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Society & culture: general
paperback. Dealing only with the most important historical developments, this is a comprehensive and accessible survey for all newcomers to the subject. Series: The New Edinburgh Islamic Surveys. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; HRH; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 22. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748606870
- ISBN
- 9780748606870
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 36.32
€ 38.99
€ 36.32
Paperback. Presents the narrative history of the Jewish people from biblical times to today. This book tells a dramatic story of change and migration deeply rooted in tradition, taking readers from the mythic wanderings of Moses to the unspeakable atrocities of the Holocaust; and from the Babylonian exile to the founding of the modern state of Israel. Translator(s): Riemer, Jeremiah. Num Pages: 440 pages, 92 halftones. 1 table. 5 maps. BIC Classification: HRJP; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 29. Weight in Grams: 604.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691154978
- ISBN
- 9780691154978
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Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.29
€ 25.99
€ 24.29
Paperback. A Short History of the Modern Media is a concise history of the major media of the last 150 years, including print, stage, film, radio, television, sound recording, and the Internet. Each chapter includes focus boxes to help students explore the ways specific genres and specific works have impacted the media and popular culture. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: HBT; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444351422
- ISBN
- 9781444351422
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Condition: New
€ 50.41
€ 50.41
Paperback. Editor(s): Glassford, Sarah; Shaw, Amy J. Num Pages: 356 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press
- Number of pages
- 356
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774822572
- ISBN
- 9780774822572
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Condition: New
€ 49.14
€ 49.14
Paperback. The author's childhood had been far from normal, but when she was just nine years old her life changed forever. He discovered that her neighbour was abusing her younger sister, Laraine - and there was a price to pay to make him stop. This book tells his story. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; BM; BTP; JFFE1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 149 x 20. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Publisher
- Ebury Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780091958442
- ISBN
- 9780091958442
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 10.74
€ 14.99
€ 10.74
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: HBLW; JFFS; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 153. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- Monash University Publishing Australia
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781921867385
- ISBN
- 9781921867385
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 20.01
€ 25.99
€ 20.01
Paperback. Explores an array of literary, artistic, and theatrical performances ranging from the memoirs of Henry James and the dances of Vaslav Nijinsky to the Pop paintings of Andy Warhol and such films as Midnight Cowboy, Blue Velvet, and Jack Smith's Flaming Creatures. Series: Series Q. Num Pages: 208 pages, 17 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AC; DSB; JFC; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 15. Weight in Grams: 345.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822321736
- ISBN
- 9780822321736
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.64
€ 39.64
Hardback. A long-overdue challenge to the commonplace assumption that the Second World War was a period of consumer austerity in Canada. Series: Studies in Canadian Military History. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBWQ; JFCD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 0. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774823630
- ISBN
- 9780774823630
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 110.03
€ 110.03
Hardback. Num Pages: 436 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: GBC; HBG; HBTB; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 200 x 36. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1952
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 436
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Volume 2
- SKU
- V9780231088398
- ISBN
- 9780231088398
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 200.15
€ 200.15
Hardback. Num Pages: 412 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: GBC; HBTB; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 33. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1970
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd
- Number of pages
- 412
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231088510
- ISBN
- 9780231088510
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 193.21
€ 193.21
Hardback. Num Pages: 460 pages. BIC Classification: GBC; HBTB; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 278 x 153 x 36. Weight in Grams: 817.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1976
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 460
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- SKU
- V9780231088534
- ISBN
- 9780231088534
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 200.15
€ 200.15
paperback. A study of life in teaching convents across France through two hundred years of history, a history that provided the beginnings and inspiration for most of today's institutions for the Catholic education of girls. Series: McGill-Queen's Studies in the History of Religion. Num Pages: 376 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HB; HRAX; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 143 x 27. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen's University Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780773536135
- ISBN
- 9780773536135
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Condition: New
€ 50.82
€ 50.82
Paperback. aeo Takes a sweeping account of labor history from a social perspective from colonial times to the present, chronologically arranged. aeo Addresses black, white, native American, male, female, adult and child labor into a single volume. Series: Problems in American History. Num Pages: 256 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JFSC; JHBL; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631207702
