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Hardback. Focusing on popular huayno music and the ways it has been promoted to Peru's emerging middle class, the author tells a complex story of identity making and the marketing forces entangled with it, providing crucial insights into the dynamics among art, class, and ethnicity that reach far beyond the Andes. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1 map, 18 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; AVGH; AVGP; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226923956
- ISBN
- 9780226923956
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.90€ 83.38
€ 99.90
€ 83.38
Hardback. British imperial history can now be seen as a bridge to global history. This study renews the debate on British imperialism by combining Western and Asian historiography and constructing a new global history as an aid to the understanding of globalization in the late 20th and 21st centuries. Editor(s): Akita, Shigeru. Num Pages: 278 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QDB; HBJD1; HBTQ; JFFS; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333993064
- ISBN
- 9780333993064
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.72
€ 133.72
Paperback. Traces the nineteenth-century genesis and development of an important contemporary myth about human origins: that of an original prehistoric matriarchy. This title explores the intellectual history of the myth, which arose from male scholars who mostly wanted to vindicate the patriarchal family model as a higher stage of human development. Num Pages: 290 pages, 27 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 19. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520266766
- ISBN
- 9780520266766
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.12
€ 40.99
€ 29.12
Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPR; APFA; HBTB; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 121. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- ECW Press,Canada
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781770413139
- ISBN
- 9781770413139
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.65
€ 14.99
€ 12.65
Hardcover. Through a fluent discussion of intellectually gifted onanists, unhappily married men, lonely frontiersmen, religious ascetics, and the two scholars themselves, the author traces the origins of Terman's complaints about Kinsey's work to show how the intelligence testing movement was much more concerned with sexuality than we might remember. Num Pages: 248 pages, 1 halftone, 3 line drawings. BIC Classification: JMRN; JMU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226024448
- ISBN
- 9780226024448
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.15€ 79.56
€ 95.15
€ 79.56
Hardback. At Le Cateau on 26 August 1914, the commanders of the Second Corps of the British Expeditionary Force elected to fight the German First Army. They delivered such a smashing blow to the German invaders that the whole of the BEF was able to continue the Retreat to Compiegne without being seriously threatened. This book describes this battle. Num Pages: 160 pages, 31 black & white photographs, 7 maps. BIC Classification: HBWN; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 166 x 21. Weight in Grams: 616. Le Cateau 1914. 160 pages, 31 black & white photographs, 7 maps. At Le Cateau on 26 August 1914, the commanders of the Second Corps of the British Expeditionary Force elected to fight the German First Army. They delivered such a smashing blow to the German invaders that the whole of the BEF was able to continue the Retreat to Compiegne without being seriously threatened. This book describes this battle. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: HBWN; JWLF. Dimension: 245 x 166 x 21. Weight: 620.
- Publisher
- The Crowood Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847970626
- ISBN
- 9781847970626
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.79
€ 26.99
€ 23.79
Paperback. The gentrification of urban areas is a central engine of urban development, and it is a topic that attracts a great deal of interest in both academia and the popular press. This book provides information on the topic of gentrification. It is suitable for upper-level undergraduates in geography, sociology, and planning. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 344
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415950374
- ISBN
- 9780415950374
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.22
€ 64.22
Hardcover. The strength of the government of Devon in the early seventeenth century lay in the quality of its leaders. They ruled together in harmony, free from rivalries, the influence of any powerful resident nobles and saved from religious conflicts. This book emphasizes this strength through a series of biographical studies. Num Pages: 320 pages, 8 halftones, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; BGH; HBJD1; HBLH; JFSC; JPR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 163 x 25. Weight in Grams: 712.
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- First edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859895132
- ISBN
- 9780859895132
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 146.25
€ 146.25
Paperback. Editor(s): Krotov, Sergei S. Num Pages: 88 pages, colour illus. BIC Classification: JH; RGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 278 x 209 x 8. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- McDonald & Woodward Publishing Company, US United States
- Number of pages
- 88
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780939923298
- ISBN
- 9780939923298
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 17.46
€ 24.99
€ 17.46
Paperback. A collection of essays addressing the relationships between racial and ethnic identities and place in North America. Eighteen geographers examine the ways in which place fashions, recreates and contextualizes human identity, exploring social, cultural and economic aspects. Num Pages: 328 pages, 13 b&w photographs, 22 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL; JHMP; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Nevada Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874174878
- ISBN
- 9780874174878
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.28
€ 34.28
Paperback. Maximise every student's grade potential with a step-by-step approach to learning, improving and applying the geographical and fieldwork skills they need to achieve stand-out success under the reformed OCR A and B GCSE Geography specifications. Series: OCR A GCSE Geography. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: 4KHT; JNUM; YQG. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education; (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 279 x 245 x 9. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Publisher
- Hodder Education
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781471865961
- ISBN
- 9781471865961
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.48
€ 28.48
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Bristol University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447300496
- ISBN
- 9781447300496
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.79
€ 105.79
Paperback. This book offers a comparative analysis of alternative education in the UK, focusing on learning spaces that cater for children and young people. It constitutes one of the first book-length explorations of alternative learning spaces outside mainstream education. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: JHBK; JNS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 236 x 15. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Bristol University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447300502
- ISBN
- 9781447300502
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 37.69
€ 38.99
€ 37.69
Paperback. * The first collection to explore the contribution that geographical thinking can make to our understanding of modern Britain. * Contains thirteen essays by leading scholars in the geography and history of twentieth--century Britain. * Focuses on how and why geographies of Britain have formed and changed over the past century. Editor(s): Gilbert, David; Matless, David; Short, Brian. Series: RGS-IBG Book Series. Num Pages: 280 pages, 18 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; GTB; HBJD1; HBLW; JFC; RGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631235019
- ISBN
- 9780631235019
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.91
€ 34.91
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415567626
- ISBN
- 9780415567626
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.68
€ 66.68
Paperback. Geographies of Media and Communication systematically analyzes the relationship between geography and communication and shows how geographical approaches open up familiar and unfamiliar aspects of communication for analysis and discussion. Series: Critical Introductions to Geography. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations, maps, figures. BIC Classification: JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 174 x 16. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405154147
- ISBN
- 9781405154147
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.46
€ 66.46
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198366454
- ISBN
- 9780198366454
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.29
€ 57.29
Hardback. In Geography of Hope, French sociologist and historian Pierre Birnbaum examines the work of the some of the prominent Jewish social scientists of the past two centuries in order to analyze their range of responses to the tensions between the Enlightenment call for universalism and the reality of Jewish particularism. Translator(s): Mandell, Charlotte. Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture. Num Pages: 488 pages. BIC Classification: JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 31. Weight in Grams: 789.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 488
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804752930
- ISBN
- 9780804752930
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.20
€ 81.20
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Floris Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780863158070
- ISBN
- 9780863158070
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.31
€ 17.99
€ 14.31
Paperback. Geomedia offers critical analysis of the new possibilities and power relations emerging in the public space of contemporary cities. As ubiquitous digital networks enable embedded and mobile devices to integrate place-specific data with real-time feedback circuits, everyday experience of public space has become subject to new demands. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: JFD; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 140 x 216 x 18. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Publisher
- Polity
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745660769
- ISBN
- 9780745660769
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.96
€ 20.96