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Paperback. China's entry into the World Trade Organization in 2001 ignited a race to capture new global media audiences. This book examines this compelling dynamic, where the distinctions between Hollywood's "dream factory" and the PRC's "Chinese dream" of global influence become increasingly blurred. Num Pages: 272 pages, 23 b/w, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JM; APF; JFD; KNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 401.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520294028
- ISBN
- 9780520294028
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.41
€ 33.99
€ 24.41
hardcover. Thirty-nine women and their strategies of survival are the central focus of this newest study on women who have left abusive situations. An indispensable new look and new hope to the issue of violence against women. Num Pages: 240 pages, 2 figures. BIC Classification: JFFE3; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 525.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802037268
- ISBN
- 9780802037268
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.42
€ 69.42
paperback. Thirty-nine women and their strategies of survival are the central focus of this newest study on women who have left abusive situations. An indispensable new look and new hope to the issue of violence against women. Num Pages: 240 pages, 2 figures. BIC Classification: JFFE3; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 395.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802085214
- ISBN
- 9780802085214
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 41.01
€ 43.99
€ 41.01
Paperback. Aysha A. Hidayatullah offers the first comprehensive examination of contemporary feminist Qur'anic interpretation, exploring its dynamic challenges to Islamic tradition and contemporary Muslim views of the Qur'an. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRHS; HRLC1; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 234 x 19. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199359578
- ISBN
- 9780199359578
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Condition: New
€ 57.06
€ 57.06
Paperback. Rightlessness in an Age of Rights offers a critical inquiry of human rights by rethinking the key concepts and arguments of twentieth-century political theorist Hannah Arendt. At the heart of this critical inquiry are the challenging questions posed by the contemporary struggles of asylum-seekers, refugees, and undocumented immigrants. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: JFFN; JPVH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 18. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199370429
- ISBN
- 9780199370429
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.94
€ 63.94
Paperback. Examines the works of selected bilingual and bicultural writers of the United States (including Oscar Hijuelos, Maxine Hong Kingston, and Eva Hoffman) and Germany (Libuse Monikova, Rafik Schami, and E S Ozdamar, among others), developing a framework for understanding the relationship between displacement, memory, and language. Series: Translation/Transnation. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; JFC; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 28.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691050997
- ISBN
- 9780691050997
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.92€ 41.45
€ 52.92
€ 41.45
Paperback. Every Thursday morning in a living room in Iran, over tea and pastries, the author and other women meet in secret to discuss forbidden works of Western literature. This book tells how they lose themselves in the worlds of Lolita, and share their own stories, dreams with each other, and, for a few hours, taste freedom. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBN; BM; HBTV; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 258 x 24. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241246238
- ISBN
- 9780241246238
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.95
€ 13.99
€ 10.95
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442607903
- ISBN
- 9781442607903
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 33.59
€ 35.99
€ 33.59
Paperback. This global volume explores migration, precarious employment, transformation of paid work and the political actions of immigrant and migrant workers. Editor(s): Choudry, Aziz; Hlatshwayo, Mondli. Series: Wildcat. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: JFFN; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 135. .
