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Society & culture: general
Hardback. Examines the Independence holiday, exploring how this most important public festival in the civic calendar has given Mexicans a rich tradition of national celebration that is part creation myth, part official pomp, and part popular merrymaking. This work looks at how Independence Day festivities have provided a medium for informal education. Editor(s): Beezley, William H.; Lorey, David E. Series: Latin American Silhouettes. Num Pages: 261 pages, photographs, index. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; ASZP; HBTQ; HBTR; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 261
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842029148
- ISBN
- 9780842029148
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 169.44
€ 169.44
Hardback. Brings together 25 peer reviewed articles on technical, socio-economic, environmental and policy aspects of flood risk management. This book is suitable for the engineers, scientists, planners, policy-makers, researchers, insurance industry and all the practitioners involved in flood risk management. Editor(s): Begum, Selina (Environment Agency); Stive, Marcel J.F. (Delft University of Technology); Hall, Jim W. Series: Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research. Num Pages: 550 pages, 150 black & white illustrations, 14 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; JFFC; RNF; TNFL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 992.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 550
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402041990
- ISBN
- 9781402041990
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 197.62
€ 197.62
Paperback. Editor(s): Begum, Selina (Environment Agency); Stive, Marcel J.F. (Delft University of Technology); Hall, Jim W. Series: Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research. Num Pages: 550 pages, 150 black & white illustrations, 14 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; JFFC; RNF; TNFL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 830.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 1st ed. Softcover of orig. ed. 2007
- Number of pages
- 550
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048170692
- ISBN
- 9789048170692
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 196.63
€ 196.63
paperback. Editor(s): Behar, Ruth; Suarez, Lucia M. Series: New Directions in Latino American Cultures. Num Pages: 258 pages, 23 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JHB; JHM; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 413.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2008th Edition
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230604773
- ISBN
- 9780230604773
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Wissen Methode Geschlecht: Erfassen Des Fraglos Gegebenen
. Ed(S): Behnke, Cornelia; Lengersdorf, Diana...
Paperback / so. Editor(s): Behnke, Cornelia; Lengersdorf, Diana; Scholz, Sylka. Series: Geschlecht Und Gesellschaft. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, black & white tables, bibliography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer vs United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783531196534
- ISBN
- 9783531196534
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.35
€ 61.35
Paperback / so. Editor(s): Behnken, Imbke; Schulze, Theodor. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- VS Verlag f?r Sozialwissenschaften United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783810018809
- ISBN
- 9783810018809
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.78
€ 71.78
perfect. Editor(s): Behr, Michael; Heidenreich, Martin (University of Oldenburg, Germany); Schmidt, Gert; Schwerin, Hans Alexander Graf Von. Series: Sozialvertreagliche Technikgestaltung. Num Pages: 214 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Vs Verlag Fur Sozialwissenschaften United States
- Edition
- 1991st Edition
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783531122526
- ISBN
- 9783531122526
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 82.80
€ 82.80
Paperback / so. Editor(s): Behrens, Maria; Meyer-Stumborg, Sylvia; Simonis, Georg. Series: Sozialvertreagliche Technikgestaltung. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Vs Verlag Fur Sozialwissenschaften United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783531128528
- ISBN
- 9783531128528
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 84.03
€ 84.03
Paperback / so. Editor(s): Behrens, Melanie; Bukow, Wolf-Dietrich; Cudak, Karin; Strunck, Christoph. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, black & white tables, bibliography. BIC Classification: JFFN; JFSR; JHB; JPQB; RPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 459.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Springer vs United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783658095383
- ISBN
- 9783658095383
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.91
€ 73.91
Hardback. Brings together social scientists and engineers who present predictive theory of social organization, as a conglomerate of mating flows that morph in time to flow more easily. This book offers a way to look at social phenomena as part of natural phenomena, and examines a domain of application of engineering such as thermodynamic optimization. Editor(s): Bejan, Adrian; Merkx, Gil. Num Pages: 367 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFR; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 698.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 367
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387476803
- ISBN
- 9780387476803
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 251.08
€ 251.08
International Handbook of Migration, Minorities and Education
. Ed(S): Bekerman, Zvi; Geisen, Thomas
