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Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBSB; 3JJPN; BTC; JFFJ; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 20. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062458360
ISBN
9780062458360
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.74

Paperback. An account of Chinese literary modernism, written from the perspective of Republican China. Shih argues for the contextualization of Chinese modernism in the semicolonial cultural and political formation of the time and analyzes pivotal issues, such as decadence and Orientalism. Series: Berkeley Series in Interdisciplinary Studies of China. Num Pages: 440 pages, 1 line illustration, 1 table. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSBH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 32. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520220645
ISBN
9780520220645
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.19

Paperback. Short, accessibly written essays make the case for cities, arguing that the metropolitan mindset is essential to the struggle for human liberation. Editor(s): Williams, Austin; Donald, Alastair. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white line drawings, figures. BIC Classification: JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 133 x 13. Weight in Grams: 228.
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745331775
ISBN
9780745331775
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 24.42

Paperback. Traces the political and legal history of the Indians of Robeson County, arguing that Lumbee political activities ave been powerfully affected by the interplay between their own and others' conceptions of who they are. This book offers insights into the workings of racial ideology and practice in both the past and the present South. Num Pages: 298 pages, Illus., maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBFN; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL9; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 477.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
298
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803261976
ISBN
9780803261976
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.12

Paperback. Uncovers the story of the Tape family in post-gold rush, racially explosive San Francisco. The author paints a picture of how the role of immigration broker allowed patriarch Jeu Dip (Joseph Tape) to both protest and profit from discrimination, and of the Tapes as the first of a new social type - middle-class Chinese Americans. Num Pages: 344 pages, 45 halftones. 2 line illus. 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBLW; JFFN; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 520.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
360
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Expanded paperback edition with a New preface by
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691155326
ISBN
9780691155326
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.15

Paperback. Examines how the human mind has the capacity to be infinitely caring or selfish, kind or cruel, creative or destructive. The author challenges our conceptions of who we think we are, what we believe we will never do - and how and why almost any of us could be initiated into the ranks of evil doers. Num Pages: 576 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: VSP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 400.
Publisher
Ebury Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
22nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846041037
ISBN
9781846041037
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.53

Paperback. Num Pages: 328 pages, 195 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 111 x 17. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
Rev ed
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231147613
ISBN
9780231147613
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.30

Paperback. Num Pages: 277 pages, 125 colour photographs. BIC Classification: 1DDN; JFF; JFSL; JHBC; JHBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 160. .
Publisher
XPat Scriptum Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9789055949618
ISBN
9789055949618
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.02

Paperback. A story of forbidden love. Zakia and Mohammad Ali are a modern day Romeo and Juliet. Two young Afghan lovers - he a Shia, she a Sunni - who defied their families risking their lives in order to be together. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1FCA; BTP; JFFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 29. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
9781473607026
ISBN
9781473607026
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.05

Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FMT; HREP; JFSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 464.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231153775
ISBN
9780231153775
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.43

Paperback. aeo This book is a classic work in the sociology of culture, by a world leader in the field. aeo The book is one of the first systematic, comparative studies of European art museums and their publics. Num Pages: 192 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1D; GM; JFC; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 11. Weight in Grams: 278.
Publisher
Polity Press
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745619149
ISBN
9780745619149
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.67

Paperback. An award-winning author and veteran mountain climber takes us deep into the Southwest backcountry to uncover secrets of its ancient inhabitants. Num Pages: 352 pages, 16 pages of illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBJK; HBTB; HDD; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393352337
ISBN
9780393352337
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.34

Paperback. Centuries after the brutal slaughter of the Cathars by papally endorsed Northern French forces, the medieval Cathars continue to exert a powerful influence on both popular culture and spiritual seekers. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 216 x 29. Weight in Grams: 338.
Publisher
Watkins Media
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Anniversary edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780287157
ISBN
9781780287157
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.50

Hardback. Max Weber famously argued that the rise of capitalism in early modern Europe was premised on the emergence of a distinctive set of attitudes - including the pursuit of profit for its own sake - which he called the spirit of capitalism . Num Pages: 140 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 160 x 15. Weight in Grams: 334.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
140
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745648132
ISBN
9780745648132
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.42

Paperback. "Rosen has broken entirely new ground in what will surely remain the definitive study of urban prostitution in America for many years to come." -- Times Literary Supplement Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HBJK; JFMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1982
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801826658
ISBN
9780801826658
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.63

Paperback. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HB; AV; JFSL3; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 21. Weight in Grams: 488.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226327235
ISBN
9780226327235
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.81

Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages, 10 line illustrations. BIC Classification: JFH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520244405
ISBN
9780520244405
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.56

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, 30 b&w ills. BIC Classification: JFSV1; JKSN1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Penguin Putnam Inc United States
Edition
2 nd
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9781585425105
ISBN
9781585425105
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 18.04

Paperback. Revealing the secret teachings of Freemasonry for the first time Num Pages: 384 pages, line drawings integrated throughout. BIC Classification: JFH; JFSV1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 126 x 24. Weight in Grams: 264.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton United Kingdom
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444710618
ISBN
9781444710618
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.85

Paperback. To many Americans, the 1970s seem a "lost" period, a pale and undistinguished decade compared with the 1960s and the 1980s. This issue demonstrates that while the 1970s were indeed rather grey in many respects, they were also a time of reassessment and dynamism in many fields of popular American culture. Editor(s): Hurup, Elisabeth. Series: Dolphin S. Num Pages: 217 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPL; HBJK; HBLW3; JFC; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 378.
Publisher
Aarhus University Press Denmark
Number of pages
217
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9788772883779
ISBN
9788772883779
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.91

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