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Paperback. In no other society in the world have urbanisation and industrialisation been as comprehensively based on migrant labour as in South Africa. Editor(s): Delius, Peter; Phillips, Laura; Rankin-Smith, Fiona. Num Pages: 320 pages, 90-100 images. BIC Classification: JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 252 x 210 x 19. Weight in Grams: 912.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Wits University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781868147670
ISBN
9781868147670
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.36

hardcover. Photographs by New Mexico s most renowned documentarians such as Alex Harris, Jack Parsons, Miguel Gandert, Annie Sahlin, Meridel Rubenstein, Don J. Usner, and Siegfried Halus are included alongside photographers newer on the scene, creating a fascinating compilation of lowriders over time." Num Pages: 180 pages, 121 colour & b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBWX; JFSL4; WGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 330 x 265 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1732.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Museum of New Mexico Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
180
Condition
New
SKU
V9780890136171
ISBN
9780890136171
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 39.06

Paperback. This collection gathers a set of central papers from the emerging area of ethics and climate change. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFM; RNPG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 252 x 179 x 24. Weight in Grams: 648.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195399615
ISBN
9780195399615
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 69.42

Paperback. Series: Viewpoints S. Num Pages: 201 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; GTF; JFFA; KCM; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 266.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Practical Action
Edition
2nd
Number of pages
201
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853396403
ISBN
9781853396403
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.31

Hardcover. Blind since the age of 11, Georgina Kleege draws on her own experiences to provide this account of visual impairment - both her own view of the world and the world's view of the blind. She addresses topics such as the negative status of the blind and how blindness is portrayed in literature. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JFFG; JFS; VFJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 150 x 24. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Yale University Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300076806
ISBN
9780300076806
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 77.04

Paperback. Winner examines the latest scientific evidence about the biological basis of giftedness as well as the role played by parents and schools in fostering exceptional abilities. In this fascinating book, she uncovers and explores nine myths about giftedness, and shows us what gifted children are really like. Num Pages: 464 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JFSP2; JMC; JNSP; VFXC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 132 x 203 x 29. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Basic Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9780465017591
ISBN
9780465017591
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.12

This text offers both first-hand witness to women's resistance to state violence, and insights into the formation of women's community. It describes how political prisoners forged alliances to demand better conditions and to maintain their sanity in the confines of their cramped cell. Translator(s): Booth, Marilyn. Series: Literature of the Middle East S. Num Pages: 204 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBE; BG; JFSJ1; JPVR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 257.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520088887
ISBN
9780520088887
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.82

Paperback. Bringing together scholarly insights and research by both Japanese and non-Japanese experts, Jessica Milner Davis bridges the differences between humor in Japan and the West and examines the spectrum of Japanese humor, from ancient traditions and surviving rituals of laughter to the norms of joke-telling in conversation in Japan and America. Editor(s): Davis, Jessica Milner. Series: Humor in Life & Letters S. Num Pages: 264 pages, 27 illustrations, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 228 x 18. Weight in Grams: 446.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Wayne State University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814331651
ISBN
9780814331651
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.65

Paperback. Offers a different perspective by allowing twenty-three male writers the chance to explore their artistic and emotional relationship to their favorite fairy-tale stories. Editor(s): Bernheimer, Kate. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; JFSJ; YFJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 159 x 14. Weight in Grams: 276.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Wayne State University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814332672
ISBN
9780814332672
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.98

Paperback. An ethnography of Wall Street culture, this book offers a picture of how the market and its denizens work. Not merely masses of individuals striving independently, here, markets appear as socially constructed institutions in which the behaviour of traders is suspended in a web of customs. Num Pages: 240 pages, 5 line illustrations, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; KFFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 314.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674006881
ISBN
9780674006881
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 37.27