Paperback. This book offers scholarly contributions that enlarge and enhance knowledge in the field of migrant and minority education, with a special emphasis on the meaning of culture and social learning for educational processes. Editor(s): Bekerman, Zvi; Geisen, Thomas. Num Pages: 779 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTB; JFFN; JHB; JN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1175.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 779
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789401784603
- ISBN
- 9789401784603
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 508.39
€ 508.39
Paperback. A companion to "First Nations Cultural Heritage and Law". It looks at the key features of Canadian, US, and international law influencing indigenous cultural heritage in Canada. It examines legal and extralegal avenues for reform, including ethics codes, research protocols, institutional policies, human rights law, and First Nation legal orders. Editor(s): Bell, Catherine; Paterson, Robert. Series: Law and Society. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFSL9; LAQ; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 699.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774814645
- ISBN
- 9780774814645
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.59
€ 40.99
€ 36.59
Hardback. The philosopher David Miller theorized that justice can take many different forms. In this book, a group of political philosophers take Miller's theory as a starting point and debate whether justice takes one form or many. Editor(s): Bell, Daniel A.; De-Shalit, Avner. Num Pages: 400 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HPS; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 625.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742521780
- ISBN
- 9780742521780
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 191.36
€ 191.36
Hardback. This volume brings together scholars from across Europe to critically examine TV history programming in a period of political, economic and cultural change. They look at links between programming and national identity, consider the representation of minorities, and explore a range of televisual genres and techniques. Editor(s): Bell, Erin; Gray, Ann. Num Pages: 281 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJP; APT; HBJD; HBLW3; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 146 x 20. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 281
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230222083
- ISBN
- 9780230222083
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.15
€ 67.15
Hardback. This volume brings together some of the recent work of rural sociologists on democracy, in an effort to bring into sharper focus this work's distinctive contributions to understanding the question of what is and should be globalized, with particular emphasis on rural concerns and rural people. Editor(s): Bell, M.; Hendricks, Fred T.; Bacal, Azril. Series: Research in Rural Sociology & Development. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFS; JFSF; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 581.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762309542
- ISBN
- 9780762309542
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 209.45
€ 209.45
Paperback. Editor(s): Bellack, Alan S.; Hersen, Michel; Morrison, R.L.; Van Hasselt, Vincent B. Num Pages: 500 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFE3; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 279 x 210 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1278.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1988
- Number of pages
- 500
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441932068
- ISBN
- 9781441932068
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 254.77
€ 254.77
Hardback. Includes radicals of the Chartist and earlier periods, trade unionists and other radicals after 1850. The book is especially concerned with 20th-century activists and intellectuals, notably those whose formative years or main political life was spent during the period between the two World Wars. Editor(s): Bellamy, Joyce M.; Saville, John; Martin, David E. Num Pages: 327 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; JFCX; JPFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 679.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 327
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333387832
- ISBN
- 9780333387832
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 195.54
€ 195.54
Paperback / so. Editor(s): Bellebaum, Alfred; Barheier, Klaus. Num Pages: 262 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 14. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Vs Verlag Fur Sozialwissenschaften United States
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783531126586
- ISBN
- 9783531126586
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.99
€ 49.99
Paperback. Editor(s): Bemerburg, Ivonne; Niederbacher, Arne. BIC Classification: JFSR. Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 331.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- VS Verlag fur Sozialwissenschaften
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783531151663
- ISBN
- 9783531151663
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.50
€ 72.50
Applied Jewish Values in Social Sciences and Psychology
. Ed(S): Ben-Avie, Michael; Ives, Yossi; Loew...
Hardback. Applied Jewish Values in Social Sciences and Psychology Editor(s): Ben-Avie, Michael; Ives, Yossi; Loewenthal, Kate. Num Pages: 296 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 8 colour illustrations, 2 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JFSR1; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 613.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319219325
- ISBN
- 9783319219325
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.65
€ 128.65