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Paperback. An ethnographic study of indigenous opposition to processes of economic globalization, arguing that neoliberal economic reforms both provoked a crisis of governance and created the conditions for a disruptive indigenous movement in Ecuador Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. Num Pages: 312 pages, 28 b&w photos, 6 maps, 4 figures. BIC Classification: 1KLSE; JFSL9; JPW; KJVG; KNBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 146 x 23. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822332725
- ISBN
- 9780822332725
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.42
€ 31.99
€ 28.42
Paperback. Tells the history of US flight attendants, tracing the evolution of their glamorized image as ideal women and their activism as trade unionists and feminists. This book combines attention to political economy and technology of the airline industry with perceptive readings of popular culture, newspapers, industry publications, and worker accounts. Series: Radical Perspectives. Num Pages: 328 pages, 19 b&w photos. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSJ1; KNGV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822339465
- ISBN
- 9780822339465
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.42
€ 31.99
€ 28.42
Paperback. Argues that through tourist practices - acts of cultural consumption, routes and imaginary voyages to neighboring Arab countries, and culinary desires - Israeli citizens negotiate Israel's place in the contemporary Middle East. This work analyzes the meanings that Jewish and Palestinian citizens of Israel have attached to tourist cultures. Num Pages: 232 pages, 23 b&w photos, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1FBP; JHMC; KNSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 15. Weight in Grams: 345.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822342731
- ISBN
- 9780822342731
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.31
€ 27.99
€ 26.31
Paperback. With its archaeological sites, colonial architecture, pristine beaches, and alluring cities, Mexico has long been an attractive destination for travellers. This book takes a broad historical and geographical look at Mexico, covering a range of tourist destinations from Tijuana and Acapulco, and the development of tourism from the 1840s onwards. Editor(s): Berger, Dina; Wood, Andrew Grant. Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. Num Pages: 408 pages, 17 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; KNSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 604.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822345718
- ISBN
- 9780822345718
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
€ 32.99
€ 29.60
Paperback. In the 1940s chemists discovered that barbasco, a wild yam indigenous to Mexico, could be used to mass produce synthetic steroid hormones. This book features the story of how rural yam pickers, international pharmaceutical companies, and the Mexican state collaborated and collided over the barbasco. Num Pages: 352 pages, 26 illustrations, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; KNDP; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822346050
- ISBN
- 9780822346050
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Condition: New
€ 39.33
€ 39.33
Hardback. A history of book production and consumption in Japan showing how the Tokyo-based publishing industry manufactured the very concept of modern Japanese literature. Series: Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society. Num Pages: 336 pages, 6 photos, 11 tables, 3 maps, 8 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; KNTP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 162 x 26. Weight in Grams: 618.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822346609
- ISBN
- 9780822346609
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Condition: New
€ 123.83
€ 123.83
Paperback. A history of book production and consumption in Japan showing how the Tokyo-based publishing industry manufactured the very concept of modern Japanese literature. Series: Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society. Num Pages: 336 pages, 6 photos, 11 tables, 3 maps, 8 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; KNTP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 488.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822346722
- ISBN
- 9780822346722
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.48
€ 31.99
€ 28.48
Hardback. President Barack Obama's mother, S Ann Dunham, was an anthropologist who specialized in social and economic development in Indonesia. This book reflects Dunham's commitment to helping small-scale village industries survive; and her pragmatic, non-ideological approach to research and problem-solving. Editor(s): Dewey, Alice G.; Cooper, Nancy I. Series: A John Hope Franklin Center Book. Num Pages: 440 pages, 13 tables, 2 maps, 4 figures (tent.). BIC Classification: 1F; JHM; KND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 167 x 39. Weight in Grams: 902.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822346876
- ISBN
- 9780822346876
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Condition: New
€ 42.23
€ 42.23
Paperback. Ethnographic analyses of emerging bioscientific enterprises in Asia, including genetically modified foods in China, clinical trials in India, and stem-cell research in Singapore, South Korea, and Taiwan. Editor(s): Ong, Aihwa; Chen, Nancy N. Series: Experimental Futures. Num Pages: 335 pages, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; KNDC; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 335
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822348092
- ISBN
- 9780822348092
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
€ 32.99
€ 29.60
Hardback. Argues that maize biodiversity in central and southern Mexico is threatened as much by rural out-migration as by the flow of genes from genetically modified to local corn varieties. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 photo, 11 tables, 2 maps, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; KNAC; RNCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822349389
- ISBN
- 9780822349389
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Condition: New
€ 115.91
€ 115.91
