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Society & social sciences
Hardback. Engaging with topics central to scholarly debates on modern China, this book shows that China's early twentieth-century school system, a product of negotiation and compromise, was more successful than previous scholarship has allowed. Series: Contemporary Chinese Studies Series. Num Pages: 240 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; JNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774821766
- ISBN
- 9780774821766
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 100.83
€ 100.83
Paperback. What is at stake in compromising the Enlightenment ideals of liberal education with educational policies engendered by a neo-liberalized, global marketplace? This text explores Western culture's longstanding ambivalence toward "the life of the mind". Series: Critical Perspectives Series: A Book Series Dedicated to Paulo Freire. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: JNA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 148 x 10. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847698431
- ISBN
- 9780847698431
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.16
€ 60.16
hardcover. This is an edited volume reviewing the major means-tested social programs in the United States. Each author addresses a major program or area, reviewing each area's successes and recommending how to address shortcomings through policy change. Num Pages: 262 pages, 18 black & white illustrations, 5 tables. BIC Classification: JKS; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 146 x 23. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- AEI Press United States
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780844750040
- ISBN
- 9780844750040
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 102.49€ 84.33
€ 102.49
€ 84.33
Paperback. From bestselling author and teacher Mary Maccracken comes the engaging and inspiring story of five troubled children who she fought to bring back from the brink Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BM; JNSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 218. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- SKU
- KIN0036387
- ISBN
- 9780007555185
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Just after the iron curtain fell on Eastern Europe John Steinbeck and acclaimed war photographer, Robert Capa ventured into the Soviet Union to report for the New York Herald Tribune. This title deals with the two artists, who at the height of their powers, answer their needs to document human struggle. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; BJ; HBJD; HBLW3; JFC; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 184. Just after the iron curtain fell on Eastern Europe John Steinbeck and acclaimed war photographer, Robert Capa ventured into the Soviet Union to report for the New York Herald Tribune. This title deals with the two artists, who at the height of their powers, answer their needs to document human struggle. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; BJ; HBJD; HBLW3; JFC; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141186337
- ISBN
- 9780141186337
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.53
€ 17.99
€ 12.53
paperback. Covering the period from the Russian parliamentary elections of December 2003 to the tragic aftermath of the Beslan school siege in late 2005, this title is an unflinching record of the plight of millions of Russians and a pitiless report on the cynicism and corruption of Vladimir Putin's Presidency. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JMC; HBJD; HBLX; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 199 x 149 x 21. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099523451
- ISBN
- 9780099523451
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.91
€ 20.99
€ 16.91
Hardcover. A rumor of empathy in vicarious receptivity, understanding, interpretation, narrative, and empathic intersubjectivity becomes the scandal of empathy in Lipps and Strachey. Yet when all the philosophical arguments and categories are complete and all the hermeneutic circles spun out, we are quite simply in the presence of another human being. Num Pages: 144 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPM; HPQ; JMQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 217 x 15. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137492586
- ISBN
- 9781137492586
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.05
€ 66.05
Paperback. Num Pages: 112 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, black & white halftones, colour illust. BIC Classification: CF; JN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781624663628
- ISBN
- 9781624663628
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.27
€ 18.99
€ 15.27
Paperback. This volume draws on one of the key strands of theoretical innovation in international relations - critical political economy or transnational historical materialism - to develop a comprehensive and consistent analysis of processes of European integration. Editor(s): Cafruny, Alan W.; Ryner, Magnus. Series: Governance in Europe Series. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1QFE; JPSN2; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 148 x 227 x 18. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- Edition Unstated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742511422
- ISBN
- 9780742511422
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 78.89
€ 78.89
