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Hardback. Translator(s): Fenkl, Heinz Insu. Num Pages: 144 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GDC; 3JJP; DCF; HPDF; HREZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 178 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231179904
- ISBN
- 9780231179904
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.32€ 63.03
€ 82.32
€ 63.03
Hardback. Series: Modernist Latitudes. Num Pages: 440 pages, 95 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1QFH; 3JH; 3JJ; ACBP; ACV; DSB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231175746
- ISBN
- 9780231175746
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.61€ 88.69
€ 117.61
€ 88.69
Hardback. Selections from the author's column Movie journal published in the Village voice. Series: Film and Culture Series. Num Pages: 496 pages, 12 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; APF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231175562
- ISBN
- 9780231175562
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.79€ 75.00
€ 98.79
€ 75.00
Hardback. Series: Film and Culture Series. Num Pages: 424 pages, 10 b&w illustrations and 70 tables and graphs. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; 3JM; APF; KNTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231170666
- ISBN
- 9780231170666
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.61€ 88.69
€ 117.61
€ 88.69
Hardback. Series: Film and Culture Series. Num Pages: 472 pages, 120 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; APFN; JKVP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1383.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 472
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231161060
- ISBN
- 9780231161060
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.05
€ 46.99
€ 33.05
paperback. Editor(s): Roberts, Sam. Num Pages: 256 pages, 150 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 15. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2022
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780231152617
- ISBN
- 9780231152617
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.54
€ 33.99
€ 24.54
Hardback. Born in 1941, Tubten Khetsun is a nephew of the Gyatso Tashi Khendrung, one of the senior government officials taken prisoner after the Tibetan peoples' uprising of March 10, 1959. This autobiography talks of his prison experiences as well as the state of civil society following his release. Translator(s): Akester, Matthew. Num Pages: 344 pages, 16 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; 3JJP; BGHA; HBJF; HBLW3; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780231142861
- ISBN
- 9780231142861
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.49€ 78.42
€ 103.49
€ 78.42
Paperback. This work offers a testament to the writers who spoke for a generation of gay men in the time between the Stonewall Riots and AIDS. Series: Between Men - Between Women: Lesbian & Gay Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; 5SG; DSBH; DSK; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 161 x 19. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231130516
- ISBN
- 9780231130516
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.02
€ 40.99
€ 29.02
Hardback. The author of the acclaimed Gay Fiction Speaks brings us new interviews with twelve prominent gay writers who have emerged in the last decade. Hear Us Out demonstrates how in recent decades the canon of gay fiction has developed, diversified, and expanded its audience into the mainstream. Series: Between Men - Between Women: Lesbian & Gay Studies. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; 3JM; DSBH; DSK; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 164 x 25. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231128667
- ISBN
- 9780231128667
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.49€ 78.42
€ 103.49
€ 78.42
Paperback. That strategy reflected an American commitment to the spread of democracy and Western values, the importance attached to modernizing Washington's key alliances for an increasingly globalized world, and the fact that the Clinton Administration looked to Europe as America's natural partner. Series: A Council on Foreign Relations Book. Num Pages: 415 pages, 16 photos. BIC Classification: 1QFN; 3JJP; JPS; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 167 x 23. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 415
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780231127776
- ISBN
- 9780231127776
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 30.62
€ 42.99
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Hardback. This book examines major sports, both professional and intercollegiate, from baseball, football, and basketball to golf, tennis, stock car racing, and extreme sports, to explain how sports became a multibillion-dollar industry as well as a major influence on and reflection of American society. Jay also shows how sports have helped shape racial, gender, national, and class identities. Series: Columbia Histories of Modern American Life. Num Pages: 304 pages, 25 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; HBT; WS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 166 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780231125345
- ISBN
- 9780231125345
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.96€ 75.40
€ 99.96
€ 75.40
Paperback. Grand, sensational, and exotic, Art Deco design was above all modern, exemplifying the majesty and boundless potential of an industrialized world. This title documents the ubiquity of Art Deco in mainstream consumerism and its connection to the emergence of the "New Woman" in American society. Series: Film and Culture Series. Num Pages: 352 pages, 80 halftones, 12 color photos. BIC Classification: 3JJG; APFA; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 272 x 216 x 19. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780231125017
- ISBN
- 9780231125017
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 32.90
€ 46.99
€ 32.90
Paperback. This book examines Japan's postwar consumer protection movement, which, organized largely by housewives, led to the passage of basic consumer protection legislation in 1968. Macmillan points to the importance of activity at the local level, the role of minority parties, the limited utility of the courts, and the place of lawyers and academics in providing access to power. Num Pages: 270 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJP; GTB; JFFT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231123471
- ISBN
- 9780231123471
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.96
€ 36.99
€ 26.96
