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Paperback. Argues that violent confrontation goes against human physiological hardwiring. This book challenges standard views about the root causes of violence and offers solutions for confronting it in the future. It guides readers into the disturbing world of human discord - from domestic abuse and schoolyard bullying to muggings, and armed conflicts. Num Pages: 584 pages, 53 halftones. 1 line illus. 4 tables. BIC Classification: JFFE; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 31. Weight in Grams: 816.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 584
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691143224
- ISBN
- 9780691143224
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.81
€ 46.99
€ 33.81
Hardback. Violence, Inequality, and Human Freedom is a sociological introduction to the study of violence that looks at violence on three different levels-structural, institutional, and interpersonal. The third edition is updated throughout, including a new chapter on educational violence and revised sections on economic and international violence. Num Pages: 540 pages, 20 black & white illustrations, 10 tables. BIC Classification: JFFE; JKV. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 160 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1003.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Edition
- 3 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 540
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442209480
- ISBN
- 9781442209480
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 238.92
€ 238.92
Paperback. The first history ever of violence against architecture as political violence, this book examines the case of the former Yugoslavia and the ways in which architecture is a site where power, agency, and ethnicity are constituted. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 224 pages, 39 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVWY; JFFE; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 165 x 17. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804769365
- ISBN
- 9780804769365
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.38
€ 26.99
€ 25.38
Hardback. The first history ever of violence against architecture as political violence, this book examines the case of the former Yugoslavia and the ways in which architecture is a site where power, agency, and ethnicity are constituted. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 224 pages, 39 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVWY; JFFE; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804769358
- ISBN
- 9780804769358
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.64
€ 108.64
Paperback. This topical collection, now in paperback, explores the relationship between violence and performance. The authors offer fresh theoretical perspectives and examine media as diverse as street theatre, performance art, photography and cinema in locations as diverse as Korea and South Africa to India and Israel. Editor(s): Anderson, Patrick; Menon, Jisha. Series: Studies in International Performance. Num Pages: 405 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; JFFE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 141 x 215 x 24. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 412
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230298392
- ISBN
- 9780230298392
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.90
€ 72.90
Hardcover. This topical collection explores the relationship between violence and performance. The authors offer fresh theoretical perspectives and examine media as diverse as street theatre, performance art, photography and cinema in locations as diverse as Korea and South Africa to India and Israel. Editor(s): Anderson, Patrick; Menon, Jisha. Series: Studies in International Performance. Num Pages: 405 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; JFFE. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 139 x 25. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 412
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230537262
- ISBN
- 9780230537262
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.36
€ 68.36
Paperback. Ranging across Utah, Nevada, New Mexico, Colorado, and eastern California, this title places Native peoples squarely at the center of a story that chronicles two centuries of Indian and imperial history. Num Pages: 384 pages, 18 halftones, 2 maps, 1 graph. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 155 x 42. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674027206
- ISBN
- 9780674027206
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 30.11
€ 34.99
€ 30.11
Hardback. From Hannah Arendt's "banality of evil" to Joseph Conrad's "fascination of the abomination," humankind has struggled to make sense of human--upon--human violence. Editor(s): Scheper-Hughes, Nancy; Bourgois, Philippe I. Series: Wiley Blackwell Readers in Anthropology. Num Pages: 512 pages, 1. BIC Classification: DSB; JFFE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 255 x 175 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1012.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631223481
- ISBN
- 9780631223481
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 158.54
€ 158.54
Paperback. From Hannah Arendt's 'banality of evil' to Joseph Conrad's 'fascination of the abomination', humankind has struggled to make sense of human-upon-human violence. This book explores the social, literary, and philosophical theories of violence. Editor(s): Scheper-Hughes, Nancy; Bourgois, Philippe I. Series: Wiley Blackwell Readers in Anthropology. Num Pages: 512 pages, 1 illustration. BIC Classification: DSB; JFFE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 247 x 173 x 27. Weight in Grams: 772.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631223498
- ISBN
- 9780631223498
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 48.36
€ 48.99
€ 48.36
paperback. Editor(s): Wilkinson, Carol W. Num Pages: 283 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFE; JHBL; KNXC; VFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Government Institutes Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 283
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780865875425
- ISBN
- 9780865875425
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 185.42
€ 185.42
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Markus Wiener Pub
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558763098
- ISBN
- 9781558763098
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.98
€ 51.98
Paperback. Presents the theoretical explanations of family violence and links theory to practice. This book looks at the systems and institutions that interact with families, mandated to provide protection and services, and explores the debates surrounding family violence and public policy. It also explores the role of power in abusive relationships. Num Pages: 336 pages, references, index. BIC Classification: JFFE3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 18. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195151145
- ISBN
- 9780195151145
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.16
€ 73.16
Paperback. Offers students with an understanding of the crisis in Colombia. This book focuses on the 1990s, a decade that witnessed a strengthening of the guerrilla insurgency in the Americas. Editor(s): Bergquist, Charles; Penaranda, Ricardo; Sanchez, Gonzalo. Series: Latin American Silhouettes. Num Pages: 288 pages, chronology, glossary, index, charts. BIC Classification: 1KLSC; JFFE; JPS; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 535.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S.
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842028707
- ISBN
- 9780842028707
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.04
€ 68.04
Paperback. This book is an exploration of violence both by and against children, its causes and approaches to its amelioration. The contributors examine topics such as children who kill; violent young offenders; immigrant children who have been the victims of war; the influence of television; the relationship to the family; and racial and sexual violence. Editor(s): Varma, Ved. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFFE; JFSP1; JFSP2; JKSB1; JNC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 234 x 14. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Pub
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853023446
- ISBN
- 9781853023446
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.20
€ 45.20
Hardback. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFFE; JFM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 825.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803253384
- ISBN
- 9780803253384
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.49
€ 60.49
Paperback. Large format paperback. Clean copy.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd. New York
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KEX0211645
- ISBN
- 9780826412225
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 5.49
€ 5.49
Paperback. Large format paperback. Clean copy.
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd. New York
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New
- SKU
- KEX0211644
- ISBN
- 9780826412225
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 5.49
€ 5.49
Paperback. This ethnographic analysis of violence that broke out in a South African gold mine soon after apartheid ended in 1994 shows how violence comes to be blamed on ethnic differences retrospectively-and often wrongly. Num Pages: 256 pages, 50 b&w photos, 2 tables, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JJPR; HBTV; JFFE; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822348535
- ISBN
- 9780822348535
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.56
€ 36.99
€ 26.56
Hardcover. Despite the claims of Steven Pinker and others, violence has remained a historical constant since the Enlightenment, even though its forms and visibility have been radically transformed. Accordingly, the studies gathered here recast debate over violence in modern societies by undermining teleological and reassuring narratives of progress. Editor(s): Martschukat, Jurgen; Niedermeier, Silvan. Num Pages: 318 pages, 21 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; JFFE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 147 x 23. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137378682
- ISBN
- 9781137378682
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.25
€ 67.25
Hardcover. Violence and Understanding in Gaza is the first comprehensive investigation of the British broadsheets' coverage of the Gaza War. Written in accessible language and engaging style, it critiques the newspapers' output, which it is argued replicates the black and white logic of war instead of focusing on negotiations and peace. Num Pages: 240 pages, 21 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FBH; JFD; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 136 x 18. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137439499
- ISBN
- 9781137439499
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.11
€ 67.11