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Society & culture: general

Paperback.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752451558
ISBN
9780752451558
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.58

Paperback. Num Pages: 142 pages. BIC Classification: JFSR1; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 139 x 11. Weight in Grams: 190.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Barricade Books Inc United States
Number of pages
142
Condition
New
SKU
V9781569803523
ISBN
9781569803523
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.29

Hardback. Throughout European history, Jews have been associated with commerce and the money trade, rendered both visible and vulnerable, like Shylock, by their economic distinctiveness. This is the story of Jewish perceptions of this economic difference and its effect on modern Jewish identity. Num Pages: 385 pages, Illustrations (some col.), ports. BIC Classification: 1D; HBTB; JFSR1; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
385
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520225909
ISBN
9780520225909
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.17
€ 53.97

Paperback. Takes the reader on a stroll through Thailand's intellectual history - the thoughts of the people of Siam, and the products of their thought, through history. The author touches upon political and religious thought, but also upon such "artistic" thought as that demonstrated in novels, paintings, and historical writing. Num Pages: 24 illus. BIC Classification: 1FMT; HBJF; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 214 x 11. Weight in Grams: 234.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Silkworm Books / Trasvin Publications LP Chiang Mai
Number of pages
136
Condition
New
SKU
V9789747551723
ISBN
9789747551723
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.04

Paperback. Reveals a different aspect of Thailand - the intimate co-existence shared by animal and human life in the tropics. Blending anecdote, observation and humour, this volume chronicles and depicts the antics of animal and human characters in and around the author's Thai home. Num Pages: 136 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1FMT; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 190 x 10. Weight in Grams: 466.
Publisher
Orchid Press Publishing Limited Thailand
Number of pages
136
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9789745240582
ISBN
9789745240582
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 10.33

Hardback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 72. BIC Classification: 1FCS; HBTB; JFC; JFSL9; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 163 x 20. Weight in Grams: 518.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801436314
ISBN
9780801436314
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.24

paperback. This study posits that the narrative of sibling love as a culturally significant tradition in nineteenth-century American fiction. Ultimately, Emily E. VanDette suggests that these novels contribute to historical conversations about affiliation in such tumultuous contexts as sectional divisions, slavery debates, the Civil War, and Reconstruction. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; HBJK; HBL; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2013
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349449583
ISBN
9781349449583
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.84

Paperback / so. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
VS Verlag f?r Sozialwissenschaften United Kingdom
Condition
New
SKU
V9783810017819
ISBN
9783810017819
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 72.02

Paperback / so. Editor(s): Frohner, Klaus-Dieter. Series: Kspw Transformationsprozesse. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
VS Verlag f?r Sozialwissenschaften United Kingdom
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9783810016195
ISBN
9783810016195
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.61

Paperback / so. Editor(s): Kurtenbach, Sabine (German Institute of Global and Area Studies); Bodemer, Klaus; Nolte, Detlef. Num Pages: 268 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 14. Weight in Grams: 385.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
VS Verlag f?r Sozialwissenschaften United Kingdom
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
SKU
V9783810025098
ISBN
9783810025098
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 72.02

Paperback. A detailed history of how sick building syndrome came into being: how indoor exposures to chemicals wafting from synthetic carpet, solvents, and so on became something that office workers felt and protested against Num Pages: 264 pages, 21 Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFK; JHBA; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 386.
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822336716
ISBN
9780822336716
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.67

Hardback. Offers an inquiry into the evolving landscape of Los Angeles. This book offers a pointed look beneath the surface in order to see, and engage with, the city on its own terms. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; HBJK; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 217 x 16. Weight in Grams: 292.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520273726
ISBN
9780520273726
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.29

Paperback. The Lome Peace Accord, signed in 1999, presented significant implications, challenges, and possibilities for post-conflict Sierra Leone, but the literature on post-conflict Sierra Leone only scantily addresses these issues. This project seeks to address the void in the literature on post-Lome Sierra Leone." Editor(s): Mustapha, Marda; Bangura, Joseph J. Num Pages: 181 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJH; HBL; JFSL; JPSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2010
Number of pages
181
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349287338
ISBN
9781349287338
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.60

