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Paperback. The next century will see more than half of the world's 6,000 languages become extinct, and most of these will disappear without being adequately recorded. Written by one of the leading figures in language documentation, this fascinating book explores what humanity stands to lose as a result. Series: Language Library. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, maps, figures. BIC Classification: CF; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 174 x 19. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631233060
- ISBN
- 9780631233060
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 38.54
€ 38.99
€ 38.54
Hardback. Offers commentary and an illustrated history of the representations of people of African descent ranging from the ancient images of Pharaohs created by unknown hands to the works of the great European masters such as Bosch, Rembrandt, Rubens, and Hogarth to stunning creations by contemporary black artists. Editor(s): Bindman, David; Gates, Henry Louis, Jr. Num Pages: 432 pages, 191 color illustrations. BIC Classification: AC; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 287 x 258 x 37. Weight in Grams: 2584.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- New edition
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674052611
- ISBN
- 9780674052611
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.23€ 99.52
€ 105.23
€ 99.52
Paperback. In the reign of Ch'ien-lung emperor, Hungli, mass hysteria broke out. It was feared that sorcerers were roaming the land clipping off the ends of men's queues (braids worn by royal decree) and stealing their souls. Kuhn chronicles this epidemic of fear and the official prosecution of soulstealers. Num Pages: 320 pages, 9 halftones, 10 line illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JF; HBJF; HBLL; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 254 x 58. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674821521
- ISBN
- 9780674821521
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.96
€ 40.99
€ 33.96
Paperback. Advances an interpretation of the founding of modern Israel. This book demonstrates how socialist principles were subverted in practice by the nationalist goals to which socialist Zionism was committed. It provides a historical background to Israel's struggle to mobilize its citizenry to support a shared vision of nationhood. Translator(s): Maisel, David. Num Pages: 464 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 3JJ; HBJF1; HBLW; JFSR1; JPFF; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 151 x 27. Weight in Grams: 662.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 436
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691009674
- ISBN
- 9780691009674
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.24€ 42.14
€ 53.24
€ 42.14
Paperback. Madame de Pompadour's comment, 'Apres moi, le deluge' (after me, the deluge), has looked like a callous if accurate prophecy of the political cataclysms in 1789. But decades before the Bastille fell, French writers had used the phrase to describe a different kind of selfish recklessness. This book examines these fears and the responses to them. Num Pages: 432 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBTV2; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691143262
- ISBN
- 9780691143262
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.24€ 42.24
€ 53.24
€ 42.24
Paperback. Offers a fundamental reinterpretation of the role of the Gulag - the Soviet Union's vast system of forced-labor camps, internal exile, and prisons - in Soviet society. This book argues that the Gulag must be understood primarily as a penal institution where prisoners were given one final chance to reintegrate into Soviet society. Num Pages: 368 pages, 2 halftones. 1 table. BIC Classification: 1DVU; HBLW; JKVP; JKVQ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691151120
- ISBN
- 9780691151120
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.24€ 42.23
€ 53.24
€ 42.23
Paperback. aeo Bobbio is one of the foremost political thinkers in Europe. aeo This book was an astonishing bestseller in Italy. It sold 250,000 copies in Italy since 1994, and it has sold over 300,000 copies in Europe overall. It has been translated into 14 languages. aeo Ita s a timely defence of the distinction between a lefta and a righta in politics. Series: Themes for the 21st Century Series. Num Pages: 152 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 132 x 9. Weight in Grams: 176.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745615615
- ISBN
- 9780745615615
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.12
€ 22.12
Paperback. This book is an important and timely contribution to the debate concerning the relation between Heideggera s philosophy and his political affiliations to Nazism. But it is more than that: it is also a study, by the leading sociologist in France today, of some of the institutional mechanisms involved in the production of philosophical discourse. Num Pages: 148 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPJ; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 10. Weight in Grams: 194.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745617145
- ISBN
- 9780745617145
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.30
€ 23.30
Paperback. Looking both to the past of sociology and the diversity of intellectual trends found in the present-day, the book explores many aspects of the sociological heritage. Comte, Durkheim, Parsons, Marshall and Habermas are among the figures covered. Num Pages: 300 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 0. Weight in Grams: 405.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745617626
- ISBN
- 9780745617626
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.46
€ 28.46
Paperback. * provides an introduction to a wide range of social problems and their relation to the global era, such as AIDS, poverty and racism. * includes chapters written by acknowledged experts in the field of social policy specifically for students. Editor(s): George, Professor Vic; Page, Robert M. Num Pages: 224 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745629520
- ISBN
- 9780745629520
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Condition: New
€ 26.01
€ 26.01
paperback. * Stiegler is one of the most original and important philosophers and cultural theorists in France today. * His work is at the interface of philosophy and technology, so would appeal not only to those studying Philosophy, but media and cultural studies, and literary studies. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: JFFT; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745648101
- ISBN
- 9780745648101
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.57
€ 24.57
Paperback. Society' is one of the most frequently used words in public life; it is also a foundational term in the social sciences. In our own time, however, the idea has never been so much in dispute and so little understood. For some critics, society is simply too consensual for a world of intensive discord. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745648422
- ISBN
- 9780745648422
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.39
€ 23.39
Hardcover. Num Pages: 144 pages, 80 colour photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; AJC; HBWQ; JWMV3; WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 282 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1212.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764346415
- ISBN
- 9780764346415
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 32.42
€ 48.99
€ 32.42
Hardback. Series: The United States in the World. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTQ; JFFJ; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801453977
- ISBN
- 9780801453977
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.17
€ 41.17
Hardback. This book explores how the politics of memory and history affected representations of the internment of 120,000 Japanese Americans during World War II and the passage of redress legislation in 1988. Series: Asian America. Num Pages: 608 pages, 2 figures, 22 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBWQ; JFFJ; JFSL; JWXR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 992. Weight in Grams: 948.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 608
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804745345
- ISBN
- 9780804745345
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.69
€ 86.69
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The Jewish Publication Society
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780827612099
- ISBN
- 9780827612099
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.88
€ 23.99
€ 21.88
Paperback. Editor(s): Lilley, Sasha. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: JP; KCS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The Merlin Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780850366778
- ISBN
- 9780850366778
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.53
€ 19.99
€ 18.53
Paperback. Num Pages: 306 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Africa World Pr
- Edition
- Reprint, 1992
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780865431577
- ISBN
- 9780865431577
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.78
€ 33.99
€ 28.78
Hardcover. Num Pages: 388 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCV; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 280 x 368 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1482.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780884024040
- ISBN
- 9780884024040
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.36€ 50.37
€ 54.36
€ 50.37
Hardback. Translator(s): Johnston, David, Governor General of Canada. Num Pages: 176 pages, over 400 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ; JWM; TTMW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 263 x 185 x 17. Weight in Grams: 802.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780887407628
- ISBN
- 9780887407628
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 21.35
€ 31.99
€ 21.35