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Hardcover. Once a major metropolis in North America, Montreal now finds itself increasingly marginal to the continental economy while remaining the heartland of the province of Quebec; it is facing a major identity crisis. This book discusses the city's economic decline due to the shift of corporate and financial leadership from Montreal to Toronto. Series: World Cities S. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; GTB; JFSG; JHBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 163 x 25. Weight in Grams: 614.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471949077
- ISBN
- 9780471949077
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.41
€ 132.41
Monte Carlo Simulation and Resampling Methods for Social Science
Carsey, Thomas M.; Harden, Jeffrey J.
Paperback. Taking the topics of a quantitative methodology course and illustrating them through Monte Carlo simulation, this book illustrates abstract principles, such as bias, efficiency, and measures of uncertainty in an intuitive, visual way. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: GPS; JHB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 190 x 16. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781452288901
- ISBN
- 9781452288901
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 104.33
€ 104.33
paperback. From antiquity to the Enlightenment, monstrous children were attributed to the power of the mother's imagination to distort the act of procreation. How this idea reappeared transformed in the Romantic period is explored in this study of theories linking imagination, art and monstrous progeny. Num Pages: 344 pages, 16 halftones, 2 line illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674586499
- ISBN
- 9780674586499
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 38.81
€ 46.99
€ 38.81
Paperback. A field guide to the world's scary creatures, along with an intriguing explanation why monsters won't go away. Gilmore considers the role of monsters in the human psyche and in society, looking at art, folktales, fantasy, literature, and other sources. Num Pages: 224 pages, 30 illus. BIC Classification: JHM; VXQM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 219 x 144 x 16. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812220889
- ISBN
- 9780812220889
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.70
€ 32.99
€ 29.70
Paperback. Editor(s): Cohen, Jeffrey Jerome. Num Pages: 288 pages, 9 illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816628551
- ISBN
- 9780816628551
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.36
€ 27.99
€ 26.36
Paperback. To discuss monogamy is to discuss most of the things that matter to us. In this accessible work, the author explores why relationships go wrong, how monogamy comes with infidelity built in, and why there is nothing more scandalous than a happy marriage. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: JHBK; JMU; VSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 11. Weight in Grams: 135.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571179893
- ISBN
- 9780571179893
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.48
€ 14.99
€ 11.48
paperback. Describes the government's efforts to persuade retailers and clothing companies to participate in private monitoring programs. This work shows the different approaches to monitoring that firms have taken, and the variety of private monitors employed, from large accounting companies to local non-profits. Num Pages: 256 pages, 6 b/w illustrations, 8 tables, 6 figures. BIC Classification: JHBL; KND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781592132560
- ISBN
- 9781592132560
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 32.92
€ 32.99
€ 32.92
paperback. Num Pages: 39 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBD; VSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 277 x 214 x 6. Weight in Grams: 281.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- RAND Corporation United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 39
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780833039613
- ISBN
- 9780833039613
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.25
€ 24.25
Paperback. This collection examines the economic, social and cultural manifestations that go to make up the multiple vision of money. The essays look at some of the ways in which this world of money is discursively constituted through particular social-cultural practices. Series: International Library of Sociology. Num Pages: 424 pages, 29 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JH; KCBM; KFF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 567. Very good copy with light shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KCW0012242
- ISBN
- 9780415038355
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. Editor(s): Bandelj, Nina; Wherry, Frederick F.; Zelizer, Viviana A. Num Pages: 288 pages, 2 halftones. 1 line illus. BIC Classification: JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691168685
- ISBN
- 9780691168685
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.90€ 42.28
€ 52.90
€ 42.28
Paperback. Blending ethnographic description with social analysis, Stoller shows how West African entrepreneurs have built cohesive and effective multinational trading networks in New York. Their stories illuminate ongoing debates about globalisation. Num Pages: 232 pages, 15 halftones, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; JFSL3; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226775302
- ISBN
- 9780226775302
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 28.58
€ 35.99
€ 28.58
Hardback. A fascinating new way to consider our relationships with money Num Pages: 279 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBL; KCF; KNS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 279
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814720806
- ISBN
- 9780814720806
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.24
€ 54.24
Hardback. This book offers a fresh and uniquely sociological perspective on money and credit. As basic economic institutions, money and credit are easy to overlook when they work well. When they malfunction, as they did in the new millennium's global financial crisis, their importance becomes obvious and demands further investigation. Series: Polity Economy and Society Series. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHB; KCBM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 18. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745643915
