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Paperback. In Fungible Life Aihwa Ong traces the revolutionary scientific developments in Asia by investigating how biomedical centers in Biopolis, Singapore and China mobilize ethnicized "Asian" bodies and health data for genomic research. Num Pages: 312 pages, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; HBJF; JFMG; JHMC; PDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 21. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822362647
- ISBN
- 9780822362647
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.33
€ 37.99
€ 34.33
Suggests that there is an irony in the festivities surrounding death and that the American response to death often develops into an event celebrating the ties between family members and friends. The author explores how modern American funerals and their accompanying rituals seem meant to benefit the living rather than the dead. Series: Material World. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JHBT; JHBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 17. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813123806
- ISBN
- 9780813123806
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Condition: New
€ 41.55
€ 41.55
Paperback. This book accomplishes three objectives: It gives readers the basic methodology and techniques followed in the contributors' funds of knowledge research; it extends the boundaries of what these researchers have done; and it explores the applications to classroom practice that can result from teachers knowing the communities in which they work. Editor(s): Gonzalez, Norma E.; Moll, Luis C.; Amanti, Cathy. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFS; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 322
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780805849189
- ISBN
- 9780805849189
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.35
€ 64.35
paperback. Editor(s): Guthrie, Teresa; Hickey, Alison. Num Pages: 353 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QFG; JFFH2; MBNH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 168 x 22. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- IDASA Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781919798714
- ISBN
- 9781919798714
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 19.53
€ 21.99
€ 19.53
Hardback. Num Pages: 352 pages, 14 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSK; JMP; MMJT; MMZR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 718.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Harrington Park Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781939594129
- ISBN
- 9781939594129
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.61€ 64.39
€ 83.61
€ 64.39
Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, 14 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSK; JMP; MMJT; MMZR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 20. Weight in Grams: 592.
- Publisher
- Harrington Park Press Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781939594112
- ISBN
- 9781939594112
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Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 36.42
€ 50.99
€ 36.42
Paperback. Examines the contradictions of fundamentalism as they appear in prophecy, sermon, film and fiction, including work by Gore Vidal, Peter Matthiesen, Thom Jones, Alison Lurie and Pete Dexter. Series: Tendencies: Identities, Texts, Cultures. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFSR; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 391.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748609789
- ISBN
- 9780748609789
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 38.73
€ 43.99
€ 38.73
Paperback. This text focuses on fundamentalist movements on five continents and within six religions. It considers the effect that antisecular religious movements have had since 1970 on national economies, political parties, constitutional issues, and international relations. Editor(s): Marty, Martin E.; Appleby, R. Scott. Series: Fundamentalism Project S. Num Pages: 676 pages, 7 tables. BIC Classification: HRH; JFSR2; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 255 x 175 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1130.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 676
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226508849
- ISBN
- 9780226508849
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Condition: New
€ 53.75€ 45.78
€ 53.75
€ 45.78
Paperback. This book brings together lucid interdisciplinary critiques of social conservative politics and ideas in the areas of welfare, family and school policy, gender representation, and conservative doctrine. Editor(s): Burack, Cynthia; Josephson, Jyl J. Num Pages: 248 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; JPFM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 146 x 14. Weight in Grams: 327.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742519305
- ISBN
- 9780742519305
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.24
€ 67.24
Hardback. This book brings together lucid interdisciplinary critiques of social conservative politics and ideas in the areas of welfare, family and school policy, gender representation, and conservative doctrine. Editor(s): Burack, Cynthia; Josephson, Jyl J. Num Pages: 248 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; JPFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742519299
- ISBN
- 9780742519299
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 164.20
€ 164.20
Hardcover. Editor(s): Abdel-Rahman, Emaad; Balogun, Rasheed Abiodun. Num Pages: 149 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 185 x 263 x 16. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 149
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781620814109
- ISBN
- 9781620814109
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Condition: New
€ 238.88€ 161.01
€ 238.88
€ 161.01
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857854674
- ISBN
- 9780857854674
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Condition: New
€ 77.37
€ 77.37
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, 177 color photos. BIC Classification: JFCK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 278 x 218 x 18. Weight in Grams: 916.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764324932
- ISBN
- 9780764324932
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 25.49
€ 37.99
€ 25.49
Num Pages: 144 pages, 377 color photos. BIC Classification: AKTA; JFCK; WC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 289 x 216 x 15. Weight in Grams: 922.
