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Social issues & processes
Hardback. The sequel and companion volume to C.A. Bayly's ground-breaking The Birth of the Modern World, 1780-1914, this wide-ranging and sophisticated study explores global history since the First World War, offering a coherent, comparative overview of developments in politics, economics, and society at large. Series: Blackwell History of the World. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; 3JM; HBJ; HBLW; HBLX; JFFJ; JFFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405187152
- ISBN
- 9781405187152
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 88.80
€ 88.80
Hardback. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, An Introduction to GlobalStudies presents readers with a solid introduction to thecomplex, interconnected forces and issues confronting today'sglobalized world. Num Pages: 440 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 197 x 28. Weight in Grams: 986.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405187374
- ISBN
- 9781405187374
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.58
€ 113.58
Paperback. Readers of this book will encounter little-known transnational agrarian movements of the early twentieth century as well as more recent, high-profile global alliances, such as Via Campesina. Editor(s): Borras, Saturnino M., Jr.; Edelman, Marc; Kay, Cristobal. Num Pages: 376 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 3JMC; JFFS; JPW; KNAC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 243 x 171 x 19. Weight in Grams: 660.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405190411
- ISBN
- 9781405190411
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Condition: New
€ 29.20
€ 29.20
Paperback. The Politics of Violence develops an inter-disciplinary feminist perspective grounded in original ethnographic research on everyday forms of violence in El Salvador. Hume challenges dominant theories of violence through foregrounding subaltern vocabularies that have been historically ignored in debates on violence. Series: Bulletin of Latin American Research Book Series. Num Pages: 212 pages, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1KLCS; JFFE; JFFK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 11. Weight in Grams: 296. Gender, Conflict and Community in El Salvador. Series: Bulletin of Latin American Research Book Series. 212 pages, illustrations. The Politics of Violence develops an inter-disciplinary feminist perspective grounded in original ethnographic research on everyday forms of violence in El Salvador. Hume challenges dominant theories of violence through foregrounding subaltern vocabularies that have been historically ignored in debates on violence. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1KLCS; JFFE; JFFK. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 11. Weight: 296.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405192262
- ISBN
- 9781405192262
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Condition: New
€ 28.26
€ 28.26
Paperback. Worlding Cities is the first serious examination of Asian urbanism to highlight the connections between different Asian models and practices of urbanization. It includes important contributions from a respected group of scholars across a range of generations, disciplines, and sites of study. Editor(s): Roy, Ananya; Ong, Aihwa. Series: Studies in Urban and Social Change. Num Pages: 376 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; JFFS; JFSG; JHB; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405192767
- ISBN
- 9781405192767
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Condition: New
€ 27.32
€ 27.32
Hardback. Worlding Cities is the first serious examination of Asian urbanism to highlight the connections between different Asian models and practices of urbanization. It includes important contributions from a respected group of scholars across a range of generations, disciplines, and sites of study. Editor(s): Roy, Ananya; Ong, Aihwa. Series: Studies in Urban and Social Change. Num Pages: 376 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; JFFS; JFSG; JHB; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 161 x 27. Weight in Grams: 652.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405192774
- ISBN
- 9781405192774
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Condition: New
€ 79.17
€ 79.17
Hardback. Based on extensive interviewing and access to a wide range of databases, this is an examination of the migration career of wealthy migrants who left East Asia and relocated to Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the United States, in the 1980s and 1990s. Series: RGS-IBG Book Series. Num Pages: 328 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 3JJPN; 3JJPR; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405192910
- ISBN
- 9781405192910
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.49
€ 78.49
Paperback. Based on extensive interviewing and access to a wide range of databases, this is an examination of the migration career of wealthy migrants who left East Asia and relocated to Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the United States, in the 1980s and 1990s. Series: RGS-IBG Book Series. Num Pages: 326 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 3JJPN; 3JJPR; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 162 x 18. Weight in Grams: 456.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 326
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405192927
- ISBN
- 9781405192927
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Condition: New
€ 34.64
€ 34.64
Hardback. * Provides an in-depth and interdisciplinary examination of mortgage market exclusion and the practice of redlining - a tacit agreement among lending institutions to delineate sections of cities into areas where no home mortgages are to be issued * Explores exclusion in mortgage markets across three different countries - the U. Series: Studies in Urban and Social Change. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFSG; KFFL; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 166 x 19. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405196574
- ISBN
- 9781405196574
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Condition: New
€ 79.17
€ 79.17
Hardback. A Companion to Border Studies introduces an exciting and expanding field of interdisciplinary research, through the writing of an international array of scholars, from diverse perspectives that include anthropology, development studies, geography, history, political science and sociology. Editor(s): Wilson, Thomas M.; Donnan, Hastings. Series: Wiley-Blackwell Companions to Anthropology. Num Pages: 636 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: HBTR; JFC; JFFS; JPSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 179 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1252.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 636
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405198936
- ISBN
- 9781405198936
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Condition: New
€ 196.57
€ 196.57
Paperback. The debate on the status and legality of cannabis continues to gain momentum. Here, personal anecdotes combined with academic and scientific reports combine to sharpen some of the fascinating philosophical issues associated with cannabis use. Editor(s): Jacquette, Dale. Series Editor(s): Allhoff, Fritz. Series: Philosophy for Everyone. Num Pages: 264 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HP; JFFH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405199674
