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Hardcover. The roaring history of the famed gossip columnist's grip on America's popular and political culture Series: American History and Culture Series. Num Pages: 304 pages, 10. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF; JFC; JPFM; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 548.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814728239
ISBN
9780814728239
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.95

Paperback. Tells the story of how Americans came to drink milk. This title lets us: learn how cow's milk, which was associated with bacteria and disease became a staple of the American diet, and encounter 19th century evangelists who were convinced that cow's milk was the perfect food with divine properties. Num Pages: 310 pages, 32 b&w illustrations, 12 pages of halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBT; KNAC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 446.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
310
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814719381
ISBN
9780814719381
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 33.63

Hardcover. Victoria Vantoch takes us on a fascinating journey into the golden era of air travel. The Jet Sex explores the much-mythologized stewardess within the context of the Cold War, globalization, and the emerging culture of glamour to reveal how beauty and sexuality were critical to national identity and international politics. Num Pages: 296 pages, 30 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; KNDV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 161 x 28. Weight in Grams: 614.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780812244816
ISBN
9780812244816
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 35.03

Hardback. This book examines one of the most important axes of the book trade in Enlightenment Europe: the circulation of French books between France and German-speaking Europe. The first detailed study of the Franco-German trade, it shows how book dealers mediated the transmission of literature across the frontiers of nation, language, and culture. Series: Material Texts. Num Pages: 392 pages, 21 illus. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; KNTP. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 163 x 30. Weight in Grams: 752.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812243895
ISBN
9780812243895
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.11

Paperback. Beyond Rust is among the first books of its kind to continue past the collapse of American manufacturing in the 1980s by exploring the diverse ways residents of an iconic industrial region sought places for themselves within a new economic order. Series: Politics & Culture in Modern America. Num Pages: 360 pages, 17 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; KCZ; KND; RPC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812223927
ISBN
9780812223927
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 35.80

Paperback. Drawing on previously unavailable archives, Paying the Toll describes the high-stakes struggles for control of the Golden Gate Bridge, and offers a rare inside look at the powerful and secretive agency that built a regional transportation empire with its toll revenue. Series: American Business, Politics, and Society. Num Pages: 296 pages, 29 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; JPP; JPR; KNGR. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780812222784
ISBN
9780812222784
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 35.80

Paperback. The Business of Tourism transports readers from the foundations of mass leisure travel in 1860s Egypt to contemporary religious sight-seeing in Branson, Missouri; from the Stalinist Soviet Union to post-Soviet Cuba. This collection of ten essays explores the enterprises, institutions, and technologies of tourist activity. Editor(s): Scranton, Philip; Davidson, Janet F. Series: Hagley Perspectives on Business & Culture S. Num Pages: 304 pages, 18 illus. BIC Classification: KNSG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 484.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780812219654
ISBN
9780812219654
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.41

Paperback. Series: Personal Takes. Num Pages: 248 pages, 14 illus. BIC Classification: HBTB; KCZ; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 364.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780812219265
ISBN
9780812219265
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.45

Hardback. Drawing on extensive interviews and archival sources, Growing Markets, Cultivating Change tells a new story about the organic foods sector. Michael A. Haedicke shows how the development of this market was spurred on by attempts to reconcile diverging goals of expansion and social transformation. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JHB; KJC; KNDF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 481.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804795906
ISBN
9780804795906
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 85.54

Hardback. This book shows how a "technology paradigm" can explain the timing of new industry formation. It describes the circumstances that enable low-end innovations to emerge and become "disruptive innovations." The approach set forth provides reader with a new toolkit for analyzing industry creation and technological change. Series: Innovation & Technology in the World Economy. Num Pages: 264 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: KN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804783859
ISBN
9780804783859
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.26

Paperback. This book examines how gender enables the globalization of markets and how emerging forms of service labor are changing women's social status in China. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFSJ1; JHBL; KNS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 458. Weight in Grams: 455.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804776493
ISBN
9780804776493
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 29.10

Hardback. This book examines how gender enables the globalization of markets and how emerging forms of service labor are changing women's social status in China. Num Pages: 232 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFSJ1; JHBL; KNS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 585. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804776486
ISBN
9780804776486
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.75

Hardback. This book is the first to explore industry evolution using a historical and genealogical approach. The authors' analysis departs from traditional studies and draws attention to the dynamics of evolution, while relating the effects of parent company conditions to their corporate progeny and imprinting potential. Series: Innovation & Technology in the World Economy. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: KJC; KNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 23. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804772709
ISBN
9780804772709
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.15

