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Anxious Wealth analyzes practices of network building and deal-making among wealthy businessmen and government officials in urban China, documenting the changing values, lifestyles, gender relations, and consumption habits of China's new rich and new middle classes. Num Pages: 248 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFSJ; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804783538
- ISBN
- 9780804783538
Condition: New
€ 108.92
€ 108.92
An annotated edition of a memoir that relates a fascinating life story and contains a wealth of historical information about late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Jewish life in Eastern Europe, America, and Israel. Translator(s): Weissbach, Lee Shai. Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture. Num Pages: 520 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BM; HBT; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 520
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804783637
- ISBN
- 9780804783637
Condition: New
€ 82.16
€ 82.16
Reading across the disciplines of the mid-century university, this book uses the subculture of camp to argue that the political shift in postwar America from consensus liberalism to New Left radicalism entailed as many continuities as ruptures. Series: Post*45. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSK; JNMN; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804784405
- ISBN
- 9780804784405
Condition: New
€ 150.96
€ 150.96
From Social Movement to Moral Market tells the story of the Circuit Riders, a group of activists who helped nonprofit organizations to cross the digital divide, as a way of examining how grassroots movements lay the groundwork for the formation of new markets. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: JFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804785129
- ISBN
- 9780804785129
Condition: New
€ 103.82
€ 103.82
Through an examination of North African Jewish youth practices in Paris, Rhinestones explains the production of race, alienation, and intolerance within an understudied European minority population. Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804786003
- ISBN
- 9780804786003
Condition: New
€ 87.25
€ 87.25
The DREAMers provides the first investigation of the undocumented youth movement that has transformed the national immigration debate, from its start in the early 2000s through the present day. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804787031
- ISBN
- 9780804787031
Condition: New
€ 119.11
€ 119.11
- Publisher
- United States
- Number of pages
- 504
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812243956
- ISBN
- 9780812243956
Condition: New
€ 77.06
€ 77.06
Listen to David Hesmondhalgh discuss the arguments at the core of 'Why Music Matters' with Laurie Taylor on BBC Radio 4's Thinking Allowed here. Num Pages: 204 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AV; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 160 x 15. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405192422
- ISBN
- 9781405192422
Condition: New
€ 88.47
€ 88.47
In this energetic new study, Wendy Mitchinson traces medical perspectives on the treatment of women in Canada in the first half of the twentieth century. Num Pages: 456 pages, 24. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFSJ1; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 33. Weight in Grams: 820.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442646261
- ISBN
- 9781442646261
Condition: New
€ 93.62
€ 93.62
- Publisher
- United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447307082
- ISBN
- 9781447307082
Condition: New
€ 105.87
€ 105.87
Anthropology Matters places the study of anthropology concretely in the world by which it is surrounded. It uses a question-based approach to introduce important anthropological concepts, embedding those concepts in contemporary global issues that will interest readers. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: JFSL; JHM; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- 3 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781487593216
- ISBN
- 9781487593216
Condition: New
€ 97.45
€ 97.45
From 1961 to 1989, a committed group of documentary journalists from the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) reported the stories of America's overseas conflicts. In Into the Fray, Tom Mascaro vividly recounts the characters and experiences that helped create a unique, colourful documentary film crew based at the Washington bureau of NBC News. Num Pages: 432 pages, 48 b&w photographs & 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBLW3; HBTW; JFD; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 162 x 34. Weight in Grams: 768.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597975575
- ISBN
- 9781597975575
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 43.93
€ 43.99
€ 43.93
Based on a performance by Djanka Tassey Condae. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFDM; DC; HBJH; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 224 x 16. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781624664953
- ISBN
- 9781624664953
Condition: New
€ 52.31€ 41.70
€ 52.31
€ 41.70
Num Pages: 488 pages, chart. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 163 x 33. Weight in Grams: 778. The Rashidun Caliphs. 488 pages, chart. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; JFSR2. Dimension: 237 x 163 x 33. Weight: 778.