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745335834
- ISBN
- 9780745335834
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 22.50
€ 33.99
€ 22.50
Paperback. In the fall of 2005 the streets of France were rocked by civil disturbances on a scale unseen for decades. This title documents the socioeconomic inequalities, ethnic discrimination, and political neglect that have bred a volatile generation of minority ethnic youths deeply distrustful of a society they believe has failed them. Translator(s): Hargreaves, Alec G. Num Pages: 154 pages, glossary, index. BIC Classification: 1DDF; JFSL; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 128 x 10. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 154
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803262621
- ISBN
- 9780803262621
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.29
€ 18.29
Hardback. The story of the turbulent final sixty years of an important, and in many ways representative, Eastern European Jewish community. Editor(s): Mirsky, Mark; Rosman, Moshe. Translator(s): Tropper, Faigie. Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture. Num Pages: 792 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1DVUB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1247.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Number of pages
- 754
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804741583
- ISBN
- 9780804741583
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.58
€ 97.58
Paperback. Series: Decolonizing Feminisms. Num Pages: 20 black & white illustrations, 20 illus. BIC Classification: 1FM; HBJF; JFSJ5; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 26. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295995328
- ISBN
- 9780295995328
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.41
€ 32.99
€ 31.41
Hardcover. Series: Decolonizing Feminisms. Num Pages: 347 pages, 20 black & white illustrations, 20 illus. BIC Classification: JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 688.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 347
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295995311
- ISBN
- 9780295995311
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.21
€ 119.21
Paperback. Tackles the diversity of Islamist thinking and practice and how it relates to the latest global political and economic trends. Editor(s): Karam, Azza M. Series: Critical Studies on Islam. Num Pages: 176 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1DD; 1KBB; HRH; JFSR2; JPF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 135 x 13. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Publisher
- Pluto Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745316253
- ISBN
- 9780745316253
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.42
€ 40.99
€ 31.42
Paperback. This anthology brings together material from 38 well-known writers, artists and scientists who attempt to describe the process by which original ideas come to them. Editor(s): Ghiselin, Brewster. Num Pages: 259 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; DSA; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 144 x 18. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Edition
- F First Paperback Edition Used
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520054530
- ISBN
- 9780520054530
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.64
€ 33.99
€ 24.64
Paperback. Explores the struggles against moral and cultural imperialism and neoliberal globalization, and the alternatives that have emerged in countries throughout the developing world from Brazil and Colombia, to India, South Africa and Mozambique. Num Pages: 510 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 143 x 28. Weight in Grams: 602.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Verso Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 510
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844672561
- ISBN
- 9781844672561
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 40.75
€ 40.99
€ 40.75
Paperback. The first comprehensive work on globalization within the context of sustainable development initiatives in Africa. Editor(s): House-Soremekun, Bessie; Falola, Toyin. Series: Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora. Num Pages: 484 pages, 7 black & white illustrations, 16 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1H; JFFS; KCM; RNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 484
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781580465502
- ISBN
- 9781580465502
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 49.51
€ 52.99
€ 49.51
Paperback. Explores the global changes in disability awareness, technology, and policy from the viewpoint of disabled people and their families in a range of local contexts. This book reports on ethnographic research in Brazil, Uganda, Botswana, Somalia, Britain, Israel, China, India, and Japan. It addresses the definition of human rights in local contexts. Editor(s): Ingstad, Benedicte; Whyte, Susan Reynolds. Num Pages: 334 pages, 10 b/w photographs, 4 tables. BIC Classification: JFFG; JHMP; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 334
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520246171
- ISBN
- 9780520246171
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.66
€ 40.99
€ 28.66
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Cambridge Scholars Publishing
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Unabridged edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781443829779
- ISBN
- 9781443829779
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 27.83
€ 46.99
€ 27.83
Hardback.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231147309
- ISBN
- 9780231147309
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 22.11
€ 29.99
€ 22.11
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; DN; JFFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 230 x 21. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Gallaudet University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781563683213
- ISBN
- 9781563683213
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 27.88
€ 35.99
€ 27.88
Hardcover. Discussing the roles of civil society in the initiation stage of democratization in China, this text argues that there is a semi-civil society in China, and that this plays dual roles in the initial stage of democratization in China. Num Pages: 223 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFS; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1997th Edition
- Number of pages
- 223
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333673676
- ISBN
- 9780333673676
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 211.68€ 206.19
€ 211.68
€ 206.19
paperback. Editor(s): Kaplan, Bronwyn. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; JFFJ; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 205 x 145. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- UCT Press South Africa
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780799215106
- ISBN
- 9780799215106
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.89
€ 17.99
€ 16.89
Hardcover. Num Pages: 166 pages, tables & charts. BIC Classification: JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 147 x 15. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- New Dawn Press United States
- Number of pages
- 166
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781932705652
- ISBN
- 9781932705652
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.88
€ 19.99
€ 14.88