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Hardback. This volume provides the first comprehensive examination of travel guidebooks and their conceptualisation, use and impact. It challenges the current limited tourism research approaches to the topic, including the routinely held assumption that the internet has all but destroyed the printed guidebook. Series: Tourism and Cultural Change. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: GTC; JFC; JFD; KNSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 221 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Channel View Publications Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845415631
- ISBN
- 9781845415631
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 178.58
€ 178.58
Hardback. At the heart of the historical and social sciences lies the remarkable gray area of learning processes. "Learning" is usually perceived as individual childhood development at home and at school and has been written about extensively. Editor(s): Linden, Marcel van der. Translator(s): Templer, William. Num Pages: 160 pages, 4 ills. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845450045
- ISBN
- 9781845450045
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Condition: New
€ 160.53
€ 160.53
Hardback. Num Pages: Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JMH; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845450076
- ISBN
- 9781845450076
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 160.65
€ 160.65
hardcover. Editor(s): Chatty, Dawn; LEWANDO HUNDT, GILLIAN. Series: Studies in Forced Migration. Num Pages: Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: JFFN; JKS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 161 x 236 x 22. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845450106
- ISBN
- 9781845450106
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.41
€ 161.41
Hardback. Num Pages: Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845450250
- ISBN
- 9781845450250
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.73
€ 161.73
hardcover. Num Pages: charts, maps. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 147 x 23. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845450373
- ISBN
- 9781845450373
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.08
€ 162.08
Hardback. Notions of magic and healing have been changing over past years and are now understood as reflecting local ideas of power and agency, as well as structures of self, subjectivity and affect. This study focuses on contemporary urban Russia and, through exploring social conditions, conveys the experience of living that makes magic logical. Series: Epistemologies of Healing. Num Pages: 272 pages, Bibliog., index. BIC Classification: JHM; VXW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845450571
- ISBN
- 9781845450571
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.54
€ 161.54
The Society of the Cincinnati. Conspiracy and Distrust in Early Americ...
Markus (University Of Munich) Hunemorder
Hardback. Num Pages: bibliog , index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLH; JPWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845451073
- ISBN
- 9781845451073
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.13
€ 161.13
Hardback. This compelling study is an in-depth journey, the first of its kind, into how heterosexual, lesbian and gay couples using programmes of gamete donation conceptualize and make Italian kinship. It explores the provision of treatment in clinical and non-clinical settings at a time when Italy was considered the 'Wild-West' of assisted conception. Series: Fertility, Reproduction & Sexuality. Num Pages: 10 illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DS; JFSJ; JFSK; JHBK; PSXM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 162 x 235 x 15. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845451127
- ISBN
- 9781845451127
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 160.76
€ 160.76
Hardback. 2004 threw into sharp relief the principal features of the political conjuncture, one in which the Italian political transition shows few signs of coming to a conclusion. This volume gives an overview of the year's developments regarding the government's approach to the European constitution, the new judicial system, and the pensions legislation. Editor(s): Guarnieri, Carlo; Newell, James. Series: Italian Politics. Num Pages: Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 137 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845451370
- ISBN
- 9781845451370
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.54
€ 161.54
Hardback. Through the concept of "social navigation," this book sheds light on the mobilization of urban youth in West Africa. Social navigation offers a perspective on praxis in situations of conflict and turmoil. It provides insights into the interplay between objective structures and subjective agency. BIC Classification: 1HFD; JFSP2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845451486
- ISBN
- 9781845451486
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.37
€ 161.37
The Limits of Meaning. Case Studies in the Anthropology of Christianit...
