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Society & culture: general
Provides a basic introduction to the cultures and spiritual teachings of four Native American nations: Delaware, Cherokee, Sioux, Navajo; and also discusses such critical issues as the pan-national spiritual movements and the environment. Num Pages: 432 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRKT; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 156 x 33. Weight in Grams: 736.
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 420
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872208629
- ISBN
- 9780872208629
Condition: New
€ 54.79€ 42.75
€ 54.79
€ 42.75
Paperback. Series: Postcards from Scotland. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 146 x 9. Weight in Grams: 154. Charting Scotland's Inspirational Communities. Series: Postcards from Scotland. 128 pages, 0. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBKS; JF. Dimension: 206 x 146 x 9. Weight: 130.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Argyll Publishing
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908931078
- ISBN
- 9781908931078
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.36
€ 11.36
paperback. Offers comprehensive exploration of the challenges faced by incarcerated women in the United States. This book shows that serving time in prisons designed by and for men, not only does little to address what landed women there in the first place, but also undermines their prospects for an improved life on the outside. Num Pages: 230 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; JKVP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 381 x 381 x 574. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Lynne Rienner United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781588263957
- ISBN
- 9781588263957
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.94
€ 32.94
Hardcover. Num Pages: 243 pages, tabs.ch. BIC Classification: AMVD; JFSG; JPQB; RP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 164 x 17. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 243
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781560726814
- ISBN
- 9781560726814
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 101.25€ 76.32
€ 101.25
€ 76.32
Hardcover. This ethnography details changing Ewenki ways of life brought China's recent ecological migration policies, which aim to preserve and restore the badly damaged ecologies of western China. This ethnography examines these policies and their effects on Aoluguya Ewenki hunters, who have been relocated. Num Pages: 240 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782386322
- ISBN
- 9781782386322
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 164.06
€ 164.06
Paperback. A consideration of the process of globalization, especially as it has affected urban centres in Pacific Asia over the last 20 years of the 20th century. All countries in the region are covered, with special attention given to Hong Kong and to China. Num Pages: 288 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1F; JFFS; JFSG; KCM; RGL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Univ of Hawaii Pr
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- SKU
- KIN0001432
- ISBN
- 9780824823269
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Marriage, Gender and Sex in a Contemporary Chinese Village (Studies on...
Yuen, Sun-Pong; Law, Pui-Lam; Ho, Yuk-Ying; Y...
paperback. This book explores changing concepts of marriage and gender relationships and attitudes toward sex in a rural Chinese community over the past five decades. The book is based on a study of an industrialized peasant village in Guangdong Province from 1994 to 1996 and subsequent visits from 2000 to 2002. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJP; JFSJ; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Routledge United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780765612540
- ISBN
- 9780765612540
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.77
€ 39.77
Hardback. Series: Electronic Mediations. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 150 x 262 x 25. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816698905
- ISBN
- 9780816698905
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 101.95
€ 101.95
Paperback. Series: Electronic Mediations. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 143 x 216 x 21. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816698912
- ISBN
- 9780816698912
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 26.09
€ 31.99
€ 26.09
Hardback. Explores the rise of female athletes in China in the early twentieth century. It shows how female athletes coped with the conflicting demands of nationalist causes, unwanted male attention, and modern fame, arguing that the athletic female form helped to create a new ideal of modern womanhood in China. Series: Contemporary Chinese Studies. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JFSJ1; WSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774824811
- ISBN
- 9780774824811
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.16
€ 106.16
paperback. This book explores the casting of China s earliest female Olympians as celebrities within the context of a national crisis, born of internal conflicts and external attack by Japan. Series: Contemporary Chinese Studies. Num Pages: 348 pages, , black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBTB; JFSJ1; WSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 230 x 23. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 348
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774824828
- ISBN
- 9780774824828
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.81
€ 37.99
€ 33.81
Paperback. Translator(s): Brickman, Caroline Lemak. Num Pages: 140 pages. BIC Classification: BM; GTE; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 141 x 216 x 9. Weight in Grams: 164.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Dalkey Archive Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781564789969
- ISBN
- 9781564789969
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 13.85
€ 14.99
€ 13.85
Paperback. This text chronicles a great lost period in cinema history, that of pre-Revolutionary Russia. In contrast to standard film histories, this book focuses on reflected images: it features the historical filmgoer and early writings on film, as well as examining the physical elements of performance. Editor(s): Taylor, Richard. Translator(s): Bodger, Alan. Num Pages: 292 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; APFA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226814261
- ISBN
- 9780226814261
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 33.72
€ 43.99
€ 33.72
Hardcover. Provides an integrated view of the five kinds of enabling technologies in terms of knowledge media architectures such as: multimedia and hypermedia, object oriented GUI and visual programming, reusable component software and component integration, network publishing and electronic commerce, and object oriented and multimedia databases. Num Pages: 498 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBT; JFD; UYQE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 256 x 187 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1082.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 498
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471453789
- ISBN
- 9780471453789
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 201.97
€ 201.97
Paperback. This volume begins with Roman myths and traces their influence in early Christian and later European literature. Ninety-five entries cover subjects such as sacrificial cults and rites in pre-Roman Italy, Roman religion and its origins, the mythologies of paganism, and myth in twentieth-century English literature. Translator(s): Doniger, Wendy. Num Pages: 344 pages, halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; 1QDAR; HRA; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 279 x 215 x 19. Weight in Grams: 792.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226064550
- ISBN
- 9780226064550
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.23€ 44.19
€ 51.23
€ 44.19
paperback. Information overload, the shallows, weapons of mass distraction, the googlization of minds: countless commentators condemn the flood of images and information that dooms us to a pathological attention deficit. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: GTC; JFCA; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 230 x 21. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- Polity Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509503735
- ISBN
- 9781509503735
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 24.80
€ 24.99
€ 24.80
Hardback. Information overload, the shallows, weapons of mass distraction, the googlization of minds: countless commentators condemn the flood of images and information that dooms us to a pathological attention deficit. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: GTC; JFCA; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 23. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509503728
- ISBN
- 9781509503728
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.02
€ 72.02
Hardback. The book focuses on human development in a world dominated by post-9/11 security and political challenges, economic and financial collapses, as well as environmental threats. Editor(s): Reisinger, Yvette, PhD. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JFM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 181 x 252 x 19. Weight in Grams: 720.
- Publisher
- CABI Publishing
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780643922
- ISBN
- 9781780643922
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 55.46
€ 55.46
Hardcover. This selection of tales about leprechauns is now available in a miniaturised edition. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 112 x 11. Weight in Grams: 134.
- Publisher
- Gill Books
- Number of pages
- 64
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- Mini
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780717134236
- ISBN
- 9780717134236
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 7.40
€ 7.40
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781446272534
- ISBN
- 9781446272534
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.39
€ 50.39