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Society & culture: general
Hardcover. Discusses the twin forces of ideological and technological change that make globalization the most important issue facing executives. This book shows how many companies who have developed a global strategy, face the challenge of balancing a multinational presence with demands of the 'unglobal consumer' who does not have a 'one size fits all' need. Editor(s): Quelch, John A.; Deshpande, Rohit. Num Pages: 432 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFS; KJS; KJVG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 159 x 33. Weight in Grams: 685.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780787968571
- ISBN
- 9780787968571
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.32
€ 63.32
Paperback. A guide to the global communications revolution. The book is presented in the form of over 50 colour maps which graphically depict the global diffusion of old and new media. As well as presenting up-to-date data, the book extrapolates trends on a variety of topics illustrating media distribution. Num Pages: 128 pages, 50 colour maps, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: GBC; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 175 x 9. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Publisher
- BFI Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780851708607
- ISBN
- 9780851708607
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 20.80
€ 37.99
€ 20.80
paperback. Series: What Everyone Needs to Know. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: JFFH; LNTM; MBN; MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190259235
- ISBN
- 9780190259235
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.68
€ 18.68
Paperback. Drawing on more than three years of fieldwork across three continents, the author traces our complex and often contradictory relationship with these versatile animals in public spaces such as Venice's Piazza San Marco and London's Trafalgar Square and in working-class and immigrant communities of pigeon breeders in New York and Berlin. Series: Fieldwork Encounters and Discoveries. Num Pages: 288 pages, 10 colour plates, 36 halftones, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: JFFZ; WNCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 163 x 15. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226002088
- ISBN
- 9780226002088
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.52
€ 37.99
€ 29.52
Hardback. This book examines how local and global environment-society relations play out in coastal communities dependent on tourism for economic survival. It analyzes the consequences of social and economic policies on remote areas and makes a case for studying the role of environmental values in global environmental governance. Num Pages: 206 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFS; KCN; KCP; KNSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 147 x 17. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 2010th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230246249
- ISBN
- 9780230246249
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.72
€ 121.72
Paperback. Previously published as the first volume of The Encyclopedia of Global Human Migration, this work is devoted exclusively to prehistoric migration, covering all periods and places from the first hominin migrations out of Africa through the end of prehistory. Editor(s): Bellwood, Peter. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 3B; HBG; HBLA; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 247 x 172 x 20. Weight in Grams: 682.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118970591
- ISBN
- 9781118970591
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.53
€ 45.53
Paperback. * A brilliant and provocative piece of critical theory. * Outlines an original approach to the influential concept of the public sphere. * Takes a transnational perspective, which is at the cutting edge of debates. * Includes case studies on the BBC, CNN and Al-Jazeera. . Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFD; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 226 x 18. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745639581
- ISBN
- 9780745639581
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.74
€ 25.74
Hardback. * A brilliant and provocative piece of critical theory. * Outlines an original approach to the influential concept of the public sphere. * Takes a transnational perspective, which is at the cutting edge of debates. * Includes case studies on the BBC, CNN and Al-Jazeera. . Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: JFD; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745639574
- ISBN
- 9780745639574
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.84
€ 72.84
hardcover. The Global Silicon Valley Home takes a close look at how participants in the jet-set, wired-to-the-Net, trans-Pacific commuter culture have invented new ways of thinking about how their homes reflect their personal identities. Series: Asian America. Num Pages: 288 pages, 2 tables, 9 figures, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPCW; 1KBB; JFC; JFSL; JHBL; KNDH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804752152
- ISBN
- 9780804752152
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.63
€ 76.63
Paperback. Collects together key papers by international leaders in the field from a range of sources that explain the concepts, actors and processes that constitute global social policy. This book covers emergence of global social policy as an expanding field of practice, and the impact of globalisation on key welfare discourses and governance mechanisms. Editor(s): Yeates, Nicola; Holden, Chris. Num Pages: 544 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JFF; JKS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 239 x 172 x 29. Weight in Grams: 914.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 544
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847423771
- ISBN
- 9781847423771
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 25.89
€ 42.99
€ 25.89
Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: JFFS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199338467
- ISBN
- 9780199338467
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 132.45
€ 132.45
Hardcover. As railways, steamships, and telegraph communications brought distant places into unprecedented proximity, previously minor discrepancies in local time-telling became a global problem. Vanessa Ogle s chronicle of the struggle to standardize clock times and calendars from 1870 to 1950 highlights the many hurdles that proponents of uniformity faced." Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; HBG; JFFS; PDX; PGZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 244 x 26. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674286146
- ISBN
- 9780674286146
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 46.48
€ 53.99
€ 46.48
Paperback. * This revised and fully updated edition brings together the most original contributions from both sides of the globalization debate. * Extensive new material incorporates the latest developments and sets the issues in the context of a global order in constant flux. Editor(s): Held, David; McGrew, Anthony G. Num Pages: 624 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 173 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1080. Good clean copy in dustwrapper. Some minor shelf wear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KRA0004217
- ISBN
- 9780745631356
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Rumour has it that globalisation is doing serious damage to the nation-state at the present historical juncture. The author focuses on this global-national nexus in some of its many differing manifestations, offering theoretical, historical and analytical thoughts and perspectives on a problem which dominates academic and public debates. Editor(s): Hedetoft, Ulf. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 166 x 13. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Aarhus University Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788773076842
- ISBN
- 9788773076842
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.09
€ 10.09
Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, 10 line art, 4 b/w, 2 tables. BIC Classification: JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520293038
- ISBN
- 9780520293038
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.06
€ 40.99
€ 29.06
Hardback. Num Pages: 264 pages, 10 line art, 4 b/w, 2 tables. BIC Classification: JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520293021
- ISBN
- 9780520293021
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.50€ 72.48
€ 94.50
€ 72.48
Paperback. The theme of McLuhan's book is the distinction between two quite different traditions of reasoning which have grown up in Western and Eastern countries, and how global communications have brought these two traditions into contact. Series: Communication and Society. Num Pages: 240 pages, halftones, line illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 139 x 217 x 9. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Number of pages
- 236
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195079104
- ISBN
- 9780195079104
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.29
€ 32.29
Paperback. This revised and updated second edition of The Globalization and Development Reader builds on the considerable success of a first edition that has been used around the world. It combines selected readings and editorial material to provide a coherent text with global coverage, reflecting new theoretical and empirical developments. Editor(s): Roberts, J. Timmons; Hite, Amy Bellone; Chorev, Nitsan. Num Pages: 632 pages. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 170 x 243 x 26. Weight in Grams: 934.
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118735107
- ISBN
- 9781118735107
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 41.87
€ 42.99
€ 41.87
Paperback. Addiction is increasing all around the world, and the conventional remedies don't work. The Globalization of Addiction argues that the cause of this failure to control addiction is that past treatments have focused too single-mindedly on the afflicted individual addict. This book presents a radical rethink about the nature of addiction. Num Pages: 496 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFH1; MMZR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 700.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 496
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199588718
- ISBN
- 9780199588718
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.08
€ 56.08
Hardback. Translator(s): Scott-Railton, Thomas. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFS; KCL; KCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 149 x 224 x 21. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691160528
- ISBN
- 9780691160528
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.28
€ 25.99
€ 22.28