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Society & culture: general
Paperback. Editor(s): Adell, Sandra. Num Pages: 432 pages, 10 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: AN; HBTB; JFSJ5; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 157 x 27. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252081194
- ISBN
- 9780252081194
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Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 38.32
€ 43.99
€ 38.32
Paperback. In the mid 1970s and 80s, several feminist theorists began to develop alternatives to the prevailing theories and methods that had dominated academia. This collection brings together the most important scholars who have written in this area, collecting their influential essays. Editor(s): Harding, Sandra. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 225 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415945011
- ISBN
- 9780415945011
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Condition: New
€ 66.30
€ 66.30
Paperback. Razor-sharp, witty social observations from Sandi Toksvig, selected from her brilliant Sunday Telegraph columns. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 135 x 24. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Publisher
- SPHERE
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847443458
- ISBN
- 9781847443458
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.94
€ 19.99
€ 14.94
Hardback. This volume adopts a critical approach to the civic and political socialization projects which aim to transform children and youth into upstanding citizens. By synthesizing the study of young people's civic and political socialization under the rubric of "Youth Engagement", the interplay of the civic and the political throughout young people's liv Editor(s): Kawecka Nenga, Sandi; Taft, Jessica K. Series: Sociological Studies of Children & Youth. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: JFSP2; YXZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 153 x 27. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 300
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781905432
- ISBN
- 9781781905432
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Condition: New
€ 135.20
€ 135.20
Paperback. Analyzes the development of Indian diasporas in the United States and England from 1947 onwards. This work suggests that carefully reading the production of a diasporic sensibility, one that is not simply an outgrowth of the nation-state, helps us to conceive of multiple imaginaries, of America, England, and India, as articulated to one another. Num Pages: 328 pages, 13 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FKA; 1KBB; 3JJP; JFC; JFSL1; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780691092676
- ISBN
- 9780691092676
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Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 37.93
€ 52.99
€ 37.93
Hardcover. Editor(s): Sandhu, Daya Singh. Num Pages: 335 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL; JKSN2; JM; MMJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 260 x 185 x 26. Weight in Grams: 876.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 335
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781560726630
- ISBN
- 9781560726630
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Condition: New
€ 153.29€ 114.89
€ 153.29
€ 114.89
paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFD; KNTD; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780252063879
- ISBN
- 9780252063879
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.31
€ 27.99
€ 26.31
paperback. This is the first book about Kafka that uses the writer's medical records. Gillman explores the relation of the body to cultural myths, and brings a unique and fascinating perspective to Kafka's life and writings. Num Pages: 344 pages, 30ill. BIC Classification: 2ACG; BG; DSBH; DSK; JFC; JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 162 x 19. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780415913911
- ISBN
- 9780415913911
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.74
€ 55.74
Hardback. A pioneering interdisciplinary scholar examines the roles of images in the construction of stereotypes of the Jew's body in 20th-century art and literature. Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: AB; DSBH; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5182 x 3226 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804732611
- ISBN
- 9780804732611
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Condition: New
€ 160.25
€ 160.25
Hardcover. Series: Biopolitics. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSL1; JMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 38. Weight in Grams: 703.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479856121
- ISBN
- 9781479856121
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.43
€ 96.43
Paperback. A pioneering interdisciplinary scholar examines the roles of images in the construction of stereotypes of the Jew's body in 20th-century art and literature. Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: AB; DSBH; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5182 x 3226 x 15. Weight in Grams: 315.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press California
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804732628
- ISBN
- 9780804732628
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.17
€ 37.99
€ 34.17
Hardback. fascinating new book on obesity which charts its cultural history from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day very engaging and on a very topical subject - this book should attract lots of review coverage and a trade audience Sander L. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 143 x 22. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745644400
- ISBN
- 9780745644400
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Condition: New
€ 66.16
€ 66.16
Paperback. A Jew in a violently anti-Semitic world, Sigmund Freud was forced to cope with racism even in the 'serious' medical literature of the fin de siecle, which described Jews as inherently pathological and sexually degenerate. This book argues that Freud's internalizing of these images of racial difference shaped the questions of psychoanalysis. Num Pages: 293 pages, 9 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JFSR1; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 294
