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Society & culture: general

Hardback. This book explores the many ways that multi-generational Australian-born Chinese (ABC) people negotiate the balance of two cultures. Grounded in ethnography, fieldwork and participant observation, it painte a contrasting picture of ethnic identification. Num Pages: 220 pages, 1 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1MBF; JFSL1; JHB; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 523.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Edition
2012
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9781461421306
ISBN
9781461421306
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.33

Paperback. This book explores the many ways that multi-generational Australian-born Chinese (ABC) people negotiate the balance of two cultures. Grounded in ethnography, fieldwork and participant observation, it painte a contrasting picture of ethnic identification. Num Pages: 244 pages, 1 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1MBF; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 379.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9781489986047
ISBN
9781489986047
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 127.78

Paperback. This is the first anthropological study of the contemporary Chinese fashion and textile industries from high-end designer clothing to mass manufacture. Series: Dress, Body, Culture. Num Pages: 224 pages, 20 bw illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; AKTH; JFCD; JFCK; JHMC; KNSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 12. Weight in Grams: 396.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847889355
ISBN
9781847889355
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 36.27

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

€ 175.83

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

€ 77.83

Paperback. This study points up the complex interplay of ethnic and national identities in the lives of Chinese in Britain, arguing that transnational studies reinforce essentialist conceptions of identity and cultural authenticity in diasporic communities, and thus frustrate the promotion of ethnic co-existence and social cohesion in multi-ethnic societies. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Transnational History Series. Num Pages: 485 pages, 20 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBJF; HBLW; JFSL. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 140 x 215 x 31. Weight in Grams: 634.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230296411
ISBN
9780230296411
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 140.01

Hardback. This study points up the complex interplay of ethnic and national identities in the lives of Chinese in Britain, arguing that transnational studies reinforce essentialist conceptions of identity and cultural authenticity in diasporic communities, and thus frustrate the promotion of ethnic co-existence and social cohesion in multi-ethnic societies. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Transnational History Series. Num Pages: 485 pages, 20 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBJF; HBLW; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 33. Weight in Grams: 797.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
485
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230522299
ISBN
9780230522299
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 130.02

Paperback. Editor(s): Benton, Gregor; Pieke, Frank N. Num Pages: 401 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFN; JHB; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 513.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
401
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349260980
ISBN
9781349260980
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 194.44

Paperback. Num Pages: 452 pages. BIC Classification: JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 134 x 23. Weight in Grams: 517.
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
452
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761807575
ISBN
9780761807575
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 94.52

Paperback. The Chinese overseas now number 25 to 30 million, the 2000-year history of Chinese attempts to venture abroad and the underlying values affecting that migration are presented in this volume. Series: The Edwin O.Reischauer Lectures. Num Pages: 160 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1H; GTB; HBTB; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 182 x 119 x 11. Weight in Grams: 149.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780674009868
ISBN
9780674009868
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 32.10

Paperback. Monique Taylor analyses the policy rationale and institutional underpinnings of China's state-led or neomercantilist oil strategy, and its development, set against the wider context of economic transformation as the country transitions from a centrally planned to market economy. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 232 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFC; JPA; KCP; RND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349468409
ISBN
9781349468409
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.70

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

€ 87.25

Paperback. 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: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 316. 208 pages, 1 map. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; JFFK; JHMC; KCP. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight: 316.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804744065
ISBN
9780804744065
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

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

€ 129.31

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

€ 129.31

Paperback. 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 11. Weight in Grams: 259.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804750806
ISBN
9780804750806
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

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
€ 24.82

Hardback.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
344
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691144870
ISBN
9780691144870
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.97
€ 53.97

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

€ 35.02

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
€ 29.44

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