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Paperback. In the Indian outsourcing industry, employees are expected to be "dead ringers" for the more expensive American workers they have replaced. This book chronicles the rise of a workforce for whom mimicry is a job requirement and a passion. Num Pages: 288 pages, 3 halftones. 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFFS; JHBL; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691159652
- ISBN
- 9780691159652
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.32
€ 37.99
€ 27.32
Paperback. This new collection of essays explores questions of subjectification, selfhood and identity in the contemporary Asia Pacific, examining the way that migrant lives express the complex interplay of local and global processes in the post-Cold War era, and collectively questioning the novelty of the 'global age' in this region. Editor(s): Robinson, K. Num Pages: 257 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AP; JFC; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 257
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349284627
- ISBN
- 9781349284627
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 121.79
€ 121.79
Paperback. What would it mean to read postcolonial writings under the prism of trauma? Ogaga Ifowodo tackles these questions through a psycho-social examination of the lingering impact of imperialist domination, resulting in a refreshing complement to the cultural-materialist studies that dominate the field. Series: Future of Minority Studies. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: D; HBTQ; JHB; JHM; JMAF; JMS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349474455
- ISBN
- 9781349474455
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.58
€ 62.58
Hardback. Raffalovich's 1896 magnum opus of sexology, Uranism and Unisexuality (never before translated into English until now), provides an ethical justification for same-sex desire. Drawing on cross-cultural and transhistorical narratives, the gentleman scholar argues for the rights of the homosexual in society and its responsibility to him. Editor(s): Erber, Nancy; Peniston, William A.; Healy, Philip; Roden, Frederick S., AOJN. Series: Genders and Sexualities in History. Num Pages: 324 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; 3JJ; JFSJ; JFSK; JHBK5; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 241 x 23. Weight in Grams: 648.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 324
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137451385
- ISBN
- 9781137451385
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.28
€ 155.28
Hardback. By placing the social dimension of labour at the base of the discourse of life, this book engages with the work of key intellectual figures and reconstructs a critical genealogy of the notion of biopolitics from the point of view of twentieth and twenty-first century Italy. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DST; JHB; JPA; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 147 x 17. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 207
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230115033
- ISBN
- 9780230115033
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.81
€ 63.81
Hardback. Editor(s): Fortune, Anne E.; McCallion, Philip; Briar-Lawson, Katharine. Num Pages: 336 pages, 4 illus., 5 tables. BIC Classification: JHB; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 24. Weight in Grams: 778.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231142144
- ISBN
- 9780231142144
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.60€ 61.86
€ 80.60
€ 61.86
Hardback. Investigating why cremation replaced burial amongst the British families, this book examines the political, religious, economic, and social reasons behind personal choice and sets them in a European context. Num Pages: 250 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HB; JHBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333692981
- ISBN
- 9780333692981
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.11
€ 122.11
Paperback. Reflections on how Americans are constrained by cultural scripts for age-, race-, and gender-proper emotional behavior and how our increasingly media-saturated culture impoverishes our interior lives. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: DS; JFD; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822343776
- ISBN
- 9780822343776
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.51
€ 31.99
€ 28.51
hardcover. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: JHB; UBJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823234226
- ISBN
- 9780823234226
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 102.72
€ 102.72
Hardback. This book not only offers a magisterial analysis of the political effects of the dramatic population changes that are taking place in countries all around the world, it also represents the testimony of one of the most distinguished scholars in the field of migration and population studies. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: JHBD; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 0 x 0. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571812537
- ISBN
- 9781571812537
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 151.44
€ 151.44
Hardback. This book directly challenges a long-standing intellectual tradition of class analysis. Insisting on a realist conception of class, Kingston argues that presumed classes do not significantly share distinct, life-defining experiences. Series: Studies in Social Inequality. Num Pages: 280 pages, 1 line diagram 23 tables. BIC Classification: JFSC; JHBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 25. Weight in Grams: 563.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804738040
- ISBN
- 9780804738040
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 147.22
€ 147.22
hardcover. Based on fieldwork in Calcutta, this book provides the ethnography of how middle-class women in India understand and experience economic change through transformations of family life. It explores their ideas, practices and experiences of marriage, childbirth, reproductive change and their children's education. Series Editor(s): Pardo, Italo; Prato, Dr. Giuliana B. Series: Urban Anthropology. Num Pages: 230 pages, includes 1 map & 4 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFSJ1; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 165 x 19. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780754649427
