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Paperback. Not since the Crusades of the Middle Ages has Islam evoked the degree of fear, hostility, and ethnic and religious stereotyping that is evident throughout Western culture today. This book explores the historical, political, and institutional forces that have raised the specter of a threatening and monolithic Muslim enemy. Editor(s): Qureshi, Emran; Sells, Michael A. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: JFSR2; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231126670
ISBN
9780231126670
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.27

Hardback. This book explores the impact of migration on the identities, values, worldviews, and social positions of migrant women in contemporary China based on original fieldwork as well as in-depth research in multiple regions of China. Editor(s): Gaetano, Arianne M.; Jacka, Tamara. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFFN; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 180 x 25. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231127066
ISBN
9780231127066
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.78
€ 101.49

Paperback. This book explores the impact of migration on the identities, values, worldviews, and social positions of migrant women in contemporary China based on original fieldwork as well as in-depth research in multiple regions of China. Editor(s): Gaetano, Arianne M.; Jacka, Tamara. Num Pages: 368 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFFN; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231127073
ISBN
9780231127073
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.61

Hardback. In a hard-hitting book that refutes conventional wisdom, Katherine Sender explores the connection between the business of marketing to gay consumers and the politics of gay rights and identity. Series: Between Men - Between Women: Lesbian & Gay Studies. Num Pages: 320 pages, 18 illus. BIC Classification: JFSK; KJS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231127349
ISBN
9780231127349
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.19
€ 46.67

Hardback. Focuses on sexual orientation and gender expression in relation to social work practice. This book includes scenarios that: feature gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (GLBT) individuals, couples, and families; and highlight GLBT issues in groups, organizations, communities, policy arenas, and research. Editor(s): Messinger, Lori; Morrow, Deana F. Num Pages: 136 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: JFSK; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 280 x 216 x 13. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
136
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231127424
ISBN
9780231127424
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.39
€ 89.78

Paperback. Focuses on sexual orientation and gender expression in relation to social work practice. This book includes scenarios that: feature gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (GLBT) individuals, couples, and families; and highlight GLBT issues in groups, organizations, communities, policy arenas, and research. Editor(s): Messinger, Lori; Morrow, Deana F. Num Pages: 136 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: JFSK; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 278 x 217 x 8. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231127431
ISBN
9780231127431
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.27

Hardback. In the early 1970s, few women participated in organized athletics, but in Catholic Philadelphia women's basketball was already a well-established tradition, sponsored by the Philadelphia Archdiocese far in advance of public schools. This volume explores the unusual lives of these young women. Series: Religion & American Culture S. Num Pages: 312 pages, 21 photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; JFSJ1; WSJM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 164 x 21. Weight in Grams: 681.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231127486
ISBN
9780231127486
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.18
€ 79.73

Hardback. Ranging over two millennia of history and culture, Koschorke considers such thinkers as Freud, Weber, Rousseau, and Kleist in an exploration that illuminates issues of historical, religious, artistic, psychological, and cultural importance. Translator(s): Dunlap, Thomas. Num Pages: 216 pages, 25 illus. BIC Classification: HRCG; JFC; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 165 x 19. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231127561
ISBN
9780231127561
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.11
€ 51.02

Hardback. An approach to a technique for treating people with eating disorders - children as well as adults, male and female sufferers alike. This book demonstrates how the author's award-winning art therapy technique, known as Phenomenal and Nonphenomenal Body Image Tasks or "PNBIT," can be used by clinicians other than art therapists. Num Pages: 256 pages, 47 illus. BIC Classification: JKSN2; MMZD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 164 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231127684
ISBN
9780231127684
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.78
€ 101.49

Paperback. An approach to a technique for treating people with eating disorders - children as well as adults, male and female sufferers alike. This book demonstrates how the author's award-winning art therapy technique, known as Phenomenal and Nonphenomenal Body Image Tasks or "PNBIT," can be used by clinicians other than art therapists. Num Pages: 256 pages, 47 illus. BIC Classification: JKSN2; MMZD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231127691
ISBN
9780231127691
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 36.23

