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Hardback. Arguing that cultural reform is a key aspect of political reform, Richard Kraus shows here that China's economic transformation has dramatically liberated the production and consumption of culture. In this original and provocative study, Kraus offers a political analysis of Chinese culture that includes all genres of art. Series: State & Society in East Asia. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; AB; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742527195
- ISBN
- 9780742527195
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 177.90
€ 177.90
Paperback. Throughout the contest for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination, politicians and voters alike worried that the outcome might depend on the preferences of unelected superdelegates. This book shows that for several decades, unelected insiders in both major parties effectively selected candidates long before citizens reached the ballot box. Series: Chicago Studies in American Politics. Num Pages: 368 pages, 18 line drawings, 26 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHF; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 29. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226112374
- ISBN
- 9780226112374
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.44
€ 32.99
€ 25.44
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107150034
- ISBN
- 9781107150034
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.46
€ 118.46
paperback. Series: Societas. Num Pages: 150 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBT; JPL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 135 x 28. Weight in Grams: 251.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Imprint Academic United Kingdom
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 150
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780907845515
- ISBN
- 9780907845515
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.28
€ 14.28
Paperback. How has the Party merged Marx, Mao and the market to create a global superpower? And what does this mean for the world? This book delves deeply into its inner sanctum, revealing how this secretive cabal keeps control of every aspect of the country - its military and media, legal system and businesses, even its religious organizations. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JPFC; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 136 x 197 x 20. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141975559
- ISBN
- 9780141975559
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 10.38
€ 12.99
€ 10.38
Hardback. Both an eye-witness account and serious scholarly inquiry, this book describes and analyses a people whose destiny will shape the future of Pakistan and Afghanistan. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 1FKP; HBJF; JFSL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 222 x 149 x 24. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849042925
- ISBN
- 9781849042925
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.91
€ 61.91
Paperback. Provides a perspective on Kennedy's assassination from Johnson's viewpoint, and penetrates deep into what it was like for him to assume a position of such power at a time of national crisis. Num Pages: 736 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; BGH; HBJK; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 153 x 40. Weight in Grams: 938.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Number of pages
- 736
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847922953
- ISBN
- 9781847922953
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 26.59
€ 40.99
€ 26.59
Hardcover. The tangled history of the 19th century court ruling that defined the powers of the states to control who they could and could not allow to cross their borders and its application to the current immigration debates. Series: Landmark Law Cases and American Society. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JFSL3; LNDA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700620081
- ISBN
- 9780700620081
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 90.30
€ 90.30
Hardcover. Examines the 1907 Yiddish play "God of Vengeance" by Sholem Asch, the cross-dressing films of Yiddish actress Molly Picon, and several short stories by Isaac Bashevis Singer. This book analyzes the English-language novels "The Rise of David Levinsky", "Wasteland", and Portnoy's "Complaint". Series: Judaic Traditions in Literature, Music and Art. Num Pages: 216 pages, 8 black-&-white illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFSK; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815632023
- ISBN
- 9780815632023
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.28
€ 36.28
Paperback. A study of Communism and a history of the myth of Communism as perpetuated by its admirers. This book illuminates how the support for Communism and its embodiment, the Soviet Union, became virtually synonymous with "anti-Fascism" and how this strategic arrangement reverberated through the West. Translator(s): Furet, Deborah. Num Pages: 600 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBG; HBLW; JPFC; JPFQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 152 x 230 x 38. Weight in Grams: 846.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 600
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226273419
- ISBN
- 9780226273419
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 34.27
€ 43.99
€ 34.27
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Verso Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781680698
- ISBN
- 9781781680698
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.77
€ 11.99
€ 10.77
Paperback. Considers the 'dark side' of motivation, including the roles of addiction, obsession, sex and death. This book revisits the suppressed roots of motivation in offering an alternative understanding of desire. It brings arguments to bear on topics as diverse as pizzas, football management and blowjobs. Editor(s): Brewis, Joanna; Linstead, Stephen; Boje, David M.; O'Shea, Tony. Num Pages: 281 pages. BIC Classification: JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 178 x 17. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Copenhagen Business School Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 281
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788763001618
- ISBN
- 9788763001618
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 23.69
€ 32.99
€ 23.69
Paperback. Compiles profound philosophical concepts simply but without simplifying them. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: HPC; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 153 x 39. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Number of pages
- 560
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- paperback / softback
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845951627
- ISBN
- 9781845951627
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.57
€ 26.99
€ 18.57
Hardback. This is the first biography of Abel-Smith. It takes a historical perspective to analyse the development of health and social welfare systems since the 1950s, exposing the critical impact of long-running debates on poverty and state responsibility, especially in Britain. Num Pages: 576 pages, black & white plates. BIC Classification: BG; JKS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 166 x 237 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1058.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Bristol University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447314844
- ISBN
- 9781447314844
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 55.38
€ 55.38
Paperback. Num Pages: 278 pages. BIC Classification: JNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 139 x 27. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Beacon Press United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807031438
- ISBN
- 9780807031438
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.31
€ 20.31
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 341
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872202269
- ISBN
- 9780872202269
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.25
€ 26.99
€ 20.25
Paperback. An anthology to treat the role that emotions play, don't play, and ought to play in the practice and conception of law and justice. It contributes to the efforts to humanize law and reveals how this previously unacknowledged aspect of decision-making exerts a much greater impact on justice and the practice of law than most tend, or like, to think. Editor(s): Bandes, Susan. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JM; LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 568.
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814713068
- ISBN
- 9780814713068
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.45
€ 33.99
€ 33.45
Paperback. Addresses some of the most pressing social and political issues: the consequences of the collapse of communist regimes in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union; the resurgence of nationalism and right-wing violence in Europe; and, the prospects for a transformation of international relations and the building of a more peaceful world order. Num Pages: 192 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JH; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 213 x 127 x 17. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745614540
- ISBN
- 9780745614540
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.87
€ 23.87
Paperback. By examining oral history collected during two years of fieldwork, anthropologist Rebecca Bryant investigates why the 2003 opening of the ceasefire line dividing Cyprus has not led the country any closer to reunification, and how in many ways it has driven the two communities of the island farther apart. Series: Contemporary Ethnography. Num Pages: 224 pages, 10 illus. BIC Classification: 1DVC; JFC; JHMP. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 211 x 131 x 8. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812222319
- ISBN
- 9780812222319
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.45
€ 32.99
€ 31.45
Hardcover. Series: Europea: Ethnomusicologies & Modernities. Num Pages: 262 pages, 22 black & white illustrations, 15 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: AVA; AVGD; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 230 x 24. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 262
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Har/Com
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810881471
- ISBN
- 9780810881471
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 164.23
€ 164.23