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Hardback. How can we make appropriate decisions about whether and how to adopt new technologies? Vivek Wadhwa and Alex Salkever propose that we ask three questions: Does the technology have the potential to benefit everyone equally? What are the risks and the rewards? Does the technology more strongly promote autonomy or independence? Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: JFFR; KCJ; TJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Publisher
Berrett-Koehler
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781626569713
ISBN
9781626569713
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.39

Hardback. Finally, he examines the relation of the Dreyfus Affair to the "culture of forcethat marked French society during the prewar years, thus accounting for the rise of the youthful athlete as a more compelling manly ideal than the bookish and sedentary intellectual. Series: Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science. Num Pages: 320 pages, 20, 20 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; JFSJ2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801874338
ISBN
9780801874338
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 69.38

paperback. Studies this famous case of judicial failure, and discusses the legal bases of slavery, the debate over the Constitution, and the dispute over slavery and continental expansion. Num Pages: 768 pages, 5 line illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; JFSL3; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 171 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1110.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Edition
Revised ed.
Number of pages
768
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195145885
ISBN
9780195145885
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.65

Paperback. The DREAMers provides the first investigation of the undocumented youth movement that has transformed the national immigration debate, from its start in the early 2000s through the present day. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFN; JHB; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 13. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804788847
ISBN
9780804788847
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.31

Hardback. This study explores how magazines became the first mass medium in the USA and how they expressed a new American culture built on dreams of a better future. The author argues that the birth of the popular magazine at the turn of the 20th century laid the foundations of the modern consumer culture. Num Pages: 357 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JFC; JFD; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 28. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
357
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231082907
ISBN
9780231082907
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.42
€ 56.89

Paperback. An elegant, poetic, and experimental memoir by one of the foremost voices in Native American literature today. Num Pages: 220 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DQ; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 162 x 14. Weight in Grams: 302.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803234819
ISBN
9780803234819
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Hardback. In The Drama of the Assimilated Jew, Lucienne Kroha makes Bassani's personal and literary journey accessible to English-language readers. Series: Toronto Italian Studies. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 630.
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442646162
ISBN
9781442646162
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 79.17

Hardback. In this book Jeffrey Alexander develops the view that cultural sociology and cultural pragmatics are vital for understanding the structural turbulence and political possibilities of contemporary social life. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
180
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509518128
ISBN
9781509518128
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.84

Paperback. In this book Jeffrey Alexander develops the view that cultural sociology and cultural pragmatics are vital for understanding the structural turbulence and political possibilities of contemporary social life. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509518135
ISBN
9781509518135
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.23

Paperback. Traces the trajectory of the author's philosophical career through a selection of his essays. This work addresses specific issues in American thought and culture. It constitutes a mosaic of his philosophy, showing its roots in an American conception of experience. Editor(s): Anderson, Douglas R. Series: American Philosophy. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPCF; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 227 x 37. Weight in Grams: 784.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823226634
ISBN
9780823226634
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 46.17

Hardback. Traces the trajectory of the author's philosophical career through a selection of his essays. This work addresses specific issues in American thought and culture. It constitutes a mosaic of his philosophy, showing its roots in an American conception of experience. Editor(s): Anderson, Douglas R. Series: American Philosophy. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPCF; HPS; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 157 x 231 x 36. Weight in Grams: 891.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823226627
ISBN
9780823226627
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.55

Paperback. Miller believes that violence and crime in society have their roots in conventional child rearing and in education which can create a childhood prison. Miller describes how her discoveries can create freedom from this prison. This edition has been revised since her renunciation of psychoanalysis. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: JFFE1; JMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 125 x 12. Weight in Grams: 140.
Edition
Revised
Publisher
Virago
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781860491016
ISBN
9781860491016
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.09

paperback. Editor(s): Underwood, Lisa; Schacht, Steven P. Num Pages: 270 pages, col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: AS; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 212 x 150 x 16. Weight in Grams: 374.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Routledge United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
SKU
V9781560232858
ISBN
9781560232858
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 91.06

Hardback. Despite its significance in the history of Spanish colonialism, the Dominican Republic is familiar to most outsiders through only a few elements of its past and culture. This book provides an introduction to the history, politics, and culture of the country from precolonial times into the early twenty-first century. Editor(s): Roorda, Eric Paul; Derby, Lauren Hutchinson; Gonzalez, Raymundo. Series: The Latin America Readers. Num Pages: 560 pages, 85 illustrations, including 10 in colour. BIC Classification: 1KJD; HBJK; JFC; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 165 x 36. Weight in Grams: 916.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822356882
ISBN
9780822356882
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.20

hardcover. Series: Critical Caribbean Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages, 9 photographs, 2 figures, 2 maps, 8 tables. BIC Classification: 1KJD; HBTQ; JFSL1; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 449.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813584485
ISBN
9780813584485
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 159.45

paperback. Series: Critical Caribbean Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages, 9 photographs, 2 figures, 2 maps, 8 tables. BIC Classification: 1KJD; HBTQ; JFSL1; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813584478
ISBN
9780813584478
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.34

Paperback. Focuses on Laweyan, a production center of batik textiles that had embraced modernity under Dutch colonial rule, only to fend off the modernizing forces of Indonesia during the twentieth century. This book portrays a merchant enclave clinging to its forms of social life and highlights the power of women in the marketplace and the home. Num Pages: 320 pages, 10 halftones 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FMN; JFC; JFSJ1; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 468.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
301
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691016924
ISBN
9780691016924
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.29
€ 42.00

Paperback. The Domestic Space Reader demonstrates how discussions of domestic spaces can help us better understand our inner lives and challenge our perceptions of life in particular times and places. Editor(s): Briganti, Chiara (Carleton College, USA); Mezei, Kathy. Num Pages: 448 pages, 17 illustrations. BIC Classification: AMK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 27. Weight in Grams: 702.
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802096647
ISBN
9780802096647
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.76

Paperback. Second edition of a classic text on canine science and behavior, incorporating two decades of new evidence and discoveries. Editor(s): Serpell, James. Num Pages: 424 pages, 84 b/w illus. 8 colour illus. BIC Classification: JFFZ; PSVP; WNGD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 248 x 191 x 24. Weight in Grams: 930.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107699342
ISBN
9781107699342
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.22

Hardcover. After adopting an Irish sight hound, Laura Schenone discovered a remarkable and little-known fight to gain justice for animals. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: JFFZ; WNGD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393073584
ISBN
9780393073584
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.65

Paperback. Over the past forty thousand years a collective domestication has occurred that brings us to where we are today - humans have formed intense bonds with dogs, and the adoration is almost always reciprocal. This title considers the far-reaching consequences of the coevolution of dogs and humans, drawing upon scientific research. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFZ; WNGD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 137 x 17. Weight in Grams: 208.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780061771101
ISBN
9780061771101
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.68

Hardcover. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: JFFZ; KNS; WNGD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 237 x 31. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781681771403
ISBN
9781681771403
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 24.84

Paperback. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APF; JFC; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
Edition
1st ed. 2010
SKU
V9781349314911
ISBN
9781349314911
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.65

Hardback. Editor(s): Bassuk, Ellen L.; Carman, Rebecca W. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: BG; JFFH; MBPC; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 152. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers Group Netherlands
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9780306452673
ISBN
9780306452673
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.54

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