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Society & culture: general
Paperback. Offers informed and dispassionate analyses of how the many populations of these borderlands managed to coexist Editor(s): Bartov, Omer; Weitz, Eric D. Num Pages: 544 pages, 2 b&w illus., 9 maps. BIC Classification: 1DV; HBJD; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 170 x 32. Weight in Grams: 944.
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 544
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253006356
- ISBN
- 9780253006356
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Condition: New
€ 39.91
€ 39.91
Paperback. Through careful analysis of Jack Kerouac's "On the Road", Omar Swartz argues that Kerouac's influence on American society is largely rhetorical. Kerouac's significance as a cultural icon can best be understood, Swartz asserts, in terms of traditional rhetorical practices and principles. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; CFG; DSBH; DSK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 245.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Southern Illinois University Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780809323845
- ISBN
- 9780809323845
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Condition: New
€ 44.30
€ 44.30
Paperback. In River of Hope, Omar S. Valerio-Jimenez examines state formation, cultural change, and the construction of identity in the lower Rio Grande region during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Num Pages: 384 pages, 19 photos, 10 tables, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; 1KLCM; GTB; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 532. Forging Identity and Nation in the Rio Grande Borderlands. 384 pages, 19 photographs, 10 tables, 3 maps. Examines state formation, cultural change, and the construction of identity in the Lower Rio Grande region during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; 1KLCM; GTB; JFSL; JHMC. Dimension: 237 x 155 x 24. Weight: 532.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822351856
- ISBN
- 9780822351856
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.70
€ 41.99
€ 37.70
Hardcover. Editor(s): Abegunrin, Olayiwola; Akomolafe, Olusoji. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; JFFS; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 263 x 188 x 26. Weight in Grams: 918.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781594549977
- ISBN
- 9781594549977
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Condition: New
€ 155.95€ 108.92
€ 155.95
€ 108.92
Paperback. These stories reveal the human cost of the epidemic, and the courage required to overcome it. Editor(s): Adeyi, Olusoji; Idoko, John; Kanki, Phyllis J.; Odutolu, Oluwole. Series: Harvard Series on Population and International Health. Num Pages: 480 pages, 24 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; JFFH2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 211 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1760.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674018686
- ISBN
- 9780674018686
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 30.01
€ 34.99
€ 30.01
paperback. African immigration to North America has been increasing. This title focuses on new understandings and insights concerning the presence and relevance of African immigrant religious communities in the US. It describes key social and historical aspects of African immigrant religion in the US and builds a conceptual framework for theory and analysis. Editor(s): Olupona, Jacob K.; Gemignani, Regina. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; HRA; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814762127
- ISBN
- 9780814762127
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.98
€ 33.99
€ 30.98
Hardback. This book offers a language revitalisation method that can be used with Indigenous and minority languages, especially in cases where the native language has been lost among people of a working age. It gives practical examples and a theoretical frame of reference for how to plan, organise and implement an intensive language programme. Series: Linguistic Diversity and Language Rights. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSL1; JNFR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 164 x 21. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Channel View Publications Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847698889
- ISBN
- 9781847698889
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 167.54
€ 167.54
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822333937
- ISBN
- 9780822333937
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.70
€ 41.99
€ 37.70
Women clergy now account for approximately 10 percent of religious leaders in the United States. As their numbers grow, so too does their political influence. This book examines the effects of gender, professional experience, and religious belief on the political attitudes and activism of clergywomen. Series: Religion & American Culture S. Num Pages: 200 pages, 1 illustration. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRCX4; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Edition
- 2
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817314606
- ISBN
- 9780817314606
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Condition: New
€ 44.58
€ 44.58
Hardcover. Offering the author's own twist on the Victorian art of silhouette portraits, this gift volume might look as if it's from the 1890s, its pages contain many favourite cult characters from movies, TV, comics and videogames. Num Pages: 144 pages, b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 176 x 21. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Publisher
- Titan Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781164129
- ISBN
- 9781781164129
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.00
€ 17.99
€ 13.00
Hardback. Argues that Islamic revival, or "re-Islamization," results from the efforts of westernized Muslims to assert their identity in a non-Muslim context. This book provides a comparison of several transnational movements, whether peaceful, like Tablighi Jama'at and the Islamic brotherhoods, or violent, like Al Qaeda. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSR2; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 146 x 28. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231134989
- ISBN
- 9780231134989
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Condition: New
€ 122.01
€ 122.01
Hardback. The denunciation of fundamentalism in France, embodied in the law against the veil and the deportation of imams, has shifted into a systematic attack on Muslims and Islam. This book makes clear that Muslim intellectuals have made it possible for Muslims to live concretely in a secularized world while maintaining the identity of a true believer. Translator(s): Holoch, George. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: JFSR2; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 136.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231141024
- ISBN
- 9780231141024
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Condition: New
€ 72.70€ 57.43
€ 72.70
