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Paperback. An ethnography about 'Japan outside of Japan' - specifically, how Japanese families on corporate re-assignment in the United States recreate their homeland within domestic spaces Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; HBJK; JFSJ1; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 208 x 137 x 17. Weight in Grams: 503.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822336228
ISBN
9780822336228
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.21

Paperback / so. Series: Alltag Und Biografie. Num Pages: 152 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 205.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
VS Verlag f?r Sozialwissenschaften United Kingdom
Number of pages
152
Condition
New
SKU
V9783810004826
ISBN
9783810004826
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 68.91

Paperback. Series: Studies in Critical Social Sciences. Num Pages: 258 pages. BIC Classification: JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 371.
Publisher
Haymarket Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781608465590
ISBN
9781608465590
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.56

Paperback. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Edition
Edition Unstated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813525846
ISBN
9780813525846
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 42.86

Paperback. The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights is one of the most important human rights treaties in international law. This comprehensive collection of primary materials and analytical commentary is ideal reading for scholars, students, and practitioners working on issues of economic, cultural, and social rights. Num Pages: 1360 pages. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPVH; LBBC; LBBR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 247 x 56. Weight in Grams: 1804.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
1360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198790464
ISBN
9780198790464
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 128.68

Paperback. A Christian self-help guide to recovery shows believers how to combine their faith with twelve-step spirituality to successful overcome a variety of addictions. Original. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HRCV; JFFH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 218 x 14. Weight in Grams: 578.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Hazelden
Edition
Second Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9781568385617
ISBN
9781568385617
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.38

Hardcover. In August of 1654, a few Ashkenazic Jews arrived in the Dutch colonial settlement of New Amsterdam (later renamed New York), and thus began the astonishing saga of American Jewry. In this stunning book of narrative and photographs, Dr. Saul Landa gives us a glimpse of its beauty. Num Pages: 360 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 331 x 27. Weight in Grams: 2296.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Gefen Publishing House Israel
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9789652294869
ISBN
9789652294869
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.78
€ 47.74

Paperback. A magisterial history of the Jews in Nazi Germany and the regime's policies towards them in the years prior to World War II and the Holocaust. Written by arguably the world's leading scholar on the subject. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; JFFJ; JFSL; JFSR1; JPFQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 135 x 34. Weight in Grams: 526.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753801420
ISBN
9780753801420
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.90

Hardcover. An investigation into the transformational and fateful era of 1867-1914 in Russian-American relations. The book explores the fluctuation of economic, diplomatic, social and cultural affairs, personal and professional conflicts, and the evolution of each country's perception of the other. Num Pages: 672 pages, 63 illustrations, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; JFC; JPQB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 55. Weight in Grams: 1184.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700607549
ISBN
9780700607549
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.13

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.
Format
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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.20

Paperback. Series: SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science. Num Pages: 129 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, 4 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKAH; GTF; JFFA; KCM; TVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
129
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319456225
ISBN
9783319456225
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.86

paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 7 charts. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPA; KCA; KCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 416.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
The New Press United States
Edition
New
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781565845183
ISBN
9781565845183
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.32

Paperback. This groundbreaking study focuses on the importance of place, scale, and nation to the study of globalization. Series: Contemporary Societies Series. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: JFFS; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 210 x 20. Weight in Grams: 338.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393927269
ISBN
9780393927269
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.13

Hardcover. Income inequality, displaced and imprisoned populations, destruction of land and water: today's dislocations cannot be understood in the usual terms of poverty and injustice, Saskia Sassen argues. They are more accurately understood as expulsions--from professional livelihood, from living space, from the very biosphere that makes life possible. Num Pages: 280 pages, Illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: JFFS; JPA; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 150 x 210 x 26. Weight in Grams: 462.
Publisher
Belknap Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
y First edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674599222
ISBN
9780674599222
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 34.86

