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Hardback. Stones of Hope shows how African human rights activists have opened new possibilities for justice in the everyday lives of the world's most impoverished peoples. Editor(s): White, Lucie E.; Perelman, Jeremy. Series: Stanford Studies in Human Rights. Num Pages: 280 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; JFFA; LNDC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 503.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804769198
- ISBN
- 9780804769198
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.62
€ 127.62
Hardback. This comprehensive examination of the latest and most influential research on state-society relations in post-Mao China explains why three decades of capitalist economic growth have not led to increased public pressure for liberal democratic change. Num Pages: 264 pages, 5 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFSL3; JPH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. .
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804769037
- ISBN
- 9780804769037
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Condition: New
€ 138.81
€ 138.81
Hardback. Male Confessions demonstrates that men are able to talk about themselves intimately and shows how the religious imagination helps them to do so while critically examining the limits of such intimate male talk. Num Pages: 312 pages, 4 illustrations. BIC Classification: HRLM7; JFSJ2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 585. Weight in Grams: 544.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804768993
- ISBN
- 9780804768993
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Condition: New
€ 138.91
€ 138.91
Hardback. Scholars and public intellectuals debate the significance of the term "Islamism" and ask what it means to apply this term to Islamic religion, tradition, and social conflict. Editor(s): Martin, Richard C.; Barzegar, Abbas. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: JFSR2. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804768856
- ISBN
- 9780804768856
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Condition: New
€ 75.59€ 75.32
€ 75.59
€ 75.32
hardcover. Treats our "National Conversation on Race" as a site for cultural analysis, examining a watershed year of news stories that challenged our notions of what is racial-or not. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 23. Weight in Grams: 376.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804763363
- ISBN
- 9780804763363
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 25.44
€ 30.99
€ 25.44
Hardback. A novel exploration of racial attitudes in contemporary Brazil using large-sample surveys of public opinion. Num Pages: 304 pages, 31 tables, 2 figures, 1 illustration. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JFSL; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 585. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804762779
- ISBN
- 9780804762779
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Condition: New
€ 138.91
€ 138.91
Hardback. Diasporic Homecomings provides a comparative, analytical overview of the major ethnic return migrant groups in Europe and East Asia through an in-depth, ethnographic account of their experiences. Editor(s): Tsuda, Takeyuki. Num Pages: 368 pages, 2 tables, 2 figures, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FP; JFFN; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804762748
- ISBN
- 9780804762748
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Condition: New
€ 161.82
€ 161.82
Hardback. Global California analyzes how the residents of the largest and most internationally connected of the fifty American states are affected by world trends, and recommends what they can do to enhance the benefits and mitigate the costs of global engagement. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1 table, 8 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; JFFS; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804762267
- ISBN
- 9780804762267
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.67
€ 121.67
Hardback. This book advances debates over the relationship between care and economy through the concept of intimate labor-care, domestic, and sex work-and thus charts relations of race, class, gender, sexuality, and citizenship in the context of global economic transformations. Editor(s): Parrenas, Rhacel Salazar; Boris, Eileen. Num Pages: 360 pages, 2 tables, 1 illustration. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 599.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804761925
- ISBN
- 9780804761925
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.26
€ 139.26
Hardback. While Islamic politics pose a challenge to capitalism in some parts of the world, they have actually advanced capitalism and democracy in Turkey. This work looks closely at this transition in Turkey, and examines why this shift has not taken place in Egypt and Iran. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 661. Weight in Grams: 544.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804761444
- ISBN
- 9780804761444
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.91
€ 138.91
hardcover. Focuses on the historical development of racial thinking and imagining in Mexico and the southwestern United States over a period of almost five centuries, since the earliest decades of Spanish colonial rule and the birth of a multiracial colonial population. This book sheds light on the history of shifting ties between Mexico and the US. Editor(s): Katzew, Ilona; Deans-Smith, Susan. Num Pages: 384 pages, 44 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; JFSL4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804761406
- ISBN
- 9780804761406
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.95
€ 161.95
Hardback. This book opens our eyes to the vast corpus of popular fiction written by Jews for Jews in nineteenth-century Germany, discovering a tradition of Jewish literature that is in many ways still with us today. Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture. Num Pages: 280 pages, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBF; DSK; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804761222
- ISBN
- 9780804761222
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 89.02
€ 89.02
