Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Paperback. Nowhere in the world is university education expanding as rapidly as in the six-member state of the Gulf Cooperation Council. This study, with contributions by key decision makers, charts this dramatic development, exploring the challenges faced and placing the accomplishments within the social, economic and political context of the region. Editor(s): Davidson, Christopher; Smith, Peter Mackenzie. Series: SOAS Middle East Issues S. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBX; JFC; JNM; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 211 x 141 x 13. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Saqi Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780863566974
- ISBN
- 9780863566974
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 19.77
€ 21.99
€ 19.77
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Academic
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845200596
- ISBN
- 9781845200596
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.08
€ 48.08
paperback. .
- Publisher
- The MIT Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780262533379
- ISBN
- 9780262533379
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Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 13.48
€ 15.99
€ 13.48
Hardback. Nutrition, Exercise and Epigenetics: Ageing Interventions Editor(s): Yu, Byung Pal. Series: Healthy Ageing and Longevity. Num Pages: 286 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, 13 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFSP31; MBNH3; MJX; PSBC; PSF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 618.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319148298
- ISBN
- 9783319148298
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Condition: New
€ 181.65
€ 181.65
Hardback. Imagine a world where the normal human life span is 150 years, where worn-out vital organs are routinely replaced by spares, where after death you will retain consciousness for eternity in cyberspace, where nanotechnology will enable you to transform a plastic bottle into a filet mignon for you to share with your android spouse. Num Pages: 258 pages. BIC Classification: JFSR1; PDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566635684
- ISBN
- 9781566635684
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.11
€ 26.99
€ 24.11
Paperback. Editor(s): Hawk, Byron; Rieder, David M. Series: Electronic Mediations. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: JFC; PDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 16. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816649785
- ISBN
- 9780816649785
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 29.27
€ 30.99
€ 29.27
Paperback. Grounded in case studies from individual objects and collections from North America, Europe, Africa, the Pacific Islands, and Australia, this volume provides a new theoretical framework for examining material culture within museums. Editor(s): Byrne, Sarah; Clarke, Anne; Harrison, Rodney; Torrence, Robin. Series: One World Archaeology. Num Pages: 350 pages, 36 black & white illustrations, 47 colour illustrations, 20 black & white tables, biograp. BIC Classification: HD; JFC; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 21. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer
- Edition
- 2011th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461429173
- ISBN
- 9781461429173
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.07
€ 63.07
Paperback. Two world wars, the Civil Rights movement, and a Jheri curl later, Blacks in America continue to have a complex and convoluted relationship with their hair. This book takes a chronological look at the culture behind the ever-changing state of Black hair - from fifteenth-century Africa to the present-day United States. Editor(s): Byrd, Ayana. Num Pages: 258 pages, 50 black & white illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- St. Martin's Griffin
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781250046574
- ISBN
- 9781250046574
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.41
€ 19.99
€ 17.41
Paperback. Tells of love, jealousy, vengeance, war, and the mythic deeds of the dragonslayer, Sigurd the Volsung. This title explores the history, legends, and myths contained in the saga and traces the development of a narrative that reaches back to the period of the great folk migrations in Europe when the Roman Empire collapsed. Translator(s): Byock, Jesse L. Num Pages: 160 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 137 x 10. Weight in Grams: 196.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 3rd Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520272996
- ISBN
- 9780520272996
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.29
€ 25.99
€ 19.29
Hardcover. Num Pages: colour illus. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 223 x 18. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Sterling Publishers Pvt.Ltd India
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788120773172
- ISBN
- 9788120773172
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.93
€ 13.99
€ 10.93
hardcover. Robert E Butts (1928-1997) was a philosopher and historian of science whose central concerns were the distinction between the rational and the irrational. This book contains his essays and lectures on philosophical aspects of the European witch hunt, scientific rationality and methodology, and the relationships between science and philosophy. Series: The Western Ontario Series in Philosophy of Science. Num Pages: 206 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCX; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 1080.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Springer United States
- Edition
- 2001st Edition
- Number of pages
- 206
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792366089
- ISBN
- 9780792366089
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.99
€ 122.99
Hardcover. This text explores the complex relationship between public policy and scandal. It describes the process whereby scandals are constructed and pursued, and demonstrates how scandals coincide with key shifts in public policy, in ways that are more complex and reciprocal than might first appear. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFM; JKS; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 433.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333747629
- ISBN
- 9780333747629
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.13
€ 119.13
Hardback. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: G; JFFE1; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 143 x 24. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761819837
- ISBN
- 9780761819837
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.32
€ 126.32
Paperback. This book offers a critical account of historical books about Britain written for children, including realist novels, non-fiction, fantasy and alternative histories. It also investigates the literary, ideological and philosophical challenges involved in writing about the past, especially for an audience whose knowledge of history is often limited. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSY; HBJD1; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349325870
- ISBN
- 9781349325870
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.65
€ 66.65
Hardcover. Recent years have witnessed a change from the passive, low key use of rural areas for recreation to the explosion of tourism as a highly active and dominant agent of change and control in the countryside and associated rural communities. Editor(s): Butler, Richard W.; Hall, C. Michael; Jenkins, John. Num Pages: 274 pages, maps. BIC Classification: JFSF; KNSG; KNSP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 255 x 190 x 20. Weight in Grams: 692.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471976806
- ISBN
- 9780471976806
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 153.96
€ 153.96
Paperback. Rethinking the Sociology of Mental Health is a collection of original papers introducing new ways of thinking sociologically about the terrain of mental health. There are more general papers about mental health and mental health policy and papers about specific types of mental illness and particular policy issues such as dangerousness. Editor(s): Busfield, Joan. Series: Sociology of Health and Illness Monographs. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFG; JFFH; MBPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 11. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631221852
- ISBN
- 9780631221852
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.87
€ 27.87
hardcover. Editor(s): Buse, Professor Peter; Stott, Andrew. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFHF; VXQ; VXW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 236 x 32. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United States
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1999th Edition
- SKU
- V9780312217396
- ISBN
- 9780312217396
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.92
€ 119.92
Paperback / so. Series: Schriften Des Instituts Fur Politische Wissenschaft. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 170 x 17. Weight in Grams: 513.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1967
- Publisher
- VS Verlag f?r Sozialwissenschaften United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783663196143
- ISBN
- 9783663196143
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 78.53
€ 78.53
Paperback / so. Series: Gesellschaftspolitik Und Staatstatigkeit. Num Pages: 220 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 12. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Vs Verlag Fur Sozialwissenschaften United States
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783810013880
- ISBN
- 9783810013880
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.05
€ 72.05
Das Publikum der Gesellschaft: Inklusionsverhältnisse und Inklusionsp...
Burzan, Nicole; Lokenhoff, Brigitta; Schimank...
paperback. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, black & white tables, bibliography. BIC Classification: JFD; JFSR; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 11. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften Germany
- Edition
- 2008th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783531156057
- ISBN
- 9783531156057
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.05
€ 45.05