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Hardback. Intends to collate views on the development of tourism study by the various historically important tourism scholars and provides a fresh insight into how the context in which tourism scholars' work influences the studies they undertake. This title contributes to the formation, embodiment, and advancement of knowledge in the field of tourism. Editor(s): Pearce, Philip L. Series Editor(s): Jafari, Jafar. Series: Tourism Social Science Series. Num Pages: 248 pages, ill. BIC Classification: JM; KNSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 164 x 20. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849507424
- ISBN
- 9781849507424
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 125.53
€ 125.53
Hardback. The papers collected here offer anti-imperialist feminist alternatives to second wave feminism's often reductive understandings of freedom; emancipation; oppression; empowerment and democracy. Editor(s): Orloff, Ann; Savci, Evren. Series Editor(s): Go, Julian. Series: Political Power and Social Theory. Num Pages: 200 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFK; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 161 x 237 x 20. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781786350749
- ISBN
- 9781786350749
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.59
€ 121.59
Hardback. This volume brings together the most recent and cutting edge research on the understanding of education. It focuses on the lived experience of the students in the context of different educational institutions. In doing so, it unravels layers of inequalities in the understanding of education. Series Editor(s): Bass, Loretta. Series: Sociological Studies of Children and Youth. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 163 x 249 x 24. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781786350466
- ISBN
- 9781786350466
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.25
€ 132.25
Hardback. This volume of Research in Political Sociology addresses a broad range of gender equality issues from women's status and opportunities at work, education, health, political participation, community involvement and global migration; from a vast domain of countries in Europe, America, Australia, Asia and Africa. Series: Research in Political Sociology. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785605673
- ISBN
- 9781785605673
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.21
€ 128.21
Hardback. This book investigates the contexts of gender segregation in vocational education (VET) from a cross-national, comparative perspective. It tackles questions about occupational expectations, gendered pathways to applied fields of study, feminization of occupations and the relationship between educational choice and opportunity structures. Series: Comparative Social Research. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; JFSJ; JNRV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785603471
- ISBN
- 9781785603471
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.97
€ 138.97
Hardback. This volume will examine issues of accessibility and how designers can improve the quality of educational materials by embedding supports that anticipate the special learning needs of diverse learners. Series: Advances in Special Education Technology. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: JNSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 160 x 236 x 20. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785602894
- ISBN
- 9781785602894
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.21
€ 128.21
Hardback. This is a translation into English of the complete "Yin-Hai Jing-Wei", a classic 15th-century text on Chinese ophthalmology. This work offers an unprecedented view of the practice of medicine, and specifically eye care, in pre-modern China. Editor(s): Unschuld, Paul U.; Kovacs, Jurgen. Translator(s): Kovacs, Jurgen; Unschuld, Paul U. Series: Comparative Studies of Health Systems & Medical Care. Num Pages: 525 pages, 4 illustrations, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1FPC; DNF; JFCX; MJQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 233 x 36. Weight in Grams: 954.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 525
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520080584
- ISBN
- 9780520080584
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.90€ 63.94
€ 82.90
€ 63.94
Paperback. Widely considered to be the most important biography of Nelson Mandela, Antony Sampson's remarkable book has been updated with an afterword by acclaimed South African journalist, John Battersby. Num Pages: 704 pages, 24 b/w plates (24pp), (3 x 8pp B&W), With index. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; BGH; HBJH; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 184 x 47. Weight in Grams: 552. Very good clean copy with minor shelfwear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KSG0009713
- ISBN
- 9780007437979
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Hyperion United States
- Edition
- Har/Com
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781401324568
- ISBN
- 9781401324568
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 30.94
€ 46.99
€ 30.94
Hardback. Of the many ballads, tales, and plays extolling filial piety (xiao) the foundational virtue of imperial China none was more popular in that era than the legend of Dong Yong and his heavenly helpmate, Weaving Maiden. This title presents the five versions of the legend. It illustrates the changing perceptions of xiao in various genres. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 145 x 14. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Filial Piety and Its Divine Rewards: The Legend of Dong Yong and Weaving Maiden with Related Texts United States
- Number of pages
- 108
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781603841368
- ISBN
- 9781603841368
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.91€ 40.41
€ 50.91
€ 40.41
Hardback. Visual history of the German air force in World War II. Hundreds of color and b/w images of pilots and crews, aircraft, uniforms, awards, sidearms, and moreIncludes Stuka dive-bombers, Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighters, and other planesMust-have for historians, modelers, World War II buffs, and aviation enthusiasts Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations (colour), maps (black and white). BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBLW; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 287 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1376.
