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Society & culture: general
Hardcover. Comparing the liberal Jewish ethics of the German-Jewish philosophers Ernst Cassirer and Hannah Arendt, this book argues that both espoused a diasporic, worldly conception of Jewish identity that was anchored in a pluralist and politically engaged interpretation of Jewish history and an abiding interest in the complex lived reality of modern Jews. Num Pages: 244 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HP; JFCX; JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 472.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782380078
- ISBN
- 9781782380078
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Condition: New
€ 155.20
€ 155.20
Hardcover. This volume explores migrant's movements not only as geographical movements from here to there but also as movements that constitute an embodied, cognitive, and existential experience of living "in between" or on the "borderlands" between differently figured life-worlds. Editor(s): Gronseth, Anne Sigfrid. Series: EASA Series. Num Pages: 192 pages, 8 ills. BIC Classification: JFFN; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 392.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782380450
- ISBN
- 9781782380450
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.68
€ 154.68
Hardcover. The issues around settlement, belonging, and poor relief have for too long been understood largely from the perspective of England and Wales. This volume offers a pan-European survey that encompasses Switzerland, Prussia, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Britain. Editor(s): King, Steven; Winter, Dr. Anne, Ph.D. Series: International Studies in Social History. Num Pages: 326 pages, 14 ills, 11 tables. BIC Classification: 1D; 3J; JFC; JFFN; JHB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 24. Weight in Grams: 624.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782381457
- ISBN
- 9781782381457
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.83
€ 155.83
Hardcover. Contributing to identity formation in ethnically and religiously diverse postcolonial societies, this book examines the role played by creole identity in Indonesia, and in particular its capital, Jakarta. Series: Integration and Conflict Studies. Num Pages: 240 pages, 15 ills. BIC Classification: 1FMN; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782382683
- ISBN
- 9781782382683
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Condition: New
€ 155.08
€ 155.08
Hardcover. The provocative title of this book is deliberately and challengingly universalist, matching the theoretically experimental essays, where contributors try different ideas to answer distinct concerns regarding cosmopolitanism. Leading anthropologists explore what cosmopolitanism means in the context of everyday life.. Editor(s): Josephides, Lisette; Hall, Alexandra. Num Pages: 216 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFS; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 159 x 231 x 19. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782382768
- ISBN
- 9781782382768
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.77
€ 154.77
Hardcover. In an age of information and new media the relationships between remembering and forgetting have changed. This volume addresses the tension between loud and often spectacular histories and those forgotten pasts we strain to hear. Employing social and cultural analysis, the essays within examine mnemonic technologies both new and old. Editor(s): Freeman, Lindsey A.; Nienass, Benjamin; Daniell, Rachel. Series: Remapping Cultural History. Num Pages: 254 pages, 20 ills. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD; JHB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 574.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782382805
- ISBN
- 9781782382805
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.28
€ 155.28
Exhibiting Europe in Museums: Transnational Networks, Collections, Nar...
Kaiser, Wolfram, Krankenhagen, Stefan, Poehls...
Hardcover. This book investigates how museums exhibit Europe. Based on research in nearly 100 museums across the Continent and interviews with cultural policy makers and museum curators, it studies the growing transnational activities of state institutions, societal organizations, & people in the museum field such as attempts to Europeanize collection policy. Series: Museums and Collections. Num Pages: 252 pages, 16 ills. BIC Classification: 1D; GM; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 18. Weight in Grams: 492.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782382904
- ISBN
- 9781782382904
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Condition: New
€ 155.25
€ 155.25
Hardcover. Pacific Futures asks how our understanding of social life in the Pacific would be different if we approached it from the perspective of the futures which Pacific people dream of, predict or struggle to achieve, not the reproduction of cultural tradition. Editor(s): Rollason, Will. Series: Pacific Perspectives: Studies for the European Society for Oceanists. Num Pages: 260 pages, 2 ills. BIC Classification: 1MK; JFC; JFFR; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 158 x 232 x 22. Weight in Grams: 542.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782383505
- ISBN
- 9781782383505
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.28
€ 155.28
Hardcover. In the first ethnographic monograph of Americans in Italy, Catherine Trundle argues that charity and philanthropy are the central means by which many American women negotiate a sense of migrant belonging in Italy. Series: New Directions in Anthropology. Num Pages: 236 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1KBB; JFFN; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 158 x 231 x 20. Weight in Grams: 506.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782383697
- ISBN
- 9781782383697
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Condition: New
€ 155.05
€ 155.05
Hardcover. The availability of food is an especially significant issue in zones of conflict because conflictnearly always impinges on the production and the distribution of food, and causes increased competition for food, land and resources Controlling the production of and access to food can also be used as a weapon by protagonists in conflict. Editor(s): Collinson, Paul; Macbeth, Helen M. Series: Anthropology of Food and Nutrition. Num Pages: 240 pages, 16 illus. BIC Classification: GTJ; JFCV; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782384038
- ISBN
- 9781782384038
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Condition: New
€ 155.23
€ 155.23
Hardcover. Inuit hunting traditions are rich in perceptions, practices and stories relating to animals and human beings. Laugrand and Oosten examine key figures such as the raven, an animal that has a central place in Inuit culture as a creator and a trickster, and qupirruit, a category consisting of insects and other small life forms. Num Pages: 424 pages, 34 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFFZ; JFSL9; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 157 x 231 x 29. Weight in Grams: 794.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782384052
- ISBN
- 9781782384052
