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Paperback. Becoming Muslim is an ethnographic study based on in-depth interviews with Swedish and American women who have converted to Islam. Proceeding from the women's life-stories, McGinty explores the appeal of Islam to some Western women and the personal meaning assigned to the religion. Series: Culture, Mind and Society. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRH; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 163 x 14. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230616684
- ISBN
- 9780230616684
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Becoming Multicultural: Immigration and the Politics of Membership in ...
Triadafilos Triadafilopoulos
Paperback. This book demonstrates how global human rights norms intersected with domestic political identities and institutions to transform Canada and Germany into diverse multicultural societies in the second half of the twentieth century. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1KBC; JFFN; JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774815673
- ISBN
- 9780774815673
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 34.36
€ 36.99
€ 34.36
Hardcover. One of the most daunting tasks facing teachers is learning how to work with students from an astounding variety of ethnic, cultural, and social backgrounds. Gathering the stories of fourteen multicultural educators, here, the author shows how to learn this task. Editor(s): Gay, Geneva. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JNSV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 159 x 30. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780787965143
- ISBN
- 9780787965143
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.73
€ 47.73
Paperback. Are you tired of just going through the motions of the Christian life? Do you feel a tug at your heart to live completely for God---but don't know what the next step is? Lysa TerKeurst invites you to uncover the spiritually exciting life you long for. Fulfillment is closer than you ever thought possible. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HRCV4; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 14. Weight in Grams: 199.
- Publisher
- Zondervan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780310338802
- ISBN
- 9780310338802
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 19.41
€ 21.99
€ 19.41
Hardback. Drawing on popular media and medical works as well as archival records and oral histories, this book examines how notions of femininity and womanhood were reshaped in Denmark, a small, largely agrarian country that remained neutral during the war. It explores changes in the female body and personality and the redefinition of female respectability. Num Pages: 264 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DND; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691049274
- ISBN
- 9780691049274
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.91€ 77.85
€ 99.91
€ 77.85
Paperback. Presenting an examination of women writers and prewar ideology, this book investigates love as a critical aspect of Japanese culture during the early-mid-twentieth century. It focuses on same-sex love, love marriage, and maternal love. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJ; DSB; HBJF; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 165 x 13. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804761987
- ISBN
- 9780804761987
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.56
€ 27.99
€ 26.56
Paperback. BIC Classification: JN. Dimension: 256 x 203 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1396.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780271035246
- ISBN
- 9780271035246
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.71€ 50.89
€ 58.71
€ 50.89
Hardback. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813552835
- ISBN
- 9780813552835
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.16
€ 161.16
Paperback. Twentieth century Los Angeles has been the focus of one of the most profound and complex interactions between distinct cultures in U.S. history. In this pioneering study, Sanchez explores how Mexican immigrants "Americanized" themselves in order to fit in, thereby losing part of their own culture. Num Pages: 400 pages, 30 halftones & line illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJK; JFFN; JFSL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195096484
- ISBN
- 9780195096484
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.35
€ 35.35
Hardback. Examines the ways in which the Melungeon ethnic identity has been socially constructed over time by various regional and national media, plays, and other forms of popular culture. Schrift explores how the social construction of this legend evolved into a fervent movement of a self-identified ethnicity in the 1990s. Num Pages: 232 pages, 2 appendixes. BIC Classification: JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Edition
- 0th edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803271548
- ISBN
- 9780803271548
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.93
€ 43.93
Paperback. George Herbert Mead is a foundational figure in sociology, best known for his book Mind, Self, and Society, which was put together after his death from course notes taken by stenographers and students and from unpublished manuscripts. The author traces the ways in which knowledge has been produced by and about the famed American philosopher. Num Pages: 368 pages, 2 halftones, 3 line drawings. BIC Classification: JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226171401
- ISBN
- 9780226171401
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 32.78
€ 41.99
€ 32.78
Paperback. For three decades Marie M. Clay has been acknowledged as a world leader in research on literacy learning. An outcome of this research was the development of reliable tools for assessing progress with literacy learning and these instruments have been published and are widely used around the world today. Series: Marie Clay. Num Pages: 366 pages. BIC Classification: JNL; JNU; YQCS. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 236 x 166 x 21. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Publisher
- Scholastic
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781407160078
- ISBN
- 9781407160078
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.88€ 37.57
€ 52.88
€ 37.57
Paperback. A critical look at how Inuit men balance traditional values and social circumstances to find their place in the contemporary Arctic. Series: McGill-Queen's Native and Northern Series. Num Pages: 424 pages, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1MTN; JFSJ2; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen's University Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780773543133
- ISBN
- 9780773543133
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.59
€ 40.99
€ 36.59
Hardcover. A study of the history of modern insomnia, this book explores how poets, journalists, and doctors of the Victorian period found themselves in near-universal agreement that modernity and sleep were somehow incompatible. It investigates how psychologists, philosophers and literary artists worked to articulate its causes, and its potential cures. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBTB; HPM; JMTD; MMZS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 217 x 20. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137268730
- ISBN
- 9781137268730
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.25
€ 67.25
Paperback. Explores the idea that social change must begin in individuals. Editor(s): Steel, Richard. Translator(s): Dyson, Carlotta. Series: Karl Konig Archive. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations, plans, ports. BIC Classification: JFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 216 x 16. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Publisher
- Floris Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780863158094
- ISBN
- 9780863158094
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.02
€ 19.99
€ 16.02
Paperback. Series: Jewish Lives. Num Pages: 192 pages, 1 b/w illus. BIC Classification: BGT; BGX; JMAF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 146. .
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300219838
- ISBN
- 9780300219838
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.79
€ 14.99
€ 12.79
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- MIT Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780262529808
- ISBN
- 9780262529808
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 19.60
€ 27.99
€ 19.60
Paperback. Uncovers the internal and external factors that can lead ordinary people to commit extraordinary acts of evil. This book offers a comprehensive psychological view of how anyone can potentially participate in heinous crimes against humanity. Num Pages: 384 pages, 10 half tones and line illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTZ; JMH; JMK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 351
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195314564
- ISBN
- 9780195314564
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.66
€ 56.66
Hardcover. In this significant intervention into the academic and institutional debate on European cultural identity, Monica Sassatelli examines the identity-building intentions and effects of the European Capital of Culture programme, and also looks at the work of the Council of Europe and the recent European Landscape Convention. Num Pages: 247 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; GTB; HBJD; HBTB; JFC; JFFS; JPSN2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 137 x 17. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230537422
- ISBN
- 9780230537422
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.66
€ 127.66
Hardcover. This book consists of a fundamental deconstruction and reconstruction of the key concepts of Criminology and The Sociology of Law, providing a coherent expression of the relationships between these newly constructed concepts and thus a radically new statement of the relationship between society, crime and the law. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JHB; JKV; LAR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 22. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230216815
- ISBN
- 9780230216815
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.25
€ 67.25