- Publisher
- Luftwaffe War Diary: Pilots & Aces: Uniforms & Equipment
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811714228
- ISBN
- 9780811714228
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 31.82
€ 42.99
€ 31.82
Hardback. This book's primary focus is on racially and ethnically diverse women in educational leadership. Each chapter is written from a unique conceptual or empirical lens as shared by international female leaders, and range from a critical examination of global society and cross-cultural collaboration, to the intersection of race, law, and power. Series: Advances in Educational Administration. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JFSL; JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 161 x 238 x 25. Weight in Grams: 632.
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781786350725
- ISBN
- 9781786350725
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.78
€ 140.78
Hardback. This volume examines how states and citizens have been able to address globalization in different ways across the Global North and South. Authors examine the state as it forms policies in agro-production, contends with critical constituencies, and rebuilds capacity to act in the popular interest after forty years of neoliberal assault. Series: Current Perspectives in Social Theory. Num Pages: 310 pages. BIC Classification: JFFS; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 161 x 236 x 29. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785601811
- ISBN
- 9781785601811
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 148.88
€ 148.88
Hardback. Far from being a detached theorist, Carl von Clausewitz was as intensely aware of the cultural and intellectual currents of his time as he was engaged in its political and military conflicts. The essays in this volume examine Clausewitz in comparison with teachers, friends, and opponents, a perspective enriched by significant documents. Num Pages: 178 pages, 8 illus. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; JWA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782385813
- ISBN
- 9781782385813
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.40
€ 154.40
Hardback. This volume examines the diverse ways in which universities and colleges around the world are partnering and collaborating with other institutions to fulfil their missions and visions. Series: Innovations in Higher Education Teaching and Learning. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: JNK; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 300
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785601330
- ISBN
- 9781785601330
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.43
€ 139.43
Hardback. Social anthropologists have been conspicuously absent from debates about the origins of modern humans. Human Origins explores why that is, and how social anthropology can shed light on early kinship and economic relations, gender politics, ritual, cosmology, ethnobiology, medicine, and the evolution of language. Series: Methodology & History in Anthropology. Num Pages: 362 pages, 6 illustrations, 2 tables. BIC Classification: JHMP; PSXM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 161 x 236 x 24. Weight in Grams: 642.
- Publisher
- Human Origins: Contributions from Social Anthropology
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785333781
- ISBN
- 9781785333781
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 167.20
€ 167.20
Hardback. Few studies address workplace bullying in American higher education. Leah P.Hollis, EdD, author of Bully in the Ivory Tower addressed the issue of workplace bullying in four-year institutions. This volume, The Coercive Community College, replicates the study to reveal that 64% of community college respondents are affected by workplace bullying. Series: Diversity in Higher Education. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: JNHB; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 161 x 239 x 17. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781786355980
- ISBN
- 9781786355980
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.89
€ 121.89
Hardback. Universities are under pressure. Their resource environment is evolving, demands for accountability have increased and demographic shifts are changing higher educational needs. This volume provides a cross-national picture of how the university as an organization is reacting to, adapting to, and threatened by a period of intense pressure. Series: Research in the Sociology of Organizations. Num Pages: 461 pages. BIC Classification: JNMN; KJU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 461
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785608315
- ISBN
- 9781785608315
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 165.87
€ 165.87
Hardback. For the last 70 years, the guests of Woman's Hour has interviewed many of the biggest female names from entertainment, politics, the arts and beyond. This is a collection of quotes and extracts from 70 years of the Woman's Hour archive. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: APW; JFFK; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 134 x 205 x 24. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Publisher
- Ebury Publishing
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785942426
- ISBN
- 9781785942426
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.96
€ 19.99
€ 14.96
Hardback. The papers in Measurement of Poverty, Deprivation, and Social Exclusion represent the most current research on poverty, deprivation, and income mobility. They illustrate the multidimensionality of poverty that is difficult to capture in any one measure. The volume presents state-of-the-art research that is relevant to poverty academics globally. Series: Research on Economic Inequality. Num Pages: 354 pages. BIC Classification: JFFA; KCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 159 x 35. Weight in Grams: 670.
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 354
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785603877
- ISBN
- 9781785603877
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 165.87
€ 165.87