Paperback. With fiction, poetry, memoir, and oral history from a stellar collection of writers, including Raymond Chandler, Joan Didion, Washington Irving, Henry Miller, Sylvia Plath, Leslie Marmon Silko, and John Steinbeck, A Route 66 Companion offers a literary historical portrait of the most legendary open road in America Editor(s): Dunaway, David King. Num Pages: 200 pages, 6 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; WTL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5499 x 3564 x 330. Weight in Grams: 245.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780292726604
- ISBN
- 9780292726604
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.04
€ 22.04
Paperback. Offers a witty, urbane and persuasive argument against the intellectual subjection of women, particularly women writers. This title is also a passionate polemic which draws a startling comparison between the tyrannous hypocrisy of the Victorian patriarchal system and the evils of fascism. Series: Vintage Classics Woolf Series. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 133 x 178 x 21. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784870874
- ISBN
- 9781784870874
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.89
€ 11.99
€ 10.89
Paperback. In these two classic essays of feminist literature, Woolf argues passionately for women's intellectual freedom and their role in challenging the drive towards fascism and conflict. She raises questions concerning militarism, education, and social and gender inequality that are relevant to this day. Editor(s): Snaith, Anna. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 352 pages, 4 pages black and white images. BIC Classification: DNF; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 2nd Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199642212
- ISBN
- 9780199642212
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.79
€ 11.99
€ 10.79
Hardback. Based on a lecture given at Girton College, Cambridge, this title is one of the feminist polemics, ranging in its themes from Jane Austen and Carlotte Bronte, and the effects of poverty and sexual constraint on female creativity. It justifies the need for women to possess intellectual freedom and financial independence. Series: Penguin Pocket Hardbacks. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; JFFK; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 176 x 105 x 16. Weight in Grams: 174.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141395920
- ISBN
- 9780141395920
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.49
€ 17.99
€ 13.49
Hardback. Series: Macmillan Collector's Library. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEAC; 3JJG; DNF; DSK; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 93. .
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- New Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509843183
- ISBN
- 9781509843183
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.82
€ 14.99
€ 11.82
Paperback. Virginia Woolf's blazing polemic on female creativity, the role of writers and the silent fate of Shakespeare's imaginary sister remains a powerful reminder of a woman's need for financial independence and intellectual freedom. Series: Penguin Great Ideas. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 1DB; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 184 x 161 x 9. Weight in Grams: 92. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Format
- Paperback
- SKU
- KKD0006134
- ISBN
- 9780141018980
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Hardcover. The world of Saul Bellow is peopled largely by men - often intellectuals - who manifest Bellow's unique conception of American masculinity. This work analyzes Bellow's oeuvre from a feminist perspective. It incorporates the insights of French feminist theory on Western male philosophers. Series: Judaic Traditions in Literature, Music and Art. Num Pages: 224 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK; HPC; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815628620
- ISBN
- 9780815628620
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.18
€ 57.18
Paperback. Editor(s): Tahirovi?-Sijer?i?, Hedina; Levine-Rasky, Assistant Professor of Sociology Cynthia (Queen's University). BIC Classification: DSB; JFSJ1; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publisher
- Inanna Publications and Education Inc.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781771334013
- ISBN
- 9781771334013
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.70
€ 24.99
€ 21.70
A Right to Housing: Foundation for a New Social Agenda
. Ed(S): Hartman, Chester; Bratt, Rachel G.; ...
paperback. Compelling analysis of the persistent inability of the United States to meet the housing needs of a large portion of its people. Editor(s): Hartman, Chester; Bratt, Rachel G.; Stone, Michael. Num Pages: 448 pages, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSG; JKSB; JPQB; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 6466 x 4531 x 712. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592134328
- ISBN
- 9781592134328
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 46.53
€ 50.99
€ 46.53
Paperback. An immediate bestseller when first published in 1877, Burnaby s delight in a life of risk and adventure still burns through the pages, as does his spontaneous affection for the Cossack troopers and Tartar, Khirgiz and Turkoman tribesmen that he encounters on his way. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1FC; 3JH; JWKF; WTLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Eland Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780601120
- ISBN
- 9781780601120
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.33
€ 17.99
€ 13.33
Paperback. Series: Notre Dame Studies in Medical Ethics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268022211
- ISBN
- 9780268022211
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.58
€ 32.99
€ 29.58