Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, 16 halftones. BIC Classification: 1HBS; HRHP; JFSR2; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 374 x 20. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691165158
- ISBN
- 9780691165158
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.42
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Paperback. Reveals the sources of Barack Obama's ideas and explains why his principled aversion to absolutes does not fit contemporary partisan categories. This title traces the origins of his ideas and establishes him as the most penetrating political thinker elected to the presidency in the past century. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFCX; JPA; JPF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 217 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 344
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- With a New preface by the author
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691154336
- ISBN
- 9780691154336
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.26
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Paperback. Explores the relationship between culture and the military in Chinese society from early China to the Qing empire, with contributions by eminent scholars aiming to reexamine the relationship between military matters and law, government, historiography, art, philosophy, literature, and politics. Editor(s): Di Cosmo, Nicola. Num Pages: 456 pages, 3 line illustrations, 7 maps, 1 chart. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBW; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 456
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674060722
- ISBN
- 9780674060722
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 30.95
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Paperback. Mary Prince was a freed slave from Bermuda who achieved notoriety when she published her autobiography at a time when abolition debates were raging. This book details the ill-treatment she received by her various owners and her escape to England where she sought refuge with Christian missionaries. Editor(s): Salih, Sara. Num Pages: 160 pages, notes. BIC Classification: BGHA; HBTS; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 126.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140437492
- ISBN
- 9780140437492
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.30
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€ 10.30
Paperback. From the Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author comes the poignant and shocking memoir of Cathy's recent relationship with Tayo, a young boy she fosters whose good behaviour and polite manners hide a terrible past. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: BM; JFFE1; JKSF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007260980
- ISBN
- 9780007260980
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.71
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Paperback. Global Media Studies is unique in its coverage of places, peoples, institutions, and discourses. Toby Miller and Marwan M. Kraidy provide a comprehensive how-to guide to the study of media, going far beyond the established English-language literature and drawing on the best methods and research from around the world. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 175 x 297 x 22. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745644325
- ISBN
- 9780745644325
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.47
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Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Rudolf Steiner Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 4th Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781855840720
- ISBN
- 9781855840720
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.44
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Paperback. The troubling story of how a cadre of influential scientists have clouded public understanding of scientific facts to advance a political and economic agenda. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFMG; PDR; RNPG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 197 x 23. Weight in Grams: 254. How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming. 368 pages, Illustrations. The troubling story of how a cadre of influential scientists have clouded public understanding of scientific facts to advance a political and economic agenda. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: JFMG; PDR; RNPG. Dimension: 142 x 197 x 23. Weight: 252.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408824832
- ISBN
- 9781408824832
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.88
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Paperback. Does the scientific "theory" that HIV came to North America from Haiti stem from underlying attitudes of racism and ethnocentrism in the United States rather than from hard evidence? Addressing the question, this is an ethnographic study of AIDS in a poor society. Num Pages: 372 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJH; JFFH2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 372
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- Updated with a New Preface
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520248397
- ISBN
- 9780520248397
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.05
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Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMP; 1FPCH; JFFN; JHBL; KNS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801473234
- ISBN
- 9780801473234
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.89
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Paperback. Num Pages: 188 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFSL4; JHBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 209 x 16. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Publisher
- The New Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781595589613
- ISBN
- 9781595589613
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.71
€ 16.99
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Paperback. Reveals the Pacific Ur-culture that seeded the ancient civilizations of China, Egypt, India, Mexico, and Peru Num Pages: 512 pages, 284 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: HBLA; JFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 700.
- Publisher
- Inner Traditions Bear and Company
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781591432678
- ISBN
- 9781591432678
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Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 16.75
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Paperback. Num Pages: 415 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSP2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 193 x 226 x 28. Weight in Grams: 848.
- Publisher
- Random House USA Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 415
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 3rd Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780375707193
- ISBN
- 9780375707193
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.74
€ 21.74
Paperback. With the environmental crisis comes a crisis of the imagination, a need to find new ways to understand nature and humanity's relation to it. This is the challenge the author takes up in this book, using Thoreau's "Walden" as a touchstone. Num Pages: 600 pages, 4 fine line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DNF; DSBF; JFC; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 38. Weight in Grams: 852.
- Publisher
- Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674258624
- ISBN
- 9780674258624
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Condition: New
€ 38.00€ 36.22
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Paperback. Num Pages: 328 pages, figures. BIC Classification: JFFA; JNAM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 302. Why We Cannot Teach or Learn Our Way Out of Inequality. 328 pages, illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: JFFA; JNAM. Dimension: 213 x 156 x 18. Weight: 306.
- Publisher
- Monthly Review Press,U.S.
- Number of pages
- 328
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781583672433
- ISBN
- 9781583672433
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.56
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Paperback. The book includes an analysis of the constitutionality of many recommended policies and data from a national public opinion poll that reflects support among the majority of Americans-including gun owners-for stronger gun policies. Editor(s): Webster, Daniel W.; Vernick, Jon S. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFE; LNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 228 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421411101
- ISBN
- 9781421411101
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.66
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Paperback. Offers an analysis of globalization, Bananas, Beaches, and Bases, uses four contemporary political cases in order to discover what we learn if we take women and masculinities seriously. Num Pages: 264 pages, 13 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520275379
- ISBN
- 9780520275379
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.64
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Paperback. Why has Egypt, a pioneer of organ transplantation, been reluctant to pass a national organ transplant law for more than three decades? This book analyzes the national debate over organ transplantation in Egypt as it has unfolded during a time of major social and political transformation including mounting dissent against a brutal regime. Num Pages: 370 pages, 20 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1HBE; HRAM; HRH; JFM; MBDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 76. Weight in Grams: 526. Organ Transplants, Islam, and the Struggle for Human Dignity in Egypt. 370 pages, illustrations. Why has Egypt, a pioneer of organ transplantation, been reluctant to pass a national organ transplant law for more than three decades? This book analyzes the national debate over organ transplantation in Egypt as it has unfolded during a time of major social and political transformation including mounting dissent against a brutal regime. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1HBE; HRAM; HRH; JFM; MBDC. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 76. Weight: 492.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 370
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520271760
- ISBN
- 9780520271760
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.40
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Paperback. Papers presented over four years at the Religion, Food, and Eating Seminar at the American Academy of Religion. Editor(s): Zeller, Benjamin E.; Dallam, Marie W.; Neilson, Reid L.; Rubel, Nora L. Series: Arts & Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary History. Num Pages: 376 pages, 11. BIC Classification: HRAC; HRLM; JFCV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 228 x 19. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231160315
- ISBN
- 9780231160315
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€ 43.99€ 31.17
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Paperback. The historical development of Irish social policy is charted here, with discussion of major influences on policy formation. Ireland is presented in a comparative context and as an example of the mixed economy of welfare. Policy-making, financing and evaluation are explained. Editor(s): Kiely, Gabriel; etc. Num Pages: 368 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBTB; JFF; JKS; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 542. 368 pages, index. Editor(s): Kiely, Gabriel; etc. The historical development of Irish social policy is charted here, with discussion of major influences on policy formation. Ireland is presented in a comparative context and as an example of the mixed economy of welfare. Policy-making, financing and evaluation are explained. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBTB; JFF; JKS; JPQB. Dimension: 231 x 160 x 21. Weight: 552.
- Publisher
- University College Dublin Press
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781900621250
- ISBN
- 9781900621250
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 25.78
€ 30.99
€ 25.78