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Hardback. Global Complexity is a path--breaking book, which examines how the ideas of chaos and complexity can help us to analyse global processes. Urry argues that there are major advantages in thinking about global processes in this way. Num Pages: 184 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFS; JHBC; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 443.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745628172
- ISBN
- 9780745628172
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.84
€ 72.84
The recent reawakening of the debate about migration in the new millennium has evoked intense emotion, particularly in the United States and Europe. Global Crossings cuts through the jungle of myth, falsehood, and misrepresentation that dominates the debate, clarifying the causes and consequences of human migration. Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; JHB; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Independent Institute,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781598131338
- ISBN
- 9781598131338
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.65
€ 29.99
€ 27.65
Paperback. On any given day nearly half of the world's population is wearing blue jeans - this is the first serious attempt to understand the causes, nature and consequences of the rise of 'global' denim. Editor(s): Miller, Daniel; Woodward, Sophie. Num Pages: 224 pages, 12 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCK; JHB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 13. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847886316
- ISBN
- 9781847886316
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 36.10
€ 43.99
€ 36.10
Paperback. Investigates the changing meanings of the concept and the contemporary diasporic condition, including case studies of Jewish, Armenian, African, Chinese, British, Indian, Lebanese and Caribbean people. The title outlines a fresh perspectives for the study of diasporas. It also features illustrations, guided readings, and suggested essay questions. Series: Global Diasporas. Num Pages: 240 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, 11 black & white tables, 9 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: JFSL; JHMP. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415435512
- ISBN
- 9780415435512
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.52
€ 73.52
Paperback. Presents an ethnography of Filipino gay men in New York that explores their sexual and national identities. This book challenges beliefs about the progressive development of a gay world and the eventual assimilation of all queer folks into gay modernity. Series: Perverse Modernities: A Series Edited by Jack Halberstam and Lisa Lowe. Num Pages: 240 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1FMP; JFSK2; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822332176
- ISBN
- 9780822332176
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.28
€ 27.99
€ 26.28
Paperback. Explores the mutual shaping of local struggles and global forces. This book shows how groups negotiate, circumvent, challenge, and even re-create the complex global web that entangles them. Num Pages: 408 pages, 1 b/w photo. BIC Classification: JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 780. Forces, Connections and Imaginations in a Postmodern World. 408 pages, port. Explores the mutual shaping of local struggles and global forces. This book shows how groups negotiate, circumvent, challenge, and even re-create the complex global web that entangles them. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: JHMP. Dimension: 230 x 160 x 24. Weight: 572.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 408
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- First Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520222168
- ISBN
- 9780520222168
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.47
€ 36.99
€ 26.47
Paperback. Discusses changes and continuities produced by globalization Series: Tracking Globalization. Num Pages: 264 pages, 7 b&w illus., 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FMP; JFFN; JFFS; JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253002051
- ISBN
- 9780253002051
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.37
€ 30.99
€ 27.37
hardcover. This volume seeks to go beyond single-country area studies to draw together analyses of how globalization and neoliberalism are affecting youth and, as a result, their identities and their futures, in China, Taiwan, Japan, and South Korea. Editor(s): Anagnost, Ann; Arai, Andrea; Ren, Hai. Series: Contemporary Issues in Asia and Pacific. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1FP; JFSP2; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804776172
- ISBN
- 9780804776172
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.33
€ 140.33
Paperback. This volume seeks to go beyond single-country area studies to draw together analyses of how globalization and neoliberalism are affecting youth and, as a result, their identities and their futures, in China, Taiwan, Japan, and South Korea. Editor(s): Anagnost, Ann; Arai, Andrea; Ren, Hai. Series: Contemporary Issues in Asia and Pacific. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1FP; JFSP2; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 311
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804776189
- ISBN
- 9780804776189
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.61
€ 33.99
€ 30.61
Paperback. Editor(s): Hazen, Jennifer M.; Rodgers, Dennis. Num Pages: 312 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, 2 tables. BIC Classification: BTC; JFSG; JHMC; JKVM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 143 x 19. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816691494
- ISBN
- 9780816691494
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.59
€ 30.99
€ 27.59
Hardback. Num Pages: 94 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 163 x 12. Weight in Grams: 313.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 94
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761847526
- ISBN
- 9780761847526
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 90.15
€ 90.15
Paperback. Examines the social, cultural and ethical dimensions of heritage research and practice, and the underlying international politics of protecting cultural and natural resources around the globe. Editor(s): Meskell, Lynn. Series: Wiley Blackwell Readers in Anthropology. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: GM; HD; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 172 x 243 x 17. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118768549
- ISBN
- 9781118768549
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.31
€ 69.31
Hardcover. Examines the social, cultural and ethical dimensions of heritage research and practice, and the underlying international politics of protecting cultural and natural resources around the globe. Editor(s): Meskell, Lynn. Series: Wiley Blackwell Readers in Anthropology. Num Pages: 284 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: GM; HD; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 178 x 251 x 2. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781118768860
- ISBN
- 9781118768860
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.00
€ 117.00
Paperback. Series: Anthropological Insights. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: JFFA; JFFS; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. .
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442634510
- ISBN
- 9781442634510
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.02
€ 25.99
€ 24.02
Paperback. Global Journalism Practice and New Media Performance provides an overview of new and traditional media in their political, economic and cultural contexts while exploring the role of journalism practice and media education. The authors examine media systems in 16 countries, including China, Russia and the United States. Editor(s): Kalyango Jr, Yusuf. Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFD; JHB; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349494514
- ISBN
- 9781349494514
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.50
€ 63.50
Paperback. Latin America is home to emerging global powers such as Brazil and Mexico and has important links to other titans including China, India, and Africa. This book examines a range of historical events and cultural forms in Latin America that continue to influence peoples' lives far outside the region. Editor(s): Gutmann, Matthew C.; Lesser, Jeffrey. Series: Global Square. Num Pages: 376 pages, 4 maps, 30 b/w. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3JM; HBJK; JFFN; JHMC; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780520277731
- ISBN
- 9780520277731
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 32.82
€ 37.99
€ 32.82
Paperback. This book uses engaging narratives to illustrate that mental illnesses are not only problems individuals face but problems that need to be understood and treated globally at the social and cultural levels. Editor(s): Kohrt, Brandon A.; Mendenhall, Emily. Series: Anthropology and Global Public Health. Num Pages: 450 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM; MBNH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Left Coast Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 389
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611329247
- ISBN
- 9781611329247
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.61
€ 58.61
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415533867
- ISBN
- 9780415533867
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.93
€ 26.99
€ 26.93
Paperback. Over the past decade we have witnessed the extraordinary rise of new global movements that throw into question the way we think about culture, power and action in a globalizing world. Examines three of the most significant global social movements of the last decade: anti-globalization, new Islamic movements, and the Falun Gong in China. Num Pages: 256 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFFS; JHBA; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405116138
- ISBN
- 9781405116138
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.15
€ 51.15
Hardback. Draws together international scholars on issues that emerge from ancient Olympic contests, and over one hundred years of modern Olympic history, with varied perspectives, while encompassing an assessment of literature and debates on the Olympics. This book serves as a resource for students and researchers interested in significance of the Games. Editor(s): Young, Kevin; Wamsley, Kevin B.; Young, Kevin. Series: Research in the Sociology of Sport. Num Pages: 340 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JH; WSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 653.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United States
- Number of pages
- 340
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762311811
- ISBN
- 9780762311811
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.01
€ 129.01