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Human geography
Hardback. Once marginalized in the world economy, Africa today is a major global supplier of crucial raw materials like oil, uranium and coltan. China's part in this story has loomed particularly large in recent years, and the American military footprint on the continent has also expanded. Num Pages: 326 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; GTF; KCM; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 174 x 284 x 22. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509507078
- ISBN
- 9781509507078
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.51
€ 77.51
Paperback. Once marginalized in the world economy, Africa today is a major global supplier of crucial raw materials like oil, uranium and coltan. China's part in this story has loomed particularly large in recent years, and the American military footprint on the continent has also expanded. Num Pages: 326 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; GTF; KCM; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 195 x 26. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Publisher
- Polity Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509507085
- ISBN
- 9781509507085
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.73
€ 24.73
Paperback. This book follows the fascinating journey of personal names across the world, using maps and networks to identify alternative combinations of ethnic and geographic origins in contemporary population groups and neighbourhoods. Series: Advances in Spatial Science. Num Pages: 289 pages, 28 black & white illustrations, 27 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFFN; JHBD; KCP; RGC; RGCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014
- Number of pages
- 289
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783662514795
- ISBN
- 9783662514795
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 122.20
€ 122.20
Hardcover. Names, Ethnicity and Populations Series: Advances in Spatial Science. Num Pages: 269 pages, 28 black & white illustrations, 27 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFFN; JHBD; RGCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 240 x 21. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer
- Edition
- 2014th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642454127
- ISBN
- 9783642454127
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.59
€ 123.59
paperback. Editor(s): Wong, P. P. Series: Geojournal Library. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCN; RGC; RNK; TQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 13. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer/Sci-Tech/Trade Netherlands
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1993
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789401049177
- ISBN
- 9789401049177
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 123.80
€ 123.80
Hardback. Examines basic aspects and various methodologies of the coastal environment for tourism. This book covers a tolls and enclave tourism, island tourism, barrier coasts, and complex coastal environments. Editor(s): Wong, P. P. Series: Geojournal Library. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: RGC; RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792324041
- ISBN
- 9780792324041
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.33
€ 127.33
Hardback. This book investigates how women's power and caste cleavages often continue to transcend and crosscut the boundaries of caste/tribe, gender, age, class and religion in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh It examines the gendered divisions of labor in rural communities and how countervailing forces have restricted women's status and roles in South Asia. Series: Gender, Development and Social Change. Num Pages: 186 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FK; JFSJ1; JHMC; JPQB; RGCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 220 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 2014th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137320759
- ISBN
- 9781137320759
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.89
€ 63.89
Paperback. "[D]raws on a recent three year (2009-12) international and inter-disciplinary research program 'Home Space in the African City'"--Acknowledgements. Series: Africa Connects. Num Pages: 293 pages, 36 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JHMC; JPP; RGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 377.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 293
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349479146
- ISBN
- 9781349479146
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.63
€ 63.63
Paperback. This original book explores the importance of geographical processes for policies and professional practices related to childhood and youth. Contributors from a wide range of disciplinary backgrounds explore how concepts such as place, scale, mobility and boundary-making are important for policies and practices in diverse contexts. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JKSB1; RGC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 170 x 16. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847428455
- ISBN
- 9781847428455
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 37.94
€ 38.99
€ 37.94
Paperback. Takes us on a tour of the Western holiday world and shows how two centuries of 'learning to be a tourist' have shaped our own ways of vacationing. This title shows how fashions in destinations have changed through the years, with popular images teaching the tourist what to look for and how to experience it. Series: California Studies in Critical Human Geography. Num Pages: 334 pages, 33 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: HBT; JHM; KNSG; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 334
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520234642
- ISBN
- 9780520234642
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.68
€ 38.99
€ 28.68
Paperback. Series: Comparative Territorial Politics. Num Pages: 169 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA; RGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 215 x 14. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349434596
- ISBN
- 9781349434596
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.82
€ 62.82
paperback. Series: Quartiersforschung. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, black & white tables, bibliography. BIC Classification: JFS; JHBD; RGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 27. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Vs Verlag Fur Sozialwissenschaften Germany
- Edition
- 2010th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783531176505
- ISBN
- 9783531176505
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 88.43
€ 88.43
