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Hardback. How did second-century Christians vie with each other in seeking to produce an authoritative discourse of Christian identity? This book argues that many early Christians deployed the metaphors of procreation and kinship in the struggle over claims to represent the truth of Christian interpretation, practice, and doctrine. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCC1; HRCM; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691059808
- ISBN
- 9780691059808
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.87€ 85.19
€ 112.87
€ 85.19
Hardback. In the 1920s, as American films came to dominate the country's cinemas, many of Mexico's cultural and political elites feared that this "Yanqui Invasion" would turn Mexico into a cultural vassal of the United States. In this book, the author contends that Hollywood films were not simply tools of cultural imperialism. Num Pages: 336 pages, 46 illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; 3JJG; APF; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 25. Weight in Grams: 581.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822356417
- ISBN
- 9780822356417
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.40
€ 116.40
Paperback. Brings together some of the leading writers and scholars on urban America to offer perspectives on how to sustain prosperous, livable cities in fast-evolving economy. Drawing on the research in the social sciences, this book explores optimal ways to manage the modern city and proposes solutions to some of the most pressing urban problems. Editor(s): Inman, Robert P. Num Pages: 432 pages, 53 line illus. 36 tables. BIC Classification: AMVD; JFSG; KCU; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 571.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691131054
- ISBN
- 9780691131054
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.46€ 42.11
€ 53.46
€ 42.11
Paperback. A practical, classroom-oriented guide to best-practice teaching. Num Pages: 440 pages, 26 illustrations. BIC Classification: JNC; JNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 256 x 204 x 31. Weight in Grams: 908.
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393708134
- ISBN
- 9780393708134
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.82
€ 32.99
€ 29.82
Bridging the history of technology, science and technology studies, and disability studies, this book traces the psychological, cultural, and economic evolution of a consumer culture aimed at individuals with disabilities, who increasingly rely on personal computers to make their lives richer and more interconnected. Num Pages: 208 pages, 9, 7 black & white halftones, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: JFFG; UYZG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 236 x 19. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421416465
- ISBN
- 9781421416465
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.19
€ 63.19
Paperback. Editor(s): Burger, Glenn; Cormack, Lesley; Hart, Jonathan; Pylypiuk, Natalia; Cormack, Lesley B. Num Pages: 264 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Alberta Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780888643773
- ISBN
- 9780888643773
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.39
€ 40.99
€ 29.39
Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: JNSV. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 276 x 216 x 15. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Pearson Education (US) United States
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780134550206
- ISBN
- 9780134550206
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 99.70
€ 99.70
Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; EBA; JNU. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 276 x 216 x 15. Weight in Grams: 735.
- Publisher
- Pearson
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 5th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780134045238
- ISBN
- 9780134045238
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 106.58
€ 106.58
Hardcover. This work reasserts the importance of the French Revolution to an understanding of the nature of modern European politics and social life. It argues that the European model of democracy was created in the Revolution, a model with stark differences to Anglo-American liberal democracy. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 336 pages, bibliographical references, index. BIC Classification: 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 34. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674006249
- ISBN
- 9780674006249
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.36€ 87.89
€ 97.36
€ 87.89
Paperback. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780813539805
- ISBN
- 9780813539805
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.32
€ 37.99
€ 34.32
Paperback. A discussion of the "savage side" of market capitalism in Appalachia and the social, political and economic roles that mediating structures play in mitigating it. It profiles the work of 23 such structures and distils the practical lessons to be found in their successes and shortcomings. Num Pages: 384 pages, 17 illustrations, 8 tables, 6 maps, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBFN; JPA; JPHV; KCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press Chapel Hill
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KEX0228356
- ISBN
- 9780807848241
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Series: Resident Scholar Book. Num Pages: 208 pages, 3 halftones, 3 maps, 8 charts, 15 tables. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 203 x 13. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- SAR Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781938645624
- ISBN
- 9781938645624
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.55
€ 33.55
Hardcover. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815632993
- ISBN
- 9780815632993
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.14
€ 59.14
- Publisher
- United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801441257
- ISBN
- 9780801441257
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.61
€ 66.61
Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages, 28. BIC Classification: 1FMB; 3JJP; JPV; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801472671
- ISBN
- 9780801472671
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 32.04
€ 34.99
€ 32.04
Paperback. From 1969 to 1979, Cleveland's city planning staff under Norman Krumholz's leadership conducted a unique experiment in equity oriented planning. This book provides a detailed personal account of a sustained and effective equity-planning practice that influenced urban policy. Series: Conflicts in Urban & Regional Development. Num Pages: 271 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 271
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780877227014
- ISBN
- 9780877227014
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 38.78
€ 43.99
€ 38.78
Paperback. Defines and changes perceptions of ethnic identity. This book invokes gender, generation, class, religion, language, and the dramatic political changes of the 1940s in South Asia and the United States to show how individual and group perceptions of ethnic identity have changed among Punjabi Mexican Americans in rural California. Series: Asian American History and Culture Series. Num Pages: 424 pages. BIC Classification: JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9781566392020
- ISBN
- 9781566392020
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.21
€ 36.99
€ 33.21
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Crown House Publishing
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845909734
- ISBN
- 9781845909734
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 27.95
€ 33.99
€ 27.95
Paperback. Wearing a mask - putting on another face - embodies a fundamental human fantasy of inhabiting other bodies and experiencing other lives. This book explores how the creation of transformational makeup for theatre, movies, and television fulfills this fantasy of self-transformation and satisfies the human desire to become "the other". Num Pages: 246 pages, 121 colour and 100 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: ANH; APF; HP; JFC; JM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 251 x 179 x 21. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 246
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292752474
- ISBN
- 9780292752474
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 38.73
€ 43.99
€ 38.73
Paperback. A little-discussed aspect of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) is a mandate that requires failing schools to hire after-school tutoring companies and to pay them with federal funds. This title takes a hard look at the implications of this blurring of the boundaries between government, schools, and commerce in New York City. Num Pages: 152 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 90 x 14. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 152
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226451749
- ISBN
- 9780226451749
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.74
€ 36.99
€ 28.74