Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
paperback. A compelling study of a Jewish religious leader whose life exemplifies the dilemmas that Europe's Jews have faced over the past century. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 23. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization United Kingdom
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781874774914
- ISBN
- 9781874774914
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.01
€ 27.99
€ 26.01
Paperback. A wide-ranging exploration of nineteenth- and twentieth-century Polish Jewish popular culture that lets its richness and vitality shine through. Editor(s): Steinlauf, Michael C.; Polonsky, Antony. Num Pages: 622 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVP; HBJD; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 159 x 238 x 37. Weight in Grams: 924.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 622
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781874774747
- ISBN
- 9781874774747
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Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 39.12
€ 43.99
€ 39.12
Paperback. 'Louis Jacobs demonstrates a profound scholarship in the second edition of this important work. The breadth of source and the volume of analysis are truly extraordinary.' Reuven Livingstone, Jewish Chronicle Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRJ; JFSR1; LAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 235 x 22. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781874774488
- ISBN
- 9781874774488
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.12
€ 29.99
€ 27.12
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
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.52
€ 38.99
€ 35.52
Paperback. 'The best introduction in English to the whole subject.' Reuven Kimelman Num Pages: 518 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRJ; HRLD; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 880.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- New edition
- Number of pages
- 518
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781874774372
- ISBN
- 9781874774372
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Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 39.12
€ 43.99
€ 39.12
paperback. 'Ambitious, elaborately structured and wide-ranging .. Shavit's book will be the fundamental work on Jewish Hellenism for a long time to come.' Tessa Rajak, Times Literary Supplement Translator(s): Naor, Chaya; Werner, Niki. Num Pages: 578 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 953.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 578
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781874774365
- ISBN
- 9781874774365
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Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 39.12
€ 43.99
€ 39.12
Paperback. 'Toaff is the acknowledged master of the social history of Umbrian Jewry.' David Malkiel, Journal of Jewish Studies Translator(s): Landry, Judith. Num Pages: 308 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization United Kingdom
- Edition
- New edition
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781874774334
- ISBN
- 9781874774334
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.92
€ 34.99
€ 31.92
Paperback. 'Masterly work .. undoubtedly a major study on the rabbinate. His controversial stand on many issues related to the Italian Renaissance has and will continue to stimulate fertile discussion.' Joanna Weinberg, Journal of Semitic Studies Translator(s): Chipman, Jonathan. Num Pages: 380 pages, 8 pages plates, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HBLC; HBTB; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 135 x 22. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- New edition
- Number of pages
- 380
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781874774174
- ISBN
- 9781874774174
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.92
€ 34.99
€ 31.92
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
€ 49.12
€ 49.12
Paperback. Explores the psychology of prejudice and self-hate in the fiction of Mendele Mocher Sefarim, one of the key figures in modern Yiddish and Hebrew literature. The book presents an analysis of the tension between realism and caricature in Mendele's portrayal of the Russian Jews under tsarist rule. Num Pages: 142 pages, map. BIC Classification: 2CS; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 140 x 216 x 7. Weight in Grams: 235.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 142
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781874774082
- ISBN
- 9781874774082
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.12
€ 29.99
€ 27.12
Hardback. Contains contributions on the theme of popular culture, crime, and social control. This title includes chapters that tease out various criminologically relevant issues, pertaining to crime/deviance and/or the control thereof, on the basis of an analysis of various aspects and manifestations of popular culture, including music, and movies. Editor(s): Deflem, Mathieu. Series Editor(s): Deflem, Mathieu. Series: Sociology of Crime, Law & Deviance. Num Pages: 304 pages, ill. BIC Classification: JFCA; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 28. Weight in Grams: 586.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849507325
- ISBN
- 9781849507325
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.85
€ 134.85
Hardback. As cities all over the world have urbanized rapidly after the industrial revolution, most cities have confronted environmental problems such as poor air and water quality, high levels of traffic congestion and ambient noise. This book brings the lessons from innovative urban risk management approaches in Asian cities. Editor(s): Shaw, Rajib; Srinivas, Hari; Sharma, Anshu. Series: Community, Environment and Disaster Risk Management. Num Pages: 230 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; JFSG; RNP; RNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 152 x 43. Weight in Grams: 712.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781848559066
