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Paperback. Paik Nak-chung is one of Korea's most incisive contemporary public intellectuals. By training a literary scholar, he is perhaps best known as an eloquent cultural and political critic. This volume deals with his life and work. Translator(s): Myung-Hwan, Kim; June-Kyu, Sol; Seung-chul, Song; Young-joo, Ryu. Series: Seoul-California Series in Korean Studies. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 68.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520289888
ISBN
9780520289888
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.40

Hardback. Fashion knockoffs are everywhere. Even in the out-of-the-way markets of highland Guatemala, fake branded clothes offer a cheap, stylish alternative for people who cannot afford high-priced originals. The author approaches the fashion industry from the perspective of indigenous Maya people who make and sell knockoffs. Num Pages: 328 pages, 14 b/w, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLCG; JHMC; KNSX; LNR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 617.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780520290969
ISBN
9780520290969
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 93.64
€ 73.14

Hardback. Many of American journalism's best-known and most cherished stories are exaggerated, dubious, or apocryphal. They are media-driven myths. In this book, the author confronts and dismantles prominent media-driven myths, describing how they can feed stereotypes, distort understanding about the news media, and deflect blame from policymakers. Num Pages: 368 pages, 27 black and white. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFD; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520291270
ISBN
9780520291270
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 93.64
€ 73.14

Hardback. In the last decade, public discussions of transgender issues have increased exponentially. This book explores the recent shifts in the meaning of the gendered body and representation, and explores the possibilities of a non-gendered, gender optional, or gender-hacked future. Series: American Studies Now: Critical Histories of the Present. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520292680
ISBN
9780520292680
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.11
€ 65.28

Hardback. Presidential campaigns of the twenty-first century were not the first to mobilize an array of new media forms in efforts to gain electoral victory. The author looks at four US presidential campaigns during the long 1890s (1888-1900) as Republicans and Democrats deployed a variety of media forms to promote their candidates and platforms. Num Pages: 288 pages, 30 b/w, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; GTC; JPA; JPHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780520292727
ISBN
9780520292727
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 93.64
€ 72.62

Hardback. Num Pages: 264 pages, 10 line art, 4 b/w, 2 tables. BIC Classification: JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520293021
ISBN
9780520293021
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 93.64
€ 73.14

Hardback. Suitable for students and researchers whose mathematical background is limited to basic algebra, this book focuses on fundamental elements of time series analysis that social scientists need to understand so they can employ time series analysis for their research and practice. Num Pages: 248 pages, 65 line drawings, 17 tables. BIC Classification: GPS; JHBA; JHBC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 503.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520293168
ISBN
9780520293168
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 93.64
€ 73.14

Hardback. Explores how scalar blindness skews our understanding of these cultures and the debates they inspire. This book elaborates on indigenous modes of "being many" that have been eclipsed by scale-blind anthropology, which generally uses its large-scale conceptual language of persons, relations, and ethnic groups for even tiny communities. Series: Ethnographic Studies in Subjectivity. Num Pages: 296 pages, 14 b/w, 4 maps, 4 tables. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780520293403
ISBN
9780520293403
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 93.64
€ 72.02

Paperback. Offers an account of Ireland's neglected "national" intellectuals, an extraordinary group, including such figures as Oscar Wilde's father William Wilde, Charles Lever, Samuel Ferguson, Isaac Butt, Sheridan Le Fanu. Num Pages: 184 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DBR; JFCX; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 276.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Oxford
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631214465
ISBN
9780631214465
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.85

Paperback. The Annual Review, produced in association with the Journal of Common Market Studies, covers the key developments in the European Union and its Member States in 1999. Editor(s): Edwards, Geoffrey; Wiessala, Georg. Series: Journal of Common Market Studies. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; JPSN2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 149 x 12. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631221838
ISBN
9780631221838
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.06

Paperback. * The eighth book of a series published with The Political Quarterly. * Expert contributors including Joyce Macmillan, Michael Brunson, Karen Evans, John Maxton, Matthew Taylor, Neal Acherson, Yasmin--Alibhai Brown and Anthony Everitt. Editor(s): Crick, Sir Bernard. Series: Political Quarterly Special Issues. Num Pages: 320 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 168 x 10. Weight in Grams: 312.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell Oxford
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631228561
ISBN
9780631228561
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.88

Hardback. This investigation of the economy and cultural politics of Sensoji shows that its culture of prayer and play reflected changes taking place in Tokugawa Japan, particularly in the city of Edo. The book provides a cultural critique of conventional scholarship on Tokugawa religion. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 328 pages, 13 line illustrations, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; GTB; HRKN; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 28. Weight in Grams: 580.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674002401
ISBN
9780674002401
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 40.05

Hardcover. This volume is the culmination of five years of impassioned conversations among distinguished scholars in law, public policy, medicine, and biopsychology, about the most difficult questions in drug policy and the study of addictions. Editor(s): Heymann, Philip B.; Brownsberger, William N. Series: Mind/Brain/Behavior Initiative. Num Pages: 288 pages, 10 line illustrations, 7 tables. BIC Classification: JFFH1; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 535.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780674003279
ISBN
9780674003279
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.05
€ 76.51

Hardcover. Vols. 3-4: L.H. Butterfield and Marc Friedlaender, editors. Num Pages: 621 pages, 14 halftones, 8 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BJ; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 165 x 89. Weight in Grams: 3087.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Harvard University Press Massachusetts
Number of pages
621
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674004061
ISBN
9780674004061
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 305.45
€ 282.52

Hardback. This work offers concrete advice on choosing classes, talking productively with advisors, improving writing and study skills, maximizing the value of research assignments, and connecting learning inside the classroom with the rest of life. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JNM; VSK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 127 x 25. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674004788
ISBN
9780674004788
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 41.36

Hardcover. In this study of desire in late Imperial China, the author argues that the development of traditional Chinese fiction as a narrative genre was closely related to changes in conceptions of the fundamental nature of desire. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 325 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSA; DSK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 660.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
325
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674005136
ISBN
9780674005136
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 37.34

Paperback. This text examines the connection between the decline of the orphanage and the rise of welfare. Matthew Crenson argues that the prehistory of the welfare system was played out not on the stage of national politics or class conflict but in the micropolitics of institutional management. Num Pages: 400 pages, 10 halftones, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW3; JKSB1; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 144 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674005549
ISBN
9780674005549
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 44.46

Hardback. Richard Nixon believed that history would show his administration in the forefront of civil rights progress. What does the record really say about civil rights under Nixon? In this book, Dean Kotlowski offers a study of an administration that redirected the course of civil rights in America. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3; JPHL; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 34. Weight in Grams: 744.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674006232
ISBN
9780674006232
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 77.20
€ 71.34

Paperback. Cases of child abuse and neglect reported in the media have led to a crisis of confidence in the current child protective services (CPS) systems in the USA, and to frequent calls for reform. Jane Waldfogel agrees that the public has a right to be concerned. Num Pages: 296 pages, 43 tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; JFFE1; JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780674007239
ISBN
9780674007239
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 38.26

Hardcover. Jacob Katz was one of the greatest Jewish historians of the 20th century. In this volume, ten scholars critically discuss Katz's work with an appreciation for Katz's importance in reshaping the way Jewish history is studied. Series: Harvard Center for Jewish Studies. Num Pages: 200 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 161 x 18. Weight in Grams: 488.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674008465
ISBN
9780674008465
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 34.12

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