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Society & culture: general
Hardback. Facing China as a New Global Superpower Editor(s): Paltiel, Jeremy; Cao, Huhua. Num Pages: 290 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, 1 colour illustrations, 10 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBC; 3JM; HBTB; JFC; JPS; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Springer Verlag, Singapore Singapore
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789812878229
- ISBN
- 9789812878229
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.38
€ 71.38
Paperback. This groundbreaking book examines the links between migration and the United States' ongoing economic and demographic revolution. Utilizing an explicitly geographic perspective, the contributors highlight the crucial role played by scale and spatial context in both immigration and internal migration. Editor(s): Pandit, Kavita; Withers, Suzanne Davies. Num Pages: 368 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; RGCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847693931
- ISBN
- 9780847693931
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 102.39
€ 102.39
Paperback. A Critique of Judgment in Film and Television is a response to a significant increase of judgment and judgmentalism in contemporary television, film, and social media by investigating the changing relations between the aesthetics and ethics of judgment. Editor(s): Panse, Silke; Rothermel, Dennis. Num Pages: 309 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APF; JFC; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 309
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349436798
- ISBN
- 9781349436798
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Condition: New
€ 66.58
€ 66.58
Hardback. Contains contributions that apply advanced statistical methods and artificial intelligence techniques to approach the description of physical processes, the discrimination of experimental data and the assessment and management of risk. This book is intended as a reference scientists, students, engineers, and the insurance industry. Editor(s): Papadopoulos, George A.; Murty, Tad S.; Venkatesh, Srinivasan; Blong, R. (Natural Hazards Research Centre, Macquarie University, Australia). Num Pages: 297 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GPS; JFFC; RNR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 688.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- Reprinted from naturals hazards, 21:2-3, 2000
- Number of pages
- 297
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792365952
- ISBN
- 9780792365952
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 195.68
€ 195.68
Women at Sea: Travel Writing and the Margins of Caribbean Discourse
. Ed(S): Paravisini-Gerbe, Lisabeth; Romero-C...
Hardback. This stellar collection of essays offers a contestatory discourse that embraces the forms of travelogue, autobiography, and ethnographic accounts as vehicles for women's rewriting of "flawed" or incomplete accounts of Caribbean cultures and societies. Editor(s): Paravisini-Gerbe, Lisabeth; Romero-Cesareo, Yvette. Num Pages: 314 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KJ; DS; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 551.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 314
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312219963
- ISBN
- 9780312219963
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.39
€ 128.39
Paperback. Used primarily to decide to abort a fetus that would have been born with mental or physical impairments, prenatal tests arguably reinforce discrimination against and misconceptions about people with disabilities. This title presents a debate about prenatal testing and selective abortion. Editor(s): Parens, Erik; Asch, Adrienne. Series: Hastings Center Studies in Ethics Series. Num Pages: 392 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFG; MBDC; MFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780878408047
- ISBN
- 9780878408047
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Condition: New
€ 76.71
€ 76.71
Hardback. The appetite for illicit drugs in the UK continues to grow and diversify. Young Britons consume more drugs than their peers anywhere else in Europe. Why and how has this happened and why have official efforts to stem drug "abuse" so far failed? This collection describes the drugs landscape. Editor(s): Parker, Howard; Aldridge, Judith; Egginton, Roy. Num Pages: 198 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFFH1; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 198
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333918173
- ISBN
- 9780333918173
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.42
€ 127.42
Editor(s): Parks, Gregory S.; Bradley, Stefan M. Num Pages: 480 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3; JNKS; JNMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 35. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813134215
- ISBN
- 9780813134215
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.10
€ 53.10
Women, Employment and the Family in the International Division of Labo...
. Ed(S): Parpart, Professor Jane L.; Stichter...
Hardback. In the present stage of international capitalist development, women are increasingly being drawn into employment by multinational and state investment in the Third World. This volume investigates the interrelations between women's participation in the economy and their roles in family and home. Editor(s): Parpart, Professor Jane L.; Stichter, Sharon. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 473.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333451618
- ISBN
- 9780333451618
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.32
€ 194.32
Hardback. Editor(s): Parry, Emma; McCarthy, Jeanette. Num Pages: 767 pages, 20 black & white illustrations, 8 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFSP; KCF; KJMV2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 242 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1312.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 767
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137467799
- ISBN
- 9781137467799
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 287.98
€ 287.98
Paperback. Editor(s): Parsons, E.; Clarke, A. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JHBK; JHBS; JHM; MFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 370.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349258840
- ISBN
- 9781349258840
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Condition: New
€ 127.21
€ 127.21
Paperback. As Food Studies has grown into a well-established field, literary scholars have not fully addressed the prevalent themes of food, eating, and consumption in Chicana/o literature. Here, contributors propose food consciousness as a paradigm to examine the literary discourses of Chicana/o authors as they shift from the nation to the postnation. Editor(s): Pascual Soler, Nieves; Abarca, Meredith E. Series: Literatures of the Americas. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- Number of pages
- 247
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349478354
- ISBN
- 9781349478354
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Condition: New
€ 65.90
€ 65.90
Paperback. The first authoritative summary of its kind in this area, Handbook of Psychology and Sexual Orientation is the primary resource for the many researchers, including a new generation of investigators, who are continuing to advance understanding in this field. Editor(s): Patterson, Charlotte J.; D'Augelli, Anthony R. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JMC; JMG; JMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 256 x 179 x 25. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190247072
- ISBN
- 9780190247072
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 99.42
€ 99.42
Strukturen Und Angebote Lokaler Medien in Nordrhein-Westfalen
. Ed(S): Patzold, Ulrich; Roper, Horst; Volpe...
