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Paperback. Islam is stereotypically presented as a monolithic civilisation that has stifled the emergence of cultural pluralism and individual freedom. In contrast, this volume showcases the diversity and plurality of Muslim societies. It includes case studies on rituals and symbols in Syria, Tunisia, Damascus, Algeria, Britain, Pakistan, Brazil and Lebanon. Editor(s): Dupret, Baudouin; Pierret, Thomas; Pinto, Paulo G.; Spellman-Poots, Kathryn. Series: Exploring Muslim Contexts. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: JFSR2; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 159 x 13. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748689842
- ISBN
- 9780748689842
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.50
€ 40.99
€ 36.50
hardcover. Editor(s): Poster, Mark. Translator(s): Mourrain, Jacques. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 29. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804742726
- ISBN
- 9780804742726
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 156.21
€ 156.21
Hardback. Based on seventeen months of ethnographic research among Indonesian eldercare workers in Japan, this book is the first ethnography to research Indonesian care workers' relationships with the cared-for elderly, their Japanese colleagues and their employers. Num Pages: 242 pages, 2 maps, 10 figures. BIC Classification: 1FMN; 1FPJ; JHMC; JKSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 159 x 236 x 19. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785332692
- ISBN
- 9781785332692
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.40
€ 161.40
Hardback. This interdisciplinary collection responds to intellectual debates concerning the value and limits of privacy. Ever since the beginning of modernity, the line of demarcation between private and public spaces, and the distinction between them, have continually been challenged and redrawn. Editor(s): Rossler, Beate. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JFC; JFD; JHBA; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804745635
- ISBN
- 9780804745635
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 144.02
€ 144.02
* Ulrich Beck, one of the most important and influential contemporary social thinkers, reveals and expands his work in a series of conversations with journalist Johannes Willms. Translator(s): Pollack, Michael. Series: Polity Conversations Series. Num Pages: 240 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 144 x 23. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745628233
- ISBN
- 9780745628233
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.27
€ 76.27
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCV; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 143 x 14. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Publisher
- Zondervan United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780310242949
- ISBN
- 9780310242949
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.64
€ 19.99
€ 18.64
Paperback. The author of "The Mother Trip" and "The Hip Mama Survival Guide" offers a humorous and moving collection of essays examining motherhood from a Generation X perspective. Illustrations & charts. Editor(s): Gore, Ariel; Lavender, Bee. Series: Live Girls. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBK; VFXC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Seal Press
- Edition
- First Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781580050517
- ISBN
- 9781580050517
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 18.32
€ 25.99
€ 18.32
Paperback. Explores how the implements we use in the kitchen have shaped the way we cook and live. This title tells the story of how we have tamed fire and ice, wielded whisks, spoons, graters, mashers, pestles and mortars, all in the name of feeding ourselves. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFCV; JHMC; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 24. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141049083
- ISBN
- 9780141049083
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.01
€ 13.99
€ 11.01
Paperback. A comprehensive exploration of classical social theory portraying the historical context (Renaissance Europe to the Industrial Age), covering all major developments in sociological theory (the Enlightenment to George Herbert Mead) and focusing on all the key figures you would expect: Comte, Spencer, Marx, Weber, Simmel, Durkheim and Mead. Num Pages: 520 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: JHBA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 253 x 179 x 27. Weight in Grams: 892.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Inc United States
- Edition
- 7 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 520
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781452206240
- ISBN
- 9781452206240
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 223.92
€ 223.92
Paperback. A feminist ethnography of the violence in Northern Ireland, this book presents an analysis of a political conflict through the lens of gender. The case in point is the working-class Catholic resistance to British rule in Northern Ireland. Num Pages: 208 pages, 15 halftones 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; JFFK; JHM; JPFN; JPWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691037547
- ISBN
- 9780691037547
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 31.11
€ 42.99
€ 31.11
hardcover. The Psychology of Good and Evil expertly analyzes the shape that morality takes in our minds, its consequences in our lives, and how it affects our relationships with others. Translator(s): Andri, Jodie. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JHB; JMH; KCK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190250669
- ISBN
- 9780190250669
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.78
€ 118.78
Paperback. The first critical study of Disney films. Editor(s): Bell, Elizabeth; Haas, Lynda; Sells, Laura. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA; JFC; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Number of pages
- 280
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253209788
- ISBN
- 9780253209788
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 22.07
€ 24.99
€ 22.07
Paperback. How can we rethink teaching practices in the age of multiculturalism? What do we do about teachers who do not want to teach, and students who do not want to learn? How should we deal with racism and sexism in the classroom? This title deals with a different kind of education: education as the practice of freedom. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JH; JNA; JNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415908085