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Condition: New
€ 167.66
€ 167.66
Hardcover. This book examines how collective memory and material culture are used to support present political and ideological needs in contemporary society. Using the memorialization of the Troubles in contemporary Northern Ireland as a case study.. Num Pages: 268 pages, 20 ills, 11 tables. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; JFCD; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 243 x 166 x 24. Weight in Grams: 598.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782384076
- ISBN
- 9781782384076
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.55
€ 155.55
Hardcover. For many years, histories of the Holocaust focused on its perpetrators, & only recently have more scholars begun to consider in detail the experiences of victims & survivors, as well as the documents they left behind. This title provides an introduction and overview of Jewish narratives of the Holocaust. Editor(s): Goda, Norman J. W. Series: Making Sense of History. Num Pages: 314 pages, 9 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782384410
- ISBN
- 9781782384410
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.75
€ 155.75
Hardcover. More than two decades of deconstruction, renovation, and reconstruction have left the urban environments in the former German Democratic Republic completely transformed. This volume considers the changing urban landscapes in the former East. Editor(s): Cliver, Gwyneth; Smith-Prei, Carrie. Series: Space and Place. Num Pages: 276 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; AMVD; JFSG; RG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 242 x 169 x 16. Weight in Grams: 506.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782384908
- ISBN
- 9781782384908
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.48
€ 155.48
Hardcover. The conditions for non-EU migrant workers to gain legal entry to Britain, France, and Germany are at the same time similar and quite different. To explain this variation this book compares the fine-grained legal categories for migrant workers in each country. Num Pages: 256 pages, 23 illus., 10 tables. BIC Classification: 1QFE; JFFN; KCF; LNDA1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782385417
- ISBN
- 9781782385417
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.17
€ 155.17
Hardcover. Covering a period from the late 18th century to today, this volume explores the phenomenon of urban violence in order to unveil general developments and historical specificities in a variety of Middle Eastern contexts. By situating incidents in particular processes and conflicts, the case studies seek to counter notions of a violent Middle East.. Editor(s): Freitag, Ulrike; Fuccaro, Nelida; Lafi, Nora. Series: State & Place. Num Pages: 324 pages, 21 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; JFFE; JFSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 160 x 27. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782385837
- ISBN
- 9781782385837
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 166.94
€ 166.94
Paperback. The war on terror thrives on pantomime demons, created and maintained by political opportunism, convenient stereotype and uncritical celebrity scholarship. Num Pages: 222 pages. BIC Classification: AB; JF; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Zero Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782792093
- ISBN
- 9781782792093
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 20.87
€ 24.99
€ 20.87
Paperback. A unique exploration of how anarchist philosophy and practice has inspired some of the English language's most revered, and reviled, authors. Num Pages: 198 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; DS; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 217 x 14. Weight in Grams: 220.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Zero Books
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782795759
- ISBN
- 9781782795759
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.78
€ 20.99
€ 18.78
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Multilingual Matters
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783091843
- ISBN
- 9781783091843
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 160.52
€ 160.52
Hardback. A comparative study of memorialisation and reconstruction in post-terrorist bomb sites, which argues that security practices are fundamentally connected to death anxiety. Series Editor(s): Lawler, Peter; Guittet, Emmanuel-Pierre. Series: New Approaches to Conflict Analysis. Num Pages: 208 pages, 19 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFC; JHB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 164 x 241 x 21. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784993139
- ISBN
- 9781784993139
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.48
€ 149.48
Hardback. Long overlooked by scholars and critics, the history and aesthetics of German television have only recently begun to attract serious, sustained attention, and then largely within Germany. This ambitious volume collects penetrating essays on the distinctive theories, practices, and social-historical contexts that defined television in Germany. Editor(s): Powell, Larson; Shandley, Robert R. Num Pages: 242 pages, 13 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJ; 3JM; APT; JFDT. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 161 x 237 x 18. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785331121
- ISBN
- 9781785331121
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.17
€ 155.17
The France of the Little-Middles. A Suburban Housing Development in Gr...
Cartier, Marie; Coutant, Isabelle; Masclet, O...
Hardback. The authors examine tensions within the Poplars housing development in Paris less as a product of racism and xenophobia than of anxiety about social class and the loss of a sense of community that reigned before. Translator(s): Rogers, Juliette. Series: Anthropology of Europe. Num Pages: 232 pages, 9 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; JFSL1; JHB; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 288 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785332289
- ISBN
- 9781785332289
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.88
€ 154.88
Hardback. The book explores how struggles for land, rights, and political power are embedded within physical landscapes, and how indigenous identity is reformed as globalizing forces simultaneously threaten and promote the notion of indigeneity. Editor(s): Sarmiento, Fausto O; Hitchner, Sarah. Series: Environmental Anthropology and Ethnobiology. Num Pages: 266 pages. BIC Classification: 1KB; 1KLS; JFSL9; JHMC; JPVH3; RNK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785333965
- ISBN
- 9781785333965
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Condition: New
€ 172.43
€ 172.43
Hardback. Editor(s): Chelliah, Raja J.; Sudarshan, R. Series: Anthem South Asian Studies. Num Pages: 248 pages, 60+ tables and figures. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFFA; KCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Anthem Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843310013
- ISBN
- 9781843310013
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.83
€ 132.83