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paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JFF; JFSJ; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781138252455
ISBN
9781138252455
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.77

Paperback. Examines the complex relationship between transnational religion and politics through the lens of one cosmopolitan community in Siberia: Buryats, who live in a semiautonomous republic within Russia with a large Buddhist population. This book illustrates how this community employed Buddhism to adapt to key moments of political change. Series: Buddhism and Modernity. Num Pages: 272 pages, 27 halftones, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HRE; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 394.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226072722
ISBN
9780226072722
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 28.00

Paperback. While globalization undermines ideas of the nation-state in the Mediterranean, conversions reveal how religion can unsettle existing political and social relations. Through studies of conversions across the region this book examines the challenges that conversions represent for national, legal and policy ways of dealing with religious minorities. Editor(s): Marzouki, Nadia; Roy, Olivier. Series: Islam and Nationalism. Num Pages: 202 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRAM; JFSL; JHB; JPP; JPQB; JPSN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 266.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2013
Number of pages
202
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349434572
ISBN
9781349434572
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 126.32

Paperback. Editors: Jan. 1902-Jan. 1905, J.S. Bassett; Apr. 1905-Jan. 1919, W.H. Glasson (with Edwin Mims, Apr. 1905-July 1909; W.P. Few, Oct. 1909-Jan. 1919); Apr. 1919- W.K. Boyd, W.H. Wannamaker. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: HRAM; HRAX; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 399.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691153285
ISBN
9780691153285
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.43

Hardback. Editors: Jan. 1902-Jan. 1905, J.S. Bassett; Apr. 1905-Jan. 1919, W.H. Glasson (with Edwin Mims, Apr. 1905-July 1909; W.P. Few, Oct. 1909-Jan. 1919); Apr. 1919- W.K. Boyd, W.H. Wannamaker. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: HRAM; HRAX; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691153278
ISBN
9780691153278
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 89.01
€ 68.86

Paperback. This volume describes the religious diversity of twenty-seven nations in Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands. These nations are a living laboratory of various religious blends, thus providing a wealth of case studies on diversity management. Num Pages: 290 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTB; HRA; JFC; JHB; JHBD; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
290
Condition
New
SKU
V9789400791053
ISBN
9789400791053
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 127.76

Paperback. Drawing on a major EU-funded research project, this book examines how religious/secular beliefs are formed at school and in the family across different European countries, offering insights into key policy issues concerning the place of religion in the school system and illuminating current debates around religion and multiculturalism. Series: Education, Economy and Society. Num Pages: 215 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRA; JHB; JNA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 18. Weight in Grams: 286.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2013
Number of pages
215
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349448197
ISBN
9781349448197
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.70

Paperback. Proposes a fresh approach that unites the study of religion with fields as diverse as neuroscience, anthropology, sociology, and psychology to better understand how these processes are incorporated into the broader cultural formations we think of as religious or spiritual. Num Pages: 232 pages, 7 line illus. 7 tables. BIC Classification: HRAC; HRLK; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 338.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691140889
ISBN
9780691140889
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.68

Hardback. Series: Muslims in Global Societies Series. Num Pages: 203 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFE; JFSR2; JHM; JPVH4; LNAA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 241 x 17. Weight in Grams: 464.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
203
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319214450
ISBN
9783319214450
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.00

Hardcover. Focusing on Britain, USA, Canada and Australia, this work addresses the religions, social and political issues facing South Asian diasporas and examines how they have been effected by 9/11 and Britain's 7/7 as well as the bombings in Bali and Mumbai. It also examines how religions from South Asia have been reconstructed within Western settings. Editor(s): Hinnells, Professor John R. Series: Migration, Minorities & Citizenship. Num Pages: 344 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSL; JFSR; JHMC; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 26. Weight in Grams: 565.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333774014
ISBN
9780333774014
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.48

Paperback. This full-length study of the Premi, the first in a language other than Chinese, makes a valuable contribution to our ethnographic knowledge of Southwest China, as well as to our understanding of contemporary Chinese religious and cultural politics. Series: Studies on Ethnic Groups in China. Num Pages: 288 pages, 14 illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPCT; HRKN; JFSR; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295990699
ISBN
9780295990699
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.17

Paperback / so. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: GTC; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Springer vs United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9783658088934
ISBN
9783658088934
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.37