Hardback. Looks beneath the rhetoric of hatred and misunderstanding to challenge the views of Islamic history. argues that beginning in the 1950's American policymakers misread the Muslim world and, instead of focusing on the growing discontent against the government, saw only a forum for liberal, democratic reforms within those governments. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1QFM; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
Revised
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231127967
ISBN
9780231127967
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.71
€ 72.77

Paperback. Looks beneath the rhetoric of hatred and misunderstanding to challenge the views of Islamic history. This book argues that beginning in the 1950's American policymakers misread the Muslim world and, instead of focusing on the discontent against the government, saw only a forum for liberal, democratic reforms within those governments. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 141 x 207 x 6. Weight in Grams: 234.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
Revised
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231127974
ISBN
9780231127974
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.26

Hardback. Follows the intertwined threads of Jewishness and non-Jewishness that play through the life and works of Jacques Derrida. This book merges the biography and textual commentary in a portrait of the man, his works, and being (or not being) Jewish. Translator(s): Brahic, Beverly Bie. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 168 pages, 9 color illus. BIC Classification: 2ADF; BG; DSBH; DSK; HPCF; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 210 x 19. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231128247
ISBN
9780231128247
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.71
€ 72.61

Hardback. Illustrates how ethnographic research itself can become a tool for activism. This book features ten studies that present activist groups across US - from transgender activists in New York City, to South Asian teenagers in Silicon Valley, to evangelical Christians and Palestinian Americans. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 165 x 19. Weight in Grams: 681.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231128506
ISBN
9780231128506
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.39
€ 90.47

Hardback. Presents methods and strategies for assisting and collaborating with groups and agencies serving families. This book combines a research-based framework with practical guidance to explain this process and offer cross-cultural case studies. It discusses the role of the coach or capacity-building consultant and related activities of consultation. Editor(s): Motes, Patricia; Hess, Peg McCartt. Num Pages: 232 pages, 5 illus., 3 tables. BIC Classification: JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
First Printing
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231128728
ISBN
9780231128728
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 108.91
€ 83.22

Hardback. Divided into three parts-History, Interpretation, and Practice-this provocative volume incorporates law, history, political theory, and philosophy to analyze the U.S. Constitution as a whole in relation to the rights and fate of women. Editor(s): Schwarzenbach, Sibyl A.; Smith, Patricia. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; LAB; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 166 x 32. Weight in Grams: 771.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231128926
ISBN
9780231128926
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.47
€ 85.82

Paperback. Utopianism suffers from an image problem: a recent exhibition on utopias in Paris and New York included photographs of Hitler's "Mein Kampf" and a Nazi concentration camp. This work examines the anti-utopian mindset and identifies how utopian thought came to be regarded with suspicion. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 194 x 137 x 13. Weight in Grams: 228.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231128957
ISBN
9780231128957
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.47

Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFFZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 10. Weight in Grams: 294.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231129053
ISBN
9780231129053
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.92

Paperback. Argues that the West's attempts to remake foreign societies in its own image - even with the best of intentions - invariably fail. This title focuses on various operations in Haiti, Bosnia, Kosovo, East Timor, Afghanistan, and Iraq, comparing these cases to the colonial activities of Great Britain, France, and the United States. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLW; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 181 x 13. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231129121
ISBN
9780231129121
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.52

Hardback. Argues that the West's attempts to remake foreign societies in its own image - even with the best of intentions - invariably fail. This title focuses on various operations in Haiti, Bosnia, Kosovo, East Timor, Afghanistan, and Iraq, comparing these cases to the colonial activities of Great Britain, France, and the United States. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLW; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 162 x 19. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
1st Printing
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231129138
ISBN
9780231129138
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.18
€ 80.00

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