Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Hardback. Broad in scope and original in its interpretation, Fly Away illuminates the origins, development, and transformation of national culture during an important chapter in twentieth-century American history. Num Pages: 432 pages, 75, 66 black & white halftones, 9 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; JFFM; JFSL3. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 32. Weight in Grams: 718.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801894770
- ISBN
- 9780801894770
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 45.26
€ 54.99
€ 45.26
Hardback. Series: Transnational Crime, Crime Control and Security. Num Pages: 276 pages, 3 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 22. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137465955
- ISBN
- 9781137465955
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.70
€ 65.70
Paperback. Examining the relationship between societal practice, historical processes, and culture in a Nepali society, this book tells the story of the Thakali's search for identity and their efforts to clarify and represent their culture and history. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FKN; JFSL9; JHMC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231110877
- ISBN
- 9780231110877
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.82
€ 40.99
€ 28.82
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 16 half-tones. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 14. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804713825
- ISBN
- 9780804713825
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.45
€ 32.99
€ 31.45
Paperback. In this series of four essays, Richard Cox explores the social and professional ramifications of 11th September on our information landscape. Num Pages: 144 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFC; UBJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 134 x 10. Weight in Grams: 195.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810848351
- ISBN
- 9780810848351
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 77.34
€ 77.34
Hardback. Num Pages: 298 pages, 34 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 232 x 22. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Publisher
- Springer
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 2014th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789401790871
- ISBN
- 9789401790871
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 89.35
€ 89.35
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 3JM; HBLX; HRLK; JFFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. Weight in Grams: 317.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300227130
- ISBN
- 9780300227130
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.91
€ 19.99
€ 15.91
Paperback. Series: SpringerBriefs in Well-Being and Quality of Life Research. Num Pages: 112 pages, 58 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JMAN; JMBT; JMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 6. Weight in Grams: 189.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789401786065
- ISBN
- 9789401786065
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.34
€ 71.34
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 27 black & white halftones, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBFL; HBJK; HBTB; JFFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781493028740
- ISBN
- 9781493028740
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.41
€ 17.99
€ 17.41
Paperback. A child of both the French and Industrial revolutions, Flora Tristan (1803-1844) became a social critic and political activist. The authors reflect the experiences that shaped Tristan's politics and philosophy, and their introduction and headnotes trace Tristan's life and describe the social and intellectual milieu of nineteenth-century France. Editor(s): Beik, Doris; Beik, Paul. Num Pages: 195 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 16. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 195
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253207661
- ISBN
- 9780253207661
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.61
€ 20.99
€ 20.61
Hardcover. In developed countries, the pervasive view of floods is that science and technology have largely brought these unpredictable disasters under safe control. This book shows that this is simply not so, and that floods are anything but controlled. Num Pages: 394 pages, references, tables. BIC Classification: JFFC; RNR; TQS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 255 x 184 x 28. Weight in Grams: 896.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 394
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471952480
- ISBN
- 9780471952480
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 261.69
€ 261.69
Paperback. This is the first book to provide a comprehensive summary of various topics in flood warning, forecasting and emergency response procedures. Based on up-to-date research, the book brings together many aspects of this interesting multidisciplinary topic. Num Pages: 303 pages, 59 black & white illustrations, 39 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JFFC; JKSW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2008
- Number of pages
- 303
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642096655
- ISBN
- 9783642096655
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 212.55
€ 212.55
Hardback. This is the first book to provide a comprehensive summary of various topics in flood warning, forecasting and emergency response procedures. Based on up-to-date research, the book brings together many aspects of this interesting multidisciplinary topic. Num Pages: 303 pages, 59 black & white illustrations, 39 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JFFC; JKSW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 303
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783540778523
- ISBN
- 9783540778523
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 232.88
€ 232.88