Hardcover. The Lome Peace Accord, signed in 1999, presented significant implications, challenges, and possibilities for post-conflict Sierra Leone, but the literature on post-conflict Sierra Leone only scantily addresses these issues. This project seeks to address the void in the literature on post-Lome Sierra Leone. Editor(s): Mustapha, Marda; Bangura, Joseph J. Num Pages: 181 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFDE; GTB; JF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 148 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230102859
ISBN
9780230102859
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.41

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: JFSL3; JNKS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 218 x 11. Weight in Grams: 264.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
African American Images United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9781934155806
ISBN
9781934155806
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.54

Hardcover. Blind since the age of 11, Georgina Kleege draws on her own experiences to provide this account of visual impairment - both her own view of the world and the world's view of the blind. She addresses topics such as the negative status of the blind and how blindness is portrayed in literature. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JFFG; JFS; VFJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 150 x 24. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Yale University Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300076806
ISBN
9780300076806
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 77.74

Hardback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 478.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231172905
ISBN
9780231172905
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.31

hardcover. Argues that Fremont used both a radical form of the picturesque and an imaginary map to create an aesthetic craving for expansion Num Pages: 1 photograph, 23 illustrations, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KB; 3JH; HBJK; JFC; RGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Bison Books United States
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803238077
ISBN
9780803238077
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.46

Paperback. Mainstream media and film theory are based on the ways that media technologies operate in Europe and the United States. This work provides a history and ethnography of media in Nigeria, asking what media theory looks like when Nigeria rather than a European nation or the United States is taken as the starting point. Series: A John Hope Franklin Center Book. Num Pages: 328 pages, 56 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; JFCA; JHMP; KNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 230 x 20. Weight in Grams: 462.
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822341086
ISBN
9780822341086
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 34.28

Paperback. A paper that studies the economic consequences of immigration for public finances in Denmark. It is suitable for analyzing the economic consequences if more/less people immigrate. Num Pages: 34 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DND; JFFN; KFFD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 170 x 3. Weight in Grams: 92.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Rockwool Foundation Research Unit Denmark
Number of pages
34
Condition
New
SKU
V9788790199593
ISBN
9788790199593
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 9.73

Paperback. Series: Contestations: Cornell Studies in Political Theory. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; JFC; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 371.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801481772
ISBN
9780801481772
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 40.99

paperback. Addresses the effects of a range of modern scientific and social developments - such as cochlear implants, genetic engineering, and educational mainstreaming - on deaf culture. This book splits into three sections, the first focusing on culture and identity, the second on language and literacy, and the third on American Sign Language in the arts. Editor(s): Lindgren, Kristin A.; Deluca, Doreen; Napoli, Donna Jo. Num Pages: 268 pages, 19 halftones, 12 figures. BIC Classification: CFZ; JFFG; MJPD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 15. Weight in Grams: 567.
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Gallaudet University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
Format
Paperback
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9781563685750
ISBN
9781563685750
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 75.22
€ 64.31

Paperback. Since the early 1970s, when Marina Warner reported from Vietnam and America, in startling essays, she has been one of the most challenging and profound commentators on the culture. This collection draws together essays, offering a retrospective of her changing ideas on literature and culture - on fiction, drama, religion, language and fairy tale. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DSB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 378.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
528
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099437727
ISBN
9780099437727
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.77

Paperback. Traces the intertwining of Protestant religion and the development of the deaf community from the nineteenth to twenty-first century. The author highlights the role of missionary movements in the spread of sign language; and shows how film and stage productions drew on religious themes in their portrayal of the deaf community and its struggles. Num Pages: 144 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: CFZ; HBTB; JFFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 277.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Gallaudet University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781563686016
ISBN
9781563686016
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 35.66

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