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Paperback. Paints a portrait of the practitioners of slumming and their world: who they were, why they went, what they claimed to have found, how it changed them, and how slumming, in turn, shaped both Victorian and twentieth-century understandings of poverty and social welfare, gender relations, and sexuality. Num Pages: 424 pages, 26 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBJD1; HBLL; JFFA; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 2006, Third Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691128009
- ISBN
- 9780691128009
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 38.16
€ 46.99
€ 38.16
Hardcover. Killing civilians is worse than killing soldiers. Few moral principles have been more widely and viscerally affirmed. But in recent years it has faced a rising tide of dissent. Seth Lazar aims to turn this tide, and to vindicate international law. He develops new insights into the morality of harm, relevant to everyone interested in the debate. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 149 x 223 x 17. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198712985
- ISBN
- 9780198712985
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.92
€ 93.92
Hardback. Examining figures from Thomas More to Stephen Greenblatt, from George Hickes to Seamus Heaney, from George Eliot to Paul de Man, this book illuminates the wanderings of exiles, emigres, dissenters, and the socially estranged as they helped form the modern university disciplines of philology and rhetoric, literary criticism and literary theory. Num Pages: 388 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFF; DSA; HBT; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 26. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 388
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231123723
- ISBN
- 9780231123723
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.07€ 83.70
€ 108.07
€ 83.70
Hardcover. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; JPFF; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 177 x 24. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Schocken Books United States
- Edition
- annotated edition
- Number of pages
- 223
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780805242102
- ISBN
- 9780805242102
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.40
€ 30.99
€ 22.40
Hardback. An essential look at the unknown story of how Israel has avoided the coming water crisis despite being mostly desert. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1FBP; GTB; HBJF1; JP; RNF; TQSW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 163 x 28. Weight in Grams: 581.
- Publisher
- St Martin´s Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781250073952
- ISBN
- 9781250073952
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 29.65
€ 33.99
€ 29.65
Paperback. With hardly a day without a water-crisis story somewhere, Let There Be Water offers prescriptions on how countries, cities, and businesses can avoid the worst of it. Let There Be Water tells the inspiring story of how this all came to be. Num Pages: 2 maps, 2 8 page colour photograph inserts. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1FBP; GTB; HBJF1; JP; KFFR; RBK; RNF; TQSW; TVDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 22. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Thomas Dunne Books
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781250115560
- ISBN
- 9781250115560
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.16
€ 23.99
€ 21.16
Paperback. Why do anti-party reforms, from campaign finance reform to nonpartisan legislatures, tend to fail? The Inevitable Party looks at the structure and behavior of parties to understand why they are so resilient, and examines how various attempts to undermine them just end up hurting democracy. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHV; JPL; JPP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 285.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190220846
- ISBN
- 9780190220846
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.42
€ 50.42
Hardback. Editor(s): Rollins, Seth; Branch, Kirk M. Num Pages: 181 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBS; 1HB; JPVH; LNDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 231 x 158 x 16. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 181
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781622574087
- ISBN
- 9781622574087
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 187.94€ 130.39
€ 187.94
€ 130.39
Paperback. Presents the history of Palestinian Jewish society in antiquity. This book probes more than eight centuries of Persian, Greek, and Roman rule, and argues that the Christianization of the Roman Empire generated the most fundamental features of medieval and modern Jewish life. Series: Jews, Christians and Muslims from the Ancient to the Modern World. Num Pages: 336 pages, Bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HBTQ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691117812
- ISBN
- 9780691117812
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.86€ 42.11
€ 52.86
€ 42.11
Paperback. Explores the interplay of space and culture in the plaza, showing how culture acts to shape public spaces and how the physical form of the plaza encodes the social, political, and economic relations within the city. Num Pages: 296 pages, 51 b&w photographs, 16 maps, 4 tables. BIC Classification: AMC; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292747142
- ISBN
- 9780292747142
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.83
€ 31.99
€ 28.83
Paperback. Local municipalities in South Africa have become the focal point of community anger over the perceived inadequate provision of basic services. The book demonstrates that the strife against local governance knows no geographic, social, or racial boundaries, occurring in all communities, though more frequently violent in black communities than white Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; JPWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Verlag Barbara Budrich Germany
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783847405788
- ISBN
- 9783847405788
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 34.08
€ 40.99
€ 34.08
Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, 17 b&w photos. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JPVH1; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816667598
- ISBN
- 9780816667598
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.45
€ 29.99
€ 27.45
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 525.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Institute of Southeast Asian Studies Singapore
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789814620291
- ISBN
- 9789814620291
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.86
€ 35.86
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442630345
- ISBN
- 9781442630345
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.37
€ 53.37
Hardback. This book project is a cultural history of rice consumption in the city of Canton (now Guangzhou), China's southernmost metropolis. Special emphasis is placed on the qualitative dimension of the local food culture and the dynamic interactions between the local society and the modern state. Num Pages: 320 pages, 3 tables, 6 illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; HBJF; JPRB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804772266
- ISBN
- 9780804772266
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.01
€ 87.01
Paperback. Series Editor(s): Jones, Scott A.; Keller, William W. Series: Studies in Security and International Affairs. Num Pages: 336 pages, 52 black & white images. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPS; JPVH2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820349084
- ISBN
- 9780820349084
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.07
€ 49.07
Paperback. Series: Princeton Studies in International History and Politics. Num Pages: 304 pages, 23 line illus. 4 tables. BIC Classification: JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691172347
- ISBN
- 9780691172347
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.42
€ 40.99
€ 29.42
Hardback. Series: Princeton Studies in International History and Politics. Num Pages: 304 pages, 23 line illus. 4 tables. BIC Classification: JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691172330
- ISBN
- 9780691172330
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.07€ 83.63
€ 108.07
€ 83.63
Paperback. This book suggests a new explanation for why international peace interventions often fail to reach their full potential. Series: Problems of International Politics. Num Pages: 360 pages, 1 map 3 tables. BIC Classification: GTJ; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 230 x 19. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 312
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107632042
- ISBN
- 9781107632042
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 35.22
€ 35.99
€ 35.22
Paperback. 'Governance' has become a key word in the lexicon of international relations over. It is used, loosely, and invariably in a liberal idiom, by scholars, activists, civil society organizations, politicians and the voluntary sector. This book offers a diverse global critique of 'governance' as deployed in several key areas. Editor(s): Bellina, Severine; Magro, Herve; Villemur, Violaine De. Num Pages: 540 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: GTF; JPHV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 213 x 139 x 31. Weight in Grams: 688.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Number of pages
- 540
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849040198
- ISBN
- 9781849040198
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.09
€ 33.99
€ 31.09