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Hardback. This volume offers an innovative ethnography, which strives to express the lived experience of women's music by turning the postmodern critique into a lyrical and complex expression of social experience. Series: Ethnographic Alternatives. Num Pages: 192 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: AV; JFSJ1; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761989653
- ISBN
- 9780761989653
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 151.79
€ 151.79
hardcover. In this encyclopedia which provides a guide to the interface of the sacred and the profane, 100 w orld-renowned scholars cover world religions, religious pers pectives on political and social issues and religious leader s worldwide. Editor(s): Swatos, William H., Jr. Num Pages: 604 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: GBC; HRA; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 285 x 225 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1712.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 604
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761989561
- ISBN
- 9780761989561
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 256.34
€ 256.34
hardcover. In this comprehensive treatment, Borowskisy nthesises what is known about the use of animals for clothing, transportation, food and cult practices in biblical times. Essays on pastoral systems and agricultural economics are included. Num Pages: 296 pages, bibliography, figures, indexes. BIC Classification: 1QDA; HBJF; HBLA; HDD; JFFZ; PSV; TVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761989189
- ISBN
- 9780761989189
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 151.69
€ 151.69
Paperback. By weaving together a life-histories approach to ethnography and with a concept of culture, the author presents an intimate and complex picture of Opportunity House, a highly functional community of mentally-retarded adults. Series: Ethnographic Alternatives. Num Pages: 232 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: JFFG; JKS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761989172
- ISBN
- 9780761989172
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 74.53
€ 74.53
Hardback. A scholar of Southern literature and culture, Jan Whitt has written a personal narrative about adoption, childhood abuse, and fifty years of searching for her family in rural Appalachia. This book unflinchingly explores death and loss at the same time that it celebrates the transformative power of love and literature. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: BM; DQ; JFSJ1; JHBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761858294
- ISBN
- 9780761858294
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.05
€ 87.05
Hardback. Ryan P. Jordan uses the discourse of religious liberty to explore racial differences during an era of American empire building (1750-1900). This book seeks to destabilize the widespread assumption that the dominant American culture inevitably trends toward greater freedom in the realm of personal expression. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HRAM2; JFFJ; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 160 x 19. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761858119
- ISBN
- 9780761858119
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.40
€ 117.40
Hardback. This book focuses on three authors coming of age at an important moment in Spanish literary history and in world history at large. These authors incorporated into their novels the new ideas that they found in the writing of many foreign authors that were essential to their development. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: 1DS; 2ADS; CJB; DSB; HBJD; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761857990
- ISBN
- 9780761857990
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.57
€ 105.57
Hardback. A growing number of Jews identify themselves as secular or "somewhat secular." Is this expansive definition of Jewishness a new phenomenon? What are its roots? This insightful book provides an overview of a profound development in the evolving history of Jewish life in America. Editor(s): Heller, Zachary I.; Gordis, David M. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSR1; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761857938
- ISBN
- 9780761857938
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.09
€ 105.09
hardcover. This book examines the history of male opinion about women's participation in procreation and explores the status of women in classical Europe, the Middle Ages, the Enlightenment, and today's American procreative policies. Num Pages: 156 pages. BIC Classification: JFFK; JFMA; JFSJ1; JKS; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 162 x 16. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 156
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761857587
- ISBN
- 9780761857587
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.21
€ 112.21
Hardback. The anthology shares the poetic voices of many who were touched by the suffering experienced by the people of the Gulf Coast in the aftermath of the Hurricane Katrina tragedy. This anthology is the first in a Hurricane Katrina Commemoration series. Num Pages: 158 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DQ; DSC; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 161 x 16. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 158
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761857358
- ISBN
- 9780761857358
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.85
€ 108.85
Hardback. Davis reviews the various approaches to compassion, love, and altruism by multiple scholars. He explores the contours of "other-love," a selfless regard for the well-being of others. Davis also examines the basis for distinctive modes of compassionate behavior enriched by "ebony grace"-a theological attribution for people of African descent. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRCV4; JFSL3; JFSR; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 161 x 16. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761856375
- ISBN
- 9780761856375
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.14
€ 111.14
Hardback. This book attempts to elucidate Japanese religious experiences by presenting an innovative interpretation of the oldest existing text of Japanese myth, the Kojiki. Iwasawa offers new insights into Japanese mythology regarding the relationship between the human and the divine. Num Pages: 218 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 162 x 17. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761855248
- ISBN
- 9780761855248
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.52
€ 127.52
