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Hardback. An unsettling reflection on the twentieth century in its twilight hours in which we are asked to rethink our assumptions about universalism and humanism. While many people look to humanist ideals as a deterrent to nationalist chauvinism, Finkielkraut challenges the abstract idea of universalism by describing the terrible crimes "civilized" Europe has committed in its name. Translator(s): Friedlander, Judith. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLW; HPCF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231110204
- ISBN
- 9780231110204
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.63€ 44.77
€ 56.63
€ 44.77
In Oklahoma in the 1980s and 1990s, suicide-not accident as previously assumed-was the leading cause of agricultural fatalities among farmers. Men were five times more likely to die by suicide than by accident. Num Pages: 240 pages, 8 photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBSH; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; JFSJ2; JHBZ; KNAC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 164 x 19. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231130240
- ISBN
- 9780231130240
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.67
€ 128.67
Hardback. In recent years, scholars in the fields of refugee studies and forced migration have extended their areas of research. In this book scholars address the strengths and limitations of their investigations, citing examples from their work with refugees from around the world. Editor(s): Ahearn, Frederick L., Jr. Series: Refugee & Forced Migration Studies. Num Pages: 251 pages, Tables, Figures. BIC Classification: JFFD; JFS; JHM; JMBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Number of pages
- 251
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571812049
- ISBN
- 9781571812049
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 157.19
€ 157.19
Paperback. Mixing stories from The Jeremy Kyle Show with moments from his own life, Britain's biggest daytime television star offers a straight-talking solution to the nation's problems. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: APT; BM; JFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KLN0014202
- ISBN
- 9780340980804
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. Editor(s): Parikka, Jussi. Series: Electronic Mediations. Num Pages: 256 pages, 6 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780816677665
- ISBN
- 9780816677665
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.90
€ 83.90
Hardback. Fourth in the series International Research in the Business Disciplines, the papers in this volume provide a survey of the nature and scope of entrepreneurship within ethnic groups. The contributors address the role of ethnic entrepreneurship in shaping the structure of modern economies. Editor(s): Stiles, Curt H.; Galbraith, Craig S. Series: International Research in the Business Disciplines. Num Pages: 360 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSL; KJH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762310333
- ISBN
- 9780762310333
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 202.10
€ 202.10
Paperback. Bookselling has evolved from an arena dominated by independent bookstores to one in which chain stores have significant market share. Yet unlike other retail industries, bookselling should be "above" questions of profit. This work investigates what drives this belief and how it is affected by the changing retail environment. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; KCCD; KNPR; KNTP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226525914
- ISBN
- 9780226525914
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 26.65
€ 33.99
€ 26.65
Hardcover. Experts of diverse disciplines join forces to analyse the new publication cultures in the humanities. Editor(s): Davidhazi, Peter. Num Pages: 212 pages, 0 black and white; 5 full color. BIC Classification: AB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Amsterdam University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789089645647
- ISBN
- 9789089645647
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.34
€ 112.34
paperback. Num Pages: 270 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, 26 black & white tables, 5 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: JFS; JHB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780415897983
- ISBN
- 9780415897983
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.33
€ 38.33
Paperback. Western thought traditionally divides the human being into a body-mind dualism; the first examines the physical body and the second focuses upon psychological and social aspects of aging. This book attempts to bridge this rift: reinserting the physical back into gerontology's study of aging. Editor(s): Faircloth, Christopher A. Num Pages: 225 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JFSP31; MFKH3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 225
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780759102361
- ISBN
- 9780759102361
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.28
€ 66.28
Paperback. The first anthology of primary material interdisciplinary study of the history of the South Asian presence in Britain over the period 1870-1950, it selects a wide range of official and non-official archival sources. and identifies four key areas of South Asian impact - minority rights, war, culture and reception, and representation. Editor(s): Ranasinha, Ruvani. Num Pages: 256 pages, 10 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBTB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 171 x 23. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719085147
- ISBN
- 9780719085147
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.92
€ 35.92
Paperback. Examines gender relations in East Germany from 1945 to the 1970s, focusing especially on the relationship between ordinary women, the Communist Party, and the state created by the Communists, the German Democratic Republic (GDR). Num Pages: 360 pages, 20 halftones. 24 tables. BIC Classification: HBJD; JFSJ1; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691059303
- ISBN
- 9780691059303
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 36.40
€ 50.99
€ 36.40
