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Society & culture: general
Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSL3; JH; JPL; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 136 x 212 x 14. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Monash University Publishing Australia
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781921867644
- ISBN
- 9781921867644
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.75
€ 23.99
€ 17.75
Paperback. Num Pages: 260 pages, 18 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJPG; JFSJ1; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 151 x 17. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 260
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- First edition, first printing (full number line)
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520244238
- ISBN
- 9780520244238
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.42
€ 40.99
€ 29.42
Paperback. The rise of China is the most important development in world affairs. During the past three decades China dramatically modernized its economy and taken a positon as one of the two major powers in the world. For all of its newfound prowess, China's rise has not been a smooth process. The China Reader chronicles and catalogues these complexities. Editor(s): Shambaugh, David. Num Pages: 568 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFFS; JPS; KCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 257 x 180 x 38. Weight in Grams: 912.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 6 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 568
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199397082
- ISBN
- 9780199397082
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 89.87
€ 89.87
Paperback. In the summer of 1909, the gruesome murder of nineteen-year-old Elsie Sigel sent shock waves through New York City and the nation at large. Through the lens of this unsolved murder, this work offers a snapshot of social and sexual relations between Chinese and non-Chinese populations in turn-of-the-century New York City. Num Pages: 320 pages, 23 halftones. 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJC; HBJK; HBLW; JFSL1; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- Second Printing
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691130484
- ISBN
- 9780691130484
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 30.79
€ 43.99
€ 30.79
The Chinese Diaspora. Space, Place, Mobility and Identity.
. Ed(S): Ma, Laurence J.C.; Cartier, Carolyn
Paperback. Leading scholars in the field consider the profound importance of meanings of place and the spatial processes of mobility and settlement for the Chinese overseas. Editor(s): Ma, Laurence J.C.; Cartier, Carolyn. Series: Why of Where. Num Pages: 400 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTB; JFFN; RGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 146 x 23. Weight in Grams: 531.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742517561
- ISBN
- 9780742517561
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 88.79
€ 88.79
Hardback. Demonstrates how a politics of polarity have defined the experience of Chinese immigration in America. This book is a useful resource on the Asian immigrant experience for researchers and students in Chinese American studies, Asian American history, immigration studies, and American history. Editor(s): Cassel, Susie Lan. Series: Critical Perspectives on Asian Pacific Americans. Num Pages: 480 pages, references, bibliog , index. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; GTB; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 161 x 30. Weight in Grams: 735.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780759100008
- ISBN
- 9780759100008
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 175.30
€ 175.30
Paperback. Demonstrates how a politics of polarity have defined the experience of Chinese immigration in America. This book is a useful resource on the Asian immigrant experience for researchers and students in Chinese American studies, Asian American history, immigration studies, and American history. Editor(s): Cassel, Susie Lan. Series: Critical Perspectives on Asian Pacific Americans. Num Pages: 480 pages, references, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; GTB; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 151 x 24. Weight in Grams: 617.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780759100015
- ISBN
- 9780759100015
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 77.62
€ 77.62
Hardback.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804751599
- ISBN
- 9780804751599
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.14
€ 87.14
hardcover. This is the story of how the women's movement in China took advantage of the government's official efforts to position women in the rural economic reforms of the 1980s to achieve a significant and ever-increasing role in China's developing turn toward a market economy, which was not the state's intent. Num Pages: 232 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; JFFK; JHMC; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804744058
- ISBN
- 9780804744058
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.21
€ 129.21
hardcover. This book examines how the social and cultural paradigms of contemporary Israel are articulated through the body, constructing a panoramic view of how the Israeli body is chosen, regulated, cared for, and ultimately made perfect. Series: Contraversions: Jews & Other Differences. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; JFC; JFSR1; JHMP; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804732727
- ISBN
- 9780804732727
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 143.80
€ 143.80
Paperback. Series: The Princeton Economic History of the Western World. Num Pages: 344 pages, 4 line illus. 29 tables. 11 maps. BIC Classification: HBTB; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 168 x 21. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691163512
- ISBN
- 9780691163512
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.33
€ 26.99
€ 20.33
Hardback.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 344
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691144870
- ISBN
- 9780691144870
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.91€ 53.83
€ 68.91
€ 53.83
Paperback. Why has Christianity, a religion premised upon neighbourly love, failed in its attempts to heal social divisions? This title delves into the late medieval soil in which the modern Christian imagination grew, to reveal how Christianity's highly refined process of socialization has inadvertently created and maintained segregated societies. Num Pages: 366 pages. BIC Classification: HRCM; JFSL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 149 x 21. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 366
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300171365
- ISBN
- 9780300171365
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.64
€ 33.99
€ 24.64
Paperback. When Spanish explorers and missionaries came onto Southern California's shores in 1769, they encountered the large towns and villages of the Chumash, a people who at that time were among the most advanced hunter-gatherer societies in the world. This title weaves together multiple sources of evidence to re-create the tapestry of Chumash society. Num Pages: 376 pages, 24 b/w photographs, 30 line illustrations, 17 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 230 x 28. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520271241
- ISBN
- 9780520271241
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.42
€ 40.99
€ 29.42
Hardback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: HRCC7; HRCV4; JFMA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442205772
- ISBN
- 9781442205772
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.84
€ 72.84
Paperback. BIC Classification: HRAX; HRCM; HRCX4; JFSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publisher
- InterVarsity Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780830840663
- ISBN
- 9780830840663
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 25.08
€ 34.99
€ 25.08
Paperback. A gendered consideration of cultural change and the religious encounter among the Maasai. Num Pages: 336 pages, 29 b&w photos, 5 maps, 1 bibliog., 1 index. BIC Classification: 1HFG; HRCX7; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253217622
- ISBN
- 9780253217622
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.52
€ 27.99
€ 26.52
Paperback. The Italian art cinema of the 1960s is known worldwide for its brilliance and vitality. This title argues for an understanding of that cinema as a negotiation between a national aesthetic tradition of realism and a nascent post-modern image culture. It is suitable for scholars and students in different areas of film studies. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 224 pages, 33 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJPK; APF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 235 x 23. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822327998
- ISBN
- 9780822327998
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.69
€ 33.99
€ 30.69
Hardback. A collection of 12 short stories presented from the perspective of a young boy, in which the author narrates his childhood experiences growing up in a family of Mexican migrant farm workers. Num Pages: 134 pages. BIC Classification: DSK; FA; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 184 x 127 x 10. Weight in Grams: 150.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826317971
- ISBN
- 9780826317971
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 21.80
€ 21.80
Paperback. Explores "child circulation," informal arrangements in which indigenous Andean children are sent by their parents to live in other households. This title demonstrates that such an understanding of the practice is simplistic and misleading. Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 248 pages, 11 illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; JFSP1; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 232 x 158 x 17. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822341970
- ISBN
- 9780822341970
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.98
€ 33.99
€ 30.98