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Post-Cosmopolitan Cities: Explorations of Urban Coexistence (Space and...
Vera Skvirskaja Caroline Humphrey
Hardcover. Examining the way people imagine and interact in their cities, this book explores the post-cosmopolitan city. The contributors consider the effects of migration, national, and religious revivals (with their new aesthetic sensibilities), the dispositions of marginalized economic actors, and globalized tourism on urban sociality. Editor(s): Humphrey, Caroline; Skvirskaja, Vera. Series: Space and Place. Num Pages: 262 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSG; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 472. Explorations of Urban Coexistence. Series: Space and Place. 260 pages, 14 ills. Editor(s): Humphrey, Caroline; Skvirskaja, Vera. Examining the way people imagine and interact in their cities, this book explores the post-cosmopolitan city. The contributors consider the effects of migration, national, and religious revivals (with their new aesthetic sensibilities), the dispositions of marginalized economic actors, and globalized tourism on urban sociality. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: JFSG; JHMC. Dimension: 238 x 156 x 18. Weight: 472.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857455109
- ISBN
- 9780857455109
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.32
€ 155.32
Paperback. A pathbreaking book tracing the history of feminist thought and women's activism in Japan. Series Editor(s): Sugimoto, Yoshio; Befu, Harumi; Goodman, Roger; Muramatsu, Michio; Seifert, Wolfgang; Ueno, Chizuko. Series: Contemporary Japanese Society. Num Pages: 308 pages, 10 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; HBLW; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 445.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780521527194
- ISBN
- 9780521527194
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.07
€ 65.07
Paperback. Uses qualitative research methods to interpret and discuss school resilience in lives of African American female students. This book demonstrates how these girls are simultaneously one of the vulnerable, and one of resilient group of students. It implements alternative approaches to study of intersection of race, class, and gender on schooling. Series: Counterpoints. Num Pages: 286 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JNA; JNF; JNMT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 225 x 15. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- Peter Lang Publishing Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781433105937
- ISBN
- 9781433105937
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.28
€ 45.28
Hardcover. Editor(s): Venakhi, Shenhar. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFF; K. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 161 x 17. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781560724087
- ISBN
- 9781560724087
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 110.53€ 83.74
€ 110.53
€ 83.74
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Edition
- 7.2.2011
- Number of pages
- 229
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814788325
- ISBN
- 9780814788325
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.26
€ 37.26
Hardcover. Num Pages: 261 pages, tables, charts & b/w photos. BIC Classification: JFFC; RNR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 262 x 185 x 20. Weight in Grams: 662.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 261
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781608763603
- ISBN
- 9781608763603
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 294.77€ 198.51
€ 294.77
€ 198.51
Paperback. This text provides an interpretation of isicathamiya performance and its relation to the culture and consciousness of the Zulu migrant labourers who largely compose its choirs. It addresses issues in anthropology and looks to the future of live performance in the new South Africa. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 296 pages, 24 halftones, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1HFM; AVGH; JFC; JFSL; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 157 x 35. Weight in Grams: 804.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226217215
- ISBN
- 9780226217215
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 40.83
€ 52.99
€ 40.83
hardcover. This book provides an important statement on the underlying social dynamics of local politics in Indonesia following the end of the New Order in 1998. It represents the culmination of a substantial and influential body of work by Hadiz on the political economy of Indonesia's post-authoritarian transition. Series: Contemporary Issues in Asia and Pacific. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMN; JFSL3; JPH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804768528
- ISBN
- 9780804768528
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.37
€ 113.37
Paperback. A work about how the design of institutional change results in unintended consequences. Using the case of Indonesia, and comparing it with Thailand and the Philippines, this book seeks to understand the seeming puzzle of how local predatory systems of power remain resilient in the face of international and domestic pressures. Series: Contemporary Issues in Asia and the Pacific. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMN; JFSL3; JPH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804768535
- ISBN
- 9780804768535
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.29
€ 27.99
€ 26.29