Paperback / so. Editor(s): Schnur, Olaf. Series: Quartiersforschung. Num Pages: 386 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, bibliography. BIC Classification: JFSG; RGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 22. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Vs Verlag Fur Sozialwissenschaften United States
- Edition
- 2
- Number of pages
- 386
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783531199627
- ISBN
- 9783531199627
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 81.60
€ 81.60
Hardback. Editor(s): Soderstrom, Ola; Ruedin, Didier; Randeria, Shalini; D'Amato, Gianni; Panese, Francesco. Num Pages: 240 pages, 15 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: JHB; RGC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 248 x 165 x 21. Weight in Grams: 614.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415828161
- ISBN
- 9780415828161
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.66€ 58.90
€ 69.66
€ 58.90
hardcover. Nigeria is a vast country with considerable wealth in natural resources. This book provides a detailed description of Nigeria's geology and mineral resources with the aim of promoting sustainable economic development of Nigeria's mineral and petroleum sectors. Series: Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences. Num Pages: 235 pages, 8 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PNV; RBGL; RGCM; RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Springer Germany
- Edition
- 2009th Edition
- Number of pages
- 235
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783540926849
- ISBN
- 9783540926849
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 186.26
€ 186.26
Metaphysical conceptions influence how human societies create the built environment. Mexico - with its rich culture, beautiful cities and evocative ruins - is an excellent place to study the interplay of influences on space and place. This book looks at the ideas and views that give the constructed spaces of Mexico their particular ambience. Editor(s): Quantrill, Malcolm William. Series: Studies in Architecture & Culture. Num Pages: 200 pages, 53 b&w photos, 6 illustrations, 61 maps, 32 figures, bib, index. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; AMC; HDD; RGC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 178 x 19. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Texas A & M University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781585445837
- ISBN
- 9781585445837
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 43.75
€ 51.99
€ 43.75
Paperback. Series: SpringerBriefs in Geography. Num Pages: 62 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; AMVD; RGC; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 157 x 7. Weight in Grams: 124.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 62
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319029276
- ISBN
- 9783319029276
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.57
€ 68.57
Paperback. This collection brings together diverse geographical work on the social construction of nature, looking at the concrete ways in which it is made and the political implications of its construction. International case studies to illustrate the contributors' theoretical positions. Editor(s): Castree, Noel; Braun, Bruce. Num Pages: 272 pages, 14. BIC Classification: JH; RGC; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631215684
- ISBN
- 9780631215684
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.13
€ 50.13
Paperback. This book investigates cosmopolitanism's emergence as a contemporary social process, global aspiration or emancipatory political project and asks whether it can serve as a political or methodological framework for action in a world of conflict and difference. Editor(s): Schiller, Nina Glick; Irving, Andrew. Num Pages: 264 pages, 8 illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMC; RGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785335068
- ISBN
- 9781785335068
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.79
€ 44.79
Hardcover. Whose Cosmopolitanism? examines cosmopolitanism's possibilities, aspirations and applications - as well as its tensions, contradictions, and discontents - from a range of different disciplinary perspectives. The book investigates cosmopolitanism's emergence as a contemporary social process, global aspiration or emancipatory political project.. Editor(s): Schiller, Nina Glick; Irving, Andrew. Num Pages: 268 pages, 8 illus. BIC Classification: JHMC; RGC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782384458
- ISBN
- 9781782384458
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 158.59
€ 158.59
Hardback. If they are to survive, cities need healthy chunks of the world's ecosystems to persist; yet cities, like parasites, grow and prosper by local destruction of these very ecosystems. This book helps you explore both the positive and the negative sides of the relationship between cities, the environment, and the future of global biodiversity. Num Pages: 288 pages, 76 b/w scattered photos. BIC Classification: RGC; RNC; RNU. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 151 x 24. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520270152
- ISBN
- 9780520270152
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.68
€ 38.99
€ 28.68
Hardcover. Palms and People in the Amazon Series: Geobotany Studies. Num Pages: 513 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, 330 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSBZ; RGC; RGM; TVR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 32. Weight in Grams: 912.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer
- Edition
- 2015th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319055084
- ISBN
- 9783319055084
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 189.00
€ 189.00
paperback. Series: Geobotany Studies. Num Pages: 513 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, 330 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PST; RGC; RGM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 783.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer Switzerland
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015
- Number of pages
- 513
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319357188
- ISBN
- 9783319357188
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 187.88
€ 187.88
Paperback. aeo An accessible introduction to social theory, both classical and contemporary. aeo Focuses on the concept of modernity, which is used as a lens to examine a wide range of theoretical literature. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBA; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 389.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745613147
- ISBN
- 9780745613147
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.65
€ 26.65