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Hardback. In Encoding Race, Encoding Class Sareeta Amrute explores the lives of Indian IT coders temporarily working in Berlin, showing how their cognitive labor reimagines race and class and how their acceptance and resistance to their work offers new potentials for alternative visions of living and working in neoliberal economies. Num Pages: 280 pages, 9 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; JFFN; JFSL3; JHBL; KCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822361176
ISBN
9780822361176
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 110.28

Paperback. In Encoding Race, Encoding Class Sareeta Amrute explores the lives of Indian IT coders temporarily working in Berlin, showing how their cognitive labor reimagines race and class and how their acceptance and resistance to their work offers new potentials for alternative visions of living and working in neoliberal economies. Num Pages: 280 pages, 9 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; JFFN; JFSL3; JHBL; KCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822361350
ISBN
9780822361350
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.40

Hardcover. Presents a narrative history and analysis of the Assyrian experience in 20th century Iraq. This book includes comprehensive data pertaining to Iraqi Assyrian villages as well as ancient churches, monasteries, schools and other material culture edifices. It includes history and ethnographic research on the Assyrians. Num Pages: 432 pages, 44 b&w illustrations, 12 b&w tables. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 3JJ; HBJF1; HBLW; JFSL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 243 x 158 x 29. Weight in Grams: 778.
Publisher
EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748686025
ISBN
9780748686025
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 140.37

Hardcover. Series: American Literatures Initiative. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813935898
ISBN
9780813935898
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 79.58

Paperback. Unconventionally fusing the the history of faith and reason in Islam, this book traces the Qur'an-inspired intellectual revolution that took off in the Islamic world of the seventh century, revealing its highlights and following it through to its sixteenth-century demise. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 1QDT; HBJF1; HPK; HRH; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781503600577
ISBN
9781503600577
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.61

Hardback. Unconventionally fusing the the history of faith and reason in Islam, this book traces the Qur'an-inspired intellectual revolution that took off in the Islamic world of the seventh century, revealing its highlights and following it through to its sixteenth-century demise. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 1QDT; HBJF1; HPK; HRH; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804794619
ISBN
9780804794619
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 140.33

Hardback. Editor(s): Malik, Sarita; Newton, Darrell M. Num Pages: 232 pages, 48 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: APT; JFC; JFSL; JFSL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781526100986
ISBN
9781526100986
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 160.62

Paperback. An impressive collection of writings on women's issues in Indian history Editor(s): Sarkar, Sumit; Sarkar, Tanika. Num Pages: 560 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 177 x 255 x 29. Weight in Grams: 980.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
560
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253220493
ISBN
9780253220493
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.01

Paperback. Essays consider the relationship of gender, time, and space to globalization, describing conditions under which South and Southeast Asians can resist the attempted erasure of their spaces and histories. Editor(s): Sarker, Sonita; De, Esha Niyogi. Num Pages: 360 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1FK; 1FM; JFC; JFFS; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3887 x 26. Weight in Grams: 581.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822329923
ISBN
9780822329923
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

paperback. Editor(s): Bauer, Brian S. Translator(s): Bauer, Brian S.; Smith, Vania. Series: Joe R. & Teresa Lozano Long Series in Latin American & Latino Art & Culture. Num Pages: 284 pages, 63 figures. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBJK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 165 x 21. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292714854
ISBN
9780292714854
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.70

Paperback. An overview of Roman women's roles and functions in religion and, by extension, in Rome's history and culture during both the republic and the empire. This work examines major female deities and cults, to show how conservative Roman society adopted and integrated Greek culture into its mythic history, artistic expressions, and religion. Num Pages: 222 pages, 9 b&w illustrations, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 3D; HRKP; HRLF; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Edition
1St Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292716940
ISBN
9780292716940
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

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

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

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

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

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. 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 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

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

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

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

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. 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

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

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