Paperback. Highlights the contributions of rebbetzins to the development of American Jewry. Tracing the careers of rebbetzins from the beginning of twentieth century onwards, this title chronicles the evolution of the role from a few individual rabbis' wives who emerged as leaders to a cohort who worked together on behalf of American Judaism. Num Pages: 312 pages, 21 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814740538
- ISBN
- 9780814740538
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.55
€ 33.99
€ 30.55
Hardback. Caught in the Crossfire presents a multi-faceted explanation of why people participate in something as dangerous and uncertain as a revolutionary movement. Num Pages: 328 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 166 x 23. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742525382
- ISBN
- 9780742525382
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 175.56
€ 175.56
Paperback. In this incisive history of the expanded city, Robert Bruegmann argues that urban sprawl is a positive and logical consequence of economic development and social mobility. Num Pages: 306 pages, 22 halftoens, 3 line drawings, 5 maps. BIC Classification: JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 229 x 17. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 306
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226076911
- ISBN
- 9780226076911
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 18.57
€ 21.99
€ 18.57
Paperback. In this unique collection, the social capital - relationships and networks - of children and young people, and in one case parents and teachers, is explored in a wide range of formal and informal settings. Editor(s): Allan, Julie; Catts, Ralph. Num Pages: 248 pages, figures. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JFSP2; JKSB1; JNF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 13. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847429278
- ISBN
- 9781847429278
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 35.91
€ 36.99
€ 35.91
Hardback. One of the developments in the popular culture of the past has been the popularization of elite tastes for mass audiences. This book is a collection of essays that explores this cultural formation across disciplines and media - from film, television, and interior design/material culture to publishing, music, and museum exhibition. Editor(s): Collins, Jim. Num Pages: 248 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631222101
- ISBN
- 9780631222101
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.66
€ 127.66
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFH1; MMZR; VFJK; VSPM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 137 x 19. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Hazelden
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781616495596
- ISBN
- 9781616495596
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.75
€ 15.75
Paperback. Num Pages: 372 pages. BIC Classification: DS; HBTZ1; JFC. Dimension: 212 x 149 x 26. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- ibidem-Verlag, Jessica Haunschild u Christian Schon Germany
- Number of pages
- 372
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783838205120
- ISBN
- 9783838205120
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 30.49
€ 42.99
€ 30.49
Paperback. Presents ethnographically informed portraits of young people facing rapid changes in society and politics from different parts of the world. This work provides insights into the active and creative ways these youths address social and political challenges such as war, hunger and homelessness. Editor(s): Jeffrey, Craig; Dyson, Jane. Num Pages: 232 pages, 15 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: JFSP1; RGC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592139316
- ISBN
- 9781592139316
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.74
€ 33.99
€ 30.74
Paperback. For decades India has been the scene of outbursts of religious violence, thrusting many ordinary Hindus and Muslims into bloody conflict. This work analyzes the psychological roots of Hindu-Muslim violence and examines the subjective experience of religious hatred in the author's native land. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HRAF; HRG; HRH; JFFE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 227 x 14. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226422855
- ISBN
- 9780226422855
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 23.94
€ 30.99
€ 23.94
Hardback. Capturing the complexities of working with abused children, Heineman explores the intrapsychic worlds of these youngsters and examines many of the paradoxes and complications encountered when treating them. Num Pages: 243 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFE1; JMAL; JMC; JMM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Guilford Publications United States
- Number of pages
- 243
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781572303751
- ISBN
- 9781572303751
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.97
€ 54.97
Hardback. A Place in History is a cultural study of Tel Aviv, Israel's population center and one of the original settlements, established in 1909. The book describes how a largely European Jewish immigrant society attempted to forge a home in the Mediterranean, and explores the difficulties and challenges of this endeavor. Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture. Num Pages: 336 pages, 4 figures, 66 illustrations, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1FBH; HBJF1; HBLW; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 549.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804750189
- ISBN
- 9780804750189
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 143.88
€ 143.88
Hardback. Presents a response to the prominent Methodist historian David Hempton's call to analyse women's experience within Methodism. This book deals with British Methodist women preachers over the nineteenth century, with emphasis on the Primitive Methodists and Bible Christians. Series Editor(s): Sharpe, Pamela; Summerfield, Penny; Abrams, Lynn; Beattie, Cordelia. Series: Gender in History. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJC; HRCC95; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 149 x 223 x 31. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719078859
- ISBN
- 9780719078859
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 151.26
€ 151.26