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Hardback. In 2013, the United States suffered its worst terrorist bombing since 9/11 at the annual running of the Boston Marathon. When the culprits turned out to be U.S. residents of Chechen descent, Americans were shocked and confused. Why would members of an obscure Russian minority group consider America their enemy? Inferno in Chechnya is the first book Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUAC; 1KBB; HRAM9; JFFE; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Press of New England United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611687378
- ISBN
- 9781611687378
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.92
€ 32.99
€ 25.92
Hardcover. Historians have long speculated on the role played by the Enlightenment in the rise of nationalism in Eastern Europe and the Balkans. This book offers a fresh perspective on this subject through an examination of the Greek Enlightenment, its aspirations, and its relationship to the larger European Republic of Letters. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVG; 3JD; 3JF; HBJD; HBLH; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- East European Monographs United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780880335812
- ISBN
- 9780880335812
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.37
€ 46.99
€ 33.37
Paperback. What did it mean to be a man in colonial Latin America? This work provides a comprehensive analysis of how males, and specifically homosexual males, were represented in ares under both Spanish and Portugese control. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; GTB; JFSK2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226757049
- ISBN
- 9780226757049
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.71
€ 37.99
€ 29.71
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; DSB; HBJD1; JFMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801456817
- ISBN
- 9780801456817
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.36
€ 38.99
€ 35.36
Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, 19 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; HBJK; JFSJ1; JPVH1. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 15. Weight in Grams: 377.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253020604
- ISBN
- 9780253020604
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Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.07
€ 25.99
€ 24.07
Paperback. Series: What Everyone Needs to Know. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: JFF; KCP; KCX. Dimension: 210 x 140. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190250478
- ISBN
- 9780190250478
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.67
€ 17.99
€ 17.67
paperback. "This is a terrific book. Lyon-Callo's descriptions shatter stereotypes about homeless people and focus instead on the dysfunction of the system that allegedly serves them." - Susan Greenbaum, University of South Florida Series: Teaching Culture: UTP Ethnographies for the Classroom. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 149 x 11. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- 2 Revised edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442600867
- ISBN
- 9781442600867
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.12
€ 26.99
€ 25.12
Paperback. This title brings together and develops some of the most important economic, social, and ethical ideas Sen has explored. It examines the claims of equality in social arrangements, stressing that we should be concerned with people's capabilities rather than either their resources or their welfare. Num Pages: 222 pages, 1 line figure. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198289289
- ISBN
- 9780198289289
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Condition: New
€ 60.49
€ 60.49
Inequality in the Portuguese-Speaking World: Global and Historical Per...
Francisco Bethencourt (Ed.)
Hardcover. Editor(s): Bethencourt, Francisco. Num Pages: 294 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSP; HBTB; JFFJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845198466
- ISBN
- 9781845198466
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.15
€ 129.15
Paperback. Challenges arguments that expanding inequality is the natural, perhaps necessary, accompaniment of economic growth. This book stresses that economic fortune depends more on social circumstances than on IQ, which is itself a product of society. Num Pages: 384 pages, 13 tables 25 line drawings 20 figs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 324
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691028989
- ISBN
- 9780691028989
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Condition: New
€ 59.42€ 46.32
€ 59.42
€ 46.32
Hardcover. Proceedings of the Conference on Inequality in Memory of Gary Becker held September 25-26, 2014 at the Hoover Institution. Editor(s): Church, Tom; Miller, Chris; Taylor, John. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: JFF; JKSB; JPP; KCF; KCS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 149 x 24. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Hoover Institution Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817919047
- ISBN
- 9780817919047
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 21.51
€ 21.51
Paperback. This is the first book to offer a comprehensive perspective on health and sickness among African Americans. It shows how living in a highly racialized society affects health through multiple social contexts, including neighborhoods, personal and family relationships, and the medical system. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSL3; MBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 235 x 19. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- Policy Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447322825
- ISBN
- 9781447322825
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 36.22
€ 37.99
€ 36.22
Paperback. The difficulties college-educated black women face when trying to date, marry, and have children Series: Politics, History, & Culture. Num Pages: 432 pages, 36 tables, 17 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 158 x 27. Weight in Grams: 606.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822350088
- ISBN
- 9780822350088
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.61
€ 33.99
€ 30.61
Paperback. This book presents all seventeen chapters of evidence commissioned by the Acheson Inquiry to inform its work. It complements both the Acheson Inquiry report published by The Stationary Office and The widening gap (The Policy Press, 1999), which provides a broad overview and systematic interpretation of the Inequalities in Health debate. Editor(s): Gordon, David; Shaw, Mary; Dorling, Daniel; Davey-Smith, George. Series: Studies in Poverty, Inequality and Social Exclusion Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, 60figs.83tabs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFF; JPQB; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 209 x 297 x 23. Weight in Grams: 764.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861341747
- ISBN
- 9781861341747
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.40
€ 32.99
€ 31.40
Paperback. Describes Britain's rise as the world's first industrial world power, its decline from the temporary dominance of the pioneer, its rather special relationship with the rest of the world (notably the underdeveloped countries) and the effects of all these on the life of the British people. Num Pages: 432 pages, diagrams, further reading, index. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JH; HBJD1; HBTB; JFC; KJK; KN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140257885
- ISBN
- 9780140257885
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.95
€ 19.99
€ 14.95
Hardcover. Children's work is a controversial subject both in the sciences of sociology and history. This book includes articles that examine children's work from the mid-1800's and until the 1990's. It is the result of an inter-Nordic research project about children's work in the Nordic countries involving various five Nordic countries. Editor(s): De Coninck-Smith, Ning; Sandin, Bengt; Sandin, Ellen. Num Pages: 211 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSP1; JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 255 x 182 x 18. Weight in Grams: 602.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University Press of Southern Denmark Denmark
- Number of pages
- 211
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788778382696
- ISBN
- 9788778382696
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 23.43
€ 31.99
€ 23.43
Paperback / so. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- VS Verlag f?r Sozialwissenschaften United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783663103424
- ISBN
- 9783663103424
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 75.58
€ 75.58
Paperback / so. Series: Biographie & Gesellschaft. Num Pages: 430 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- VS Verlag f?r Sozialwissenschaften United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 430
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783810006318
- ISBN
- 9783810006318
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.59
€ 70.59
perfect. Editor(s): Hassenpflug, Dieter. Series: Duv Sozialwissenschaft. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JFS; RGC; TQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 449.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Deutscher Universitatsverlag United States
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1991st Edition
- SKU
- V9783824440771
- ISBN
- 9783824440771
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.19
€ 70.19
Paperback. Num Pages: 299 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJH; JFSG; JFSJ; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 230 x 20. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781477310724
- ISBN
- 9781477310724
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.31
€ 30.99
€ 27.31