Society & social sciences
Results 38021 - 38040 of 67946
Society & social sciences
Paperback. The first English translation of a classic work in vision science from 1936 by a leading figure in the Gestalt movement, covering topics that continue to be major issues in vision research today. Translator(s): Spillmann, Lothar. Num Pages: 230 pages, 194 illus. BIC Classification: JMA; MJN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 143 x 11. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- MIT Press Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780262513364
- ISBN
- 9780262513364
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 38.97
€ 43.99
€ 38.97
This book explains not only why the world isn't flat but also the patterns that govern cross-border interactions. Num Pages: 408 pages, 76 b/w illus. 38 tables. BIC Classification: JPS; KCL; KJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 800.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107162921
- ISBN
- 9781107162921
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.71
€ 78.71
Paperback. Chronicles the first decades of an informal lottery called the jogo do bicho, or animal game, which originated in Rio de Janeiro in 1892, and remains popular in Brazil today. Series: Radical Perspectives. Num Pages: 368 pages, 30 photos, 11 tables, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822349884
- ISBN
- 9780822349884
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 39.84
€ 41.99
€ 39.84
Hardcover. This volume describes the laws and ordinances from the colony of New Netherland from 1647 to 1658 and writs of appeal from 1658 to 1663. The laws reveal the legal thinking of the Dutch on subjects such as Indians, smuggling, crime and everyday issues including wages, fencing and land allocation. Editor(s): Gehring, Charles T. Translator(s): Gehring, Charles T. Series: New Netherland Documents Series. Num Pages: 200 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JD; HBJK; HBLH; JFC; LAFR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 174 x 21. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815625223
- ISBN
- 9780815625223
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.90
€ 63.90
hardcover. Editor(s): Horle, Craig W.; Foster, Joseph S.; Wolfe, Laurie M. Num Pages: 1635 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; GBCB; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 88. Weight in Grams: 2885.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 1635
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780966779455
- ISBN
- 9780966779455
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.74€ 54.00
€ 58.74
€ 54.00
Paperback. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; JPS; JPVH; LB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 37. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141985053
- ISBN
- 9780141985053
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.78
€ 14.99
€ 11.78
Hardcover. Series: Living Out: Gay and Lesbian Autobiographies. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGA; JFSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299294908
- ISBN
- 9780299294908
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.86
€ 27.99
€ 24.86
Paperback. Law s Metaphors: Interrogating Languages of Law, Justice and Legitimacy presents a series of essays that reveal how metaphors for terms relating to the theory and practice of law are utilized in legal texts, literary works, and in our popular imagination. Editor(s): Gurnham, David. Series: Journal of Law and Society Special Issues. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QFE; JH; LA; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 8. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781119266822
- ISBN
- 9781119266822
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.56
€ 29.56
Hardback. Law, War and Crime examines the meaning of war crime trials and their cultural and political effects. Gerry Simpson traces the development the origins of the war crimes field from the outlawing of piracy to contemporary war crimes trials, and situates the phenomenon in the context of broader social and political forces. Num Pages: 236 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JWXK; LBBS; LBBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745630229
- ISBN
- 9780745630229
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.18
€ 73.18
Paperback. This comprehensive volume assesses the relationship between legal rights and disability and the effect of law, legal process and third party professional intervention on the lives of people with disabilities. The contributors, who are all either academics or other professional experts in their field, write in a jargon free accessible style. Editor(s): Cooper, Jeremy. Num Pages: 320 pages, references, index. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DBKW; JFFG; LBBR; LNA; LNDA; LNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853028366
- ISBN
- 9781853028366
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.64
€ 47.64
Hardcover. In democratic states, the courts can help safeguard civil liberties against excessive legislative and executive efforts to combat terrorism Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: JPVH; JPWL; LAB; LAF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472119097
- ISBN
- 9780472119097
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.31
€ 76.31
Hardcover. Editor(s): Boyer, Allen D. Num Pages: 406 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 165 x 30. Weight in Grams: 788.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Liberty Fund Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 406
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780865974258
- ISBN
- 9780865974258
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 24.11
€ 32.99
€ 24.11
Paperback. Editor(s): Boyer, Allen D. Num Pages: 406 pages, frontispiece. BIC Classification: JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 602.
- Publisher
- Liberty Fund Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 406
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780865974265
- ISBN
- 9780865974265
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.73
€ 14.99
€ 12.73
Paperback. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 584 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA; KCP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 32. Weight in Grams: 884.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 584
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415522298
- ISBN
- 9780415522298
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.97
€ 26.99
€ 24.97
Paperback. This study strives to illustrate the lingering second-class status of women under the current legal system in the United States, and questions whether a "one-size-fits-all" vision of individual rights will ever improve the situation. Num Pages: 580 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; JPVH; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 794.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 580
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780814735091
- ISBN
- 9780814735091
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.96
€ 42.96
Paperback. In recent years the mass murder of thousands of innocent civilians by al Qaeda terrorists has plumbed the depths of criminality and immorality. Yet it is the response to those attacks, particularly by the United States, that has provoked widespread accusations that the anti-terrorist cure may be worse than the terrorist disease. Series: War and Conflict in the Modern World. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 214 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745641096
- ISBN
- 9780745641096
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.80
€ 24.80
Hardback. In recent years the mass murder of thousands of innocent civilians by al Qaeda terrorists has plumbed the depths of criminality and immorality. Yet it is the response to those attacks, particularly by the United States, that has provoked widespread accusations that the anti-terrorist cure may be worse than the terrorist disease. Series: War and Conflict in the Modern World. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables. BIC Classification: JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 146 x 20. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745641089
- ISBN
- 9780745641089
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.33
€ 60.33
Paperback. Explores the things that law recognizes as errors and the way it responds to them. These essays identify the jurisprudential and political perspectives that underlie different understandings of what is or is not a legal mistake, and examine the fraught, contested, and evolving relationship between law and error. Editor(s): Sarat, Austin; Douglas, Lawrence; Umphrey, Martha. Series: The Amherst Series. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBN; JHB; LAQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 525.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781625341938
- ISBN
- 9781625341938
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.44
€ 41.44
Hardback. From the Justice Department's memos defending coerced interrogation to Alberto Gonzales' firing of US Attorneys who did not fit the Bush Administration's political needs, this title paints a picture of the many detours that George W Bush and his allies created to thwart transparency and undermine the rule of law after September 11, 2001. Series: Critical America Series. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA; LBBR; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814795590
- ISBN
- 9780814795590
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.85
€ 57.85
Paperback. Law school's highly pressurized, super-competitive atmosphere often leaves students stressed out and confused, especially in their first year. Balancing life and schoolwork, passing the bar, and landing a job are challenges that students often need help facing. This title serves as a guide to surviving and thriving in law school. Series: For dummies. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNMN; JNZ; LN; VSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 189 x 22. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764525483
- ISBN
- 9780764525483
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 23.77
€ 25.99
€ 23.77