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Paperback. In an era of skyrocketing tuition and concern over whether college is worth it, this is an indispensable contribution to the dialogue assessing the state of American higher education. A powerful expose of unmet obligations and misplaced priorities, it explains in detail why so many leave college with so little to show for it." Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: JHB; JNKS; JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674088023
- ISBN
- 9780674088023
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.85
€ 27.99
€ 24.85
Paperback. Finding biopolitics unable to adequately reveal the mechanisms of power that govern contemporary life, Elizabeth A. Povinelli offers "geontopower" as a new theory of power that operates through the regulation of clear distinctions between life and nonlife. Num Pages: 232 pages, 9 illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ; JHMC; JPFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 230 x 17. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822362333
- ISBN
- 9780822362333
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.63
€ 27.99
€ 26.63
Paperback. Examines how alternative social worlds and projects generate new possibilities of life in the context of ordinary and extraordinary acts of neglect and surveillance Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 table, 6 figures. BIC Classification: JHBA; JPFK; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 166 x 16. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822350842
- ISBN
- 9780822350842
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.49
€ 27.99
€ 26.49
Paperback. A study of the Belyuen community of northern Australia, showing how it draws identity from deep connections between labour, language and the landscape. Povinelli's findings challenge Western notions of "productive labour" and long-standing ideas about the role of culture in subsistence economies. Num Pages: 344 pages, 8 tables, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1MBF; JFC; JFSL9; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226676746
- ISBN
- 9780226676746
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Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 33.73
€ 43.99
€ 33.73
Hardback. Finding biopolitics unable to adequately reveal the mechanisms of power that govern contemporary life, Elizabeth A. Povinelli offers "geontopower" as a new theory of power that operates through the regulation of clear distinctions between life and nonlife. Num Pages: 232 pages, 9 illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ; JHMC; JPFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 238 x 18. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822362111
- ISBN
- 9780822362111
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.46
€ 111.46
Hardback. As part of the agreement for Greece to join the EU, the country had to undertake a massive psychiatric reform, moving patients out of custodial hospitals and returning them to the community to be treated as outpatients. In this subtle ethnography, Elizabeth Davis shows how this played out at the edge of the nation, in the border region of Thrace. Num Pages: 344 pages, 5 photos, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DVG; JHMP; JKS; MBNH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822350934
- ISBN
- 9780822350934
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Condition: New
€ 116.56
€ 116.56
Paperback. Madness and Responsibility in Modern Greece. 344 pages, 5 photographs, 1 map. As part of the agreement for Greece to join the European Union, the country had to undertake a massive psychiatric reform, moving patients out of custodial hospitals and returning them to the community to be treated as outpatients. This title shows how this played out at the edge of the nation, in the border region of Thrace. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DVG; JHMP; JKS; MBNH. Dimension: 155 x 231 x 12. Weight: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822351061
- ISBN
- 9780822351061
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.83
€ 32.99
€ 29.83
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 32 halftones. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 150 x 230 x 19. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226469553
- ISBN
- 9780226469553
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.82
€ 40.99
€ 31.82
Paperback. Despite increased economic opportunities for women, sexual commerce has not only thrived in the Western world, it has diversified along technological, spatial, and social lines. This work paints a picture of the state of global sexual commerce and its relationship to a burgeoning consumer culture. Series: Worlds of Desire: The Chicago Series on Sexuality, Gender & Culture. Num Pages: 288 pages, 17 halftones, 6 maps, 6 line drawings, 3 tables. BIC Classification: JFMX; JHBL; KNS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226044583
- ISBN
- 9780226044583
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.91
€ 37.99
€ 29.91
Hardback. My Life with Things is Elizabeth Chin's meditation on her relationship with consumer goods and a critical statement on the politics and method of anthropology in which she uses everyday items to intimately examine the ways consumption resonates with personal and social meaning. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: JFFT; JHMC; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 477.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822361183
- ISBN
- 9780822361183
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Condition: New
€ 111.46
€ 111.46
Paperback. Provides a history of daily life on coffee plantations in central Nicaragua between 1870 and 1950 and uses that history to argue that the coffee boom impeded rather than expedited the country's transition to capitalism Num Pages: 272 pages, 17 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCN; JFC; JFSJ1; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822336747
- ISBN
- 9780822336747
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.67
€ 30.99
€ 27.67