Paperback. Many immigrants in Europe find marginalization, discrimination, and increasing segregation. In this book, the author shows how an excessive respect for "their culture" has been part of the problem. Culture has become a concept of race, sustaining ethnic identity politics that subvert human rights. Num Pages: 280 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1D; JFFJ; JFFN; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 164 x 230 x 23. Weight in Grams: 438.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
280
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226896854
ISBN
9780226896854
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.91

Paperback. Num Pages: 392 pages, 24 halftones. BIC Classification: 1F; 1QSP; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 590.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226896809
ISBN
9780226896809
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 34.69

Paperback. Num Pages: 328 pages, 23 halftones, 1 map, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1FB; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 552.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226896830
ISBN
9780226896830
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 29.04

Paperback. Focuses on how workers and small enterprises in India fare when faced with the processes of globalization and liberalization. This work raises questions about the experience of Indian development since the onset of economic reforms in 1991. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFFS; KCF; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 248 x 166 x 19. Weight in Grams: 532.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Tulika
Condition
New
SKU
V9788189487393
ISBN
9788189487393
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.43

Paperback. Proceedings of the Society for Risk Analysis International Workshop held in Knoxville, Tennessee, September 30-October 3, 1984 Editor(s): Covello, V. T. (Center for Risk Communication, Columbia University, New York); Lave, Lester B.; Moghissi, Alan. Series: Advances in Risk Analysis. Num Pages: 548 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JF; TQ; WM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 170 x 28. Weight in Grams: 939.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1987
Number of pages
548
Condition
New
SKU
V9781468453195
ISBN
9781468453195
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 131.00

Hardback. An exploration of the multifaceted Mongol experience in China, past and present. Charting the interface between a state-centred multinational Chinese polity and a primordial nationalist multiculturalism, it explores Mongol ethnopolitical strategies to preserve their heritage. Series: Asia/Pacific/Perspectives. Num Pages: 320 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPM; HBJF; HBTB; JFSL; JHM; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742511439
ISBN
9780742511439
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 200.17

Paperback. Num Pages: 50 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 205 x 4. Weight in Grams: 204.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Urban Land Institute
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874202922
ISBN
9780874202922
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.04

Paperback. Series: Sexual Cultures. Num Pages: 304 pages, 6 colour illustrations, 38 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFFK; JFSL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
NYU Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781479852475
ISBN
9781479852475
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.02

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 268 pages, 25 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; APFA; HBTB; JFD; KNTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691630212
ISBN
9780691630212
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 139.78

Hardcover. Advanced media technologies have transformed immigrants' relations with their departure and arrival societies. This title explores how Muslim-Arab religious scholars have developed over the years a theory that tasks Muslims living in the West with specific duties within the framework of their anticipated global Muslim nation. Num Pages: 209 pages. BIC Classification: JFD; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 460.
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
209
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845193287
ISBN
9781845193287
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 130.58

Hardcover. Num Pages: 209 pages, tables. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFF; JP; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 260 x 188 x 20. Weight in Grams: 630.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
209
Condition
New
SKU
V9781604565096
ISBN
9781604565096
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.52
€ 81.20

Paperback / so. Editor(s): Apitzsch, Ursula. Num Pages: 313 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JFFN; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 465.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Germany
Number of pages
313
Condition
New
SKU
V9783531133782
ISBN
9783531133782
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 72.60

Paperback / so. Editor(s): Boos-Nunning, Ursula. Series: Schriftenreihe Des Zentrums Feur Teurkeistudien. Num Pages: 681 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 35. Weight in Grams: 816.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
VS Verlag f?r Sozialwissenschaften United Kingdom
Number of pages
681
Condition
New
SKU
V9783810008039
ISBN
9783810008039
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 75.40

Paperback / so. Editor(s): Hoffmann-Lange, Ursula. Series: Dji - Jugendsurvey. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JF; VFXC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 24. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
VS Verlag f?r Sozialwissenschaften United Kingdom
Condition
New
SKU
V9783810013927
ISBN
9783810013927
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 73.83

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