Hardback. Num Pages: 100 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFE; JFSL3; JKVM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 161 x 12. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 100
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761855224
- ISBN
- 9780761855224
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.78
€ 97.78
Paperback. Using a mixed-method approach, Unintended Consequences of Human Actions documents a wide range of unintended and unanticipated consequences of human actions. The major message is the urgent need to review a range of possible outcomes of human actions. During these fragile times "looking down the road" has become imperative. Num Pages: 100 pages. BIC Classification: JFF; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 155 x 6. Weight in Grams: 167.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 100
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761854456
- ISBN
- 9780761854456
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.86
€ 52.86
Paperback. This book focuses on the various racial and cultural challenges facing African-Americans in the context of present day educational, political, and historical realities. It discusses the psychology of race and power, the plight of the modern black intellectual, and the need to enhance the educational standing of American citizens. Num Pages: 130 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 155 x 8. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 130
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761853022
- ISBN
- 9780761853022
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.04
€ 59.04
Paperback. This book presents an analysis of female sexuality in the literary texts of two Hispanic feminist writers: Cristina Escofet and Isabel Allende. Both writers create alternative realities and emphasize the use of subconscious knowledge to help readers understand sexuality and make changes in our unjust hierarchical world. Num Pages: 130 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 154 x 8. Weight in Grams: 213.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 130
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761852223
- ISBN
- 9780761852223
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.63
€ 56.63
Hardback. This book tells the Korean immigrants' life stories in California's eight San Joaquin Valley farm communities. It describes how they survived through discrimination and injustices in the early 20th century America, and also details the Korean immigrants' efforts to regain their lost motherland from Japanese colonialism (1910-1945). Num Pages: 280 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; JFSL3; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 549.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761852193
- ISBN
- 9780761852193
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.71
€ 138.71
Paperback. The most "efficient" system is one that controls the human resources by eliminating the human part and turning them into pure resources. Their ultimate organizational goal is to transform people into things, commonly called organizational behavior. This book is about the two best historical examples of such "efficiently-run" resource management. Num Pages: 138 pages. BIC Classification: JFFT; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 9. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 138
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761851875
- ISBN
- 9780761851875
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.60
€ 62.60
Paperback. This study explores the allegorical-cum-symbolic mode in selected African, African American, and Caribbean literary works, and the discussion of these African, African American, and Caribbean writers' use of the allegorical mode is an attempt to recover the subtext of their works. Num Pages: 188 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH5; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 299.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 188
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761851219
- ISBN
- 9780761851219
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.52
€ 59.52
Hardback. This book is an in-depth discussion of immigration reform in America, highlighting commonly held myths about immigration and explains which issues America needs to address in order to achieve comprehensive reform. The author poses questions about ethical and political quandaries presented by race and ethnicity. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 501.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Edition
- Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761850052
- ISBN
- 9780761850052
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.28
€ 122.28
Hardback. This book brings together a distinguished group of expert scholars from the Elie Wiesel Center for Judaic Studies at Boston University on the main areas of American Jewish life, from colonial Jewish experience to images of Jews in contemporary films. This volume represents the fruit of this collective reflection and interrogation. Editor(s): Katz, Steven T. Num Pages: 420 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 163 x 28. Weight in Grams: 708.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 420
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761847687
- ISBN
- 9780761847687
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 151.34
€ 151.34
Hardback. Num Pages: 136 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSK1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 161 x 15. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761839019
- ISBN
- 9780761839019
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 88.85
€ 88.85
Hardback. Num Pages: 244 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFX; KNXB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 162 x 14. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761838111
- ISBN
- 9780761838111
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.13
€ 122.13
paperback. Europe's Indians, Indians in Europe is an accessible and multidisciplinary synopsis of European iconographies and cultural narratives related to Native Americans. In this pioneering work, European fascination with and phantasmagorias of 'Indianness' are comprehensively discussed, involving perspectives of history, literature, and cultural criticism Num Pages: 172 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KB; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 154 x 12. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 172
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761836896
- ISBN
- 9780761836896
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 122.79
€ 122.79