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Hardback. Narrating the Law: A Poetics of Talmudic Legal Stories creates a new theoretical framework for considering the relationship between law and narrative, models a new method of studying Talmudic law, and fills out the picture of the cultural life of the rabbis who contributed to the Talmud. Series: Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient Religion. Num Pages: 248 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSR1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 523.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812242997
- ISBN
- 9780812242997
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.78
€ 83.78
Hardback. Drawing on hundreds of unpublished court records, Marie Kelleher examines how women in the fourteenth-century Crown of Aragon engaged with patriarchal assumptions to shape their own legal identities, thus playing a crucial role in the formation of a gendered legal culture that shaped women's lives throughout Europe for centuries afterwards. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 232 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3H; HBJD; HBLC1; HBTB; JFSJ1; LAZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 239 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812242560
- ISBN
- 9780812242560
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.26
€ 76.26
Hardback. No Place of Rest pursues the literary traces of the traumatic expulsion of Jews from France in 1306. Through careful readings of liturgical, philosophical, memorial, and medical texts, Susan Einbinder reveals how medieval Jews asserted their identity in exile. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 280 pages, 2 illus. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD; JFSR1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 567.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812241150
- ISBN
- 9780812241150
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.98
€ 75.98
Hardback. "The Pilgrim and the Bee makes a broad claim about a reading-centered history, reclaiming for this purpose a distinctive body of texts. Brown's analysis marks an important step toward a better history of reading."-David D. Hall, Harvard University Series: Material Texts. Num Pages: 288 pages, 20 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; 3JB; CFC; DSBD; HBTB; JFCX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812240153
- ISBN
- 9780812240153
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.91
€ 81.91
Hardback. "Writing a book about one of the most complex books ever assembled is no easy task, yet Griffiths rises to the occasion.. This work will be widely and warmly received by medievalists everywhere."-Jeffrey Hamburger, Harvard University Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 412 pages, 18 illus. BIC Classification: 3H; HRLB; JFSJ1. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 157 x 31. Weight in Grams: 770.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812239607
- ISBN
- 9780812239607
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 91.38
€ 91.38
Hardback. As more and more Asian medical practices cross into Western culture through the popularity of yoga and herbalism, and as Western medicine finds its way east in the form of plastic surgery, these systems of meaning become inextricably interrelated. The essays in this volume consider the larger implications of transmissions between cultures. Editor(s): Alter, Joseph S. Series: Encounters with Asia. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; JFFS; JHMC; MX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 164 x 238 x 26. Weight in Grams: 474.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Edition
- y First printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812238662
- ISBN
- 9780812238662
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.16
€ 66.16
Hardback. A provocative and historical reading of the relations between Victorian liberalism and aestheticism that challenges critical assumptions concerning liberal agency and aesthetic experience more generally. Num Pages: 248 pages, 30 illus. BIC Classification: 1DB; 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; HBTB; JFC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 165 x 238 x 25. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812237542
- ISBN
- 9780812237542
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.26
€ 76.26
Hardback. Describes the social fabric of a rural community that has become a reservoir of soldiers for the Sri Lankan nation in the brutal war against Tamil separatists. Series: The Ethnography of Political Violence Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, 16 illus. BIC Classification: 1FKS; JH; JP. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 163 x 239 x 27. Weight in Grams: 564.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Edition
- unknown
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812236880
- ISBN
- 9780812236880
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.98
€ 86.98
Hardback. Kingdom of Snow investigates the impact of Roman rule in Cappadocia and the fate of classical Greek culture in an increasingly Christian society. Num Pages: 336 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 1QDAR; 3D; HBJF; HBLA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 160 x 236 x 25. Weight in Grams: 642.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812236811
- ISBN
- 9780812236811
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.23
€ 76.23
Hardback. "This long-awaited book makes available .. the most important collection of material on women's diseases and their treatments for the period from the twelfth to the fifteenth centuries."-Social History of Medicine Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 320 pages, 9 illus. BIC Classification: 3H; JFSJ1; MBX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 167 x 29. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812235890
