Modern period, c 1500 onwards
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Modern period, c 1500 onwards
Paperback. A study of the political and cultural ramifications of international sports competitions in the decades before World War II. Focusing on the United States, Nazi Germany, and the Soviet Union, it examines the transformation of events like the Olympic Games and the World Cup. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJG; HBTB; JPS; WSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674725706
- ISBN
- 9780674725706
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 32.10
€ 37.99
€ 32.10
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230105331
- ISBN
- 9780230105331
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Condition: New
€ 67.89
€ 67.89
Hardcover. The International Polar Years and the International Geophysical Year represented a remarkable international collaborative scientific effort that has been largely neglected by historians. This groundbreaking collection seeks to redress that neglect and illuminate critical aspects of the last 150 years of international scientific endeavour. Editor(s): Launius, Roger D.; Fleming, James Rodger; DeVorkin, David H. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology. Num Pages: 399 pages, 39 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1QMP; 3JH; 3JJ; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 164 x 24. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230105324
- ISBN
- 9780230105324
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.78
€ 68.78
Hardcover. Globalizing Ideal Beauty is the forgotten history of a group of women copywriters whose successful ad campaigns went international in the 1920s and spread an American notion of feminine appeal from Bangor to Bangkok. Sutton's approach is grounded in a huge body of original archival research that has so far remained largely untapped. Num Pages: 210 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJ; KJSA; KNSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230611740
- ISBN
- 9780230611740
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Condition: New
€ 127.52
€ 127.52
This volume aims to advance our understanding of beauty's role in modern consumer societies by bringing together fresh scholarship that addresses a common set of questions from a variety of disciplinary perspectives, including especially history, but also black studies, women's studies, German studies, sociology, and anthropology. Editor(s): Kuhne, Thomas. Series: Worlds of Consumption. Num Pages: 295 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBTB; JFFT; KNSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 170 x 22. Weight in Grams: 588.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 295
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137299703
- ISBN
- 9781137299703
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Condition: New
€ 150.64
€ 150.64
Paperback. A kaleidoscopic view of Afghanistan and the global networks of power, influence, and representation in which it is immersed Editor(s): Jalalzai, Zubeda; Jefferess, David. Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. Num Pages: 232 pages, 13 photographs. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 1KBB; 3JMC; HBJF; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822350149
- ISBN
- 9780822350149
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.56
€ 27.99
€ 26.56
Hardcover. This book offers an in-depth exploration of all dimensions of geoeconomics, including the internal and international forces which explain why most countries remain mired in poverty; the conflicts between the poor on the rich countries; and the global environmental crises threatening the future of humanity. Num Pages: 287 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JM; JFFS; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230107014
- ISBN
- 9780230107014
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Condition: New
€ 139.05
€ 139.05
Hardback. This book explores humanity's most persistent and tragic problem by answering some crucial questions including: How is military power created and asserted? What are weapons of mass destruction and what is the likelihood of them being used? What are the source, methods, and results of terrorism and counterterrorism? Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JM; JFFS; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 150 x 16. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 207
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230106994
- ISBN
- 9780230106994
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.54
€ 66.54
Hardback. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJ; AVGN; JFCA; JHBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 219 x 19. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137564498
- ISBN
- 9781137564498
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.63
€ 138.63
Hardback. Fear and terror have come to drive world politics, and the people who do the driving have shaped and used them to carry out their policies. As the world's political economy devolves into chaos, Globalization of American Fear Culture posits that violence and fear have become the new statecraft. Num Pages: 222 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; JFC; JFFS; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2090
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137570338
- ISBN
- 9781137570338
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Condition: New
€ 66.66
€ 66.66
Hardback. In this work, theoretical contributions to the globalization debate within international political economy are empirically evaluated, covering different geographical parts of the world (Central and Eastern Europe, Latin America, Malaysia and South Africa). Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 229 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JM; JFFS; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 148 x 225 x 18. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 229
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333987643
- ISBN
- 9780333987643
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Condition: New
€ 66.73
€ 66.73
Hardcover. Along with its painful economic costs, the financial crisis of 2008 raised concerns over the future of international policy making. This book includes contributions that consider the ways in which the global economic order might address the challenges of globalization that have arisen over the years and has intensified by the recent crisis. Editor(s): Feenstra, Robert C.; Taylor, Alan M. Series: National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report. Num Pages: 552 pages, 57 line drawings. BIC Classification: 3JM; JFFS; KCL; KCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 703.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 552
