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Society & culture: general

Paperback. Puts to rest the unfounded allegations surrounding Jefferson and Sally Hemings. Num Pages: 176 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JFM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 132 x 10. Weight in Grams: 204.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780819178213
ISBN
9780819178213
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.26

Hardcover. This text focuses on the Jekyll Island social club's members and the "cottages" they built near the clubhouse between 1888 and 1928. It tells the story of each home, the owners' connections with the island, and their interactions with one another. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; AMK; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 204 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1184.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820319285
ISBN
9780820319285
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 46.79

Paperback. Num Pages: 178 pages. BIC Classification: 1KB; BG; HBJK; HRCC7; HRCX7; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 150 x 10. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Sheed & Ward
Number of pages
178
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
SKU
V9781556128134
ISBN
9781556128134
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.52

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

€ 40.99
€ 35.03

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

€ 15.99
€ 14.50

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

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

€ 108.20
€ 81.73

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

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

€ 21.99
€ 20.31

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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