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Paperback. The horrors of the Great Famine (1315-1322), one of the severest catastrophes ever to strike northern Europe. This work provides a comprehensive inquiry into the Famine from Ireland to western Poland, from Scandinavia to central France and western Germany. Num Pages: 328 pages, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HBJD; HBLC; HBTB; JFFC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 235 x 22. Weight in Grams: 486.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691058917
ISBN
9780691058917
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.62

Paperback. Examines religious conversion. This book argues that conversion is an interpretive act that belongs in the realm of cultural criticism. It examines key moments in colonial and postcolonial history to show how conversion questions the limitations of secular ideologies, particularly the discourse of rights central to the British empire. Num Pages: 328 pages, 1 table 5 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HRAB; HRLK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
354
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691058993
ISBN
9780691058993
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.48
€ 42.11

Paperback. Seeks to clear the ground for a discussion of the place of race in politics and in our moral lives. This book contains essays that tackle different aspects of the question of racial justice. It establishes the problematic nature of the idea of race. It explores the history of its invention as a social category. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPQ; JFFJ; JFSL; JPA; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 28.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
202
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691059099
ISBN
9780691059099
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.55

Paperback. Examines gender relations in East Germany from 1945 to the 1970s, focusing especially on the relationship between ordinary women, the Communist Party, and the state created by the Communists, the German Democratic Republic (GDR). Num Pages: 360 pages, 20 halftones. 24 tables. BIC Classification: HBJD; JFSJ1; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691059303
ISBN
9780691059303
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.54

Hardback. How did second-century Christians vie with each other in seeking to produce an authoritative discourse of Christian identity? This book argues that many early Christians deployed the metaphors of procreation and kinship in the struggle over claims to represent the truth of Christian interpretation, practice, and doctrine. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCC1; HRCM; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
238
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691059808
ISBN
9780691059808
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.89
€ 85.89

Paperback. Why has postwar Japanese abortion policy been relatively progressive, while contraception policy has been relatively conservative? The Japanese government legalized abortion in 1948 but did not approve the pill until 1999. This study argues that these contradictory policies flowed from different historical circumstances. Num Pages: 258 pages, 4 line illus., 4 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJP; JFMA; JHBD; JPQB; MBNH4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 371.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
258
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691070056
ISBN
9780691070056
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.64

Paperback. Lionel Robbins' lectures on the history of economic thought comprise one of the greatest accounts since World War II of the evolution of economic ideas. This volume features these lectures. It covers a broad chronological range, including Plato, Aristotle, Adam Smith, Thomas Malthus, Marx, and Alfred Marshall. Editor(s): Medema, Steven G.; Samuels, Warren J. Num Pages: 408 pages, 11 line illus. BIC Classification: JFCX; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 574.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
393
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691070148
ISBN
9780691070148
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.48
€ 42.15

Paperback. Traces the origins, development, and consolidation of patriotic cultures in the United States from the latter half of the nineteenth century up to World War I, a period in which the country emerged as a modern nation-state. Num Pages: 366 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; JFC; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 571.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
a
Number of pages
366
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691070520
ISBN
9780691070520
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.48
€ 42.14

Paperback. Examines how and when politicians play the race card and then manage to plausibly deny doing so. This book analyzes the causes, dynamics, and consequences of racially loaded political communication. Num Pages: 328 pages, 17 line illus., 16 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTC; JFFJ; JFSL; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 180 x 292 x 22. Weight in Grams: 474.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
324
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691070711
ISBN
9780691070711
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.48
€ 42.11

Paperback. Seeks to unify disparate theories and methodologies connected with risk analysis for health, environmental, and technological problems. This book addresses specific problems, including order-of-magnitude estimation, dose-response calculations, exposure assessment, extrapolations and forecasts, fault-tree analysis, and more. Num Pages: 424 pages, 82 line illus., 77 tables. BIC Classification: GPQD; JFFR; MBNH2; RN; TB; TQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 571.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
426
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691074573
ISBN
9780691074573
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.36
€ 50.79

Paperback. Offers an interpretation of mass-mediated violence through a study of funeral gambling and Buddhist meditation on death. This book focuses on a particular array of tactics in Thai Buddhism and protest politics for connecting death and life, past and present and unveils a picture of community, responsibility, and accountability in the world order. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FMT; HRE; JFFE; JHBZ; JHMP; JPWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691074603
ISBN
9780691074603
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.48
€ 42.11

Paperback. The jali - a member of a hereditary group of Mandinka professional performers - is a charismatic but contradictory figure. This book shows how the jali's talents at performance make him a genius at representation - the ideal figure to tell us about the "Africa" that the world imagines, which is always a thing of illusion, magic, and contradiction. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; AS; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691074894
ISBN
9780691074894
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.35

Paperback. Series: Monographs in Population Biology. Num Pages: 388 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 457.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
388
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691082837
ISBN
9780691082837
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 83.18
€ 63.79

