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Paperback. Editor(s): McIvor, Anthony D. Num Pages: 593 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 34. Weight in Grams: 757.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Naval Institute Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781591144823
ISBN
9781591144823
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 45.44

Paperback. Provides a perspective on alternative models of local governance, offering a comprehensive view of local government organization and finance in the developing world. This book reviews the experiences of ten developing economies to draw lessons of general interest in strengthening responsive, responsible, and accountable local governance. Editor(s): Shah, Anwar. Num Pages: 503 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QFG; JPR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 174 x 230 x 31. Weight in Grams: 780.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
World Bank Publications
Condition
New
SKU
V9780821365656
ISBN
9780821365656
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.46

Paperback. All along the river, from the front porches of Hannibal to the neighborhoods of St Louis to the cotton fields of the Bootheel and west to Kansas City, stories are being told. This work presents a collection of family stories and traditional tales about all walks of African American life. Series: Missouri Heritage Readers Series. Num Pages: 160 pages, 35 illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBNU; HBTB; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 249.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Missouri
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826218445
ISBN
9780826218445
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.69

Paperback. A collection of essays about women and welfare in America, this book discusses how welfare programmes affect women and how gender relations have influenced the structure of such programmes. Issues such as race and class are also discussed. Editor(s): Gordon, Linda (Professor of History, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA). Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; JKS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780299126643
ISBN
9780299126643
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.28

Paperback. This volume attempts a critical historical consideration of the varying colonial situations in which (and from which) ethnographic knowledge essential to anthropology has been produced. The essays cover regions from Oceania, Southeast Asia and southern Africa to North and South America. Editor(s): Stocking, George W. Series: History of Anthropology S. Num Pages: 348 pages, 23 illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; HBTQ; HBTR; JHMP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 481.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780299131241
ISBN
9780299131241
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.43

paperback. Editor(s): Boyd, Matthieu. Num Pages: 616 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBB; HBJD; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 36. Weight in Grams: 839.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780268037369
ISBN
9780268037369
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.00
€ 32.62

paperback. Editor(s): Stryker, Susan; Aizura, Aren Z. Num Pages: 704 pages, 37 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: JFSJ5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 251 x 180 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1256.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Routledge
Condition
New
SKU
9780415517737
ISBN
9780415517737
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 88.99
€ 61.69

paperback. Bringing together the voices and experience of transgender individuals, doctors, psychologists, and academically-based theorists, this title documents the evolution of transgender studies in the English-speaking world. It is designed as a foundational text for the transgender community, transgender studies, and related queer theory. Editor(s): Stryker, Susan; Whittle, Stephen. Num Pages: 768 pages, 18 black & white halftones, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: JFSJ5. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 252 x 179 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1400.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Routledge
Condition
New
SKU
9780415947091
ISBN
9780415947091
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 75.99
€ 52.64

hardcover. Series: International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Idees. Num Pages: 251 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 537. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1980
Publisher
Springer
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0037622
ISBN
9789024724147
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

paperback. Brannigan provides a critical examination of the major theories which have been devised to account for discoveries and innovations in science, and develops a fresh alternative. Num Pages: 228 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JFF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 340. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1981
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0037644
ISBN
9780521281638
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

paperback. The Culture of Technology examines our often conflicting attitudes toward nuclear weapons, biological technologies, pollution, Third World development, automation, social medicine, and industrial decline. Num Pages: 220 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 147 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363. Good clean copy with minor age & shelf wear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1983
Publisher
MIT Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0037662
ISBN
9780262660563
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

hardcover. This 1999 book was the first full-scale interpretation of the life and work of the major American neuropsychologist Karl Lashley. Series Editor(s): Ash, Mitchell G.; Woodward, William Ray. Series: Cambridge Studies in the History of Psychology. Num Pages: 240 pages, 9 b/w illus. BIC Classification: JMM; JMR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 535. Good clean copy with minor age & shelf wear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0037719
ISBN
9780521621625
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, ill. BIC Classification: JMA; VXA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454. Good clean copy with minor age & shelf wear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Shambhala Publications Inc
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0037772
ISBN
9781570625541
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

