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hardcover. What happens when higher education is introduced to the exploration of meaning and purpose? Liberal Learning as a Quest for Purpose analyzes a remarkable experiment-lasting over a decade and encompassing 88 independent campuses-to reconfigure undergraduate education as a journey toward life purpose. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: HRAM; JHB; JNA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 164 x 24. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- OXFORD UNIV PR United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190499242
- ISBN
- 9780190499242
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.00
€ 81.00
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1978
- Publisher
- Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714526478
- ISBN
- 9780714526478
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.26
€ 9.26
paperback. Twelve essays provide a nuanced portrait of why public sexual activity is such an integral part of gay culture. Contributors explore issues such as visibility and secrecy, as well as economic status and social class, and interrogate the historical trajectories through which certain locations come to be favored sites for sexual encounters. Editor(s): Leap, William L. Series: Between Men - Between Women: Lesbian & Gay Studies. Num Pages: 304 pages, 8 photos. BIC Classification: JFSK2; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780231106917
- ISBN
- 9780231106917
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.65
€ 37.99
€ 27.65
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JFFS; JH; KCP; KJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Monthly Review Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781583670361
- ISBN
- 9781583670361
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.53
€ 17.99
€ 16.53
Hardback. An ethnographic study of Chinese urban life in the Mongolian city of Huhhot. The text is organized around specific elements of culture, moving from public domains to the private issues of sex and gender, family life and religion. Num Pages: 345 pages, photos. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFSG; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 345
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780231079600
- ISBN
- 9780231079600
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.86€ 102.00
€ 134.86
€ 102.00
Paperback. Sure to stir controversy and debate, A Theory of Global Capitalism will be of interest to sociologists and economists alike. Series: Themes in Global Social Change. Num Pages: 224 pages, 4, 4 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: JH; KCL; KCS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801879272
- ISBN
- 9780801879272
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 26.43
€ 30.99
€ 26.43
Paperback. Num Pages: 119 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 274 x 11. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 119
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780873652094
- ISBN
- 9780873652094
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 38.26
€ 45.99
€ 38.26
Hardcover. A story of survival within an impersonal child-care system, a story filled with vivid characters, pathos, surprising humor, and the tenacity of a young boy who longs for a normal home and can't understand why his mother abandoned him or who his father is. Num Pages: 280 pages, 14 b&w photos, 14 b&w illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BGA; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 581.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Texas Christian University Press
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875653556
- ISBN
- 9780875653556
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.05
€ 26.99
€ 26.05
Hardback. Num Pages: 164 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBC; JN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 161 x 15. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 164
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781607091424
- ISBN
- 9781607091424
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 146.94
€ 146.94
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781108079129
- ISBN
- 9781108079129
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.30
€ 69.30
hardcover. Presenting an autobiographical account, this book discusses the author's research and various methodological debates. It reflects on various challenges associated with management and social science research such as the search for a 'behavioral science', the limits of rationality, the unreliability of research findings, and more. Num Pages: 208 pages, 6 tables, 19 figures. BIC Classification: HPK; JHBC; JMAL; KJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 145 x 18. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- OUP Oxford United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199288533
- ISBN
- 9780199288533
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.94
€ 123.94
Paperback. In short, punchy essays by distinguished researchers from across a range of disciplines, this book provides a new way of understanding globalization, moving away from the standard accounts of global forces, economic flows, and capitalist dynamics, to show how ordinary practices and artefacts are crucial elements and symbols of globalization. Editor(s): Thrift, Nigel; Tickell, Adam; Woolgar, Steve. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JFFS; JHB; KCP; RGCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 17. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199212637
- ISBN
- 9780199212637
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 78.57
€ 78.57
Paperback. Num Pages: 704 pages, 111 halftones, 73 maps. BIC Classification: 1Q; HBG; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 150 x 43. Weight in Grams: 933.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 704
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Edition
- 6th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226561608
- ISBN
- 9780226561608
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 36.51
€ 46.99
€ 36.51
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: JHMP; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 211 x 134 x 13. Weight in Grams: 245.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1971
- Publisher
- Sinauer Associates
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780878939268
- ISBN
- 9780878939268
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 74.37
€ 74.37
Paperback. Editor(s): Bannister, Robert C. Num Pages: 423 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: DNF; JH; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 30. Weight in Grams: 752.
