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Hardback. Contains arguments for the two-sided position that: Al will continue to produce machines with greater and greater capacity to pass stronger and stronger versions of the Turing Test; but that the 'Person Building Project' (the attempt by cognitive engineers to build a machine which is a person) will inevitably fail. Series: Studies in Cognitive Systems. Num Pages: 381 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTB; JFC; UYQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 762.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
381
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792316626
ISBN
9780792316626
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 248.52

Paperback. Num Pages: 290 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1H; GTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Edition
First edition
Number of pages
290
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816632787
ISBN
9780816632787
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.40

Paperback. Where did American literature start? The familiar story of Emerson and Thoreau has them setting up shop in Concord, Massachusetts, and determining the course of American writing. This title overhauls this story of origins as it shifts the context for these literary giants from the civilized East to the wide-open spaces of the Louisiana Purchase. Num Pages: 213 pages, 13 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1K; 2ABM; DSB; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 45.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of California Press California
Number of pages
213
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520231856
ISBN
9780520231856
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.81

Paperback. The first collection of its kind in scope and ambition, this volume brings together the most prominent western writers of the current generation to create new visions of the American West--"the West that is still becoming" Editor(s): Stegner, Lynn; Rowland, Russell. Num Pages: 418 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; DSBH; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 814. Weight in Grams: 766.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
418
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292726864
ISBN
9780292726864
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 42.86

Paperback. Testimonies of slavery and the slave trade Num Pages: 300 pages, 9 b&w illus., 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1H; 1HFD; C; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 149 x 24. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253222947
ISBN
9780253222947
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.40

Paperback. Looks at a range of commercial objects and phenomenon, from television and toys to comic books and magazines. The author looks at the often unspoken assumptions about class, nation, ethnicity, race, and sexual orientation that underscored both media images (like those of 1960s space missions) and social policies of the mass-produced suburb. Series: Console-ing Passions. Num Pages: 440 pages, 37 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1K; 3JJP; GTB; JFC; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 694.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822326960
ISBN
9780822326960
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.61

Paperback. An interpretive history of the way competing ideas of reproduction as a biological and sexual process became central to the organization of knowledge about the flow of capital, labor power, human bodies, and babies both within nations and across national borders Series: Next Wave: New Directions in Women's Studies. Num Pages: 368 pages, 3 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1K; GTB; JFFK; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3734 x 22. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822333159
ISBN
9780822333159
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Series: Globalization. Num Pages: 424 pages, 18 black & white illustrations, 9 tables. BIC Classification: GTB; JPQB; RNFD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 165 x 237 x 30. Weight in Grams: 720.
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442221390
ISBN
9781442221390
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 98.33

Paperback. An eloquent ethnographic account of the beliefs and experiences of young, middle-class, urban Iranians who have grown up in the period since Iran's 1979 Islamic revolution Num Pages: 304 pages, 24 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1FB; GTB; JFC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 144 x 19. Weight in Grams: 376.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822337218
ISBN
9780822337218
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.70

Paperback. Race and racial thinking on the Swahili coast Num Pages: 414 pages, 15 b&w illus., 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1H; 1HFG; GTB; HBG; HBLW3; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 218 x 28. Weight in Grams: 566.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
414
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253222800
ISBN
9780253222800
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.67

Paperback. Explores the public role of the intellectual in times of national crisis. This book compares American responses to the Vietnam War and French responses to the Algerian War, finding many similarities in the way intellectuals voiced their outrage at the policies of their governments. Num Pages: 260 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1FB; GTB; HBJK; HBWS2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3429 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803293434
ISBN
9780803293434
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.92

Paperback. Tracing the course of conflicts throughout Asia, this work explores systematically the nexus of war and state terrorism. Challenging states' definitions of terrorism, it focuses especially on the nature of Japanese and American wars and crimes of war. Editor(s): Selden, Mark; So, Alvin Y. Series: War and Peace Library. Num Pages: 304 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; 3JJ; GTB; JPS; JPWL; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 150 x 16. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742523913
ISBN
9780742523913
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.56

Hardback. Tracing the course of conflicts throughout Asia, this work explores systematically the nexus of war and state terrorism. Challenging states' definitions of terrorism, it focuses especially on the nature of Japanese and American wars and crimes of war. Editor(s): Selden, Mark; So, Alvin Y. Series: War and Peace Library. Num Pages: 304 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; 3JJ; GTB; JPS; JPWL; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 22. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742523906
ISBN
9780742523906
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 189.48

Paperback. Examines the historical processes that transformed Ottoman Algiers, the 'Bulwark of Islam', into 'Alger la blanche', the colonial urban showpiece - and, after the outbreak of revolution in 1954 - counter-model of France's global empire. This title offers a look at the social use of urban space in a North African city. Editor(s): Celik, Zeynep; Clancy-Smith, Julia; Terpak, Frances. Num Pages: 288 pages, 90 color illus. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HB; AC; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 255 x 177 x 16. Weight in Grams: 788.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780295988689
ISBN
9780295988689
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 38.41

Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1K; GTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 158 x 229 x 20. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816636730
ISBN
9780816636730
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.40

Hardback. As new nations emerge in the Pacific Islands region, political change is everywhere marked by efforts to reconceptualize identities, histories, and futures. This volume brings together a diverse range of analysis and commentary that aim to challenge simplistic paradigms of "area study". Series: Pacific Formations: Global Relations in Asian & Pacific Perspectives. Num Pages: 456 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1M; 1QSP; GTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 160 x 30. Weight in Grams: 705.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
456
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742500440
ISBN
9780742500440
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 210.32

Paperback. This is a critical engagement with the issues, problems, and meanings of contemporary Chinese intellectual thought. The contributors explore concerns over the role of the intellectual and the outcomes of knowledge production in the humanities and offer a range of conflicting perspectives. Editor(s): Davies, Gloria. Series: Asian Voices. Num Pages: 288 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTB; JFCX; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 148 x 16. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742509344
ISBN
9780742509344
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 70.91

Hardback. This is a critical engagement with the issues, problems, and meanings of contemporary Chinese intellectual thought. The contributors explore concerns over the role of the intellectual and the outcomes of knowledge production in the humanities and offer a range of conflicting perspectives. Series: Asian Voices. Num Pages: 288 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTB; JFCX; JHBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742509337
ISBN
9780742509337
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 188.25

Hardback. .
Publisher
Lexington Books United States
Number of pages
200
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780739138519
ISBN
9780739138519
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 89.13
€ 14.98

Hardback. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, this volume offers an overview of the role of writers, intellectuals, citizens, and the churches both before, but particularly after, 1989 in the GDR and the new Germany. Friedrich Schorlemmer provides the focal point, giving the book its coherence. Editor(s): Rock, David. Series: Culture and Society in Germany. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFGE; GTB; JFC; JHM; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 147 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571819598
ISBN
9781571819598
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.60

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