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Hardback. Explores the emergence of a credit card market in post-Soviet Russia during the formative period from 1988 to 2007. This book demonstrates how networks that combine individuals and organizations help to build markets for mass consumption. It chronicles both the creation of a credit card market and the making of a mass consumer. Num Pages: 224 pages, 7 tables, 13 figures. BIC Classification: JH; KFFL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 458. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804758383
- ISBN
- 9780804758383
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 90.00
€ 90.00
Paperback. An interpretive history of the way competing ideas of reproduction as a biological and sexual process became central to the organization of knowledge about the flow of capital, labor power, human bodies, and babies both within nations and across national borders Series: Next Wave: New Directions in Women's Studies. Num Pages: 368 pages, 3 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1K; GTB; JFFK; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3734 x 22. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822333159
- ISBN
- 9780822333159
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.26
€ 41.99
€ 37.26
paperback. Every December 12th, thousands of Mexican immigrants gather for the mass at New York City's St Patrick's Cathedral in honour of Our Lady of Guadalupe's feast day. They kiss images of the Virgin, wait for a bishop's blessing - and they also carry signs asking for immigration reform. This book examines this juxtaposition of religion and politics. Num Pages: 256 pages, 26 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; JFFN; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814732151
- ISBN
- 9780814732151
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.58
€ 32.99
€ 29.58
Hardcover. Inspired by memories of her beloved grandmother, photographer and author Alysia Burton Steele - picture editor on a Pulitzer Prize-winning team - combines heart-wrenching narrative with poignant photographs of more than 50 female church elders in the Mississippi Delta. Num Pages: 192 pages, Photographs throughout. BIC Classification: 1KBBSM; AJCP; HBTB; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 264 x 220 x 23. Weight in Grams: 914.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Center Street
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781455562848
- ISBN
- 9781455562848
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.56
€ 29.99
€ 27.56
Hardback. Sylhet, the area of Bangladesh most closely associated with overseas migration, has seen an increase in remittances sent home from abroad, introducing new inequalities. Social change has also been mediated by the global forces of Western biomedicine and orthodox Islam. This book examines the effects of these modernizing trends on mental health.. Num Pages: 238 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKB; JHBK; MBPK; PSXM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 162 x 233 x 16. Weight in Grams: 444. Mental Illness, Modernity and Islam in Sylhet, Bangladesh. 252 pages, 25 ills. Sylhet, the area of Bangladesh most closely associated with overseas migration, has seen an increase in remittances sent home from abroad, introducing new inequalities. Social change has also been mediated by the global forces of Western biomedicine and orthodox Islam. This book examines the effects of these modernizing trends on mental health. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1FKB; JHBK; MBPK; PSXM. Dimension: 162 x 233 x 16. Weight: 444.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 238
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857454881
- ISBN
- 9780857454881
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.49
€ 161.49
Hardback. Demonstrates how the campaign against "victim politics" and the "victim mentality" has profoundly altered Americans' understanding of victimhood, and investigates the consequences of this change in politics, law, culture, and the "war against terror." Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFF; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804754606
- ISBN
- 9780804754606
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.04
€ 121.04
Paperback. Anthropologist Alyson O'Daniel analyses the abstract debates about health policy for the sickest and most vulnerable Americans, as well as the services designated to help them, by taking readers into the daily lives of poor African American women living with HIV disease at the advent of the 2006 Treatment Modernization Act. Series: Anthropology of Contemporary North America. Num Pages: 264 pages, 3 appendixes. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFH2; JFSJ1; JFSL3; MBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803269613
- ISBN
- 9780803269613
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.48
€ 32.99
€ 29.48
Hardback. Num Pages: 162 pages, 29 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: JKSN2; MMJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Jason Aronson Inc. Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 162
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780765709295
- ISBN
- 9780765709295
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.75
€ 130.75
Paperback. What are the key ingredients for long lasting foster care placements? In this study the lives and routines of 10 foster families, considered to be providers of effective and lasting care are examined. Featuring original research, the type of care that these families provide and the reason for their success is analysed. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JKSF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 230 x 12. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849054812
- ISBN
- 9781849054812
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.15
€ 47.15
Paperback. Editor(s): Harrington, Alyssa G. Num Pages: 115 pages. BIC Classification: JPHC; KCX; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781634853477
- ISBN
- 9781634853477
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 93.02€ 71.42
€ 93.02
€ 71.42
Hardcover. Including specially commissioned photography, this book offers a fresh look at every aspect of St John's through its first 100 years including its history, buildings and gardens, its special traditions and unique atmosphere, and its people past and present as well as their myriad of activities. Num Pages: 128 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: HBTB; JNMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 257 x 18. Weight in Grams: 786.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Third Millennium Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903942864
- ISBN
- 9781903942864
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 30.05
€ 46.99
€ 30.05
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Independent Institute,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 124
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780945999898
- ISBN
- 9780945999898
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 15.67
€ 15.99
€ 15.67
Hardback. Num Pages: 260 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: G; JM; VS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Derrydale Press United States
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781568331256
- ISBN
- 9781568331256
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.21
€ 27.99
€ 26.21
Hardcover. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KB; JFSL9; PSVW6. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 305 x 238 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1270.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Arizona Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816524594
- ISBN
- 9780816524594
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.36
€ 122.36
Paperback. The first international English-language publication of Hampate Ba's acclaimed novel. Translator(s): Taylor, Aina Pavolini. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFD; 2ADF; FA; HBTQ; HBTR; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 161 x 19. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253212269
- ISBN
- 9780253212269
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 23.98
€ 25.99
€ 23.98
Paperback. Back Stories looks at the production of U.S. news during the second Intifada, highlighting the unrecognized and unexamined work of Palestinian journalists and its effects on Palestinian society and politics. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1FBH; HBJF1; JFD; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Number of pages
- 324
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804781411
- ISBN
- 9780804781411
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.48
€ 32.99
€ 29.48
Paperback. Num Pages: 100 pages. BIC Classification: JNU; MB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 160 x 8. Weight in Grams: 192.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 100
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781616682064
- ISBN
- 9781616682064
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.00€ 51.72
€ 73.00
€ 51.72
Hardcover. In the Red Sea Hills of eastern Sudan, where poverty, famines, and conflict loom large, women struggle to gain the status of responsible motherhood. But biological fate can be capricious in impoverished settings. This work shows how Muslim Hadendowa women manage health and reproductive suffering in their quest to become "responsible" mothers. Series: Women in Africa and the Diaspora. Num Pages: 240 pages, 25 b/w photos & an eight page colour insert 4 tables, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1HBS; GTB; JFSJ1; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299223809
- ISBN
- 9780299223809
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.57
€ 63.57
Hardcover. Num Pages: 210 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBP; G; JFD; JPHV. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 162 x 237 x 19. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845196431
- ISBN
- 9781845196431
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.14
€ 130.14
Paperback. Analyzes the consumption of media by Arab citizens of Israel as a type of communicative behavior and a form of political action. Drawing on public opinion survey data, this book describes perceptions and use of media ranging from Arabic Israeli newspapers to satellite television broadcasts from throughout the Middle East. Series: Indiana Series in Middle East Studies. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1FBH; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253221414
- ISBN
- 9780253221414
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.17
€ 26.99
€ 25.17