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Hardback. Today's world is one marked by the signs of digital capitalism and global capitalist expansion, and China is increasingly being integrated into this global system of production and consumption. As a result, China's immediate material impact is now felt almost everywhere in the world.. Series: Culture and Politics/Politics and Culture. Num Pages: 209 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 209
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845455453
- ISBN
- 9781845455453
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Condition: New
€ 161.29
€ 161.29
Paperback. There has been a lively debate amongst political theorists about whether certain liberal concepts of democracy are so idealized that they lack relevance to real politics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JHB; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 404.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745662633
- ISBN
- 9780745662633
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Condition: New
€ 26.05
€ 26.05
Hardcover. There has been a lively debate amongst political theorists about whether certain liberal concepts of democracy are so idealized that they lack relevance to real politics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JHB; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 23. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745662626
- ISBN
- 9780745662626
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Condition: New
€ 73.04
€ 73.04
Hardback. James R. Martel complicates Louis Althusser's theory of interpellation, using historical and literary analyses ranging from the Haitian Revolution to Ta-Nehisi Coates to examine the political and revolutionary potential inherent in the instances when people heed the state's call that was not meant for them. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JHMC; JPA; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 613.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822362845
- ISBN
- 9780822362845
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Condition: New
€ 150.75
€ 150.75
Paperback. In 2012, Anne Summers gave two landmark speeches about women in Australia, attracting more than 120,000 visits to her website. Within weeks of their delivery Prime Minister Julia Gillard's own speech about misogyny and sexism went viral and was celebrated around the world. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: JFFK; JFSJ1; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 135 x 18. Weight in Grams: 200.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of New South Wales Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781742233840
- ISBN
- 9781742233840
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Condition: New
€ 18.06
€ 18.06
Paperback. An eye-opening look at how America's social policy has been hijacked by a rhetoric of extremes. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBL; JKSB; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 146 x 216 x 14. Weight in Grams: 308.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780393321135
- ISBN
- 9780393321135
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.73
€ 23.99
€ 20.73
Hardback. The Modern American Metropolis: A Documentary Reader introduces the history of American cities and suburbs through a collection of original source materials that historians have long used to make sense of the urban experience. Editor(s): Freund, David M. P. Series: Uncovering the Past: Documentary Readers in American History. Num Pages: 344 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD; HBJK; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 584.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781444339017
- ISBN
- 9781444339017
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.29
€ 118.29
hardcover. This leading sociologist brings his distinctive method of social criticism to bear on some of the most significant ideas, political and social events, and thinkers of the late twentieth century. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5182 x 3226 x 21. Weight in Grams: 475.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804732390
- ISBN
- 9780804732390
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 146.47
€ 146.47
Hardback. This magnificent ethnographic photo-essay presents the modern Maya of Yucatan who - resilient, resourceful, creative, and armed with intimate knowledge of the place where they live - have survived centuries of upheaval Series: The William and Bette Nowlin Series in Art, History, and Culture of the Western Hemisphere. Num Pages: 368 pages, 385 duotones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; AJC; HBJK; JFC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 7747 x 5817 x 915. Weight in Grams: 2212.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292726932
- ISBN
- 9780292726932
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Condition: New
€ 56.24
€ 56.24
Hardcover. In Cote d'Ivoire, appearing modern is so important for success that many young men deplete their already meager resources to project an illusion of wealth. The author argues that they engage a global hierarchy that is profoundly modern, one that values performance over authenticity - highlighting the counterfeit nature of modernity itself. Num Pages: 296 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: 1HFDY; JFFT; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226575193
- ISBN
- 9780226575193
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.14€ 89.11
€ 107.14
€ 89.11
paperback. Challenges those who argue that diversity or multiculturalism is about to become the governing American creed. This book presents evidence that Americans, whites and African Americans, Hispanics and Asian Americans, new immigrants and decedents of the Pilgrims, continue to share the same core of basic American values and aspirations. Series: New Forum Books. Num Pages: 336 pages, 2 line illus., 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 485.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780691114576
- ISBN
- 9780691114576
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 32.66
€ 38.99
€ 32.66
Paperback. Mixed feelings about motherhood - uncertainty over having a child, fears of pregnancy and childbirth, or negative thoughts about one's own children - are not just hard to discuss, they are a social taboo. This title uncovers the roots of ambivalence, and tells how it manifests in lives of women and their children. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 161 x 18. Weight in Grams: 348.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520271203
- ISBN
- 9780520271203
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.86
€ 33.99
€ 24.86
Paperback. The most complete history of birth control ever written. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFF; JFSJ1; JHBD; JPQB; MBNH4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 656.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 3rd ed.
- SKU
- V9780252074592
- ISBN
- 9780252074592
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.20
€ 30.99
€ 27.20
paperback. Offers a look at American ritual. This title focuses on the Miss America pageant in particular, considering its claim to be an accurate representation of the diversity of contemporary American women. It explores the cultural constructions and legitimations that go on during the long process of the pageant. Num Pages: 290 pages, 10 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; JFSJ; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 68.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520217911
- ISBN
- 9780520217911
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.02
€ 33.99
€ 25.02
Paperback. The Mother in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction examines the uncanny properties of the maternal function in psychoanalysis, technology, and literature in order to show that the event of birth is radically unthinkable and often becomes expressed through uncontrollable repetitions that exceed the bounds of any subject. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 168 x 19. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823240562
- ISBN
- 9780823240562
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.42
€ 41.99
€ 37.42
Paperback. Suitable for sinologists, literary critics, anthropologists, cultural studies scholars, and others curious about the semiotics of food, this book examines the twentieth-century Chinese political experience as it is represented literature through hunger, cooking, eating, and cannibalising. It includes chapters on Xiao Hong, Wang Anyi, and Li Ang. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; CFG; DSB; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 37. Weight in Grams: 776.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822323419
- ISBN
- 9780822323419
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.67
€ 41.99
€ 37.67
Hardback. Num Pages: 368 pages, 1 line drawings. BIC Classification: HPCF7; HPS; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 632.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231145008
- ISBN
- 9780231145008
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.76€ 80.14
€ 104.76
€ 80.14
Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231145015
- ISBN
- 9780231145015
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.20
€ 37.99
€ 27.20
Hardcover. Percival Kirby was one of the greatest South African musicologists and ethnomusicologists. Born in Scotland in 1887, after completing his studies at the Royal College of Music in London he came out to South Africa as the Music Organiser to the Natal Education Department. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; AVR; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 180. Weight in Grams: 998.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Wits University Press
- Edition
- Third edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781868146055
- ISBN
- 9781868146055
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Condition: New
€ 38.12
€ 38.12
Paperback. 'The book covers every side of Muslim life .. a remarkable collection of new information, which will be of deep interest to students of European history' R.W. Southern, NEW YORK REVIEW Num Pages: 352 pages, 30. BIC Classification: 1QFH; 1QFM; HB; HRH; JFC; JH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 154 x 28. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781842121955
- ISBN
- 9781842121955
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.53
€ 23.99
€ 16.53