- ISBN
- 9780631207702
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.00
€ 69.00
Paperback. This work employs detailed historical narrative to argue about the establishment of factual knowledge both in science and in everyday practice. Accounts of gentlemen-philosophers are used to illustrate the study's claim that trust is imperative for constituting every kind of knowledge. Series: Science & Its Conceptual Foundations S. Num Pages: 516 pages, 12 halftones, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: JFCX; JHM; PDA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 27. Weight in Grams: 788. Civility and Science in Seventeenth-century England. Series: Science & Its Conceptual Foundations S. 516 pages, 12 halftones, 2 line drawings. This work employs detailed historical narrative to argue about the establishment of factual knowledge both in science and in everyday practice. Accounts of gentlemen-philosophers are used to illustrate the study's claim that trust is imperative for constituting every kind of knowledge. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: JFCX; JHM; PDA; PDX. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 27. Weight: 700.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 516
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226750194
- ISBN
- 9780226750194
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.04
€ 60.04
Paperback. Suitable for historians of Europe, sociologists, political scientists, and those interested in French social history, this book demonstrates how French reformers grappled with social problems that are relevance and how they initiated a process that assigned to welfare state the task of achieving social cohesion within an industrialising republic. Num Pages: 344 pages, 15 b&w photos, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; JFF; JKSB; JPH; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3971 x 26. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822327929
- ISBN
- 9780822327929
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.33
€ 47.33
Paperback. This groundbreaking study focuses on the importance of place, scale, and nation to the study of globalization. Series: Contemporary Societies Series. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: JFFS; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 210 x 20. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393927269
- ISBN
- 9780393927269
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.81
€ 33.81
Paperback. Spanning three centuries and four continents, from the late medieval period to the present day, this collection builds a picture of the practical and ideological issues surrounding women soldiers, and the ambiguous place they inhabit, uncovering in the process a remarkable continuity across cultures and periods. Series: Women & Men in History. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3H; 3J; HBTB; JFSJ1; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 398
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780582414389
- ISBN
- 9780582414389
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 97.58
€ 97.58
Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; JFH; VXFT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 230 x 18. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Trine Day
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781634240000
- ISBN
- 9781634240000
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.40
€ 19.99
€ 19.40
Paperback. Illustrator(s): Wiechers, Marinus. Num Pages: 140 pages, Cartoons. BIC Classification: JFMD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 165 x 14. Weight in Grams: 296. 140 pages, Cartoons. Illustrator(s): Wiechers, Marinus. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: JFMD. Dimension: 227 x 165 x 14. Weight: 296.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Protea Boekhuis
- Number of pages
- 140
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781869194154
- ISBN
- 9781869194154
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.07
€ 18.99
€ 17.07
Paperback. Drawing on hundreds of sermons, essays, speeches, letters, journals, plays, poems, and newspaper articles, the author of this volume explores how intellectuals, preachers, and polemicists transformed both the forms and the substance of public discussion in 18th-century Connecticut. Series: Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture. Num Pages: 524 pages, 18 illustrations, 4 figures, index, appendices. BIC Classification: 1KBB; CBP; CFG; GTC; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press Chapel Hill
- Number of pages
- 524
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KEX0227922
- ISBN
- 9780807847725
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Using rare interviews with former inmates and workers, institutional documentation, and governmental archives, Claudia Malacrida illuminates the dark history of the treatment of "mentally defective" children and adults at the Michener Centre in Red Deer, Alberta. Num Pages: 320 pages, 13, 3 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBCL; 3JJ; JFFG; JKSM; MBPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442626898
- ISBN
- 9781442626898
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.14
€ 49.14
Hardcover. Num Pages: 300 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; WSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Arkansas Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557286581
- ISBN
- 9781557286581
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.30
€ 58.30
Paperback. Shows how some rural communities tenaciously held on to the lifeline opium production offered, flouting the bans imposed by the Taliban and, later, the regulations imposed by the international community Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 3JM; JFSF; JKVG; JPH; KNAC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 145. Weight in Grams: 750.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849045681
- ISBN
- 9781849045681
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 40.41
€ 45.99
€ 40.41
Paperback. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 35. Weight in Grams: 913.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810110830
- ISBN
- 9780810110830
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.00
€ 43.00