- ISBN
- 9781405199674
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Condition: New
€ 22.10
€ 22.10
Paperback. Ultimately, Alternative Contact theorizes a more dynamic indigeneity that articulates new or overlooked connections among peoples, histories, cultures, and critical discourses within a global context. Editor(s): Lai, Paul; Smith, Lindsey Claire. Series: A Special Issue of American Quarterly. Num Pages: 400 pages, 19, 19 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: HBJK; JFC; JFFS; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 25. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421400600
- ISBN
- 9781421400600
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 33.01
€ 38.99
€ 33.01
Paperback. They reflect on the moral economy of human smuggling and trafficking, the increasing percentage of the world's asylum seekers who escape political violence only by being smuggled, and the implications of human smuggling in a warming world. Editor(s): Kyle, David; Koslowski, Rey. Num Pages: 416 pages, 1, 1 graphs. BIC Classification: HBTS; JFFN; JKVM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 228 x 25. Weight in Grams: 564.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- second edition
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421401980
- ISBN
- 9781421401980
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Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 36.82
€ 44.99
€ 36.82
Paperback. With the thoroughness and resourcefulness that characterize the earlier volumes, she recounts the rich history of the courageous and resolute women determined to realize their scientific ambitions. Num Pages: 448 pages, 53, 36 black & white halftones, 17 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSJ1; PDX; TBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 646.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421403632
- ISBN
- 9781421403632
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Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 45.50
€ 54.99
€ 45.50
Paperback. Rich's poignant portrait humanizes young black men and illustrates the complexity of a situation that defies easy answers and solutions. Num Pages: 234 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFE; JFSL3; MBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 228 x 14. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421403984
- ISBN
- 9781421403984
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.57
€ 26.99
€ 23.57
Hardback. Communism on Tomorrow Street demonstrates the relationship of Soviet mass housing and urban planning to international efforts at resolving the "housing question" that had been studied since the nineteenth century and led to housing developments in Western Europe, the United States, and Latin America as well as the USSR. Num Pages: 416 pages, 15, 15 figures. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW3; JFFT; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 31. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421405667
- ISBN
- 9781421405667
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Condition: New
€ 72.25
€ 72.25
Paperback. Orenstein, Marc F. Plattner, Charles Simkins, Alejandro Toledo, Ilcheong Yi Editor(s): Fukuyama, Francis; Diamond, Larry; Plattner, Marc F. Series: A Journal of Democracy Book. Num Pages: 216 pages, 11, 10 figures, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1KL; JFFA; JPB; JPHV. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 160 x 14. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421405704
- ISBN
- 9781421405704
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Condition: New
€ 42.26
€ 42.26
Paperback. Moving interviews with 100 students at the two institutions highlight how American higher education reinforces the same inequities it has been aiming to transcend. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JHB; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 230 x 17. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421405742
- ISBN
- 9781421405742
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 32.74
€ 38.99
€ 32.74
Paperback. The contributors consider a wide range of issues, from an examination of the male/female wage gap that starts when girls are teenagers, to policewomen in Persian Gulf countries, to Latinas' politics, to Aboriginal health care workers, to secretarial work, and to feminist activism in Cuban hip hop. Editor(s): Morrow, Colette; Fredrick, Terri Ann. Series: A Feminist Formations Reader. Num Pages: 312 pages, 1, 1 graphs. BIC Classification: JFFK; JFSJ1; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421406350
- ISBN
- 9781421406350
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Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 36.82
€ 44.99
€ 36.82
Paperback. This timely assessment of the evolution of masculine culture will be welcomed and debated by social and intellectual historians for years to come. Series: Gender Relations in the American Experience. Num Pages: 424 pages, 24, 24 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFFP; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 27. Weight in Grams: 616.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421407647
- ISBN
- 9781421407647
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Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 36.82
€ 44.99
€ 36.82
Paperback. Why, despite decades and decades of warnings, do people still choose to drive while intoxicated? One for the Road provides crucial historical lessons for understanding the old epidemic of drunk driving and the new epidemic of distracted driving. Num Pages: 240 pages, 10, 10 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFFH1; MBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421407746
- ISBN
- 9781421407746
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 26.63
€ 31.99
€ 26.63
Paperback. SquiresMichael J. WattsElvin Wyly Editor(s): Chakravartty, Paula; Silva, Denise Ferreira da. Series: A Special Issue of American Quarterly. Num Pages: 344 pages, 19, 19 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; KCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 227 x 23. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421410012
- ISBN
- 9781421410012
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 32.82
€ 38.99
€ 32.82
Hardback. The "housing bomb" is ticking, and our choice is clear-change our approach or feel the blast. Num Pages: 224 pages, 18, 17 black & white line drawings, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFB; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 237 x 20. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421410654
- ISBN
- 9781421410654
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 32.33
€ 38.99
€ 32.33
Paperback. With a firm grasp on the hard truths of real-world problems, Tapping into 'The Wire' helps undo misconceptions and encourage a dialogue of understanding. Num Pages: 234 pages, 15, 15 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APT; JFFH1; JFSG; JKV; MBN. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421411903
- ISBN
- 9781421411903
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.84
€ 33.99
€ 28.84