Paperback. Immigration is perhaps the most enduring and elemental leitmotif of America. This book presents a study of the politics and policies it has inspired, from the founders' earliest efforts to shape American identity to the struggles over Third World immigration, noncitizen rights, and illegal aliens. Series: Princeton Studies in American Politics: Historical, International and Comparative Perspectives. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 161 x 24. Weight in Grams: 572.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691088051
ISBN
9780691088051
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.37

Paperback. Shows how, beginning with Lenin, the Communists established a state monopoly of the media that absorbed literature, art, and science into a stylized and ritualistic public culture. This work explores the close relationship between language and the implementation of the Stalinist-Leninist program. Num Pages: 344 pages, 41 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1DVU; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; JFC; JPFC; JPVN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691088679
ISBN
9780691088679
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.48
€ 42.35

Hardback. Describes inner cities as structures of subordination. Given the government's role in creating and maintaining segregation, this work argues, justice demands no less than the sweeping federal action. It includes ten responses from scholars, journalists, and practicing lawyers. It is aimed at those interested in social justice, and domestic policy. Editor(s): Cohen, Joshua; Decker, Jefferson; Rogers, Joel. Num Pages: 144 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFA; JFSG; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 12. Weight in Grams: 314.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691088815
ISBN
9780691088815
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.41

Paperback. Presents an account of the economic impact of immigration on America. This work reveals that the benefits of immigration have been exaggerated and that, if we allow immigration to continue unabated and unmodified, we are supporting an astonishing transfer of wealth from the poorest people in the country, who are disproportionately minorities. Num Pages: 296 pages, 40 line illus., 23 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; JPQB; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 234 x 18. Weight in Grams: 432.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
290
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691088969
ISBN
9780691088969
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.42
€ 46.71

Paperback. Asks whether Buddhism offers women liberation or limitation. This work focuses on Buddhist conceptions of women and constructions of gender. It also asserts that the study of Buddhism through the gender lens leads us to question what we uncritically call Buddhism, in the singular. Series: Buddhisms: A Princeton University Press Series. Num Pages: 488 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRE; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 676.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691091716
ISBN
9780691091716
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 68.92
€ 53.22

Paperback. Gustav Mahler's music has provoked extreme responses from the public and from experts. This volume examines the broader political, social, and literary changes reflected in Mahler's music. It examines the composer's Jewish identity, and considers contemporary theories of memory, and the theatricality of Mahler's art and fin-de-siecle politics. Editor(s): Painter, Karen. Series: The Bard Music Festival. Num Pages: 416 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: AVA; AVGC5; AVGC6; AVH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 32. Weight in Grams: 660.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691092447
ISBN
9780691092447
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.49

Paperback. Beginning with the 1989 end of the Cold War and the subsequent collapse of communism, this book focuses on globalization and rapid technological change and covers economic developments and political cultures. It demonstrates the fragility of a global and integrated economy and recommends what can be done to strengthen it. Num Pages: 408 pages, 12 line illus. 3 tables. BIC Classification: 3JM; JFFS; KCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 234 x 24. Weight in Grams: 600.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691092799
ISBN
9780691092799
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.42
€ 46.46

Paperback. Has globalization the phenomenon outgrown 'globalization' the concept? This book presents a work of vision that addresses the dizzying anxieties of the post-Cold War, post-September 11 world. It analyses just how complex these profound global changes have become. Num Pages: 456 pages, 4 line illus. 16 tables. BIC Classification: JFFS; JHBA; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 657.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
456
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691095240
ISBN
9780691095240
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.36
€ 50.98

Paperback. Examines the work of a generation of Japanese intellectuals who, like their European counterparts, saw modernity as a spectacle of ceaseless change that uprooted the dominant historical culture from its fixed values and substituted a culture based on fantasy and desire. Num Pages: 480 pages, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJG; HBJF; HBLW; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 237 x 26. Weight in Grams: 688.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691095486
ISBN
9780691095486
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.36
€ 50.79

Paperback. With the resurgence of separatism in the province, Irian Jaya has become the focus of fears that the Indonesian nation is falling apart. This book shows how practices that indicated Biaks' submission to national authority actually reproduced antinational understandings of space, time, and self. Num Pages: 328 pages, 3 maps. 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FMN; JFC; JHM; JMS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 159 x 266 x 22. Weight in Grams: 482.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691095912
ISBN
9780691095912
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.42
€ 46.46

Paperback. Traces the growth of a middle class in Kathmandu as urban Nepalis harness the modern cultural resources of mass media and consumer goods to build modern identities and pioneer a new socio-cultural space in one of the world's 'least developed countries'. Num Pages: 312 pages, 2 maps. 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FKN; GTF; JFC; JFSC; JFSG; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691095936
ISBN
9780691095936
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.48
€ 42.00

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