Paperback. A work that chronicles how New York, London, and Tokyo became command centers for the global economy and in the process underwent a series of massive and parallel changes. Num Pages: 480 pages, 78 tables. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1FPJ; 1KBB; JFSG; KCLF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 154 x 29. Weight in Grams: 706.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
472
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691070636
ISBN
9780691070636
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.49

Paperback. Argues that even while globalization is best understood as "denationalization," it continues to be shaped, channeled, and enabled by institutions and networks originally developed with nations in mind, such as the rule of law. This book also examines particular intersections of the digital technologies with territory, authority, and rights. Num Pages: 512 pages, 4 tables. BIC Classification: JFFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 37. Weight in Grams: 710.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Updated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691136455
ISBN
9780691136455
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.48

Hardback. Coenen Snyder considers what the architecture and construction of nineteenth-century European synagogues reveal about the social progress of modern European Jews. The process of claiming a Jewish space was a marker of acculturation but not full acceptance, she argues. The new edifices, even if spectacular, revealed the limits of Jewish integration. Num Pages: 360 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 167 x 29. Weight in Grams: 688.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
360
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674059894
ISBN
9780674059894
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.73
€ 56.34

Hardcover. In this 21st century, media has a very pivotal role in the society. Media has excavated many truths of which a layman was still ignorant of. Sashi Kumar has an experience of more than three decades. Sashi Kumar has anthologized all his articles in the book Unmediated: Essays on Media, Culture, Cinema. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: JFD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 241 x 159 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Tulika Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9789382381327
ISBN
9789382381327
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 57.04
€ 44.75

paperback. Examines the representation of blackness on television at the height of the southern civil rights movement and again in the aftermath of the Reagan-Bush years. This book looks at how television's ideological projects with respect to race have supported or conflicted with the industry's incentive to maximize profits or consolidate power. Num Pages: 168 pages, 24 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JFD; JFSL3; JPVH1; KNTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 10. Weight in Grams: 234.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780691016573
ISBN
9780691016573
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.99
€ 28.53

Hardcover. In Cote d'Ivoire, appearing modern is so important for success that many young men deplete their already meager resources to project an illusion of wealth. The author argues that they engage a global hierarchy that is profoundly modern, one that values performance over authenticity - highlighting the counterfeit nature of modernity itself. Num Pages: 296 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: 1HFDY; JFFT; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226575193
ISBN
9780226575193
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.95
€ 87.91

Paperback. In Cote d'Ivoire, appearing modern is so important for success that many young men deplete their already meager resources to project an illusion of wealth. The author argues that they engage a global hierarchy that is profoundly modern, one that values performance over authenticity - highlighting the counterfeit nature of modernity itself. Num Pages: 296 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: 1HFDY; JFFT; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 448.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
296
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226575209
ISBN
9780226575209
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.41

Hardback. Immigration Regulation in Federal States Editor(s): Baglay, Sasha; Nakache, Delphine. Series: International Perspectives on Migration. Num Pages: 244 pages, 12 black & white illustrations, 11 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JFFN; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 162 x 19. Weight in Grams: 524.
Publisher
Springer
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
2014th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9789401786034
ISBN
9789401786034
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.79

Hardback. From James Beard Leadership Award winner Saru Jayaraman, Forked offers an insider's view of the highest-and lowest-scoring restaurants for worker pay and benefits in each sector of the restaurant industry, and with it, a new way of thinking about how and where we eat. Num Pages: 248 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCV; MBN; TTVC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 250 x 27. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199380473
ISBN
9780199380473
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 29.70

Paperback. An examination of the period of sexual development in late adolescence. It points out that this transition period lends itself to pathological interruptions, and details how to treat such disturbances as well as the kinds of resources that can prevent sexual problems. Series: The Master Work Series. Num Pages: 354 pages. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JFSP2; JMU; MJN; MMJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 173 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1977
Publisher
Jason Aronson Inc. Publishers United States
Number of pages
354
Condition
New
SKU
V9781568216751
ISBN
9781568216751
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 115.35

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