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Devil That Danced on the Water(2003) FORNA, AMINATTAAn intimate and moving portrait of a family combined with an account of the events which swept through Africa in the post-independence period.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Uses of Literacy(2009) HOGGART, RICHARDWhen a society becomes more affluent, does it lose other values? Are the skills that education and literacy gave millions wasted on consuming pop culture? Do the media coerce us into a world of the superficial and the material - or can they be a force forVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
History of Mary Prince(2000) PRINCE, MARYMary Prince was a freed slave from Bermuda who achieved notoriety when she published her autobiography at a time when abolition debates were raging. This book details the ill-treatment she received by her various owners and her escape to England where sheVezava: Mehka12,61 € -
White by Law 10th Anniversary Edition(2006) LOPEZ, IAN HANEYTraces the reasoning employed by the courts in their efforts to justify the whiteness of some and the non-whiteness of others, and revealed the criteria that were used, often arbitrarily, to determine whiteness, and thus citizenship: skin color, facial feVezava: Mehka46,56 € -
Domination and the Arts of Resistance(1992) SCOTT, JAMES C.An examination and discussion of the public and the hidden discourses (transcripts) of those who wield power and of those who feign deference to it. Examples are drawn from literature, history and politics to illustrate the many guises the interaction ofVezava: Mehka32,30 € -
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Crusades(1999) HILLENBRAND, CAROLE (HONORARY PROFESSORIAL FELLOW, PROFESSOR EMERITA, UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH)This book discusses a group of themes designed to highlight how Muslims reacted to the alien presence of the Crusaders in the heart of traditional Muslim territory.Vezava: Mehka66,83 € -
Theory of the Leisure Class(2009) VEBLEN, THORSTEINVeblen's landmark study of affluent American society exposes the 'pecuniary culture' and 'conspicuous consumption' that results when unessential goods are exploited at the expense of production of true value. This new edition examines Veblen's still pertiVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
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Ishi in Two Worlds, 50th Anniversary Edition: A Biography of the Last Wild Indian in North America(2011) THEODORA KROEBERVezava: Mehka32,31 € -
Politics of Piety(2011) MAHMOOD, SABAProvides an analysis of Islamist cultural politics through the ethnography of a thriving, grassroots women's piety movement in the mosques of Cairo, Egypt.Vezava: Mehka48,47 € -











