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Society & social sciences
Paperback. The polyethnic contexts of societies provide a particular situation in which people with various languages, religion, and cultures live within the same geographical space. In Iran, a highlevel ethno-lingual diversity is present, for example Lor, Kurd, Gilak, Arab, Balouch, Turk, Turkmen and religious groups such as Assyrians, Armenians, Jews, and Z Series: UvA Proefschriften. BIC Classification: 1FBN; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 2340 x 1560. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Vossiuspers UvA Netherlands
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9789056297411
- ISBN
- 9789056297411
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Condition: New
€ 101.84
€ 101.84
Paperback. Series: Archaeological Studies Leiden University. Num Pages: 402 pages, b/w figs. BIC Classification: JHB; JPB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 273 x 209 x 20. Weight in Grams: 924.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Leiden University Press Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 402
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9789087280796
- ISBN
- 9789087280796
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Condition: New
€ 59.18
€ 59.18
Paperback. An international comparative study on scientific research on the employment situation of migrants and ethnic minorities in European countries Editor(s): Roosblad, Judith; Wrench, John; Kraal, Karen. Series: IMISCOE Reports. Num Pages: 124 pages. BIC Classification: JFFN; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 7. Weight in Grams: 196.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Amsterdam University Press Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 124
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9789089641267
- ISBN
- 9789089641267
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Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 48.39
€ 49.99
€ 48.39
Paperback. Responsibility, participation and choice are key policy framings of active citizenship, summoning the citizen to take on new roles in welfare state reform. This volume traces the emergence of new discourses and the ways in which they take up and rework struggles of social movements for greater independence, power and control. It explores the changi Editor(s): Newman, Janet; Tonkens, Evelien. Series: Care and Welfare. Num Pages: 244 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; JFF; JKS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 422.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Amsterdam University Press Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9789089642752
- ISBN
- 9789089642752
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Condition: New
€ 59.12
€ 59.12
Paperback. As the dominant political force in Lebanon and one of the most powerful post-Islamist organizations in the world, Hizbullah is a source of great controversy and uncertainty in the West. Despite the significant attention paid to this group by the media, the details of Hizbullah's evolution have frequently confounded politicians-and even scholars. In Num Pages: 314 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBL; JPFR; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 544.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Amsterdam University Press Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 314
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9789089642974
- ISBN
- 9789089642974
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Condition: New
€ 78.19
€ 78.19
Paperback. This study of East German fantasies of material abundance across the border, both before and after the fall of communism, shows the close and intricate relation between ideology and fantasy in upholding social life. In 1989, news broadcasts all over the world were dominated for weeks by images of East Germans crossing the Berlin Wall to West German Series: The Technology and European History Series. Num Pages: 282 pages, 29 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFGE; JFFT. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 170 x 8. Weight in Grams: 545.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Amsterdam University Press Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9789089644008
- ISBN
- 9789089644008
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Condition: New
€ 56.63
€ 56.63
Hardcover. When David Gorlaeus (1591-1612) passed away at 21 years of age, he left behind two highly innovative manuscripts. Once they were published, his work had a remarkable impact on the evolution of seventeenth-century thought. However, as his identity was unknown, divergent interpretations of their meaning quickly sprang up. Seventeenth-century readers Series: History of Science and Scholarship in the Netherlands. Num Pages: 226 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JB; 3JD; HP; JHM; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 170 x 20. Weight in Grams: 608.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Amsterdam University Press Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9789089644381
- ISBN
- 9789089644381
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Condition: New
€ 143.82
€ 143.82
Paperback. Series: Forum Publications. Num Pages: 148 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1DVT; HRHP; JNLC; JNLR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 10. Weight in Grams: 227.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Amsterdam University Press Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 148
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789089645081
- ISBN
- 9789089645081
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Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 48.39
€ 49.99
€ 48.39
Paperback. A fascinating exploration of how global cultures struggle to create their own -America within a post-9/11 media culture, the revised edition of Fabricating the Absolute Fake reflects on what it might mean to truly take part in American pop culture. Series: American Studies. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 340.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Amsterdam University Press Netherlands
- Edition
- Revised, Extended ed.
