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Society & culture: general
Hardback. Rise of the Red Engineers explains the tumultuous origins of the class of technocratic officials who rule China today. Series: Contemporary Issues in Asia and Pacific. Num Pages: 368 pages, 11 tables, 2 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBTB; JFC; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780804760775
- ISBN
- 9780804760775
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.41
€ 140.41
Paperback. Told through a case study of Tsinghua University - China's premier school of technology - this book traces how Red engineers were groomed in the early years of socialism, survived the Cultural Revolution, and triumphed in the post-Mao years by uniting with communist officials. Series: Contemporary Issues in Asia and the Pacific. Num Pages: 368 pages, 11 tables, 2 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBTB; JFC; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804760782
- ISBN
- 9780804760782
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.02
€ 33.99
€ 31.02
Paperback. Focuses on the socioeconomic, political, and cultural milieu in which a new religious movement was born and has thrived. This work includes a discussion of the origins of Islamic law, spirituality and theology, mysticism, philosophy, and culture, as well as an appendix of individual page-length biographies of important figures. Num Pages: 240 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 11. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 180
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872209312
- ISBN
- 9780872209312
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.80
€ 25.99
€ 19.80
Hardcover. Editor(s): Xing, Li; Christensen, Steen Fryba. Num Pages: 225 pages, charts. BIC Classification: JFFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 169 x 24. Weight in Grams: 588.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Aarhus University Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 225
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788771120172
- ISBN
- 9788771120172
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 30.31
€ 41.99
€ 30.31
Hardcover. Rise of a Japanese Chinatown focuses on a Chinese immigrant community in the Japanese port city of Yokohama from the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 to the normalization of Sino-Japanese ties in 1972 and beyond. It tells the story of how Chinese immigrants found an enduring place within a monoethnic state during periods of war and peace. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 270 pages, Illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white). BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBJF; HBTB; JFFN; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 568.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Harvard University Asia Center
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674491984
- ISBN
- 9780674491984
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 38.32
€ 44.99
€ 38.32
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Publisher
- Career Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781601631978
- ISBN
- 9781601631978
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.85
€ 20.99
€ 19.85
Paperback. The author was a young writer living in Miami when Levi's hired her to travel through Latin American, befriending teenagers and reporting back with details of their ideas, hopes, fears and aspirations. This book is a humane portrait of this elusive continent in crisis - riddled with paradox, complexity, beauty and brutality. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; GTB; JFFS; KJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 22. Weight in Grams: 240. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Ebury Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0005914
- ISBN
- 9780091900847
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. Intends to encourage Latin Americanists to rethink standard notions of urban politics before the populist era. Editor(s): Arrom, Silvia Marina; Ortoll, Servando. Series: Latin American Silhouettes. Num Pages: 248 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; JFFA; JFFE; JFSG; JPQB; JPWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 535.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842025805
- ISBN
- 9780842025805
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 172.19
€ 172.19
Hardback. In this collection, leading international scholars examine riots and protest in a range of countries and contexts, exploring the major social transformations of rioting and the changing dynamics, interpretation and potency of unrest in a globalised era. Editor(s): Pakes, Francis. Num Pages: 333 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DDF; 1DFG; JFFE; JFFS; JKV; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 2014th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137305510
- ISBN
- 9781137305510
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.91
€ 67.91
Paperback. Examines global warming and the unfolding of the arguments over climate change, GM crops, water, patents and other development issues. Num Pages: 216 pages, notes, references, index. BIC Classification: JFFA; JPA; RN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 15. Weight in Grams: 327.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Pluto Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745319544
- ISBN
- 9780745319544
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.98
€ 36.99
€ 29.98
Paperback. Num Pages: 528 pages, 14 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: BGA; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 135 x 29. Weight in Grams: 568.
- Publisher
- The New York Review of Books, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 528
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590172865
- ISBN
- 9781590172865
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 19.34
€ 27.99
€ 19.34
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGC9; JFFK; JFHF; VSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Hays (Nicolas) Ltd ,U.S. United States
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780892540433
- ISBN
- 9780892540433
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.29
€ 20.99
€ 20.29
Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages, 25 figures, 2 maps, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226476834
- ISBN
- 9780226476834
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 28.96
€ 35.99
€ 28.96
Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCG; 3JJ; JFHX; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 575.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816636266
- ISBN
- 9780816636266
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.56
€ 27.99
€ 26.56
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JJ; JFSG; JPW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 12. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845196868
- ISBN
- 9781845196868
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 39.40
€ 43.99
€ 39.40
Hardcover. Num Pages: 240 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JJ; JFSG; JPW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 160 x 232 x 19. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845196264
- ISBN
- 9781845196264
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.58
€ 130.58
Paperback. Providing an innovative and accessible perspective on how civil rights legislation affects the lives of ordinary Americans, this work argues for a radical new understanding of rights. The study is based on interviews with those who had experienced discrimination on disability issues. Series: Chicago Series in Law and Society. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFG; JP; LA; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 126 x 16. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226208336
- ISBN
- 9780226208336
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 28.96
€ 35.99
€ 28.96
Paperback. Editor(s): Jacobsen, Gro Hellesdatter. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JHBK; JKS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 145 x 18. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Aarhus Universitetsforlag
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788787564960
- ISBN
- 9788787564960
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.75
€ 29.75
Paperback. An anthropological examination of the globalized discourse of human rights and the local production of cultural identities and forms of resistance in indigenous communities of Chiapas, Mexico. Num Pages: 264 pages, 10 illustrations, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JFSL9; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 458. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804757348
- ISBN
- 9780804757348
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.49
€ 27.99
€ 26.49
paperback. Num Pages: 150 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVH; JFSL9; JHM; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 159. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Human Rights Watch United States
- Number of pages
- 150
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781564321688
- ISBN
- 9781564321688
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.54
€ 17.99
€ 16.54
Paperback. This text explores the role that litigation has played in the struggle for equal pay between women and men. It explains how wage discrimination battles have raised public legal consciousness and helped reform activists mobilize working women in the pay equity movement since the 1970s. Series: Language & Legal Discourse S. Num Pages: 372 pages, 5 line drawings, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JPVH; KCF; LNH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 372
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226555720
- ISBN
- 9780226555720
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 38.52
€ 48.99
€ 38.52
Paperback. Informed by the author's original research, this engaging book uses a core set of powerful practice examples to demonstrate how complex ethical dilemmas can arise in everyday practice. Through detailed analysis of these examples, the book explores how social workers ought to consider right and wrong in practice, to arrive at ethical solutions. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFM; JKSN. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- SKU
- V9781137441263
- ISBN
- 9781137441263
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.15
€ 48.15
Paperback. Rightlessness in an Age of Rights offers a critical inquiry of human rights by rethinking the key concepts and arguments of twentieth-century political theorist Hannah Arendt. At the heart of this critical inquiry are the challenging questions posed by the contemporary struggles of asylum-seekers, refugees, and undocumented immigrants. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: JFFN; JPVH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 18. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199370429
- ISBN
- 9780199370429
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.80
€ 67.80
Hardcover. Righting Educational Wrongs brings together the work of scholars from the fields of disability studies in education and law to examine contemporary struggles around inclusion and access to education. Editor(s): Kanter, Arlene S.; Ferri, Beth A. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: JFFG; JNS; LNTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 236 x 34. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Syracuse Univ Pr (Sd)
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815633259
- ISBN
- 9780815633259
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.97
€ 59.97