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Paperback. Examines the development of urban environments, and urban environmentalism, in the United States over four centuries. This book focuses on the evolution of the city, the emergence of elite reformers, the framing of environmental problems, and responses to perceived breakdowns in social order. Num Pages: 640 pages, 24 tables, 3 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; JFSG; RNK; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 39. Weight in Grams: 928.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
640
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822344513
ISBN
9780822344513
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 35.58

Paperback. Editor(s): Haenn, Nora; Wilk, Richard; Harnish, Allison. Num Pages: 592 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMP; RND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 269 x 215 x 30. Weight in Grams: 996.
Publisher
NYU Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781479876761
ISBN
9781479876761
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.47

Paperback. As the world's largest polluter and its wealthiest country, the United States has a potentially enormous impact on international efforts to protect the environment. This book examines how US foreign policy affects and is affected by global environmental change. Editor(s): Harris, Paul Gordon. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPS; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 386.
Publisher
Georgetown University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780878408337
ISBN
9780878408337
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 75.12

Hardback. This book shows how sociologists have responded to the challenge of environmental issues such as global warming, ozone depletion, biodiversity loss and marine pollution. It also covers sociological ideas such as risk, interpretations of nature, environmental realism, and globalization. It assumes no specialist knowledge on the part of readers. Num Pages: 208 pages, 1. BIC Classification: JH; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 179 x 17. Weight in Grams: 502.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745634326
ISBN
9780745634326
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.24

Paperback. This book shows how sociologists have responded to the challenge of environmental issues such as global warming, ozone depletion, biodiversity loss and marine pollution. It also covers sociological ideas such as risk, interpretations of nature, environmental realism, and globalization. It assumes no specialist knowledge on the part of readers. Num Pages: 202 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JH; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 171 x 12. Weight in Grams: 352.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
202
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745634333
ISBN
9780745634333
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.08

Hardback. Saari posits that human beings may first construct a picture of their immediate environment and then construct their identity within that environment. She argues that the psychotherapeutic profession must extend its range to include socio-cultural-economic factors and she includes ample case studies to support her position. Num Pages: 208 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JHBA; JMC; MMJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 17. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231121965
ISBN
9780231121965
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.82
€ 102.15

Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages, ports. BIC Classification: 1DVKC; 1FBH; 1KBB; JF; JPWF; RNB; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 549.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780271017754
ISBN
9780271017754
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.55
€ 87.95

Paperback. This study contributes to ongoing discussions on the connections between the environmental imaginary and issues of identity, place and nation. Utilizing a delimited ecocritical approach, McNee puts Brazilian culture, through the work of contemporary poets and visual artists, into a broader, transnational dialogue. Series: Literatures, Cultures, and the Environment. Num Pages: 202 pages, 15 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: AB; AF; DSA; DSC; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 266.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
202
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349481521
ISBN
9781349481521
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.54

Paperback. With the environmental crisis comes a crisis of the imagination, a need to find new ways to understand nature and humanity's relation to it. This is the challenge the author takes up in this book, using Thoreau's "Walden" as a touchstone. Num Pages: 600 pages, 4 fine line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DNF; DSBF; JFC; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 38. Weight in Grams: 852.
Publisher
Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674258624
ISBN
9780674258624
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 36.24

Hardback. In the 1980s, the ideologies of deregulation and privatization formed the start of the debate on the "environmental state" and the 1990s left the debate facing new challenges. This text examines the processes, transformations and continuities related to the topic. Editor(s): Buttel, Frederick H.; Mol, Arthur P. J.; Freudenburg, William R. Series: Research in Social Problems and Public Policy. Num Pages: 260 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; 3JM; JPQ; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Emerald Publishing Limited United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
SKU
V9780762308545
ISBN
9780762308545
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 140.86

Hardcover. Num Pages: 650 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 162 x 60. Weight in Grams: 1314.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
650
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674258655
ISBN
9780674258655
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.66
€ 48.67

Paperback. A newly translated epic about the premier leader of the Songhay Empire. Editor(s): Hale, Thomas. Series: African Epic. Num Pages: 104 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 8. Weight in Grams: 159.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
104
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253209900
ISBN
9780253209900
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.40

Hardback. In The Epic of Juan Latino, Elizabeth R. Wright tells the story of Renaissance Europe's first black poet and his epic poem on the naval battle of Lepanto, Austrias Carmen (The Song of John of Austria). Series: Toronto Iberic. Num Pages: 288 pages, 9, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JB; DSBD; HBJD; HBLH; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 159 x 24. Weight in Grams: 590.
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442637528
ISBN
9781442637528
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.15

Paperback. This book on Latin American social and cultural developments, as well as politics and economics is revised and brought up to date with chapters on the great upheavals of the 1980s. The book received the Gold Medal of the Commonwealth Club of California for outstanding literary achievement. Num Pages: 992 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; HBJK; JFC; JP; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 156 x 229 x 59. Weight in Grams: 1306.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
4th
Number of pages
992
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520077232
ISBN
9780520077232
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 32.94

Paperback. This book explores the epistemic side of racial and sexual oppression. It elucidates how social insensitivities and imposed silences prevent members of different groups from listening to each other. Series: Studies in Feminist Philosophy. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPK; HPS; JFFK; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 234 x 24. Weight in Grams: 470.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199929047
ISBN
9780199929047
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 89.56

Paperback. At the start of the 1980s no employer had heard of an "equal opportunities policy" - by the end three-quarters of all those in work were covered by one. This is the story of the "equal opportunities revolution" at work. Num Pages: 244 pages. BIC Classification: JFFJ; LNHD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 367.
Publisher
Repeater
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910924921
ISBN
9781910924921
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.03

Paperback. Greater economic equality is beneficial to all people in all societies, both for the rich, the poor and the rest. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; JFSC; KCP; RGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
New Internationalist Publications Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780263908
ISBN
9781780263908
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.34

Paperback. Women have made huge strides in equality over the last century. This book argues passionately and articulately that feminism continues to be one of the most urgent and relevant social justice campaigns today. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: JFFK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 202 x 197 x 22. Weight in Grams: 252.
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571246274
ISBN
9780571246274
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. An important contribution to contemporary scholarship in anthropology, pan-African studies, and colonial and postcolonial studies Translator(s): Asselin, Charles. Num Pages: 536 pages, 6 b&w photographs, 12 tables. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 28. Weight in Grams: 625.
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252071027
ISBN
9780252071027
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.18

Paperback. Translator(s): DeBevoise, M. B.; Philip, Franklin. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 292 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
292
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691604183
ISBN
9780691604183
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.85

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