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Paperback. Blier illuminates the extraordinary architecture of the Batammaliba people of Western Africa, revealing these buildings as texts through which we can read the beliefs, psychology, traditions, and social concerns of their inhabitants. In doing so, she explores the role of vernacular architecture as an expression of culture. Num Pages: 334 pages, 64 halftones, 2 maps, 20 line drawings. BIC Classification: AMK; JFS; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 334
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226058610
- ISBN
- 9780226058610
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.00€ 31.48
€ 35.00
€ 31.48
The Poetics of Islamic Legitimacy. Myth, Gender and Ceremony in the Cl...
Suzanne Pinckney Stetkevych
paperback. Opens the beauty and power of Arabic poetic masterpieces to Western readers. Num Pages: 408 pages, 42 figures, 1 bibliog., 1 index. BIC Classification: 2CSR; DSBB; DSC; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 23. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253215369
- ISBN
- 9780253215369
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.02
€ 33.99
€ 31.02
Paperback. By examining the growth in individual rights, the public sphere, democratic processes, and pluralisation, this text seeks to answer questions concerning the relevance of liberal democratic ideas for China and the relationship between a democratic political culture and a democratic political system. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 426 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JPF; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 141 x 29. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 426
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674008793
- ISBN
- 9780674008793
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.41
€ 21.99
€ 20.41
Hardcover. Using literature as a laboratory for the workings of the mind, this comparative study of writers from Jean Jacques Rousseau to Octavio Paz, including Proust, Breton, Woolf and Faulkner, uncovers valuable material for the classification of the memory process. Num Pages: 195 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; JMRM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333740651
- ISBN
- 9780333740651
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.05
€ 67.05
Paperback. What determines Europe's migrant policies and where does the EU fit into this picture? This book is a comparative analysis of the impact of the EU, if any, on the policies and politics of immigrant integration in its member states. It investigates whether the EU can be a force for good in this policy area. Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFN; JHB; JPA; JPQB; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 397.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 271
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349335671
- ISBN
- 9781349335671
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.17
€ 67.17
Hardcover. What determines Europe's migrant policies and where does the EU fit into this picture? This book is a comparative analysis of the impact of the EU, if any, on the policies and politics of immigrant integration in its member states. It investigates whether the EU can be a force for good in this policy area. Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1QFE; JFFN; JPB; JPQB; JPSN2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 144 x 19. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230299993
- ISBN
- 9780230299993
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.96
€ 67.96
paperback. Using a rich variety of historical sources, Suzanne Morton traces the history of gambling regulation in five Canadian provinces ? Nova Scotia, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, and B.C. ? from the First World War to the federal legalization in 1969. Num Pages: 296 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFFH; LNTX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 453.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division Canada
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780802084415
- ISBN
- 9780802084415
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 39.85
€ 43.99
€ 39.85
Paperback. The Obama administration has been criticized for its inability to convey how much it has accomplished for ordinary citizens. This title argues that this difficulty is not merely a failure of communication; rather it is endemic to the formidable presence of the 'submerged state.' Series: Chicago Studies in American Politics. Num Pages: 176 pages, 19 line drawings, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKS; JPHV; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226521657
- ISBN
- 9780226521657
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.31
€ 19.99
€ 17.31
Hardback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, 20 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442239364
- ISBN
- 9781442239364
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 26.08
€ 30.99
€ 26.08
Paperback. Pain is a personal experience, which everyone encounters at some time, that for some unfortunate individuals becomes a permanent factor in their quality of life and clinical treatment. This is the first book to provide a comprehensive, integrated and accessible account of the experience of pain and its implications. Num Pages: 360 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JMR; MMBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 20. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471957737
- ISBN
- 9780471957737
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 100.02
€ 100.02
Paperback. Series: Studies in American Popular History and Culture. Num Pages: 162 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; ASZB; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 162
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415653275
- ISBN
- 9780415653275
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.60
€ 68.60
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415626026
- ISBN
- 9780415626026
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 147.52
€ 147.52
Paperback. This study demonstrates how the recent reforms in Jamaican legislation have failed to close the discrepancies between social laws reflecting a nuclear family structure and the needs of a culture where serial mating, out-of-wedlock births and absentee paternity is common. Num Pages: 250 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KJWJ; JHBK; LNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 144 x 13. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Austin & Winfield,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781880921913
- ISBN
- 9781880921913
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 82.54
€ 82.54
Paperback.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822345695
- ISBN
- 9780822345695
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 31.10
€ 41.99
€ 31.10
Paperback. "Published in partnership with MENC: The National Association for Music Education." Editor(s): Burton, Suzanne L. Num Pages: 244 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AVS; JNLB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 244
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781607094388
- ISBN
- 9781607094388
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.10
€ 59.10
TO VEGAS and BACK is Casino meets The Burning Bed, peppered with The Glass Castle. This story begins with a twenty-six-year-old woman living the American dream in the 1960s. She was a homemaker and mother of three in the beautiful suburbs of Philadelphia. Num Pages: 260 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BM; JFFE1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 164 x 25. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Changing Lives Press United States
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780989452939
- ISBN
- 9780989452939
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.97
€ 27.99
€ 24.97
Hardback. Num Pages: 196 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CBV; JNU; YQCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 161 x 24. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781475814064
- ISBN
- 9781475814064
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.84€ 61.76
€ 96.84
€ 61.76
Paperback. Features a case study of a 'planned unit development' in America, Twin Rivers. This book traces the birth and unfolding of Twin Rivers from a former potato field into a community. It reveals the community of Twin Rivers through a multidimensional social microscope. It is intended for social scientists, architects, and physical planners. Series: Princeton Studies in Cultural Sociology. Num Pages: 352 pages, 18 halftones. 38 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBEJ; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691123257
- ISBN
- 9780691123257
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 33.45
€ 45.99
€ 33.45
Hardcover. Editor(s): Steinmetz, Suzanne. Num Pages: 291 pages, Illustrations, 1plan. BIC Classification: JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1350.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic / Plenum Publish Dublin, Ireland
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306427923
- ISBN
- 9780306427923
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.90
€ 72.90
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472438560
- ISBN
- 9781472438560
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 172.62
€ 172.62