Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Hardback. The question of individuality in non-European, and especially South Asian societies is a controversial one. Studies in anthropology and psychology undertaken in recent years onconcepts of person and self approach the problem by concentrating on ideologies; the question of practice remains largely neglected. Num Pages: 368 pages, 5 halftones, 3 maps, 20 tables, 20 figs. BIC Classification: 1FKAH; GTF; JFSJ; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220. Weight in Grams: 579.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571819031
- ISBN
- 9781571819031
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 165.41
€ 165.41
Paperback. This vivid ethnographic account of the first peaceful encounters between the Wari Indians of western Brazil and missionaries and government workers emphasizes how the Wari perceived the interactions. Translator(s): Rodgers, David. Series: The Cultures and Practice of Violence. Num Pages: 392 pages, 38 photographs, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JFSL9; JHMC; JPWS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 564.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822345732
- ISBN
- 9780822345732
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.29
€ 50.29
Hardcover. Drawn from the collections of the National Library of Ireland, and based on their extremely successful exhibition of the same name, Small Lives offers an eclectic survey of Irish childhood as captured by the camera. Editor(s): O'Connor, Aoife. Num Pages: 224 pages, chiefly Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; 3JJ; AJCP; HBTB; JFSP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 283 x 230 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1212.
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- Gill & Macmillan Dublin
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780717154623
- ISBN
- 9780717154623
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
Hardback. This is the first journalism textbook aimed at reporters who cover finance and economics in developing and transition countries. Written by economists from the Asian Development Bank and the International Monetary Fund as well as journalists at Dow Jones, the Financial Times, the New York Times, Fortune, and Reuters, the book is a guide to the pressing topics of our times. Editor(s): Schiffrin, Anya; Bisat, Amer. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: JFFS; KCL; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 187. Weight in Grams: 817.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231131742
- ISBN
- 9780231131742
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 175.67
€ 175.67
Paperback. Editor(s): Schiffrin, Anya. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- New Press, The
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781595589736
- ISBN
- 9781595589736
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.09
€ 26.09
Hardback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSE; JFFN; JFSJ1; JFSP31. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 164 x 241 x 16. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Publisher
- Bristol University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447313304
- ISBN
- 9781447313304
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.46
€ 133.46
Paperback. This book highlights a range of individuals and groups in UK society who experience exclusion or marginalisation, including Roma, young carers and people with Autism Spectrum Disorders. It takes a unique practice-based focus, designed to encourage an enquiring mind in relation to diversity in society and to debunk myths about 'the others'. Editor(s): Ahmed, Anya; Rogers, Michaela. Num Pages: 160 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFS; JKS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 275 x 20. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Publisher
- Macmillan Education UK
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137559562
- ISBN
- 9781137559562
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.94
€ 49.94
Paperback. Focusing on western India in the colonial and postcolonial periods, this work shines a light on South Asian historiography and on caste discrimination, to show how persons without rights came to possess them and how Dalit struggles led to the transformation of such terms of colonial liberalism as rights, equality, and personhood. Num Pages: 416 pages, 10 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; JFSC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 558. Dalits and the Politics of Modern India. 416 pages, illustrations. Focusing on western India in the colonial and postcolonial periods, this work shines a light on South Asian historiography and on caste discrimination, to show how persons without rights came to possess them and how Dalit struggles led to the transformation of such terms of colonial liberalism as rights, equality, and personhood. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; JFSC; JHM. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 25. Weight: 552.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520257610
- ISBN
- 9780520257610
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.36
€ 49.36
Paperback. A variety of immigrant narratives probe the dynamic process of South Asian Americanization Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 228 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Edition
- American Literatures Initiative
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781439903032
- ISBN
- 9781439903032
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.93
€ 39.93
Paperback. This volume examines Asian staging of Western canonical theatre, particularly Shakespeare's plays, arguing that intercultural performance questions the settled assumptions we bring to our interpretations of familiar texts. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 312 pages, 9 illustrations. BIC Classification: AN; DSG; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822327639
- ISBN
- 9780822327639
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.72
€ 45.72
Paperback. A key topic for understanding modern Polish-Jewish history and also the history of socialism and nationality problems in east-central Europe. Editor(s): Polonsky, Antony; Bartal, Israel; Hundert, Gershon David; etc. Num Pages: 372 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVP; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 372
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904113812
- ISBN
- 9781904113812
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.94
€ 48.94
