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Society & social sciences

Paperback. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195384048
ISBN
9780195384048
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.76

Hardback. This book skillfully weaves together four stories: Chinese views of technology during the Communist era; the role of the military in Chinese political and economic life; the evolution of open and flexible conceptions of public management in China; and the technological dimensions of the rise of Chinese power. Num Pages: 360 pages, 37. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTB; JPS; JWA; JWK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 26. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780804746014
ISBN
9780804746014
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.88

Paperback. Using Colorado's initiative with Amendment 2 as its focus, this text seeks to untangle the complex standards and subtle rhetoric the Supreme Court uses to apply the equal protection clause. It reveals how these standards are used to favour certain groups over others. Num Pages: 208 pages, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSK; JPA; JPVH; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
2nd ed.
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226288604
ISBN
9780226288604
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 25.12

Paperback. New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice Drawing on never-before-published original source detail, the epic story of two of the most consequential, and largely forgotten, moments in Supreme Court history. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 139 x 25. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
544
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393348965
ISBN
9780393348965
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.18

Paperback. Explores the political challenges of responding to a stigmatized condition, and identifies ethnic boundaries - the formal and informal institutions that divide societies - as a central influence on politics and policymaking. Num Pages: 368 pages, 11 line illus. 21 tables. BIC Classification: 1QFG; JFFH2; JFFJ; JKSR; JPQB; MBNS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 518.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691140193
ISBN
9780691140193
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.45

Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: JFFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 467.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
New Amsterdam Books United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780941533805
ISBN
9780941533805
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.08

Paperback. Effective Weight Loss presents 25 detailed sessions of an empirically supported, cognitive-behavioral treatment package called Acceptance-Based Behavioral Treatment (ABT). Series: Treatments That Work. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: JMAL; MBNH3; VFM; VFMD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 180 x 254 x 24. Weight in Grams: 530.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190232009
ISBN
9780190232009
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 110.90

Paperback. Within education there is a growing body of research focused on the use of video as a mediational tool for reflection. The purpose of this volume is to bring together research and research-based practices from a wide array of literacy scholars and practitioners who are using video in educational research and teaching. Editor(s): Ortlieb, Evan; McVee, Mary B.; Shanahan, Lynn E. Series: Literacy Research, Practice and Evaluation. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JNFD; JNU; YQC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 504.
Publisher
Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784416768
ISBN
9781784416768
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 108.60

Paperback.
Publisher
Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
300
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781905036
ISBN
9781781905036
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 103.26

Paperback. Tells stories of a young army captain who risked execution to swim from free-market Taiwan to Communist China, a barber who made $150 million in the gambling dens of Macau, and, the richest woman in China, a recycling tycoon known as the 'Wastepaper Queen'. This book describes the clash between the individual and the Communist Party's struggle. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 26. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099589976
ISBN
9780099589976
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.90

Paperback. Custer's Last Stand is among the most enduring events in American history - 130 years after the fact, books continue to be written and people continue to argue about even the most basic details surrounding the Little Bighorn. Evan S. Num Pages: 448 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 34. Weight in Grams: 328.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844137633
ISBN
9781844137633
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.59

Hardback. This book examines how and why China has moved, over the last twenty years, from opposing nonproliferation of missiles and nuclear weapons to support proliferation. Series: Studies in Asian Security. Num Pages: 376 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTB; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 712. Weight in Grams: 630.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804755528
ISBN
9780804755528
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.31

Paperback. How is life related to the mind? This book explores the gap between biological life and consciousness. It argues that where there is life, there is mind: life and mind share common principles of self-organization, and the self-organizing features of mind are an enriched version of the self-organizing features of life. Num Pages: 568 pages, 8 color illustrations, 12 line illustrations, 2 tables. BIC Classification: HPM; JMR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 232 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 662.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
568
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674057517
ISBN
9780674057517
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 30.82

Paperback. This work examines how consumer culture places less emphasis on ideological representations and resistances to ideology than on the educative powers of mass culture and the way that social position is determined through the politics of consumer culture. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: JHBA; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 292.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804722506
ISBN
9780804722506
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.60

Hardback. "One of America's foremost scholars of work, class, and education at the top of his game."-Catherine Prendergast, University of Illinois, Champaign/Urbana Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSC; JNM; JNRV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 150 x 231 x 15. Weight in Grams: 335.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823229826
ISBN
9780823229826
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.31

Hardback. Arguing against the perception that the capitalist marketplace permits no alternatives, the author shows that a kind of economic "common sense" conditions how people organize their everyday lives and understand their powers as social agents within markets that are far from monolithic and uniform. Num Pages: 204 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; JFC; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 435.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
204
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804730853
ISBN
9780804730853
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 126.52

Paperback. "One of America's foremost scholars of work, class, and education at the top of his game."-Catherine Prendergast, University of Illinois, Champaign/Urbana Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: JFSC; JNM; JNRV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 221 x 150 x 10. Weight in Grams: 219.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823229833
ISBN
9780823229833
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.51

Paperback. From salvagepunk to zombie hordes, wastelands to plagued cities, Combined and Uneven Apocalypse grapples with the apocalyptic fantasies of our collapsing era. Num Pages: 261 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 143 x 17. Weight in Grams: 264.
Publisher
John Hunt Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
261
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846944680
ISBN
9781846944680
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.66

Hardback. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474292863
ISBN
9781474292863
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 160.61

Hardback. Across varied domains, music and dance both emerge from and give rise to intimate collaboration. This theoretically rich collection takes an ethnographic approach to understanding the collaborative dimension of sound and movement in everyday life. Editor(s): Chrysagis, Evangelos. Series: Dance & Performance Studies. Num Pages: 296 pages, 17 illustrations, 1 table. BIC Classification: ASD; AV; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785334535
ISBN
9781785334535
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 161.73

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