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Accounts of China's global rise emphasize economics and politics, largely neglecting the cultivation of China's people. This title by focusing on the decade since 2000, and especially 2004 - 09, argues that the vital politics of population has been central to the globalizing agenda of the reform state. Series: The Edwin O.Reischauer Lectures. Num Pages: 156 pages, 1 halftone, 5 line illustrations, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JHBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 245 x 20. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 156
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674055711
- ISBN
- 9780674055711
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 40.39
€ 47.99
€ 40.39
paperback. Was punk just another moment in music history, a flash in time when a group of young rebels exploded in a fury of raw sound? Greil Marcus delves into the afterlife of punk as a much richer phenomenon - a form of artistic and social rebellion that continually erupts into popular culture. Num Pages: 448 pages, 9 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJPL; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; AVGP; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 29. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674445772
- ISBN
- 9780674445772
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 39.34
€ 46.99
€ 39.34
Culling the Masses questions the view that democracy and racism cannot coexist. Based on records from 22 countries 1790-2010, it offers a history of the rise and fall of racial selection in the Western Hemisphere, showing that democracies were first to select immigrants by race, and undemocratic states first to outlaw discrimination. Num Pages: 448 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFFN; JFSL; JPB; LNDA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 164 x 236 x 38. Weight in Grams: 900.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674729049
- ISBN
- 9780674729049
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.91€ 63.15
€ 68.91
€ 63.15
paperback. In this text, Wilson's work on the biological basis of social behavior in all species from amoeba colonies to human societies has been trimmed to its essential argument and most compelling examples. Series: Harvard paperbacks. Num Pages: 376 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 276 x 210 x 25. Weight in Grams: 888.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1980
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674816244
- ISBN
- 9780674816244
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.26€ 48.67
€ 52.26
€ 48.67
paperback. Family values are central to our society, but as John Gillis points out in this book, most of our images of home-sweet-home are of a very recent vintage. He questions idealized notions of "the family" and the political construction of family rituals and argues these images must be open to change. Num Pages: 336 pages, 4 halftones. BIC Classification: JFC; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674961883
- ISBN
- 9780674961883
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 35.20
€ 41.99
€ 35.20
States are more likely to engage in risky and destabilizing actions such as military buildups and preemptive strikes if they believe their adversaries pose a tangible threat. This book draws on a wealth of historical archival evidence to shed new light on how world leaders and intelligence organizations actually make these assessments. Series: Princeton Studies in International History and Politics. Num Pages: 360 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 163 x 27. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691159157
- ISBN
- 9780691159157
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 112.96€ 86.38
€ 112.96
€ 86.38
Reveals how huge intoxicant industries were altered by warlord rule, Japanese occupation, and war. Powering the spread of alcohol and opium - initially heralded as markers of class or modernity and whose use was well documented - these industries flourished throughout the early twentieth century even as a vigorous anti-intoxicant movement raged. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBT; JKVG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 230 x 25. Weight in Grams: 592.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774824286
- ISBN
- 9780774824286
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.37
€ 41.37
Editor(s): Banting, Keith G.; Myles, John. Num Pages: 425 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBA; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 798.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 425
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774825993
- ISBN
- 9780774825993
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 107.64
€ 107.64
An engaging study of the rapid urbanization of a former village subsumed by the expanding city of Hanoi. Num Pages: 456 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 3JJG; 3JMC; JFSG; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774826679
- ISBN
- 9780774826679
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 107.64
€ 107.64
Drawing on a collaborative research project, this book provides an alternative model for how oral and public histories should be recorded and curated. Series: Shared: Oral and Public History Series. Num Pages: 384 pages, , black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTD; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 33. Weight in Grams: 794.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774826839
- ISBN
- 9780774826839
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 107.64
€ 107.64
Num Pages: 240 pages, 13, 13 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JFSG; JFSL3; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 232 x 20. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801452826
- ISBN
- 9780801452826
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 140.77
€ 140.77
- Publisher
- United States
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803283510
- ISBN
- 9780803283510
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.99
€ 21.99
€ 20.99
A history and sociological analysis of the semantics of speculation between 1870 and 1930, this book looks at how speculation was represented in popular discourse and analyzes the discursive struggles turning it into a legitimate economic practice. Translator(s): Savoth, Eric. Num Pages: 312 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPX; JHB; KCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 585. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804771313
- ISBN
- 9780804771313
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 150.96
€ 150.96
Following the story of a Kurdish tribal militia employed by the Ottoman state, this book explores the contradictory logic of how states incorporate those they ultimately aim to suppress and how groups who seek autonomy from the state often attempt to do so through state channels. Num Pages: 288 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1DVT; HBW; JFSL1; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804775700
- ISBN
- 9780804775700
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 119.11
€ 119.11
Directly opposing ideas constructed and perpetuated by pundits and the media at large, The Latino Threat challenges the suggestion that Latino immigrants are unwilling to integrate and reveals that citizenship is not just about legal definitions, but about participation in society. Num Pages: 312 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFN; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804783514
- ISBN
- 9780804783514
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 108.92
€ 108.92
Explores the dialectic of cynicism and hope and the role of human rights in the production of rule in the occupied Palestinian territories. Series: Stanford Studies in Human Rights. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBP; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804784702
- ISBN
- 9780804784702
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 129.31
€ 129.31
Through an examination of the pharmaceutical industry and access to medicine in Central America, this book considers whether health is a human right or a commodity, and whether human rights advocacy is an antidote to the advance of neoliberal social policy or the very vehicle through which it now advances. Series: Stanford Studies in Human Rights. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1KLC; JPVH; KCLT; LNR; MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 20. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804785600
- ISBN
- 9780804785600
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 114.01
€ 114.01
Social Movements, Mobilization, and Contestation in the Middle East an...
. Ed(S): Beinin, Joel; Vairel, Frederic
This book offers a nuanced understanding of the contexts, culturally conditioned rationality, local networks, and innovation in contentious action across the Middle East and North Africa to give the reader a substantive understanding of events in the Arab world before and since 2011. Editor(s): Beinin, Joel; Vairel, Frederic. Series: Stanford Studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic Societies and Cultures. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. .
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804785686
- ISBN
- 9780804785686
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 129.31
€ 129.31
Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 3JM; JPS; JWMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 585. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804789127
- ISBN
- 9780804789127
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 140.77
€ 140.77
Editor(s): Bauman, H-Dirksen L.; Murray, Joseph J. Num Pages: 568 pages, 60 black & white illustrations, 2 tables. BIC Classification: JFFG; JHMC; JNSC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 263 x 191 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1180.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 568
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816691210
- ISBN
- 9780816691210
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 114.01
€ 114.01