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Society & culture: general
hardcover. Links various facets of the immigration experience to policy choices and recommendations. This book focuses on how best to understand and resolve illegal immigration from Mexico. It sets the context of immigration before exploring the job experiences of illegal immigrants and their quest for the American dream. Num Pages: 304 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; LNDA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 585.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597972642
- ISBN
- 9781597972642
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.78
€ 66.78
hardcover. What does cynicism really mean? This book defines the nature of American cynicism and traces its historical roots. It presents an examination of the American mood as it swings from expectation to disappointment, from certainty to uncertainty, in politics, finance, work, religion, family, class, race, ethics, art, and crime. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JHBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 22. Weight in Grams: 331.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781574889857
- ISBN
- 9781574889857
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.74
€ 24.74
hardcover. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JPQB; LAQG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781503600058
- ISBN
- 9781503600058
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.08
€ 122.08
hardcover. The Handbook of World Families clarifies and promotes a cross-cultural perspective on the family by an examination of 25 countries worldwide, with the same topics covered in parallel fashion for each. The result is a totally unique resource for use in the comparative studies of the family and childhood. Num Pages: 664 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 177 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1293.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 664
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761927631
- ISBN
- 9780761927631
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 200.37
€ 200.37
Hardcover. The word 'luxury' has almost lost its meaning. This title takes us on a voyage around the luxury universe, slipping behind the facades of the world's most sophisticated businesses to show the reader how they function. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCD; JFDV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 166 x 23. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Kogan Page Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780749452636
- ISBN
- 9780749452636
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.94
€ 52.94
Paperback. Clear and concise student guide that shows how Marxist theory can illuminate media studies. Series: Marxism and Culture. Num Pages: 304 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JFD; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 13. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Pluto Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745319131
- ISBN
- 9780745319131
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.56
€ 40.99
€ 31.56
hardcover. Ming and Quing China were well populated with foxes, shape-changing creatures who transgressed the boundaries of species, gender and the metaphysical realm. Each section of this book traces a particular boundary violated by the fox and examines how maneuvers across that boundary change over time. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 350 pages, 5 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTB; JFHF; VXQG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 165 x 32. Weight in Grams: 688.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674010949
- ISBN
- 9780674010949
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 42.34
€ 50.99
€ 42.34
Paperback. The secret of television's success may well lie in the remarkable narrative complexities underlying its seeming simplicity, complexities Kristin Thompson unmasks in this analysis of the narrative workings of television and film. Num Pages: 192 pages, 4 halftones, 5 tables. BIC Classification: APF; APT; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 207 x 139 x 14. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674010871
- ISBN
- 9780674010871
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 34.83
€ 41.99
€ 34.83
Paperback. Num Pages: 204 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 231 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- The University of Michigan Press United States
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472068432
- ISBN
- 9780472068432
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.91
€ 34.91
paperback. This volume tells the story of the French overseas empire, assembled as much by chance as by sytematic design. It was an imperial presence that brought commerce, technolgy and culture to indigenous peoples, while at the same time promoting the slave trade and suppressing independence movements. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QD; HBG; HBJD; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- ABC-CLIO United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780275975432
- ISBN
- 9780275975432
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.26
€ 53.26
hardcover. Themes covered by this collection of papers include attitudes, emotions and information processing; motivation and learning; consumption systems; decision and choice; experience and satisfaction; market segmentation; attraction and loyalty; and image and interpretation. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations , maps. BIC Classification: JFFT; JM; KNSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 172 x 24. Weight in Grams: 953.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- CABI Publishing United Kingdom
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780851997490
- ISBN
- 9780851997490
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 291.01
€ 291.01
The Encyclopedia of Applied Animal Behaviour and Welfare (Cabi)
D.S. Mills, J.N. Marchant-Forde, P.D. McGreev...
Hardcover. 704 pages, Illustrations. Editor(s): Mills, Daniel S. Intends to promote the understanding and improvement of animals' behaviour without compromising welfare. With photos and diagrams, this title includes sample entries such as: Abandoned Animals; Breeding; Central Nervous System; Confinement; Dominance; Environment; Feeding; Grazing Behaviour; Hierarchy; Immune Systems; and, Laying Hen Housing. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: GB; JFFZ; PSVP; TVH. Dimension: 285 x 228 x 49. Weight: 2654.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- CABI
- Edition
- First
- Number of pages
- 704
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780851997247
- ISBN
- 9780851997247
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 568.87
€ 568.87
Hardcover. This book is a result of an output of a Commission of the World Leisure and Recreation Association (WRLA) to examine the role of leisure and education for leisure activities among people with special needs living in the community, requiring social or health services outside hospital. Editor(s): Sivan, A.; Ruskin, Hillel. Num Pages: 216 pages, Illustrations,. BIC Classification: JFFG; JHBS; JKS; JN; KNSP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 168 x 242 x 17. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- CABI Publishing United Kingdom
- Edition
- First
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780851994444
- ISBN
- 9780851994444
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 219.11
€ 219.11
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- CABI Publishing United Kingdom
- Edition
- First
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780851994406
- ISBN
- 9780851994406
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 219.66
€ 219.66
paperback. With a focus on Willa Cather's artistic principle of "the thing not named," this book illuminates the contradictions and complexities inherent in notions of identity and shows how her fiction transforms the very categories-regarding gender, sexuality, race, and class-around which most recent Cather scholarship has focused. Series: Series Q. Num Pages: 248 pages, 14 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK; GTB; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3810 x 18. Weight in Grams: 413.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822326724
- ISBN
- 9780822326724
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.77
€ 33.99
€ 30.77
paperback. This work looks at the changing concept of the purity of women brought about by the rise of Christianity. Rejecting Roman feminine virtue in its pure, but fertile form, Christianity claimed a moral superiority in its ideals of romance, and portrayed women seeking more spiritual goals. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB; HRCC1; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674939509
- ISBN
- 9780674939509
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 36.16
€ 43.99
€ 36.16
Paperback. Unearthing legal history of racial identity, this book examines the paradoxical and often circular relationship of race and the perceived capacity for citizenship in American society. It reminds us that the imaginary connection between racial identity and fitness for citizenship remains potent and continues to impede racial justice and equality. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFSL3; LNDC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 25. Weight in Grams: 564.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674047983
- ISBN
- 9780674047983
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 31.11
€ 36.99
€ 31.11
Paperback. Climate change is arguably the great problem confronting humanity, but we have done little to head off this looming disaster. In The Perfect Moral Storm, Stephen Gardiner illuminates our dangerous inaction by placing the environmental crisis in an entirely new light, considering it as an ethical failure. Series: Environmental Ethics & Science Policy Series. Num Pages: 518 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFM; RNP; RNPG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 734.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199985142
- ISBN
- 9780199985142
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.11
€ 49.11
Paperback. This study of American behavioural and thought patterns analyzes Americans' perceptual processes and how they contrast with the ways of thinking of other cultures. It should help the reader examine the cultural dimensions of communication and their implications for cross-cultural interaction. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; CFB; GTC; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 169 x 229 x 15. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Nicholas Brealey Publishing United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781877864018
- ISBN
- 9781877864018
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.08
€ 19.99
€ 15.08
Paperback. A detailed program for psychotherapists-the solution-focused, brief-therapy, problem-solving method of working with problem-drinker clients. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFH1; MQV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393701340
- ISBN
- 9780393701340
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.30
€ 32.99
€ 29.30