Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Paperback. Told through a case study of Tsinghua University - China's premier school of technology - this book traces how Red engineers were groomed in the early years of socialism, survived the Cultural Revolution, and triumphed in the post-Mao years by uniting with communist officials. Series: Contemporary Issues in Asia and the Pacific. Num Pages: 368 pages, 11 tables, 2 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBTB; JFC; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804760782
- ISBN
- 9780804760782
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.59
€ 33.99
€ 33.59
Hardback. Rise of the Red Engineers explains the tumultuous origins of the class of technocratic officials who rule China today. Series: Contemporary Issues in Asia and Pacific. Num Pages: 368 pages, 11 tables, 2 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBTB; JFC; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780804760775
- ISBN
- 9780804760775
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 137.98
€ 137.98
Paperback. Num Pages: 351 pages, Illustrations (some col.), col. map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Seven Stories Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 351
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781583228548
- ISBN
- 9781583228548
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.52
€ 23.99
€ 21.52
Hardback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 147 x 18. Weight in Grams: 382. Untangling Numbers from the Media, Politicians, and Activists. 224 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: JFCA. Dimension: 218 x 147 x 18. Weight: 382.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520274709
- ISBN
- 9780520274709
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.64
€ 33.99
€ 24.64
Paperback. Num Pages: 244 pages, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: CFG; JFFE1; JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 200 x 15. Weight in Grams: 311.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226044262
- ISBN
- 9780226044262
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.01
€ 40.99
€ 31.01
Paperback. An exploration of the ways we talk about - and why we worry about - new crimes and new forms of victimization. Focusing on so-called random crimes such as freeway shootings, gang violence, and wilding, it shows how new crime problems emerge and how some quickly fade from public attention while others spread and become enduring subjects of concern. Num Pages: 237 pages, 5 line drawings, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFFE; JKV; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 230 x 16. Weight in Grams: 63.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 237
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520215726
- ISBN
- 9780520215726
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.41
€ 33.99
€ 24.41
Hardback. Explores the range of institutional fads, analyzing the features of our culture that foster them, and identifying the major stages of the fad cycle - emerging, surging, and purging. This book examines the causes and consequences of fads and suggests ways of fad-proofing our institutions. Num Pages: 222 pages, 14 line illustrations, 15 text boxes. BIC Classification: JFS; JMJ; JPVK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 144 x 21. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520246263
- ISBN
- 9780520246263
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.13
€ 35.99
€ 26.13
Paperback. Num Pages: 328 pages, 3ill. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; 3JJ; JFC; JFSC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822313472
- ISBN
- 9780822313472
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 30.33
€ 31.99
€ 30.33
Paperback. The baby abandoned on the doorstep is a phenomenon that has virtually disappeared from our experience, but in the early modern world, unwanted children were a very real problem. This title recreates sixteenth-century Nuremberg to explore what befell abandoned children in this period in vivid detail. Num Pages: 456 pages, 64 halftones, 9 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JB; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB; JFSP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226102054
- ISBN
- 9780226102054
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.14
€ 37.99
€ 29.14
Hardcover. This book analyses the impact of postfeminist discourse and the mainstreaming of pornography on our understanding of intimacy and female sexuality. It is a broad critical survey of a recent publishing phenomenon - the female-authored erotic memoir - and positions the texts under analysis as complex and contradictory expressions of popular feminism. Num Pages: 132 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK; JFFK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 145 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 134
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137326539
- ISBN
- 9781137326539
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.62
€ 58.62
Paperback. Editor(s): Isaac, Joel; Kloppenberg, James T.; Ratner-Rosenhagen, Jennifer; O'Brien, Michael. Num Pages: 408 pages, 8 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPCD; HPCF; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190459475
- ISBN
- 9780190459475
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.59
€ 68.59
paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 224 colour, 178 b/w ill. BIC Classification: AKLC; JFD; JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 208 x 211 x 14. Weight in Grams: 612. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Vallentine Mitchell
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0024362
- ISBN
- 9780853037521
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.12
€ 5.12
paperback. A sensitive and insightful critique of the contradictions of Zionism. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1FBP; JFSR1; JPHC; JPHV; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 20. Weight in Grams: 349.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745325699
- ISBN
- 9780745325699
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 22.67
€ 33.99
€ 22.67
Paperback. A biography of Henry Roe Cloud (c. 1884-1950), a Winnebago educator, scholar, and minister who was one of the most renowned Native Americans of his time. Series: New Americanists. Num Pages: 280 pages, 9 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSL1; JNM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822344216
- ISBN
- 9780822344216
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 29.11
€ 30.99
€ 29.11
Paperback. Viewing the rise of China from Japan's perspective, the author elucidates Japanese policy responses and their implications for regional institution building. It fills a gap in knowledge about the development of East Asian regional institutions and Sino-Japanese relationships. Series: Critical Studies of the Asia-Pacific. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFS; JPA; JPS; JPSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349335749
- ISBN
- 9781349335749
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.12
€ 62.12
Hardcover. Although philosophers debate the morality of open borders, few social scientists have explored what would happen if immigration were no longer limited. This book looks at three examples of temporarily unrestricted migration in Miami, Marseille, and Dublin and finds that the effects were much less catastrophic than opponents of immigration claim. Num Pages: 170 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 1DDF; 1KBB; JFFN; JHBD; JPSL; LNDA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 149 x 224 x 21. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 170
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137513915
- ISBN
- 9781137513915
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.00
€ 62.00
Paperback. This study of a variety of Southeast Asian countries - including Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand - reveals that issues of culture and identity politics are of primary importance to the people of the region and their leaders. Editor(s): Kahn, Joel S. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FM; JFC; JHM; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
- Publisher
- I B Tauris & Co Ltd
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781860642456
- ISBN
- 9781860642456
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.19
€ 34.99
€ 29.19
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSC; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691635149
- ISBN
- 9780691635149
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 159.31
€ 159.31
Hardback. Series: Columbia Journalism Review Books. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: JFD; JFMD; KNT; LNJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 210 x 19. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231160643
- ISBN
- 9780231160643
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 21.95
€ 30.99
€ 21.95
Hardcover. The Sociology of Consumption: A Global Approach offers college students, scholars, and interested readers a state-of-the-art overview of consumption the desire for, purchase, use, display, exchange, and disposal of goods and services. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 234 x 22. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Publisher
- Polity
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745661278
- ISBN
- 9780745661278
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.49
€ 71.49
paperback. Explaining varying levels of religiosity and church attendance in Canada. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HRCC; JFSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 407. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen's University Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 3rd ed.
- SKU
- V9780773546271
- ISBN
- 9780773546271
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 35.95
€ 40.99
€ 35.95
Hardback. Illustrates how our consumer spending generates vast amounts of economic waste. This book provides explanations to show us why it's time to stop the madness and think twice before buying gifts for the holidays. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 5HC; JFCD; JFFT; KC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 110 x 20. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691142647
- ISBN
- 9780691142647
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.95
€ 10.99
€ 9.95
Hardback. Editor(s): Wallace, Joel. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: JFF; JHB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 155. .
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781634836395
- ISBN
- 9781634836395
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 288.88€ 211.84
€ 288.88
€ 211.84
Hardback. This important collection of essays addresses the question of why scholars can no longer do without class in religious studies and theology, and what we can learn from a renewed engagement with the topic. This volume discusses what new discourses regarding notions of gender, ethnicity, and race might add to developments on notions of class. Editor(s): Rieger, Joerg. Series: New Approaches to Religion and Power. Num Pages: 237 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRAM; HRCM; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 237
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137351371
- ISBN
- 9781137351371
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.04
€ 63.04