€ 57.43
Paperback. Argues that Islamic revival, or "re-Islamization," results from the efforts of westernized Muslims to assert their identity in a non-Muslim context. This book provides a comparison of several transnational movements, whether peaceful, like Tablighi Jama'at and the Islamic brotherhoods, or violent, like Al Qaeda. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: JFSR2; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2021
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231134996
- ISBN
- 9780231134996
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 22.46
€ 29.99
€ 22.46
Paperback. Translator(s): Holoch, George. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: HRAF; HRAM; HRH; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 139 x 9. Weight in Grams: 202.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231141031
- ISBN
- 9780231141031
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Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.90
€ 24.99
€ 18.90
Paperback. Investigates the emergence of a militant deterritorialized Islam that has fewer links to any particular country and/or culture. This book argues that mainstream Islamist movements in the Muslim world have become Islamo-nationalist, recasting their political action within a national framework (e.g. the Hamas of Palestine, the Hezbullah of Lebanon). Num Pages: 364 pages. BIC Classification: JFSR2; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 28. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co (Publishers)Ltd
- Number of pages
- 364
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781850655985
- ISBN
- 9781850655985
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.58
€ 40.99
€ 36.58
Hardback. Everything you need to know about how Islamic State attracts new followers, by a world-renowned sociologist of Islam. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: HRAM2; JFSR2; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 256.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849046985
- ISBN
- 9781849046985
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.38
€ 26.99
€ 25.38
Paperback. Num Pages: 952 pages, 100 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; JFCV; WTHR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 760
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199397020
- ISBN
- 9780199397020
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Condition: New
€ 39.83
€ 39.83
Paperback. The bestselling author of Awakenings, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Musicophilia. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: CFZ; JFFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 196 x 15. Weight in Grams: 178.
- Publisher
- Picador
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780330523646
- ISBN
- 9780330523646
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Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.81
€ 14.99
€ 11.81
Paperback. The reader is invited to view Islamic art as no more and no less than ordinary art, neither better nor worse than anything else that counts as art. It follows that there are no special techniques required in Islamic aesthetics as compared with any other form of aesthetics. Series: The New Edinburgh Islamic Surveys. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1QFM; ABA; ACBP; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 161 x 13. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748617357
- ISBN
- 9780748617357
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Condition: New
€ 35.54
€ 35.54
Paperback. Birhan Woldu became one of the most recognized faces and forms of the late 20th century when her skeletal image was used at the end of 'Live Aid' to globally publicize famine in Africa. This title tells Birhan's life story from the days when her father literally carried his daughter across Africa on an epic journey to life, to Live Aid. Num Pages: 224 pages, 2 X 8 pg colour plates. BIC Classification: 1H; 3JJPN; BG; JFFC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- New Holland Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847738455
- ISBN
- 9781847738455
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Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 15.32
€ 15.99
€ 15.32
Paperback. These readings reflect the current interest in the possible effects that communications media may have upon children's studies and cognition, and upon how children are likely to respond to education and educational media. Editor(s): Boyd-Barrett, Oliver; Braham, Peter. Num Pages: 496 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFD; JNC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 142 x 27. Weight in Grams: 566. Cover slightly bent at top of spine. Keywords: "Society, Politics & Philosophy - Education - Educational Psychology,Subjects - Education & Languages - Education Studies & Teaching - Educational Psychology,Subjects -"
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- KHS0068041
- ISBN
- 9780415058742
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Representationalism and its subject mark the beginning of political modernity; Shakespeare's tragedies greet political representationalism with skepticism, bleakness, and despair. Series: Parallax: Re-visions of Culture and Society. Num Pages: 328 pages, 9, 9 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801885044
- ISBN
- 9780801885044
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.87
€ 71.87
Paperback. Illuminates the construction of national memory from a comparative, cross-case perspective. This book emphasizes that memory itself has a history: not only do particular meanings change, but the very faculty of memory - its place in social relations and the forms it takes-varies over time. Series: Politics, History, & Culture. Num Pages: 352 pages, 6 tables, 3 figures. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822330639
- ISBN
- 9780822330639
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.22
€ 41.99
€ 37.22
Hardback. The wider cultural universe of contemporary Eveny is a specific and revealing subset of post-Soviet society. From an anthropological perspective, the author seeks to reveal not only the Eveny cultural universe but also the universe of the children and adolescents within this universe. Num Pages: 210 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FCS; JFSL; JFSP1; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 159 x 234 x 16. Weight in Grams: 422. Childhood, Adolescence, and Autobiography Among the Eveny. 228 pages, 9 ills & tables, 1 map. The wider cultural universe of contemporary Eveny is a specific and revealing subset of post-Soviet society. From an anthropological perspective, the author seeks to reveal not only the Eveny cultural universe but also the universe of the children and adolescents within this universe. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1FCS; JFSL; JFSP1; JHMC. Dimension: 159 x 234 x 16. Weight: 422.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 210
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857457660
- ISBN
- 9780857457660
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.25
€ 161.25