Social issues & processes
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Social issues & processes
Paperback. This book focuses on how the transformation of the food habits of Chinese children-involving snack foods, soft drinks, and fast foods from such Western outlets as McDonald's and Kentucky Fried Chicken-has changed the intimate relationship of childhood, parenthood, and family life. Editor(s): Jing, Jun. Num Pages: 296 pages, 7 line diagrams 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFF; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 18. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804731348
- ISBN
- 9780804731348
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.17
€ 29.99
€ 27.17
Paperback. Ethnographic research in Pakistan, the Middle East, and the United States helps to explain how transnational working classes from Pakistan are produced in the context of American empire and its War on Terror. Num Pages: 240 pages, 9 photographs. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFFN; JFSL; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822349112
- ISBN
- 9780822349112
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Condition: New
€ 28.06
€ 28.06
Hardcover. Contains an assessment of the women's movement in Ireland. This book tells the story of one woman's search for personal fulfillment. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 165 x 29. Weight in Grams: 604 Biography..June Levine. 271pp
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Attic Press Dublin
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781855942110
- ISBN
- 9781855942110
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.00
€ 25.00
Paperback. Arguing that the world did not turn 'global' overnight, this book traces the emergence of globalization. It demonstrates how globalization in the mid-twentieth century opened up the prospect of global destruction though nuclear war and ecological catastrophe. Translator(s): Geyer, Dona. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: JFFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691133959
- ISBN
- 9780691133959
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.38
€ 33.99
€ 24.38
Paperback. Series: Posthumanities. Num Pages: 320 pages, 11 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: JFD; JFFZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 141 x 19. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816667406
- ISBN
- 9780816667406
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.33
€ 29.99
€ 27.33
Hardcover. This timely book explores the role played by faith-based organisations (FBOs), which are growing in importance in the provision of social services in the European context. Editor(s): Beaumont, Justin; Cloke, Paul. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; JFFJ; JFSR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 246 x 179 x 22. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847428349
- ISBN
- 9781847428349
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.44
€ 103.44
Paperback. In this daring and insightful book, Justin Gest studies white working class people's attitudes and political behavior in the United States and Britain. Based on ethnographies and original surveys, the book offers a rich, nuanced and generalizable account of the marginality sensed by one of society's most misunderstood groups. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; JFSC; JFSL1; JPB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 235 x 22. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190632557
- ISBN
- 9780190632557
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.96
€ 54.96
Hardback. Consumer capitalism dominates our economy, our politics and our culture. Yet there is a growing body of research from a range of disciplines that suggests that consumer capitalism may be past its sell-by date. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFFT; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 22. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745650234
- ISBN
- 9780745650234
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.25
€ 71.25
Paperback. In trying to explain why unprecedented numbers of patrician women did not marry, historians have claimed that dowries became too expensive. However, this text aims to debunk this myth and argues that the rise of forced vocations happened within the context of aristocratic culture and society. Series: Women in Culture and Society Series. Num Pages: 376 pages, 31 halftones, 14 tables. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HBLH; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 690.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226769363
- ISBN
- 9780226769363
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 36.58
€ 47.99
€ 36.58
paperback. This publication is a multi-authored investigation into HIV reporting in South Africa, and combines journalism with research to present an analysis that is at once broad in its scope and focused on the important issues. Editor(s): Palitza, Kristin; Ridgard, Natalie; Struthers, Helen; Harber, Anton. Num Pages: 288 pages, 24-page colour section. BIC Classification: JFFH2; MJCJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Jacana Media
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781920196257
- ISBN
- 9781920196257
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.30
€ 26.99
€ 23.30
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849055819
- ISBN
- 9781849055819
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.80
€ 33.99
€ 33.80
Hardback. Building on recent developments in social ecology, this book advances a new critical theory of society and nature, exploring social metabolism and global resource flows in contemporary society. Barriers to global sustainability are identified and conditions for transforming industrial economies towards new sustainable resource use are described. Num Pages: 304 pages, 22 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFF; JHB; RNC; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 226 x 21. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 2013 ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230300606
- ISBN
- 9780230300606
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.07€ 15.70
€ 94.07
€ 15.70
Hardcover. Editor(s): Kuriakose, K. K. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: JFFE; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 266 x 183 x 15. Weight in Grams: 848.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781594545535
- ISBN
- 9781594545535
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 182.28€ 123.67
€ 182.28
€ 123.67
Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: JFFH1; JMTK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 32. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Publisher
- Inner Traditions Bear and Company
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 3rd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781594770692
- ISBN
- 9781594770692
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.25
€ 20.25
- Publisher
- United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199244584
- ISBN
- 9780199244584
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 100.77
€ 100.77
Paperback. The first book to tell the untold story of the male pioneers and fellow-travellers of women's lib. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 24. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Publisher
- John Hunt Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780991603
- ISBN
- 9781780991603
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.29
€ 20.99
€ 19.29
Hardback. This important book considers anew the globalization phenomenon in the media sphere. Rather than heralding globalization or warning of its dangers, as in many other books, Kai Hafez analyzes the degree to which media globalization is really taking place. Num Pages: 236 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFD; JFFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745639086
- ISBN
- 9780745639086
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.25
€ 71.25
Paperback. A refreshingly original look at the Politics of Race in Britain over the last 50 years, offering a valuable historical perspective on black political organisation. Num Pages: 160 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 3JJP; JFF; JFSL1; JFSL3; JPQB; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 135. Weight in Grams: 223.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745314600
- ISBN
- 9780745314600
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 24.82
€ 36.99
€ 24.82
Paperback. The terms 'global' and 'civil society' have both become part of the contemporary political lexicon. In this important new book, Mary Kaldor argues that this is no coincidence and that the reinvention of civil society has to be understood in the context of globalization. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745627588
- ISBN
- 9780745627588
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.26
€ 24.26
Hardback. The terms a globala and a civil societya have both become part of the contemporary political lexicon. In this important new book, Mary Kaldor argues that this is no coincidence and that the reinvention of civil society has to be understood in the context of globalization. Num Pages: 204 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745627571
- ISBN
- 9780745627571
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.15
€ 71.15
paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, 14 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMP; JFFS; KNGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816667574
- ISBN
- 9780816667574
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 29.27
€ 29.99
€ 29.27
Paperback. Series: Posthumanities. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 b&w photo. BIC Classification: HPCB; JFFJ; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 217 x 20. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816677894
- ISBN
- 9780816677894
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.17
€ 29.99
€ 27.17
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFFK; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 12. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816623372
- ISBN
- 9780816623372
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.98
€ 26.99
€ 24.98
Paperback. The phenomenal growth of the countries of the Persian Gulf over the last two decades has been made possible through the labour of hundreds of thousands of migrant workers of all stripes and backgrounds from all over the world. Migrant Labour in the Persian Gulf is a multi disciplinary examination of the causes and consequences of this process. Editor(s): Kamrava, Mehran; Babar, Zahra. Num Pages: 276 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBX; JFFN; KCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 139 x 23. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Number of pages
- 276
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849042109
- ISBN
- 9781849042109
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.24
€ 36.99
€ 33.24