- ISBN
- 9780754649427
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 184.16
€ 184.16
Paperback. Editor(s): Kwon, Jong Bum; Lane, Carrie M. Num Pages: 280 pages, 5, 3 black & white halftones, 1 black & white tables, 1 charts. BIC Classification: JHBL; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 571.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781501704666
- ISBN
- 9781501704666
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.12
€ 38.99
€ 35.12
Hardback. Editor(s): Shively, Donald H. Series: Studies in the modernization of Japan. Num Pages: 712 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; HBTB; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 38. Weight in Grams: 828.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2021
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 712
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691644332
- ISBN
- 9780691644332
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 311.72€ 231.80
€ 311.72
€ 231.80
paperback. Editor(s): Blackman, T.; Brodhurst, Sally; Convery, J. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JKS; JKSN; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2001
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349424115
- ISBN
- 9781349424115
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.28
€ 63.28
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 458 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JHBL; KFFH; KJMB; KND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 799.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 458
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691644271
- ISBN
- 9780691644271
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 222.18
€ 222.18
Hardcover. Within contemporary youth research there are two dominant streams - a 'transitions' and a 'cultures' perspective. This collection shows that it is no longer possible to understand the experience of young people through these prisms and proposes new conceptual foundations for youth studies, capable of bridging the gap between these approaches. Editor(s): Woodman, Dan; Bennett, Andy. Num Pages: 216 pages, 2. BIC Classification: JFSP2; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 145 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137377227
- ISBN
- 9781137377227
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.56
€ 121.56
Paperback. This research project offers a new perspective on post-sixteen transitions. Combing secondary data with narrative accounts it describes how young people in the UK make choices at the end of their compulsory schooling and provides a dynamic model of decision-making and a thorough critique of current research in the area, beyond fashionable concepts. Num Pages: 204 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSP; JHB; JHBK; JNM; JNRV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349540693
- ISBN
- 9781349540693
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 122.53
€ 122.53
paperback. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1979
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781475791525
- ISBN
- 9781475791525
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.91
€ 63.91
Paperback. This book brings together some of the very top scholars in the world in economic and organizational sociology to address the recent global financial crisis and concomitant debates and struggles around how to organize economies and societies around the world. The books consists of original contributions in theory and empirical settings and results Editor(s): Lounsbury, Michael; Hirsch, Paul M. Series Editor(s): Lounsbury, Michael. Num Pages: 708 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHB; KCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 231 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1012.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857247674
- ISBN
- 9780857247674
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.18
€ 71.18
Paperback. Energy in Europe and Russia is in flux. This book presents a rich set of case studies for analyzing the complex and intertwined regional dynamics of multiple actors, levels, and policy fields in energy throughout Europe and Russia, with the aim of offering an alternative view to the prevalent geopolitical or neoliberal approaches. Editor(s): Keating, M.; Kuzemko, Caroline; Belyi, Andrei V. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 310 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JPA; JPB; JPS; JPSN; RND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349338825
- ISBN
- 9781349338825
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 122.33
€ 122.33
Hardback. aeo A pathbreaking book -- it explores the possibilities of developing new and more flexible patterns of work in everyday life. aeo Based on original research, drawing on interviews with employees in different sectors. Num Pages: 212 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBL; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745610764
- ISBN
- 9780745610764
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.93
€ 65.93
Paperback. Using the engaging case of British security policy between the world wars, this book argues that an effective balance of power, which is the key to a stable international system, is a deliberate act of policy and that leaders play a determinative role in building an effective balance. Num Pages: 213 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBWQ; JFFS; JHB; JPA; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 213
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349290369
- ISBN
- 9781349290369
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 122.53
€ 122.53
Paperback. Num Pages: 227 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFK; JFSJ; JFSR; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- Number of pages
- 227
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349479603
- ISBN
- 9781349479603
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.66
€ 62.66