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780887406911
- ISBN
- 9780887406911
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 25.42
€ 37.99
€ 25.42
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: JFFK; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 141 x 20. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Seal Press
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781580055611
- ISBN
- 9781580055611
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.18
€ 19.99
€ 17.18
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Carpet Bombing Culture
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908211484
- ISBN
- 9781908211484
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.78
€ 26.99
€ 23.78
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPK; 1KBB; BM; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Graywolf Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781555975296
- ISBN
- 9781555975296
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.96
€ 17.99
€ 15.96
Paperback. Fugitive Testimony examines African American slave narratives in light of contemporary artists' use of the genre within their visual art at the end of the twentieth century. It identifies a sustained representational strategy employed by black cultural producers across time to challenge the racial presumptions that manifest as artistic constraints. Num Pages: 232 pages, 14 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACBS; DS; HBTB; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823272907
- ISBN
- 9780823272907
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.86
€ 32.99
€ 29.86
Hardback. Fugitive Testimony examines African American slave narratives in light of contemporary artists' use of the genre within their visual art at the end of the twentieth century. It identifies a sustained representational strategy employed by black cultural producers across time to challenge the racial presumptions that manifest as artistic constraints. Num Pages: 232 pages, 14 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACBS; DS; HBTB; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 231 x 18. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780823272891
- ISBN
- 9780823272891
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.68
€ 103.68
Paperback. Num Pages: 740 pages, 8 b&w illus. BIC Classification: JFSJ5; JFSK2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 236 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1120.
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253022868
- ISBN
- 9780253022868
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 42.12
€ 46.99
€ 42.12
Based on a three-year study of assisted living workers, this important, original analytical snapshot of the assisted living industry provides teachable, practicable lessons for researchers, scholars, and professionals in gerontology and assisted living. Editor(s): Ball, Mary M.; Perkins, Molly M.; Hollingsworth, Carole; Kemp, Candace L. Num Pages: 328 pages, 8, 8 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: JFSP31; JKSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 26. Weight in Grams: 670.
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801894930
- ISBN
- 9780801894930
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 75.79
€ 75.79
Paperback. Offers a comprehensive history of the achievements and failures of the United States Regular and Volunteer Armies that confronted the Indian tribes of the West in the two decades between the Mexican War and the close of the Civil War. The author describes many of these skirmishes in consummate detail, including descriptions of garrison life. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illus., maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBW; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 176 x 24. Weight in Grams: 588.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1981
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803295506
- ISBN
- 9780803295506
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.60
€ 29.99
€ 26.60
Hardback. This bold inter-disciplinary study analyses the history, retention and development of frontier processes in the Eastern Caribbean multi-island state of St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Series Editor(s): Bhambra, Gurminder K. Series: Theory for a Global Age. Num Pages: 168 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJWWV; HBJK; HBTB; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 11. Weight in Grams: 345.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781526113740
- ISBN
- 9781526113740
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.78
€ 154.78
Hardcover. A collection of essays that explores the self-expression of travel writers like Isabella Bird by giving geographic context to their work. It examines relationships among nineteenth-century American expansionism, discourses about gender, and writings of women who traveled and lived in the American West in the late nineteenth century. Series: Space, Place, and Society. Num Pages: 272 pages, 18 black-&-white illustrations, notes, references, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTP; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815631675
- ISBN
- 9780815631675
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.42
€ 45.42