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Paperback. For Prespa Albanians, both at home in Macedonia and in the diaspora, the most significant events of any year are wedding ceremonies. This account of Prespa weddings combines photographs, song texts and recordings of the wedding music, demonstrating the importance of singing within Prespa society. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 360 pages, 20 halftones, 9 line drawings, 23 musical examples, compact disk with 25 tracks. BIC Classification: 1DVWA; AVGH; HBTB; JFSL; JHBT; JHM; WJW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 724.
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 2
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- Format
- Paperback
- SKU
- V9780226779737
- ISBN
- 9780226779737
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 41.04
€ 52.99
€ 41.04
Paperback. Brings together the work of critics who have ventured into the boundaries between dance and cultural studies to find new ways of approaching matters of embodiment, identity, and representation Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 408 pages, 37 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: AS; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 152 x 32. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 408
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822319429
- ISBN
- 9780822319429
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.58
€ 41.99
€ 37.58
Paperback. Research based on years of on-the-ground interviews with three generations of Emirati women Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBXU; JFSJ1; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 500.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849046633
- ISBN
- 9781849046633
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.92
€ 23.99
€ 21.92
Paperback. Thoreau's encounters with nature, the author argues, allowed him to resist his all-too-human tendency toward intellectual laziness, social conformity and political complacency. Bennett pursues this theme by constructing a series of dialogues between Thoureau and modern contemporaries. Series: Modernity and Political Thought. Num Pages: 176 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBF; HPCD; HPCF; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 146 x 12. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Edition
- Revised
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742521414
- ISBN
- 9780742521414
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Condition: New
€ 68.45
€ 68.45
Paperback. Addresses the techniques and mechanisms by which official agencies certify individual identity, from passports and identity cards to labor registration and alien documentation, from fingerprinting to much-debated contemporary issues such as DNA-typing, body surveillance, and more. Editor(s): Caplan, Jane; Torpey, John C. Num Pages: 432 pages, 6 tables, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: HBG; JH; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 660.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691009124
- ISBN
- 9780691009124
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.52€ 42.23
€ 53.52
€ 42.23
Hardback. Much of the writing on charisma focuses on specific traits associated with exceptional leaders, a practice that has broadened the concept of charisma to such an extent that it loses its distinctiveness - and therefore its utility. More particularly, the concept's relevance to the study of social movements has not moved beyond generalizations. Editor(s): Stutje, Jan Willem. Series: International Studies in Social History. Num Pages: 214 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHB; JPHL; JPW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 226 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857453297
- ISBN
- 9780857453297
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Condition: New
€ 117.75€ 72.72
€ 117.75
€ 72.72
Hardback. A scholar of Southern literature and culture, Jan Whitt has written a personal narrative about adoption, childhood abuse, and fifty years of searching for her family in rural Appalachia. This book unflinchingly explores death and loss at the same time that it celebrates the transformative power of love and literature. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: BM; DQ; JFSJ1; JHBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761858294
- ISBN
- 9780761858294
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Condition: New
€ 86.80
€ 86.80
Hardback. The limiting of violence through state powers is one of the central projects of the modern age. Why then have recent centuries been so bloody? The author demonstrates that the aim of decreasing and deterring violence has gone hand in hand with the misleading idea that violence is abnormal and beyond comprehension. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; JHBA; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 163 x 29. Weight in Grams: 686.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 392
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691142968
- ISBN
- 9780691142968
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Condition: New
€ 68.98€ 53.93
€ 68.98
€ 53.93
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white halftones, maps. BIC Classification: HBJK; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 18. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Heritage House Publishing Co Ltd Canada
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781927051276
- ISBN
- 9781927051276
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 22.23
€ 32.99
€ 22.23
Paperback. Discusses about politics, writing and thinking in the American South from the 1930's to the 1990's. This book shows that everyday life is, of course, full of existential problems. It argues that these problems have long been the subject of Southern poetry. It describes how people in the South of the 1990s struggle daily with private problems. Num Pages: 286 pages. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University Press of Southern Denmark Denmark
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788778383976
- ISBN
- 9788778383976
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 23.71
€ 31.99
€ 23.71
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472472847
- ISBN
- 9781472472847
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Condition: New
€ 61.68
€ 61.68
Hardback. On the basis of his new fieldwork done in south Gujarat between 2004 and 2006, Jan Breman critically analyses the historical roots of the ongoing subordination of the rural poor in what has come to be recognised as a booming economy. Num Pages: 280 pages, Illustrations, 1 folded map. BIC Classification: JFSF; JHBL; JHM; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 223 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 453.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195685213
- ISBN
- 9780195685213
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.29
€ 61.29
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447300908
- ISBN
- 9781447300908
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 180.93
€ 180.93
Paperback. A Marxist investigation into the forms of resistance occurring in the UK call centre today Series: Wildcat. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JHBL; KJS; KNTT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 136 x 215 x 18. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Publisher
- Pluto Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745399065
- ISBN
- 9780745399065
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.67
€ 23.99
€ 16.67
Hardback. Explores the dreams and desired futures of workers, farmers and politicians that sustain and disrupt capitalism in contemporary India. Series: Anthropology, Culture and Society. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JHBL; KCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780745333731
- ISBN
- 9780745333731
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 101.09€ 84.27
€ 101.09
€ 84.27
Paperback. Explores the dreams and desired futures of workers, farmers and politicians that sustain and disrupt capitalism in contemporary India. Series: Anthropology, Culture and Society. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JHBL; KCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 137 x 216 x 14. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Publisher
- Pluto Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745333724
- ISBN
- 9780745333724
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.80
€ 40.99
€ 31.80
Hardback. Series Editor(s): Taithe, Bertrand. Series: Humanitarianism. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations, black & white|Tables|Graphs. BIC Classification: 1FCA; GTJ; JFFE; JHB; JWLP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 164 x 241 x 22. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719097232
- ISBN
- 9780719097232
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.53
€ 155.53
Hardcover. This book explores the interface between modernity and tradition in selected societies in Taiwan, mainland China and Vietnam. The chapters question to what extent traditions are themselves exploiting modernity in creative ways, in the interests of their own further developments. Editor(s): Wilkerson, James; Parkin, Robert. Num Pages: 284 pages, 18 ills, 23 tables. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1FPC; 1FPCW; JFC; JHBT. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 476. the Interface of Tradition and Modernity in East Asia. 284 pages, 18 ills, 23 tables. Editor(s): Wilkerson, James; Parkin, Robert. This book explores the interface between modernity and tradition in selected societies in Taiwan, mainland China and Vietnam. The chapters question to what extent traditions are themselves exploiting modernity in creative ways, in the interests of their own further developments. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1FPC; 1FPCW; JFC; JHBT. Dimension: 229 x 159 x 18. Weight: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857455680
- ISBN
- 9780857455680
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.42
€ 161.42
hardcover. Slavery in Small Things: Slavery and Modern Cultural Habits isthe first book to explore the long-range cultural legacy of slavery through commonplace daily objects. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJM; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781119166207
- ISBN
- 9781119166207
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 89.68
€ 89.68
Paperback. Slavery in Small Things: Slavery and Modern Cultural Habits isthe first book to explore the long-range cultural legacy of slavery through commonplace daily objects. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJM; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 150 x 13. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781119166221
- ISBN
- 9781119166221
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.83
€ 35.83