Society & culture: general
Results 42021 - 42040 of 42253
Society & culture: general
Paperback. Series: SpringerBriefs in Population Studies. Num Pages: 138 pages, 12 black & white illustrations, 19 colour illustrations, 15 black & white tables, biograp. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFSJ1; JHBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 8. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Springer Verlag, Japan Japan
- Number of pages
- 138
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9784431550655
- ISBN
- 9784431550655
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.00
€ 61.00
Paperback. The authors assess the constitutional and partisan powers of Asian presidents, and analyse how they are used in actual policy-making processes. Country case studies on Afghanistan, Indonesia, the Philippines, South Korea, Sri Lanka, and Taiwan analyze how their constitutional and partisan powers are used in actual policy-making processes. Editor(s): Kasuya, Yuko. Num Pages: 209 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFC; JPA; JPHV; JPP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 209
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349447046
- ISBN
- 9781349447046
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.36
€ 61.36
Paperback. Focuses on the development of Taiwan's long-standing National Scholarship Program for Overseas Study between 1955 and 2000. This title includes an ethnographic analysis of discourse, investigating the program from two perspectives: the researcher's critical discourse analysis of historical texts and the narratives provided by program stakeholders. Series: Global Studies in Education. Num Pages: 198 pages. BIC Classification: JF; JH; JNA; JNFR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 225 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Peter Lang Publishing Inc.
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781433120282
- ISBN
- 9781433120282
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.21
€ 64.21
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
€ 105.51
€ 105.51
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€ 36.86
€ 37.99
€ 36.86
Paperback. For seven years in the 1970s, the author lived in a village in northeast China as a farmer. In 1989 he returned as an anthropologist to begin the span of 11 years' fieldwork that has resulted in this work - an account of family change and the transformation of private life in rural China. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJP; JFSF; JHBK; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804744560
- ISBN
- 9780804744560
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 29.14
€ 30.99
€ 29.14
Hardback. The contributions in this volume consider the question of migrant agency, how Western societies are both transforming migrants, and being transformed by them. It is informed by debates on the new 'transnational mobility', the immigration of Muslims, the increasing importance of human rights law, and the critical attention paid to women migrants. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DD; 1KB; JFFN; JFSJ1; JFSR2; JPVH1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230600133
- ISBN
- 9780230600133
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 44.22
€ 54.99
€ 44.22
Paperback. What was the fate of Stanislav Perfetsky - poet, provocateur and hero of Ukranian underground culture? This text constructs Perfetsky's final days using a mishmash of relics, from official documents to recorded interviews to scraps of paper. Translator(s): Naydan, Michael M. Series: Writings from an Unbound Europe S. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 2AGU; BG; DSBH; DSC; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810119642
- ISBN
- 9780810119642
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.58
€ 42.58
Paperback. Cities of Europe is a unique combination of book and CD--ROM examining the effects of recent socio--economic transformations on western European cities. * A unique combination of book and CD--ROM examining the effects of recent socio--economic transformations on western European cities. Editor(s): Kazepov, Yuri. Series: Studies in Urban and Social Change. Num Pages: 368 pages, 20. BIC Classification: 1D; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 28. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- PAP/CDR
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405121323
- ISBN
- 9781405121323
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.89
€ 27.89
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
- 9781564789969
- ISBN
- 9781564789969
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 6.23
€ 19.99
€ 6.23
Hardback. Once a Soviet scientist, Tarnopolsky became a refusnik activist arguing the right to emigrate. As a result, he spent the year of 1984 in a Siberian labour camp. Scenes of camp life are interspersed with essays on topics such as the Russian mentality, moral choices, and modern Jewish problems. Num Pages: 252 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJPN; BGA; JFSR1; JPVH; JPVR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780819191977
- ISBN
- 9780819191977
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.24
€ 116.24
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
€ 42.99€ 32.86
€ 42.99
€ 32.86
Hardback. This book looks at developmental pathways to poverty reduction that emphasize employment-centred structural change, social policies that both protect citizens and contribute to economic development, and types of politics that support economic transformation and participation of the poor in growth processes. Editor(s): Bangura, Yusuf. Series: Developmental Pathways to Poverty Reduction. Num Pages: 336 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFA; KCG; KCM; KCP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 555.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137482532
- ISBN
- 9781137482532
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.21
€ 140.21
Paperback. Global Journalism Practice and New Media Performance provides an overview of new and traditional media in their political, economic and cultural contexts while exploring the role of journalism practice and media education. The authors examine media systems in 16 countries, including China, Russia and the United States. Editor(s): Kalyango Jr, Yusuf. Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFD; JHB; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349494514
- ISBN
- 9781349494514
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.98
€ 61.98
Paperback. During the past three decades nations all over the world have been debating whether to allow same-sex couples to marry, or at least grant them the rights associated with marriage. This work presents a comparative study and survey of the status of same-sex couples in Europe. Num Pages: 408 pages, 4 tables. BIC Classification: JFSK; LA; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226520322
- ISBN
- 9780226520322
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 36.57
€ 47.99
€ 36.57
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
€ 198.68
€ 198.68
Paperback. Understanding Collective Political Violence offers a unique view on contemporary processes of violent political mobilization across continents: Africa, Latin America, South East Asia and the Middle East. It pays particular attention to unconventional combatants such as women or children and details the drivers of their violent engagement." Editor(s): Guichaoua, Yvan. Series: Conflict, Inequality and Ethnicity. Num Pages: 302 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; GTJ; JFSJ; JPA; JPWL; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 302
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349330607
- ISBN
- 9781349330607
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 118.74
€ 118.74
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
€ 50.91€ 43.02
€ 50.91
€ 43.02
Hardback. Series: Springer Geography. Num Pages: 848 pages, 41 black & white illustrations, 77 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBJF; JFC; JP; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Number of pages
- 848
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319519258
- ISBN
- 9783319519258
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 302.82
€ 302.82
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€ 24.77
€ 24.99
€ 24.77