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Hardback. Explores the impact of foreign migrant workers on sovereign power in Japan and examines how the country's immigration control has been reshaped by their existence. A particular focus is the transition of these workers from "temporary workers" to "long-term stayers" or "social beings". Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; JFFN; JPH; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 495.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 271
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333804322
- ISBN
- 9780333804322
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.23
€ 67.23
Hardback. In Gesture and Power Yolanda Covington-Ward examines the everyday embodied practices and performances of the BisiKongo people of the lower Congo to show how their gestures, dances, and spirituality are critical in mobilizing social and political action. Series: Religious Cultures of African and African Diaspora People. Num Pages: 304 pages, 17 illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 238 x 22. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822360209
- ISBN
- 9780822360209
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 136.34€ 116.56
€ 136.34
€ 116.56
Paperback. In Gesture and Power Yolanda Covington-Ward examines the everyday embodied practices and performances of the BisiKongo people of the lower Congo to show how their gestures, dances, and spirituality are critical in mobilizing social and political action. Series: Religious Cultures of African and African Diaspora People. Num Pages: 304 pages, 17 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFJ; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 13. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822360360
- ISBN
- 9780822360360
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.79
€ 36.99
€ 28.79
Hardback. Series: Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology. Num Pages: 174 pages, 820 black & white illustrations, 311 colour illustrations, 6 black & white tables, 305 co. BIC Classification: HDW; JHM; RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 279 x 210. .
- Publisher
- Springer
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789401774307
- ISBN
- 9789401774307
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.95€ 114.41
€ 118.95
€ 114.41
Paperback. Focusing on piracy in the seventeenth century, filibustering in the nineteenth century, intracolonial migrations in the 1930s, metropolitan racializations in the 1950s and 1960s, and feminist redefinitions of creolization and sexile from the 1940s to the 1990s, this book redefines the Caribbean beyond the postcolonial debate. Series: New Caribbean Studies. Num Pages: 290 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH5; HBJK; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2014
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349489794
- ISBN
- 9781349489794
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.20
€ 66.20
Hardback. Presents studies on gender and life in the Amazon. This book covers the fieldwork of the authors among the Mundurucu people of Brazil in 1952. It provides an account of the historical, ecological, and cultural setting of the Mundurucu, including the mythology surrounding women, women's work and household life, marriage and child rearing, and more. Num Pages: 328 pages, maps. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 30 Anniversary ed
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231132329
- ISBN
- 9780231132329
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.54€ 90.75
€ 117.54
€ 90.75
Paperback. Despite the wake-up call of September 11, 2001, terrorism remains a dire threat to the security of all civilized nations, making it imperative for leaders to develop better national, regional, and global strategies to counter its many forms. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JPS; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Potomac Books Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597970198
- ISBN
- 9781597970198
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.39
€ 25.99
€ 24.39
Hardback. Series: Arts & Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary History. Num Pages: 312 pages, 18 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; HBJF; HBJK; HBTB; JFCV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231168922
- ISBN
- 9780231168922
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
€ 40.99
€ 29.44
Paperback. Founded during the Gold Rush years, the Chinese community of San Francisco became the largest and most vibrant Chinatown in America. This is a detailed social and cultural history of the Chinese in San Francisco. Series: Asian America. Num Pages: 432 pages, 10 half-tones 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBTB; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 27. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804745505
- ISBN
- 9780804745505
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.02
€ 33.99
€ 31.02
hardcover. This text probes into the process of regional co-operation in Asia-Pacific by focusing on the roles and perspectives of China, Japan, and Southeast Asian states. Num Pages: 204 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FM; 1FPC; 1FPJ; JPS; KCL; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 415.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1997th Edition
- SKU
- V9780333691212
- ISBN
- 9780333691212
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 193.81
€ 193.81
Paperback. Num Pages: 184 pages, 4 illustrations and 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPKN; BGHA; BM; JPVR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140. .
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231147477
- ISBN
- 9780231147477
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.73
€ 26.99
€ 20.73
Hardback. Num Pages: 184 pages, 4 illus.; two maps. BIC Classification: 1FPKN; BM; JKVP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231147460
- ISBN
- 9780231147460
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.81
€ 46.99
€ 33.81
hardcover. This book offers the nature and evolution of Japan's most ambitious postwar foreign policy, the Japanese challenge to the U.S.-led neoliberal world order in the politics of economic development. Num Pages: 304 pages, 8 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; GTB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 661. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804758123
- ISBN
- 9780804758123
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.16
€ 82.16
Paperback. Based on the lessons of World Class Learners this new series will show educators at all levels what it takes to help students be more insightful, creative, communicative, technically skilled, and decisive. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: JNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781483339511
- ISBN
- 9781483339511
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.53
€ 38.53
Hardcover. The secrets behind China's extraordinary educational system good, bad, and ugly
Chinese students' consistently stunning performance on the international PISA exams where they outscore students of all other nations in math, reading, and science have positioned China as a world education leader. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 234 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118487136
- ISBN
- 9781118487136
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 23.21
€ 27.99
€ 23.21
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Springer Verlag, Singapore
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789811011207
- ISBN
- 9789811011207
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.33€ 20.64
€ 52.33
€ 20.64
Paperback. Series: St Antony's. Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HB; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 355.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349212408
- ISBN
- 9781349212408
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 99.45
€ 99.45
Paperback. This pioneering work analyzes the impact of telegraphy and the internet on political participation in modern China. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JPHV; UDB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804751285
- ISBN
- 9780804751285
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 34.36
€ 36.99
€ 34.36
Hardback. Will new technologies, especially the Internet, bring freedom and democracy to authoritarian China? This book argues that the internet has brought new dynamics of sociopolitical change in China, not always supportive of democracy. Num Pages: 272 pages, 22 tables, 24 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JPHX; JPWJ; UBJ; UDB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804757379
- ISBN
- 9780804757379
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.26
€ 93.26
Paperback. This book addresses the factors that determine the direct and indirect outcomes of collective resistance in contemporary China as well as the government's strategies to maintain social stability amid the numerous social conflicts. Series: Studies of the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center. Num Pages: 304 pages, 27 tables, 11 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JPWF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804763400
- ISBN
- 9780804763400
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.75
€ 29.99
€ 27.75