- ISBN
- 9780812235890
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 91.05
€ 91.05
Paperback. The stories gathered here explore the vagaries of sexual desire, gender identity, and erotic attachment, revealing the surprising queerness of nineteenth-century American literature. Editor(s): Looby, Christopher. Series: Q19: The Queer American Nineteenth Century. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK; JFSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812223668
- ISBN
- 9780812223668
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.91
€ 37.99
€ 33.91
Paperback. Focusing on the most notorious fashion of the 1940s, Zoot Suit traces its enigmatic career during World War II and after, as it spread from Harlem across the United States and around the world. In so doing, this book offers a new perspective on youth culture and the politics of style. Num Pages: 248 pages, 28 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; JFCK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 413.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812223033
- ISBN
- 9780812223033
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.20
€ 26.99
€ 25.20
Paperback. Presented with an introduction by John Lukacs, the letters in this volume reveal new dimensions in George Kennan's thinking about America and its future and illuminate the political-and spiritual-philosophies that both authors shared as they wrote about a world transformed by war and the clash of ideologies that defined the twentieth century. Editor(s): Lukacs, John R. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTW; JPA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812222715
- ISBN
- 9780812222715
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.01
€ 37.99
€ 34.01
Paperback. Edited and with an introduction by political scientist Rogers M. Smith, Citizenship, Borders, and Human Needs brings together essays by an international array of leading scholars from a wide range of disciplines to explore the economic, cultural, political, and normative aspects of comparative immigration policies. Editor(s): Smith, Rogers M. Series: Democracy, Citizenship, and Constitutionalism. Num Pages: 504 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JPVH; LNDA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 146 x 27. Weight in Grams: 668.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 504
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812222692
- ISBN
- 9780812222692
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 46.17
€ 51.99
€ 46.17
Paperback. This book challenges traditional accounts of the Third World's contribution to international human rights. It demonstrates that diplomats from Third World countries helped both to radicalize the UN human rights agenda in the heyday of decolonization and to undermine that agenda by advancing cultural relativism as an excuse for abuses in the 1970s. Series: Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JPVH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812222586
- ISBN
- 9780812222586
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.03
€ 37.99
€ 34.03
Paperback. In Old Worlds, New Mirrors Moshe Idel turns his gaze on figures as diverse as Walter Benjamin and Jacques Derrida, Franz Kafka and Franz Rosenzweig, Arnaldo Momigliano and Paul Celan, Abraham Heschel and George Steiner to reflect on their relationships to Judaism in a cosmopolitan, mostly European, context. Series: Jewish Culture & Contexts. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HRJX; JFSR1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 319. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812222104
- ISBN
- 9780812222104
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.25
€ 37.99
€ 34.25
Paperback. In Muslims in Global Politics, Mahmood Monshipouri examines the role identity plays in the political dynamics of six different Muslim nations-Egypt, Iraq, the United Arab Emirates, Turkey, Iran, and Indonesia-as well as in Muslim diaspora communities in Europe and North America. Series: Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: JFSR2; JPVH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812221961
- ISBN
- 9780812221961
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.03
€ 37.99
€ 34.03
Paperback. Rainforest Warriors is a historical, ethnographic, and documentary account of a people, their threatened rainforest, and their successful attempt to harness international human rights law in their fight to protect their way of life-part of a larger story of tribal and indigenous peoples that is unfolding all over the globe. Series: Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights. Num Pages: 280 pages, 41 illus. BIC Classification: JFSL9; JPVH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812221374
- ISBN
- 9780812221374
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.70
€ 33.99
€ 30.70
Paperback. International Human Rights Law is a comprehensive introductory treatise, intended for all concerned about this critical area of international law, including students, lawyers, other advocates, teachers, and academics. Series: Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: JPVH; LBBR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812221206
- ISBN
- 9780812221206
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.42€ 58.30
€ 59.42
€ 58.30
Paperback. By analyzing how Sri Lankan free trade zone factory workers claim political subjectivity and revealing a vibrant subaltern political universe where they can express alternative perspectives, Stitching Identities in a Free Trade Zone challenges conventional notions about marginalized women at the bottom of the global economy. Series: Contemporary Ethnography. Num Pages: 296 pages, 10 illus. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 173 x 21. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812221121
- ISBN
- 9780812221121
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.91
€ 37.99
€ 33.91