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691025865
- ISBN
- 9780691025865
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Condition: New
€ 53.48€ 42.35
€ 53.48
€ 42.35
Paperback. Explores the questions and doubts surrounding the revitalisation of Jewish life in Germany since the fall of the Wall. The volume includes topics such as the social and institutional role of Jews; the role of religion in daily life; and gender and culture in post-Wall Jewish writing. Num Pages: 302 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; JFC; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 302
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814730652
- ISBN
- 9780814730652
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.93
€ 33.99
€ 30.93
Paperback. Presents a world history and cultural theory of aesthetic surgery. This book discusses how people have reshaped their noses to repair the ravages of war and disease, to match prevailing ideas of beauty, and to avoid association with negative images of the "Jew," the "Irish," the "Oriental," or the "Black." Num Pages: 424 pages, 95 halftones. BIC Classification: JFC; MBX; MNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 420
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691070537
- ISBN
- 9780691070537
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.41
€ 54.99
€ 39.41
Hardback. Num Pages: 295 pages. BIC Classification: JFFE1. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 149 x 29. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers Group Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 295
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306434594
- ISBN
- 9780306434594
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.94
€ 64.94
Hardcover. This text offers a rich investigation, both historical and ethnographic, of conflicting and transforming attitudes toward festivals in contemporary Egypt. Num Pages: 296 pages, ill. BIC Classification: JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815633006
- ISBN
- 9780815633006
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 55.99
€ 55.99
Hardcover. Everyday practice of religion is complex in its nature, ambivalent, and at times contradictory. The task of an anthropology of religious practice is therefore precisely to see how people navigate and make sense of that complexity, and what the significance of religious beliefs and practices in a given setting can be. Editor(s): Schielke, Samuli; Debevec, Liza. Series: EASA Series. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRA; JFSR; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 14. Weight in Grams: 360. An Anthropology of Everyday Religion. Series: EASA Series. 184 pages. Editor(s): Schielke, Samuli; Debevec, Liza. Everyday practice of religion is complex in its nature, ambivalent, and at times contradictory. The task of an anthropology of religious practice is therefore precisely to see how people navigate and make sense of that complexity, and what the significance of religious beliefs and practices in a given setting can be. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: HRA; JFSR; JHMC. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 14. Weight: 358.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857455062
- ISBN
- 9780857455062
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.60
€ 154.60
Hardback. This companion offers a comprehensive and sophisticated exploration of the history of economic thought. It has a threefold focus: the history of economic thought; the history of economics as a discipline; and the historiography of economic thought. Editor(s): Samuels, Warren J.; Biddle, Jeff E.; Davis, John B. Series: Blackwell Companions to Contemporary Economics. Num Pages: 736 pages, 2 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCX; KCA; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 259 x 186 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1530.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 736
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631225737
- ISBN
- 9780631225737
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 225.91
€ 225.91
Hardback. A bracingly original dialogue on modernity, class, and difference in the 20th century Num Pages: 296 pages, 10 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Dartmouth College Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781512600186
- ISBN
- 9781512600186
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 90.31€ 75.36
€ 90.31
€ 75.36
Paperback. A bracingly original dialogue on modernity, class, and difference in the 20th century Num Pages: 296 pages, 10 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- University Press of New England
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781512600193
- ISBN
- 9781512600193
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 38.94
€ 50.99
€ 38.94
Paperback. In the two decades after World War II, New York was shaken by struggles over urban renewal. Manhattan Projects offers a fresh look at the history of those conflicts, showing how the idea of urban renewal was made and unmade as the state of the art technique for remaking cities. Num Pages: 496 pages, 76 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJP; HBJK; HBTB; JFSG; RPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 694.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199874057
- ISBN
- 9780199874057
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.05
€ 65.05
Paperback. Reveals a productive aspect of Walter Benjamin's thought by focusing on a little-discussed stylistic trait in his formulation of concepts. This book explains that nouns formed with this suffix refer to a possibility or potentiality, to a capacity rather than an existing reality. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; DSB; HPC; HPN; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 150 x 24. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674046061
- ISBN
- 9780674046061
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 30.75
€ 36.99
€ 30.75
Paperback. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 160 x 22. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Cengage Learning, Inc United States
- Edition
- 6th Edition
- Number of pages
- 560
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781337091862
- ISBN
- 9781337091862
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 262.05
€ 262.05