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Hardback. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813539836
ISBN
9780813539836
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 161.16

Paperback. Climate change is arguably the great problem confronting humanity, but we have done little to head off this looming disaster. In The Perfect Moral Storm, Stephen Gardiner illuminates our dangerous inaction by placing the environmental crisis in an entirely new light, considering it as an ethical failure. Series: Environmental Ethics & Science Policy Series. Num Pages: 518 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFM; RNP; RNPG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 734.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199985142
ISBN
9780199985142
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.54

Paperback. Tackles the pressing question of how Canadian engagement with globalization can be marshaled to advance rather than impair human security, ecological integrity, and social emancipation. Series: Law and Society. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFFS; JPA; LB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 4039. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780774814898
ISBN
9780774814898
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.59

Hardcover. A Pernicious Sort of Woman provides examination of the writings of canon lawyers in the late Middle Ages as they come to terms with women who were not, strictly speaking, religious, but who were thought of as such. It studies the ways that jurists categorized these women and clarifies the ambivalent canons relating to their lives in the community. Series: Studies in Medieval and Early Modern Canon Law. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 3H; HRCX1; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
The Catholic University of America Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813213927
ISBN
9780813213927
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.85

Hardback. Written by a leading scholar in the field of nuclear weapons and international relations, this book examines 'the problem of order' arising from the existence of weapons of mass destruction. It also explores how various solutions were fashioned in the face of many predicaments, and why these solutions were deemed as effective or ineffective. Series: Routledge Global Security Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 black & white tables, 6 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: JPSF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 532.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780415421058
ISBN
9780415421058
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 200.66

hardcover. Child poverty is one of today's biggest challenges. In this book, it is investigated from a philosophical perspective, primarily in the context of modern welfare states. The injustices of child poverty are identified, related to the well-being of children, and it is discussed who has a moral responsibility to secure social justice for children. Num Pages: 240 pages, 7 black & white tables. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; JFFA; JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 141. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
2015th Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137426017
ISBN
9781137426017
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.00

paperback. This book is open access under a CCBY license. This book investigates child poverty from a philosophical perspective. It identifies the injustices of child poverty, relates them to the well-being of children, and discusses who has a moral responsibility to secure social justice for children. Num Pages: 193 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; HPQ; HPS; JFF; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2015
Number of pages
193
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349490677
ISBN
9781349490677
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.44

Hardback. Series: Columbia Themes in Philosophy. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1434.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231153003
ISBN
9780231153003
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.71
€ 42.58

Paperback. Offers a reconsideration of the philosophy of culture in the twentieth century. This book defends the holistic view that scientific belief is tested by experience but that such testing is rightly applied to systems or conjunctions of beliefs, not isolated beliefs. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: HP; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691123981
ISBN
9780691123981
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 31.19

Hardcover. Num Pages: 218 pages. BIC Classification: HP; JHBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers
Condition
New
SKU
V9781560727309
ISBN
9781560727309
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 79.66
€ 61.84

Paperback. In the years following its near-bankruptcy in 1976 until the end of the 1980s, New York City came to epitomize the debt-driven of the Reagan era. This book asks why a city with a large minority population and a long tradition of liberalism elected a conservative mayor who promoted real-estate development and belittled minority activists. Series: City in the Twenty-First Century. Num Pages: 320 pages, 26 tables 7 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; HBTB; JPR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691036731
ISBN
9780691036731
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.34
€ 55.72

Hardcover. Num Pages: 160 pages, 525 colour photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JWMV3; TRP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 307 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1250.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764350757
ISBN
9780764350757
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 28.63

Hardback. There is no more powerful symbol in American political life than the presidency, and the image of presidential power has had no less profound an impact on American fiction. This book illuminates the fundamental concern with democratic sovereignty that informs the literary works of the twentieth century. Series: 20/21. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 168 x 243 x 25. Weight in Grams: 580.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691136950
ISBN
9780691136950
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.34
€ 55.72

Hardback. A Place in History is a cultural study of Tel Aviv, Israel's population center and one of the original settlements, established in 1909. The book describes how a largely European Jewish immigrant society attempted to forge a home in the Mediterranean, and explores the difficulties and challenges of this endeavor. Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture. Num Pages: 336 pages, 4 figures, 66 illustrations, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1FBH; HBJF1; HBLW; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 549.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804750189
ISBN
9780804750189
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 140.41

Paperback. A Place in History is a cultural study of Tel Aviv, Israel's population center and one of the original settlements, established in 1909. The book describes how a largely European Jewish immigrant society attempted to forge a home in the Mediterranean, and explores the difficulties and challenges of this endeavor. Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture. Num Pages: 336 pages, 4 figures, 66 illustrations, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1FBH; HBJF1; HBLW; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 445.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804750196
ISBN
9780804750196
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.02

Hardback. Addresses how gender became a defining category in the political and social modernization of Japan. This book shows how 'a woman's place' in late-nineteenth-century Japan was characterized by contradictions and unexpected consequences, by new opportunities and new constraints. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 266 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; HBTB; JFSJ1; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 517.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center
Number of pages
266
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674056053
ISBN
9780674056053
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 38.32

Hardback. This book provides an outstanding collection of interdisciplinary and international essays examining the food-place relationship. It explores such topics as the history of food and agriculture, the globalization and localization of food, and the role of place in defining the broader societal consequences of this ever-changing phenomena. Editor(s): Fitzpatrick, Kevin M.; Willis, Don. Num Pages: 288 pages, 6 maps, 2 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFCV; RGC; TV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 22. Weight in Grams: 474.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st ed. 2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137408365
ISBN
9781137408365
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.49

Paperback. Presents an extended case study of the 20th-century AIDS epidemic and the cultural circumstances from which it emerged. The book brings together anthropology, demography and epidemiology to explain how the Chagga people of Tanzania in Africa experience AIDS. Series: Worlds of Desire S. Num Pages: 272 pages, 2 maps, 6 line drawings, 11 tables. BIC Classification: 1HFGT; JFFH2; JHMC; MBNS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226748863
ISBN
9780226748863
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 28.96

paperback. Editor(s): Roo, Gert De. Series: New Directions in Planning Theory. BIC Classification: JPQB; RPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781138272408
ISBN
9781138272408
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.85

Hardcover. This study argues that the work of forgiveness can facilitate productive mourning and that creative communication plays a critical role in negotiating forgiveness. Num Pages: 259 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 402.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230615311
ISBN
9780230615311
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.07

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