Paperback / so. Editor(s): Patzold, Ulrich; Roper, Horst; Volpers, Helmut. Series: Schriftenreihe Medienforschung Der Landesanstalt Fur Medien. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, black & white tables, bibliography. BIC Classification: JF; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- VS Verlag f?r Sozialwissenschaften United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783810037954
- ISBN
- 9783810037954
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.10
€ 73.10
Maintaining Minority Languages in Transnational Contexts
. Ed(S): Pauwels, Anne; Winter, Joanne; Lo Bi...
Paperback. This book provides a comparison of how, in a transnational world, Australia and Europe are dealing with the issue of managing and maintaining multilingualism through language policies. Editor(s): Pauwels, Anne; Winter, Joanne; Lo Bianco, Joseph. Series: Palgrave Studies in Minority Languages and Communities. Num Pages: 209 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CB; CFB; JFSL; JPVH; KNTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 209
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349285495
- ISBN
- 9781349285495
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
The spread of Islam across maritime Southeast Asia was one of the great transformations that shaped today's world. Links with the Middle East were crucial, but ties with the Ottoman empire have received little attention from historians. This book uses original archival research to focus on the relationship, from the 16th century to the present day. Editor(s): Peacock, Andrew; Gallop, Annabel Teh. Series: Proceedings of the British Academy. Num Pages: 300 pages, 22 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FM; 1QDT; HBJF; JFSR2; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 164 x 23. Weight in Grams: 816.
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780197265819
- ISBN
- 9780197265819
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 117.83
€ 117.83
Hardback. Throughout the world, governments and intergovernmental organizations, such as the International Organization for Migration are developing new approaches aimed at renewing migration policy-making. This book, now in paperback, critically analyzes the actors, discourses and practices of migration management. Editor(s): Pecoud, Antoine; Geiger, Martin. Series: Migration, Minorities & Citizenship. Num Pages: 315 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFN; JPQB; JPS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 223 x 146 x 24. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 315
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230272583
- ISBN
- 9780230272583
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Condition: New
€ 68.12
€ 68.12
Hardback. Editor(s): Peetz, David; Murray, Georgina. Num Pages: 259 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, 1 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Number of pages
- 259
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137561220
- ISBN
- 9781137561220
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.03
€ 117.03
Paperback. Editor(s): Pender, P; Smith, R (University of Manchester UK). Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 227 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; HBL; JFC; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 227
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349465347
- ISBN
- 9781349465347
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Condition: New
€ 65.93
€ 65.93
paperback. Editor(s): Penley, Constance; Ross, Andrew. Series: Cultural Politics S. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 24. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780816619320
- ISBN
- 9780816619320
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.49
€ 27.99
€ 26.49
hardcover. With its combination of voices from both scholarship and leadership and its unique assessment of antisemitism in Canada and the struggle against it, Contemporary Antisemitism offers new perspectives on one of the world's most ancient and diffuse hatreds. Editor(s): Penslar, Derek J.; Marrus, Michael R.; Stein, Janice Gross. Num Pages: 130 pages, 9 tables. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFSL; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 158 x 16. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Number of pages
- 130
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802039316
- ISBN
- 9780802039316
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.04
€ 63.04
Paperback. Focuses attention on scientific research and theory about aspects of women's sexualities, with special emphasis on sexual orientation. A paradigm is presented that recognizes the diversity of women's erotic experiences and the sociocultural factors that shape women's sexuality. Editor(s): Peplau, Letitia Anne; Garnets, Linda D. Series: Journal of Social Issues (JOSI). Num Pages: 242 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JMU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 10. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405100809
- ISBN
- 9781405100809
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 79.85
€ 79.85
Urban Dominance and Labour Market Differentiation of a European Capita...
. Ed(S): Pereira, Pedro Telhado; Mata, Maria ...
Hardback. Analyses the role of Lisbon as a capital city within the Portuguese urban system and its regional trends, focusing on economic history and on the study of the Lisbon labour market and its changes in the context of economic development in the 19th and 20th centuries, during which it remained the principal job market in the country. Editor(s): Pereira, Pedro Telhado; Mata, Maria Eugenia. Num Pages: 194 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DSP; 3JH; 3JJ; JFSG; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 1050.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 194
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792398301
- ISBN
- 9780792398301
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 131.69
€ 131.69
Paperback. Editor(s): Perry, D.; Sederholm, Carl H. Num Pages: 294 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AP; DSA; DSB; DSBH; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2012
- Number of pages
- 294
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349298983
- ISBN
- 9781349298983
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.82
€ 66.82