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Society & culture: general
Paperback. An analysis of immigrant life in the USA which focuses on the habits of consumption. The author describes how Jews responded to the prospect of mass consumption, familiarizing themselves with such activities as installment buying, advertising and vacationing. Series: The Columbia History of Urban Life. Num Pages: 276 pages, 17 photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; JFFT; JFSR1; JHMP; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 141 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780231068536
- ISBN
- 9780231068536
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.40
€ 40.99
€ 29.40
Hardback. A spirited exploration of the culture created when advertising becomes not just a central institution, but the central institution. Num Pages: 296 pages, 181 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JHM; KJSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 175 x 239 x 24. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231103244
- ISBN
- 9780231103244
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Condition: New
€ 105.02€ 80.14
€ 105.02
€ 80.14
Hardcover. In what is both a critique and a manifesto for cultural change, Stuart Sim explains what we could be doing to cure our addiction to profit, why we ought to be doing it, and how to set about achieving it. Life needn't all be about profit. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: JF; JP; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 161 x 17. Weight in Grams: 420. Reclaiming Our Lives from the Free Market. 160 pages. In what is both a critique and a manifesto for cultural change, Stuart Sim explains what we could be doing to cure our addiction to profit, why we ought to be doing it, and how to set about achieving it. Life needn't all be about profit. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: JF; JP; KC. Dimension: 223 x 161 x 17. Weight: 420.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748646715
- ISBN
- 9780748646715
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Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 45.61
€ 50.99
€ 45.61
paperback. In this ethnography of addicted, pregnant, and poor women living in daily-rent hotels in San Francisco, Kelly Ray Knight examines the myriad struggles these women face, as well as their encounters with social and medical institutions. She asks: what kinds of futures are possible for these women? Series: Critical Global Health: Evidence, Efficacy, Ethnography. Num Pages: 328 pages, 34 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSG; JFSJ1; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822359968
- ISBN
- 9780822359968
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.56
€ 31.99
€ 28.56
Hardback. In this ethnography of addicted, pregnant, and poor women living in daily-rent hotels in San Francisco, Kelly Ray Knight examines the myriad struggles these women face, as well as their encounters with social and medical institutions. She asks: what kinds of futures are possible for these women? Series: Critical Global Health: Evidence, Efficacy, Ethnography. Num Pages: 328 pages, 34 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 239 x 23. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822359531
- ISBN
- 9780822359531
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Condition: New
€ 116.40
€ 116.40
Hardback. Stunning and occasionally unsettling, this unique portfolio reveals addiction art as a powerful complement to addiction science. Editor(s): Santora, Patricia B.; Dowell, Margaret L.; Henningfield, Jack E. Num Pages: 184 pages, 61, 61 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; JFFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 267 x 203 x 17. Weight in Grams: 838.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801894817
- ISBN
- 9780801894817
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 32.10
€ 37.99
€ 32.10
Paperback. Takes readers into the intriguing world of machine gambling, an increasingly popular and absorbing form of play that blurs the line between human and machine, compulsion and control, risk and reward. Num Pages: 456 pages, 29 halftones. BIC Classification: JFFH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 30. Weight in Grams: 770.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691160887
- ISBN
- 9780691160887
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.63
€ 37.99
€ 27.63
Paperback. Addiction Dilemmas explores the impact of addiction on those closest to the individuals affected and their families. Drawing on a wide range of sources, the book discusses the stresses and strains that family members are subjected to, the dilemmas that they face, and the coping strategies that they have found useful. Num Pages: 234 pages. BIC Classification: JFFH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470977026
- ISBN
- 9780470977026
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Condition: New
€ 51.61
€ 51.61
Paperback. Drawing on medical anthropology and science and technology studies,the contributors to Addiction Trajectories examine the epistemic, therapeutic, and experiential dimensions of contemporary addiction. Editor(s): Raikhel, Eugene A.; Garriott, William. Series: Experimental Futures. Num Pages: 360 pages, 7 illustrations, 3 tables. BIC Classification: JFFH1; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822353645
- ISBN
- 9780822353645
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Condition: New
€ 37.42
€ 37.42
hardcover. Drawing on medical anthropology and science and technology studies,the contributors to Addiction Trajectories examine the epistemic, therapeutic, and experiential dimensions of contemporary addiction. Editor(s): Raikhel, Eugene A.; Garriott, William. Series: Experimental Futures. Num Pages: 360 pages, 7 illustrations, 3 tables. BIC Classification: JFFH1; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 25. Weight in Grams: 649.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822353508
- ISBN
- 9780822353508
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Condition: New
€ 116.40
€ 116.40
Paperback. Num Pages: 696 pages. BIC Classification: JFFH1; JKSN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 251 x 198 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1111.
