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Paperback. This volume's contributors outline the current war on sex, in which-despite the expansion of sexual liberties in the United States-sex has become the target of ever-expanding regulation and control, from sex offender registries to the criminalization of HIV. Editor(s): Halperin, Professor of Literature David M (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Massachusetts Institute of Technology Massachusetts Institute of Technology Massachusetts Institute of Technology Massachusetts Institute of Technology Massachusetts Institute of Technology); Hoppe, Trevor. Num Pages: 512 pages, 6 illustrations. BIC Classification: 5SG; JFMX; JFSJ1; JFSK2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822363675
- ISBN
- 9780822363675
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€ 35.99€ 34.53
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Paperback. Drawing on memoir, history, and theory, Eli Clare complicates the understanding of cure, seeing it as an ideology that serves contradictory purposes-from saving lives to social control-while critiquing cure rhetoric and the drive to cure disabled people through an insistence of the value of disability. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: BM; JFFG; JFSK; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 13. Weight in Grams: 341.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822362876
- ISBN
- 9780822362876
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€ 26.99€ 25.01
€ 26.99
€ 25.01
Paperback. Drawing on medical anthropology and science and technology studies,the contributors to Addiction Trajectories examine the epistemic, therapeutic, and experiential dimensions of contemporary addiction. Editor(s): Raikhel, Eugene A.; Garriott, William. Series: Experimental Futures. Num Pages: 360 pages, 7 illustrations, 3 tables. BIC Classification: JFFH1; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 514.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822353645
- ISBN
- 9780822353645
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€ 32.99€ 31.30
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Paperback. Investigates the history and cultural significance of Free Software. By exploring in detail how various practices came together as the Free Software movement from the 1970s to the 1990s, the author shows how it is possible to understand the new movements that are emerging out of Free Software: projects such as Creative Commons. Series: Experimental Futures. Num Pages: 400 pages, 10 illustrations, 1 table. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5983 x 3971 x 24. Weight in Grams: 653.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822342649
- ISBN
- 9780822342649
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€ 32.99€ 32.38
€ 32.99
€ 32.38
Paperback. The Politics of Ecology in Papua New Guinea. Series: New Ecologies for the Twenty-first Century. 312 pages, 25 illustrations. Presents an ethnographic examination of the social effects of conservation and development efforts in Papua New Guinea. This book focuses on the area that was the site of a biodiversity conservation project. It demonstrates the capacity of ethnography to illuminate the relationship between trans-national processes and individual lives. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FM; 1MKLP; GTB; JHMP; RNK. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 22. Weight: 502.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822337492
- ISBN
- 9780822337492
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€ 32.99€ 31.30
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Paperback. Ethnographic case studies focused on the dynamics of the burgeoning international pharmaceutical industry and the global inequalities that emerge from and are reinforced by market-driven medicine. Editor(s): Petryna, Adriana; Lakoff, Andrew (University of California, San Diego); Kleinman, Arthur. Num Pages: 301 pages, 5 tables, 5 figures. BIC Classification: JHBA; JHMP; KNDP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 230 x 21. Weight in Grams: 444.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822337416
- ISBN
- 9780822337416
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€ 31.99€ 28.27
€ 31.99
€ 28.27
Paperback. Cultural study of the effects of sound technologies--from the phonograph to the Walkman--on African American literature, art, and music in the twentieth century Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KBB; AVG; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822335900
- ISBN
- 9780822335900
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€ 31.99€ 28.30
€ 31.99
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Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTQ; HBTR; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 435.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816633661
- ISBN
- 9780816633661
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€ 29.12
€ 29.12
Paperback. Examines one of the fastest growing social movements in the United States, the movement for environmental justice. Tracing the movement's roots, this book provides case studies of communities across the US - towns like Kettleman City, California; Chester, Pennsylvania; and Dilkon, Arizona - and their struggles against corporate polluters. Series: Critical America Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSL; JPWD; RNB; RNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 355.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814715376
- ISBN
- 9780814715376
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€ 33.99€ 33.44
€ 33.99
€ 33.44
Paperback. This book draws together essays that play in various ways upon questions involving books, archivization, machines for writing, and the mechanicity inherent in language, the media, and intellectuals. Translator(s): Bowlby, Rachel. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: CFC; HPS; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 14. Weight in Grams: 308.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804746205
- ISBN
- 9780804746205
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Condition: New
€ 27.05
€ 27.05
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, 10. BIC Classification: DSB; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 285.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press Ithaca
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801488320
- ISBN
- 9780801488320
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 37.99
€ 38.99
€ 37.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JPA; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 390.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801484544
- ISBN
- 9780801484544
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.39
€ 32.99
€ 29.39
Hardcover. Num Pages: 87 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: JMS; VSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 212 x 13. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Random House USA Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 87
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780767930376
- ISBN
- 9780767930376
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Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.62
€ 15.99
€ 14.62
Paperback. The author is a Gaelic-speaking scholar and archaeologist who has lived and worked in crofting communities. In this edition, she portrays the beliefs and customs of Scottish Gaelic society, including: seasonal customs deriving from Celtic festivals; the famous waulking songs; and the Highland tradition of seers and second sight. Num Pages: 160 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKSH; JFHF; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 236 x 11. Weight in Grams: 356.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752419046
- ISBN
- 9780752419046
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.38
€ 19.99
€ 18.38
Hardcover. Plato's Republic is one of the most well-known and widely discussed texts in the history of philosophy, but how might we get to the heart of this work today, 2500 years after it was originally composed? Alain Badiou invents a new genre in order to breathe fresh life into Plato's text and restore its universality. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: HPCA; HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 165 x 36. Weight in Grams: 730.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745662145
- ISBN
- 9780745662145
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Condition: New
€ 58.86
€ 58.86
Paperback. "This classic work is a monumental, integrated view of man's search for an understanding of the inner reaches of the mind. In an account that is both exhaustive and exciting, the distinguished psychiat" Num Pages: 976 pages, plates, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: JMAF; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 151 x 59. Weight in Grams: 1514.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1981
- Publisher
- The Perseus Books Group United States
- Number of pages
- 976
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465016730
- ISBN
- 9780465016730
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Condition: New
€ 76.11
€ 76.11
Hardback. Series: Routledge Critical Studies in Asian Education. Num Pages: 224 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, 10 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2020
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780415832526
- ISBN
- 9780415832526
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Condition: New
€ 172.37
€ 172.37
Paperback. *The autobiography of one of the greatest men of the twentieth century. * re published to coincide with the publication of Anthony Holden's biography coming from HarperCollins Num Pages: 784 pages, Section: 24. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 50. Weight in Grams: 646.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- New Ed
- SKU
- V9780349106533
- ISBN
- 9780349106533
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Condition: New
€ 12.40
€ 12.40
Hardback. A reference to the military history of contemporary China, through an examination of China's 19th-century military clashes with the West and Japan, and the evolution of the Red Army. It draws on sources written in Chinese as well as on English-language secondary sources. Editor(s): Higham, Robin. Num Pages: 376 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GBC; HB; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 34. Weight in Grams: 725.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780313293375
- ISBN
- 9780313293375
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Condition: New
€ 75.64€ 28.12
€ 75.64
€ 28.12
Paperback. Challenges the general belief that human impact on nature was generally benign or negligible and charged that ancient civilizations of the Mediterranean had brought about their own collapse by their abuse of the environment. Editor(s): Lowenthal, David. Series: Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books. Num Pages: 512 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 31. Weight in Grams: 790.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295983165
- ISBN
- 9780295983165
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 35.62
€ 37.99
€ 35.62