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The Wheels That Drove New York: A History of the New York City Transit...
Roess, Roger P., Sansone, Gene
Hardcover. This book tells the fascinating story of how the development of a public transportation system helped transform a small trading community at the southern tip of Manhattan Island into a world financial capital that is today home to more than 8,000,000 people. Series: Springer Tracts on Transportation and Traffic. Num Pages: 432 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFZ; JHB; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 836.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642304835
- ISBN
- 9783642304835
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.51
€ 121.51
Hardcover. Design Science Methodology for Information Systems and Software Engineering Num Pages: 332 pages, 43 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; UMZ; UY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
- Edition
- 2014th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783662438381
- ISBN
- 9783662438381
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 110.15
€ 110.15
Paperback. Num Pages: 347 pages, 43 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; UMZ; UY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783662524466
- ISBN
- 9783662524466
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.62
€ 73.62
Hardback. Editor(s): Sterckx, Roel. Num Pages: 263 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HRK; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 263
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403963376
- ISBN
- 9781403963376
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.80
€ 119.80
Paperback. This book provides an exhaustive analysis and criticism of the main theories of the practice of law-applying officials. It proposes an elaborate model of collective action and the notion of being under a duty qua member of a group. Series: Law and Philosophy Library. Num Pages: 190 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JHBD; LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 190
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400732001
- ISBN
- 9789400732001
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 119.13
€ 119.13
Hardback. This book provides an exhaustive analysis and criticism of the main theories of the practice of law-applying officials. It proposes an elaborate model of collective action and the notion of being under a duty qua member of a group. Series: Law and Philosophy Library. Num Pages: 190 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JHBD; LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 190
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048187690
- ISBN
- 9789048187690
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.94
€ 122.94
Paperback. This book compares different forms of racism and anti-racism in the United States and Britain from the 19th century to today, situating the development of various racial doctrines within the political movements of the modern capitalist world order. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804763356
- ISBN
- 9780804763356
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.47
€ 33.99
€ 33.47
Hardback. Together, the essays that constitute Exploring the Religious Life offer an engaging introduction to Rodney Stark's provocative insights and a fearless challenge to academic perceptions about religion's place in history, society, and private life. Num Pages: 232 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HRC; JH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801878442
- ISBN
- 9780801878442
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 43.90
€ 52.99
€ 43.90
Hardback. The idea that Christianity started as a clandestine movement among the poor is a widely accepted notion. This book addresses beliefs and historical facts, and brings a sociologist's perspective to bear on the puzzle behind the success of early Christianity. It provides insights into why people convert and how new religious groups recruit members. Num Pages: 256 pages, 10 halftones, 10 tables. BIC Classification: HBG; HRC; JH; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 165 x 21. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691027494
- ISBN
- 9780691027494
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 88.80€ 66.90
€ 88.80
€ 66.90
Paperback. This is an analysis of the observable, human side of faith. The text combines theorizing with discussion as it moves from considering the religiousness of individuals to the dynamics of religious groups to the workings of entire societies as religious groups contend for support. Num Pages: 343 pages, 6 line illustrations, 28 tables. BIC Classification: HRAB; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 490. Explaining the Human Side of Religion. 343 pages, 6 line illustrations, 28 tables. This is an analysis of the observable, human side of faith. The text combines theorizing with discussion as it moves from considering the religiousness of individuals to the dynamics of religious groups to the workings of entire societies as religious groups contend for support. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: HRAB; JH. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 22. Weight: 526.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 343
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520222021
- ISBN
- 9780520222021
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.13
€ 35.99
€ 26.13
Hardcover. The primary objective of Studies in Educational Ethnography is to present original research monographs based on ethnographic perspectives, and methodologies. Series: Studies in Educational Ethnography. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: JHB; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784416249
- ISBN
- 9781784416249
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.40
€ 129.40
Paperback. This book explores the relationship of human bodies with natural and cultural environments, arguing that these categories are linked and intertwined. It argues for an environmentally sustainable and healthy relationship between the body and the earth." Num Pages: 219 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFC; JHB; RN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 210. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 219
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349308347
- ISBN
- 9781349308347
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.20
€ 63.20
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781526114594
- ISBN
- 9781526114594
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 32.45
€ 33.99
€ 32.45
Hardback. This bold and original study looks at the performance of identity in the public sphere, using the concept of 'plumage' to capture the countless elements that go together to make up a shared identity. Num Pages: 288 pages, 10 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AKTH; HBTB; JHMC; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781526114587
- ISBN
- 9781526114587
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 147.18
€ 147.18
Hardback. This book provides the first comprehensive history of the peoples of the Middle Niger written by an English--speaking scholar. Series: Peoples of Africa S. Num Pages: 384 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1HBS; HBJH; HBTB; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 162 x 37. Weight in Grams: 764.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631173618
- ISBN
- 9780631173618
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.90
€ 95.90
Paperback / so. Series: Quartiersforschung. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JFS; JHB; RGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 11. Weight in Grams: 245.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Vs Verlag Fur Sozialwissenschaften United States
- Edition
- 2
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783531174082
- ISBN
- 9783531174082
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.14
€ 46.14
Hardback. The author shows how a new commercial and learned print culture attempted to write and regulate individual and collective practices in terms of a master idiom of family, sexuality, and gender upon which a post-revolutionary national community would turn. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; DSB; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 146 x 28. Weight in Grams: 611.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804722247
- ISBN
- 9780804722247
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.89
€ 98.89
Paperback. This book offers a provocative theorization of nationhood, focusing on the key role played by dialogic relations of hegemony, resistance and reciprocity in the birth of the modern European nation. The relationship between Greece and Britain at the end of the nineteenth centuryuncovers the linguistic construction of nationalism." Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL; JFC; JFSL; JHB; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349362561
- ISBN
- 9781349362561
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.08
€ 62.08
Hardback. "No one tradition alone offers a sufficient respect for other species. Taken together, they may offer a prospect for saner human-animal relations." -- From the book Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFZ; JHM; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 4039 x 30. Weight in Grams: 617.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774807241
- ISBN
- 9780774807241
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.19
€ 112.19
hardcover. Expectations about the contribution that volunteering can make are at a new high. This book aims to meet this interest by bringing together in one volume what is known about the phenomenon of volunteering; the principles and practice of involving volunteers, and the enduring challenges for volunteering in today's world. Num Pages: 292 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFP; JFSV; JHBL. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 149 x 22. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2010th Edition
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230210585
- ISBN
- 9780230210585
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.79
€ 62.79