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Hardback. Rethinking Science, Technology, and Social Change challenges prevailing notions that science and technology are socially shaped or constructed. The text puts forth a case for technological determinism, based on a realist and pragmatist account of science and technology, informed by historical comparisons. Num Pages: 192 pages, 1 table, 3 figures. BIC Classification: JFC; JH; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 585. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804755887
- ISBN
- 9780804755887
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.03
€ 78.03
Hardback. This compelling historical ethnography explores how people in Bahla, an oasis town in the interior of Oman, experienced dramatic transformation in their lives following the discovery of oil in the late 1960s, and now grapple with the prospect of this resource's future depletion. Num Pages: 264 pages, 5 illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FBXM; HBJF1; HBLW3; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804756266
- ISBN
- 9780804756266
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.40
€ 117.40
Hardback. This book chronicles the struggles of undocumented migrant women in France as they fight to become rights-bearing citizens, revealing how concepts of citizenship and nationality intersect with gender, sexuality, and immigration. Num Pages: 216 pages, 14 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; JFFN; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804757614
- ISBN
- 9780804757614
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.83
€ 121.83
Hardback. Examines the genesis of internationally linked Japanese nongovernmental advocacy networks; their critiques of neoliberalism, militarism, and nationalism; their local, regional, and global connections; their relationships with the Japanese government; and their role in constructing an identity of the Japanese as global citizens. Editor(s): Chan, Jennifer. Num Pages: 432 pages, 8 figures, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JH; JPVH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804757812
- ISBN
- 9780804757812
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.82
€ 161.82
Hardback. Remaking Citizenship explores the stories of low-income Latinas actively engaged in a new vision of feminist politics rooted in concerns as disparate as domestic violence, childrearing, women's self-esteem, and immigrant and workers' rights. Num Pages: 248 pages, 1 figure, 7 illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KL; JFSJ1; JHMC; JP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804758215
- ISBN
- 9780804758215
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.12
€ 122.12
Hardback. Investigates the emerging, new sexual culture of Iranian youth, in which sexuality represents freedom and engaging in sex can be considered political activism. Num Pages: 344 pages, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBN; JFSR2; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 712. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804758567
- ISBN
- 9780804758567
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.75
€ 111.75
Hardback. A provocative examination of the property tax revolt of the 1970s that explains why contemporary American politics is now consumed with conflicts over big tax cuts. Num Pages: 264 pages, 7 tables, 3 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JH; JP; KFFD1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804758703
- ISBN
- 9780804758703
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.78
€ 116.78
Hardback. Examines how immigrants acquire American ideas about race, both pre- and post-migration, in light of U.S. military presence and U.S. cultural dominance over their home country, drawing on interviews and ethnographic observations of Koreans in Seoul and Los Angeles. Num Pages: 328 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; JHMC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804758864
- ISBN
- 9780804758864
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.91
€ 138.91
The New Gilded Age. The Critical Inequality Debates of Our Time.
. Ed(S): Grusky, David B.; Kricheli-Katz, Tam...
Paperback. This book asks leading scholars to debate the causes of inequality, whether we have an obligation to help the poor, and the types of reforms that are most likely to eliminate or reduce inequality. Editor(s): Grusky, David B.; Kricheli-Katz, Tamar. Series: Studies in Social Inequality. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, charts, graphs. BIC Classification: JFFA; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 20. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804759366
- ISBN
- 9780804759366
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
€ 32.99
€ 29.60
Hardback. Coca's Gone examines the legacy of violence and shattered expectations that shaped the stories told by people of Peru's Upper Huallaga Valley in the aftermath of a twenty-year cocaine boom. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 585. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804759571
- ISBN
- 9780804759571
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.17
€ 128.17
Hardback. Dilemmas of Modernity provides a new framework for understanding Bolivia's contested present through the study of local encounters with transnational law, liberalism, and the institutions and agents of development. Num Pages: 264 pages, 7 tables, 27 illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSL; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 585. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804759816
- ISBN
- 9780804759816
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.46
€ 127.46
Hardback. Reconfiguring Families in Contemporary Vietnam chronicles and analyzes the most significant change for families in Vietnam's recent past - the transition to a market economy, referred to as Doi Moi. Editor(s): Barbieri, Magali; Belanger, Daniele. Series: Contemporary Issues in Asia and Pacific. Num Pages: 464 pages, 41 tables, 46 figures, 2 illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FMV; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804760577
- ISBN
- 9780804760577
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 173.29
€ 173.29
Hardback. Culture and Panic Disorder examines panic disorder across cultures, and throughout history, with contributions from leading scholars in anthropology, psychiatry, sociology, psychology, and the history of science. Editor(s): Hinton, Devon; Good, Byron J. Num Pages: 296 pages, 23 tables, 9 figures. BIC Classification: JHMC; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804761086
- ISBN
- 9780804761086
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 171.43
€ 171.43
Hardback. Caught in Play reveals that though we engage stories, games, and images for fun, it does not follow that entertainment is trivial in its effect on our lives. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 585. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804761109
- ISBN
- 9780804761109
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.32
€ 127.32
Hardback. Customizing Indigeneity follows the Aguaruna on their paths to becoming leaders of Peru's Amazonian movement, revealing both their creative cultural agency and the constraints of contemporary indigenous movement politics along the way. Num Pages: 264 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804761185
- ISBN
- 9780804761185
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.46
€ 127.46
Hardback. This book examines how language changes the way law is debated and negotiated, focusing on the courtrooms of postcolonial Hong Kong. Num Pages: 352 pages, 5 tables, 2 figures, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPCH; 2AB; 2GDCC; JHB; LAFC; LAT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 661. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804761642
- ISBN
- 9780804761642
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.17
€ 128.17
Hardback. This book advances debates over the relationship between care and economy through the concept of intimate labor-care, domestic, and sex work-and thus charts relations of race, class, gender, sexuality, and citizenship in the context of global economic transformations. Editor(s): Parrenas, Rhacel Salazar; Boris, Eileen. Num Pages: 360 pages, 2 tables, 1 illustration. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804761925
- ISBN
- 9780804761925
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.26
€ 139.26
Hardback. A broad and ambitious reexamination of anthropology's potential and obligation to transform human rights theory and practice. Series: Stanford Studies in Human Rights. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: JHMC; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 458. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804762120
- ISBN
- 9780804762120
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.85
€ 115.85
Hardback. Diasporic Homecomings provides a comparative, analytical overview of the major ethnic return migrant groups in Europe and East Asia through an in-depth, ethnographic account of their experiences. Editor(s): Tsuda, Takeyuki. Num Pages: 368 pages, 2 tables, 2 figures, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FP; JFFN; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804762748
- ISBN
- 9780804762748
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.82
€ 161.82
hardcover. Treats our "National Conversation on Race" as a site for cultural analysis, examining a watershed year of news stories that challenged our notions of what is racial-or not. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 23. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804763363
- ISBN
- 9780804763363
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 25.44
€ 30.99
€ 25.44