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Hardback. Offers an examination of Asian immigration to the United States, focusing on three central questions: What causes Asian immigration to the United States? How do post-1965 Asian immigrants impact American society? How do new Asian immigrants and their children adapt to American life? Series: Polity Immigration and Society Series. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KBB; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 157 x 26. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745645025
- ISBN
- 9780745645025
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.01
€ 73.01
Paperback. Focusing on ten examples of contemporary Diasporas from Asia, the Middle East, Europe and the Americas, this book describes and illustrates the problems confronting immigrant communities as they attempt to protect their inherited culture, while coping with the demands and the opportunities they encounter in their adopted country. Num Pages: 218 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFN. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745644974
- ISBN
- 9780745644974
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.93
€ 25.93
Hardback. Focusing on ten examples of contemporary Diasporas from Asia, the Middle East, Europe and the Americas, this book describes and illustrates the problems confronting immigrant communities as they attempt to protect their inherited culture, while coping with the demands and the opportunities they encounter in their adopted country. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFFN. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 146 x 21. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745644967
- ISBN
- 9780745644967
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.77
€ 72.77
Paperback. The United States today cries out for a robust, self-respecting, intellectually sophisticated left, yet the very idea of a left appears to have been discredited. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPFF; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 139 x 204 x 17. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745644851
- ISBN
- 9780745644851
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.80
€ 15.80
Hardback. The United States today cries out for a robust, self-respecting, intellectually sophisticated left, yet the very idea of a left appears to have been discredited. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPFF; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745644844
- ISBN
- 9780745644844
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.85
€ 59.85
Hardback. This book is a new introduction to the history and practice of economic anthropology by two leading authors in the field. They show that anthropologists have contributed to understanding the three great questions of modern economic history: development, socialism and one-world capitalism. Num Pages: 218 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM; KC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 222 x 146 x 14. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745644820
- ISBN
- 9780745644820
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.45
€ 66.45
Paperback. * An innovative study that examines the personalised nature of political communication. * A comprehensive account of the shifting boundaries between the public and private. * International in scope, the book draws on a wide range of primary and secondary sources. Num Pages: 248 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: GTC; JFD; JPA; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 211 x 18. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745644776
- ISBN
- 9780745644776
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.68
€ 24.68
Hardback. * An innovative study that examines the personalised nature of political communication. * A comprehensive account of the shifting boundaries between the public and private. * International in scope, the book draws on a wide range of primary and secondary sources. Num Pages: 248 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: GTC; JFD; JPA; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 147 x 23. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745644769
- ISBN
- 9780745644769
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.01
€ 73.01
Paperback. * Fresh and up-to-date introduction to the media in Europe and their global significance. * Provides a clear and concise account of the structures, dynamics and realities of the changing face of media in Europe. Series: Polity Global Media and Communication Series. Num Pages: 244 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1D; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745644752
- ISBN
- 9780745644752
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.93
€ 25.93
Hardback. * Fresh and up-to-date introduction to the media in Europe and their global significance. * Provides a clear and concise account of the structures, dynamics and realities of the changing face of media in Europe. Series: Polity Global Media and Communication Series. Num Pages: 244 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745644745
- ISBN
- 9780745644745
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.01
€ 73.01
Paperback. * Muhlmann is highly regarded as one of the outstanding young scholars of journalism and political communication. * Polity recently published A Political History of Journalism by the same author. This book is designed as a companion volume; it focuses on the relation of journalism to democracy. Translator(s): Birrell, Jean. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: JFD; JPHV; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745644738
- ISBN
- 9780745644738
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.93
€ 25.93
Paperback. Major new book from Susan George - a leading political commentator whose previous books have been massively influential and widely read and reviewed. Fascinating, thorough and often chilling account of this decades-long transformation of American society and political culture. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 208 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745644615
- ISBN
- 9780745644615
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.12
€ 22.12
Hardback. Major new book from Susan George - a leading political commentator whose previous books have been massively influential and widely read and reviewed. Fascinating, thorough and often chilling account of this decades-long transformation of American society and political culture. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRC; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 146 x 24. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745644608
- ISBN
- 9780745644608
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.77
€ 72.77
Hardback. The last quarter of a century has seen an unprecedented wave of democratization around the globe. In these transitions from authoritarian rule to a more democratic order, the media have played a key role both by facilitating, but frequently also inhibiting, democratic practices to take root. Series: Contemporary Political Communication. Num Pages: 204 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745644585
- ISBN
- 9780745644585
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.77
€ 72.77
Paperback. Should governments be involved in economic affairs? Challenging prevailing wisdom about the benefits of self-regulating markets, this accessible and engaging book advances a uniquely sociological perspective on economy and state connections to emphasize that states can never be divorced from economy. Series: Polity Economy and Society Series. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, maps, figures. BIC Classification: JHB; KC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 209 x 149 x 24. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745644554
- ISBN
- 9780745644554
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.94
€ 25.94
Hardback. Should governments be involved in economic affairs? Challenging prevailing wisdom about the benefits of self-regulating markets, this accessible and engaging book advances a uniquely sociological perspective on economy and state connections to emphasize that states can never be divorced from economy. Series: Polity Economy and Society Series. Num Pages: 200 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHB; KC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 217 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745644547
- ISBN
- 9780745644547
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.66
€ 66.66
Paperback. A major volume bringing together the writings of one of the world's leading media scholars. Brings together some of Schudson's most influential pieces of the past decade with some pieces previously unpublished in English and a significant new introduction which reflects on the major themes and directions of the work. Num Pages: 184 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 209 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745644530
- ISBN
- 9780745644530
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.66
€ 24.66
Hardback. A major volume bringing together the writings of one of the world's leading media scholars. Brings together some of Schudson's most influential pieces of the past decade with some pieces previously unpublished in English and a significant new introduction which reflects on the major themes and directions of the work. Num Pages: 156 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 349.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 156
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745644523
- ISBN
- 9780745644523
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.77
€ 72.77
Hardback. The 21st century has brought new and challenging dimensions to our understanding of security and migration. How do these two important fields intersect? And what does this collision of policy concerns and public interests mean for states and individuals alike? This book seeks to answer these questions. Num Pages: 226 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JM; JFFN; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745644424
- ISBN
- 9780745644424
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.77
€ 72.77
Hardback. fascinating new book on obesity which charts its cultural history from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day very engaging and on a very topical subject - this book should attract lots of review coverage and a trade audience Sander L. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 143 x 22. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745644400
- ISBN
- 9780745644400
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.16
€ 66.16