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Disaster management is an increasingly important subject, as effective management of both natural and manmade disasters is essential to save lives and minimize casualties. This title covers the best practice for proactive disaster management in both developed and developing countries. Editor(s): Arora, R.; Arora, P. Num Pages: 624 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JKSR; MBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 171 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1628.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- CABI Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 624
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845939298
- ISBN
- 9781845939298
Condition: New
€ 177.39
€ 177.39
Num Pages: 488 pages, chart. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 163 x 33. Weight in Grams: 778. The Rashidun Caliphs. 488 pages, chart. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; JFSR2. Dimension: 237 x 163 x 33. Weight: 778.
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 488
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231150828
- ISBN
- 9780231150828
Condition: New
€ 79.92€ 62.72
€ 79.92
€ 62.72
Organizing the "unorganizable" Series: Working Class in American History. Num Pages: 256 pages, 12 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JHBL; KNXB2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252037320
- ISBN
- 9780252037320
Condition: New
€ 57.95
€ 57.95
Addresses contemporary debates about modernity, nation building, and the link between the ideology of power and the production of knowledge Editor(s): Hafez, Sherine; Slyomovics, Susan. Series: Public Cultures of the Middle East and North Africa. Num Pages: 414 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HB; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 27. Weight in Grams: 704.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 414
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253007469
- ISBN
- 9780253007469
Condition: New
€ 92.36
€ 92.36
Explores how science became increasingly important in nineteenth-century British culture and how the systematic study of insects permitted entomologists to engage with the most pressing questions of Victorian times: the nature of God, mind, and governance, and the origins of life. Num Pages: 384 pages, 48 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBTB; JFCX; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 165 x 34. Weight in Grams: 672.
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300150919
- ISBN
- 9780300150919
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 31.58
€ 43.99
€ 31.58
Presents a mathematical treatment of Suzumura consistency, an alternative to established coherence properties such as transitivity, quasi-transitivity, or acyclicity. This title discusses applications in individual and social choice theory, fields important not only to economics but also to philosophy and political science. Num Pages: 230 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: JFFP; KCA; KJMD; KJQ; KJSM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674052994
- ISBN
- 9780674052994
Condition: New
€ 54.01€ 50.63
€ 54.01
€ 50.63
The Minnesota Study of Twins Reared Apart startled scientists by demonstrating that twins reared apart are as alike, across a number of personality traits and other measures, as those raised together, suggesting that genetic influence is pervasive. Segal offers an overview of the study's scientific contributions and effect on public consciousness. Num Pages: 416 pages, 19 halftones, 2 graphs, 44 tables. BIC Classification: JMC; JMF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 166 x 30. Weight in Grams: 800.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674055469
- ISBN
- 9780674055469
Condition: New
€ 63.41€ 59.01
€ 63.41
€ 59.01
Patronage systems in public service are reviled as undemocratic and corrupt. Yet patronage was the prevailing method of staffing government for centuries, and in some countries it still is. Grindle considers why patronage has been ubiquitous in history and explores the processes through which it is replaced by merit-based civil service systems. Num Pages: 336 pages, 2 charts, 1 graph, 8 tables. BIC Classification: JPH; JPL; KNV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 163 x 27. Weight in Grams: 634.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674065703
- ISBN
- 9780674065703
Condition: New
€ 56.36€ 52.81
€ 56.36
€ 52.81
Drawing on a rich array of sources, including her father's striking account of his childhood in China, Tiger Writing not only illuminates Gish Jen's work but explores the aesthetic and psychic roots of the independent and interdependent self--each mode of selfhood yielding a distinct way of observing, remembering, and narrating the world. Series: The William E. Massey Sr. Lectures in the History of American Civilization. Num Pages: 208 pages, 22 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGL; DSB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 186 x 111 x 27. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674072831
- ISBN
- 9780674072831
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 40.39
€ 47.99
€ 40.39
Asia Inside Out reveals the dynamic forces that have linked regions of the world's largest continent. Connected Places, the second of three volumes, highlights the flows of goods, ideas, and people across natural and political boundaries and illustrates the confluence of factors in the historical construction of place and space. Num Pages: 425 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; HBJF; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 167 x 37. Weight in Grams: 780.
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 425
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674967687
- ISBN
- 9780674967687
Condition: New
€ 55.18€ 51.66
€ 55.18
€ 51.66
Culture, Raymond Williams once wrote, is one of the most difficult words in language. Since then the concept has become part of our everyday vocabulary; it is used in a variety of different contexts: to describe the behaviour of corporations or criminals; to provide personal and national identity; it even gives its name to a Department of State. Series: Key Concepts. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 146 x 21. Weight in Grams: 370. Series: Key Concepts. 200 pages. Culture, Raymond Williams once wrote, is one of the most difficult words in language. Since then the concept has become part of our everyday vocabulary; it is used in a variety of different contexts: to describe the behaviour of corporations or criminals; to provide personal and national identity; it even gives its name to a Department of State. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: JFC. Dimension: 222 x 146 x 21. Weight: 370.
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745623801
- ISBN
- 9780745623801
Condition: New
€ 73.24
€ 73.24
This book provides a clear and concise introduction to the concept of consumption and to the wide--ranging debates about the nature and consequences of consumer society. Community and social class appear to be in irreversible decline. Series: Key Concepts. Num Pages: 176 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFT; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745625294
- ISBN
- 9780745625294
Condition: New
€ 66.86
€ 66.86
* This is the first biography to be written about the life of Martha Freud, the wife of the father of psychoanalysis. * This is the first biography to be written about the life of Martha Freud, the wife of the father of psychoanalysis. * Fully illustrated with halftones of the Bernays and Freud Families. Translator(s): Glasgow, R.D.V. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 251 x 23. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745633381
- ISBN
- 9780745633381
Condition: New
€ 66.86
€ 66.86
Roger Silverstone's compelling new book places the global media at the heart of the moral future of civilisation. It argues that the media (the press, broadcasting, the Internet and increasingly peer-to-peer technologies and networks) have a profound significance for the way in which the world is understood by its citizens. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 501.
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745635033
- ISBN
- 9780745635033
Condition: New
€ 73.24
€ 73.24
War is a paradox. On the one hand, it destroys bodies and destroys communities. On the other hand, it is responsible for some of the strongest human bonds and has been the genesis of many of our most fundamental institutions. Series: PPSS - Polity Political Sociology Series. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JHB; JWA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 150. .
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745645797
- ISBN
- 9780745645797
Condition: New
€ 66.86
€ 66.86
* A major new book examining the interconnections between freedom and security, and the way these are affected by ever-increasing inequalities. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: JPA; JPP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 147 x 17. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745647180
- ISBN
- 9780745647180
Condition: New
€ 66.86
€ 66.86
* Miguel Abensour is an influential political philosopher in France, well-known for his highly original interpretations of Marx. * The text provides a reading of the young Marx s work on politics, democracy and the state, linking Marx s writings with elements of Levinas s work and anarchism. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: JPHV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 239 x 162 x 17. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745650098
- ISBN
- 9780745650098
Condition: New
€ 66.73
€ 66.73
* An accessible and comprehensive guide to international mediation for students, practitioners and general readers. * Provides an empirically rich history of post World War II mediation. * Draws on a wide range of compelling examples, from the Oslo Accords to civil conflict in Bosnia. Series: War and Conflict in the Modern World. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745653303
- ISBN
- 9780745653303
Condition: New
€ 60.37
€ 60.37
- Publisher
- Canada
- Edition
- 2 Sub
- Number of pages
- 324
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780773524750
- ISBN
- 9780773524750
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.53
€ 40.99
€ 36.53