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hardcover. For many centuries Prague has exerted a particular fascination because of its beauty and therichness of its culture and history. Its famous group of German and Czech writers of mostly Jewish extraction in the earlier part of this century has deeply influenced Western culture. Num Pages: 400 pages, 70 ills. BIC Classification: JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220. Weight in Grams: 622.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571810083
- ISBN
- 9781571810083
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Condition: New
€ 167.00
€ 167.00
Hardback. It seems to be a tenet of the human condition to perceive "others" as "different" and potentially hostile. In nearly all societies stereotypes are developed to stigmatize suspected enemies within and without. The American case is particularly interesting in this respect because American society consists of nothing but "others"; to be open to "other Editor(s): Hase, Ragnhild Fiebig-Von; Lehmkuhl, Ursula; Fiebig-von-Hase, Ragnhild. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 149 x 223 x 26. Weight in Grams: 604.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571810311
- ISBN
- 9781571810311
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Condition: New
€ 167.69
€ 167.69
Hardback. With the fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989, four decades of separation seemed to have been brought to an end. In the literary arena as in many others, this seemed to be the surprising but ultimately logical end to the situation in which, after the extreme separation of the two Germanies' literatures during most of the period up to 1980.. Editor(s): Bullivant, Keith. Series: Modern German Studies: A Series of the German Studies Association. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 2ACG; 3JJP; DSBH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 147 x 258 x 16. Weight in Grams: 384.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571810373
- ISBN
- 9781571810373
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.45
€ 154.45
Hardback. Refugee flight, settlement, and repatriation are not static, self-contained, or singular events. Instead, they are three stages of an ongoing process made and mirrored in the lives of real people. For that reason, there is an evident need for historical and longitudinal studies of refugee populations that rise above description.. Series: Refugee & Forced Migration Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages, 9 maps, 5 tables, 7 graphs, 7 ills. BIC Classification: 1HFG; JFFD; JFFN; JFSF; JHM; JPVH1; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220. Weight in Grams: 417.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571810830
- ISBN
- 9781571810830
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.65
€ 154.65
Hardback. A number of essays in this volume show how the foreign policies of the US and Germany have directly or inadvertently contributed to the influx of refugees from the former Yugoslavia, Mexico, the Caribbean, and the former Soviet Union. Editor(s): Munz, Rainer; Weiner, Myron. Series: Migration & Refugees S. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1KBB; 3JJPN; JFFD; JFFN; JPQB; JPS; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571810878
- ISBN
- 9781571810878
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 166.91
€ 166.91
Hardback. Recognizing that the US is an immigrant country and Germany is not, historians and demographers from each describe how the two countries have come to have the largest number of immigrants among advanced industrial countries; how their conception of citizenship and nationality differ.. Editor(s): Bade, Klaus J.; Weiner, Myron. Series: Migration & Refugees S. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1KBB; JFFN; JPQB; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571811257
- ISBN
- 9781571811257
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.54
€ 154.54
hardcover. This book focuses on the popular fiction of Weimar Germany and explores the relationship between women, the texts they read, and the society in which they lived. A complex picture emerges that shows women talking center stage, not only in the fiction but also in the reality that shaped its fictional representations. Num Pages: 196 pages, bibliog, index. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 2ACG; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 403.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571811547
- ISBN
- 9781571811547
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Condition: New
€ 154.54
€ 154.54
Hardback. In contrast to most other countries, both Germany and Israel have descent-based concepts of nationhood and have granted members of their nation (ethnic Germans and Jews) who wish to immigrate automatic access to their respective citizenship privileges. Editor(s): Levy, Daniel; Weiss, Yfaat. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1FBH; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571812919
- ISBN
- 9781571812919
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Condition: New
€ 155.57
€ 155.57
Hardcover. Editor(s): Harzig, Christiane; Juteau, Danielle. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Edition
- illustrated edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571813756
- ISBN
- 9781571813756
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Condition: New
€ 166.89
€ 166.89