Paperback. The reasons for the onset of manic depression are considered in order to further understand and assist treatment by increasing knowledge of how manic depressives actually feel. Particular difficulties in treatment are addressed, such as unresponsiveness and the problem of the manic high from which the patient may not want to recover. Num Pages: 200 pages, indices. BIC Classification: JFFG; MMH; MMJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 299.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Pub
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853023477
- ISBN
- 9781853023477
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.44
€ 38.44
Paperback / so. Num Pages: colour illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JFCA; JNA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 170 x 10. Weight in Grams: 313.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Vs Verlag Fur Sozialwissenschaften United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783322873545
- ISBN
- 9783322873545
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.01
€ 48.01
Hardback. Vaughn Rasberry turns to black culture and politics for an alternative history of the totalitarian century. He shows how black writers reimagined the standard anti-fascist, anti-communist narrative through the lens of racial injustice, with the U.S. as a tyrannical force in the Third World but also an agent of Asian and African independence. Num Pages: 410 pages, 4 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; JFSL3; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 243 x 40. Weight in Grams: 860.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674971080
- ISBN
- 9780674971080
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.43€ 49.02
€ 53.43
€ 49.02
paperback. A master and his student trace the history of bata drumming Num Pages: 208 pages, 23 b&w illus. BIC Classification: AVGE; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253223784
- ISBN
- 9780253223784
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.25
€ 26.99
€ 25.25
Paperback. This topical book outlines the expressed rationale for dispersal policies, reviews how such policies have been implemented in the UK, Netherlands and Sweden, identifies good practice and challenges the need for dispersal. Related titles include 'Doing research with refugees' and 'Refugee community organisations and dispersal'. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DDN; 1DNS; JFFN; JFS; JKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 168 x 14. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Publisher
- Policy Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861344175
- ISBN
- 9781861344175
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 38.45
€ 40.99
€ 38.45
Paperback. Celebrates Shakespeare's influence on American culture. This book contains essays which explore Shakespeare's influence on America's cultural history from a variety of perspectives. It includes essays from the colonial period, to the adoption of Shakespeare as an "American genius" in the nineteenth century, to twentieth-century musical comedy. Editor(s): Vaughan, Prof. Virginia Mason; Vaughan, Alden T. Num Pages: 192 pages, 88 color illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSGS; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 7128 x 5499 x 14. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295987156
- ISBN
- 9780295987156
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.70
€ 32.99
€ 29.70
Paperback. Collection of essays focusing on cultural policy and production after the Mexican revolution Editor(s): Vaughan, Mary Kay; Lewis, Stephen. Num Pages: 396 pages, 36 illustrations (20 in color). BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; HBLW; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 25. Weight in Grams: 581.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 396
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822336686
- ISBN
- 9780822336686
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.70
€ 32.99
€ 29.70
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Inner Traditions Bear and Company United States
- Edition
- Unabridged
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780892814923
- ISBN
- 9780892814923
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 22.87
€ 34.99
€ 22.87
Hardback. Offers a historical reconstruction of the evolutionary synthesis of the 1930s and 1940s. This book argues that the evolutionary synthesis was part of a larger process of unifying the biological sciences. It suggests that the drive to unify the sciences of evolution and biology was part of a global philosophical movement toward unifying knowledge. Num Pages: 256 pages, 2 halftones. BIC Classification: JFCX; PDA; PDX; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691033433
- ISBN
- 9780691033433
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.35€ 83.04
€ 109.35
€ 83.04
Hardback. Covers the movements, concepts and figures associated with European modernism. This title provides a ranging resource both to the canon of 'High Modernism' and to theoretical perspectives that have contributed to the renewed interest in Modernism and have lent it renewed range and critical rigour in the early twenty-first century. Editor(s): Kolocotroni, Vassiliki; Taxidou, Olga. Num Pages: 504 pages. BIC Classification: ACX; DSBH; GBC; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748637027
- ISBN
- 9780748637027
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 208.01€ 197.13
€ 208.01
€ 197.13
Paperback. Num Pages: 342 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; JFF; JKS; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The New Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 342
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781595588814
- ISBN
- 9781595588814
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.75
€ 20.99
€ 19.75