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Paperback. Tasty, convenient, and cheap, instant noodles are one of the most remarkable industrial foods ever. Consumed around the world by millions, they appeal to young and old, affluent and impoverished alike. This title examines the history, manufacturing, marketing, and consumption of instant noodles. Num Pages: 216 pages, 19 b/w photographs, 1 table. BIC Classification: 3JM; JFCV; JFFT; KNDF; TDCT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 12. Weight in Grams: 302.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
212
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Uncorrected Proof Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520276345
ISBN
9780520276345
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.74

Paperback. A Mexican native, Carrillo has written an insightful study of the relations between sexuality and social change in Mexico during the time of AIDS. Carrillo argues that there is a demand for a new approach to AIDS prevention and education in Mexico. Series: Worlds of Desire: The Chicago Series on Sexuality, Gender & Culture. Num Pages: 352 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JFFH2; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 512.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226093031
ISBN
9780226093031
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 24.88

Hardback. The idea was simple: pack a suitcase, go to another city where you have no connections and try to find a job, anonymously. That was the idea that took Florence Aubenas - one of France's most accomplished undercover journalists - on a journey into the worst recession since the Great Depression. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: JFFA; KCFM; KCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 19. Weight in Grams: 412.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745651996
ISBN
9780745651996
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.95

Paperback. Argues that financial globalization is essential for poor nations to become rich. This book argues that an effectively managed financial globalization promises benefits on the scale of the hugely successful trade and information globalizations of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Num Pages: 320 pages, 43 line illus. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 472.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691136417
ISBN
9780691136417
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.37

Paperback. An exploration of how the integration of immigrants affects subsequent generations in developed countries Editor(s): Alba, Richard; Waters, Mary. Num Pages: 382 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFN; JFSP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 227 x 24. Weight in Grams: 520.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
NYU Press
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814707432
ISBN
9780814707432
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.61

Hardcover. An exploration of how the integration of immigrants affects subsequent generations in developed countries Editor(s): Alba, Richard; Waters, Mary C. Num Pages: 382 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFN; JFSP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
382
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814707425
ISBN
9780814707425
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.38

Paperback. Focusing on three causes of disaster - natural, organizational, and deliberate - this title shows that our best hope lies in the deconcentration of high-risk populations, corporate power, and critical infrastructures such as electric energy, computer systems, and the chemical and food industries. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: JFFC; JKSR; RNR; RNT; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 610.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
With a New preface by the author
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691150161
ISBN
9780691150161
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.52

Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages, charts and graphs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFR; JHBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 394.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The Perseus Books Group United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9781610396196
ISBN
9781610396196
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.65

Paperback. Mexico making a bid for global supremacy? Poland becoming America's closest ally? World War III taking place in space? It might sound fantastic but all these things can happen. This title offers a readable forecast of the changes we can expect around the world during the 21st century. It predicts where and why future wars will erupt. Num Pages: 352 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 3JM; JFFR; JPSL; KCJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 136 x 26. Weight in Grams: 332. A Forecast for the 21st Century. 352 pages, maps. Mexico making a bid for global supremacy? Poland becoming America's closest ally? World War III taking place in space? It might sound fantastic but all these things can happen. This title offers a readable forecast of the changes we can expect around the world during the 21st century. It predicts where and why future wars will erupt. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 3JM; JFFR; JPSL; KCJ. Dimension: 150 x 198 x 26. Weight: 332.
Number of pages
352
Publisher
Allison & Busby United Kingdom
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
POLS
Condition
New
SKU
V9780749007430
ISBN
9780749007430
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.83

Paperback. John Gledhill examines how and why governments across Latin America are failing to provide security to disadvantaged citizens whilst painting them as a menace to the rest of society. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; GTF; JFFA; JPV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 139 x 216 x 18. Weight in Grams: 316.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783603022
ISBN
9781783603022
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 26.84

Hardcover. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFF; JFSL9; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 236 x 24. Weight in Grams: 510.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Encounter Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781594038532
ISBN
9781594038532
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 23.33

Paperback. This student text introduces the main themes and issues of social policy. By examining a variety of social topics, such as leisure, work, media and information technology, the book explores the nature of inequality and the impact of social policy. It then considers the future for social policy. Num Pages: 280 pages, glossary, index. BIC Classification: JFF; JKS; JPQB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 338.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631178620
ISBN
9780631178620
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.04

Paperback. Geoff Payne considers a wide range of dimensions of mobility and life chances to assess the causes and consequences of mobility as social and political processes and challenges well-established opinions of politicians, pressure groups, the press, academics and the public. Num Pages: 240 pages, 12 black & white illustrations, 11 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFFM; JFSC; JHBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 239 x 18. Weight in Grams: 374.
Publisher
Policy Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447310655
ISBN
9781447310655
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 34.92

Paperback. Using data from the Integration of the Second Generation in Europe survey, this timely study focuses on the second generation of immigrants from Turkey and former Yugoslavia in Switzerland. Series: IMISCOE Research. Num Pages: 314 pages, 0 black and white; 6 full color. BIC Classification: 1DFH; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Amsterdam University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9789089648433
ISBN
9789089648433
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.42
€ 10.26

Hardcover. In this age of migration, more and more children are growing up in immigrant or transnational families. The "new second generation" refers to foreign-born and native-born children of immigrants who have come of age at the turn of the twenty-first century. Series: PIMS - Polity Immigration and Society Series. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 150. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745684680
ISBN
9780745684680
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.48

Paperback. In this age of migration, more and more children are growing up in immigrant or transnational families. The "new second generation" refers to foreign-born and native-born children of immigrants who have come of age at the turn of the twenty-first century. Series: PIMS - Polity Immigration and Society Series. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 150. .
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745684697
ISBN
9780745684697
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.23

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
508
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814731161
ISBN
9780814731161
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.61

Paperback. Europe is facing a wave of migration unmatched since the end of World War II - and no one has reported on this crisis in more depth or breadth than the Guardian's migration correspondent, Patrick Kingsley. This is his account of who these voyagers are. It's about why they keep coming, and how they do it. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FB; DNJ; JFFD; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Guardian Faber Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783351060
ISBN
9781783351060
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.05

Paperback. 'Hugely enjoyable .. It reads like a novel, a fantasy tale of rags to riches' Charles Handy in The Sunday Times Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: BGB; JFFR; KNTX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 296.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340766996
ISBN
9780340766996
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

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

€ 55.70

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