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Paperback. An eminent China expert considers how the Chinese Communist Party will be removed from power and democratic transition will take place. Num Pages: 320 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231130851
ISBN
9780231130851
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.95

Hardback. An eminent China expert considers how the Chinese Communist Party will be removed from power and democratic transition will take place. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 166 x 25. Weight in Grams: 681.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231130844
ISBN
9780231130844
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.88
€ 81.36

Paperback. Features essays on ethics, politics, and law. This book re-evaluates the meaning, values, and the idea of freedom in Western culture. Editor(s): Zabala, Santiago. Translator(s): McCuaig, William. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 176 x 141 x 11. Weight in Grams: 230. Ethics, Politics, and Law. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. 160 pages. Editor(s): Zabala, Santiago. Features essays on ethics, politics, and law. This book re-evaluates the meaning, values, and the idea of freedom in Western culture. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: JFC; JP. Dimension: 176 x 141 x 11. Weight: 230. Translator(s): McCuaig, William.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231130837
ISBN
9780231130837
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 21.88

Hardback. Offers a perspective on human-animal relations. This book reveals the ways in which various cultures have reinforced, symbolized, and rationalized their relations with animals. It identifies and explores four stages in the history of the human-animal relationship - separation, pre-domesticity, domesticity, and post-domesticity. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFZ; TVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231130769
ISBN
9780231130769
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.88
€ 81.45

Hardback. Analyzes organized labor's political activities, its coalitions with other interest groups, and its influence on voter turnout, election results, and votes in Congress. This book examines the effects of Sweeney's embrace of progressive causes and labor's increasing willingness to challenge Democrats who vote against labor's interests. Num Pages: 224 pages, 13 line drawings; 24 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JP; KNXB2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231130707
ISBN
9780231130707
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.70
€ 55.92

Hardback. This analysis of the general subject of WWI prisoners of war focuses on the role of a non-governmental association in confronting the increasingly chaotic conditions of East Europe. Series: Gutenberg-E. Num Pages: 452 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJF; HBJK; HBWN; JWXR. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 160 x 33. Weight in Grams: 817.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
452
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231130288
ISBN
9780231130288
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 79.74
€ 61.52

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 13 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFSK2; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 448.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231129978
ISBN
9780231129978
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.99

Hardback. In a 1907 lecture to Harvard undergraduates, Theodore Roosevelt warned against becoming "too fastidious, too sensitive to take part in the rough hurly-burly of the actual work of the world." This work reveals how the popular ideals of American masculinity coalesced around these two distinct categories. Num Pages: 320 pages, 13 illus. BIC Classification: JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231129961
ISBN
9780231129961
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 103.19
€ 77.95

Hardback. Since the end of the Cold War, conventional militaries and their political leaders have confronted a new, brutal type of warfare in which non-state armed groups use asymmetrical tactics to successfully fight larger, technologically superior forces. This book investigates the history and politics of modern asymmetrical warfare. Num Pages: 328 pages, 6 illustrations. BIC Classification: JPWL; JWDG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 163 x 26. Weight in Grams: 588.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231129824
ISBN
9780231129824
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 103.19
€ 77.95

Hardback. Academic superstars Andrew Ross, Edward Said, and Henry Louis Gates, Jr Bad boy filmmakers Quentin Tarantino, Spike Lee, and Brian de Palma. What do these influential contemporary figures have in common? This work identifies them all with "cool masculinity" and boldly unpacks the gender politics of their work. Series: Gender and Culture Series. Num Pages: 224 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 180 x 19. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231129626
ISBN
9780231129626
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.88
€ 81.45

Paperback. Until the events of September 11 and the anthrax attacks of 2001, biological weapons had never been a major public concern in United States. This book provides an account of the circumstances under which scientists, soldiers, and statesmen were able to mobilize resources for biological weapons programs. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HBT; JPSF; JWMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 181 x 17. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231129435
ISBN
9780231129435
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 21.86

Hardback. Until the events of September 11 and the anthrax attacks of 2001, biological weapons had never been a major public concern in United States. This book provides an account of the circumstances under which scientists, soldiers, and statesmen were able to mobilize resources for biological weapons programs. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBT; JPSF; JWMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 165 x 22. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
1st
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231129428
ISBN
9780231129428
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 93.81
€ 71.21

Hardback. One of social work's most distinguished theoreticians speculates about the factors that leads to crime and considers what we can do to prevent and respond to it meaningfully. The book is based on more than thirteen thousand cases in which Frederic G. Reamer has been involved as a parole board member. Reamer uses actual case studies to illustrate these patterns of "criminal circumstances." Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: JKVC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 164 x 13. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231129305
ISBN
9780231129305
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.50
€ 99.21

Paperback. Num Pages: 392 pages, 37 illus. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HRG; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 526. The Fortunes of Hindu Festivals. 288 pages, illustrations. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HRG; JFSJ. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 21. Weight: 526.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231129190
ISBN
9780231129190
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 27.15

Hardback. Num Pages: 392 pages, 37 illus. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HRG; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 236 x 26. Weight in Grams: 660.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231129183
ISBN
9780231129183
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 103.19
€ 78.05

Hardback. Argues that the West's attempts to remake foreign societies in its own image - even with the best of intentions - invariably fail. This title focuses on various operations in Haiti, Bosnia, Kosovo, East Timor, Afghanistan, and Iraq, comparing these cases to the colonial activities of Great Britain, France, and the United States. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLW; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 162 x 19. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
1st Printing
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231129138
ISBN
9780231129138
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 103.19
€ 77.95

Paperback. Argues that the West's attempts to remake foreign societies in its own image - even with the best of intentions - invariably fail. This title focuses on various operations in Haiti, Bosnia, Kosovo, East Timor, Afghanistan, and Iraq, comparing these cases to the colonial activities of Great Britain, France, and the United States. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLW; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 181 x 13. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231129121
ISBN
9780231129121
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFFZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 10. Weight in Grams: 294.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231129053
ISBN
9780231129053
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.51

Paperback. Utopianism suffers from an image problem: a recent exhibition on utopias in Paris and New York included photographs of Hitler's "Mein Kampf" and a Nazi concentration camp. This work examines the anti-utopian mindset and identifies how utopian thought came to be regarded with suspicion. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 194 x 137 x 13. Weight in Grams: 228.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231128957
ISBN
9780231128957
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 27.19

Hardback. Divided into three parts-History, Interpretation, and Practice-this provocative volume incorporates law, history, political theory, and philosophy to analyze the U.S. Constitution as a whole in relation to the rights and fate of women. Editor(s): Schwarzenbach, Sibyl A.; Smith, Patricia. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; LAB; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 166 x 32. Weight in Grams: 771.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231128926
ISBN
9780231128926
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 111.40
€ 84.01

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