- ISBN
- 9780745643915
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.93
€ 65.93
Hardcover. Describes the life of a Mongolian Buddhist monastery - the Mergen Monastery in Inner Mongolia - from inside its walls. From the Qing occupation of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries through the Cultural Revolution, the authors tell a story of religious formation, suppression, and survival over a history that spans three centuries. Num Pages: 424 pages, 6 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPM; HRE; HRLP7; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 154 x 29. Weight in Grams: 720.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226031873
- ISBN
- 9780226031873
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.75€ 82.26
€ 98.75
€ 82.26
Paperback. Describes the life of a Mongolian Buddhist monastery - the Mergen Monastery in Inner Mongolia - from inside its walls. From the Qing occupation of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries through the Cultural Revolution, the authors tell a story of religious formation, suppression, and survival over a history that spans three centuries. Num Pages: 424 pages, 6 halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPM; HRE; HRLP7; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226031903
- ISBN
- 9780226031903
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.52
€ 36.99
€ 29.52
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCV; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 143 x 14. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Publisher
- Zondervan United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780310242949
- ISBN
- 9780310242949
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.05
€ 19.99
€ 18.05
Hardcover. Many social leaders and nonprofits are stuck in old ways of doing business - keeping constituents at arms length, depending on inefficient forms of communication, and relying on hierarchical forms of leadership. As a result, they can struggle to cope with today's complex and pressing social problems. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: GTC; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 164 x 23. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc San Francisco, CA
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780787984441
- ISBN
- 9780787984441
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 26.43
€ 32.99
€ 26.43
Paperback. By the 1940s, the idealization of motherhood had waned, and the American mothers found themselves blamed for a host of societal and psychological ills. This title traces this important shift by exploring the evolution of maternalist politics, changing perceptions of the mother-child bond, and the rise of new approaches to childbirth and suffering. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBTB; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226670225
- ISBN
- 9780226670225
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 22.94
€ 27.99
€ 22.94
Hardcover. Exploring such topics as maternal caregiving, childbirth, and women's political roles, this title deals with the groups that challenged older ideals of motherhood, including male critics who railed against female moral authority, psychological experts who hoped to expand their influence, and women who wished to be more than wives and mothers. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBTB; JFSJ1; JHBK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226670201
- ISBN
- 9780226670201
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.05€ 78.75
€ 94.05
€ 78.75
Paperback. A comparative study of the development of regulatory policy for genetic engineering in the US and the UK. The author analyzes government responses to the struggles among corporations, scientists, universities, trade unions and public-interest groups over regulating this new field. Num Pages: 616 pages, 10 line drawings, 32 tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; JHM; JPQB; TCBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 151 x 33. Weight in Grams: 830.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 616
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226910666
- ISBN
- 9780226910666
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.78€ 50.25
€ 58.78
€ 50.25
Hardcover. Gordon Fain's Molecular and Cellular Physiology of Neurons, Second Edition> is intended for anyone who seeks to understand nerve cell function: undergraduate and graduate students in neuroscience, students of bioengineering and cognitive science, and practicing neuroscientists who want to deepen their knowledge of recent discoveries. Num Pages: 740 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMP; PSAN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 211 x 242 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1642.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674599215
- ISBN
- 9780674599215
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.52€ 87.77
€ 97.52
€ 87.77
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252078767
- ISBN
- 9780252078767
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.51
€ 32.99
€ 29.51
Hardback. A bold new reconsideration of Hoodoo belief and practice Num Pages: 256 pages, 8 b&w photographs, 3 charts. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRQX2; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252037290
- ISBN
- 9780252037290
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.23
€ 118.23
Hardcover. Organizing contributions from various anthropological subfields, including economics, security and environment, the authors offer tools which consider uncertainty, its management, and the differing modes of subjectivity appropriate to it. The also present ways of thinking about danger and risk from an analytical and anthropological perspective. Editor(s): Samimian-Darash, Limor; Rabinow, Paul. Num Pages: 256 pages, 5 halftones, 6 line drawings. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226257075
- ISBN
- 9780226257075
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 102.28€ 85.37
€ 102.28
€ 85.37