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Paperback. What makes humans unique? This work presents an alternative to this puzzling question. Based on insights into the behavior of chimps and other great apes, our now extinct human ancestors, and existing hunting and gathering societies, it shows the remarkable role that meat has played in these societies. Num Pages: 272 pages, 3 tables 3 line illus. 10 halftones. BIC Classification: JHMP; PDZ; PSAJ; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 188 x 118 x 16. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691088884
- ISBN
- 9780691088884
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 32.86
€ 46.99
€ 32.86
Paperback. A tribute to the mixed hybrid and multicultural nature of Sri Lanka's society, which challenges assumptions of ethnic purity and attempts to recover a hidden history of hybridity. Num Pages: 192 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1FKS; GTB; JFC; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 147 x 12. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Zed Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781842772034
- ISBN
- 9781842772034
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 38.69
€ 46.99
€ 38.69
Paperback. Num Pages: 227 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JFSJ; JFSR; JHB; MBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 227
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349488100
- ISBN
- 9781349488100
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.82
€ 72.82
The Iceman and his Natural Environment. Palaeobotanical Results.
. Ed(S): Bortemschlager, Sigmar; Oeggl, Klaus
Paperback. Editor(s): Bortemschlager, Sigmar; Oeggl, Klaus. Series: The Man in the Ice. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHM; PSAF; PSG; PST; PSV; TVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 282 x 211 x 15. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer Verlag GmbH Austria
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2000
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783709174036
- ISBN
- 9783709174036
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.04
€ 63.04
Paperback. As the countries of East-Central Europe struggle to create liberal democracy and the United States and other Western nations attempt to rediscover their own tarnished civil institutions, this title identifies the neglect of the idea of 'civil society' as a central concern common to both cultures today. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; JH; JMH; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 158 x 19. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691010816
- ISBN
- 9780691010816
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.09€ 45.72
€ 59.09
€ 45.72
Paperback. Focuses on discriminating different meanings of culture, as a way of introducing the debates around it. This book offers a critique of postmodern 'culturalism', arguing instead for a more complex relation between Culture and Nature, and trying to retrieve the importance of such concepts as human nature from a non-naturalistic perspective. Series: Blackwell Manifestos. Num Pages: 168 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFC; JHBA; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 168
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631219668
- ISBN
- 9780631219668
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.03
€ 34.03
Paperback. In this major contribution to debates about English identity, leading theorist Robert J.C. Young argues that Englishness was never really about England at all. In the nineteenth century, it was rather developed as a form of long-distance identity for the English diaspora around the world. Series: Blackwell Manifestos. Num Pages: 312 pages, figures. BIC Classification: JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 312
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405101295
- ISBN
- 9781405101295
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 43.89
€ 43.99
€ 43.89
Hardback. In this major contribution to debates about English identity, leading theorist Robert J.C. Young argues that Englishness was never really about England at all. In the nineteenth century, it was rather developed as a form of long-distance identity for the English diaspora around the world. Series: Blackwell Manifestos. Num Pages: 312 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 167 x 23. Weight in Grams: 602.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405101288
- ISBN
- 9781405101288
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 114.45
€ 114.45
Editor(s): Lott, Tommy L. Series: Readings in Philosophy S. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HP; JFCX; JFFJ; JFSL; JHBA; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 147 x 18. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872204591
- ISBN
- 9780872204591
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 40.79
€ 51.99
€ 40.79
Paperback. Series: The Collected Works of James M. Buchanan. Num Pages: 377 pages. BIC Classification: JH; KC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 28. Weight in Grams: 670.
- Publisher
- Liberty Fund Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 377
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780865972506
- ISBN
- 9780865972506
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.52
€ 14.99
€ 12.52
Hardcover. Series: Collected Works of James M. Buchanan. Num Pages: 377 pages. BIC Classification: JH; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 31. Weight in Grams: 816.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Liberty Fund Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 377
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780865972490
- ISBN
- 9780865972490
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.11
€ 26.99
€ 20.11
Paperback. Demand for owner-occupied housing has expanded dramatically across modern-industrialized societies in recent years leading to volatile increases in residential property values. This book explores the rise of modern home-ownership as a cultural, socio-political and ideological phenomenon. Num Pages: 282 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AMC; JFF; JHB; JKS; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2008
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349542109
- ISBN
- 9781349542109
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 150.62
€ 150.62
Paperback. Focusing on the language and symbols of reform, Fineman argues that by advocating measures based on equality of treatment rather than of outcome, liberal feminists disregarded the socioeconomic factors that simultaneously place women at a disadvantage in the market and favor their taking on primary domestic responsibilities. Num Pages: 262 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; JHBK; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 200 x 14. Weight in Grams: 339.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226249575
- ISBN
- 9780226249575
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.15
€ 37.99
€ 29.15
Paperback. Editor(s): Motet, Gilles; Bieder, Corinne. Series: SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology. Num Pages: 132 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JHBL; KCA; KJU; RNU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319329383
- ISBN
- 9783319329383
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Condition: New
€ 40.84
€ 40.84
Paperback. In this book Jean Baudrillard, one of the most celebrated and controversial contemporary social theorists, argues that the notion of the end of history is an illusion, and that we are now engaged in a gigantic process of historical revisionism. Num Pages: 136 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HBA; HP; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 8. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745612225
- ISBN
- 9780745612225
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.26
€ 23.26
Paperback. In this brilliant critique, Terry Eagleton explores the origins and emergence of postmodernism, revealing its ambivalences and contradictions. Above all he speaks to a particular kind of student, or consumer, of popular "brands" of postmodern thought. Num Pages: 160 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPCF; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631203230
- ISBN
- 9780631203230
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 39.40
€ 40.99
€ 39.40
Paperback. This is one of the most original and important works of contemporary European thought. First published in France in 1975, it is the major theoretical work of one of the foremost thinkers in Europe. Num Pages: 448 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HP; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 606.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745619507
- ISBN
- 9780745619507
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.23
€ 33.99
€ 33.23
Paperback. The author argues that the modern world's growing preoccupation with aging has little or nothing to do with demography but rather that it is used to justify further reductions in the role of government in the economy and the curbing of the welfare state. Thus, he demolishes a succession of myths. Num Pages: 259 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSP31; JHBD; JKS; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 140 x 216 x 19. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Edition
- New
- Publisher
- I.B.Tauris London
- Number of pages
- 259
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781860647789
- ISBN
- 9781860647789
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 27.52
€ 32.99
€ 27.52
Hardcover. These eleven essays offer critical engagement in understanding the sky in human imagination and culture and contribute to this new field emerging within the academy. Editor(s): Gunzburg, Darrelyn. Series: The Imagined Sky: Cultural Perspectives. Num Pages: 286 pages, 97 figures. BIC Classification: HRAC; HRLK; JFHF; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 5135.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781791677
- ISBN
- 9781781791677
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 131.50
€ 131.50
Paperback. These eleven essays offer critical engagement in understanding the sky in human imagination and culture and contribute to this new field emerging within the academy. Editor(s): Gunzburg, Darrelyn. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HRAC; HRLK; JFHF; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 5135.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Equinox
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781791684
- ISBN
- 9781781791684
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.84
€ 57.84