Paperback. Published in the year of the fiftieth anniversary of the Warsaw ghetto uprising, this volume has a special section with memoirs and other material dealing with aspects of Jewish life in Nazi-occupied Warsaw. Editor(s): Polonsky, Antony. Num Pages: 348 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVP; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 348
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904113805
- ISBN
- 9781904113805
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.94
€ 48.94
Paperback. The focus of this volume is on how the Jews were affected by Polish independence in 1918. Editor(s): Polonsky, Antony. Num Pages: 516 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVP; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 716.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 516
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9781904113782
- ISBN
- 9781904113782
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.94
€ 48.94
paperback. Articles on Jewish Warsaw over the centuries. Editor(s): Polonsky, Antony. Num Pages: 484 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVP; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 31. Weight in Grams: 730.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 484
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904113188
- ISBN
- 9781904113188
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.06
€ 50.06
Paperback. In this volume of Polin, scholars from the fields of history, sociology, politics, anthropology, linguistics, literature, and folklore explore central themes in Jewish and European history. Editor(s): Polonsky, Antony. Num Pages: 440 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 613.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904113171
- ISBN
- 9781904113171
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.94
€ 48.94
Paperback. 'Antony Polonsky's monumental collection of studies covers the ten centuries of Jewish life in Poland .. written by acknowledged scholars .. The spectrum is broad.' Alexander Zvielli, Jerusalem Post Editor(s): Polonsky, Antony. Num Pages: 634 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVP; HBG; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 158 x 263 x 41. Weight in Grams: 962.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 634
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781874774143
- ISBN
- 9781874774143
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.19
€ 40.19
Paperback. This volume focuses on Polish Jews in Germany, Zionism in Poland, and art and architecture. Editor(s): Polonsky, Antony. Num Pages: 536 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVP; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 743.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 536
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904113799
- ISBN
- 9781904113799
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.94
€ 48.94
Paperback. This volume is devoted to the part Jews played in the history of Lodz between 1820 and 1939. Editor(s): Polonsky, Antony. Num Pages: 356 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVP; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Littman Library Of Jewish Civilization
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904113157
- ISBN
- 9781904113157
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.94
€ 48.94
Paperback. Core essays cover hasidim, mitnagdim, Haskalah, Reform, liturgy, modern congregations, and the response to Zionism and modern philosophy. Also New Views and Book Review sections. Editor(s): Polonsky, Antony. Num Pages: 466 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1DVP; HBJD; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 649.
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 466
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781874774341
- ISBN
- 9781874774341
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.94
€ 48.94
Paperback. The ideologies that dominated the Jewish world in the interwar period all emerged in Poland. This volume provides a clearer understanding of the divisive issues. Editor(s): Polonsky, Walter Stern Hilborn Professor of Judaic and Social Sduties Antony (London School of Economics and Political Science); Mendelsohn, Professor Emeritus Institute of Contemporary Jewry Ezra (Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Boston University The Hebrew University of Jerusalem The Hebrew University of Jerusalem The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Hebrew University of Jerusalem Hebrew University of Jerusalem Boston University Boston University); Tomaszewski, Jerzy. Num Pages: 480 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVP; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 668.
- Publisher
- Littman Library Of Jewish Civilization
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904113225
- ISBN
- 9781904113225
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.94
€ 48.94
Paperback. This latest volume in the National Jewish Book Award-winning series presents the Nazi genocide in Poland and its aftermath, issues which have deeply divided Poles and Jews, in broad perspective. Editor(s): Polonsky, Antony. Num Pages: 498 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVP; HBJD; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 27. Weight in Grams: 710.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 498
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781874774471
- ISBN
- 9781874774471
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.94
€ 48.94
Hardcover. Crisis, what crisis? How governments and corporations profit from disaster Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 241 x 35. Weight in Grams: 694.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Verso
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784781156
- ISBN
- 9781784781156
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.47
€ 26.99
€ 24.47
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Bookmarks
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910885123
- ISBN
- 9781910885123
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 6.44
€ 6.44
Paperback. The focus of this text is the well-being of older adults on different continents. Scientists from around the world address this issue using a wide array of research designs and methodologies to provide a broad perspective on aging. Editor(s): Antonucci, Toni; Okorodudu, Corann; Akiyama, Hiroko. Series: Journal of Social Issues (JOSI). Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSP31; JHBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- Volume 58, Number 4, Winter 2002
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405112031
- ISBN
- 9781405112031
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.74
€ 51.74