Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Hardback. Highlights the use of historical data in natural hazard assessments. Based on worldwide examples, this book introduces how various disciplines address the use of historical data in their respective analysis. It is of particular interest to professionals interested and involved in natural hazard assessments. Editor(s): Glade, Thomas; Albini, Paola; Frances, Felix. Series: Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research. Num Pages: 222 pages, 66 black & white illustrations, 3 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFFC; RB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 589.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792371540
- ISBN
- 9780792371540
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 181.73
€ 181.73
Hardcover. This volume focuses on challenges to the effective and proper use of human rights and tries to identify, through a series of case studies, strategies and contexts in which human rights advocacy can work in favor of human rights, as well as situations in which such advocacy may backfire, or unintentionally cause harm. Editor(s): Andreopoulos, George J.; Arat, Zehra F. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFS; JPVH; LBBR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 168 x 20. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137408334
- ISBN
- 9781137408334
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.90
€ 118.90
The Uses of Antiquity: The Scientific Revolution and the Classical Tra...
Stephen . Ed(S): Gaukroger
hardcover. Editor(s): Gaukroger, Stephen. Series: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. Num Pages: 277 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Springer United States
- Edition
- 1991st Edition
- Number of pages
- 277
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792311300
- ISBN
- 9780792311300
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 236.76
€ 236.76
The Uses of Institutions. The U.S., Japan, and Governance in East Asia...
. Ed(S): Ikenberry, G. John; Inoguchi, Takash...
Paperback. This book explores the ways that institutions play a role - or fail to - in Japanese and American approaches to regional governance in East Asia. It uses recent studies on the logic and dynamics of institutions to determine the logic of order within the East Asia region. The central focus is on bilateral and multilateral regional institutions. Editor(s): Ikenberry, G. John; Inoguchi, Takashi. Num Pages: 254 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JPA; JPP; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 329.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2007
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349536627
- ISBN
- 9781349536627
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.54
€ 62.54
Paperback. When a society becomes more affluent, does it lose other values? Are the skills that education and literacy gave millions wasted on consuming pop culture? Do the media coerce us into a world of the superficial and the material - or can they be a force for good? This book asks these questions. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; CFC; JFCA; JFD; JFSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition Thus
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141191584
- ISBN
- 9780141191584
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.64
€ 14.99
€ 11.64
Hardback. Num Pages: biography. BIC Classification: AF; HPN; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319563657
- ISBN
- 9783319563657
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.25
€ 108.25
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Main Market Ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447261308
- ISBN
- 9781447261308
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 14.35
€ 14.99
€ 14.35
Paperback. Editor(s): Beauchesne, Kim; Santos, A. Num Pages: 307 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JFC; JFCX; JHB; JHBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2011
- Number of pages
- 307
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349287857
- ISBN
- 9781349287857
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.64
€ 62.64
Hardcover. An exploration of the concept of utopia in Latin America from the earliest accounts of the New World to current cultural production, the carefully selected essays in this volume represent the latest research on the topic by some of the most important Latin Americanists working in North American academia today. Editor(s): Beauchesne, Kim; Santos, Alessandra. Num Pages: 307 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KL; JFC; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 237 x 23. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230103528
- ISBN
- 9780230103528
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.48
€ 63.48
Hardback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, 2 graphs. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JFSL; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231147583
- ISBN
- 9780231147583
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.71
€ 80.71
Paperback. Num Pages: 376 pages, 1x8pp colour plate section. BIC Classification: DSB; JFD; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781628922127
- ISBN
- 9781628922127
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.21
€ 29.99
€ 25.21
Hardback. Series: Difference Incorporated. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFA; JKSB; JKSN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 148 x 223 x 19. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780816693474
- ISBN
- 9780816693474
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.91
€ 108.91
Hardcover. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; JFCD; WCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 261 x 18. Weight in Grams: 746.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781935623809
- ISBN
- 9781935623809
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.87
€ 37.87
Paperback. Series: Culture and Society After Socialism. Num Pages: 448 pages, 42. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJPR; HBJD; HBLW3; JFSF; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 26. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801488696
- ISBN
- 9780801488696
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 40.29
€ 45.99
€ 40.29
hardcover. In the years between the Great Famine of the 1840s and the First World War, Ireland experienced a drastic drop in population. This book offers an inquiry that explores the options that presented themselves to Ireland's younger generations, taking into account household structure, inheritance, religion, and especially emigration. Series: The Princeton Economic History of the Western World. Num Pages: 360 pages, 18 maps 10 line illus. 26 tables. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JFSF; JHBD; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 657.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780691043074
- ISBN
- 9780691043074
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.99€ 100.49
€ 119.99
€ 100.49
Paperback. BIC Classification: JFFH1; JM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 133 x 25. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Inner Traditions Bear and Company United States
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Original ed.
- SKU
- V9780892818976
- ISBN
- 9780892818976
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.92
€ 19.99
€ 19.92
Paperback. BIC Classification: BM; DNF; JFCV; WBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Greystone Books,Canada
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781771642743
- ISBN
- 9781771642743
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.51
€ 17.99
€ 16.51
Paperback. Veiling is a globally polarizing issue, a locus for the struggle between Islam and the West and between contemporary and traditional interpretations of Islam. This book examines the vastly misunderstood and multi-layered world of the veil. It explores and analyzes the cultures, politics, and histories of veiling. Editor(s): Heath, Jennifer. Num Pages: 360 pages, 35 b/w photographs, 10 line illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 229 x 27. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520255180
- ISBN
- 9780520255180
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.42
€ 33.99
€ 24.42
Paperback. Local history, folklore and ghost stories from the Vale of the White Horse and South Oxfordshire. Num Pages: 250 pages, small illus throughout. BIC Classification: 1DBKESF; JFHF; VXQ; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 210 x 21. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Publisher
- Two Rivers Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909747173
- ISBN
- 9781909747173
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.35
€ 16.99
€ 13.35
Paperback. "The Velvet Rage is becoming a touchstone in gay culture just as Goodbye to Berlin was in the 30s, A Boy's Own Story in the 60s and Faggots in the 70s."--Observer (UK) Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: JFSK2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 137 x 18. Weight in Grams: 288. Overcoming the Pain of Growing Up Gay in a Straight Man's World. 240 pages. Drawing on contemporary research, the author's own struggle with shame and anger, and stories from his patients, this title describes the stages of a gay man's journey out of shame and offers practical and inspired strategies to stop the cycle of avoidance and self-defeating behaviour. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: JFSK2. Dimension: 206 x 137 x 18. Weight: 276.
- Publisher
- Hachette Books
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780738215679
- ISBN
- 9780738215679
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.68
€ 19.99
€ 15.68