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789089645593
- ISBN
- 9789089645593
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Condition: New
€ 59.12
€ 59.12
Hardcover. An in-depth exploration of the international phenomenon of enlightened paternalist capitalism and social engineering in the golden age of capitalism. Num Pages: 188 pages, 6 full color. BIC Classification: HRLB; JHM; JP; PD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 454.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Amsterdam University Press Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 188
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789089645814
- ISBN
- 9789089645814
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Condition: New
€ 122.36
€ 122.36
hardcover. How did the integration of Jews into Dutch society influenced Jewish resistance during the German occupation of the Netherlands in the Second World War? Series: NIOD Studies on War, Holocaust, and Genocide. Num Pages: 198 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDN; 3JJH; HBTZ1; JPWF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 177 x 250 x 17. Weight in Grams: 488.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Amsterdam University Press Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 198
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789089645838
- ISBN
- 9789089645838
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Condition: New
€ 135.47
€ 135.47
Hardcover. Explores the literary imaginings of Shanghai, its past, present, and future, in order to understand the effects of that urban transformation on both the psychological state of Shanghai's citizens and their perception of the spaces they inhabit. Series: Asian Cities. Num Pages: 282 pages, 11 black and white; 0 full color. BIC Classification: 1FPC; DSBH; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 567.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Amsterdam University Press Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789089645876
- ISBN
- 9789089645876
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 148.31
€ 148.31
Hardcover. The cultural history of same-sex sexual matters in later medieval England. Series: Crossing Boundaries: Turku Medieval and Early Modern Studies. Num Pages: 388 pages, 0 black and white; 6 full color. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC; HBTB; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 243 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 640.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Amsterdam University Press Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 388
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- SKU
- V9789089646293
- ISBN
- 9789089646293
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.69
€ 161.69
Paperback. Editor(s): Lange, Michiel de; Lammes, Sybille; Raessens, Joost; Mul, Jos de; Frissen, Valerie. Series: Mediamatters. Num Pages: 366 pages, 4 black and white; 8 full color. BIC Classification: JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Amsterdam University Press Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 366
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- SKU
- V9789089646392
- ISBN
- 9789089646392
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Condition: New
€ 59.12
€ 59.12
Hardcover. This book provides a systematic overview of the "global city" debate and competing theoretical notions, as well as an argument for the need to test the framework's empirical validity before the unresolved questions can be fruitfully addressed. Num Pages: 160 pages, 0 black and white; 9 full color. BIC Classification: 1DDN; JFFJ; JFFN; JFFS; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 241 x 14. Weight in Grams: 382.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Amsterdam University Press Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- SKU
- V9789089647603
- ISBN
- 9789089647603
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.36
€ 122.36
Hardback. The Impact of Losing Your Job builds on findings from life course sociology to show clearly just what effects job loss has on income, family life, and future prospects. Series: Changing Welfare States. Num Pages: 264 pages, 43 full color. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1KBB; JFFA; JKSB; KCFM; KCR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 241 x 21. Weight in Grams: 564.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Amsterdam University Press Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789089648051
- ISBN
- 9789089648051
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 143.82
€ 143.82
Paperback. Richly illustrated reconstruction - equal parts social history, anthropology, and survival chronicle - of the journey of 30 castaways from the Dutch ship Amstelveen. Num Pages: 148 pages, 60 black and white; 0 full color. BIC Classification: 1FBX; HBJF; HBLL; HBTB; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 9. Weight in Grams: 355.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Amsterdam University Press Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 148
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789089648389
- ISBN
- 9789089648389
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Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 47.95
€ 49.99
€ 47.95
Hardback. This book presents a new perspective on attempts by the contemporary Chinese government to transform the diverse conditions found in countless rural villages into what the state's social welfare program deems 'socialist new villages'. Series: China's Environment and Welfare. Num Pages: 248 pages, 59 full color. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFSF; JKS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Amsterdam University Press Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789089648464
- ISBN
- 9789089648464
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.18
€ 134.18
Hardcover. This book considers the growing awareness in the wake of World War I that culture could play an effective political role in international relations. Series: Heritage and Memory Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages, 6 full color. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DST; 1QRM; HBTB; HBTQ; JFC; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Amsterdam University Press Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9789089648778
- ISBN
- 9789089648778
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 143.82
€ 143.82
Hardcover. This collection surveys recent transformations in Islamic Studies, taking stock of the field and showing new paths forward. Editor(s): Buskens, Leon; Sandwijk, Annemarie. Num Pages: 284 pages, 3 black and white; 2 full color. BIC Classification: 3JM; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Amsterdam University Press Netherlands
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789089649263
- ISBN
- 9789089649263
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 147.13
€ 147.13