Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Hardback. Shows how shared cultural understandings and interpersonal relations shape everyday economic activities. This book offers a distinctive vision of economic activity that brings out the hidden meanings and social actions behind the supposedly impersonal worlds of production, consumption, and asset transfer. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: JFFT; JHB; KCA; KCK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 834.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691139364
- ISBN
- 9780691139364
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.53€ 42.58
€ 53.53
€ 42.58
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2019
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781526105011
- ISBN
- 9781526105011
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.33€ 49.75
€ 77.33
€ 49.75
Hardback. This book is a cultural history, offering an historical account of the formation of a distinctive Omani culture; arguing that it is in this unique culture that a specific conception and practice of diplomacy has been developed. Num Pages: 304 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FBXM; JFC; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748642953
- ISBN
- 9780748642953
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.01€ 103.50
€ 113.01
€ 103.50
Paperback. Num Pages: 390 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AMC; AMV; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 203 x 27. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Publisher
- Random House USA Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 390
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780307358158
- ISBN
- 9780307358158
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.23
€ 24.99
€ 21.23
Paperback. This book collects first-person accounts from Iraqi Jews about the lives they led in Iraq's once-vibrant, 2,500-year-old Jewish community - once the world centre of Jewish life. Series: Palgrave Studies in Oral History. Num Pages: 223 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBJF; HBWQ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230618008
- ISBN
- 9780230618008
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.13
€ 39.13
Paperback. This book explains how counsellors can facilitate recovery from domestic abuse within a secure, supportive therapeutic relationship. Essential reading for all those working with survivors of domestic abuse, it examines the therapeutic techniques and specific challenges faced by professionals when working in such areas. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFE3; JKSN2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 158 x 18. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843106067
- ISBN
- 9781843106067
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 46.92
€ 46.99
€ 46.92
Paperback. Presents work by a generation of scholars responding directly to the author's idea of the 'travelling concept'. This work makes a contribution to the territorial conflicts between visual culture, art history and cultural studies. Editor(s): Pollock, Griselda. Num Pages: 288 pages, 45 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845115234
- ISBN
- 9781845115234
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.99
€ 34.99
€ 29.99
Paperback. This volume presents the reader with a comprehensive and critical introduction to the development and institutionalization of literary and cultural studies throughout the twentieth century and at the beginning of the twenty-first. Editor(s): Wolfreys, Julian. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 171 x 15. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748624515
- ISBN
- 9780748624515
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 37.63
€ 43.99
€ 37.63
Paperback. Editor(s): Green, Nancy L.; Waldinger, Roger. Series: Studies of World Migrations. Num Pages: 292 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; JFFN; JFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 21. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252081903
- ISBN
- 9780252081903
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Paperback. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 538 pages, , black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 155 x 230 x 31. Weight in Grams: 788.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226379715
- ISBN
- 9780226379715
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.93
€ 34.99
€ 27.93
Hardback. Contemporary American Fiction introduces the work of a range of American authors, all of whom can be said to engage with postmodernism. Num Pages: 272 pages, glossary, index, bibliographies. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748613809
- ISBN
- 9780748613809
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.65€ 142.16
€ 154.65
€ 142.16
Hardback.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691124070
- ISBN
- 9780691124070
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.38€ 55.72
€ 71.38
€ 55.72
Paperback. Series: Northern Scotland Books Eup. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 183 x 244 x 12. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474406628
- ISBN
- 9781474406628
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.25
€ 37.99
€ 33.25
Paperback. The author invites the reader to consider: if we are what we eat, who are we? Amid wrangling over immigration and tribal differences in the USA, this text argues that on a basic level, in the way life is sustained and pleasure is sought, Americans are all multi-cultural. Num Pages: 288 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JHBT; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 200 x 21. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674001909
- ISBN
- 9780674001909
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 35.20
€ 41.99
€ 35.20
Paperback. Num Pages: 340 pages, 32 b/w & 6 colour illus. BIC Classification: 1MKPH; ANF; ASDX; HBTB; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 226 x 19. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Publisher
- Transcript Verlag
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783837636697
- ISBN
- 9783837636697
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.52€ 42.56
€ 53.52
€ 42.56
Hardcover. This book explores the role of religion in the lives of Brazilian migrants in London and on their return 'back home'. Working with the notion of religion as lived experience, it moves beyond rigid denominational boundaries and examines how and where religion is practiced in migrants' everyday lives. Series: Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship. Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFM; JFFN; JFSL; JFSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137272812
- ISBN
- 9781137272812
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Middle Easterners struggle to find solutions to crises of economic stagnation, political gridlock, and cultural identity. The author presents an analysis of Islam's place in Middle East and integrates the medieval and modern history of the region to show how the sacred and secular are tightly interwoven in its political and intellectual life. Num Pages: 328 pages, 1 map, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; JFSR2; JP. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- First Edition,Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520246911
- ISBN
- 9780520246911
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.23
€ 33.99
€ 30.23
Hardback. In this systematic account of aesthetics in relation to the natural environment, Emily Brady provides critical understanding of what aesthetic appreciation of nature involves and develops her own distinctive aesthetic theory. Num Pages: 304 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HPN; JFC; RN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 555.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748614370
- ISBN
- 9780748614370
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.65€ 142.16
€ 154.65
€ 142.16
Paperback. Conceptions of nationalism as a historical and contemporary phenomenon remain fragmentary in the late-1990s. This text analyzes the contraditions inherent in the general understanding of nationalism in order to fashion a new intellectual synthesis. Num Pages: 447 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLW; JFSL; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 164 x 25. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co (Publishers)Ltd
- Number of pages
- 447
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781850654100
- ISBN
- 9781850654100
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.27
€ 25.99
€ 24.27
Paperback. Here the author argues that the West must not ignore Syria's robust tradition of secularism, and cautions that US attempts to undermine the current regime may, paradoxically, embolden the Islamists and help the regime to maintain its authoritarian grip on power. Num Pages: 209 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBS; HBJF1; HBLW3; JFSR2; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 161 x 11. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publisher
- Hurst & Co.
- Number of pages
- 198
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781850658016
- ISBN
- 9781850658016
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.44
€ 26.99
€ 25.44