
€ 125.57

Paperback. Petra R. Rivera-Rideau shows how the popular music style reggaeton offers a space for Puerto Rican musicians to express identities that center blackness, forge links across the African diaspora, and critique the popular Puerto Rican discourse of racial democracy, which conceals racism and marginalizes black Puerto Ricans. Num Pages: 240 pages, 11 illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGW; HBTB; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 10. Weight in Grams: 341.
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822359647
ISBN
9780822359647
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.39

Hardcover. Presents transcriptions, English translations, and annotations of more than 1,600 gravestones from Suriname's oldest Jewish burial grounds. This title examines three Sephardi cemeteries, whose monuments date from 1666 to 1904. It is based on years of on-site fieldwork in Suriname and research in archives in the United States and the Netherlands. Num Pages: 277 pages, 200 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSS; AMGD; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 279 x 216 x 51. Weight in Grams: 2585.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Hebrew Union College Press
Edition
Pck
Condition
New
SKU
V9780878202249
ISBN
9780878202249
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.09

hardcover. Treating poverty not simply as a theme in literature but as a force that in fact shapes the texts themselves, Rimstead adopts the notion of a common culture to include ordinary voices in national culture, in this case the national culture of Canada. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; DSK; JFFA; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 28. Weight in Grams: 640.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802044945
ISBN
9780802044945
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.61

Paperback. "In association with Loyola University New Orleans, Georgia Tech Center for Media Studies"--Series title page. Series Editor(s): Schaberg, Dr. Christopher; Bogost, Prof. Ian. Series: Object Lessons. Num Pages: 184 pages, 25 halftones. BIC Classification: JFCD; JFD; TBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 122 x 163 x 12. Weight in Grams: 168.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781623563110
ISBN
9781623563110
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.65

Hardback. Television is a key therapeutic resource in prisons today. Now placed in the cell, television helps with the delivery of care and control in the complex prison environment. In this book, Victoria Knight explores the ways in which television is used by prisons and staff to manage their everyday lives and emotions. Num Pages: 253 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFDT; JHB; JKVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 460.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137443908
ISBN
9781137443908
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.15

paperback. Britons spend an average of four hours a day watching television - television has become our national obsession. This work reveals the alarming reality of what television is actually doing to us physically, emotionally, intellectually and socially. It also show us how we can re-establish control away from the remote control. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 23. Weight in Grams: 256.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Vermilion
Condition
New
SKU
9780091906900
ISBN
9780091906900
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.60

Paperback. Arguing that village life is an effect of the modern and the global, this text analyzes everyday and social practices, and suggests that Kabre culture is shaped as much by colonial and postcolonial history as by anything "indigenous" or local. Num Pages: 226 pages, 12 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFD; JFSF; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226669694
ISBN
9780226669694
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.92

Paperback. Removable Type: Histories of the Book in Indian Country, 1663-1880 Num Pages: 272 pages, 38 illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780807871201
ISBN
9780807871201
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.24

Hardcover. Editor(s): Gibson, Delia. Num Pages: 109 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; JPQB; LNDA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 162 x 16. Weight in Grams: 346.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Nova Science Pub Inc
Condition
New
SKU
V9781634826105
ISBN
9781634826105
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 194.88
€ 145.21

Paperback. Series: Quadrant Book. Num Pages: 296 pages, 22 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFW; JFS; RGC; TQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 334.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816666003
ISBN
9780816666003
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.37

Paperback. Editor(s): Mooney, Michael. Num Pages: 347 pages. BIC Classification: JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1981
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
y First edition thus
Number of pages
347
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231045131
ISBN
9780231045131
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.56

Hardback. Built on Kraybill's deep knowledge of Amish life and his contacts within many Amish communities, Renegade Amish highlights one of the strangest and most publicized sagas in contemporary Amish history. Num Pages: 224 pages, 12, 9 black & white halftones, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BTC; HRCX8; JFS; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 446.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421415673
ISBN
9781421415673
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.07

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