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226030753
- ISBN
- 9780226030753
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Condition: New
€ 121.20€ 100.64
€ 121.20
€ 100.64
Paperback. Outlines the steps necessary to engage the contemporary conflict between traditional religious belief and Western secularism. The author believes that the key objective is to build a community that is inclusive without denying the validity of particular commitments. He also criticizes secularists who fail to recognize the role of religion. Series: Leonard Hastings Schoff Lectures. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 3JMC; JFFS; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 181.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231139311
- ISBN
- 9780231139311
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.43
€ 30.99
€ 22.43
Hardcover. This book examines the Great Exhibition as a decisive moment in the formation of a capitalist world picture. In so doing it foregrounds a vision of peace and progress which took hold of British society, within the Crystal Palace and beyond. It emphasizes too that this Victorian understanding of global order legitimized imperial ambition. Series: Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture. Num Pages: 260 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; DSBF; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230520752
- ISBN
- 9780230520752
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.15
€ 67.15
Hardcover. This text examines the threats to security - physical, political and economic - of specific aspects of globalization and then explores the social responses to these threats. The contributors cover politics, the environment, conflict, finance, manufacturing, armaments, labour, and other factors. Editor(s): Harriss-White, Barbara. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JM; JFFS; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333963548
- ISBN
- 9780333963548
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.90
€ 66.90
Paperback. There is interest in globalization which is thought to be changing all economic, political, and cultural life. This book takes globalization and its opposite, fragmentation as the organizing themes for a grand retrospective of twentieth century international history and assesses how both have been shaped by the century's formative events. Num Pages: 232 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBG; HBLW; JPS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 159 x 15. Weight in Grams: 334.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- OUP Oxford Oxford
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198781660
- ISBN
- 9780198781660
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 87.72
€ 87.72
Paperback. In 1999, more than 50,000 protesters at the World Trade Organization meeting turned downtown Seattle into a war zone. Windows were smashed, stores were looted, and 500 were arrested. Num Pages: 166 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; HBT; JFFS; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 166
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842050159
- ISBN
- 9780842050159
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.10
€ 63.10
Hardback. In 1999, more than 50,000 protesters at the World Trade Organization meeting turned downtown Seattle into a war zone. Windows were smashed, stores were looted, and 500 were arrested. Num Pages: 166 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; HBT; JFFS; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 161 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 166
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842050142
- ISBN
- 9780842050142
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 168.00
€ 168.00
Paperback. A collection of essays that address the history of globalization. A look at the many possible origins of globalization and as well as its cultural background. The themes give prominence to China, South Asia, China, South Asia, Africa, the world of Islam, Europe and the United States. Editor(s): Hopkins, A. G. Num Pages: 288 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBG; HBLL; HBLW; JFFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780712677400
- ISBN
- 9780712677400
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.69
€ 23.99
€ 16.69
Paperback. How will global warming affect developing countries, which rely heavily on agriculture as a source of economic growth? This title asserts that developing countries have more at risk, such as their production capacity, than industrial countries as global warming worsens. It examines 2071-2100 to forecast the effects of global warming. Num Pages: 250 pages, Illustrations, col. maps. BIC Classification: 3JM; KCJ; KNAC; RNPG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 168 x 11. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The Peterson Institute for International Economics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780881324037
- ISBN
- 9780881324037
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.92
€ 24.99
€ 18.92
Hardback. Num Pages: 312 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJP; GTJ; JPF; JPSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 217 x 24. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319337104
- ISBN
- 9783319337104
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.97
€ 127.97
Paperback. Exploring the relationship between the growth of global media and Cold War tensions and resolutions Num Pages: 256 pages, 28 photographs. BIC Classification: 3JJPG; 3JJPK; HBTW; JFDT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252075698
- ISBN
- 9780252075698
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.67
€ 30.99
€ 27.67
Hardcover. Editor(s): Chilcott, Catherine M. Num Pages: 189 pages. BIC Classification: 3JM; JFFR; JFFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 261 x 181 x 18. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 189
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781624179204
- ISBN
- 9781624179204
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 231.69€ 158.44
€ 231.69
€ 158.44
Hardcover. This anthology aims to explain why some Nordic shipping companies became world leaders while others failed to respond effectively to the challenges and opportunities of globalization. The authors analyse political and institutional patterns alongside the various corporate responses to the many upheavals of global shipping. Editor(s): Tenold, Stig; Iversen, Martin Jes; Lange, Even. Num Pages: 251 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DN; 3JJP; 3JM; KNGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230294547
- ISBN
- 9780230294547
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.66
€ 127.66