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Society & culture: general
Paperback. 60 years after independence, African nations still find it difficult to face a number of challenges, from establishing meaningful democratic institutions to establish social structures centered on the advancement of gender equality. This volume approaches these contemporary African challenges while combating a reflexive and facile Afro-Pessimism. Editor(s): Falola, Toyin; Mbah, Emmanuel M. Series: African Histories and Modernities. Num Pages: 277 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJH; HBJK; HBTB; JFC; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 277
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349494132
- ISBN
- 9781349494132
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 138.15
€ 138.15
Hardcover. This book examines the experiences of those dedicated drinkers at the forefront of the new night-time leisure industries that revolutionized the way we think about our city centres. Smith uses the night-time leisure economy as a lens through which to view the relationship between global consumer capital and the erosion of 'traditional' adulthood. Series: Leisure Studies in a Global Era. Num Pages: 213 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSG; JHBS; KNSP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 209 x 18. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137344519
- ISBN
- 9781137344519
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.34
€ 66.34
Paperback. This book examines the experiences of those dedicated drinkers at the forefront of the new night-time leisure industries that revolutionized the way we think about our city centres. Smith uses the night-time leisure economy as a lens through which to view the relationship between global consumer capital and the erosion of 'traditional' adulthood. Series: Leisure Studies in a Global Era. Num Pages: 213 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JHB; JHBS; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 213
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349466054
- ISBN
- 9781349466054
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.80
€ 65.80
Paperback. Translator(s): Emanuel, Susan. Num Pages: 176 pages, notes, index. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 10. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780816626892
- ISBN
- 9780816626892
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.67
€ 30.99
€ 27.67
Paperback. To find more information on Rowman & Littlefield titles, please visit us at www.rowmanlittlefield.com. Num Pages: 187 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; HBG; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 162 x 16. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Jason Aronson Inc. Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 187
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780765761118
- ISBN
- 9780765761118
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.96
€ 61.96
Paperback. Series: New Americanists. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 27. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822316992
- ISBN
- 9780822316992
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Paperback. Nationalism has become the most prevalent source of political conflict and violence in the world. Departing from the usual practice of considering only a few examples of nationalism drawn from a limited geographical and historical canvas, this book is based on fundamental theoretical ideas about the formation and solidarity of groups. Num Pages: 268 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSL1; JPA; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199247516
- ISBN
- 9780199247516
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 94.16
€ 94.16
Paperback. Argues that we need to understand the appeal and persistence of the outbreak narrative because the stories we tell about disease emergence have consequences. This title presents cautionary tale about how the stories we tell circumscribe our thinking about global health and human interactions as the world imagines the next Great Plague. Series: A John Hope Franklin Center Book. Num Pages: 392 pages, 9 illustrations, 2 figures. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 228 x 24. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822341536
- ISBN
- 9780822341536
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Hardcover. Explain the rise, decline, or stagnant levels of women's political participation, considering how representation is contagious across political institutions Num Pages: 208 pages, 31 figures, 28 tables. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814784174
- ISBN
- 9780814784174
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.16
€ 82.16
Hardback. Utilizing the cross-disciplinary approach of global studies, contagion emerges as a vexed trope for globalization itself Editor(s): Magnusson, Bruce; Zalloua, Zahi. Series: Global Re-Visions. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295991740
- ISBN
- 9780295991740
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.72
€ 140.72
Paperback. Utilizing the cross-disciplinary approach of global studies, contagion emerges as a vexed trope for globalization itself Editor(s): Magnusson, Bruce. Series: Global Re-Visions. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 228 x 15. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295991733
- ISBN
- 9780295991733
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.02
€ 33.99
€ 31.02
Paperback. The making of homosexual identity is the result of a communicative process that entails scarching, listening, looking, reading, and finding. This book proposes that this communicative process has a history, and it sets out to tell that story. Num Pages: 320 pages, 23 halftones, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 180 x 19. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226517353
- ISBN
- 9780226517353
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.82
€ 40.99
€ 31.82
Paperback. This book describes a wide variety of speculations by many authors about the consequences for humanity of coming into contact with extraterrestrial intelligence. The assumptions underlying those speculations are examined, and some conclusions are drawn. Num Pages: 466 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFH; VXQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 702.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- 1st ed. Softcover of orig. ed. 2007
- Number of pages
- 466
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441921079
- ISBN
- 9781441921079
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 36.27
€ 41.99
€ 36.27
Hardcover. What does consumption in the global south signify, and how are its complexities communicated in media discourses? This book looks at the media representation of consumer culture in Africa, China, Brazil and India through case studies ranging from celebrity selfies, to travel websites, news reports and documentary film. Num Pages: 249 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFD; JFFS; JFFT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 223 x 18. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137390127
- ISBN
- 9781137390127
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.82
€ 66.82
Paperback. Num Pages: 151 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JHB; KCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 151
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349415717
- ISBN
- 9781349415717
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 126.10
€ 126.10
Hardcover. How much is acceptable to consume? What is appropriate to consume and which goods fall into the disapproved category? Answers to these questions vary widely across time and space. This book examines the sources of this variation by providing an account of how everyday consumption norms develop, why they differ and why they change. Series: Consumption and Public Life. Num Pages: 225 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JFCD; JFFT; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137022493
- ISBN
- 9781137022493
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.78
€ 66.78
Paperback. How much is acceptable to consume? What is appropriate to consume and which goods fall into the disapproved category? Answers to these questions vary widely across time and space. This book examines the sources of this variation by providing an account of how everyday consumption norms develop, why they differ and why they change. Series: Consumption and Public Life. Num Pages: 225 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; HPS; JFSR; JHBL; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 225
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349437894
- ISBN
- 9781349437894
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.89
€ 65.89
Paperback. Examines how self-identified middle class Brazilians in Sao Paulo redefined their class during Brazil's economic crisis of 1981-1994. Illuminating the intricate relation between identity and local and global consumption, this work is suitable for students and scholars in anthropology and Latin American studies. Num Pages: 280 pages, 8 b&w photos, 1 map, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JFCA; JFFT; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5893 x 3963 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822328940
- ISBN
- 9780822328940
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.67
€ 30.99
€ 27.67
Hardcover. Consumption practices in China have been transformed at an unprecedented pace. Series: China Today. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFFT; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780745669700
- ISBN
- 9780745669700
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.86
€ 66.86
Paperback. Consumption practices in China have been transformed at an unprecedented pace. Num Pages: 176 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFFT; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745669717
- ISBN
- 9780745669717
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.47
€ 23.47