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International Relations Theory and the End of the Cold War
. Ed(S): Lebow, Richard Ned; Risse-Kappen, Th...
This controversial set of essays evaluates and extends international relations theory in light of the revolutionary events of past years. The contributors demonstrate how theoretical constructs did not anticipate Soviet foreign policies that led to the end of the Cold War. Editor(s): Lebow, Richard Ned; Risse-Kappen, Thomas. Num Pages: 292 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 166. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231101943
- ISBN
- 9780231101943
Condition: New
€ 148.25
€ 148.25
Studies the ways the media put their own spin on the news of our sound-bite generation. This book shows how the media follow their biased agenda, unaware of the deep wells of history, prejudice, and primal fear that inform their version of reality, making the reader think twice about "the news". Num Pages: 250 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231101523
- ISBN
- 9780231101523
Condition: New
€ 50.29
€ 50.29
Paperback. Through the voices of people living with HIV or AIDS, this text explores the ways in which HIV affects personal, family and work relationships. It draws on the experinces of black and white, heterosexual and gay, women and men with or without symtoms who show how they work through everyday life. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFFH2; JHBK; JHBL; MJCJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 13. Weight in Grams: 317.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231101219
- ISBN
- 9780231101219
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.03
€ 48.03
Paperback. This book is one of the most successful examples in the Africanist literature of placing structures in time. It presents a detailed description of the politics of production in Maale during 1975 against a completed past of Imperial Ethiopian history and an uncertain future of revolutionary socialism. Num Pages: 176 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1HFGA; JHBL; JHM; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152. Weight in Grams: 317.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231100472
- ISBN
- 9780231100472
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.31
€ 51.31
This is the first book to examine Sappho's poetry through the lens of lesbian desire. Snyder provides close readings of the surviving examples of Sappho's poetry, occasionally presenting comparative material from other ancient Greek poets. The original Greek text is included in an appendix. Series: Between Men - Between Women: Lesbian & Gay Studies. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DSBB; DSK; JFSJ; JFSK1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231099943
- ISBN
- 9780231099943
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 136.47
€ 136.47
These twenty-nine original essays focuses on how cultural and literary genres and norms have developed in response to historical and cross-cultural influences. Editor(s): Heinrich, Amy Vladeck. Num Pages: 480 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; DSB; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 35. Weight in Grams: 953.
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231096966
- ISBN
- 9780231096966
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 109.36
€ 109.36
One of the first women to be ordained as a rabbi explores how lesbians can shape Jewish tradition to resonate with their own experience. Series: Between Men - Between Women: Lesbian & Gay Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HRJ; JFSJ1; JFSK1; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 17. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231096607
- ISBN
- 9780231096607
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 130.23
€ 130.23
Num Pages: 620 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: GBC; HBTB; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 165 x 40. Weight in Grams: 998.
- Publication date
- 1983
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 620
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231088558
- ISBN
- 9780231088558
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 185.94
€ 185.94
Num Pages: 422 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: GBC; HBG; HBTB; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 200 x 35. Weight in Grams: 908.
- Publication date
- 1967
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 422
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231088480
- ISBN
- 9780231088480
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 185.14
€ 185.14
Bynum examines several periods between the third and fourteenth centuries in which discussions of the body were central to Western eschatology, and suggests that Western attitudes toward the body that arose from these discussions still undergird our modern notions of the individual. Series: ACLS Lectures on the History of Religions S. Num Pages: 384 pages, 35 illus. BIC Classification: 3D; 3F; 3H; HRCM; HRCS1; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 235 x 28. Weight in Grams: 817.
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231081269
- ISBN
- 9780231081269
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 149.07
€ 149.07
Paperback. Using sources from the Polish underground press of the late 1970s, this is a detailed account of the movement for democracy in Poland prior to the birth of the Solidarity trade union. The text stresses the work of the important activist groups that began the democratic process. Num Pages: 298 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVP; JPFF; JPFK; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 298
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231080934
- ISBN
- 9780231080934
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.49
€ 52.49
Paperback. This behind-the-scenes look at the modern newsroom reveals the ways in which the customer-driven approach to news and the "USA Today-ization" of newspapers threaten the values that have guided genertions of American journalists. Num Pages: 259 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFD; KNTD; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 259
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231080491
- ISBN
- 9780231080491
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.59
€ 47.59
Combining historical and legal scholarship, this is an analysis of the history of child custody in the USA from colonial times to the present day. It draws on history to illuminate contemporary issues, offering a rich perspective on the historical relationship of children to their parents. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JKSB1; LA; LNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 165 x 19. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231080460
- ISBN
- 9780231080460
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 147.90
€ 147.90
This monograph argues for the use of poststructural theory in cultural criticism. The author maintains that deconstruction remains crucial for a truly critical approach to cultural studies. Num Pages: 186 pages, 2 illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 180 x 18. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 186
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231079709
- ISBN
- 9780231079709
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 129.59
€ 129.59
This monograph argues that the best way to describe the character of Imperial Germany after 1878 is "illiberal" - voicing a commitment in mind and policy against further concessions to democracy. It describes how German society embraced the move towards totalitarianism fostered by illiberalism. Num Pages: 244 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 278 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Publication date
- 1975
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231079082
- ISBN
- 9780231079082
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 147.44
€ 147.44
Paperback. Based on the author's ethnographic research in India, the book explores the psychology of Hinduism, and offers an innovative synthesis of psychoanylsis with modern anthropological theories of cultural difference. Num Pages: 306 pages, 10 figures. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HRG; JHM; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 306
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231078696
- ISBN
- 9780231078696
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.25
€ 50.25
Paperback. Attempts to discern the role of personality in helping or hindering creative production. This book assesses the traits necessary to prepare someone for a creative career, as well the crucial developmental experiences that may result in a creative personality. Series: Psychoanalysis & Culture. Num Pages: 288 pages, 43 photographs. BIC Classification: A; JMAF; JMR; JMS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231078535
- ISBN
- 9780231078535
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.63
€ 48.63
Hardback. Tackles the issues central to contemporary Jewish thought: from Zionism in America to God and the Holocaust, from Christian-Jewish relations to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Hertzberg also analyzes such noted leaders and personalities as Menachem Begin, Yitzhak Shamir, and Pope John Paul II. Num Pages: 259 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 165 x 22. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press New York
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 259
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231078429
- ISBN
- 9780231078429
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.87
€ 128.87
From Tammany Hall to the election of David Dinkins, this work offers insights into the effect of ethnic competition on the demise of urban political machines. It traces the effect of the arrival of large numbers of Jewish and Italian immigrants - and later black and Puerto Rican migrants - on the Irish-dominated political machine. Series: The Columbia History of Urban Life. Num Pages: 403 pages, 35 photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JFSL; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 31. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 403
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231076364
- ISBN
- 9780231076364
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 137.48
€ 137.48
Hardback. Num Pages: 497 pages. BIC Classification: JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 167. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- Columbia University Press Morningside ed
- Number of pages
- 497
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231074209
- ISBN
- 9780231074209
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 165.85
€ 165.85