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Hardcover. Today we hear much talk of crisis and comparisons are often made with the Great Depression of the 1930s, but there is a crucial difference that sets our current malaise apart from the 1930s: today we no longer trust in the capacity of the state to resolve the crisis and to chart a new way forward. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 235 x 19. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Publisher
- Polity
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745680941
- ISBN
- 9780745680941
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.75
€ 77.75
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745636801
- ISBN
- 9780745636801
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 23.97
€ 23.99
€ 23.97
Paperback. The passage from 'solid' to 'liquid' modernity has created a new and unprecedented setting for individual life pursuits, confronting individuals with a series of challenges never before encountered. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 190 x 137 x 9. Weight in Grams: 154.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745639871
- ISBN
- 9780745639871
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.30
€ 15.30
Hardcover. * This is an engaging new book from one of the most influential and widely read sociologists in the world today. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: JHB; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 164 x 22. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745655697
- ISBN
- 9780745655697
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.69
€ 66.69
Paperback. Refugees from the violence of wars and the brutality of famished lives have knocked on other people's doors since the beginning of time. For the people behind the doors, these uninvited guests were always strangers, and strangers tend to generate fear and anxiety precisely because they are unknown. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; JFFD; JFFN; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 125 x 189 x 15. Weight in Grams: 154.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509512171
- ISBN
- 9781509512171
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.87
€ 15.87
Paperback. The production of a human wastea -- or more precisely, wasted lives, the a superfluousa populations of migrants, refugees and other outcasts -- is an inevitable outcome of modernization. It is an unavoidable side--effect of economic progress and the quest for order which is characteristic of modernity. Num Pages: 152 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFF; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 12. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 152
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745631653
- ISBN
- 9780745631653
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.74
€ 22.74
Hardback. When Freud wrote his classic Civilization and its Discontents, he was concerned with repression. Modern civilization depends upon the constraint of impulse, the limiting of self expression. Today, in the time of modernity, Bauman argues, Freuda s analysis no longer holds good, if it ever did. Num Pages: 232 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 162 x 237 x 24. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745617909
- ISBN
- 9780745617909
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.14
€ 73.14
Paperback. * A new book by one of the most original and brilliant social thinkers of our time. * Extends and develops some of the key themes in other Bauman titles, namely what it is like to live in a time of 'liquid modernity', identity, culture and consumerism. Num Pages: 224 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 14. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745635156
- ISBN
- 9780745635156
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.74
€ 22.74
Paperback. aeo A major new book by one of the most original thinkers today. aeo Develops a distinctive argument about the a liquida nature of modernity. aeo Re--examines key concepts which look at the heart of orthodox accounts of the human condition, including the concepts of emancipation, individuality, work and community. Num Pages: 240 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFC; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745624105
- ISBN
- 9780745624105
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.59
€ 22.59
Paperback. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509507603
- ISBN
- 9781509507603
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.24
€ 22.24
Paperback. Essential skills for high school and college students. Num Pages: 150 pages. BIC Classification: JNM; JNZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 279 x 216 x 14. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The University of Michigan Press United States
- Number of pages
- 150
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472030576
- ISBN
- 9780472030576
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.94
€ 26.99
€ 24.94
Paperback. This revised work adds 15 years to the life stories of the African Americans whose opportunities were dramatically changed by a nationally prominent educational opportunity programme that provided scholarships for disadvantaged people of colour to attend the same boarding schools as wealthy whites. Num Pages: 224 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL1; JFSL3; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 147 x 12. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742516212
- ISBN
- 9780742516212
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.66
€ 48.66
hardcover. This revised work adds 15 years to the life stories of the African Americans whose opportunities were dramatically changed by a nationally prominent educational opportunity programme that provided scholarships for disadvantaged people of colour to attend the same boarding schools as wealthy whites. Num Pages: 224 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL1; JFSL3; JN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 413.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742516205
- ISBN
- 9780742516205
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 172.11
€ 172.11
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 590 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; JFSR1; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 32. Weight in Grams: 999.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 590
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691646367
- ISBN
- 9780691646367
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 315.31
€ 315.31
Hardback. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813576299
- ISBN
- 9780813576299
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 160.93
€ 160.93
Paperback. Written in honor of one of the foremost observers of nationalism and culture in Central and Eastern Europe, this volume brings together 35 eminent scholars from the United States, Canada, Ukraine, and Poland. Supplemented by a bibliography of the work of Roman Szporluk, these fresh, urgent essays mirror Szporluk's broad and comparativist approach. Editor(s): Gitelman, Zvi Y.; etc. Num Pages: 646 pages, 25ill.22tabs. BIC Classification: 1DF; 1DV; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1110.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 646
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780916458935
- ISBN
- 9780916458935
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 26.89
€ 31.99
€ 26.89
Paperback. An illustrated survey of the lives and history of Jews in the Russian Empire, the Soviet Union, and the post-Soviet era. Num Pages: 316 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253214188
- ISBN
- 9780253214188
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.37
€ 26.99
€ 25.37
Hardback. Editor(s): Ben-Dor Benite, Zvi; Geroulanos, Stefanos; Jerr, Nicole. Series: Columbia Studies in Political Thought / Political History. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HBTB; HPN; HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231171861
- ISBN
- 9780231171861
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.22€ 62.68
€ 81.22
€ 62.68
Paperback. In 1900 over five million Jews lived in the Russian empire; today, there are four times as many Russian-speaking Jews residing outside the former Soviet Union than there are in that region. The New Jewish Diaspora is the first English-language study of the Russian-speaking Jewish diaspora. Editor(s): Gitelman, Zvi. Num Pages: 320 pages, 3 figures, 22 tables. BIC Classification: JFFN; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813576282
- ISBN
- 9780813576282
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 42.07
€ 46.99
€ 42.07
Paperback. Editor(s): Stankova, Zvezdelina; Rike, Tom. Series: MSRI Mathematical Circles Library. Num Pages: 364 pages. BIC Classification: JNU; PB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 254 x 178. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- American Mathematical Society
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780821849125
- ISBN
- 9780821849125
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.24
€ 42.24