Paperback. An overview of human rights concepts and laws for social workers that stresses the need to infuse human rights into social work policy and practice. The volume covers the history and development of human rights from the passage of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948 onwards. Num Pages: 304 pages, six figures. BIC Classification: 3JJP; JKSN; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231123099
- ISBN
- 9780231123099
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 32.93
€ 46.99
€ 32.93
Paperback. Explores how the family stories entered the popular imagination and shaped collective dreams in the postwar years and into the 1950s. This book also provides access to a vibrant conversation among white and black Americans about the boundaries between public life and family matters, and the meanings of race and ethnicity. Series: Popular Cultures, Everyday Lives. Num Pages: 464 pages, 32 photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 181 x 25. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780231121712
- ISBN
- 9780231121712
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.82
€ 40.99
€ 28.82
Paperback. American progressives - those middle-class citizens who support fundamental change in American life - have always presented a mystery. This work investigates the lives of such reformers as Charles and Mary Beard and Wesley Clair, to investigate their influences and inspiration. Series: Columbia Studies in Contemporary American History. Num Pages: 322 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBTB; JHBK; JPA; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 322
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231121477
- ISBN
- 9780231121477
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 30.53
€ 42.99
€ 30.53
Paperback. Explores the debates and rhetoric surrounding home-based workers that have taken place in global movements and multilateral organizations since the early 1900s. This title describes the rules that have separated home and work and, in the process, created a diverse array of distinctly gendered identities. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; JFSJ; JHBL; JPS; KCF; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press New York
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231115612
- ISBN
- 9780231115612
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.91
€ 40.99
€ 28.91
Hardback. Surveys the relationships of workers and trade unions to the state in Egypt, bringing to light the often overlooked effect of workers' collective actions in shaping public policy. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 3JJP; HBJH; HBLW3; HBTB; JHBL; JPQB; KNXB2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231106924
- ISBN
- 9780231106924
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.61€ 88.13
€ 117.61
€ 88.13
Hardback. This study examines claims that vulnerability existed in Western economic relations with the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe from 1970-1990, describing historical evidence that refutes these assumptions and highlights the weaknesses in their arguments. Num Pages: 283 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 3JJPL; 3JJPN; JPS; KCLT; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 154. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 283
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231082969
- ISBN
- 9780231082969
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.61€ 88.27
€ 117.61
€ 88.27
Hardback. This study explores how magazines became the first mass medium in the USA and how they expressed a new American culture built on dreams of a better future. The author argues that the birth of the popular magazine at the turn of the 20th century laid the foundations of the modern consumer culture. Num Pages: 357 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JFC; JFD; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 28. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 357
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231082907
- ISBN
- 9780231082907
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.92€ 56.19
€ 72.92
€ 56.19
Paperback. Sets socialism within its historical context from pre-revolutionary France to the present. The authors contend that socialism came into being at the end of the 18th century as a response to the Industrial Revolution and as an attempt to change the consciousness and organization of society. Editor(s): Fried, Albert; Sanders, Ronald. Series: A Morningside Book S. Num Pages: 619 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; JFCX; JPFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 32. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- revised edition
- Number of pages
- 619
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231082655
- ISBN
- 9780231082655
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 35.62
€ 49.99
€ 35.62
Paperback. Challenging the views of human rights activists, Stoll argues that the Ixils who supported Guatemalan rebels in the early 1980's did so because they were caught in the crossfire between the guerillas and the army, not because revolutionary violence expressed community aspirations. Num Pages: 383 pages, 25 photos. BIC Classification: 1KLCG; 3JJPN; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTV; JFSL; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 383
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231081832
- ISBN
- 9780231081832
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 30.35
€ 42.99
€ 30.35
Paperback. The first book to recount the full story of U.S. covert operations in Laos during the Vietnam war. Based on newly declassified materials and interviews with dozens of key American and Lao officials, it examines the structure of the U.S. "secret war" in Laos and the long-term consequences associated with it. Num Pages: 210 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FML; 1KBB; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; HBJF; HBJK; HBLW3; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 317.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231079778
- ISBN
- 9780231079778
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 27.19
€ 36.99
€ 27.19
Paperback. Documenting four painful years in the life of German writer Christa Wolf, this volume of essays, letters and diary entries portrays the cultural and political situation in the former German Democratic Republic. An admired writer, Wolf was reviled after the publication of her novel "What Remains". Editor(s): Heurck, Jan Van. Translator(s): Heurck, Jan Van; Heurck, J.V. Num Pages: 324 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJPR; BG; DNF; HBG; HBJD; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 213 x 136 x 18. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press Chicago
- Number of pages
- 324
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226905037
- ISBN
- 9780226905037
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.27
€ 34.99
€ 27.27