Hardback. Brazil's Steel City presents a social history of the National Steel Company (CSN), Brazil's foremost state-owned company and largest industrial enterprise in the mid-twentieth century. Num Pages: 352 pages, 12 tables, 5 figures, 20 illustrations, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLS; 3JJ; HBJK; KNXB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 606.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804771689
ISBN
9780804771689
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 85.54

Hardback. This book explores the surprising failure of Chinese telecommunications policy to maintain an orderly market in the face of business and technological innovation, including the Internet, and suggests that a more pluralistic decision-making process, which includes the views of businesses and consumers, would actually strengthen the state's power. Num Pages: 208 pages, 4 tables, 24 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JPQB; KNTT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804759625
ISBN
9780804759625
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.57

Paperback. Over the years, changes in technology have generated an extraordinary array of new ways in which music and movies can be produced and distributed. This book states that, sadly, we have failed thus far to avail ourselves of these opportunities. It chronicles how we got into this mess and presents three alternative proposals on how to get out of it. Num Pages: 352 pages, 8 tables, 12 figures. BIC Classification: JFCA; KNT; LNCB; UBJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 184 x 19. Weight in Grams: 630.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804758451
ISBN
9780804758451
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.08

Paperback. In a surprising look at the hidden world of broccoli, this richly drawn ethnography traces the global commodity chain between U.S. consumer and Maya farmer, examining the connections between desire and material production. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1 table, 1 figure, 2 illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCG; JFFT; KNAC; MBNH3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 13. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804754842
ISBN
9780804754842
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.65

Hardback. Examination of U.S.-Saudi relations, the development of the oil frontier, and the enduring legacy of racial segregation at the Aramco camps. Series: Stanford Studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic Societies and Cultures. Num Pages: 392 pages, 7 illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FBXS; 1KBB; JPS; KNBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 29. Weight in Grams: 649.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804754460
ISBN
9780804754460
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.37

Paperback. This book is about the causes and major consequences of the rise of Asia in the IT industry. It focuses on six regions/countries: Japan, especially Fukuoka in the South; Teheran Valley in Seoul; Zhongguancun Science Park in Beijing; Hsinchu Science-based Park in Taiwan; Singapore; and Bangalore in India. Editor(s): Rowen, Henry S.; Hancock, Marguerite; Miller, William F. Num Pages: 408 pages, 53 tables, 7 figures. BIC Classification: 1F; KNTX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 546.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804753869
ISBN
9780804753869
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 24.10

Paperback. This book explains why Asia leads the broadband revolution while the United States and Europe struggle to keep up. Editor(s): Fransman, Martin. Series: Innovation & Technology in the World Economy. Num Pages: 300 pages, 4 tables, 33 figures. BIC Classification: 1D; 1F; 1KBB; KNTX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 395.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804753067
ISBN
9780804753067
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.39

Paperback. This is the first complete story, long hidden by the Soviet Union, of the attack by government forces on striking workers in 1962, resulting in 21 dead and hundreds of others wounded or imprisoned. Only with the advent of glasnost in the 1980s did the tight lid of secrecy placed on the entire episode by the Soviets begin slowly to lift. Num Pages: 264 pages, 32 illustrations, 3 maps, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJPK; HBJD; HBLW3; KNXB2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804752312
ISBN
9780804752312
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 33.45

Paperback. This is a study of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California and its unsung roles in this semi-desert region's improbable growth, in resolving water conflicts, and in devising pioneering formulas to meet 21st-century water challenges. Num Pages: 384 pages, 4 tables, 16 figures, 12 illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; KNBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780804751407
ISBN
9780804751407
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.45

Paperback. Confronts head-on the myth that organizational giantism leads to economic efficiency and well-being in the modern age. On the contrary, this book demonstrates how bigness undermines our economic productivity and progress, endangers our democratic freedoms, and exacerbates our economic problems and challenges. Num Pages: 400 pages, 8 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHC; KCF; KJV; KN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 24. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804749695
ISBN
9780804749695
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 38.14

Hardback. This book examines the changes taking place in literary writing and publishing in contemporary China under the influence of the emerging market economy. It focuses on the revival of literary best sellers in the Chinese book market and the establishment of a best-seller production machine. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; KNTP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804749398
ISBN
9780804749398
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 157.66

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