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Paperback. Presents a portrait of Hindu renouncers or sadhus or ascetics in northern India and Nepal. This title considers a paradox that shapes their lives: while ostensibly defined by their solitary spiritual practice, the stripping away of social commitments, and their break with family and community. Series: Contemporary Indian Studies. Num Pages: 272 pages, 8 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1FKA; GTB; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 164 x 20. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253219497
- ISBN
- 9780253219497
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 23.17
€ 24.99
€ 23.17
War is a paradox. On the one hand, it destroys bodies and destroys communities. On the other hand, it is responsible for some of the strongest human bonds and has been the genesis of many of our most fundamental institutions. Series: PPSS - Polity Political Sociology Series. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JHB; JWA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 150. .
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745645797
- ISBN
- 9780745645797
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.86
€ 66.86
Those interested in debates about health care in Japan, the United States, and other countries, and especially scholars of comparative political development, will appreciate and learn from Yamagishi's study. Num Pages: 208 pages, 6, 6 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; 3JJH; 3JJP; JHB; JPB; MBPR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421400686
- ISBN
- 9781421400686
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 77.74
€ 77.74
Paperback. Num Pages: 210 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; JHB; JHBA; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349516810
- ISBN
- 9781349516810
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.48
€ 127.48
Hardcover. Num Pages: 210 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBA; JWA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 18. Weight in Grams: 355.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403933713
- ISBN
- 9781403933713
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.09
€ 127.09
Paperback. War is a paradox. On the one hand, it destroys bodies and destroys communities. On the other hand, it is responsible for some of the strongest human bonds and has been the genesis of many of our most fundamental institutions. Series: PPSS - Polity Political Sociology Series. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JHB; JWA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 150. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745645803
- ISBN
- 9780745645803
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.29
€ 23.29
Hardcover. Offering new insight into 3000 years of Mesoamerican history, from roughly 1500 BC to the Spanish conquest, this study examines the methods, purposes and values of warfare as practiced by the major pre-Columbian societies and shows how warfare affected the rise of the state. Num Pages: 347 pages, 20 b&w photographs, maps. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; HBJK; JHM; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 347
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520077348
- ISBN
- 9780520077348
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.00€ 49.03
€ 62.00
€ 49.03
Paperback. Drawing on critical social and political thought, the book explores the implications, arguing that late modern wars wars, often referred to as 'liberal', may be interpreted as perpetuating forms of exclusion and domination that render war a tool of control now articulated in global terms. Series: Rethinking Peace and Conflict Studies. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTJ; JHBA; JPA; JPS; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349282432
- ISBN
- 9781349282432
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 115.80
€ 115.80
Hardback. Drawing on family materials, records, and eyewitness accounts, this book shows the impact of war on individual women caught up in diverse, and often treacherous, situations. Historical and modern chapters draw on vivid stories worldwide to answer the question: "How do women act in dangerous wars?" Editor(s): Ardener, Shirley; Sciama, Lidia Dina; Armitage-Woodward, Fiona. Num Pages: 204 pages, 20 illusrations, 2 tables. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHMC; JW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 161 x 236 x 17. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785330131
- ISBN
- 9781785330131
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 163.74
€ 163.74
paperback. Justice Arbour suggests that the ties between personal criminal accountability and peace should be central to the decisions made in the future concerning procedural models for the permanent International War Crimes Tribunals. Series: Senator Keith Davey Lectures. Num Pages: 80 pages, 2 halftones. BIC Classification: JHMC; JWXK; LAB; LB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 190 x 126 x 6. Weight in Grams: 90.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division Canada
- Number of pages
- 80
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780802084958
- ISBN
- 9780802084958
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 23.21
€ 24.99
€ 23.21
Hardback. Describes, from the perspective of the young anti-apartheid fighters, the tactics that young local leaders used and how the state retaliated Series: Forms of Living. Num Pages: 272 pages, 16 b/w illus. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823243099
- ISBN
- 9780823243099
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 85.80
€ 85.80
hardcover. War X is an explosive introduction to the discussion of modern warfare and a timely consideration of industrial warfare. It is also a deliberation on the startling world of new weapon development, and the indescribable future of war that beckons. Series: Digital Futures. Num Pages: 258 pages, 21. BIC Classification: JFC; JH; JWM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 24. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802087911
- ISBN
- 9780802087911
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.76
€ 47.76
Paperback. Series: SOAS Musicology Series. Num Pages: 246 pages, 19 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FCA; AVA; AVGH; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138205116
- ISBN
- 9781138205116
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.53
€ 58.53
paperback. In War, Peace, and Human Nature, editor Douglas P. Fry brings together leading experts in such fields as evolutionary biology, archaeology, anthropology, and primatology to answer fundamental questions about peace, conflict, and human nature in an evolutionary context. Editor(s): Fry, Douglas P. Num Pages: 584 pages, 8 b/w line; 19 b/w halftone. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 233 x 40. Weight in Grams: 938.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 584
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190232467
- ISBN
- 9780190232467
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 94.05
€ 94.05
Paperback. Editor(s): Shaw, Martin. BIC Classification: JHB. Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 355.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan London
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333358108
- ISBN
- 9780333358108
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.09
€ 127.09
Hardback. Num Pages: 328 pages, 11 tables, 4 maps, 15 charts. BIC Classification: HBTV; HBW; JHB; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 163 x 25. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801453175
- ISBN
- 9780801453175
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.10
€ 139.10
Paperback. Num Pages: 328 pages, 11 tables, 4 maps, 15 charts. BIC Classification: HBTV; HBW; JHB; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801479625
- ISBN
- 9780801479625
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.81
€ 36.99
€ 33.81
Paperback. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: HBW; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 34. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Publisher
- Profile Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846684180
- ISBN
- 9781846684180
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.72
€ 19.99
€ 14.72
Hardcover. War is a ghastly thing, which unfortunately thrives almost everywhere in the world. This book deals with the interrelationship between society and war seen through the analytical eyes of anthropologists and archaeologists. It includes twenty-eight studies. Editor(s): Otto, Ton; Thrane, Henrik; Vandkilde, Helle. Num Pages: 557 pages, illus. BIC Classification: HDDA; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 302 x 220 x 37. Weight in Grams: 2046.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Aarhus University Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 557
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788779341104
- ISBN
- 9788779341104
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.95
€ 103.95
paperback. Editor(s): Wooten, Stephen. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; JHMP. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 176 x 12. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Lit Verlag
- Edition
- 1.,
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783825890452
- ISBN
- 9783825890452
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 31.05
€ 35.99
€ 31.05