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Society & culture: general

Hardback. Using an innovative approach, this book interprets the unprecedented transformation of contemporary China's major cities. It deals with a diversity of trends and analyzes their sources. Every chapter is co-authored by an urban China expert and an "outside" expert on the wider topic. Together they offer a broad historical and theoretical comparison. Editor(s): Logan, John R. Series: Studies in Urban and Social Change. Num Pages: 380 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFSG; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 165 x 25. Weight in Grams: 696.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
380
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405161459
ISBN
9781405161459
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 79.37

Hardback. Currently there are more than 125 Chinese cities with a population exceeding one million. The unprecedented urban growth in China presents a crucial development for studies on globalization and urban transformation. Series: China Today. Num Pages: 218 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFSG; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 147 x 18. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
218
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745653587
ISBN
9780745653587
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.45

Paperback. Currently there are more than 125 Chinese cities with a population exceeding one million. The unprecedented urban growth in China presents a crucial development for studies on globalization and urban transformation. Series: China Today. Num Pages: 218 pages, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFSG; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 167 x 210 x 18. Weight in Grams: 328.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
218
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745653594
ISBN
9780745653594
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.01

Paperback. What is the role of the neighbourhood in our understanding of community and how has this role changed over the last century? Talja Blokland seeks to answer this question in this careful ethnographic study of the changing nature of social relationships and urban communities. Translator(s): Mitzman, Lee K. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSG; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 382.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745628028
ISBN
9780745628028
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.46

Hardback. What is the role of the neighbourhood in our understanding of community and how has this role changed over the last century? Talja Blokland seeks to answer this question in this careful ethnographic study of the changing nature of social relationships and urban communities. Translator(s): Mitzman, Lee K. Num Pages: 256 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 488.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745628011
ISBN
9780745628011
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 79.10

Paperback. With the continual growth of the world's urban population, biodiversity in towns and cities will play a critical role in global biodiversity. This is the first book to provide an overview of international developments in urban biodiversity and sustainable design. Editor(s): Muller, Norbert; Werner, Peter; Kelcey, J. G. Series: Conservation Science and Practice. Num Pages: 648 pages, black & white halftones, black & white tables, maps, figures. BIC Classification: JFSG; PSAF; RNCB; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1202.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
648
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444332674
ISBN
9781444332674
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 103.43

Hardback. Examining urban environmental issues at the macro, municipal level down to the micro community and individual level, this volume features cities and metropolitan regions across the global north and south with case studies from the United States, Canada, Eastern and Western Europe to India, Central America, South America and Africa. Editor(s): Holt, William. Series Editor(s): Hutchison, Ray. Series: Research in Urban Sociology. Num Pages: 350 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSG; RNPG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 159 x 34. Weight in Grams: 690.
Publisher
Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
350
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781900369
ISBN
9781781900369
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 147.53

Hardcover. Focuses on the rise of New York as both a metropolis and a food capital, opening a new window onto the intersection of the cultural, social, political, and economic transformations of the nineteenth century. This book offers accounts of public markets and private food shops; and cake and coffee shops. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 288 pages, 31 halftones, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JH; HBTB; JFCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 238 x 22. Weight in Grams: 546.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226128757
ISBN
9780226128757
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.64
€ 79.17

hardcover. Editor(s): Fletcher, Vivian. Num Pages: 215 pages. BIC Classification: JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 184 x 319 x 16. Weight in Grams: 524.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers, Inc United States
Number of pages
215
Condition
New
SKU
V9781634850834
ISBN
9781634850834
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 241.32
€ 180.66

Paperback. Num Pages: 270 pages, 18 images, 2 maps, 2 tables. BIC Classification: HBTB; HRCC96; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803288881
ISBN
9780803288881
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Hardback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 18 images, 2 maps, 2 tables. BIC Classification: HBTB; HRCC96; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 553.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803269767
ISBN
9780803269767
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.82

Hardback. Series: The Columbia History of Urban Life. Num Pages: 312 pages, B&W Photos: 28,. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJP; JFSL3; JFSL4; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 578.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231149402
ISBN
9780231149402
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.15

Hardback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 8 line illus. 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; JFSG; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 164 x 22. Weight in Grams: 538.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691155166
ISBN
9780691155166
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.61

paperback. Num Pages: 91 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFGR; JFSC; JPQB; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Human Rights Watch United States
Number of pages
91
Condition
New
SKU
V9781564322616
ISBN
9781564322616
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.36

Paperback. Who, or what, is the Green Man, and why is this medieval image so present in our precarious modern times? Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HRKP; JFHF; VXWS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 241.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571318025
ISBN
9780571318025
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.03

Paperback. This book explores the economic, religious, political and personal forces that led to some 80,000 British children being sent to Canada between 1867 and 1915 and provides a vivid look at one aspect of the history of child welfare practices. Num Pages: 376 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DB; 1KBC; 3JH; 3JJC; JFFN; JKSB1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 175 x 21. Weight in Grams: 632.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847426680
ISBN
9781847426680
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 32.90

Hardcover. In this story of one man's encounter with an indigenous people of Peru, Michael Brown guides his readers upriver into a contested zone of the Amazonian frontier, where more than 50,000 Awajun--renowned for pugnacity and fierce independence--use hard-won political savvy, literacy, and digital skills to live life on their own terms, against long odds. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBJK; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 145 x 211 x 29. Weight in Grams: 496.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674368071
ISBN
9780674368071
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 40.27

Paperback. Num Pages: 488 pages, 27 photograps, 17 illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; JFHF; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 27. Weight in Grams: 608.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
488
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803285644
ISBN
9780803285644
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.15

Paperback. Uses the bra to gauge the social history of women and to understand the business history of fashion. This book illuminate the effect the brassiere has had on women's lives - their style, health, and economic opportunity. It also contains examples from advertising, movies, and other areas of popular culture. Num Pages: 264 pages, 51 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AK; GT; HBTB; JFCK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 461.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812218350
ISBN
9780812218350
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.82

Hardback. By foot, in buses, prison vans and trains, a steady stream of refugees traveled from the Greek island of Lesbos into Europe. In the autumn of 2015, award-winning writer Navid Kermani decided to accompany them on the "Balkan route. Translator(s): Crawford, Tony. Num Pages: 100 pages. BIC Classification: 3JMG; JFFD; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 135. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
100
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781509518678
ISBN
9781509518678
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.79

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