- ISBN
- 9780415908085
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.86
€ 48.86
Paperback. In the final book of her love trilogy that began with "all about love" and "salvation, " bell hooks explores the ways ideas about women and love were changed by the feminist movement, by women's full participation in the workforce, by the culture of self-help, and by popular media forces such as television and movies. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: JFCA; JH; VFV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 138 x 16. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- William Morrow Paperbacks
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780060938291
- ISBN
- 9780060938291
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.42
€ 15.99
€ 11.42
Paperback. This text combines ethical theory and personal experience to explore family and community influences on individual behaviour within an ethnic setting. Concentrating on Italian-Americans, the author assesses the links with often conflicting groups such as family, friends, neighbourhood and country. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFF; JFSL1; JHBK; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700607303
- ISBN
- 9780700607303
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 29.28
€ 30.99
€ 29.28
Paperback. Series: Framing 21st Century Social Issues. Num Pages: 87 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFD; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 255 x 180 x 12. Weight in Grams: 186.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138841369
- ISBN
- 9781138841369
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.51
€ 51.51
Paperback. We are not yet at a moment that can be called postmodernity, says sociologist Ben Agger. In this study he borrows from French postmodern theory and the Frankfurt School's critical theory to address the shortcomings of postmodern theory for understanding identity, culture, race, gender and power. Num Pages: 256 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JFC; JHBA; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 147 x 14. Weight in Grams: 335.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742519206
- ISBN
- 9780742519206
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 76.39
€ 76.39
Paperback. Malaita traces the history and culture of a Pacific island from the 19th to 21st centuries through over 600 images drawn from the archives of the British Museum and public and private photographic collections around the world. Num Pages: 296 pages, 300 colour, 300 black and white. BIC Classification: 1MKLS; HBJM; HDD; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- British Museum Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780861592012
- ISBN
- 9780861592012
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 83.55
€ 83.55
Paperback. Forcibly demonstrates how social capital has expanded across the social sciences only by degrading the different disciplines it touches. Series: IIPPE. Num Pages: 288 pages, 3 figs. BIC Classification: JHBA; KCP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 17. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745329963
- ISBN
- 9780745329963
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 33.65
€ 42.99
€ 33.65
Hardcover. This is an account of the voyage of a mostly Hawaiian crew, in a reconstructed ancient double canoe, from Hawaii to New Zealand. They did this without the aid of navigational equipment, and with the aim of proving that their ancestors had done just the same thousands of years earlier. Illustrator(s): Rhodes, Richard. Num Pages: 401 pages, 84 figures, 34 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MKP; JHM; RGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 31. Weight in Grams: 784.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 401
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520080027
- ISBN
- 9780520080027
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 38.17
€ 52.99
€ 38.17
Hardback. Discusses the ways that scientists have observed and modeled glaciers, tells how climate change is altering their size and distribution, and looks at their effect on human life. Editor(s): Orlove, Ben; Wiegandt, Ellen; Luckman, Brian H. Num Pages: 296 pages, 51 b/w photographs, 39 line illustrations, 16 maps, 19 tables. BIC Classification: JHM; RBGD; WN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 25. Weight in Grams: 828.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520253056
- ISBN
- 9780520253056
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.17€ 65.32
€ 84.17
€ 65.32
Paperback. Takes us to the remote indigenous villages on the shore of Lake Titicaca, high in the Peruvian Andes. This title describes the landscapes and rhythms of life in the Andean highlands, considering the intrusions of modern technology and economic demands in the region. Num Pages: 314 pages, 36 b/w photographs & drawings, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSL; 1KLSR; JFSL9; JHMC; JHMP; PDR; RNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 68.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 314
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520229594
- ISBN
- 9780520229594
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.75
€ 36.99
€ 26.75
Hardback. Editor(s): Bender, Courtney; Taves, Ann. Series: A Columbia / SSRC Book. Num Pages: 296 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 4 black & white illustrations, 1 recorded music items. BIC Classification: HRAM; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231156844
- ISBN
- 9780231156844
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.63€ 85.37
€ 112.63
€ 85.37
Paperback. Editor(s): Bender, Courtney; Taves, Ann. Series: A Columbia / SSRC Book. Num Pages: 296 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 4 black & white illustrations, 1 recorded music items. BIC Classification: HRAM; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 402. Ethnographies of Value in a Not So Secular Age. Series: Religion, Culture and Public Life. 296 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 4 black & white illustrations, 1 recorded music items. Editor(s): Bender, Courtney; Taves, Ann. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: HRAM; JHM. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 15. Weight: 402.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231156851
- ISBN
- 9780231156851
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.42
€ 40.99
€ 29.42