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 488
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231150828
- ISBN
- 9780231150828
Condition: New
€ 80.86€ 62.72
€ 80.86
€ 62.72
Explores how science became increasingly important in nineteenth-century British culture and how the systematic study of insects permitted entomologists to engage with the most pressing questions of Victorian times: the nature of God, mind, and governance, and the origins of life. Num Pages: 384 pages, 48 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBTB; JFCX; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 165 x 34. Weight in Grams: 672.
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300150919
- ISBN
- 9780300150919
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 31.64
€ 43.99
€ 31.64
Presents a mathematical treatment of Suzumura consistency, an alternative to established coherence properties such as transitivity, quasi-transitivity, or acyclicity. This title discusses applications in individual and social choice theory, fields important not only to economics but also to philosophy and political science. Num Pages: 230 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: JFFP; KCA; KJMD; KJQ; KJSM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674052994
- ISBN
- 9780674052994
Condition: New
€ 54.64€ 50.74
€ 54.64
€ 50.74
Drawing on a rich array of sources, including her father's striking account of his childhood in China, Tiger Writing not only illuminates Gish Jen's work but explores the aesthetic and psychic roots of the independent and interdependent self--each mode of selfhood yielding a distinct way of observing, remembering, and narrating the world. Series: The William E. Massey Sr. Lectures in the History of American Civilization. Num Pages: 208 pages, 22 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGL; DSB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 186 x 111 x 27. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674072831
- ISBN
- 9780674072831
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 40.39
€ 47.99
€ 40.39
Culture, Raymond Williams once wrote, is one of the most difficult words in language. Since then the concept has become part of our everyday vocabulary; it is used in a variety of different contexts: to describe the behaviour of corporations or criminals; to provide personal and national identity; it even gives its name to a Department of State. Series: Key Concepts. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 146 x 21. Weight in Grams: 370. Series: Key Concepts. 200 pages. Culture, Raymond Williams once wrote, is one of the most difficult words in language. Since then the concept has become part of our everyday vocabulary; it is used in a variety of different contexts: to describe the behaviour of corporations or criminals; to provide personal and national identity; it even gives its name to a Department of State. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: JFC. Dimension: 222 x 146 x 21. Weight: 370.
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745623801
- ISBN
- 9780745623801
Condition: New
€ 73.24
€ 73.24
This book provides a clear and concise introduction to the concept of consumption and to the wide--ranging debates about the nature and consequences of consumer society. Community and social class appear to be in irreversible decline. Series: Key Concepts. Num Pages: 176 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFT; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745625294
- ISBN
- 9780745625294
Condition: New
€ 66.86
€ 66.86
Roger Silverstone's compelling new book places the global media at the heart of the moral future of civilisation. It argues that the media (the press, broadcasting, the Internet and increasingly peer-to-peer technologies and networks) have a profound significance for the way in which the world is understood by its citizens. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 501.
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745635033
- ISBN
- 9780745635033
Condition: New
€ 73.24
€ 73.24
Num Pages: 232 pages, 76, 35 tables, 30 charts, 3 maps, 8 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFSF; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 235 x 18. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801450624
- ISBN
- 9780801450624
Condition: New
€ 56.67
€ 56.67
Highlights how the social and cultural construction of archaeology as a field marginalized women Series: Critical Studies in the History of Anthropology. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: HD; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 33. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803243811
- ISBN
- 9780803243811
Condition: New
€ 82.16
€ 82.16
The first mapping of the sacred geography ("mythscape") of the Northern Arawak-speaking people of the northwest Amazon, demonstrating direct connections between petroglyphs and Baniwa sacred narratives Num Pages: 408 pages, 18 photographs, 7 illustrations, 2 maps, 2 tables, 2 appendixes. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBJK; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 825.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803243941
- ISBN
- 9780803243941
Condition: New
€ 60.49
€ 60.49
Presents a study of how the Jewish community of Breslau - the third largest and one of the most affluent in Germany - coped with Nazi persecution. Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture. Num Pages: 336 pages, 32 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804755184
- ISBN
- 9780804755184
Condition: New
€ 82.16
€ 82.16