Hardcover. This volume demonstrates how cultural studies has diffused from Britain into other English-speaking countries, and how its original concerns have been renegotiated and changed. It is a guide to international cultural studies. Editor(s): Blundell, Valda; Shepherd, John; Taylor, Ian. Series: International Library of Sociology. Num Pages: 248 pages, index. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 430. "Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Commissioning organisation: edited by Valda Blundell, John Shepherd, and Ian Taylor. x, 236 p. 23 cm. Associated Names: Blundell, Valda,. Associated Names: Shepherd, John,. Associated Names: Taylor, Ian R. Associated Dates: 1941-. Associated Dates: 1947-. Near fine paperback copy." Keywords: "Subjects - Education & Languages - New & Used Textbooks - Arts & Humanities - Cultural Studies - General,Subjects - Education & Languages - New & Used Textbooks - Arts & Humanities - Cultural Studies"
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Routledge,an imprint of Taylor &
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
KEX0030778
ISBN
9780415075480
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 117.26

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

€ 162.47

Paperback. A book on the critical role of music in African ritual which focuses on the Brekete/Gorovodu religion of the Ewe people. It analyzes their practices through a historical and ethnographic study of one of the dominant ritual sites on the southern coast of Ghana: a medicine shrine whose origins lie in the northern region of the country. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 240 pages, 2 colour plates, 25 halftones, 3 line drawings, 23 musical examples. BIC Classification: 1HFDH; AVGH; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226265056
ISBN
9780226265056
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 28.96

Hardback. Remaking Citizenship explores the stories of low-income Latinas actively engaged in a new vision of feminist politics rooted in concerns as disparate as domestic violence, childrearing, women's self-esteem, and immigrant and workers' rights. Num Pages: 248 pages, 1 figure, 7 illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KL; JFSJ1; JHMC; JP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804758215
ISBN
9780804758215
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.97

Paperback. This book offers a ground-breaking analysis of how women's movements have been remaking citizenship in multicultural Europe. Presenting the findings of a large scale, multi-disciplinary cross-national feminist research project, FEMCIT, it develops an expanded, multi-dimensional understanding of citizenship as practice and experience. Editor(s): Sumer, Sevil; Halsaa, Beatrice; Roseneil, Sasha. Series: Citizenship, Gender and Diversity. Num Pages: 293 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFFK; JFSJ; JHB; JPA; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
293
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349325115
ISBN
9781349325115
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.97

paperback. Remaking Citizenship explores the stories of low-income Latinas actively engaged in a new vision of feminist politics rooted in concerns as disparate as domestic violence, childrearing, women's self-esteem, and immigrant and workers' rights. Num Pages: 248 pages, 1 figure, 7 illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KL; JFSJ1; JHMC; JP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804758222
ISBN
9780804758222
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.56

Paperback. A sociology collection reviewing the state-of-historical-study in a wide range of areas while showcasing the use of poststructuralist approaches to studying family, gender, war, protest & revolution, state-making, social provisions, colonialism, transitio Editor(s): Adams, Julia; Clemens, Elisabeth S.; Orloff, Ann Shola. Series: Politics, History, & Culture. Num Pages: 632 pages, 6 illus. BIC Classification: HB; JH; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 153 x 41. Weight in Grams: 884.
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
632
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822333630
ISBN
9780822333630
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.39

Hardback. A detailed ethnographic and historical study of the implications of fast-track land reform in Zimbabwe from the perspective of those involved in land occupations around Lake Mutirikwi, from the colonial period to the present day. Series: Eastern Africa Series. Num Pages: 365 pages, 19 black & white illustrations, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1HFMW; JHMC; RBKF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 164 x 28. Weight in Grams: 750.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
James Currey
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847011121
ISBN
9781847011121
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 134.21

paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 8 halftones, 1 graph. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GT; JH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 148 x 15. Weight in Grams: 392.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780816641567
ISBN
9780816641567
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.60

paperback. A great many changes are taking place in relation to social work with children and families in Britain. This accessible text charts some of the key developments that have taken place and subjects them to critical examination. Num Pages: 208 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 1 black & white tables, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFSP1; JHBK; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 317.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415298391
ISBN
9780415298391
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 70.34

Paperback. Num Pages: 376 pages, 23 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBN; HBTB; JFSF; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 146 x 22. Weight in Grams: 498.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
376
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691158020
ISBN
9780691158020
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

Paperback. Based on ethnographic fieldwork among five thousand working-class families in the neighborhood of al-Zawyia al-Hamra, this study explores how these displaced residents have dealt with the stigma of public housing, the loss of their established community networks, and the diversity of the population in the new location. Num Pages: 226 pages, 5 b/w photographs, 7 line illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1HBE; GTB; JFS; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 338. Space, Relocation and the Politics of Identity in a Global Cairo. 226 pages, 5 b&w photographs, 7 line illustrations, 1 map. Based on ethnographic fieldwork among five thousand working-class families in the neighborhood of al-Zawyia al-Hamra, this study explores how these displaced residents have dealt with the stigma of public housing, the loss of their established community networks, and the diversity of the population in the new location. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1HBE; GTB; JFS; JHM. Dimension: 228 x 157 x 15. Weight: 338.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
226
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520230460
ISBN
9780520230460
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

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