- ISBN
- 9781848559066
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 142.83
€ 142.83
Hardback. A selection of the papers presented at RC01's international conference in Seoul (July 2008). It offers an overview of the panorama of social studies on armed forces and conflict resolution in a context of fast-moving change. It presents studies that move beyond the very concept of globalization. Editor(s): Caforio, Giuseppe. Series Editor(s): Chatterji, Manas. Series: Contributions to Conflict Management, Peace Economics and Development. Num Pages: 464 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: GTJ; JFC; JWA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 821.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848558908
- ISBN
- 9781848558908
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 148.14
€ 148.14
Hardback. Divided into four parts, this title examines commodity racism: representation, racialization and resistance. It presents the interpretive works in the interactionist tradition. It features the essays which interrogate the intersections between biography, media, history, politics and culture. Editor(s): Denzin, Norman K. Series: Studies in Symbolic Interaction. Num Pages: 480 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFP; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 49. Weight in Grams: 844.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848557840
- ISBN
- 9781848557840
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 166.53
€ 166.53
Hardback. Addresses questions about how feminist scholars conceptualize gender and view it in relationship to other attributes of individuals and of social systems. This book strives for intersectional analyses broadening that approach beyond the gender, race and class paradigm to include sexuality, employing a variety of methodologies. Editor(s): Demos, Vasilikie P.; Segal, Marcia Texler. Series Editor(s): Demos, Vasilikie P. Series: Advances in Gender Research. Num Pages: 322 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 322
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848557529
- ISBN
- 9781848557529
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 120.21
€ 120.21
Hardback. In this volume, childhood is conceived as a structural feature of society and comparable across time and cultures. Such perspectives have been relatively under-represented in the "New Sociology of Childhood," which has tended both to stress children's agency and to favour ethnographic methods of inquiry. Editor(s): Qvortrup, Jens. Series: Sociological Studies of Children and Youth. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 616.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848557321
- ISBN
- 9781848557321
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Condition: New
€ 130.86
€ 130.86
Hardback. Addresses the process of dispute resolution and appeal under the DSU of the WTO. This book covers politics and disputes between sovereign nations; power inequities in access to the DSU; specific categories of disputes, such as in agriculture and in intellectual property; and issues pertaining to compliance, enforcement and remedies. Editor(s): Hartigan, James C. Series: Frontiers of Economics and Globalization. Num Pages: 596 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFS; KCLT1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 273 x 43. Weight in Grams: 894.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 596
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781848552067
- ISBN
- 9781848552067
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 164.11
€ 164.11
Hardback. Contains five papers which examine the future of symbolic interaction. This work features additional essays that offer theoretical developments in the areas of social work, race, media, identity, and politics. Editor(s): Denzin, Norman K. Series: Studies in Symbolic Interaction. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFP; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781848551268
- ISBN
- 9781848551268
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.57
€ 119.57
Hardback. Part of the "Blue Ribbon Paper Series", this book contains papers that cover theory and research presented at the Couch-Stone Spring Symposium, and the Annual Meetings of the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction. It includes theoretical developments in the areas of everyday life, race, Native Americans, politics, and performance. Editor(s): Denzin, Norman K. Series: Studies in Symbolic Interaction. Num Pages: 221 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFP; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 161 x 23. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 221
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781848551244
- ISBN
- 9781848551244
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.15
€ 118.15
Hardback. Discusses a range of fundamental issues about justice. This work addresses issues pertaining to distributive, procedural, and interactional justice using a range of methodologies. It focuses on issues relevant to the processes underlying justice evaluations, including motivations, perceptions, identities, ideologies and exclusionary practices. Editor(s): Hegtvedt, Karen A.; Clay-Warner, Jody. Series: Advances in Group Processes. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFS; LNFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 158 x 30. Weight in Grams: 682.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781848551046
- ISBN
- 9781848551046
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.86
€ 130.86