paperback. This tells the story of Douglas Engelbart's revolutionary vision, reaching beyond conventional histories of Silicon Valley to probe the ideology that shaped some of the basic ingredients of contemporary life. Series: Writing Science. Num Pages: 312 pages, 50 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JH; PDX; UBJ; UKP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 21. Weight in Grams: 470. Good clean copy with minor age & shelf wear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0037804
ISBN
9780804738712
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

paperback. This work provides an examination of power and dominance in male-female relationships. It offers solutions to various cultural questions by using cross-cultural research on over 150 tribal societies and presents the full range of variation in male and female power roles. Num Pages: 316 pages, tables, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 480. Good clean copy with minor age & shelf wear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1981
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0037805
ISBN
9780521280754
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

hardcover. Series: International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Idees. Num Pages: 210 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 488. Good clean copy with minor age & shelf wear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1974
Publisher
Martinus Nijhoff
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0037917
ISBN
9789024715558
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

paperback. Sen argues that welfare economics may be enriched by paying more attention to ethics, that modern ethical studies can also benefit from a closer contact with descriptive economics, which, in turn, may learn from the methods of welfare economics. Num Pages: 148 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPQ; JKSB; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 202. Good clean copy with minor age & shelf wear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0038082
ISBN
9780631164012
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

paperback. This shrewd and penetrating book, written by one of the world's most respected social thinkers, delves to the heart of the controversy between Islam and the West. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRA; HRH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 128 x 8. Weight in Grams: 144. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Routledge
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTS0036680
ISBN
9780415080248
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

paperback. Offers information on who holds power and how they use it, keep it, or lose it. This book offers an introduction to linguistic theories and the philosophy of language. It lays the groundwork for an exploration of news stories that meet the Undue Attention Test. Num Pages: 332 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; CFB; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 456. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTS0036689
ISBN
9780520232075
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

paperback. At the end of a century whose catastrophic violence has irreparably damaged the human capacity for hope, our knowledge of the origins of life has so deepened that we can create life artificially. In this book the author seeks to articulate our experience of the present condition. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 216. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTS0036700
ISBN
9780571206421
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

hardcover. A 1993 assessment of the role of the historian and philosopher of science, William Whewell, in early Victorian debates about the nature of science. Series Editor(s): Skinner, Quentin; Daston, Lorraine; Ross, Dorothy; Tully, James. Series: Ideas in Context. Num Pages: 298 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCX; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 563. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTS0036729
ISBN
9780521431828
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

hardcover. Professor Lloyd explores cultural diversity in terms of communication and not mentality. Series: Themes in the Social Sciences. Num Pages: 182 pages. BIC Classification: JMR. Dimension: 228 x 152. Weight in Grams: 39. Professor Lloyd explores cultural diversity in terms of communication and not mentality. Series: Themes in the Social Sciences. Num Pages: 182 pages. BIC Classification: JMR. Dimension: 228 x 152. Weight in Grams: 39. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. Lacking dj, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTS0036816
ISBN
9780521366618
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

hardcover. This is the first major biography of Max Weber to appear in more than 80 years. Radkau was able to make use of previously unavailable source material, including the extensive correspondence of Max Weber and that of his wife, Marianne Weber. Num Pages: 700 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: BGA; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 67. Weight in Grams: 1186. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Polity
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTS0036831
ISBN
9780745641478
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

paperback. Exploring the beliefs of small-scale societies of West Africa, Melanesia, traditional Siberia, Canada, and the northwest coast of North America, this work compares their ideas with those of the ancient and modern Indic civilizations and with the Greek rebirth theories of Pythagoras, Empedocles, Pindar and Plato. Series: Comparative Studies in Religion & Society. Num Pages: 477 pages, 11 line illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAC; HRLB; JHM; VXPR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 485. Exploring the beliefs of small-scale societies of West Africa, Melanesia, traditional Siberia, Canada, and the northwest coast of North America, this work compares their ideas with those of the ancient and modern Indic civilizations and with the Greek rebirth theories of Pythagoras, Empedocles, Pindar and Plato. Series: Comparative Studies in Religion & Society. Num Pages: 477 pages, 11 line illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAC; HRLB; JHM; VXPR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 485. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTS0036850
ISBN
9780520232433
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

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