Hardback. Chaia Heller follows one of France's largest farmers' unions as it joins with peasants internationally to contest the hegemony of genetically modified foods, free trade, and industrial agriculture. Series: New Ecologies for the Twenty-First Century. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; JPWD; KNAC; KNXB2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 25. Weight in Grams: 617.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822351184
- ISBN
- 9780822351184
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.33
€ 115.33
Hardback. Producing Bollywood is an in-depth ethnography of the Bombay-based Hindi film industry, more popularly known as Bollywood. Taking readers inside this hugely popular global industry, Tejaswini Ganti focuses on the social world and professional practices of well-known Hindi filmmakers. Num Pages: 440 pages, 28 photographs, 6 tables, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; KNTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 163 x 30. Weight in Grams: 744.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822352020
- ISBN
- 9780822352020
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.93
€ 127.93
Hardback. In Pipe Politics, Contested Waters, Lisa Bjorkman explores why water is chronically unavailable in Mumbai, India's economic and financial capital. She attributes water shortage to economic reforms that allowed urban development to ignore the water infrastructure, which means that in Mumbai, politics is often about water. Num Pages: 296 pages, 18 illustrations. BIC Classification: KNB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 545.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822359500
- ISBN
- 9780822359500
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 110.28
€ 110.28
Paperback. A complete history of the ferryboats which once operated across the Hudson River to Manhatten fron New Jersey and that were owned and operated by various railroad companies in conjunction with their commuter and long distance trains. This work also covers the Staten Island Ferry. Num Pages: 276 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; HBJK; KNGS; WG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5193 x 7128 x 17. Weight in Grams: 681.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780823219544
- ISBN
- 9780823219544
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 38.72
€ 43.99
€ 38.72
Hardback. Stories with no substance. Talking heads without a clue. Teamcoverage that still misses the big picture. Overheated hype. Cute chatter. Film at eleven. Is it any wonder more and more of us count less and less on the news?It used to be that a news story told you who, what, where, when, how, and why,Art Athens writes Series: Communication & Media Studies. Num Pages: 208 pages, photographs. BIC Classification: KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 477.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823223527
- ISBN
- 9780823223527
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.98
€ 75.98
Paperback. This collection brings together strategies for advancing media reform, prepared by 33 scholars and activists from around the world. Chapters consider how best to secure change in areas including media ownership, media literacy, net neutrality, community radio, online surveillance and public service broadcasting. Editor(s): Freedman, Des; Obar, Jonathan; Martens, Cheryl; McChesney, Robert W. Series: Donald McGannon Communication Research Center's Everett C. Parker Book Series. Num Pages: 360 pages, 6 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: DNJ; KJSM; KNTY; URD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 230 x 35. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823271658
- ISBN
- 9780823271658
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.61
€ 41.99
€ 37.61
Hardcover. Lagoons are characterized by an essential quality of uncertainty for use in resource management: these are physically vulnerable to various influences from not only the environment but also the adjacent marine and terrestrial areas. This book presents a variety of lessons learned from case studies from Asian countries (India, Japan and Thailand). Series Editor(s): Srinivas, Hari; Shaw, Rajib. Series: Community, Environment and Disaster Risk Management. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, maps, fig. BIC Classification: KNAF; RNFD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780857241634
- ISBN
- 9780857241634
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.90
€ 118.90
Hardcover. Includes research papers that examines various issues including the adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSASs), management accounting change in the context of public sector reforms, corporate reporting disclosures, auditing, etcetera. Editor(s): Uddin, Professor Shahzad; Tsamenyi, Prof. Mathew. Series Editor(s): Uddin, Professor Shahzad; Tsamenyi, Prof. Mathew. Series: Research in Accounting in Emerging Economies. Num Pages: 300 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QFG; KFC; KNST. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857244512
- ISBN
- 9780857244512
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.72
€ 135.72
Hardback. Provides a platform for knowledge exchange between different disciplines and for learning from both theory and practice in the context of tourism and climate change. This book examines subjects as diverse as: the European hotel sector; the North American cruise tourism industry; and, New Zealand youth hostels and campervans. Editor(s): Schott, Christian. Series Editor(s): Jafari, Jafar; Cai, Liping. Series: Bridging Tourism Theory and Practice. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: KNSG; RNPG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 154 x 33. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857246196
- ISBN
- 9780857246196
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 143.75
€ 143.75
Hardcover. Contains distinctive papers that explore important aspects of contemporary employment relationships, some on micro level in orientation, whereas others are more macro oriented. This title deals with topics such as: the dual alignment of industrial relations activity in terms of strategic choice and mutual gains; and, more. Editor(s): Lewin, David; Kaufman, Bruce E.; Gollan, Paul J. Series Editor(s): Lewin, David; Gollan, Paul J. Series: Advances in Industrial and Labor Relations. Num Pages: 261 pages, ill. BIC Classification: KJMV2; KNXB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 261
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780857249074
- ISBN
- 9780857249074
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.04
€ 133.04