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Paperback. Offers a fundamental reinterpretation of the role of the Gulag - the Soviet Union's vast system of forced-labor camps, internal exile, and prisons - in Soviet society. This book argues that the Gulag must be understood primarily as a penal institution where prisoners were given one final chance to reintegrate into Soviet society. Num Pages: 368 pages, 2 halftones. 1 table. BIC Classification: 1DVU; HBLW; JKVP; JKVQ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691151120
- ISBN
- 9780691151120
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.00€ 42.47
€ 53.00
€ 42.47
Paperback. Ruling But Not Governing provides valuable insight into the political dynamics that perpetuate authoritarian regimes and offers novel ways to promote democratic change. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 1HBA; 1HBE; JPH; JWX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 228 x 11. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801885914
- ISBN
- 9780801885914
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 31.64
€ 36.99
€ 31.64
Hardback. Series: Conjunctions of Religion and Power in the Medieval Past. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1DST; 2ADT; CFF; HBJD; HBTS; JFFJ; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801438486
- ISBN
- 9780801438486
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.52
€ 92.52
Paperback. A history of Genoa, tracing the city's transformation from an obscure port into the capital of a small but thriving republic with an extensive overseas empire. Covering six centuries, the text interweaves political events, economic trends, social conditions and cultural accomplishments. Num Pages: 416 pages, 6 illustrations, 3 maps, 13 tables, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3H; HBJD; HBLC; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807849927
- ISBN
- 9780807849927
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.88
€ 60.88
Paperback. Using Jung's approach to dreams and myths, analyst Steven Galipeau discusses the symbolism and meaning embedded in "Star Wars", George Lucas's modern fairytale. He covers issues such as the battle between light femininity and dark masculinity, and the conflict between nature and technology. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA; JFC; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Open Court Publishing Co ,U.S. United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812694321
- ISBN
- 9780812694321
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 30.07
€ 34.99
€ 30.07
Paperback. * New edition maintains the book s acclaimed level of research, analysis, and readability * Explores topics including urbanization, ethnicity, class, sport in educational institutions, women in sport, and sport s role in manifesting city, regional, and national pride. Series: The American History Series. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; JHBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 137 x 16. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118537718
- ISBN
- 9781118537718
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.93
€ 43.93
Hardcover. Horse Racing, Politics and Gambling 1865-1913 in New York Series: Sports and Entertainment. Num Pages: 432 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JH; 3JJC; HBTB; JKVM; WSNB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1002.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815609858
- ISBN
- 9780815609858
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 45.12
€ 48.99
€ 45.12
Paperback. Examines the role of American Jews in the entertainment industry. Series Editor(s): Short, Kenneth; Jowett, Garth; Culbert, David. Series: Cambridge Studies in the History of Mass Communication. Num Pages: 360 pages, 25 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF; JFSR1; KNTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 487.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780521798549
- ISBN
- 9780521798549
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.10
€ 49.10
Paperback. From Tattoo to Saw, this book considers mainstream cinema's representation of the viscerally dominated and marked body. Examining a shift in the late twentieth century to narratives that highlight subjection, endurance and willed-acquiescence, it probes the confluence of pain, pleasure and consent to analyse the implications of the change. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APF; APFN; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 243
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349339891
- ISBN
- 9781349339891
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Bisexuality has been rendered as mostly irrelevant to the history, politics and theory of sexuality. With this text, Steven Angelides explores the reasons why and invites us to rethink our preconceptions about sexual identity. Series: Sexuality, History & Society S. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: HB; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226020907
- ISBN
- 9780226020907
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 33.37
€ 42.99
€ 33.37
Hardback. Num Pages: 328 pages, 11, 11 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNKH; KNXB1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 657.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781501704918
- ISBN
- 9781501704918
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.21
€ 45.21
Hardback. This is the first comprehensive new study of the Greek Jewish experience during World War II to be published in sixty years. Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture. Num Pages: 344 pages, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVG; 3JJH; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804755849
- ISBN
- 9780804755849
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.40
€ 82.40
Hardcover.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 450
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674021341
- ISBN
- 9780674021341
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 46.60
€ 54.99
€ 46.60
Paperback. Who ought to govern? Why should I obey the law? What is the proper education for a citizen and a statesman? These questions probe some of the deepest and most enduring problems that every society confronts, regardless of time and place. This book introduces the wide terrain of political philosophy through the classic texts of the discipline. Series: The Open Yale Courses. Num Pages: 288 pages, 10 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 235 x 20. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300181807
- ISBN
- 9780300181807
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.87
€ 30.99
€ 22.87
Paperback. Num Pages: 266 pages, xiv, 252 p. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JPFK; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 273 x 218 x 15. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 0002-
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226763507
- ISBN
- 9780226763507
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.82
€ 40.99
€ 31.82
Paperback. Shows that Leo Strauss' defense of liberal democracy was closely connected to his skepticism of both the extreme Left and extreme Right. It assesses Strauss's attempt to direct teaching of political science away from examination of mass behavior and interest-group politics and toward study of philosophical principles on which politics are based. Num Pages: 268 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 233 x 18. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226763897
- ISBN
- 9780226763897
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 20.36
€ 24.99
€ 20.36
Hardback. This book explores the culture of performance anxiety in the media-saturated contemporary world. It uses comparative case studies including film, social media, and popular music to examine the ways that personal concern regarding self-presentation becomes transformed into shared cultural expressions through the use of media technologies. Num Pages: 221 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFD; KNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 415.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137557889
- ISBN
- 9781137557889
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.68
€ 66.68
Paperback. In this Very Short Introduction, Steven Beller explores the historical and political intricacies of Antisemitism, an issue which has been a worryingly persistent presence in the last millennium, and one that continues to provoke debate and discussion. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 160 pages, 9 black and white halftones. BIC Classification: JFSR1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 175 x 112 x 10. Weight in Grams: 124.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198724834
- ISBN
- 9780198724834
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.87
€ 13.99
€ 10.87
Paperback. Is democracy just a passing fad? Series: All That Matters. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: JPA; JPHV. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 174 x 127 x 13. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Publisher
- John Murray Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444178876
- ISBN
- 9781444178876
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.31
€ 11.99
€ 10.31
Paperback. Second edition of highly accessible biography of the founder of modern Zionism, published to mark the centenary of his death in 1904. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; JFSR1; JPFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 117 x 17. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Publisher
- Halban Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781870015905
- ISBN
- 9781870015905
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.12
€ 13.99
€ 11.12