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Society & social sciences
Paperback. Shows that bankers dread war - an aversion rooted in pragmatism, not idealism. This book also shows that, when faced with the prospect of war or international political crisis, national financial communities favor caution and demonstrate a marked aversion to war. Series: Princeton Studies in International History and Politics. Num Pages: 248 pages, 1 line illus. 5 tables. BIC Classification: JPS; JW; KFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691134611
- ISBN
- 9780691134611
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.29
€ 46.99
€ 33.29
Paperback. Presents a critique on the role of the teacher in America's public school system. This book offers practical strategies that every reader can use for eradicating prejudices, developing young people's potential, and helping them to become warriors of social change. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: JNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 199 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Publisher
- Oneworld Publications United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Original
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851686315
- ISBN
- 9781851686315
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.42
€ 13.99
€ 11.42
Paperback. This book provides an introduction to the work of Norbert Elias. It is the first systematic appraisal of two central themes of his thought -- violence and civilization. Although Elias is best known for his theory of civilizing processes, this study highlights the crucial importance of the concept of decivilizing processes. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF; JFFE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 159 x 13. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745618791
- ISBN
- 9780745618791
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.62
€ 25.62
Hardback. Social Functions of Synagogue Song: A Durkheimian Approach by Jonathan L. Friedmann paints a detailed picture of the important role sacred music plays in Jewish religious communities. Drawing upon the work of Emile Durkeim, the book examines how synagogue songs serve disciplinary, cohesive, revitalizing, and euphoric functions. Num Pages: 198 pages. BIC Classification: AVGD; HRJC; JFSR1; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 247 x 19. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Publisher
- Lexington Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739168318
- ISBN
- 9780739168318
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 146.10
€ 146.10
Paperback. Do televangelists proclaim the message of the gospel or a message of greed? Do they represent the 'authentic' voice of the black church or is it the Christian Right in blackface? This book delves into the messages and aesthetic styles of African American televangelists, and evaluates their ethical implications. Series: Religion, Race, & Ethnicity. Num Pages: 300 pages, 5 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APT; HRCX7; JFCA; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 262 x 22. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814794524
- ISBN
- 9780814794524
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.67
€ 33.99
€ 30.67
Paperback. Traces how governments across Western Europe have responded to the presence of Muslim immigrants in their countries over the years. This title challenges the widespread notion that Europe's Muslim minorities represent a threat to liberal democracy. Series: Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics. Num Pages: 392 pages, 41 halftones. 19 tables. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJP; 3JM; JFSL1; JFSR2; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 168 x 22. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 392
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691144221
- ISBN
- 9780691144221
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.45
€ 46.99
€ 33.45
Hardback. Traces how governments across Western Europe have responded to the presence of Muslim immigrants in their countries over the years. This title challenges the widespread notion that Europe's Muslim minorities represent a threat to liberal democracy. Series: Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics. Num Pages: 392 pages, 41 halftones. 19 tables. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJP; 3JM; JFSL1; JFSR2; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 685.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- Format
- Hardback
- SKU
- V9780691144214
- ISBN
- 9780691144214
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.71€ 82.35
€ 108.71
€ 82.35
Paperback. The social support someone receives or has access to plays a vital role in their mental health and wellbeing. This accessible book examines the nature of social support and how it can be enhanced, focusing on relationships between service users and supporters. This is an important book for mental health professionals, social workers and students. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: JKSM; MBPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 151 x 11. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849055185
- ISBN
- 9781849055185
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.13
€ 38.13
Paperback. Guerrilla Teaching is a revolution. Not a flag-waving, drum-beating revolution, but an underground revolution, a classroom revolution. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: JNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 184 x 222 x 16. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Publisher
- Independent Thinking Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781352328
- ISBN
- 9781781352328
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 21.70
€ 25.99
€ 21.70
paperback. "Vanity Fair" has declared the Age of Irony over. Joan Didion has lamented that Obama s United States is an irony-free zone." Here Jonathan Lear argues that irony is one of the tools we use to live seriously, to get the hang of becoming human. It forces us to experience disruptions in our habitual ways of tuning out of life, but comes with a cost. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; JMAF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 146 x 16. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674416888
- ISBN
- 9780674416888
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.70
€ 34.99
€ 29.70
Hardback. Can reason absorb the psyche's nonrational elements into a conception of the fully realized human being? Without a good answer to that question, Jonathan Lear says, philosophy is cut from its moorings in human life. He brings into conversation psychoanalysis and moral philosophy, which together form a basis for ethical thought about how to live. Num Pages: 330 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JMA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 168 x 244 x 31. Weight in Grams: 662.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674967847
- ISBN
- 9780674967847
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 42.99
€ 51.99
€ 42.99
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415831802
- ISBN
- 9780415831802
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 33.60
€ 34.99
€ 33.60
Paperback. Offers an array of topics from sex in cinema to drugs, graffiti, Bob Dylan, cyberculture, 9/11, book touring and Marlon Brando. This book simmers with direct challenges to conventional wisdom and deep insights into the kaleidoscopic nature of artistic vision, and the way the author's own experiences have fuelled his creative passions. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 29. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099563433
- ISBN
- 9780099563433
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.46
€ 23.99
€ 17.46
Paperback. Editor(s): Upton, Dominic. Series: Psychology Express. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JMR. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 158 x 14. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Pearson Education Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780273737988
- ISBN
- 9780273737988
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.89
€ 20.89
Electronic book text. The essays in this volume tell the stories of Chinese Muslim intellectuals trying to create satisfying, safe and coherent lives at the intersection of two potentially conflicting cultures. Editor(s): Lipman, Jonathan (Mount Holyoke College). BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HRAX; HRH; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474426459
- ISBN
- 9781474426459
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.46
€ 40.99
€ 36.46
Hardback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1QFM; HBJF1; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 236 x 23. Weight in Grams: 498. From the Crusades to the War on Terrorism. 272 pages. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1QFM; HBJF1; JFSR2. Dimension: 165 x 236 x 23. Weight: 498.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231158947
- ISBN
- 9780231158947
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.53€ 71.86
€ 94.53
€ 71.86
Paperback. This volume opens our eyes to a dynamic world of Jewish literature in nineteenth-century Europe. Editor(s): Hess, Jonathan M.; Samuels, Maurice; Valman, Nadia. Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; DSBF; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 652.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804775472
- ISBN
- 9780804775472
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.99
€ 37.99
€ 33.99
Paperback. Editor(s): Finn, Jonathan M. Num Pages: 464 pages, 140 photos; 2 figures; 1 table. BIC Classification: GTC; JFC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 178 x 16. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, Canada Canada
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195426625
- ISBN
- 9780195426625
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 187.30
€ 187.30
Paperback. An examination of the rise of Islam, the life of Muhammad, and the Islamic principles of faith. Jonathan Bloom and Sheila Blair describe the golden age of the Abbasids, the Mongol invasions, and the great Ottoman, Safavid and Mughal empires that emerged in their wake. Series: Yale Nota Bene. Num Pages: 304 pages, 50 colour plates, 4 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QFM; HBTB; HRAX; HRH; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 134 x 196 x 19. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300094220
- ISBN
- 9780300094220
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.56
€ 28.56
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- MIT Press Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 696
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780262029698
- ISBN
- 9780262029698
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.17€ 74.65
€ 79.17
€ 74.65