- Publisher
- Liberty Fund Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 423
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780865971011
- ISBN
- 9780865971011
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.73
€ 15.99
€ 12.73
Hardback. Num Pages: 462 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSG; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 263 x 188 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1132.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Edition
- 5 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 462
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742561755
- ISBN
- 9780742561755
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 199.71
€ 199.71
Paperback. First published in 1943, this is an account of an Italian-American slum in Boston. Num Pages: 418 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSG; JHM; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 27. Weight in Grams: 560. Social Structure of an Italian Slum. 418 pages, illustrations. First published in 1943, this is an account of an Italian-American slum in Boston. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSG; JHM; JMH. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 27. Weight: 492.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 418
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- 4th Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226895451
- ISBN
- 9780226895451
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.46
€ 37.46
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 33 tables, 18 charts/graphs, 3 maps, 5 halftones. BIC Classification: JHBL; KJMV2; KJU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801473791
- ISBN
- 9780801473791
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.77
€ 33.99
€ 30.77
Hardback. Since the end of World War II, runaway fears of Soviet imperialism, global terrorism, and anarchy have tended to drive American foreign policy toward an imperial agenda. This title draws on America's religious and political history and examines two concepts at play in the founding of the country - contractual and covenantal. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPQ; JHB; JPA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 385.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781589017658
- ISBN
- 9781589017658
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.49
€ 74.49
Paperback. The Caribbean before Columbus is a new synthesis of the region's insular history based on the authors' 55 years of research in the Bahamas, Lesser and Greater Antilles. The presentation operates on multiple scales, and individual sites highlight specific issues. Num Pages: 360 pages, 25 b/w line drawings; 42 b/w halftones. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 3H; HBJK; HBLC; HDD; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190605254
- ISBN
- 9780190605254
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 81.00
€ 81.00
Hardback. Documents the crucial role played by language in cultural conquest: how colonial Mayan emerged in the age of the cross, how it was taken up by native writers to become the language of indigenous literature, and how it ultimately became the language of rebellion against the system that produced it. Series: The Anthropology of Christianity. Num Pages: 484 pages, 16 b/w photographs, 2 line illustrations, 17 maps, 25 tables, 41 examples. BIC Classification: 1KL; 2JNM; 3JB; CBX; CFB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 484
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520257702
- ISBN
- 9780520257702
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.19€ 58.19
€ 75.19
€ 58.19
Paperback. Documents the crucial role played by language in cultural conquest - how colonial Mayan emerged in the age of the cross, how it was taken up by native writers to become the language of indigenous literature, and how it ultimately became the language of rebellion against the system that produced it. Series: The Anthropology of Christianity. Num Pages: 484 pages, 16 b/w photographs, 2 line illustrations, 17 maps, 25 tables, 41 examples. BIC Classification: 1KL; 2JNM; 3JB; CBX; CFB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 30. Weight in Grams: 678.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 472
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520257719
- ISBN
- 9780520257719
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.40
€ 40.99
€ 29.40
Paperback. Examining the relationship between societal practice, historical processes, and culture in a Nepali society, this book tells the story of the Thakali's search for identity and their efforts to clarify and represent their culture and history. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FKN; JFSL9; JHMC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231110877
- ISBN
- 9780231110877
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.40
€ 40.99
€ 29.40
Hardback. Editor(s): Tate, William F. Num Pages: 564 pages. BIC Classification: JHBC; JNFR; JNKD; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 260 x 180 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1334.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 564
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442204676
- ISBN
- 9781442204676
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 351.28
€ 351.28