- Publisher
- Cengage Learning, Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 4th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781305943308
- ISBN
- 9781305943308
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Condition: New
€ 217.12
€ 217.12
Paperback. Num Pages: 81 pages. BIC Classification: JFFH1. Dimension: 154 x 226 x 7. Weight in Grams: 174.
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781631177064
- ISBN
- 9781631177064
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Condition: New
€ 101.43€ 70.74
€ 101.43
€ 70.74
Paperback. This volume reviews recent research into the nature and effects of addiction and considers the usefulness of policies which aim to prevent it. The contributors focus on topics such as smoking, alcoholism, gambling and injecting drug use, examining treatment and the effectiveness of prevention and intervention programmes. Editor(s): Wood, Fiona; Bloor, Mick; Bloor, Michael. Series: Research Highlights in Social Work. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFFH1; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Pub
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853024382
- ISBN
- 9781853024382
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Condition: New
€ 45.09
€ 45.09
Hardback. Num Pages: 110 pages. BIC Classification: JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155. .
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 110
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781634638500
- ISBN
- 9781634638500
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 190.94€ 143.11
€ 190.94
€ 143.11
Addressing Inequality in South Asia (South Asia Development Matters)
Rama, Martín, Béteille, Tara, Li, Yue, Mitr...
Paperback. Editor(s): Mitra, Pradeep; Newman, John. Series: South Asia Development Matters. Num Pages: 194 pages, colour illustrations, colour tables, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1FM; JFFJ; KCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 270 x 203 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- World Bank Publications
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781464800221
- ISBN
- 9781464800221
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Condition: New
€ 34.28
€ 34.28
Paperback. Editor(s): Talcott, Nathan B. Num Pages: 95 pages. BIC Classification: JFFH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 7. Weight in Grams: 182.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 95
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781606926703
- ISBN
- 9781606926703
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Condition: New
€ 63.24€ 45.30
€ 63.24
€ 45.30
Hardback. Editor(s): Fong, Rowena; Dettlaff, Alan; James, Joyce; Rodriguez, Carolyne. Num Pages: 432 pages, Figures: 2,. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL1; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 672.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231160803
- ISBN
- 9780231160803
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.35€ 90.63
€ 119.35
€ 90.63
Paperback. Editor(s): Fong, Rowena; Dettlaff, Alan; James, Joyce; Rodriguez, Carolyne. Num Pages: 432 pages, Figures: 2,. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL1; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231160810
- ISBN
- 9780231160810
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 30.94
€ 43.99
€ 30.94
Paperback. Tipping points are thresholds of profound changes in natural or social conditions with considerable (largely unforecastable) consequences. This book explores the scientific, economic, social, and spiritual and creative approaches to identifying and anticipating tipping points so that societies can adapt to more sustainable ways of living. Editor(s): O'Riordan, Timothy; Lenton, Timothy. Series: British Academy Original Paperbacks. Num Pages: 300 pages, 15 figures. BIC Classification: JFFR; KCA; KCS; RNP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 165 x 21. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780197265536
- ISBN
- 9780197265536
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Condition: New
€ 56.04
€ 56.04
Paperback. Sergio Ramirez was Vice President of Nicaragua from 1984 to 1990. This title covers the turbulent years that toppled the Samoza dictatorship in 1979 and the triumphs and shortcomings of the Sandinista National Liberation Front that was charged with national reconstruction and social transformation in this country and region. Translator(s): Skar, Stacey Alba D. Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; 1KLCM; BG; JFC; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822350873
- ISBN
- 9780822350873
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.17
€ 37.99
€ 34.17