Paperback. Editor(s): Begum, Selina (Environment Agency); Stive, Marcel J.F. (Delft University of Technology); Hall, Jim W. Series: Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research. Num Pages: 550 pages, 150 black & white illustrations, 14 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; JFFC; RNF; TNFL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 830.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 1st ed. Softcover of orig. ed. 2007
- Number of pages
- 550
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048170692
- ISBN
- 9789048170692
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 182.73
€ 182.73
Hardback. Brings together 25 peer reviewed articles on technical, socio-economic, environmental and policy aspects of flood risk management. This book is suitable for the engineers, scientists, planners, policy-makers, researchers, insurance industry and all the practitioners involved in flood risk management. Editor(s): Begum, Selina (Environment Agency); Stive, Marcel J.F. (Delft University of Technology); Hall, Jim W. Series: Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research. Num Pages: 550 pages, 150 black & white illustrations, 14 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; JFFC; RNF; TNFL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 992.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 550
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402041990
- ISBN
- 9781402041990
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 184.19
€ 184.19
Paperback. Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Coping with Flash Floods: Lessons Learned from Experience, Malenovice, Czech Republic, May 16-21, 1999 Editor(s): Marsalek, Jiri; Watt, W. Ed; Zeman, Evzen; Sieker, Friedhelm. Series: NATO Science Partnership Subseries: 2. Num Pages: 450 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFC; RBK; RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 722.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2000
- Number of pages
- 450
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792364528
- ISBN
- 9780792364528
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 120.77
€ 120.77
Paperback. Focuses on the cultural lenses through which young women interpret their sexual encounters and their experiences of male aggression in heterosexual relationships. This book explores how young women make sense of, resist, and negotiate conflicting cultural messages about sexual agency, responsibility, aggression, and desire. Series: Qualitative Studies in Psychology. Num Pages: 253 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFE2; JFSJ1; JMC; JMU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 253
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814766583
- ISBN
- 9780814766583
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.63
€ 33.99
€ 33.63
Hardback. By tracing the footprint of a unremarkable object across the globe, this book provides new ways of thinking about globalisation. Series: Anthropology, Culture and Society. Num Pages: 232 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCD; JFFS; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780745334127
- ISBN
- 9780745334127
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 100.40€ 82.07
€ 100.40
€ 82.07
Paperback. By tracing the footprint of a unremarkable object across the globe, this book provides new ways of thinking about globalisation. Series: Anthropology, Culture and Society. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: JFCD; JFFS; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 137 x 13. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Publisher
- Pluto Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745334110
- ISBN
- 9780745334110
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 28.46
€ 35.99
€ 28.46
Paperback. Num Pages: 341 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DFA; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 137 x 27. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Ariadne Press United States
- Number of pages
- 341
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781572410510
- ISBN
- 9781572410510
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 23.54
€ 32.99
€ 23.54
Paperback. Virgil Richardson has blazed his own unique trail through the 20th century: a cofounder of Harlem's American Negro Theater and radio personality in 1930s, a World War II pilot, and an expatriate through much of the last 50 years. In "Flight," this remarkable man tells the story of his life in his own vivid words. Num Pages: 214 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJH; HBJK; HBL; JFC; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 12. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2004
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349529377
- ISBN
- 9781349529377
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.54
€ 62.54
Paperback. Num Pages: 211 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 387.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Germany
- Number of pages
- 211
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783531032146
- ISBN
- 9783531032146
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.29
€ 67.29
Paperback / so. Series: Studien Zur Sozialwissenschaft. Num Pages: 268 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Vs Verlag Fur Sozialwissenschaften United States
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783531124506
- ISBN
- 9783531124506
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 77.89
€ 77.89
Paperback. Focuses on how workers and small enterprises in India fare when faced with the processes of globalization and liberalization. This work raises questions about the experience of Indian development since the onset of economic reforms in 1991. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFFS; KCF; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 248 x 166 x 19. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Tulika
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788189487393
- ISBN
- 9788189487393
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.18
€ 36.18