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Interdisciplinary studies

Hardback. Translator(s): Kuster, Ted. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLC; GTF; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Monthly Review Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780853459033
ISBN
9780853459033
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.50

Hardback. Analyzes texts and art objects from the 15th to the late 16th centuries to show that Renaissance theories of emulating classical heroes generated a deep skepticism about representation, as these theories forced men to construct a public image that seemed fixed but could adapt to changing circumstances. Num Pages: 372 pages, 24 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; ACND; DSBD; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 147 x 25. Weight in Grams: 636.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
372
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823251742
ISBN
9780823251742
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.60

Hardback. Focusing on the body as a site of rupture and signification, this book shifts the paradigm for the study of modernity in the Arab context from questions of representation, translation, and cultural exchange to an engagement with a genealogy of symptoms and affects embodied in texts from the nineteenth-century onward. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 2CSR; DSB; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 464.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823251711
ISBN
9780823251711
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 85.23

Hardback. This ethnographic account invites readers to consider a fascinating case of globalized labor -- a Korean-owned and managed factory in China, operated by Chinese laborers, where the clash of cultures, traditions, and classes threatens both productivity and peace on the factory floor. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPK; GTF; JFFS; JHBL; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804784542
ISBN
9780804784542
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.22

Hardback. This book examines Chinese culture under the condition of postsocialist modernity, in which market reforms have fundamentally altered the fields of film, literature, and cultural debate. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 table, 11 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; DSBH; GTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 585. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804758741
ISBN
9780804758741
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 139.86

hardcover. This book offers the nature and evolution of Japan's most ambitious postwar foreign policy, the Japanese challenge to the U.S.-led neoliberal world order in the politics of economic development. Num Pages: 304 pages, 8 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; GTB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 661. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804758123
ISBN
9780804758123
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.27

Hardback. Eddy U offers a new interpretation of socialism and its failure in the last century. Taking on the conventional view that socialist China and other Soviet-type societies represented the domination of bureaucracy, he argues that these societies were not bureaucratic enough. Num Pages: 296 pages, 11 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTB; JPFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 585. Weight in Grams: 531.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804756891
ISBN
9780804756891
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.31

Hardback. Argues that Southern California is an economic model for the United States and the world. This book examines numerous pillars of the region's growth, including dynamic entrepreneurship; the rapid growth of international trade; the harnessing and development of new technologies; and the evolution of the entertainment industry. Num Pages: 216 pages, 1 table, 5 figures, 9 illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; GTB; KCG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804756259
ISBN
9780804756259
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 33.88

Paperback. This collection of essays focuses on development in India to explore the emergence of "regional modernities" in ways that are distinct from a so-called global modernity and its myriad local variations. Individual essays present case studies of development across India. Editor(s): Sivaramakrishnan, K.; Agrawal, Arun. Num Pages: 472 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; GTF; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 26. Weight in Grams: 535.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
472
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804744157
ISBN
9780804744157
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.62

Paperback. Shows how Western governments are trapping the developing world in a cycle of violence and poverty. Num Pages: 248 pages, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1QFG; 1QFH; GTJ; JPSL; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 214 x 136 x 15. Weight in Grams: 344.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745332246
ISBN
9780745332246
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 28.78

Paperback. Since its early beginnings peace and conflict research has focused on causes of phenomena such as civil war, terrorism, and state failure. The author merges this approach with a peace causes perspective and asks why civil war happened in Peru (1980-1995) though not in Bolivia, Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSL; 1KLSR; GTJ; JPB; JPWS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 147. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Verlag Barbara Budrich
Condition
New
SKU
V9783863887360
ISBN
9783863887360
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 41.16

Paperback. Num Pages: 418 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: GTC; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 141 x 26. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Daimon Verlag Switzerland
Number of pages
418
Condition
New
SKU
V9783856306205
ISBN
9783856306205
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 35.35

Paperback. Argues that a first step towards an increasingly sympathetic awareness and understanding of others, their cultures and religions, can be aided by examining and challenging entrenched social claims and values. Author from University of South Australia. Num Pages: 286 pages. BIC Classification: GTC; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
ATF Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781920691882
ISBN
9781920691882
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 23.50

Paperback. Editor(s): Mills, James H. Series: Anthem South Asian Studies. Num Pages: 242 pages, 8+ halftone photographs. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB; WS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 442. Series: Anthem South Asian Studies. 242 pages, 8+ halftone photographs. Editor(s): Mills, James H. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB; WS. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 16. Weight: 442.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Anthem Press
Edition
First Edition, First
Number of pages
242
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843311683
ISBN
9781843311683
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.61

In Belongings, Sally Miller illustrates how food and farm crises result from adherence to the rules of private property. BIC Classification: 1KBC; GTB; JFCV; JPQB; RP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 13. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Fernwood Publishing Co Ltd Canada
Condition
New
SKU
V9781552668528
ISBN
9781552668528
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.67

Paperback. Num Pages: 173 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CBX; CFB; CFGR; GTC; JFSJ; KJSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
173
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349300013
ISBN
9781349300013
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.29

Paperback. Told from the perspective of its former Foreign minister, this is a uniquely candid account of Chechnya's struggle for independence and its two wars against Russia which will revise our understanding of the conflict and explain how it continues. Features new insights, intimate portraits of key personalities and a foreword by Zbigniew Brzezinski. Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTJ; HBJ; HBL; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
271
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349289745
ISBN
9781349289745
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.36

Hardcover. Provides original insight into the co-construction of technology and subjectivity as well as the multiple forces that shape contemporary China Series: Critical Cultural Communication. Num Pages: 277 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTB; GTC; JFSJ1; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814795262
ISBN
9780814795262
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.45

hardcover. This book is about the migrations for family reunion that have taken place in post-1997 Hong Kong between mothers and children living in mainland China and their long-absent husbands and fathers, residents of Hong Kong. Num Pages: 312 pages, 10 illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 661. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804758130
ISBN
9780804758130
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.51

hardcover. This book investigates the origins and mechanics of recent Chinese migration, focusing on the work and life of Fujianese migrants in the United Kingdom, Hungary, and Italy, and exploring the many transnational spaces that connect Fujianese across Europe, the United States, and China. Num Pages: 272 pages, 7 illustrations, 3 maps, references, index. BIC Classification: 1D; 1F; 3JJPR; 3JM; GTB; JFFN; JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804749947
ISBN
9780804749947
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.47

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