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Paperback. Memory is as central to modern politics as politics is central to modern memory. This book explores the relationship between collective memory and national identity in diverse cultures throughout history. It discloses the contested nature of various monuments by showing how groups and individuals struggle to shape the past to their own ends. Editor(s): Gillis, John R. Num Pages: 304 pages, 25 halftones. BIC Classification: HB; JHM; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 166 x 20. Weight in Grams: 484.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691029252
ISBN
9780691029252
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.72

Paperback. Stinging revolutionary critique of contemporary society. Series: Radical Thinkers Classic Editions. Num Pages: 94 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JFC; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 130 x 9. Weight in Grams: 122.
Publisher
Verso
Number of pages
94
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
3rd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844676729
ISBN
9781844676729
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.71

paperback. Editor(s): Leonard, David J.; King, Professor C. Richard. Series: Perspectives on a Multiracial America. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3; JHBS; WS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 10. Weight in Grams: 418.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442206786
ISBN
9781442206786
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.21

hardcover. A growing fascination with flows of people and commodities poses fresh theoretical and methodical challenges to anthropology. This collection of essays considers how conceptions and roles of commodities may change in response to widening spheres of economic interaction and exchange. Editor(s): Haugerud, Angelique; Stone, Priscilla M.; Little, Peter D. Series: Monographs in Economic Anthropology Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, index. BIC Classification: JFFS; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 449.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847699421
ISBN
9780847699421
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 172.75

Paperback. A history of the meaning of property, this text aims to uncover in American legal writing a competing vision of property which has existed alongside the traditional conception. It argues that property has also been understood as propriety, a method for creating and maintaining an organized society. Num Pages: 486 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JH; KFFR; LNS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 31. Weight in Grams: 700.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
486
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226013541
ISBN
9780226013541
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 40.83

Paperback. Draws on past philosophical debates to propose a new way of conceiving the commons in today's neo-liberal era. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 135 x 215 x 16. Weight in Grams: 342.
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745325316
ISBN
9780745325316
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.51

Paperback. This title is the outcome of a conference on common security and civil society in Africa. The contributions seek to go beyond the "war of images" to imagine a different and more secure future. Editor(s): Wohlgemuth, Lennart; Gibson, Samantha; Klasen, Stephan; Rothshild, Emma. Num Pages: 216 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 242 x 11. Weight in Grams: 406. 216 pages, illustrations. Editor(s): Wohlgemuth, Lennart; Gibson, Samantha; Klasen, Stephan; Rothshild, Emma. This title is the outcome of a conference on common security and civil society in Africa. The contributions seek to go beyond the "war of images" to imagine a different and more secure future. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: JHM; JP. Dimension: 181 x 242 x 11. Weight: 406.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Nordic Africa Institute
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9789171064509
ISBN
9789171064509
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.51

Hardback. This work brings together the many dimensions of ethnic and cultural identity and shows how they are communicated in everyday life. Topics explored include gender, race, class, spirituality, alternative lifestyles, and inter- and intra-ethnic identity. Editor(s): Fong, Mary; Chuang, Rueyling. Num Pages: 352 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: GTC; JFSJ; JHMC; JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 243 x 190 x 26. Weight in Grams: 830.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742517387
ISBN
9780742517387
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 211.11

Paperback. Brazilians are gracious, friendly, fun-loving people, which makes their country a very inviting place to visit for pleasure or business. This title presents a portrait of Brazil's history, racial fusion, economy, and contemporary lifestyles. It includes a checklist of the leading Brazilian cultural characteristics. Illustrator(s): Haughey, Donald. Num Pages: 260 pages, 7 b&w illus., 20 line drawings, 1 map, 2 tables. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292702875
ISBN
9780292702875
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.37

Paperback. .
Publisher
SAGE Publications Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781412962223
ISBN
9781412962223
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 48.92

Paperback. Filling in a key chapter in communications history, this title offers an examination of the rise of the "global media" between 1860 and 1930. It analyzes the connections between the development of a global communication infrastructure, the creation of national telegraph and wireless systems, and news agencies. Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. Num Pages: 456 pages, 25 illustrations, 13 tables, 10 maps. BIC Classification: 3JJC; HBTB; JFD; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 156 x 47. Weight in Grams: 660.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
456
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822339281
ISBN
9780822339281
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.93

Paperback. This book provides a rigorous and challenging review of recent research in the realms of communication and cultural diversity. Focusing on health communication interventions concerning service users who may lack fluency in English, it shows that meeting the needs of all health service users depends on both structures and processes of communication. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JH; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 351.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861343413
ISBN
9781861343413
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 32.90

Hardback. Not only a superb case study on how the Netherlands' Turkish community defines itself, this remarkable book's message resonates across the wider European debate currently raging on immigration. Series: Program in Migration and Refugee Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DDN; 1DVT; GTC; JFC; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 166 x 19. Weight in Grams: 490.
Publisher
Lexington Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780739102695
ISBN
9780739102695
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 147.52

Hardback. Num Pages: 210 pages. BIC Classification: GTC; JFFS; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 161 x 19. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Lexington Books United States
Number of pages
210
Condition
New
SKU
V9780739166512
ISBN
9780739166512
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 136.95

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
€ 11.45

Hardback. In this provocative and timely reading of Emile Durkheim the author isolates the merits and liabilities of both liberal and communitarian theories and demonstrates that we need not be in the position of having to choose between them. Series: Stanford Series in Philosophy. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: JHBA; JPFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 28. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804720427
ISBN
9780804720427
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 161.77

Paperback. Communitas is inspired fellowship; a group's pleasure in sharing common experiences; being 'in the zone' - as in music, sport, and work; the sense felt by a group when their life together takes on full meaning. The experience of Communitas, almost beyond strict definition and with almost endless variations, often appears unexpectedly. Series: Contemporary Anthropology of Religion. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRA; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 208 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 316.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230339088
ISBN
9780230339088
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.86

Hardback. Considers how diverse types of communities influence organizations, as well as the associated benefit of developing an accounting for community processes in organizational theory. This title focuses on social proximity and networks that has characterized the work on communities. Editor(s): Marquis, Chris; Lounsbury, Michael; Greenwood, Royston. Series Editor(s): Lounsbury, Michael. Series: Research in the Sociology of Organizations. Num Pages: 363 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: JHBL; KJU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 35. Weight in Grams: 714.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
363
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780522845
ISBN
9781780522845
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 151.20

Hardback. Everyday life in contemporary rural China is characterized by an increased sense of moral challenge and uncertainty. This ethnographic study of the village of Zhongba is an attempt to grasp the ethical reflexivity of everyday life in rural China. Series: Dislocations. Num Pages: 308 pages, 19 ills, 6 figs & tables, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JHB; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857458902
ISBN
9780857458902
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 135.57

hardcover. A reconsideration of secularization theory using, as its core study, the people of a rural island in Denmark. Buckser (sociology and anthropology, Purdue U.) combines historical research and field study to portray the people of Mors whose community went through a profound religious awakening in the Series: New Directions in Anthropology. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DND; HRA; HRC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 506.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571810427
ISBN
9781571810427
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.32

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