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Hardback. Both an examination of Habermas's conception of modernity and his account of the legacy of the Enlightenment, and a systematic assessment of his work, "The Philosophical Discourse of Modernity". The essays are written by philosophers, social theorists, intellectual historians and literary critics. Editor(s): Benhabib, Seyla; Passerin d'Entreves, Maurizio. Num Pages: 320 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPCF; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 158 x 27. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745614526
- ISBN
- 9780745614526
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.21
€ 72.21
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- MIT Press Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 510
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780262531146
- ISBN
- 9780262531146
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.58€ 58.86
€ 61.58
€ 58.86
Paperback. Num Pages: 51 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPS; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 85 x 4. Weight in Grams: 98.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 51
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781622575428
- ISBN
- 9781622575428
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 93.55€ 65.38
€ 93.55
€ 65.38
Paperback. Maintains that habeas corpus remains the single most important check against arbitrary and unlawful detention, torture, and the abuse of executive power Num Pages: 331 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPV; LBBR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 331
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780814724408
- ISBN
- 9780814724408
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.93
€ 33.99
€ 30.93
Paperback. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Publisher
- Oslo Academic Press Norway
- Number of pages
- 300
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788274774889
- ISBN
- 9788274774889
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.15
€ 40.99
€ 29.15
Hardback. Presents the results of a collaborative project with Native communities of Southeast Alaska to record indigenous geographic names. Editor(s): Thornton, Thomas F. Num Pages: 61 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; CFG; HBJK; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 279 x 216 x 23. Weight in Grams: 885.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295992174
- ISBN
- 9780295992174
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.27
€ 135.27
Paperback. Presents the results of a collaborative project with Native communities of Southeast Alaska to record indigenous geographic names. Documenting and analyzing more than 3,000 Tlingit, Haida, and other Native names on the land, this book highlights their descriptive force and cultural significance. Editor(s): Thornton, Thomas F. Num Pages: 61 illus. BIC Classification: 1KB; GTB; HBJK; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 279 x 217 x 19. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295988580
- ISBN
- 9780295988580
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.82
€ 32.99
€ 29.82
Hardcover. Humor, like pornography, is famously difficult to define. In this investigation into the science of humor and laughter, the author uncovers what's happening in our heads when we find something hilarious and giggle, guffaw, or double over with laughter. It is packed with research, and amusing anecdotes (and even a few jokes). Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: JMAQ; JMQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 158 x 23. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465031702
- ISBN
- 9780465031702
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 22.97
€ 33.99
€ 22.97
Paperback. The gypsies of central France, the Manus, do not speak of their dead and burn or discard all the deceased belongings. Patrick Williams argues that this view of death is central to how the Manus see the world and their place in it. Translator(s): Tihanyi, Catherine. Num Pages: 128 pages, 22 halftones. BIC Classification: JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 145 x 12. Weight in Grams: 202.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226899299
- ISBN
- 9780226899299
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.90
€ 32.99
€ 25.90
Paperback. Approximately one thousand years ago Gypsies, or Roma, left their native India. Today Gypsies can be found in countries throughout the world. This book examines the Romani legal system, an autonomous body of law based on an oral tradition and existing alongside dominant national legal networks. Editor(s): Weyrauch, Walter O. Num Pages: 298 pages. BIC Classification: JFS; LA; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 228 x 19. Weight in Grams: 412. Romani Legal Traditions and Culture. 298 pages. Editor(s): Weyrauch, Walter O. Approximately one thousand years ago Gypsies, or Roma, left their native India. Today Gypsies can be found in countries throughout the world. This book examines the Romani legal system, an autonomous body of law based on an oral tradition and existing alongside dominant national legal networks. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: JFS; LA; LN. Dimension: 152 x 228 x 19. Weight: 462.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 298
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520221864
- ISBN
- 9780520221864
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.19
€ 38.99
€ 28.19
Paperback. Irish Travellers have never enjoyed a higher profile, at home and abroad, for good reasons and bad. This book delves into the heart of Traveller life, focusing on three aspects that have coloured perceptions of Travellers among the wider community: family feuds, bare-knuckle fights and trading. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BTC; JFSL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 18. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848271692
- ISBN
- 9781848271692
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.81
€ 15.99
€ 11.81
Hardback. Roma and Gypsy economic arrangements are complexly related to social position. Authors ethnographically studied these complexities, exploring how, despite - or perhaps because of - their unstable and ambiguous position within the market economy, Roma and Gypsy communities continuously re-create more or less viable economic strategies. Editor(s): Brazzabeni, Micol; Ivone Cunha, Manuela; Fotta, Martin. Series: The Human Economy. Num Pages: 268 pages. BIC Classification: JFSL1; JHMC; KC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. .
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 268
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782388791
- ISBN
- 9781782388791
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.40
€ 155.40
Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1DB; JFS; JKSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 136 x 13. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Publisher
- Imprint Academic
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845400576
- ISBN
- 9781845400576
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.78
€ 25.78
Paperback. Explores the history of this lifestyle, looking at how Gypsies have maintained their distinctive culture and how they have adapted to the twenty-first century, and focusses on a range of traditional Gypsy occupations including harvesting, horse-dealing, fortune-telling and rat-catching. Series: Shire Library. Num Pages: 56 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBTB; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 149 x 5. Weight in Grams: 134.
- Publisher
- Shire Publications Ltd
- Number of pages
- 56
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780747812364
- ISBN
- 9780747812364
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.84
€ 8.84
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Hertfordshire Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- annotated ed
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781902806495
- ISBN
- 9781902806495
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.45
€ 19.99
€ 18.45
Hardcover. This is the first published research from the UK to address the neglected topic of the increasing settlement of Gypsies and Travellers in conventional housing. It highlights the complex and emergent tensions and dynamics inherent when policy and popular discourse combine to frame ethnic populations within a narrative of movement. Num Pages: 280 pages, 7 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFFM; JKS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 182 x 238 x 20. Weight in Grams: 568.
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847428738
- ISBN
- 9781847428738
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.37
€ 104.37
hardcover. This topical book examines and debates a range of themes facing Gypsies and Travellers in British Society, including health, social policy, employment and education. Editor(s): Richardson, Joanna; Ryder, Andrew. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFFJ; JKS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 28. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847428950
- ISBN
- 9781847428950
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.73
€ 104.73
Paperback. This topical book examines and debates a range of themes facing Gypsies and Travellers in British Society, including health, social policy, employment and education. Editor(s): Richardson, Joanna; Ryder, Andrew. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFFJ; JKS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 15. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847428943
- ISBN
- 9781847428943
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 38.58
€ 40.99
€ 38.58
Paperback. This is a new edition of an account of the contribution of the Gypsies of Andalusia to the development of flamenco. It provides a fuller explanation of some of the technical terms and a biographical dictionary of the foremost Gyspy flamenco artists of the past. Translator(s): Shuinear, Sinaed. Series: Interface Collection. Num Pages: 160 pages, biographical notes, glossary. BIC Classification: 1DSE; ASDX; AVGH; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 156 x 9. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- University of Hertfordshire Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781902806051
- ISBN
- 9781902806051
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.35
€ 13.99
€ 13.35
Paperback / so. Num Pages: 180 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JNA; JNR; MMS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 10. Weight in Grams: 195.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1927
- Publisher
- Vieweg+Teubner Verlag United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783663153627
- ISBN
- 9783663153627
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.98
€ 68.98