Paperback. Explores how members of Guanajuato's Santa Fe Cooperative, Mexico's cooperatively owned silver mine, give meaning to their labor in an era of globalization and neoliberalism. This work analyzes the cooperative's practices and the importance of patrimonio in their understanding of work, kinship, and morality. Num Pages: 296 pages, 21 photos, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JHBL; KCF; KNAT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231132398
- ISBN
- 9780231132398
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 31.19
€ 43.99
€ 31.19
hardcover. Num Pages: 220 pages, black & white line drawings, figures. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JFSP31; JHBL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 160 x 253 x 20. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442215504
- ISBN
- 9781442215504
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.89
€ 77.89
Paperback. Explores the significance of the wedding ceremony by asking what the wedding becomes when you separate it from the idea of marriage. This book finds that weddings - as performances, fantasies, and rituals of transformation - are sites for imagining and enacting forms of social intimacy other than monogamous heterosexuality. Series: Series Q. Num Pages: 312 pages, 8 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFSJ; JHBK; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5665 x 3963 x 22. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822329893
- ISBN
- 9780822329893
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.79
€ 31.99
€ 28.79
paperback. This tribe of South Dakota has met the challenge of living in the 20th century by expressing religion and beliefs in a cultural style that mixes tradition and Christian influence with western technology. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHM. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 160 x 7. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Wadsworth Publishing Co Inc United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780030574382
- ISBN
- 9780030574382
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Condition: New
€ 90.04
€ 90.04
Hardcover. The late twentieth century has seen a fantastic expansion of personal, sexual, and domestic liberties in the United States. In this title, the author explores the rise of cohabitation, and the changing social norms that have allowed cohabitation to become the chosen lifestyle of more than fifteen million Americans. Num Pages: 312 pages, 15 halftones, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBTB; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226671031
- ISBN
- 9780226671031
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.07€ 89.16
€ 107.07
€ 89.16
Paperback. The late twentieth century has seen a fantastic expansion of personal, sexual, and domestic liberties in the United States. In this title, the author explores the rise of cohabitation, and the changing social norms that have allowed cohabitation to become the chosen lifestyle of more than fifteen million Americans. Num Pages: 312 pages, 15 halftones, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBTB; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226671048
- ISBN
- 9780226671048
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.82
€ 40.99
€ 31.82
Paperback. Examines how "otherness" has been constituted, communicated and transformed in cultural representation. Covering a diverse range of media, the contributors explore the cultural politics of Europe's encounters with Brazil, India, Israel, Australia and Africa. Editor(s): Hallam, Elizabeth; Street, Brian. Series: Sussex Studies in Culture and Communication. Num Pages: 320 pages, 66 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415202800
- ISBN
- 9780415202800
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Condition: New
€ 56.18
€ 56.18
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 182 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 133 x 10. Weight in Grams: 171.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 182
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691627526
- ISBN
- 9780691627526
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
€ 40.99
€ 29.44
hardcover. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 182 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHB; JHM; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 182
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691653501
- ISBN
- 9780691653501
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Condition: New
€ 110.67
€ 110.67
Paperback. She concludes that while globalization may exacerbate such conflicts, it can ultimately lead to social change. Num Pages: 208 pages, 30, 30 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 179 x 15. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801882630
- ISBN
- 9780801882630
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.65
€ 34.99
€ 29.65
Hardback. A recent study of corporate managers found that one out of five projects fail primarily because of ineffective transnational communication, resulting in the loss of millions of dollars. This book examines how communications between transnational partners routinely break down, even when all parties are fluent English speakers. Num Pages: 192 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: GTC; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 163 x 236 x 19. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520291379
- ISBN
- 9780520291379
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.06
€ 33.99
€ 25.06
Paperback. Bridging literary conventions, this work explores the cultural origins of a quiet revolution that occurred over the course of the twentieth century. It combines novelistic and ethnographic techniques to illuminate population dynamics that have raised alarm across Europe and the US, and manifested, for example, in Italy's extremely low birthrate. Num Pages: 304 pages, 11 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: JHBF; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520258495
- ISBN
- 9780520258495
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
€ 40.99
€ 29.44
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
- Edition
- Reissue
- Number of pages
- 206
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781580463652
- ISBN
- 9781580463652
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.01
€ 33.99
€ 33.01