Hardback. Producing more effective governance is the greatest challenge that faces most Latin American democracies - a challenge that involves not only strengthening democratic institutions but also increasing governmental effectiveness. This book addresses why some policies and some countries have been more successful than others in meeting this challenge. Editor(s): Mainwaring, Scott; Scully, Timothy R. Num Pages: 440 pages, 37 tables, 31 figures. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3JJPR; 3JM; JFSL4; JPA; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 703.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804760843
- ISBN
- 9780804760843
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 172.99
€ 172.99
hardcover. Moving beyond conventional political and strategic analyses of the Israeli-Iranian conflict, Iranophobia shows that Israeli concerns are emblematic of contemporary domestic fears about Israeli identity and society. Series: Stanford Studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic Societies and Cultures. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804760676
- ISBN
- 9780804760676
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.17
€ 127.17
Hardback. Shades of Difference examines the significance of skin color in different societies around the world and its effects on relations between and within racial groups. Editor(s): Glenn, Evelyn. Num Pages: 312 pages, 11 tables, 15 figures, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804759984
- ISBN
- 9780804759984
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.47
€ 128.47
Hardback. This book inquires into the wondrous and complex world of mystical experience in the Zohar, the jewel in the crown of Jewish mystical literature. Num Pages: 488 pages. BIC Classification: HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 36. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 488
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804759397
- ISBN
- 9780804759397
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 151.38
€ 151.38
The Struggle for the World. Liberation Movements for the 21st Century....
Lindholm, Charles; Zuquete, Jose Pedro
Hardback. This controversial book establishes fundamental similarities between anti-globalization aurora movements, offering a new understanding of the sources and significance of resistance to the spiritual conditions of the modern world. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JPWQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804759373
- ISBN
- 9780804759373
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.60
€ 127.60
The New Gilded Age. The Critical Inequality Debates of Our Time.
. Ed(S): Grusky, David B.; Kricheli-Katz, Tam...
Paperback. This book asks leading scholars to debate the causes of inequality, whether we have an obligation to help the poor, and the types of reforms that are most likely to eliminate or reduce inequality. Editor(s): Grusky, David B.; Kricheli-Katz, Tamar. Series: Studies in Social Inequality. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, charts, graphs. BIC Classification: JFFA; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 20. Weight in Grams: 456.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804759366
- ISBN
- 9780804759366
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
€ 32.99
€ 29.60
Hardback. Examines the role and influence of race and ethnicity in the contemporary American city through three case studies of urban politics and policy decisions in Los Angeles, New York, and San Diego. Num Pages: 296 pages, 3 tables, 1 figure, 4 illustrations, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL1; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 712. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804759298
- ISBN
- 9780804759298
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.86
€ 127.86
Hardback. Examines how immigrants acquire American ideas about race, both pre- and post-migration, in light of U.S. military presence and U.S. cultural dominance over their home country, drawing on interviews and ethnographic observations of Koreans in Seoul and Los Angeles. Num Pages: 328 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; JHMC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804758864
- ISBN
- 9780804758864
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.91
€ 138.91
Hardback. This book examines Chinese culture under the condition of postsocialist modernity, in which market reforms have fundamentally altered the fields of film, literature, and cultural debate. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 table, 11 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; DSBH; GTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 585. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804758741
- ISBN
- 9780804758741
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.75
€ 138.75
Hardback. Investigates the emerging, new sexual culture of Iranian youth, in which sexuality represents freedom and engaging in sex can be considered political activism. Num Pages: 344 pages, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBN; JFSR2; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 712. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804758567
- ISBN
- 9780804758567
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.75
€ 111.75
Hardback. Through the pioneering work of Duchenne de Boulogne, Franois Delaporte provides a remarkable philosophical and historical examination of expressive physiology during the mid-19th century, and considers the science of emotion as a means of revealing inner life-thoughts, feelings-upon the surface of the face. Editor(s): Meyers, Todd. Translator(s): Emanuel, Susan. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1 table, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: HBT; JFCX; MFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804758505
- ISBN
- 9780804758505
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.89
€ 121.89
Hardback. Remaking Citizenship explores the stories of low-income Latinas actively engaged in a new vision of feminist politics rooted in concerns as disparate as domestic violence, childrearing, women's self-esteem, and immigrant and workers' rights. Num Pages: 248 pages, 1 figure, 7 illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KL; JFSJ1; JHMC; JP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804758215
- ISBN
- 9780804758215
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.12
€ 122.12