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Paperback. From the fall of the Ottoman Empire through the Arab Spring, this title offers a classic treatise on the making of the contemporary Middle East remains essential reading for students and general readers who want to gain a better understanding of this diverse region. Num Pages: 576 pages, 39 b/w photographs, 5 maps, 19 tables. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; HBLW; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 229 x 34. Weight in Grams: 782.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
532
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
3rd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520277816
ISBN
9780520277816
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 32.86

Paperback. Former industry insider Sean McFate lays bare the opaque world of private military contractors, explaining the economic structure of the industry and showing in detail how firms operate on the ground. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: JPS; JWK; JWXN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190621087
ISBN
9780190621087
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.88

Hardback. This magnificent ethnographic photo-essay presents the modern Maya of Yucatan who - resilient, resourceful, creative, and armed with intimate knowledge of the place where they live - have survived centuries of upheaval Series: The William and Bette Nowlin Series in Art, History, and Culture of the Western Hemisphere. Num Pages: 368 pages, 385 duotones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; AJC; HBJK; JFC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 7747 x 5817 x 915. Weight in Grams: 2212.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292726932
ISBN
9780292726932
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.24

Hardcover. Editor(s): Sternberg, Robert J. Num Pages: 420 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1089.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Purdue University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781557536778
ISBN
9781557536778
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.43
€ 60.79

Paperback. During the 1920s and 1930s, in cities from Beijing to Bombay, Tokyo to Berlin, Johannesburg to New York, the Modern Girl made her flashy, fashionable appearance in city streets and cafes, in films, advertisements, and illustrated magazines. This work tracks the Modern Girl as she emerged as a global phenomenon during the 1920s and 1930s. Editor(s): Weinbaum, Alys Eve; Modern Girl Around the World Research Group; Thomas, Lynn M.; Ramamurthy, Priti; Poiger, Uta G.; Dong, Madeleine Yue. Series: Next Wave: New Directions in Women's Studies. Num Pages: 435 pages, 132 illustrations. BIC Classification: HB; JFC; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 656.
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822343059
ISBN
9780822343059
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.07

Paperback. Explores the developments in technique in the practice of psychoanalysis today. Editor(s): Ellman, Carolyn S.; Grand, Stanley. Num Pages: 306 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JMAF; MMJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Jason Aronson Inc. Publishers United States
Number of pages
306
Condition
New
SKU
V9780765702296
ISBN
9780765702296
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 96.95

hardcover. This leading sociologist brings his distinctive method of social criticism to bear on some of the most significant ideas, political and social events, and thinkers of the late twentieth century. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5182 x 3226 x 21. Weight in Grams: 475.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804732390
ISBN
9780804732390
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 144.19

Paperback. How we die reveals much about how we live. This book traces the history of euthanasia in the United States to show how changing attitudes toward death reflect new and troubling ways of experiencing pain, hope, and freedom. It shows how over time, the term came to mean a death blessed by the grace of God, and later, medical hastening of death. Num Pages: 240 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFME. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 334.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691133904
ISBN
9780691133904
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.88

Paperback. Faced with the failure of the romantic muse and the other two-sex tropes for the imagination, writers such as James Joyce, William Faulkner and Virginia Woolf became attracted to a culturally specific notion of an androgynous imagination. This text explores the process by which this happened. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBF; DSBH; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813919805
ISBN
9780813919805
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.72

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 424 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPQ; JPR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 571.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691614472
ISBN
9780691614472
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 73.99
€ 57.39

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 424 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPQ; JPR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 771.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691642109
ISBN
9780691642109
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 224.20

Paperback. .
Publisher
University Press of Kansas United States
Number of pages
360
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
2 Rev Upd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700616848
ISBN
9780700616848
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.32

Paperback. The Modern American Military is composed of essays surveying the mission and character of the United States armed forces in the twenty-first century. Editor(s): Kennedy, David M. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPS; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 158 x 30. Weight in Grams: 464.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190230906
ISBN
9780190230906
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 35.98

Hardback. The Modern American Metropolis: A Documentary Reader introduces the history of American cities and suburbs through a collection of original source materials that historians have long used to make sense of the urban experience. Editor(s): Freund, David M. P. Series: Uncovering the Past: Documentary Readers in American History. Num Pages: 344 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD; HBJK; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 584.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781444339017
ISBN
9781444339017
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.29

Paperback. "The Modern Age" examines the discourses that have come to characterize adolescence and argues that commonplace views of adolescents as impulsive, conflicted, and rebellious are constructions inspired by broader cultural anxieties that characterized American society in early-twentieth-century America. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Alabama Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817356989
ISBN
9780817356989
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.62

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 432 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MBN; JPA; JPP; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 771.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691644035
ISBN
9780691644035
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 229.95

paperback. When the Germans arrived on the Channel Islands after the defeat of France in the summer of 1940, they and the islanders agreed that it would be a "Model Occupation". But as the war dragged on and Britain appeared to abandon the islands to their fate, so features of Nazi occupation already widespread throughout Europe emerged. Num Pages: 400 pages, 16. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBWQ; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 135. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
9781784707163
ISBN
9781784707163
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.10

Hardcover. With the emergence of mass higher education, many national governments have identified a diverse higher education system as a policy objective. This volume attempts to further our understanding of processes affecting diversity by addressing them from a theoretical and empirical perspective in a comparative setting. Editor(s): Meek, V. Lynn (University of New England, Armidale, Australia); Geodegebuure, L.; Kivinen, O.; Rinne, R. Series: Issues in Higher Education S. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JNK; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 165 x 21. Weight in Grams: 538.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Emerald Group Publishing Limited United Kingdom
Edition
1st
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780080425634
ISBN
9780080425634
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.93

Hardback. Using Dominicans in New York City as a case study, Ramona Hernandez challenges the old belief that workers necessarily migrate from one region to another because of supply and demand or because of a de facto government policy to make people leave or stay. As a result, she shows that the traditional correlation between migration and economic progress does not always hold true. Num Pages: 200 pages, 10 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 1KJD; 3JJP; 3JM; JFFN; JHBL; KCB; KCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 158 x 19. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231116220
ISBN
9780231116220
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.02
€ 80.20

Paperback. Based on extensive archival research, this book explores the history of Frankism, a Jewish religious movement that began in Poland and spread into the Habsburg Empire and the German lands in the later eighteenth century. Series: Jewish Culture & Contexts. Num Pages: 376 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JF; 3JH; HRJ; HRLP1; JFSR1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 154 x 230 x 29. Weight in Grams: 560.
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812223439
ISBN
9780812223439
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.32

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