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Paperback. Nationalism has become the most prevalent source of political conflict and violence in the world. Departing from the usual practice of considering only a few examples of nationalism drawn from a limited geographical and historical canvas, this book is based on fundamental theoretical ideas about the formation and solidarity of groups. Num Pages: 268 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSL1; JPA; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 392.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199247516
ISBN
9780199247516
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 90.07

Paperback. A study of international efforts to contain missile proliferation. Num Pages: 264 pages, bibliog., index. BIC Classification: JPSF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 409.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295985077
ISBN
9780295985077
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.58

Paperback. Isabel Menzies Lyth has formulated a way of thinking about social structures as forms of defence. The author extends her analytic range to cover themes of children in long-stay hospitals and day-care institutions, and the maternal role today. Num Pages: 269 pages. BIC Classification: JMAF; JMH; MQC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 374.
Publisher
Free Association Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
269
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853430015
ISBN
9781853430015
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.52

Paperback. Argues that we need to understand the appeal and persistence of the outbreak narrative because the stories we tell about disease emergence have consequences. This title presents cautionary tale about how the stories we tell circumscribe our thinking about global health and human interactions as the world imagines the next Great Plague. Series: A John Hope Franklin Center Book. Num Pages: 392 pages, 9 illustrations, 2 figures. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 228 x 24. Weight in Grams: 548.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822341536
ISBN
9780822341536
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.82

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 166 x 14. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
NYU Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814784464
ISBN
9780814784464
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.31

Hardcover. Explain the rise, decline, or stagnant levels of women's political participation, considering how representation is contagious across political institutions Num Pages: 208 pages, 31 figures, 28 tables. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814784174
ISBN
9780814784174
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.91

Hardback. Utilizing the cross-disciplinary approach of global studies, contagion emerges as a vexed trope for globalization itself Editor(s): Magnusson, Bruce; Zalloua, Zahi. Series: Global Re-Visions. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295991740
ISBN
9780295991740
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.74

Hardback. Drawing on intellectual and social history as well as the work of Michel Foucault, the author investigates the intersection of scientific, political, and professional interests that informed perceptions and understandings of contagion in 19th-century France. Num Pages: 252 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBTB; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 465.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804733953
ISBN
9780804733953
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 88.81

Paperback. Utilizing the cross-disciplinary approach of global studies, contagion emerges as a vexed trope for globalization itself Editor(s): Magnusson, Bruce. Series: Global Re-Visions. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 228 x 15. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295991733
ISBN
9780295991733
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.61

Paperback. The making of homosexual identity is the result of a communicative process that entails scarching, listening, looking, reading, and finding. This book proposes that this communicative process has a history, and it sets out to tell that story. Num Pages: 320 pages, 23 halftones, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 180 x 19. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226517353
ISBN
9780226517353
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.41

Paperback. .
Publisher
PCCS Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
311
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9781898059325
ISBN
9781898059325
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.58

Paperback. Examines how self-identified middle class Brazilians in Sao Paulo redefined their class during Brazil's economic crisis of 1981-1994. Illuminating the intricate relation between identity and local and global consumption, this work is suitable for students and scholars in anthropology and Latin American studies. Num Pages: 280 pages, 8 b&w photos, 1 map, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JFCA; JFFT; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5893 x 3963 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822328940
ISBN
9780822328940
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.31

Hardcover. Consumption practices in China have been transformed at an unprecedented pace. Series: China Today. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFFT; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 466.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780745669700
ISBN
9780745669700
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.17

Paperback. Consumption practices in China have been transformed at an unprecedented pace. Num Pages: 176 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFFT; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 306.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745669717
ISBN
9780745669717
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.41

Hardback. Series: Economic Studies. Num Pages: 312 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFT; KJSM. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 154 x 26. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674166356
ISBN
9780674166356
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.98
€ 52.08

Hardcover. This ethnographic examination of a middle-class group that must re-position itself--schoolteachers in 1990s Russia--depicts the interplay between identity, morality and consumption. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; JFSC; JHBL; JHM; JNKH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 585. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804700696
ISBN
9780804700696
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 139.27

Paperback. * A new book by one of the world s leading anthropologists and a leading figure in the study of material culture. * Brings together Miller s key writings on consumption, consumer capitalism and related topics. * The sequel to Miller s highly successful Stuff. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: JHB; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 344.
Publisher
Polity
Number of pages
200
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745661087
ISBN
9780745661087
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 23.93

Hardcover. By contrasting Pound's political values with those of Stein and Zukofsky, this study argues that these three different writers share a complex set of attitudes that are grounded in a collective social fantasy corresponding to the rise of mass consumption and the emergence of corporate social forms. Num Pages: 283 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 26. Weight in Grams: 578.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333714515
ISBN
9780333714515
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.70

Paperback. This book provides a clear and concise introduction to the concept of consumption and to the wide--ranging debates about the nature and consequences of consumer society. Community and social class appear to be in irreversible decline. Series: Key Concepts. Num Pages: 178 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFT; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 226.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
178
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745625300
ISBN
9780745625300
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.23

Paperback. From the novels of Anne Rice to 'The Lost Boys', from 'The Terminator' to cyberpunk science fiction, vampires and cyborgs have become strikingly visible figures within popular culture. In this work Rob Latham explains why, giving a perspective on youth culture and the media. Num Pages: 312 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: DSB; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 143 x 17. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226468921
ISBN
9780226468921
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 33.29

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