. Ed(S): Engelke, Matthew; Tomlinson, Matt
Hardback. Too often, anthropological accounts of ritual leave readers with the impression that rituals are "meaningful events." But what happens when rituals fail? Drawing on research in the anthropology of Christianity from around the globe, this book suggests that in order to analyze meaning productively, we need to consider its limits. Editor(s): Engelke, Matthew; Tomlinson, Matt. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: HRCR; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 150 x 19. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845451707
- ISBN
- 9781845451707
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.06
€ 161.06
Hardcover. Offers a study of the interaction of science, religion, politics and the culture of celebrity in twentieth-century Europe and America. This book looks at the career of physician Alexis Carrel, as a way of understanding the popularization of eugenics through religious faith, cultural despair and right-wing politics in the 1930s and 1940s. Series: Berghahn Monographs in French Studies. Num Pages: bibliog., index. BIC Classification: JHBD; PSAK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 531.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845451721
- ISBN
- 9781845451721
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.74
€ 161.74
Hardcover. Follows selected stories of friendship ranging over early childhood, school, the workplace, and some unique war experiences. This book explores the symbolism of friendship in rituals for the fallen soldiers, the commemoration of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, and the national infatuation with recovering bodies of missing soldiers. Num Pages: 190 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ2; JMH; JWD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 176 x 16. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 190
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845451929
- ISBN
- 9781845451929
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 160.77
€ 160.77
Hardcover. Provides information on the complexity of German policy toward the Jews and the policy of forced labour. This book describes the daily life of the Jewish slave labourers; and traces Reich economic policy and the huge concerns that used slave labour. Translator(s): IBRT. Num Pages: 304 pages, 20 ills., 3 maps, bibliog., index. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 159 x 235 x 21. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845452063
- ISBN
- 9781845452063
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.20
€ 162.20
Hardback. Using case studies, focusing on nation and nationalism, military and war, colonialism, politics and protest, class and citizenship, religion, Jewish and non-Jewish Germans, the Holocaust, and the body and sexuality, this work demonstrates the power of the gender perspective to challenge existing interpretations and rewrite mainstream arguments. Editor(s): Hagemann, Karen; Quataert, Jean H. Num Pages: 310 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBAH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 160 x 236 x 21. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845452070
- ISBN
- 9781845452070
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.03
€ 162.03
Hardback. Providing a comprehensive spectrum of case studies in relevant contexts, this volume raises the issue of the rehabilitation of vision and contextualizes vision in the contemporary debate on the construction of local knowledge versus the hegemony of the socio-technical network. It gives practical examples that are useful to undergraduate students. Editor(s): Grasseni, Cristina. Series: EASA Series. Num Pages: 42 ills, bibliog., index. BIC Classification: JHBL. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845452100
- ISBN
- 9781845452100
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 160.93
€ 160.93
Hardcover. Although Sweden saw the emergence of the populist party New Democracy in the early 1990s, it collapsed in 1994, and no party has so far been successful to take its place. Most literature on populism deals with successful cases. This book takes the opposite direction and asks how one can explain the failure of Swedish radical right-wing populism. Num Pages: Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DNS; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; JPFM; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Edition
- illustrated edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845452186
- ISBN
- 9781845452186
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 160.17
€ 160.17
Hardback. Focusing on organization, resistance and political culture, this collection covers topics ranging from socialism to anarchism, from the formation of the liberal state in the 19th century to the Civil War, and from women in the work place to the fate of the unions under Franco. Editor(s): Piqueras, Jose A.; Sanz Rozalen, Vicent. Series: International Studies in Social History. Num Pages: bibliog., index. BIC Classification: 1DSE; HBTB; JHBL; KCF. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 161 x 25. Weight in Grams: 588.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845452964
- ISBN
- 9781845452964
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.03
€ 162.03
Hardback. Follows the daily lives of rural women in the Sitapur district of Uttar Pradesh, an agricultural region with high rates of infant mortality, where maternal health services are poor while family planning efforts are intensive, from a range of castes and communities. This book develops an approach to access to care that focuses on various aspects. Series: Fertility, Reproduction & Sexuality. Num Pages: bibliog., index. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFSJ1; JHBF; JHBZ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 24. Weight in Grams: 604.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845453107
- ISBN
- 9781845453107
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.20
€ 162.20