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Hardback. Offers an examination of Asian immigration to the United States, focusing on three central questions: What causes Asian immigration to the United States? How do post-1965 Asian immigrants impact American society? How do new Asian immigrants and their children adapt to American life? Series: Polity Immigration and Society Series. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KBB; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 157 x 26. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745645025
- ISBN
- 9780745645025
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.70
€ 72.70
Paperback. Offers an examination of Asian immigration to the United States, focusing on three central questions: What causes Asian immigration to the United States? How do post-1965 Asian immigrants impact American society? How do new Asian immigrants and their children adapt to American life? Series: Polity Immigration and Society Series. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KBB; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 208 x 150 x 21. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745645032
- ISBN
- 9780745645032
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.23
€ 23.23
Hardback. 'The world of the future will be a tighter and tighter struggle against the limits of our intelligence', announced Norbert Wiener. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; RNPG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745645049
- ISBN
- 9780745645049
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.65
€ 59.65
Paperback. 'The world of the future will be a tighter and tighter struggle against the limits of our intelligence', announced Norbert Wiener. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; RNPG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745645056
- ISBN
- 9780745645056
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.03
€ 22.03
Hardback. Explores the significance of apocalyptic movements and the role they have played in the rise of the West and The Empire of Modernity. This book offers a novel basis for rethinking our social order and its ambivalent relations to sacred history. It suggests the cataclysmic end of the world. Num Pages: 296 pages, figures. BIC Classification: JF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 154 x 27. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745645087
- ISBN
- 9780745645087
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.25
€ 71.25
Hardback. Video surveillance, public records, fingerprints, hidden microphones, RFID chips: in contemporary societies the intrusive techniques of surveillance used in daily life have increased dramatically. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPSL; JPV; KNSS1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745645100
- ISBN
- 9780745645100
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.21
€ 72.21
Hardback. * Explores the links between health and globalization. * Considers important issues such as the global spread of pandemics (such as swine flu and bird flu), effects of migration, and health care systems across the world. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFS; MBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 159 x 21. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745645124
- ISBN
- 9780745645124
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.58
€ 71.58
Paperback. * Explores the links between health and globalization. * Considers important issues such as the global spread of pandemics (such as swine flu and bird flu), effects of migration, and health care systems across the world. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFS; MBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745645131
- ISBN
- 9780745645131
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.74
€ 25.74
Hardback. * Introductory textbook on a major area of media and journalism studies. * Outlines the research across the key stages of the acquisition of information, formation of attitudes and opinions and to the consequences of all these elements for participation in public life. * Written by a highly experienced author team. Series: Polity Contemporary Political Communication Series. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFD; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 144 x 17. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745645186
- ISBN
- 9780745645186
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.21
€ 72.21
Hardback. For over four decades, Martin Scorsese has been the chronicler of an obsessive society, where material possessions and physical comfort are valued, where the pursuit of individual improvement is rewarded and where male prerogative is respected and preserved. Series: Polity America Through the Lens Series. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFB; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 147 x 28. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745645223
- ISBN
- 9780745645223
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.09
€ 79.09
Hardback. Online technologies excite the public imagination with narratives of democratization. The Internet is a political medium, borne of democracy, but is it democratizing?
Late modern democracies are characterized by civic apathy, public skepticism, disillusionment with politics, and general disinterest in conventional political process. Series: Digital Media and Society. Num Pages: 210 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFD; JPHV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745645247
- ISBN
- 9780745645247
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.25
€ 71.25
Paperback. * A clear and authoritative introduction to the emerging Arab media industries. * Covers a range of industries, with particular focus on broadcasting, press, publishing, cinema and new media. * Written by an experienced author team, with broad language and subject coverage. Series: Polity Global Media and Communication Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFD; KNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745645353
- ISBN
- 9780745645353
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.64
€ 24.64
Paperback. States over the past 500 years have become the dominant institutions on Earth, exercising vast and varied authority over the economic well-being, health, welfare, and very lives of their citizens. Series: Polity Political Sociology Series. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 209 x 18. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745645391
- ISBN
- 9780745645391
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.74
€ 25.74
Hardback. Provides a comprehensive overview and analysis of what has come to be called the 'new politics of consumption'. This book offers an examination of anti-consumerism and explores what this means for the future of political debate. It explores anti-consumerism as cultural interpretation, lifestyle change, and collective action. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFFT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 145 x 25. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745645407
- ISBN
- 9780745645407
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.21
€ 72.21
Paperback. Offers an examination of anti-consumerism and explores what this means for the future of the debates. Drawing on interviews with activists across three continents, and offering a discussion of contemporary commentary and theory, this book explores anti-consumerism as cultural interpretation, lifestyle change, and collective action. Num Pages: 282 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 142 x 20. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745645414
- ISBN
- 9780745645414
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.87
€ 26.87
Hardback. Niklas Luhmann ranks as one of the most important sociologists and social theorists of the twentieth century. Through his many books he developed a highly original form of systems theory that has been hugely influential in a wide variety of disciplines. Translator(s): Gilgen, Peter. Num Pages: 306 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: GPFC; JHBA. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 158 x 27. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 306
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745645711
- ISBN
- 9780745645711
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.49
€ 78.49
Hardback. In his previous books Alain Touraine analysed the great changes that have transformed our personal and collective lives; in this new book he shows that we need to transform our ways of thinking about these changes. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: JHBA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745645735
- ISBN
- 9780745645735
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.25
€ 71.25
Hardback. * Offers a fresh and uniquely sociological perspective on the construction and operation of markets. * Reviews classic and contemporary literature, but also organizes it in a way that provides a new and more advanced sociological view of markets. Series: Polity Economy and Society Series. Num Pages: 218 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHB; KC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 209 x 159 x 12. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745645773
- ISBN
- 9780745645773
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.36
€ 66.36
Paperback. War is a paradox. On the one hand, it destroys bodies and destroys communities. On the other hand, it is responsible for some of the strongest human bonds and has been the genesis of many of our most fundamental institutions. Series: PPSS - Polity Political Sociology Series. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JHB; JWA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 150. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745645803
- ISBN
- 9780745645803
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.39
€ 23.39
Hardback. Where does perversion begin? Who is perverse? Ever since the word first appeared in the Middle Ages, anyone who delights in evil and in the destruction of the self or others has been described as 'perverse'. This book tells the history of perversion in the West. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JMAF; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745645926
- ISBN
- 9780745645926
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.81
€ 71.81