Hardback. The essays of Sound Matters investigate the ways in which texts, artists, and performers in all kinds of media have utilized sonic materials in order to enforce or complicate dominant notions of German cultural and national identity. Editor(s): Alter, Nora M.; Koepnick, Lutz. Num Pages: 256 pages, Bibliog., index. BIC Classification: 1DFG; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571814364
- ISBN
- 9781571814364
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.12
€ 155.12
Hardback. Presents an account of what it was like to be young and hip, growing up in East Germany in the 1950s and 1960s. Charting the clashes which occurred between teenage rebels and the authorities, this book explores what happened when gender, sexuality, Nazism, communism and rock 'n' roll collided during this period. Series: Monographs in German History. Num Pages: 296 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFGE; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; HBTB; JFSP2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 592.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571815323
- ISBN
- 9781571815323
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.77
€ 155.77
Hardback. Num Pages: ill. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571815910
- ISBN
- 9781571815910
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.25
€ 154.25
Hardback. Although the post-colonial situation has attracted considerable interest over recent years, one important colonial power - Portugal - has not been given any attention. This volume explores notions of ethnicity, "race", culture, and nation in the context of the debate on colonialism and postcolonialism. Series: New Directions in Anthropology. BIC Classification: JFC; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 235 x 14. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571816078
- ISBN
- 9781571816078
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.14
€ 154.14
Hardback. This study focuses on the elderly who are without children for a variety of reasons and are therefore lacking in family support networks in the face of shrinking or non-existent state welfare systems. Num Pages: Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSP31. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571816146
- ISBN
- 9781571816146
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.77
€ 154.77
Hardback. Editor(s): Blowen, Sarah; Demossier, Marion; Picard, Jeanine. Series: Contemporary France Series. BIC Classification: HBJD; JFC; JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571817280
- ISBN
- 9781571817280
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.00
€ 155.00
Hardback. There are many stories featuring the villainous hero Reynard the Fox in many languages told over many centuries, goingback as far as the early 12th century. All these stories are comic and much of the humour depends on parody and satire resulting in mockery, sometimes the subversion of certain kinds of serious literature.. Editor(s): Varty, Kenneth. Series: Polygons: Cultural Diversities & Intersections. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: 3H; 3JM; JFC; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 545.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571817372
- ISBN
- 9781571817372
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.32
€ 155.32
Hardback. Editor(s): Coleman, Professor Simon; Crang, Mike. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KB; 1MB; JFC; JHMC; KNSG; WT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 0 x 0. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571817457
- ISBN
- 9781571817457
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.28
€ 155.28
Hardback. During World War II, London was transformed into a European city, as it unexpectedly became a place of refuge for many thousands of European citizens who through choice or the accidents of war found themselves seeking refuge in Britain from the military campaigns on the Continent of Europe.. Editor(s): Conway, Martin; Gotovitch, Jose. Num Pages: Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD1; HBLW3; JFFN; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571817594
- ISBN
- 9781571817594
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.12
€ 155.12
Hardcover. With the growing fragmentation of western societies and disillusionment with the political process, the question of legitimacy has become one of the key issues of contemporary politics and is examined in this volume in depth for the first time. Drawing on ethnographic material from the U.S., Europe, India, Japan, and Africa.. Editor(s): Pardo, Italo. Series: New Directions in Anthropology. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FKA; 1FPJ; 1H; 1KBB; JFF; LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 151 x 217 x 20. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571817655
- ISBN
- 9781571817655
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.00
€ 155.00
Hardback. In this highly original approach to the study of the construction of culture, this collection of previously unpublished essays explore the topography of the secret and the forbidden, focusing on specific moments in recent cultural and political history. Editor(s): Lloyd, Fran; O'Brien, Catherine. Series: Polygons: Cultural Diversities & Intersections. Num Pages: 320 pages, 19 figs. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 543.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571817884
- ISBN
- 9781571817884
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.35
€ 155.35